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printer ink cartridges often get retired early due to an internal counter reaching its limit, even when there's still plenty of ink left.most printers have a counter that can be reset, letting you keep printing even after that warning. you can get more out of your cartridges. many printer manufacturers offer free maintenance or servicing for these types of issues. and if you're in a place where that's not an option. there are free or very cheap tools that do that.
to avoid damaging your printer, it's recommended to replace the pads inside the printer before resetting the counter

I have a coarse beard. In the days before I figured this LPT out, I used a new disposable blade every week. Now I use a new blade every 6 months, if not longer.

The trick is to 'sharpen' your blades by running them against your towel like the old-timey barbers did with the strap. So before you shave and then every few strokes or so, run the razor along/against your towel-skirt and your blade will last for a really long time.

I used to spend a ton of money on blades before I figured this out. This works for multi-blade razors too.

With porch pirates on the rise and return to office mandates, have your holiday packages sent to your office instead of home to ensure safe delivery.

Only works if you have a dedicated mailroom and/or trusted coworkers

Opt in for comprehensive coverage if you live in a location with deer. Do not find out the hard way like I just did!

Even if an ethnic restaurant has high reviews, scroll through and see if people from that ethnicity are leaving good reviews. It can generally hint to its authenticity/quality and you can be more informed before eating. I recently didn’t do this and ended up eating some super mid Indian food

If you’re like me and someone who can stay on their phone for hours, which in turn prevents sleep, try charging it outside of your room. That way you won’t be tempted to check your phone and will just be focused on sleeping

No matter what it was that made you mad or angry, think of something good in your life and think of that while falling asleep. You’ll wake up feeling better.

Giving multiple price points of restaurant choices allows them to feel the joy of treating, but puts it back in their hands to select something more affordable. Givers often do more than they should at their own detriment and this is a way to show you appreciate them.

A house emergency has caused a parade of service/tradespeople come though to do work. My takeaway from working with all these different companies in a short amount of time is the ones with near perfect ratings are the ones to be highly suspicious of.

They get their ranking through coercion: either incentivizing glowing reviews with discounts, negotiating/threatening people who leave bad reviews, or just paying to have them removed in the case of Yelp.

I've had one company tell me not to tip their crew, but if I left a good review the company would tip them on my behalf. I've had another company ask me to take down a (truthful) negative review in exchange for a heavy discount. And we've all seen the owners who respond to every single bad review with abuse, blaming the client.

The best companies I've worked with don't spend a lot of time managing their online reputation. Partially because they don't have to, but also because their priority is the actual work. So they will be imperfect 4.5's.

The shittiest, scammiest companies are 4.9's. They spend a LOT of time doing reputation management because they're essentially marketing companies before they're service providers.

I have realised i don't like to clean utenils or mop the floor but I know these things are great and need to be done but they are miserable, so just do the more miserable things when you're low, it will make being miserable less hurtful. And also you got some work done.

Same principle is the reason why people workout or go for a run.

Other activities you could do could be-

1. Organize your wardrobe
2. Declutter your digital space
3. Sort out finances
4. Deep-clean your room
5. Iron clothes
6. Clean the fridge or pantry
7. Water and repot plants
8. Write or plan something
9. Tidy up your study/work desk
10. Sew or repair clothes
11. Plan meals for the week

With the holidays here, a lot of places are doing promotions such as 20% off gift cards this month only.

This would work in a way where you pay $80, and get a $100 gift card for that specific business.

If you have money to spare, it's a great way to secure some cheaper purchases down the road for yourself.

This morning my haircut place was doing this. I paid $160 for a $200 gift card which I'll use for my next 6-7 haircuts.

Enjoy.

EDIT: This may backfire on you if the business closes.

It's that time of year. Soap does absolutely nothing to remove sap from your hands. Additionally, olive oil will get most sticky things off your body like bandage adhesive residue, tar, glue and and marker ink.

Just in case those of you who use any delivery service regularly (DoorDash, Shipt, Postmates, etc.) make sure to rate your driver 5 stars UNLESS they did something wrong. Most of these services will “soft fire” employees for having a rating at 4 stars. Even though most normal people would think 3-4 stars being the average for good service and 5 being above and beyond service, these companies do not. So please help keep these folks employed (if they deserve the 5 stars) and your stuff coming in during the winter!

For me, whenever I tried finding walking directions to a given place, Google Maps kept sending me to walk along a highway that I knew wasn’t safe to walk by. However, when I selected “Cycling” instead of “Walking” for direction type, it magically found routes that didn’t utilize a highway at all. I’m sure it isn’t 100% perfect at avoiding un-walkable highways, it sure does a better job then the “Walking” direction type.

I discovered this accidentally when my morning routine was interrupted. The difference is substantial, especially now that winter is upon us.

I use disposables, but this also works for extended wear (make sure your caps are tight).

^(And how you can do it until the end of the year)

After dealing with procrastination and dealing with bad habits for years, I came across a framework that helped me eliminate bad habits and build good ones.

In my previous posts, I wrote about the Why, What, How Method, where:

1- Why?

You ask yourself why you need to switch the bad habit or in what ways this bad habit is destroying your life. This step is crucial because, in tough moments, you need to keep in mind why you’re doing this.

Most people fail at this step because they outsource their motives.

It shouldn’t just be: “ I want to change it because someone said so.”

You need to truly ask yourself why you should even consider changing this habit.

2- What?

This step is where you start working on the main issue. Most of the resources out there only focus on the external side, which results in superficial solutions. The real change happens inside us.

The idea here is to ask yourself, “ What is causing me to do this? What is the trigger of the trigger?

You may find interesting causes that you never imagined

I found a few tools that can help you work on these root problems, such as journaling, contemplating, and meditation.

