Новости за 22.03.2022

As the price of gas rises, everyone is thinking more about the fuel they put into their cars, but you probably already knew that there are usually two kinds of fuel available at your local gas station: gasoline and diesel.

If you’ve tried to buy a car recently, you know that they are now apparently made out of a combination of pure gold and rare earth minerals, and shopping for even a modest pre-owned vehicle is a stressful financial transaction on par with house-hunting. But at least buying a new (or relatively new car) spares you the…

TikTok is fun. TikTok is addictive. TikTok is…risky? There’s a lot of debate about the app’s privacy and security, especially with its parent company, ByteDance, operating out of Beijing. The previous White House administration very nearly banned the app from U.S. markets. I’m not sure how much of my TikTok data is…

Core strength is important: We use it when we carry a bag of groceries, get up from the floor, push open a door, or punch a punching bag. But too often, we think of “core” training as something done specifically with crunches or planks. And that’s a shame, because our cores do so much more.

One of the nice things about going to a bar (or bars) is that they have all the stuff. The good ice, the fancy cherries, the perfect strips of lemon zest—these things are ready and waiting to be deployed. Buying a jar of cherries is easy, but peeling thin strips of zest off of a citrus fruit is tedious.

If your weekend (or weekday) breakfasts typically involve waffles or pancakes made using a mix (no judgement here), you may want to reconsider your menu. That’s because certain buttermilk pancake and waffle mixes sold in Kroger and Walmart locations across the country are being recalled “due to a potential foreign…

When budgeting time and money for your kitchen renovation, set a bit of both aside specifically for your countertops. Counters are notoriously expensive to replace—but they stick out like a sore thumb if outdated and left as-is. If you have out-of-style, scratched, stained, or dull countertops that need a little…

When you search “gift registry,” all of the results assume you’re getting married or having a child. A recent tweet, however, went viral for pointing out that there are many causes worthy of gift registry that have nothing to do with weddings or babies. (Here’s the registry that inspired the tweet, by the way).…

Every major update since Windows 8 has come with a major redesign of the Start menu, and Windows 11 is no exception. This time, though, Microsoft went rather radical: The taskbar is centered, the Start menu is devoid of live tiles, and there are only two sections—pinned apps, and recommendations.

Life is full of etiquette blunders—some small and inconsequential, some large and egregious. We were all raised differently, with varying ideas of what’s “polite.” We recently posted a story about a woman who was invited to dinner at her friend’s place and then received a surprise Venmo request for the penne alla…

You can be forgiven for not understanding human behavior very well. People are complicated, and it’s hard to understand why we do what we do, especially since the answer is likely due to a trick our minds are playing on us. Simply eliminating the variables necessary to test a hypotheses about the cause of even the…

iPhone and Android smartphones have made it easy to talk in emojis and GIFs. They come built-in to the keyboard with a dedicated button—Android even has GIF search built directly into Gboard. But when you shift to working on your Mac or Windows PC, you might think you lose out on that ease. But actually, both Mac and…

We all know Instagram isn’t really good for anyone—but it’s especially not good for teenagers. Facebook’s own data (made public last fall, before Meta was a thing) showed Instagram’s negative mental health impacts on teen users, though some say the broader research doesn’t support such clear conclusions.

Pizza is an undeniable crowd-pleaser. The basic ingredients can be adjusted to fit a variety of palates and dietary needs, and it can be sliced into small or large servings to fit the size of your pizza party. It’s basically made to share with friends. It’s also ubiquitous—you can find great pizza at upscale…

We’ve discussed the most overrated exercises—a list that includes some extremely popular ones, like bicep curls and banded squats. Today it’s time for the opposite: Behold, a list of the most underrated exercises that maybe you should give another try (or a first try).

The anonymity of the internet has always brought out the worst in people. For some reason, losers enjoy taking out their disappointment with their own miserable lives on others trying to enjoy some well-deserved free time. This latest example comes in the form of Elden Ring, as hackers have figured out a way to crash…

Although Venmo and other money-sharing apps have been mainstream for years, there’s still some grey area when it comes to cost-splitting etiquette. On one hand, it’s fantastic that the friend who never carries cash has no excuse not to pay their fair share of the dinner bill, all but eliminating the song-and-dance of…