This has been the pattern in several engineering specialties - such as the aerospace industry for many years. Engineers and other support people are hired, then as their part of a project is complete or canceled, they are let go. A project can go for 6 months or 6 years and you never know when or where you will be…

There you go generalizing from a single data point. Not EVERY article that uses scientific evidence is using it correctly. Many do use the correlation of apples to orangutangs to PROVE a point. And not every expert is unswayed by the lure of money. What he is saying is take everything you see on the internet with a…

I have several cables that are just laying either across the desk or on the floor right now. I will be seeing some of my grandkids this weekend - I have bought them enough leggos over the years that I think they can spare a few for me to put this great idea to use.

The copper straight from the hardware is coated with a grease that is probably not good for plants. Cleaning that grease will allow the copper to oxidize quickly turning your shiny copper colored pots green ( which may be OK for you) then gradually into a kind of dull greenish brown over time. If you want the pots to…

As an elder, I do have some trouble hearing. However it's not volume, its frequency. I have problems with certain frequencies. And when there is a lot of background noise these frequencies get overloaded and just sound like a lot of background noise. If I ask you to please repeat, Please look directly at me when you…

Just remember - if you do make a mistake and use a plug adapter with a device that really needs a voltage converter - It will be an expensive mistake. Always check first.

Don't spend a lot of time worrying what everyone else is doing. Because they are busy worrying about what you are doing.

Most meetings (not all) are a complete waste of time. Often a memo would have been sufficient. When I had my own company, scheduled meting were rare. But with less than 12 employees who actually talked to each other not often needed either.

That was a long time ago. I don't really remember any downsides to the much smaller meetings in my admittedly small office. If we needed a bigger space, we still had access to the meeting rooms. I had a fairly good rapport with the group and we all realized that the sooner we got finished, the sooner we could get back…

At one place I worked, I inherited a weekly meeting. The meeting was actually a part of my job requirement. I quickly learned that over half the attendees had no reason to be there beyond the FREE doughnuts and coffee furnished by the company for all or these type meetings. And that some of the dead wood would justify…

Not every kid has any interest in learning other operating systems. They just want to play their games and social media stuff. Not fiddle with some strange OS. - and as most kids today grew up on windows, they consider Linux some geek only thing. (yes there are exceptions - I was one 30 years ago when I was using…

I think you missed this article right here on LH http://lifehacker.com/what-the-heart… - read down and you will find this.

And, if you really want to take all the stress out of your wedding, and save a lot of money that you will be needing later - Run off and see the local Justice of the Peace. You will be just as married, have a lot more money, and - in a few weeks no one will remember that you didn't spend an insane amount on your…

YES!! learned a new trick today - close tab in Firefox by clicking middle button. Thank you.

If you are handy, and if your TV is wall mounted on an interior wall, you may consider running the wires inside the wall. Often, unless there is a cross piece the vertical space between the studs will go all the way down. This can be as simple as cutting a hole in the wall behind the TV, and another one down near the…

Unfortunately, your SSN is not as secret as most people think. For many years it was used as an ID for a lot of things not related to social security. Many states put it on their drivers licenses, banks used it a as an account number and even had it printed on checks. Schools had it on all of their records and even on…

It's going to vary by what the real user wants their computer to do. I set up my 65 year old younger sister's computer with Ubuntu nearly 8 months ago - I just handed it to her with a quick explanation that while it didn't look just like her old WinME it worked about the same - I showed her where the buttons were and…

After trying several I went back to my old MS Money - It has the features I wanted - I don't use it to connect to my bank on line and the tax planning part is years out of date. But the always on cash flow graph is great. (You instantly see how a transaction today will affect you months from now). And the What if calc…

Now you must memorize and remember at least a hundred completely unrelated and obscure passwords for sites that are not in any way giving up any sensitive information about you or your important stuff at all. Unfortunately, my brain cannot do this - so, I rely on just not putting anything sensitive on a computer that…

I'm screwed thanks to Lastpass - I stopped using lastpass when I changed to a new computer - They have a lot of passwords for sites I haven't visited in well over a year. I don't even have lastpass on this computer & will now have to install it and HOPE! I can remember a password I haven't used in years. Just so I can…