Новости за 07.10.2019

As a fan of miniatures and free things, I have always appreciated—and hoarded—hotel toiletries. When traveling, I’ll often hide the bottles after showering, just to make sure they get replenished each day. This means I go home with many tiny bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and body wash, where they sit in a basket,…

We’ve done the usual triangle-eyes-and-toothy-grin jack-o’-lanterns in my home plenty of times. We’ve carved pumpkins, we’ve painted pumpkins, we even did this one year for whatever reason:

$250. $450. $550. The annual fees for top travel rewards cards keep creeping up. But active duty military service members don’t have to pay those fees at all. That hefty discount is thanks to the Military Lending Act (MLA) and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), the laws designed to protect military service…

Google’s monthly Android security fixes are normally just for Google devices, but Samsung, Motorola, LG, Oppo, Huawei, and Xiaomi are all rolling out their own versions of the October 2019 security update to patch a major zero-day security vulnerability present on several Android smartphones. Those with vulnerable…

Last week, a couple spent nearly $11,800 on a two-week stay at an Airbnb in Ibiza, Spain—only to discover the listing was a fraud. Upon check-in, they learned that the property didn’t even exist and found themselves scrambling to find a hotel last-minute while struggling to communicate with Airbnb.

The nicest thing you can say to your friend is “Fuck you!” Not when you’re actually mad, but when you’re goofing around and they just got you good, and you’re acknowledging that yeah, you’re owned. That “fuck you” says “We are in a circle of trust and intimacy, and because of this we do not need to be polite.”

If you bought a pair of $250 Bose Sleepbuds in order to get a better night’s sleep, you should know that Bose just discontinued its noise-masking Sleepbuds and is offering customers a full refund.

According to a late-September bug report from Google’s Project Zero team, an issue with the popular covert messaging app Signal, on Android, allowed any attacker to essentially eavesdrop on a person’s device (via audio, not video).

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As I have mentioned previously, I am a product baker, not a process baker. Folding, rolling, chilling, and beating rarely offer any type of catharsis, and making pastry stresses me out. Because of this, I am always looking for easy but delicious pie crusts, and the pretzel crust is my new favorite.

Charisma is one of those things that people assume you’re born with, but that’s not necessarily the case. Regardless of your personality type, it’s entirely possible to become more likable and develop your charisma. The key is to focus on certain traits you can practice and apply to your own behavior that can possibly…

When you consider which credit card to apply for, you might first notice if a card has a signup bonus or offers a high rate of rewards. But if you plan to travel internationally, should look past the rewards and make sure you’re getting an increasingly common card benefit: zero foreign transaction fees.

There’s a common expression among fitness subreddits and lifting forums: The day you start lifting is the day you become forever small. In other words, you might not ever feel satisfied after years of hard work or when you reach your goals.

Whether fair or not, teenagers have somewhat of a bad rap. They’re stereotypically sullen, they talk back and they’re embarrassed by our very existence. Not always, of course, but parents can find their relationship with their child strained during the teenage years. And it’s not necessarily the kid’s fault.

I confess, I love using Twitter lists. While it’s “easy” to just scroll through the regular ol’ feed on your Twitter app, this process annoys me for two main reasons: It always reverts back to “top Tweets” instead of a chronological feed, which is frustrating, and I keep seeing random promoted tweets in my feed. Meh.

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When I first started writing, a short 300-500-word story like this one would take me literal days to write. I was publishing something for people to read, and I wanted to make sure every word was perfect.