You Should Know

YSK about the different “ways of knowing”

On these types of forums it’s easy to jump into an argument about the technicalities or a post or comment....

YSK that the free and not-for-profit meditation app Medito had a huge update and is even better now

Built by a dutch non-profit, Medito is a meditation app that is completely free without ads, supported by donations from the community. The new update brought a completely new interface and new content....

YSK about the New York Times' Tor onion service ( open.nytimes.com )

Why? In their words:...

YSK there is a 30-Day Map Challenge on Mastodon in November ( lemmy.world )

Why YSK: It's a really cool challenge where each day people post their map interpretations of the theme of the day (points, lines, etc. - see graphic). You can learn a lot and see cool and unexpected data. The challenge is happening on all social media platforms, but I'm specifically mentioning Mastodon for obvious reasons......

NAC makes you insensitive to alcohol

N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a harmless (EDIT: please check at least https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetylcysteine for possible side effects) compound which protects your liver, you can buy after searching like for 10 seconds...

Watching YouTube in private window still works with an ad block

That's a lazy solution without installing Peertube/Piped/Invidious etc,,

Former chemical engineer in the coal industry, urging B.C. municipalities to change the term natural gas to "fossil gas" ( www.cbc.ca )

"The term natural gas does not explicitly convey the fossil origins of such gas, leading to potential misunderstandings and hampering policy-making,"

YSK that there is no such thing as an "alpha wolf" ( cdn.zmescience.com )

Some of the many articles about it:...

The colour of the Sun is white ( www.wtamu.edu )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6080744...

YSK that Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees, will donate all profits on September 13th (tomorrow) to victims of the recent Moroccan earthquake ( blog.ecosia.org )

Ecosia is great in general, they've done stuff like this before for wildfires and such, and they are carbin negative and use 100% of their profits for helping the planet...

YSK if you've seen something traumatic, playing Tetris for a couple of hours afterwards can drastically reduce the chance of it becoming a deeprooted memory and causing PTSD ( www.ox.ac.uk )

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2017-03-28-tetris-used-prevent-post-traumatic-stress-symptoms

You should learn how to properly write accessible image captions as the fediverse has a large amount of blind and visually impaired users who rely on screen readers ( mashable.com )

Right now there is a bit left to be desired when it comes to lemmys accessibility features, but it's a good idea to be mindful of the fact the fediverse and its platforms tends to have pretty universal accessibility features that will likely come to lemmy sooner rather than later

YSK: You can press the Windows logo key+V to show up the clipboard history.

Why YSK: Suppose, you want to copy multiple parts of texts from different documents to a single document. You can copy all of them and paste one by one by bringing up the clipboard history. This is one of the many useful cases of a clipboard history....

YSK that restroom hand dryers blow fecal bacteria onto your hands

There was a peer-reviewed report published in the journal for Applied and Environmental Microbiology that studied the amount of bacteria that was blown from hand dryers in 36 public restrooms at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. The sample from the study concluded that as many as 60 colonies of bacteria were...

YSK: you can use a flashlight to direct cockroachs in the direction you want.

Why YSK: If you've ever had cockroaches in your home, you would be familiar with the feeling of unease that comes when they escape your clutches while roaming freely within the crevices of your home and soiling your belongings along the way. Before that happens, you can use a flashlight to direct them to your 'striking zone.'...

YSK that 1.5 million dehumidifiers have been recalled ( www.cpsc.gov )

This recall involves 42 models of dehumidifiers with brand names Kenmore, GE, SoleusAir, Norpole and Seabreeze, manufactured between January 2011 and February 2014.

YSK about bismuth subgallate, an "internal deodorant" that makes your stools and flatulence not smelly

Why YSK: there are times when you need to not be stinky. A multi-day outing with friends staying in one house comes to mind. Taking bismuth subgallate will make even your vilest poops and farts smell like absolutely nothing. In the US, it's FDA approved for that purpose and comes in chewable tablets.

YSK The difference between equality, justice and equity. ( lemmy.world )

Why YSK: because what seems like equal situation from surface isn't always equal opportunity for all. And even when equal measure of help is provided, it might not be equally useful.

YSK that YouTube shadow bans people (for a time) + implications to creators

I'm having my comments I made the past few days receive zero engagements. It's not just me losing the early bird lottery too; my replies to a highly engaged comment has zero likes, while several comments immediately after me has double digits. It's nothing incendiary at all, just normal people's comments. But something just...

YSK that your power in a negotiation falls down quickly the more dependent you are on the result of the negotiation

This is a very basic fact of life that everyone should learn in school:...

YSK: Browsing "ALL" at work might get you pulled into an office, even with NSFW off.

Why YSK: It appears several Lemmy Instances are flagged as suspicious and at least 1 instance intentionally using the name of ransomware. A couple of the big enterprise monitoring suites (Fortiguard, ZScaler) will flag your account and may end up with you being pulled into an office for an explanation, or worse....