YSK: There is a website (app too) that shows what political parties companies support (if any) ( www.goodsuniteus.com )
YSK there is a condition that makes your armpits smell worse called trichobacteriosis that is common and easy to treat
I was talking about hygiene with my partner who is a nurse and they were telling me that a lot of people remark that their armpits are smelling worse than normal and they are using more and more deodorant and people just think it is normal....
YSK: If your instance updated to 0.18.1, there's new themes in your profile settings, including compact and pure black themes! (for the website version of lemmy, version number at bottom of page)
Why YSK: Because that's friggin awesome?!...
YSK: Do You Really Need That Antibiotic? It’s antibiotic season. Brush up on how you should use them — and when to avoid them. (NYT, Dec 2023) ( www.nytimes.com )
It's refreshing to see a major news outlet discussing collateral damage and not just resistance. Over the past decade, 99% of the time antibiotic overuse is covered and warned about it's always only in regards to resistance....
YSK about SiftRSS, an RSS Feed Filter that allows you to include, exclude and even use regex to control your RSS feeds. It even works for podcasts! ( lemmy.ml )
https://siftrss.com...
YSK : Moral values of being nice, forgiving and generosity are justified by game theory to be successful strategies ( youtu.be )
Prisoner's dilemma is a problem commonly featured in game theory. Each player is given an option to be either nice or nasty. Each combination of player plays multiple number of rounds. When tested against different strategies, it is found that the best performing strategies are :...
YSK: it's not just Tesla, 1/3 of cars in built in the last ten years have passenger/rear windows that are almost impossible to break in an emergency. ( www.aaa.com )
In the past, laminated glass was usually installed in the windshield, with side and rear windows being tempered only....
YSK those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought ( arstechnica.com )
Many have microSD cards soldered to their circuit boards.
YSK: Your local library's resources. Many offer free e-books and audio books via apps like Hoopla and Libby, resume writing classes, movies, games...and a quiet place to relax of course
YSK: Most "Energy Optimization Services" for buildings are scams.
I've been working as an automation technician for around 5 years now, and I've come across several services that promise a substantial improvement in energy efficiency when it comes to heating, especially involving district heating with water. Most of these are subscription services....
YSK The US Government has a Webpage for New Fathers to Find Dad Jokes ( www.fatherhood.gov )
YSK Various Reference Sites
You should know about these sites, especially for this upcoming election season, because they are referential and nonpartisan. Each website has a line about the content....
YSK: If a problem you're experiencing doesn't show up in search results, could be a sign you're looking at the wrong issue
Why YSK: I had this experience this morning. I was raging because the "alt + tab" shortcut had changed on my work computer when it worked fine yesterday. Now it opened the task view, but wouldn't switch windows unless I clicked on a different program....
YSK: There is a firefox extension that redirects Youtube videos to Peertube ( addons.mozilla.org )
YSK: Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuit mix makes fantastic waffles. ( lemmy.world )
I promise I'm not shilling for any of these companies....
YSK: Indeed and other job sites are saturated with scams
For the past two years, legitimate job postings on Indeed and Glassdoor have been replaced by scams. If you're tricked, the scammers aren't satisfied with your contact info in your CV, they reach out via email to request that you connect on an encrypted messenger app where they can privately scam you out of thousands in pre-hire...
YSK: You can navigate Lemmy with just your keyboard (like RES) ( github.com )
What's this?...
YSK: Targeted Ads are a Cybersecurity Risk ( avoidthehack.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11049489...
YSK about the app Yuka which lets you scan food and cosmetics to identify harmful chemicals or additives ( yuka.io )
The app gives a score out of 100 for each product scanned based on how healthy or harmful it may be and offers alternative products which may be healthier. The developers do not sell ads or user data and have a no influence policy which prevents brands from paying to place their products in the app. There is a premium version...
YSK: To prevent mashed potatoes from being gummy, boil the potatoes whole.
When a potato cooks, the starches contained in each cell are released as the cell walls break down. These starches absorb the potato's internal moisture and swell and soften. These two processes are what transform a raw, hard potato into a cooked, softer potato fit for mashing....
YSK: How to clean your wood-burning stove glass ( external-content.duckduckgo.com )
Tldr; Wet newspaper dipped in ashes....
YSK: You can search (most of?) lemmy as a search engine
Due to the nature of fediverse, you can't just do a "site:lemmy" search as you'd do with reddit (site:reddit.com). I was searching for ways to do it on my firefox browsers and I came to a solution that searches 21 different instances simultaneously, which I consider to be a big part of lemmy (I also include kbin instances). I am...
YSK How to select or drag/drop text on Reddit when logged out, using a Ublock Origin filter
When I search for something and open a Reddit post with recommendations, I might select some text (ex. the name of a recommended thing) and drag/drop them into the new tab area to look each one up....
YSK: The Wadsworth Constant of YouTube videos ( sh.itjust.works )
YSK that if your turn signal is blinking unusually fast (like 3 or more times a second), it generally means you have a bulb out.
Why YSK: Your signals alert other drivers as to what you're doing; a signal bulb costs a few bucks and is usually a quick and easy repair to do yourself (consult YouTube); and any place that regulates motor vehicles probably requires you to have working turn signals. So knowing when and how to replace a burned out signal bulb...