Новости за 04.11.2022

It’s that time of year again: parent-teacher conference season. For 15 minutes, parents sit face-to-face with the person responsible for their kid’s education. For most, it’s a time for parents and caregivers to hear the truth about what really happens during school hours and to work together to help their children…

You don’t have to risk life and limb messing with molten caramel to make delicious, candied nuts. There is a much quicker way to conduct this sweet business, and it doesn’t involve candy thermometers, silicon mats, or burn cream. These candied nuts are so simple, tasty, and pretty, that making them would be a great…

Oranges are a pain in the ass. First off, they’re wildly inconsistent. Sometimes, they’re heaven. Other times, they’re flavorless mush. Of course, to even find out, you need to peel them—a term that really undersells the struggle. A traditional orange holds onto its peels for dear life. Soccer kids are onto something…

Unsightly water stains will drag down the vibes in even the most beautiful bathroom. From shower humidity to internal leaks and ventilation problems, they have a lot of causes, but after you’ve identified what made the mark on your wall in the first place, you still need to remove it without making the aesthetic…

As the end of the year approaches, you may have already maxed out your 401(k) plan contributions for 2022. However, some plans have an option to keep making after-tax contributions past the deferral limits. Described as an “under-the-radar” option to get more funds to grow tax-free, this type of deposit may not be…

If you’re anything like me, your overriding goal in life is to not have a hilarious obituary. This is why I’ve decided to never ride a rollercoaster, board a hot air balloon, or go skydiving—I don’t want my last thoughts to be along the lines of why I thought jumping out of a plane was a good idea.

But just avoiding…

Even if you aren’t a gamer, you’re undoubtedly aware of Dungeons & Dragons, the fantasy tabletop role-playing game that popularized the genre (at least among a certain subset of geeks) way back in the early 1970s.

Spurred by any number of things—traditionally “nerdy” culture going mainstream and the throwback…

Spotify vs. Apple Music is a debate we won’t soon hear the end of. However, as of late, Apple Music users are claiming their service sounds better than Spotify’s, that Apple’s songs are punchier and more crisp than the rival streaming service, especially when using high quality headphones or speakers. While Apple…

If you have a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), time is running out to use up your remaining balance. During the pandemic, you may have benefited from relief rules that allowed you to rollover FSA funds past the typical year-end deadline. This year, that rollover rule is being rolled back. Here’s what to know about…

Besides the water bath, the notorious cracking, a long bake time, and an unimaginably long cooling time, cheesecake has only one bother: chunks of unblended cream cheese. Cakes and quick breads that are made with flour are often OK if there are small lumps of unblended ingredients—it usually shakes out in the oven. …

Finding a workplace environment in which you can thrive is no easy feat. And even when you do land in a place that seems like a perfect fit, dynamics can always change—particularly if your company comes under new management. The new bosses could turn out to be incompetent, unethical, or a disastrous combination of the…

TikTok has inspired a lot of people to do a lot of dumb stuff, but it’s as yet unclear whether we can add “making a live-action musical adaptation of Hercules” that nods to the culture of the social media app to that list. Plus: There were probably people making elaborate haunted dollhouses and squirrel obstacles…

After years of hemorrhaging users, blogging site Tumblr announced this week it is lifting the ban on nudity it put in place in 2018. Finally, at long last, you’ll be able to look at pictures of naked people on the internet again.

For scammers, fake checks are the Toyota Corolla of cars—safe, reliable, and have been around for ever. And over the years, fake check scams have only become more sophisticated and one of the most successful frauds for scammers, so they are still something to be aware of so you can avoid becoming a victim.

After years at the bottom of a contractual pond, the rights to the Friday the 13th horror franchise have landed in a truly fascinating new home: A24, producers of some of the weirder, artier, and more successful independent films of the past decade (X, Lamb, The Green Knight, and Everything Everywhere All at Once).

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We all take screenshots on our iPhones. Maybe you want to share an Instagram post outside the app; maybe you want to keep receipts in the argument you’re having; maybe you accidentally took a screenshot for the millionth time. Whatever the reason, screenshots are second nature to most iPhone users. But there’s more to…