Oct 17 2019
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The Tip of My Tongue subreddit has been helping people remember things for ten years. Next time you can’t remember th…
Nick Douglas
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Staff Writer, Lifehacker | Nick has written for Gawker, Valleywag, the Daily Dot, and Urlesque. He currently runs the scripted comedy podcast "Roommate From Hell."
Oct 16 2019
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National Pasta Day is Thursday, October 17. It reminds me of a charming Salon interview with a man who sucked the…
Oct 16 2019
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves, son of Estonian refugees who fled the country during the 1944 Soviet takeover, saw his country…
Oct 15 2019
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I like to discover my music anywhere but the radio: playlists, TV soundtracks, best-of lists, subway bands, TikToks,…
Oct 15 2019
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Novelist Cormac McCarthy has spent twenty years editing what feels like the opposite of a novel: scientific papers…
Oct 14 2019
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“Took me until my early twenties to learn how to read an analog clock, and it is still very difficult,” says…
Oct 14 2019
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Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day, aka Columbus Day! In honor of the famous European slaver, every store in America is…
Oct 14 2019
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English has no precise antonym for “complain.” All the closest verbs require an object: you can praise a thing or…
Oct 11 2019
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If you’re switching internet service providers, upgrading to new equipment, or have any other reason to ship back…
Oct 11 2019
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Someone asked Reddit to list the “REALLY REALLY weird subreddits.” They did. They also listed a lot of cute but not…
Oct 10 2019
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Be careful when you ask for writing advice. Some people want to do it the right way—determine what you want to say…
Oct 10 2019
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A tabletop gaming group is a weird social commitment halfway between “project” and “just hanging out.” Some groups…
Oct 9 2019
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“That and a dollar” will not get you a cup of coffee, unless “that” is another two dollars. It’ll still cover your…
Oct 9 2019
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People shouldn’t walk on escalators. (It slows down the flow at rush hour.) According to a recent CBC report, all…
Oct 8 2019
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It feels great to buy someone something they specifically want, while still keeping it a surprise. If you’re trying…
Oct 8 2019
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Have you ever started asking someone to help you solve a problem, and halfway through, you figure it out yourself?…
Oct 8 2019
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iOS: Instagram just updated with dark mode, so you can stare at people’s brightly colored vacation photos and ads…
Oct 7 2019
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The nicest thing you can say to your friend is “Fuck you!” Not when you’re actually mad, but when you’re goofing…
Oct 7 2019
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Are some playgrounds objectively the best, or is it a matter of taste? My kid is still too young to stand or walk…
Oct 4 2019
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We all miss one or two life lessons. Lifehacker reader lllcoco never learned to shave with a manual razor. So we’ve…