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The ten stages of genocide (www.hmd.org.uk)

Palestinians are at #8.

YSK That There's a U.S Gov Program That Gets People Jobs

There’s a cool government program that trains and gets people jobs. They give people Housing, Basic Medical Care, Meals, Books, an Allowance, Clothing, and a Network of instructors and peers....

YSK: About BangYourBuck.com, which lets you sort Amazon by price per pound/count/etc.

It’s a website that lets you sort amazon by price per ounce/pound/count...

YSK if you've built a computer and it won't boot, sometimes the issue can be resolved by taking the memory out and putting it back.

Or by only putting one stick of memory in, or changing the slot you’re using....

Staples plan is to recycle nearly everything — and pay their customers for it. (www.thecooldown.com)

Check out the full list of what staples accepts now part of their expanded recycling programs....

YSK : Dark patterns among large companies are becoming more mainstream (youtu.be)

While it is no secret that exploitative practices are interlaced with capitalistic tendencies, the practices are becoming intolerable. Signing up to pay usually takes only two clicks that are prominently visible whereas cancelation options are hidden away in deep settings requiring multiple clicks. Pricing often feel arbitrary...

Who is Christopher Gilbert? Aspiring doctor left brain dead after friends pushed him into lake despite knowing he can't swim, will be released from the hospital soon (urmi.org)

Christopher Gilbert (age 26, born in 1997) is a Shreveport native and recent graduate of Louisiana Tech University. He had aspirations of attending medical

YSK: You might save on car rental by cancelling and re-booking over time before your rental due date

Car rental prices might decrease over time as the rental getting closer to its due date....

YSK: Your Lemmy activities (e.g. downvotes) are far from private (i.imgur.com)

Edit: obligatory explanation (thanks mods for squaring me away)…...

YSK: Social media platforms attach trackers to the end of share URLs (which you can and should delete)

Why YSK: Trackers don’t do good for anyone except the platform, and they’re not necessary to view the content in the URL....

YSK: Commas can be used in phone numbers to automatically input automated menu options

For instance, I’m on Jury Duty in the US this week. Kinda a freebie but I still have to call in and input my “ID” number, birthday, and zip code before entering phone tree options to hear my summons status. So I saved a contact in my phone for the jury hotline with the main number, my Id number, birthday, zip code, and...

YSK: You can and should freeze your credit reporting accounts at all 3 providers (for US users)

Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian all offer account freezing for free. Take advantage of it! It is a great way to prevent someone from wrecking your credit

YSK: Lemmy has 53k monthly active users but only 1172 have ever donated

Consider supporting Lemmy development or donating to your local server if you have the means. Peace!...

YSK: There is a website (app too) that shows what political parties companies support (if any) (www.goodsuniteus.com)

YSK: you may be able to add your children as authorized users on your credit cards.

Why YSK: Some banks have no minimum age for authorized users, and report credit usage for them. If you have a credit card you don't use much, you can add your kids as authorized users, set up a reoccurring payment from the card and an automatic payment to the card, and then forget about it. Your kid could become an adult with an...

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: Mastodon bots work here too— there IS a remindme bot already!

Why YSK: I’ve seen several commenters asking if there were specific bots such as RemindMe...

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 :...