YSK Leaving Items in a Cart Can Trigger Discounts
Why YSK: With minimal friction to your purchasing process you can find hidden discounts (sometimes big ones!) for items online or through app purchases....
YSK that you can change default sorting types in Lemmy's settings
I was getting annoyed that the default view is always local posts with Active, and found out that you can change the defaults in the settings! Just don’t forget to hit save like I did....
YSK it's either "should have" or "should've". "Should of" is incorrect
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YSK: A car takes uses about seven seconds worth of fuel to start up. If you are going to idle for a period of time longer than that, you'll save fuel by turning your engine off.
Why YSK: People seem to, on average, think that a car takes a lot of fuel to start up. In reality, it takes on the order of a few millilitres of fuel to start an engine. That means if your car isn’t equipped with an automatic start/stop system to stop your engine instead of idling, it saves fuel to turn off your engine and...
YSK If you are driving in an area with heavy smoke you should replace your car filters once the smoke has cleared.
Why YSK: Back in 2020 when Australia had our massive wildfires I still had to drive to work everyday in the smoke. I also went and got my car serviced around the same time and they showed me how dark my cars air filters had gotten after just a few weeks of those conditions. The air filters in cars aren’t designed to filter out...
YSK You aren’t supposed to use apostrophes to pluralize years.
It’s 1900s, not 1900’s. You only use an apostrophe when you’re omitting the first two digits: ‘90s, not 90’s or ‘90’s....
YSK how to correctly link to other Lemmy communities
Why YSK: right now, Lemmy’s autocomplete for the !community syntax isn’t working correctly....
YSK that grapes blow up in the microwave
Why YSK this is that when I was 13 I saw a YouTube video (back in the wee early days) and I saw this experiment where two people put a grape in the microwave, in a jar. Well, I thought that it was cool, so I did it myself. And that’s when it got bad. I put an entire grapevine in the microwave with no jar to encase them and...
YSK that Winget is an easier and faster way of getting new software
Why YSK: One advantage of most Unix and Unix derived operating systems is their package managers. While new users might be scared at first, after trying them for a while many will find it easier, faster and more convenient to simple type and automatically install and update all their programs....
Welcome to !YouShouldKnow! Let's get you started & help our community rise and grow! [META]
Welcome to YSK, a community aiming to be one of the most useful out there....