dimanche 31 juillet 2022

How to Get Rid of Scratches on Your Oven Door

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Over time, normal wear-and-tear on kitchen appliances starts to take its toll, leaving our once-pristine ovens, dishwashers, and refrigerators with dings, dents, and scratches. Take that glass window on your oven door, for example. In addition to being covered in all types of food stains, they also have a tendency to…

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Where to Get Free N95 Masks

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Contrary to popular belief, the COVID-19 pandemic is not over. On top of that, BA.5, the current variant making the rounds, is highly transmissible, and tends to evade some of our protections against the virus when it comes to (re)infection. (Having said that, vaccines continue to provide protection against severe…

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Is It Cheaper to Take a Shower or a Bath?

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All the recent heat and humidity may be causing you to spend more time in the shower or bath than usual. And if you pay for water (or are concerned about conserving it), you may be wondering which is harder on your wallet (and the environment): Showering or bathing? Here’s what to know.

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samedi 30 juillet 2022

How to Get Campfire Smoke Smell Out of Your Clothes and Hair

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Whether you love or hate how a campfire smells in the moment—when you’re enjoying time outdoors with family or friends—you may not feel the same way about how your clothes and hair smell the next day. Or the next several days.

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How to Fix a Broken Ice Maker

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In the days before modern refrigerators and freezers, making and storing ice was an entire industry, and for a long time, having a few ice cubes to cool your drink was only something available to the wealthy. Of course, that’s no longer the case for most people—with many refrigerator/freezers now making ice…

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The Difference Between Wood Putty and Wood Filler (and When to Use Them)

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One of the benefits of using wood to build furniture, structures, and other objects is its ability to be fastened together using materials like screws, nails, and glue, and techniques like dovetailing. And because wood is a natural material, when you’re working with lumber (as opposed to particle board), whatever you…

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vendredi 29 juillet 2022

The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Are Vabbing and Mucus Fishing?

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Whether they’re toddlers, teenagers, or 23-year-olds, young people are disgusting. Old people are disgusting too of course, because being gross is the human condition. So let’s celebrate it by digging into the trends and topics fascinating internet youth this week: mucus fishing, vabbing, and most disgusting of all, h…

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How to Tell When a Bear Market Is Over

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Following the stock market can feel like whiplash: It’s down and depressing, and then up and exciting, and back down again. But if you’ve been paying attention even a little bit over the last year or so, you probably know that the overall trend has been negative, and it’s generally not a good time to look at the…

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Make These Oat Pancakes for a Hearty Breakfast

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A day off is reason enough to celebrate with a special breakfast. Whether it’s a typical Saturday with no obligations, or you’re observing a mid-week mental health day, you should put the “break” in “breakfast” with a tall stack of pancakes.

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What Does a Grand Jury Do, Anyway?

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I have a feeling we’re going to be hearing a lot about grand juries in the coming months. Earlier this week, news broke that the U.S. Department of Justice brought former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff before a federal grand jury in D.C. in connection with the, uh, unpleasantness surrounding the 2020…

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What's the Best Way to Watch TV for Free?

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Stop paying for TV. I’m not just talking about cable: You can drop Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and Disney+, and still be able to watch TV for free. Sure, you won’t be keeping up in the golden age of streaming, but you’ll have 24/7 no-cost entertainment in your living room, thanks to both antennas and internet TV. If…

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jeudi 28 juillet 2022

How to Play PS5 in 1440p

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For most gamers, the PS5 is an easy setup. You plug it into your TV, it figures out whether you have a 1080p or 4K display, and presto: modern gaming at your fingertips. However, those of us who game on a 1440p monitor rather than a TV may be frustrated by Sony’s lack of support for the resolution. Well, pop the…

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Twerk, OMG, Tricked Out, and 8 Other Slang Terms That Are a Lot Older Than You Think

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Some slang terms and buzzwords spring out nowhere to fill a pressing cultural need to talk about a new thing, or to talk about an old thing in a new way, but some seemingly new words are actually older-than-retro and date back hundreds of years. These terms lay undisturbed in ancient tomes until, somehow, they get…

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This Is the Difference Between a Generator and a Backup Battery for Your Home

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Power outages can range from being annoying to downright catastrophic, depending on the circumstances. With the North American Electric Reliability Corporation estimating that a significant portion of the U.S. is at an elevated risk for power outages this summer, due to above-average temperatures and worsening drought…

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You Should Bring This Pickle Salad to Your Next Picnic

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A couple of months ago, I found a snack that changed my life. It was only three ingredients—super tart cornichons dipped in crème fraîche swirled with honey—and it was chaotically good.

