LPT: Check out you health insurance rewards programs A lot of insurance companies have an incentive program where you can click a few buttons and get easy (free!) money. I have Cigna. I took a quick pre screener, and that made me eligible to automatically receive $50 for both my regular dentist appointment and my annual checkup. I also get $20 once a month for checking a box that says “I exercise…

Check in Bags Ahead. I am travelling to Idaho for a painting workshop. My paints are safe to travel with in checked baggage (See: Gamblin TSA Letter). I’m concerned about getting to the airport and having the TSA agent of the day decide that they are unhappy with my paints. Paints, brushes, canvas, easel, chair, etc, easily fill a suitcase. Is there any way for me t…

Keep an Invasive Species in Check: Eat a Big Rat-Like Rodent, U.S. Says The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Americans should hunt and cook nutrias, an invasive species found in marshy areas, to help curb their population.

1 Column, 2 Column, Or 3 Column check out page? I run an ecommerce store for a few years now. I’m trying to opitmize checkout. I’m not really familiar with A/B testing. I do know that most of my buyers are on desktop, followed by mobile and then like very few others (tablets, haha). I have the option on my store for 3 different layouts: 1 Column, 2 Column, Or 3 Column. I screen shotted them a…

Itinerary check and help getting around Japan Hello, I’m going to be taking a 13 day trip to Japan and need some advice. My plan is to have 3 “hub cities” that I will stay in throughout the trip and have them serve as my reference point when making day trips to other smaller cities. Itinerary: Osaka (hub city for 5 days): will serve as my base for trips to Nara and Kyoto Nagano (hub city…

Check in new bag during layover I have a layover at haneda, Tokyo for 11hrs. I’d like to buy some sake and a knife and check in my carry on bag. Will this be allowed? submitted by /u/junjujnjam

W-2 income for my spouse is somewhat high. How to check that? I am working on taxes, as always, married filling jointly, as always. Software shows comparison with previous year. My spouse is having something like $28.4k reported on w2. Problem is, that her contract that applied since August is something like 27.5k and her previous one was for less, and her previous year w2 was something like 18.8k I was e…

Advice on Unexpected, Large 2023 Tax Return Check Hi all, At the very beginning of the year, I (27M, if it matters) received an unexpected 2023 tax return check from the US Treasury. I verified it, and it is fully legitimate – the explanation letter that came in the mail shorty after said they simply made some corrections from my 2023 tax return – I had originally received my ordinary amount in…

LPT: When moving into a new rental / home check your air filters Painters / Landlords often use sprayers to repaint and forget to cover air inlets. Check the filters in your heather /AC systems for paint overspray. Clogged filters are less effective and can lead to increased risk of fire. Filters are also cheap and very easy to replace Be careful if you remove the wall/inlet cover. Paint overspray can damage…

$3000 check got cashed in error for $8000 and I’m now overdrafted. Is it ok to keep receiving direct deposits from my job in the meantime? Long story short, I had about $4500 in my checking account, and gave my landlord a $3400 rent check. The bank he deposited that check at misread my 3 as an 8 (despite the handwritten word three) and took $8400 from my account. This led me to get overdrawn by a very significant amount. The bank is aware and is fixing the error but as a result of …

LPT: Periodically check the ear cups of your headphones for spiders submitted by /u/marmotactual

Exclusive: Check out Xiaomi 15 Ultra’s dual-tone design: Gallery submitted by /u/MishaalRahman

LPT: When having a hard time deciding if you should buy an item, check secondhand platforms to gauge how it handles wear and tear. Before making a purchase, especially one that might lead to buyers’ regret, I hunt online to see if there’s a secondhand version listed. This lets me see how the item lasts/looks/performs after wear and tear. I also often find feedback on fit, material, etc through the listing descriptions. I find online reviews being less reliable/useful, so th…

How do I check the shutter count on my Canon 800D/T7i? (without paying 15€) It doesn’t embed shutter count data into the photos, “canon eos digital info” from Source Forge does not support the camera, it gave the error ERR “Not supported” or something like that even though it identified the camera as the 800D as I read in the logs. I know there’s an app for macOS/iOS but I use an android, my dad has an iphone but the a…

Check out the epic “Big Game Spot” for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning The final film in the Mission: Impossible series is coming to theaters this summer, and we just got another sneak peek. It’s all come to this Is Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning the last in the long-running series, or is it a transition to something new? Star Tom Cruise has pretty much confirmed the … The post Check out the epic “Big Ga…

Japan itinerary check. First time traveling there. 14 full days, excluding train rides, and 2 half days in Tokyo. Wednesday, March 19. Day 1. Travel day -Land in Narita around 3:30 PM after a 14-hour nonstop flight. -Dinner Thursday, March 20. Day 2 -Meiji Jingu -Yoyogi park -Shibuya scramble -Shibuya sky -Don Quijote and Shibuya Loft Friday, March 21. Day 3. -Disneyland (o otro cosa) S…

Dozens of Live Beetles Found in Japanese Snacks During Customs Check at LAX The insects were most likely intended for exotic insect collections, according to customs officials, who say the illegal pet trade is flourishing.

LPT: when buying a new household device, check out the sound it makes beforehand. Our old microwave made the most annoying beeps once done. When we purchased a new one, we made sure to review the done sound before and the one we have now makes a pleasing melody and stops after 3 times. We did not learn from this and recently bought a new dryer. The standard setting is that it makes an annoying beepbeeep once done, every few …

Scoot check in baggage issue I’m on my way home from Japan and they’ve just charged me an extra baggage fee saying my 4x baggage I purchased was 2 for my first flight then 2x for my connecting flight? I’ve never had an airline company charge you separately for connecting flights under the same booking and it also doesn’t make sense because on my way home I have 3 flights bu…

Check Out Doom Running on Apple’s Lightning to HDMI Adapter Installing Doom on a range of unusual hardware devices has become a fun challenge for programmers, and we’ve seen the game running on everything from the Apple Watch to the MacBook Pro Touch Bar. Over the weekend, another Doom demo was uploaded to YouTube, this time showing the game running on Apple’s $50 Lightning to HDMI Adapter. The Lightni…