Useful tips for all! I'll start.

If your Chrome crashes and you Find you've lost all your tabs, don't panic! Press Ctrl+Shift+T.

This restores your previously closed session (press multiple times if you had multiple windows).
Also good for when you accidentally close a window or some tabs.

Now, it's your turn to share something :o.

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Here's how to untangle Headphones

Warning: Gross

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Still faster than doing it by hand

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. . . I think i'll just leave them tangled.

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...Getbanned D:.

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Dafuq? I was eating for god's sake!

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Does it work with dogs too? I'm allergic to cats.

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Nope, Their intestines aren't meant for it. It works on gerbils and ferrets though.

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goes to pet store

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dafuk i just see

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I just sent this to my entire family.
I'm assuming this is fake.

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zrobiłeś mi dzień

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o_o

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How to fold a shirt

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I needed that, my shirts always come out folded like towels. :D

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I'm gonna go try it real quick

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how did you go? :D

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It worked. I never knew it could be so simple or fast. I used to feel really bad going and trying on clothes in the store cause I felt bad about messing up the folded shirts. True story.

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haha same here, i just buy them meanwhile and try them at home because of this

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I guess you can try on all da threads without a care now. B)

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Couldn't top the gif even if I tried :D

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Thank you! I was looking for this.

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Video not working. I guess it's too NSFW? lol

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Yeah, my bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzFwn064cFE i think this one is the original (uploaded 7 years ago)

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I've been doing that for years. Learned it from a Japanese lady.
Doesn't work with long-sleeved shirts, unfortunately. :(

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Same here. I do a modified version of it for long sleeved shirts. Do it like normal but leave a crease in mid posterier section to tuck the sleeves in. Experiment with it till you make it work. :)

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Cheers for the tip, I'll try that.

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I prefer this

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Me too (;

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I'm so going to try this later... saving this gif! o_O

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You can shine your silverware by scrubbing them with lemon juice & carbonate (baking soda). (:

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Forks, knives, spoons, etc. Another word for utensils.

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Also rings, bracelets, chains, etc. I have a silver One Ring and a FoxHound pendant. (:

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Ah, yes. Forgot about those.
Perhaps I am conditioned to think of food whenever I hear the world silverware, which may or may not be made of silver.

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putting it in cola bath for the night make it shiny too

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You can get a steam game free if you enter this cheat code
0R4TD-4XZ6T-T5TZ2

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Thanks, already owned :o

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lol

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i can recommend the youtube channel of the CrazyRussianHacker. He basicly posts only life hack videos. not to mention his great accent ^^

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That last one will add plenty of iron to your diet :D

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in case of zombie apocalypse it could be useful :D

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Better be ¨Iron man¨ rather than a zombie ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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A ferrous male.
A Fe male.

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Very clever ┴┬┴┤( ͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬

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how long till you can open it ? 30min ?

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first one - you can make a small hole(or more) above the bottleneck

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I've never used a can opener, knifes always did the job. And you better have at least a knife in a zombie apocalypse, or you're screw'd.

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I got so many bookmarks about these kind of things... I'll just leave a few.

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+1 for actual useful potato for one

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Also pressing the "windows" key with a number (1,2,3...) launches/minimizes the software (or shortcut) attached to your windows tool-bar. (attached image if unclear)
It's lesser known than pressing alt + tab to switch between opened windows so eh. Hope that helps.

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Oh, wow. Thank you very much for sharing this! I had no idea that you could do that.

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+1

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haha not useful for people like me that have their windows key disabled!

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this also works in google chrome to go between your numerous tabs

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its messi ?

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why would you want to peel the potato? That's where all the good stuff is.

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That blanching trick actually works for most fruits and vegetables as well. Tomatoes, for example.

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Probably old news to many here, but might help someone: Clicking the scroll wheel/middle mouse button opens links in new tabs. I don't know how many years I reached for the Ctrl-button to Ctrl-click links for opening them in new tabs faster than right click-left click in menu without knowing this.

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You can also close tabs the same way. In case you or someone else didn't already know that.

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that's new to me, thanks for that :)

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You're welcome :D

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Ctrl + W also closes tabs. I know this is the same idea as an extra button but I think since most of us play games and we general use the keys it's very natural for us at the same time to do it quickly.

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Scroll wheel FTW!

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I use the scroll wheel to close tabs, but I still use Ctrl+Click to open links...

