I don't get it. "Wallet stolen, stranger has my address" is obviously a bad situation, but it seems significantly better than "wallet stolen, stranger has my address AND my front door key."

Isn't putting a spare key in your wallet a huge home security risk? If your wallet is lost or stolen, then someone has your house key and your home address (from your drivers license).

You still have to go through the checkout process, so it doesn't actually reduce friction. In fact, it arguably adds friction by forcing you to go checkout on your own, rather than doing it within the normal, highly-optimized amazon shopping flow.

Clearly this necessitates a follow up lifehacker post on how to hack timeboxed advice to apply it to alternative schedules.

I've spent most of the past 5 years in the negative on vacation days, or seesawing between positive and negative. I only got back into consistently positive numbers when I reached a loyalty milestone, which gave me an an extra 5 days/year... and I still barely stay positive. This is what happens when your spouse lives…

I thought people soaked grains largely for the nutritional benefits, not just cook time or taste? Google says it reduces phytates and releases vitamins.

Biometrics make a lot of sense for physical security, like access to a building, but for online communications they're a terrible idea. They'd still have to be stored, transmitted, and processed in a digital form (vulnerable to hacking) that is no better than a password. Or worse, actually: if my password get's…

If you keep that up, you'll be way ahead of most people in a few years. Just be aware of annual contribution limits on your 403b, and if you start to hit them then invest the excess in a Roth IRA or similar. Be grateful for such a generous contribution & match from your employer — that's huge.

It's not the author's website. Their design has no relation to the validity of his words.

I may be wrong, but I interpreted her comments about the Kindle from an environmental perspective. Many Kindles will end up in landfills, and even those that are "recycled" will still trigger the various ethical and environmental problems with the current electronics recycling economy. Paperbacks are almost certainly…

Paper shopping bags work really well for this too, in lieu of a towel. No need to get them wet — just fold it over a few times and iron.

It's better to think of this as a crafty display piece rather than an organizer. We hung a shutter like this in our home, and it's an adorable place to put some photos and greeting cards, but it fills up quickly and isn't helpful for organizing. It's aesthetic, not functional. But we love how it looks.

If you can't tell at a glance, then they could all use some air.

How dare you post a comment implying that anyone looking out for the poor must also be poor themselves! Ha, didn't see that coming, did you?

Actually, it's that the USDA's labeling contradict reality. Which is why American's are so confused.

No... the article states that the USDA decided to label them that way. Which was wrong. Hence the confusion. The standard labeling in the US is not aligned with the biological reality. Not to mention that real yams are rarely sold in the US — most of what we buy is just variations of sweet potatoes, regardless of what…

I've been saving my favorite t-shirts for years, so I can make a quilt for my first born child someday.

Just to clarify: hybrid and cyclo-cross bikes aren't the same thing, and non-racers should be sure they know what they are getting into before they get a true cyclo-cross bike. Yes, both styles borrow concepts from both road and mountain bikes, but there is a huge difference:

My gut reaction is to agree, because in principal I know you're right. But realistically, every job I've taken in my life I also would have taken if they'd insisted I start immediately, and I would have looked at whatever project they had waiting for me and talked myself into believing that they were justified,…

Maybe the reason we don't see those articles is because they aren't in English.