“I’ll admit that this concern over looking up or down is a bit of an anal retentive detail”

What an asshole.

Or, just put the halves back together and wait for it to ripen. Avocados will still ripen after they’re cut open. You can go overboard and put some lemon juice between the halves, wrap it in plastic and refrigerate, but none of that’s necessary.

The way I understand it is as follows: For every gram of added sugar in your diet, you must eat that same caloric equivalent in real food to maintain a healthy diet and make up for the lack of nutrients in the added sugar (i.e., in order to consume the proper amount of vitamins, minerals, fiber and protein necessary…

Can I ask the ladies of lifehacker, why wear high heels since they’re not good for you?

When peeling birch bark, be cautious not to ring it (peel all the way around) as it will kill the tree. Obviously in a survival situation this is at your own discretion, but no need to kill things if your just camping.

and? Swerving the argument to taxis is a distraction from the playbook of Uber and has nothing to do with Uber operating in the city of Austin. It’s just an image that works to portray them in a good light, “ew don’t you hate going in a dirty taxi with shady taxi drivers?” This was never about taxis. Austin didn’t say…

The only reason that matters: “Financial goals” require more money, and nobody has gotten a raise in 30 years. Everything, absolutely everything, boils down to needing more money coming in.

Good advice. Here’s my two cents, as a guy that hires interns and entry-level employees...

This is helpful, since so many of our craft brewers have beans and legumes, shellfish, braised meats, and creamy desserts on their menus instead of sandwiches, burgers, fries, etc.

Trigger warnings in their true sense are to warn people who might have a bad reaction to something because of trauma or mental illness. E.g. warning for descriptions of graphic sexual violence or images of self harm. These can trigger a serious reaction in rape survivors or former self harmers. There’s nothing wrong…

I’m pretty sure that entire list could be summed up by repeating the sentence “combine two different fonts in a GOOD way, not a bad way” 8 times.

The gov’t should have instead authorized a “No GMO” label that had strict guidelines about absolutely no genetically enhanced content at any point in the process of making the food. Which would have meant that no one would be able to use it and truth would be served.

This thinking, right here, is why we cant have nice things.

Of course you get the same group of people saying, “Of course its dangerous, but I can do it safely because I am special.” No you are not special. You are a dangerous driver who could easily get someone killed. Watch the Mythbusters segment on cell phones - they were NOT texting, just driving while talking on a cell.…

The most effective PSA on this I’ve seen yet.

I’d read it, but I ran out of foil

FYI, even though it’s pretty clear in the article, this is NOT in the App Store App, but the Apple Store app. Just so people don’t spend a couple minutes looking in the wrong app like... uh, a friend of mine did.

But please, please warn those to whom you serve the cake that you put coffee in it. It’s a rare sensitivity, but coffee really does make some of us sick.

Having dealt with fiance who died because of a fatal drug interaction (went o a friend’s house, took meds beforehand, had a beer, and died on the couch) I am more than aware of fatal consequences when ingesting something- even when as ‘innocuous’ as Tylenol!.