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Most old fashioneds have a little sugar, either by way of cube or syrup, but it’s not what I’d call a “sweet” cocktail. (Unless we’re talking about the Wisconsin old fashioned, which is an entirely different situation.) If you’re looking to ease your way into bourbon-focused cocktails with a little southern charm,…Read more...

If you want to win friends and influence people, well, there’s a whole book on how to do that. But how do you do social engineering the right way—to make life better for everyone, not just to manipulate people into doing what you want?Read more...

The battle over your online privacy could get a lot messier very soon.

How would you use an extra $500 every month? Would you spend it on splurges, put it toward bills, or boost your savings?

People seek out dill for its feathery, fragrant leaves, while the crunchy stems are largely ignored. They don’t have as much flavor as their leafy counterparts but, when pulverized and mixed with salt, you get a green, vegetal, pleasantly dill-scented salt. Combine that with a little powdered vinegar (sodium acetate),…Read more...

As reported by the Washington Post this week, U.S. officials allege that President Trump repeatedly tried to involve Vice President Mike Pence in his dealings with Ukraine, including “using Pence” to withhold aid until a more thorough corruption investigation was conducted into Joe Biden.

Merriam-Webster wants us all to use more Latin in our everyday lives, and we see no reason not to oblige. (Okay, M-W didn’t exactly say that, but they have published a list of their favorite Latin phrases, so it’s a fair conclusion.)

Making meat stock on the stove necessitates standing over a boiling hot pot, scooping weird congealed meat scum off the surface. It is the absolute worst. Sure, you could avoid skimming scum entirely by using a slow cooker, but if you’re stuck with the stove, there’s a simple way to make the worst part of stock making…Read more...

It’s time to kick up the cardio a notch and do some intervals this October! (Intervaltober? HIITober? Okay, never mind.) There are lots of ways to do intervals, and they don’t all have to feel like you’re dying, so let’s explore the possibilities.Read more...

Welcome back to Tech 911, Lifehacker’s weekly technology-advice column. This week, we’re tackling a question from a reader who finds it annoying when his browser prompts him to save passwords on a service he’d rather not use. Does this sound like you? Read on.Read more...

My wife and I have a game we play on the streets of New York. I spot a celebrity, and she tells me that’s absolutely not them. If it weren’t for her, I’d end up on r/notreallyfamous, the subreddit for mistaken celebrity sightings.

If you’re planning to attend college next year, either as a new or returning student, you should apply for federal financial aid right now.Read more...

You are one of the lucky ones: You like your job! The problem is, you like it so much you’re really just not very ambitious. And you worry that in the age of Workism, you’ll regret not trying harder to “get ahead.” Is being satisfied a problem?

It’s embarrassing how often that I, a food writer, forget about the entire concept of dinner. At least once a week I’ll be completely blindsided by this around 6 PM, realizing that I not only need to cook but also figure out what in the hell I can even cook in the first place. There’s not enough time to thaw out any…Read more...

All of us sweat, but some of us sweat a lot. Like, seriously, a lot. If you fall into this category, you know how annoying and sometimes embarrassing it can be. But never fear, my sweaty friends; we’re here to share some tips to make your life a little easier.Read more...

Last week, an Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing because of a passenger’s threats, apparently uttered out of frustration over an especially long restroom line. “By making seven people wait here to use the bathroom, while the whole bathroom up there is empty, it’s wrong,” the passenger said in a video…Read more...

Should you pay for Dropbox or use its free version? If the storage differences between the free and paid versions of the popular cloud-storage service don’t make up your mind, there are plenty of useful features—some added as recently as June—that might seal the deal.Read more...

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Today, October 4, is National Taco Day. Like all made-up food-related holidays, that means you can score some great discounts on tacos today from a pretty wide range of places.

Microsoft is launching a bunch of new Surface products over the next few weeks: The Surface Pro X, Surface Pro 7, and new Surface Laptop 3. Each device comes in multiple models with varying specs, prices, and release dates, but all of them can be pre-ordered right now.

Hello, you electric manatees of damnation, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to help you critical path your way through the Dark Souls of Love.

Tweens and teens used to be able to leave their bullies behind in the school hallways at the end of the day; but now, with the prevalence of social media and smartphones, they carry their bullies with them wherever they go.Read more...

When it launches, the upcoming iOS 13.2 update will add Apple’s “Deep Fusion” camera feature to the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro. You can, however, access this feature right now by downloading the iOS 13.2 beta.

When it comes to the breakfast potato, I usually prefer a classic diner hash brown, but those can be a pain to make from scratch. (The shredding, followed by wringing out moisture, is just too much for a morning.) Home fries seem like a better home cook option, but the perfect bite of crisp on the outside and fluffy…Read more...

Bernie Sanders had two stents placed in the arteries around his heart, causing him to cancel campaign appearances. Placing a stent is a fairly simple medical procedure—let’s take a look at what’s involved.Read more...

