LPT: Purchase a set of welding gloves instead of pot holders As noted. More protection, durable, and easy. submitted by /u/trombonist2

What to Use Instead of the Tiny, Objectively Terrible Side of Your Box Grater The spiky side of a box grater hurts more than it helps.

Should I upgrade to a “real” camera instead of a pixel 7 for punk shows? I take photos for my local punk bands in the 719 area code. I am noticing that my other photographer friends can get media passes with their canon or Sony cameras. The main thing I wonder about upgrading, is would it fix this weird issue I get where half of the photo is flashed? Or is that an issue with catching the stage lighting at a weird ti…

LPT You can sell a leased vehicle instead of turning it in or financing. I’m not really sure how to explain this so I’ll provide my experience. I leased a 2018 Accord at ~$27k out the door with a ~$16k residual 36mo/36k miles. I drove it for about 2 and a half years and noticed that the car was actually still worth about $25k in mid-2020 (thanks COVID). My 10 day payoff quote was around $17k at this point. I had it …

LPT: When you need to remember a list of things, instead of trying to memorize the list, memorize the number of items on the list The hardest part of remembering a list of items is making sure you haven’t forgotten one of them completely, so here’s a way to make sure that doesn’t happen: For example, if you need apples, bananas and cantaloupe from the supermarket, just try and remember the number 3. That way when you’re walking to checkout with apples and bananas, you can …

LPT – If you’re a person who thinks about what to talk about on the way to a social setting, think about things to ask about instead I know some people rack their brains thinking about what to talk about when they’re meeting friends or colleagues or whatever, but it’s usually in the form of personal stories. It’s really a lot easier to just think about who you’re meeting, remember what they talked about last time and what’s happening in their life, and ask them questions abou…

Should I be using TIFF instead of RAW? Hobbyist photographer here! I want to save my unedited photos as backups as much as possible! Should I continue to save the untouched RAWs, or should I edit the raws to natural-looking colors and save them as TIFFs so I can save space and add my presets to them later if I want to edit them in the future? Is holding onto the TIFFs even worth the …

What are some musicians who had more success in other countries instead of their own? I kept thinking of Scatman John, who is American, and Vitas, who is Russian, and both were a lot more succesful in other countries than in their own homecountries. John was a very successful in Japan but not in the US, while Vitas was a very successful in China but not in Russia (coincidentally in these two cases both being East Asian countries …

LPT Place solarpanels east-west instead of south facing If you are planning to have solarpanels, place them facing east or west. The most electricity is used in the morning (when the sun is in the east) and late afternoon (when the sun is in the west). If you can sell your electricity: morning and evening are also the times when the kWh is most expensive. And, sometimes the panels facing south get to…

Retirement instead of mortgage? My wife and I (both 30) are under contract for our first house. I’m making an estimate on how much we have left after paying mortgage, our expenses (utilities, food, auto insurance, etc.), and setting aside a little bit of fun money (so we don’t go insane), and I’m estimating we will have about 1-2k/month left. We already have an emergency savin…

advance/spot pay instead of loan? been dealing with work insecurity the last two months and i’m considering taking out a loan to cover important bills. i have a ~650 credit and i’m struggling to get a loan. i don’t need much, just something to hold me over between jobs/before my first paycheck. would it be a good idea to take out small advances ($50-200) from multiple paycheck s…

Paying the mortgage every 2 weeks instead of monthly A number of years ago I wanted to pay the mortgage every 2 weeks instead of monthly since that was supposed to pay off the mortgage sooner. But the bank wanted me to pay a monthly fee for this privilege so I declined. Last week I was clicking on the bank’s web menus and came across an option to pay every 2 weeks or twice/month. That seemed to b…

LPT Use ‘Windows Fax and Scan’ instead of proprietary printer software. If you are forced to use printers, such as HP, and need to scan things, HP provides and almost forces you to use their proprietary software. I came across this lovely little tool in Windows today, called Windows Fax and Scan. ITS THREE CLICKS! Three clicks to get a scan, and it doesn’t put up a fight. The UI is circa Windows Vista and I no longe…

how to think shopify instead of wordpress any tips or recommendations how i can shift my dev mind from wordpress to shopify? im really frustrated with the templating system of shopify. i never see eye to eye how people can say shopify is easier to configure other than the well integrated checkout that has been the norm for many websites nowadays. i just want to edit some single pages th…

Is there a point where you should stop investing and just spend instead? I’m currently 35M with 230k across 401k, IRAs and investment account. Based on calculator.org, with a 10% yearly return …. Once I hit $750k I will make more on interest than on my contribution and said contribution doesn’t affect my expected value too much after 10 years. Thoughts on this? Do people stop investing and start enjoying the money …

Rosemary Scallops! Use a rosemary stalk instead of a skewer for extra flavor. submitted by /u/Framed-Cooks

Had to work during pride so I celebrated with makeup instead submitted by /u/mistermoogle08

LPT for the mac users: don’t go to speedtest.net, instead do it from your terminal. Many ISPs will intentionally speed up your internet speeds on speedtest.net, making you think that you’re getting the ultrafast internet speeds that speedtest.net is registering one every website. To get an authentic reading, type in “networkquality” in your terminal and press enter. When finished you should see something like this. https://prev…

What songs do you wish that were officially released instead of just used specifically for a film? For example, the trailer for Ready Player One, the song Take On Me with the orchestra added to it should’ve been made fully and not just part of the trailer. There were fan made covers but the original was just too good. Another example was from Shrek 2, when they were arriving to Far Far Away, the song Funky Town starts playing but with a Fanfa…

LPT: Instead of saying, ‘Can I have a hug?’ say ‘Do you want a hug?’ This tip works particularly well if you have small nieces, nephews or grandkids. They get to practice autonomy and they don’t feel forced to give hugs by their parents. And you get more hugs. submitted by /u/houseonpost