Maybe I don’t like spraying stuff around my house that is poisonous. Maybe I like to ride my bike breathing clean air instead of pushing a polluting lawnmower. (Note: I have a corded electric now, so that sucks less, but the cord is a PITA)

So, you are a bit of a jerk of you call people “extremely lazy” simply because…

I looked at that, but in my area (southern Indiana), home rentals in the size we wanted didn’t work out math-wise. We could pay for landscaping with our purchased home and still be ahead of the rental cost.
I was paying someone to take care of it, but I have a 14-year old daughter that wants money and I need to save…

The landscaping is a huge point that is often missed.

“You made the claim. Your presented no evidence. The burden is on you to prove it. Good luck.”

“The plural of anecdote still isn’t data.”

I should know better? WTF can I do with a screwdriver? Why are Li-Ion batteries allowed? Make sure you don’t pack a rubber item that puffs air on your camera lens, because that is banned too.
Seriously, you really believe this makes you safer?

I have always assumed this is because marijuana can be used in a far less processed form than the drug they have patents on.
Example: If they have a new pain-relief drug, and start selling a marijuana-based drug alongside it, what prevents someone from growing and selling a very similar cultivar of marijuana at a lower…

“TSA did not set up an aviation security regime just for shits and giggles.”
Are you sure about that? Because keeping me from carrying a Phillips screwdriver, a keychain pocketknife or a bottle of water while gladly waving me through with several explosives (aka Li-Ion batteries in my 2 laptops, 2 tablets and…

Ok, that’s a legit point. The more I drag through the crappy security line, the more tax and flight ticket dollars I waste.
While I don’t agree the TSA should exist, I also don’t want to be contributing to making them even more wasteful. By paying for the PreCheck, I reduce the number of agents and overpriced…

“Count the number of airplanes that have been hijacked since 9/11. I’ll save you some time: you don’t need to take off your shoes to count.”
That’s because of two things: reinforced cockpit doors and passengers that have gotten the memo that hijackings are no longer a “let’s cooperate and everything will be OK”…

Good to know you’re willing to pay extra money to an agency that doesn’t actually do anything productive just so you can wait at the gate quicker. Works both ways.

Screw that. I’m not paying a bribe to the TSA just so I can avoid a mess they created.

I’m in Columbus, Indiana, but the company I work for isn’t.
I know the struggle, though. Really happy to be where I’m at.

I work in a basement, alone, all week. I usually spend 8am-noonish every Friday in a coffee shop, which is their busiest time.
I need to be around noisy people, some I know, some I don’t, for a few hours a week. It is a healthy reset that keeps me from getting cabin fever, and the work I do Friday mornings is a bit…

At a smaller company, this is a non-issue.

That’s cool.
If you have a Lifehacker article that explains how I can convince the accounting or travel department at my company why I didn’t take the cheapest flight, that would actually be helpful.
When travelling for personal use, this is really great. So many of us, though, are slaves to an expense policy which is…

Using bluetooth is actually a cost-saving thing in many cases.
I bought a breathalyzer that is bluetooth for $30 less than the same model, same sensor, but with its own screen.
Bluetooth chips are mass-produced and cheap, and you can offload the need for a powerful processor and display onto the phone.
This isn’t about…

Using bluetooth is actually a cost-saving thing in many cases.
I bought a breathalyzer that is bluetooth for $30…

Comcast already handles that well (I know, something they’re good at, go figure). When you download the movie, the expiration date is right in there. If you keep it offline, it won’t let you play it after that time.
I also think there is a 30-day max offline time IIRC, so if you download a ton of shows and cancel your…

Netflix is still missing the best fix of all: Offline storage of videos. HD with no cellular data usage.

Work from home employee.
Health insurance is the primary reason. I just don’t have the bargaining power of a company with thousands of workers, and it shows on my insurance options.
My wife has several chronic illnesses, so this is a big one.