Why don't they induce a coma instead of using painkillers? It seems like it would be less likely to get messed up.

Some smart people sure are stupid. For the "dead drop" application, why not use a USB extension instead of holding your laptop up against the wall? You're less likely to break either the port on the laptop or the flash drive. I know, I know...it's a secrecy thing right? I would never suspect someone holding their…

Should be able to tell the species just by measuring the hole:

Which is why we need...that's right, more public transport and trains! We're getting there, slowly but surely.

*laughs

Great in theory, but in an age of email and voice mail, you'll be lucky if somebody responds. Common courtesy is a thing of the past. I've tried these tricks several times, until I just give up. The lack of response is just rude.

I'm further north, in the Seattle metro area, and only have gas heat. I sprung for the Nest last year and have actually seen some pretty significant savings and reduction in gas usage since, especially when compared to the same month the previous year. It helps that we set it lower too, but the learning schedule…

I've been holding off buying The Hobbit movies, so I can buy the boxset. The LOTR Extended Edition is one of my favourite possessions, so I am really excited to see the same treatment for The Hobbit.

This is just the FDA doing its job. E-cigs shouldn't be exempt from the law.

Not only is the e-cigarette nicotine derived from tobacco, but a previous move by the FDA to regulate e-cigs as drug delivery devices (think inhalers) was blocked. This largely due to an objection by manufacturers that they should be regulated as tobacco products due to the nature and origin of the nicotine in their…

I actually kind of liked the first one, despite hating the LotR movies. But that second one? Man, I don't even know where to start. I've read The Hobbit three times and I have no idea what the hell was going on in that flick.

Not to nit-pick, but aren't the chances of your house being hit by an asteroid somewhere around zero?
Likewise calculating the effects of an asteroid hitting the earth is kind of silly.

Or just about anything with Wolfram Alpha.

I have been a long-time fan Notepad++, but this article put me on to Sublime Text. I downloaded a copy and play through all the tutorial videos I could find. One thing I would really like to see is an editor that handles multiple windows like the old BRIEF and Codewright. Sublime Text does. I can hardly contain my joy.

If you have to use a calculator for 10%, please just stay indoors and spare the rest of us from the possibility of having to interact with you

Apparently the quality of lifehacker readers is going down, if we have to explain how to move a dot...

If you need your phone to help you calculate 10%, you have no business having ANY money to spend.

Or... just cut it into eights instead of quarters (just two extra cuts in total)

Wife: WHY IS SHE STILL CRYING?? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!