Do you always use your airline or hotel points? Do you even know if they have an expiration date?Read more...

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Douglas is a delivery guy. He drives for UPS and also brings hungry folks food, from the local pizza joint. However, the shared pizza delivery vehicle got totaled and he is looking for a replacement. He now needs something cheap, reliable, and easy to get in an out of.

Are you the person who parks in the first open space you find, or the person who tries to find the space closest to where you’re going? Turns out both of these methods are inefficient ways of navigating a parking lot—and there’s a mathematically better option.

There are currently 327 million people in the U.S. That’s about 4% of the 7.7 billion people on earth. I find it extremely useful to remember these three numbers when I’m reading any other statistic. One fluid ounce is just under 30 mL, and if I could memorize that, I’d find it useful at the grocery store. So what…Read more...

Nothing takes the excitement out of planning a vacation like finding out the hotel you want to book charges a resort fee. Maybe you were intrigued by the hotel’s low room rate, and got sucked in by the photos of their rooms and amenities. But when it’s time to make a reservation, an extra fee is tacked on, making the…Read more...

Marmite is the Fernet-Branca of the condiment world. Like the bitter amaro, the super salty yeast spread is extremely polarizing, and people tend to either despise it on a visceral level or love it with their whole heart. But even if you aren’t one to spread Marmite on toast, you can use it to add oomph to creamy…Read more...

When you’re dealing with a five-year-old, sometimes, the best way to deal with their temper tantrum is to ignore them altogether. But what about an adult in the midst of a total public breakdown? It happens (and not just on televised press conferences).

If you struggle to help your kid with their math and science homework, and you can’t fix it by learning Common Core math online, then try calling or emailing AskRose Homework Help. Every school night, their trained student tutors are available to help students and guide them through math and science problems.

Around 200 million players of the popular Words With Friends and Draw Something games from Zynga have had their accounts’ information stolen by “outside hackers,” as the company describes. While your linked credit cards and any other methods you use to buy stuff within Zynga’s games appears to be safe so far, your…Read more...

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If you see somebody collapse when you’re out in a public place, you probably already know you should call 911 and start chest compressions. But there’s one other important action that could help the person survive: send somebody to grab the nearest AED.Read more...

I had always been a bike purist. Up until recently, I’ve been riding the same bike I got for my 10th birthday. Sure, it still got me where I needed to go, but it was definitely time for an upgrade. As a total beginner, I discovered picking the right bike isn’t as simple as I thought. From frame size to extra features,…Read more...

If you’ve been itching to get another travel rewards credit card for the sweet, sweet signup bonus, there’s a brand new—but very familiar—option to consider.Read more...

As a kid, I remember filing out of my school in an orderly fashion once or twice a year for a fire drill. I remember kneeling in the hallway and covering my neck with my hands, which was supposed to protect me in the event of a tornado. The baby boomers had their duck-and-cover drills to practice avoiding nuclear bomb…Read more...

As we’ve written before, sometimes the best way to argue with an asshole is to act like an asshole. But what about those milder disagreements, like when that guy at the gym spews bro-science about his routine or your mother-in-law insists that her political views—and hers alone—are correct?Read more...

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Dell S Series Led-Lit Monitor 32" QHD 2560 X 1440, 60Hz, 99% sRGB, 16: 9, AMD FreeSync Monitor | $180 | AmazonRead more...

Trying to lighten your load when you leave the house? Leave your hefty wallet at home, and use the power of mobile technology to fill your empty pockets back up with cash.

When you go to buy a new car, how long do you really expect to make payments on it? Three years? Four? Maybe five? Lately, there’s a good chance it’s more than six years, which is an increasingly troubling sign for buyers, the auto industry and the economy as a whole.Read more...

I’m one of those people who must always run the most up-to-date version of anything I’m using. Apps? Games? Hardware? If a device or piece of software doesn’t have an auto-updater (and even if it does), I’m constantly checking to make sure it has the latest fixes, features, and security patches. It’s an obsession.Read more...

Remember that day in fifth grade when they split up the boys and girls into separate classrooms? The way kids learn about how their bodies change in puberty has, itself, changed over the years. In my own experience, the school outsourced much of that job to a little booklet issued by a maxipad company.Read more...

Whether you care about meal timing or not, there’s something satisfying about coming home from a hard day in the gym and digging into something substantial.Read more...

On Tuesday night, facing mounting pressure regarding an impeachment inquiry by House Democrats, President Trump tweeted that the inquiry was in fact a “coup.”

The Chicago Public Library system and Fort Worth Public Library system stopped charging fines for overdue books and forgave all outstanding fines this week. They join a growing list of libraries that have replaced late fees with a more lenient and flexible “lost book” fee. Here are the major systems that have done the…Read more...