OK, I’m now one fear-mongering, click-bait headline away away from ditching Lifehacker. There is just no value in this article and I find it very disingenuous. To paraphrase, “water causes cancer, but don’t worry about it, there’s naturally occuring carcinogens in stuff all around you and you can’t do anything about…

For a plain-text, cross-platform, syncing notes app I’ve been using and enjoying the free version of Standard Notes. I found it while looking for open source apps to replace big tech apps. It has zero-knowledge encryption of notes. You can pay various monthly fees to add additional functionality through extensions…

What are lifehacker’s editorial guidelines here? The CDC says, “The incidence of the disease in the United States has been conservatively estimated at approximately one to two cases per million contact lens users, although these estimates need to be refined.” (reference)

There was this lovely 2011 story of an evil chef in Colorado who claims to have intentionally fed people gluten when they requested gluten-free because he believed gluten allergies were “B.S.”

Netflix with the DVD option gets me pretty much any movie I want to watch. Of course, one does have to possess the unheard of wisdom and willpower to pick a movie and then wait 1-2 days to receive and watch said movie. I realize this is not a feat most mortals can achieve.

This is clearly a photoshop hoax driven by the leftist, elitist, liberal agenda.

I agree with your sentiment, though obviously not all kids suck. I was bullied fairly heavily in middle school, but I did not bully anyone in return (except my little brother, and he’s forgiven me). However, I’ve seen bullied kids become bullies. In some ways its the same old same old - and very sad - but the scale…

OK, if you can answer this question for me, I will be eternally grateful. I’ve been doing laundry since high school. About 8 years ago we got some duvet covers at Ikea (tip for couples with different sleeping temperatures, getting different full size comforters that suit each of your temperatures can be a game…

OK, if you can answer this question for me, I will be eternally grateful. I’ve been doing laundry since high school.…

To clarify, I don’t do anything without consulting our vet, who I think is rock solid in terms of evidence-based treatment. We have tried many other things in addition to CBD, and do employ other strategies, such as supplements and swimming. He’s almost 14 and he has arthritis - at some point all you can do is…

Ah, the level to which we humans have elevated our ability to have intelligent, civil discourse when we disagree is what gives me so much hope for the future. Yours truly, dingledong.

My experience as an adult ingesting CBD is that it did nothing at all for me (positive or negative) regarding any of the health issues I was interested in addressing. It has, without question, helped our 13 year-old dog with his arthritis and joint pain - though it has not magically restored his joints into those of…

In my opinion, as a lifelong night person (my mom will attest), if your internal clock really is set to be a night person I don’t think it can be changed. I know I haven’t been able to change mine. Maybe I just can’t endure enough torture to get there, but I have tried many, many things. There is certainly no quick,…

There are also alarm clocks made specifically for people who are deaf or hard of hearing that include a vibrating “pod” you put under your pillow. The pod vibrates at the alarm time. You can get them for $20-$30. I have this one, and you can select just a loud audible alarm, just the vibration, or both.

Failure to do a search on scientific studies actually supporting my generalization? Sorry? I’m guessing not. Spoiler alert, there is scientific evidence to support my generalization. I’m sure we could have much fun debating this for days. Instead, regardless of whether you identify as male, female or other, I…

The lack of looking at gender differences here is a big miss, in my opinion; at least from the U.S. perspective, which is all I can represent. I would say that, generally speaking, women could benefit from apologizing less and men could benefit from apologizing more. Consequently, we would all benefit. I’m a man, just…

“ Were I shopping for a new VPN, I’d fire up Excel or Google Sheets and create a giant analysis that looks at how various services address the various talking points I just highlighted”

My opinion:

Anyone hurting should do what they can to get help and support, but as a man I want to specifically say that it is NOT weak to seek help and support, whatever form that takes, including therapy/counseling. “Suck it up,” “get it together,” “quit whining/crying,” - this is all masculinity BS that does nothing but…

My mom sometimes house sits for us and she gets so overwhelmed by knowing that Alexa is there and trying to remember what to say to get the lights to turn on, that she forgets she can just walk over to the switch to do that.

Smartthings has been my hub of choice, and it plays very well with Alexa. For lighting, I personally prefer to install Z-wave wall switches rather than smart bulbs, but to each their own.