Новости за 30.11.2018

Does it bug you that we’re living in a world where even the lettuce threatens our health? I have a solution. Toss out the romaine; dump the iceberg while you’re at it, too. Lettuce is bullshit. Lettuce has always been bullshit. Here’s why:

Hedy Lamarr is became a household name as a star in the golden age of Hollywood, but behind the scenes, she was also one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.

Admitting you need help can be really hard, especially when you’re being paid for your competency. But the reality is, we all need help sometimes, and learning to ask for it at work will make things better for everyone.

Marriott International announced Friday that personal information for up to 500 million of its guests may have been accessed as part of a breach to its Starwood guest reservation database. If you’ve stayed at a Marriott hotel in the past few years, this probably means you.

If you’ve had a poor experience with something—say a restaurant, book or salon visit—take a minute before leaving a negative review. Is it worth it?

For parents of kids with birthdays close to the cut-off date for kindergarten registration, the debate can start almost as soon as they’re born: Should we red-shirt him? Will she be ready for kindergarten that soon?

One of time’s tested and true hacks is that to get better at anything, you need to start small. Whether your goal is to save $10,000 or run a 5k, starting in small increments is the only way to attain it. Going from $0 in savings to $1,000 by cutting out everything you normally do each month isn’t sustainable;…

Instagram is making it easier for people with visual impairments to experience its site.

MacStories blogger Frederico Vitticci has created an incredibly robust iOS shortcut called Home Screen Icon Creator, which allows you to create custom buttons that look different and, if you want to get fancy, to fine-tune what happens when you open an app. It also lets you create customizable icons for iOS shortcuts…

Have you been enjoying our full month of focusing on your bench press? We learned how to get started, how to bench without a spotter, how to bench without a bench, and some fun variations. Hopefully you learned something new!

After a year or two of increasingly frivolous spending, one of my goals going into the New Year is to save as much money as possible. In some areas of my life, like eating out or buying clothes, it’s obvious what I need to cut, and there are plenty of easy ways to save money.

Today I learned that Twitter thinks I’m interested in literature, beer, hip-hop, and I really like my friends Ina and Harry (I’m double interested in both of them for some reason). When it comes to me, Twitter thinks I’m known for being a technology journalist, as well as “other.” I’ve never been so proud!