You Should Know

Paying for things is out, using the library is in. Also, have you heard about tool libraries? Depending on where you live, you might be able to borrow tools instead of buying them.

Very simple, from the source:

In many countries, websites, social media and blogs are controlled by oppressive leaders. Young people, in particular, are forced to grow up in systems where their opinion is heavily manipulated by governmental disinformation campaigns.

This might be relevant to those who wish / have to use Windows 11:

YSK because webpages are increasingly bloated from excessive trackers, popups, sidebars, and more. This diminishes the experience of reading, eats up your precious internet data, and threatens your privacy.

Put simply, being in the right place at the right time, and having connections, can be as important as having the skills and experience.

AltA screenshot of the Lemmy web UI showing the profile page of the logged in user. The "Uploads" section of the profile is shown, along with the top of the last uploaded image and a delete button next to it.

Note that there still have been no studies on its efficacy. At worst, it is a great font to avoid ambiguity between characters.

Why YSK: Some car manufacturers, such as Tesla, will lie about the capabilities of their autonomous vehicles. Misplaced trust in self-driving technology leads drivers into making unsafe decisions while on the road, endangering the lives of themselves and drivers around them. Understanding what your car is capable of, in comparison to what the salesman told you it was capable of, is important to keep in mind when purchasing or operating such a product.

For the newbies. 💓

You don't have to "sign up". You can just scroll down a bit to the "Find A Protest Now" button, or click the direct link I provided above.

You do not have to be Jewish to apply.

Kagi has an option to search the Fediverse. This makes it a lot easier than specifying a site in the search query, which would also limit the results to a specific instance.

https://endoverdose.net

It can be a bit buggy at times, but when it comes to just playing music with the screen locked, it's perfect.

PayPay, in particular, seems a good target for consumer action. Just saying...

These instructions don't appear to be documented. Here's a post from a bit while ago that covers the basic functions of participating on Lemmy via Mastodon mentions.

I've always been afraid to even click on that thing, it looks like arcane academic patois that isn't meant for mere mortals. But the tooltips make it very accessible.

When the German Parliament building was burned down and used as an excuse to fully commence what became the Holocaust.

Claude Sonnet 3.7 high level summary (though I recommend the entire report)

According to the tracking scanner Exodus (can be found on F-Droid), which keeps an updated database on trackers and runs your installed app against its register, you can track what apps are tracking you and clues of how. Saw that Boost is tracking me and uninstalled it and went straight to Jerboa. Jerboa is pretty similar to good ole' RedditIsFun-app and easy to use, so I am personally recommending it.

Charles Lindbergh was a hero for his feats of aviation but ultimately lost that goodwill once he started pushing bigoted conspiracies to keep America from fighting Hitler.

The goal is to combat addictive sites with educational content.

This was Likely Recently Auto-Installed on your Phone.

With the U.S. government now in total control by a political party clearly displaying fascist traits that appear to be dissolving the federal government and de-stabilizing the economy, this CIA field manual for sabotage tactics may be of interest to many individuals.

Elon Musk's action are not his own and there are clear intentions behind them. They were planned over the last decade by Silicon Valley megalomaniacs, most notably Peter Theil (JD Vances mentor) with the intended goal of collapsing US democracy and replacing it with an autocratic system where its run like a corporation.

The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) published a paper in 1995 suggesting how outside mirrors could be adjusted to eliminate blind spots. This article expands on that paper.

Was curious about the foundation I donate to. Turns out about 80% of the donations go to pay the executive director...

Why YSK- Even if you're already knowledgeable on these things, it never hurts to reinforce something that could save someone's life. Also since there's lots of little things to be mindful of when responding to an emergency, it can be easy to forget. I first went through the series a decade ago when it came out and after going through it again today I got a few things wrong. That's not to say it's a fault of this series. I feel like I retained a good amount of info, it's just like anything, you don't practice something, you can forget. Also there was a randomized controlled trial done that shows this is comparable to face to face training. This is the study published by the European Resuscitation Council. Even if you disregard that, I think it's fair to say it's better than just consuming info from say a youtube video.

YSK as this allows the telecom regulator to investigate scams attempts

Down Dog makes really neat Apps that chain together smaller video snippets into cohesive workouts. So you don't have to follow the same video tutorial every day but get a different workout with whatever length or difficulty you want. I personally really like their Yoga App, but they've got stuff like HIIT and Bodyweight Workouts too.

We (ProPublica) heard the same story again and again this year:

A security guard that found a bomb and saved many lives at Olympic Park in Atlanta during the Olympics in 1996. After an FBI leak, the media effectively claimed him as the culprit.

Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has launched a new campaign on Thursday, with the lengthy hashtag #EndOverpricedRoamingFeesNow, to challenge ‘Big 3’ incumbents, Rogers, Telus and Bell, on their costly roaming charges.

Also: Who does the data protection law apply to? from commission.europa.eu/law/

If you're concerned about Trump's nominations, the most impactful thing you can do is to reach out to your US Senators and voice your opposition. A large volume of brief phone calls do make a difference at strategic times. Immediately after a nomination announcement is one of those strategic times, because they are figuring out how/whether to respond publicly. Democracy must be fought for even after elections have ended.

NAPS2 (Not Another PDF Scanner.) Free versions for Linux, Windows, and Mac are available for download. Simple interface but fully featured, NAPS2 is much better than the overly bloated proprietary software that comes with most document scanners. Compatible with many devices.

Definition: A gaming dark pattern is something that is deliberately added to a game to cause an unwanted negative experience for the player with a positive outcome for the game developer.

Given the recent front page posts about Vanessa Guillen's funeral fuckery, you should know what your rights are surrounding disposition and treatment of the recently deceased. My late mother-in-law Lisa Carlson devoted much of her life and professional career advocating for consumer rights in the death industry. - https://books.google.com/books/about/Final_Rights.html?id=-qxJEAAAQBAJ - https://funerals.org/

Why YSK: Websites on the internet often try to uniquely identify your device, this extension attempts to prevent that and make it hard for them to do so.

"The body mass index has long been criticized as a flawed indicator of health. A replacement has been gaining support: the body roundness index." Article unfortunately doesn't give the freaking formula for chrissakes; it's "364.2 − 365.5 × √(1 − [waist circumference in centimeters / 2π]2 / [0.5 × height in centimeters]2), according to the formula developed by Thomas et al.10"

Google is weakening ad blockers as part of their MV3 extension standard and this will trickle down into all Chromium browsers. Built in ad blockers lack features compared to uBlock Origin as well.

Amendments to the PayPal Privacy Statement Effective November 27, 2024:

Why you should know? Money.