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Given my great love of opening new tabs I installed an add-on called 'Right LInks' so that the right click opens a new tab by default. (Holding ctrl while clicking now opens the menu.) The add-on is also useful for viewing non-link pictures (in many cases it saves me the trouble of opening page info to get to them). It's very convenient. I recommend it.

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lemon lifehack. you're welcome.

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But those are limes.

does anyone else eat plain lemons? I do, they're pretty great!

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never heard the word limes. language limitations. :(

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Lemon = Yellow
Lime = Green

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Yuzu = the much tastier stuff they have in Japan.

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Yuzu is more an orange than a lemon :3

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I don't know, it tasted pretty lemon-ish to me, but in a more delicious way.

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But they look like wrinkly mandarins...

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I do sometimes. ^^

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So does this make me not a weirdo or us both weirdos?

writing this on a PS Vita is very difficult.

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Not sure. Either one is fine, though!

I sometimes have to do a bit of typing on my PS3 and Xbox360, and used to do so on my Wii and DSi, so I know what you mean.

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Used to eat at least one each week.

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everything is better with lemons ╰། ◉ ◯ ◉ །╯

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You can press Ctrl+1,2,3 etc to change tabs on Chrome but it's a pain in the ass for me so I prefer to click with my mouse like a peasant :D

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Thanks! If I havent seen it, it's new to me!

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Ctrl + tab also works but it just goes to the next tab (and loops around at the end)

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I change tabs with my mouse anyway so it's kinda useless for me. Thank you for sharing nonetheless :D

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I use too many tabs for this to be useful and handy >:

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It's faster clicking than counting.

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Exactly this. I usually have minimum 6-7 tabs open.

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  1. If you hold Left Alt and press the Tab key repeatedly, you'll browse through your computer's open windows.
    Alternatively, you may want to use Windows Key + Tab to have a "fancier" way to browse through them.

  2. Use your middle mouse button to open links in new tabs, close tabs, and slow scroll.

  3. Go to your start menu and launch cmd "Command Prompt". From there, type "dxdiag" (without the quotation marks) and hit enter to gain access to an info panel about your computer's hardware and software specifications.

  4. When searching on Google, multiple "commands" can be used to narrow your search results. For example, typing:

    site:steamgifts.com [your search keywords]

    will search only Steamgifts.com for results. On the other hand, searching:

    -site:steamgifts.com [your search keywords]

    Will eliminate any results from Steamgifts.com in your search.

  5. Another useful one is using quotation marks to search a specific chain of keywords in the correct order. For example, you want to search for "A cake eating a kitten" but the result always turns up "A kitten eating a cake". To fix the issue, instead of searching:

    a cake eating a kitten

    You should add quotation marks:

    "a cake eating a kitten"

    Google will then search for the keywords in that exact order.

  6. Sink is clogged? Drop a few teaspoons of baking soda in the sink, and pour about a half a glass of white vinegar. If it fails, at least it was fun watching the chemical reaction of baking soda with vinegar.


I'm pretty sure everyone already knows these... But heck. If someone doesn't yet, they should.

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I was so sad when Win+Tab wouldn't work on 8.1 :(

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It doesn't work on 10 either (well kinda). It just brings you to task view.

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One from XKCD. (The mouseover text. Or touch and hold on iOS)

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This is true............ lol.

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Open the task manager without going through the whole CTRL+ALT+DEL routine by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC

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I highly recommend this. Don't waste your time going to the logoff screen!

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Sweet that's a goodun. You can also just right click the taskbar and task manager is an option!

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+1 I right click the taskbar, not sure if that works above windows 7 but I would hope so :)

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ctrl+tab to switch between tabs in chrome

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On a similar note: Ctrl+number switches to that particular tab (so ctrl+1 switches to tab 1)

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And Ctrl+Shift+Tab to switch in the opposite direction. I believe both shortcuts work on all common browsers, not only Chrome.

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Never put a wooden (or any other material) stick into front wheel's spokes, while your friend is riding a bicycle.

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Damn, I wish someone had told me that when I was younger :c

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being a banana-girl™, this has saved me seconds (which i use to do absolutely nothing) while eating the best fruit ever :3

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His shorts fit :D
Just tested it. Works fine.
I always opened them from the other side.

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I do that too.
That's how monkeys do it, and when it comes to bananas they know their shit.

