Well this is an interesting perspective. Just to reinforce a point in the article: The item must not be unique or special to you in order for this to play out properly. A lot of times, the reason we keep old things around is because we consider the item(s) special, so we have a hard time letting go. If you realize you…

That really depends on whether the pet or its master is the one reading this.

I really enjoy these as well. You immediately know the price of something and have a running total as you go along.

#corrections

With all the debate going on, why not just start a Hive Five for best Windows video player?

I've also used a paper towel for the same purpose. Both are the same kind of idea, so whatever works best and is cheapest.

Unless my memory is quite poor, it looks like the article has been edited some time between its initial posting and right now. The current state of the article is much more appropriate. Looks like someone dropped the hammer on the nonsense.

First of all, Dark Side articles have a completely different vibe than almost every other article. In other words, they rarely "fit" with the feeling you get from Lifehacker, especially if you've been here since before Dark Side articles began popping up regularly. Second, the article here takes the New York Times…

Seeing all of these ignorant comments makes me sick. Part of me wants to write a very long response, with citations, but I know that most of these idiots won't even come back to this thread to read my response. Hence, I will make this fairly short, to the point, and not waste my efforts citing information that will,…

In the email I received about this from Amazon, there was a very important statement that I do not see here:

I'm not sure whether that's true or not. At first, I agreed with you, but then I started to wonder if that's actually proven. A quick search on the subject did not turn up anything (perhaps you can find something and share it). I know that my current unit does have wire shelves, but my parents' newer one has solid…

I looked at those and have to agree that the entire system seems flawed when it comes to such tasks. Rules and guidelines need to be changed if "making an itinerary" would ever be feasible. I wouldn't hold my breath, though. I suspect that there may be a temporary surge in usage, but once everyone realizes that…

I once went to the store to pick up cotton swabs. I was confronted with three varieties: 150ct, 300ct, and 600ct. I calculated the unit price for each, and was surprised that the cheapest was the 300ct. I bought two of those and walked out happy.

I still don't understand that kind of thinking. By the same reasoning, you could argue that poor people are less likely to drop $1000 on a super fancy dinner than are billionaires because poor people don't have the funds available to do it. Discipline concerning financial matters needs to happen in your mind, not in…

Keep in mind: Although such eggs may taste better, there is no significant difference in nutrition. Therefore, if you think that the taste of the eggs is better or that supporting a specific treatment of animals is worth the extra cost, then go ahead and continuing purchasing them. Just know that nutritionally it does…

I wouldn't normally do this, but I felt I had to reply and say:

Concerning the soaking aspect (for which you said you use peroxide), you could also try soaking in efferdent or listerine. Efferdent in particular is great for this kind of stuff. Here's a link to a likely biased study [www.purebrush.com] but the fact is that efferdent is great for this stuff - dentures, retainers,…

Thanks for the info. I was wondering about that.

Seems like their database is a bit screwy. Searching a single location by giving three alternative methods of describing it (two city names that encompass the same area and a zip code) I get three different results, when in fact, they should be identical. I tried another zip code in a different part of the country and…

Please read the article and the responses before making accusations that just make you look like a troll. I'm sorry to come off so blunt like that, but your comment was simply ignorant or driven by some kind of unfounded bias against credit cards. This is a Hive Five, not a rant against credit cards.