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How to Make Instagram Less of a Shitshow

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Have you noticed Instagram kinda sucks now? You open the app, scroll through your feed, and think, “Who the hell are these people?” In its heyday, Instagram was a simple social media app for friends to follow other friends and catch up on their lives with fun photos and filters. Now, you’re being served fake TikToks…

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mercredi 27 juillet 2022

How to Keep Your Kids Safe During a Heat Wave

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I was feeling a bit smug a week ago, comfortably nestled up in my corner of the Pacific Northwest while the rest of you sizzled. But now the heat has come for me, too, and I find myself hiding next to the AC vent, hoping my kids don’t come back from camp with sunburns and heat rash. I figure it’s time we all take a…

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You Can Make Your Smartphone Read Out Loud to You

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Why are you reading this article? Wait, don’t click away—what I mean is, why are you reading this article? Chances are, you visited this article from your smartphone, like so many of us do. Whether you have an iPhone or an Android, you can make your phone read text out loud to you, so you never need to read it…

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What to Do With Your Kids This Summer When You’ve Run Out of Ideas

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You may have reached that point in summer when the kids have lost the unbridled excitement they had for limitless screen time, water balloon fights, and even the pool when school first let out. (And you’ve lost all desire to calmly referee brawls over Nintendo Switch time and who got more snacks.) Here are some…

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Barbra Streisand's Retro Ice Cream Hack Is Pretty Incredible

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Aesthetically, my home is what you would describe as “decorated by a horny grandma.” I love vintage things, tacky things, and tacky vintage things, which is why I paid nearly $70 for a novelty cookbook called Singers & Swingers in the Kitchen: The Scene-Makers Cook Book.

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What Are the Most Underrated Fast Food Menu Items?

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I had Taco Bell for the first time in my life last week. I know, I know. It’s not that I didn’t want to try Taco Bell. In fact, I’d argue the hype had built up so high, I could no longer lose my Taco Bell virginity in a casual way. The timing was just never been right until now.

But when it came to the critical moment…

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mardi 26 juillet 2022

Will Delivery Services Let Your Kids Order Alcohol?

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Online food delivery service DoorDash just made it more difficult for underaged people to have alcohol delivered. The company announced a new two-step ID verification process for alcohol delivery they claim sets a “new industry standard for responsible alcohol delivery.” How does the rest of the food/drink delivery…

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How to Disable Twitter's Startling New Refresh Sound

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Change is scary, and we don’t like it. Everything should stay the way it is right now, so we know how it works and how to use it. When a company like Twitter goes so far as to change the sound that plays when you refresh your feed, all hell breaks loose. I’m not overreacting here. I know you feel the same. If you want…

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You Can Make This Cheater's Hollandaise Sauce in the Microwave

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Hollandaise sauce can be intimidating, especially if you’re new to making emulsions. Though we have several excellent methods for making a true hollandaise sauce (whether you want to do so on the stove, with an immersion circulator, or using an immersion blender), it’s nice to have a simple cheater option, especially…

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How Much Do Small, Daily Purchases Really Affect Your Long-Term Finances?

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According to a recent report from Northwestern Mutual, 53% of Gen Zers and 52% of Millennials surveyed felt that making small daily purchases like a daily cup of coffee will impact their long-term financial security. The idea that avocado toast is to blame for an entire generation’s financial woes has been laughable…

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What Movie Did You See in the Theater at Way Too Young an Age?

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To the best of my recollection, the first R-rated film I saw in a theater was RoboCop 2, a movie in which a prepubescent crime lord is mercilessly gunned down by a drug-addicted killer whose brain has been removed and inserted into a robotic body with a terrifying human face animated with rudimentary computer graphics

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lundi 25 juillet 2022

You Should Make This No-churn Pop-Tart Ice Cream

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I recently wrote about the summer’s best Pop-Tart prep technique–freezing them–and it seems like that just wasn’t cold enough for Lifehacker readers. Frozen Pop-Tarts are deliciously cool, but never freeze to an icy state. This makes it tough to challenge ice cream for the top spot in the imaginary rankings of cold…

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16 Ways to Make Better Popcorn

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Popcorn is a lot like pasta: It’s a fairly neutral tasting carb that takes well to seasoning and salting, and most people have pretty strong opinions on the “right” way to make it. But cooking popcorn is a little more forgiving than pasta—which lets you focus in on toppings with gusto—and I have some tips and tricks…

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Surviving a Heat Wave

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The worst heat wave in human history is still frying the United Kingdom, and in all likelihood, it’s not an anomaly. Climate changes means this is almost definitely the new normal (until it gets worse), so let’s review how to keep cool—or at least not die—during a heat wave. There were over 1,500 heat-related deaths…

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How to Tell If It's Really Too Hot to Work Out

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When it’s hot, you can often still exercise safely—check out our recommendations here—but our bodies have their limits. There really are temperatures and conditions that make it dangerous to exercise for very long. Here are some guidelines for figuring out when to call off your outdoor workout.

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The Best Ways to Declutter Your iPhone's Home Screen(s)

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I like my digital devices neat and organized. I keep a clean Mac desktop, and my iPad Home screen is immaculate. But iPhones are a bit different: We usually want your most-used apps to be front and center, but over time, the apps inevitably start to pile up, leaving our phones a cluttered mess. If you feel like you…

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dimanche 24 juillet 2022

The Cheapest Places to Buy an Acre of Land in the U.S.