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You can also break it in half. I find it easier that way.

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You're a banana girl.....?

o_O

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Offtopic, have you seen the Minions movie yet? :D

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oh. i might, tonight!

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Even though it's a comedy, be prepared with some energy... I almost nodded off a few times mostly because.... well... Minion Babble or no babble at all... if that makes sense.. or I'm just old

There is very little dialog to keep you going...
Well, some spanish, some italian, etc... but mostly you know, Minion babble.

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But it's still funny :D

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Don't know if it counts as a lifehack, or if it's just a useful thing to know:
If you need to cool something quickly (like the guests beer at a party) take a container and fill it with ice & water. Now add a generous amount of salt to it as well. You'll now cool your drinks faster.
Warning: Be careful with glass bottles, you don't want to freeze those. Cooling them, sure, but they can shatter if the content freezes, so don't leave them in for too long.

How it works:
Adding salt to water lower the freezing point of it (hence why you salt the roads), this means that you can have water that is colder than 0C (regular freezing point at atmospheric pressure for you Yanks). The ice will cool the water, and start melting at this lower freezing point, thus you'll be able to cool your drinks faster, as the water will be colder.

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That's a nice hack!
Related is the fact that a container filled with ice and water will cool drinks faster than one filled wholly with ice. The water works better because it conforms to the shape of the bottles/cans and therefore has more surface area in contact, increasing the heat conduction away from the drinks that need to be cooled.

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you mean 273.15 K right? =p

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Now, for something completely opposite of my first tip.
You can press Ctrl + W to quickly close the tab you are on... Be careful not to hit Ctrl + Q by accident, though, because that closes Chrome :3.

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Bits of dead things :3.

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And you can undo it and re-open closed tabs by using Ctrl+Shift+T

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Important Lifehack: How to avoid future back problems (100 lvl BOSS)

  1. Stand up from the chair
  2. Get outside
  3. Walk at least 10km daily
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In case you can't stand snoring, here's a tip on how to silence it while you're in bed! It's a little uncomfortable and weird looking, but i've found myself falling asleep using it anyway, so it works.

  1. Put one of your ears against the pillow.
  2. Use one of your arms (For example, the right arm if you're sleeping on the left side.) to cover your other ear.
  3. Use your other arm to support the arm that's covering the ear, making sure its elbow is resting on the bed.

And that's it. Of course, there are much more comfortable ways to plug your ears, such as earmuffs, but if you don't wanna bother to get those, my solution works pretty well too.

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And if your pillow is big enough, you can use it to cover both ears. Speaking from experience...

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You can still hear even if you "cut off you ears", though...

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I will write about the scammers from steam, I'm sick of them ...they are so many , so from my experience these are some basic steps to be done in order to avoid to be scammed :

  1. If the profile is private, don't add them
  2. If they are hurry you , saying that they need to disconnec and they need quick trade .... PAY ATTENTION
  3. If they are offering you somenthing and after they ask you to add another trash item ...pay attention ...they will remove the item and they will tick the button I'm ready :), in order to avoid these thinks use STEAM OFFERT system is more usefull :)
  4. DO not click on any link that they are givving you in steam chat :) for example : "Hello, my items are on sale, look at the screenshot, that may be interested http://bestsc.ru/screenshoot.png"
  5. After you accept their invite they will write to you immediatly , then you are dealing with a bot :)

I hope you will find these informations usefull
P.S Sorry for my english :)

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Oh! That's a good one.

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I'm sure most people know this one... but I had someone in my car the other day who didn't :) Turn on the heater if your car is overheating This transfers heat from the engine to the passenger compartment. Short term remedy.

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I didn't know that D:.. But now that you mention it, it makes sense >_>.

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And if it's hot outside, aim the vents toward the windows and roll down the windows... Sure it sucks, but better to be warmer than to have an overheating car...

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I knew about this from many years in the desert. Its better to sweat your balls off than to have your car break down in the middle of nowhere, especially the desert. If you do have to do this, keep in mind to take it easy on your car. This is a workaround, not a solution.

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YOLO you only live once... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Otla5157c well, dont know if people knows but if you hold ctrl and use the mouse wheel, you zoom it/out and if you hold ctrl and pulse 0 it will became zoomless

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Yes, this is very useful when you are trying to solve itstoohard puzzles.

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