LPT: Set up Recovery and Legacy Contacts for iPhone Recovery Contact – Someone you trust (Ex: Family member) to help you get access to your account if you get locked out Legacy Contact – Someone you trust (Ex: Family member) to get access to your account once you pass. They will need your death certificate as well. Crazy things are happening daily, best to be prepared for the worst. submitte…

LPT: Add a small pinch of salt to your coffee grounds before brewing to reduce bitterness A tiny pinch of salt can neutralize the acidity in coffee, resulting in a smoother taste. This is especially helpful for lower-quality coffee blends. submitted by /u/ChloeyGlimpse31

LPT: If the lined jacket you bought isn’t warm enough, open it up and sew a layer or 2 of warm blanket material inside; you need not treat your clothing as a constant. Probably best not to sew non-colorfast fabric into a light colored jacket, though. submitted by /u/IAskYouYou

LPT: Shift recurring reminders by shifting the original start date Example (using Alexa): Suppose you had set a custom reminder Tuesday August 7, 2022 for every other Tuesday. To change them all to Thursdays, change the start date to August 9. Shift it forward or back, whatever works for you. submitted by /u/Njtotx3

LPT: Shave into a Bowl To keep your sink from getting clogged up, put an old mixing bowl or similar in your sink, fill about half way with hot water, and then the hair you shave/trim will in large part end up in there. When you need to rinse/clean the razor you can do so in the hot water. When you’re done, you can dump the water into the toilet and flush, and clean up…

LPT: Anonymous work surveys are anything but Just don’t do it. Workplaces love to send out anonymous work surveys. The dumb ones send you a unique username and password. At best it’s a link that looks anonymous, but they’re still going to get your IP address, which they can trace back to you in a corporate environment. This information can and will be used against you. If you’re at a plac…

LPT: If you think your mini split heat pumps don’t output enough heat in the winter, pop open the front cover and clean the dust filters. This greatly increases their heat output submitted by /u/vawl

LPT Roadside service companies can be a scam. LPT if you’re paying for roadside service through your insurance or a 3rd party like AAA, they are just a middle man with no actual fleet of service vehicles or operators. Their roadside jobs go to the lowest bidder if that area, so it is important to keep in mind that you are at the mercy of volume, morning and afternoon rush hour being the bus…

LPT: Do not tip at the McDonald’s drive through as the money goes directly to the Ronald McDonald House By all means tip if you intend to donate to the Ronald McDonald House. But if you didn’t know all tips McDonald’s employees receive go straight to the donation bin attached to the window. If you don’t believe me ask the employee working the drive through when you pick up that $1.75 coffee. Ironically this doesn’t apply to Doordash drivers as the…

LPT: a short guide for choosing Tinder profile pics I just signed up, and after swiping for an hour noticed some trends. Lots of seemingly cute guys using weird photos on the app that could be so easy to improve and increase chances of a match. I am sure there things in the list below you won’t agree with but from a girl’s perspective, here are my thoughts. Try to: – use natural light when possi…

LPT: If you use uBlock Origin, you can massively improve your YouTube search results by adding these filters These filters will remove videos unrelated to your search from your search results. Go to uBlock Origin settings, My Filters tab, copy and paste these and click “Apply”: www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/For you/i)) www.youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/People also watched/i)) www.you…

LPT: Discard and Delete Comments If you ever are feeling hateful towards somebody online and you just can’t possibly scroll away without giving them a piece of your mind, try typing up that hateful aggressive message! Delete it when your done and just scroll, you will feel so much better without dragging a real persons day down with you. submitted by /u/Enbunniee …

LPT: You can avoid ads on YouTube when using a VPN by setting your location to somewhere not likely to be targeted by advertisers like Myanmar. Currently how I am avoiding ads since newer versions of chrome/youtube are killing adblockers. submitted by /u/Nero8

LPT: if you give a gift that takes batteries, wrap the batteries in with the gift. Don’t let the receiver open a gift on Xmas morning and get excited to use it, then have the parents deal with the tantrum when there’s no batteries to run the thing. submitted by /u/bugbugladybug

LPT: shift + delete permanently deletes a file in Windows, bypassing the recycle bin “Permanent” might mean something different to people who know how to recover deleted data. I just mean that shift+delete replaces the process of deleting a file, going to the recycle bin, and deleting that file from the recycle bin. submitted by /u/4dotdotdotdot

LPT if you’re buying a new gaming console for your kids, definitely don’t open it in advance for them and upload games to it. Let them experience the joy of opening a brand new system themselves… submitted by /u/rhayhay

LPT: if you want to view Facebook as it was pre-algorithm and just see chronological posts from your friends, go to the “Feeds” tab and select “Friends” I hate how everything is an algorithm of suggested posts now so this is really nice submitted by /u/MagnetoNTitaniumMan

LPT: If you want to cool drinks quickly, wrap a wet paper towel around the bottle or can and place it in the freezer A wet paper towel conducts cold more effectively, cooling your drink faster than placing it in the freezer alone. This trick works well when you’re short on time but want a cold beverage. submitted by /u/ChloeyGlimpse31

LPT: to those that have iPhones, if you push “record call” when you get calls from telemarketers, they will leave you alone I accidentally did this yesterday when I got a call from a telemarketer on a SUNDAY EVENING. I’ve asked nicely for them to put me on their DO NOT CALL list, I’m even on the National Do Not Call Registry and I still receive calls. I’m absolutely over it. Now when I see a number I’ve gotten spam called from, I press record, my phone plays a messa…

LPT If you are getting your kids a gaming system for the holidays, open it in advance, update it, load some games and if needed charge the batteries They won’t notice the missing cellophane but opening something and having to wait an hour to use it is a bummer submitted by /u/TheWesleySnipes