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People buy land for a variety of reasons, including as an investment, or to (eventually) build a home. And like everything else right now, cost is a major factor for those determining where to purchase land, or whether they can afford to do so in the first place.

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How to Legally Dispose of Old Tires

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Thanks to regularly scheduled garbage pickup, we’ve gotten used to the idea that if we want to throw something out, we can just pop it in trash bag or can, put it out on the curb, and on a designated day of the week, sanitation workers or waste disposal companies whisk it away.

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You're Probably Using Too Much Laundry Detergent

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When you put a load of especially dirty, sweaty, or smelly laundry in your washing machine, you may be tempted to add a little (or a lot) more than the recommended amount of detergent. In theory, this makes sense: Filthier-than-usual laundry could probably use a boost with extra detergent, right?

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samedi 23 juillet 2022

How to Keep Your Car Running in Extreme Heat

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Those who live in places with cold winters know that the weather can take a toll on your car. In fact, the temperature alone can impact everything from the tire pressure to how long the battery lasts—and yes, that includes hot weather. Here are a few ways to keep your car running in extreme heat from the experts at…

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No, Your AC Unit Doesn't Need an Umbrella

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With multiple parts of the country (and the world) experiencing record-breaking heat, people are getting creative when it comes to getting and staying cool. And with scorching temperatures putting air conditioning units to the test, those who rely on them to keep their homes feeling bearable are finding ways to keep…

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How to Clean the Worst Hard Water Stains From Your Sink, Tub, and Shower

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Hard water stains are a reality for people living in 85% of the United States, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, so chances are you’ve dealt with them yourself.

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vendredi 22 juillet 2022

How to Use an Auto Equity Loan When You Need the Money

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The last few years have been one wild ride for most everyone, with just about every aspect of our lives transformed in ways great and small. This kind of chaos is hard enough when you’re flush with cash, but when money gets tight, inflation soars, and an emergency suddenly presents an enormous bill for you to pay,…

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How to Tell If Your Friend Has a Crush on You

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It’s a classic tale that plays out in rom-coms and, often enough, in real life: Two people are friends, their feelings deepen, there’s some will-they-or-won’t-they tension, and they end up together. If you’ve ever crushed on a friend, here’s some guidance on turning things romantic—but understand that every…

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The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What the Hell Is Pink Sauce?

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As we all await the horrible heat wave that will burn our flesh and destroy our crops, young people are trying to appease the Sun God by putting Pink Sauce all over their food, playing a game where you’re a cat, and intentionally inflicting period cramps on themselves.

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12 of the Best Parenting Lessons We Can Learn From Animals

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Animals can teach us many things—how to chill out and not worry about anything, how to taste delicious when grilled correctly—but maybe the most important lessons we can learn from our fellow creatures are about parenting.

Animals don’t stress about about philosophies of parenting. They don’t don’t worry about…

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All the Ways You Can Customize Your iPhone’s Lock Screen in iOS 16

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Apple’s headlining iOS 16 feature stares you in the face every time you pick up your iPhone: For the first time ever, you can customize your iPhone’s Lock Screen, and boy, is it a welcome change. You can even set multiple Lock Screens for different purposes or times of day, each with different wallpapers and widgets…

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These Are the Best Subreddits to Make Your Life Better

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People still like to filter their searches through Reddit because it’s an old-school holdover from the hairier days of the Internet in the sense that it’s still driven almost exclusively by real people—people who are genuinely interested in a subject and want to discuss it. With a refreshing lack of influencers, paid…

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jeudi 21 juillet 2022

This Simple Chip and Dip Combo Is a Flavor Explosion

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“Where do you get your ideas?” is a question I get fairly often, and one I do not have one answer for. Some of them, like duck fat magic shell, come from my weird little brain; some of them, like cucumber spaghetti, are inspired by the work of others; and some of them are straight up suggestions that I try and taste,…

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What to Do When You Hit Your Weight-Lifting Plateau

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If you lift heavy weights, you’ll get stronger. That’s the principle of progressive overload in a nutshell. As you get stronger, you need to lift heavier weights to keep getting stronger. The numbers go up and up forever, like Milo of Croton carrying a calf every day until he was able to carry a full-grown bull. Or do…

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mercredi 20 juillet 2022

You Can Now Quickly Edit Multiple Photos at Once on Your iPhone

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Unless you’re a professional photographer, you really don’t need a powerful third-party photo editor on the iPhone. Over the past couple of years, Apple has built quite a robust image editor right inside the Photos app that allows you to tweak everything from contrast to white balance. And with iOS 16, Apple is adding…

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How to Stop Blossom End Rot on Your Tomatoes and Squash

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It’s the time of year in many places in North America where squash and tomato plants are beginning to flower and fruit. It’s exciting for gardeners to see the results of their labors, but sometimes the flowers begin to shrivel and the end of the squash or tomato is brown, looking like they’re only partially formed. It…

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What's New on Disney+ in August 2022

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Dang, Disney+. I know I made fun of you last month for not premiering anything good, but a new Marvel show, a new Star Wars show, a major Pixar premiere, and the third season of Bluey, all in one month? I must have hit a nerve.

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