The idea is to go into the roots of your addiction and work on it.

3- How?

After mastering why and what, you can start thinking of ways to eliminate your bad habits based on your current situation

There are multiple ways of doing this, so you should focus on things that are already in your range.

This step depends on your current schedule and what works for you. Don’t make the mistake of copying what works for others. Test and see what best describes your needs.

Now, I'll discuss how to develop habits that last and, at the same time, eliminate the bad ones.

To develop any good habit, you only need three things: intention, replacement, and time.

Intention

This is where you consciously decide what habit you want to build, but it needs to be something you want to, and that is important for you; otherwise, you’ll fail. You need to have a strong reason why you want to build it.

Replacement

Every new habit replaces an older one. If you want to quit your phone addiction, you need to find a healthy replacement for that. If you don't replace it, two things will happen:

1- You go back to your bad habits

2- You'll end up building one worse than the previous

For example, I quit eating chocolate, but sometimes I feel the urge to eat something sweet, so I eat fruits or a “healthy” sweet.

Time

We still struggle to develop good habits because we’re programmed to think that we should have instant results for every change. But one thing that I noticed is that real change takes time to happen because it is the only one that aims at the root causes. It does not matter what you’re dealing with. If you want to truly change, you need to be patient and let the time do its part.

If you have the first two things aligned, time will do the rest for you.

EDIT- Since this is helping you guys, you might as well check my full article on the reason why people are stuck lately and ways to overcome it and get your desired life. Take the first step here.

Feel free to ask me anything in the comments or dm

Aux cable from speaker out of device A to line in/microphone of PC(device b).

On Windows, open sound settings. (On windows 11, you might have to go to advanced sound settings.)

You can right click the speaker at the bottom right otherwise and click sounds.

Find the recording tab, then Line In. Double click or open properties.

The listen tab. Click listen to this device and press ok. The sound should come through on your PC.

Hope this helps. (*￣3￣)╭

EDIT:

Some examples are playing your console through your pc audio. Think being able to hear your PlayStation and your discord on the same headset. Removing open audio from speakers so it doesnt conflict with the microphone.
You can also record samples with this.

Its not just plugging up speakers. It's plugging a devices audio in a way you can hear youtube through your phone on your pc.(if it has aux.) live with low latency.

Keep a "go bag" in your car with essentials like a towel, spare clothes, shoes, and socks. It’s a lifesaver for unexpected situations whether you're caught in the rain, hit the gym unplanned, or just need a quick change.

So i dont know if this is common knowledge or not but the actual baking paper doesn’t get hot in the oven so you can lift your pizza etc up on it

When you get hired for new position, save a copy of the job description on your computer. When you need to update your resume, just use the points on the job description.

If you're the one most familiar with cars or most on top of maintenance use their car for local trips like for groceries or short errands. Look for warning lights on dash and other preventive maintenance items. You might save yourself a ton of headache and money on minor problems that can become major issues later.

As many people are cooking and preparing holiday meals, please remember a dull knife is more dangerous than sharp. A dull knife is harder to control, more likely to slip, less precise and can do more damage if you slip. A sharp knife requires less force to cut which makes it easier to keep your fingers out of the way.

Learning to put a proper edge on a blade is a great life skill that isn’t very difficult (watch a couple YouTube videos). Many sets also include a honing rod which helps with upkeep.

Just learned this, had no idea. An example sentence would be something like "The thief will get his just deserts soon enough."

If a recently purchased item goes down in price, many credit cards will often refund you the difference. Be sure to check your credits cards' terms for specifics (how long you have, procedure to get refund, etc.), but this time of year with constant sales and fluctuating prices, this feature can often save you more money than things like cash back bonuses, etc. Not all cards offer price match however, so make sure you have a good grasp of your different cards' benefits.

Saw this clever use of a spreadsheet with formulas to keep track of all the necessary ingredients and the amounts needed for a bunch of different cookie recipes. Great way to keep from under or over buying as you're preparing for a big bake like during the holidays. https://bsky.app/profile/bernadettegr.bsky.social/post/3lc6n2x57s22g

Look at hotel options through travel sites like booking.com. One you have decided your hotel go and book directly on their website or through a call. Most of the time you will get better prices and perks if you book directly.

I always slide stuff down and put it off for later, and just snagged some stuff I'm glad I waited on.

There are two types of morning shows on FM radio- Syndicated, and non-syndicated. Syndicated shows play all over the USA, and they are broadcast in such a way that your local channels can add bits and pieces to the syndicated show to broadcast local news, but they save money by "hiring" a morning show that plays all over the USA.

The second type is non-syndicated. These are your local broadcasters who are located in your closest big city. These are also known as "Local" radio shows. These shows can be your key to having a lot of fun in your city, and it's super simple.

When these radio shows have games, you should call in! In the 3 large cities that I have lived in, they regularly do not get enough callers to fully "staff" these game shows. So how do they get contestants if no one is calling?

They have a list of people who have called in the past to play games, and they actually call them in the mornings. I've been doing this for years and years, and have several acquaintances who I have told about this and they started doing it to, with a lot of success!

The local radio hosts will normally call you on a commercial, and when you pick up they say "hey, is this such and such? Would you like to be a contestant on a game today?" and if you say yes, they say "great! it'll be between x and y minutes from now". They have you stay on, and patch you through so you can hear the show through your phone, and then a few minutes later, they call you on, and you participate!

I've won weekend trips to cabins in the mountains, countless tickets to countless concerts, and all sorts of local, special events like the circus, museums, and other local events.

Now, there are certainly times where I have won at 2 games within a time period that was too close to the last time that I won, so I can't claim the winnings, but they are always really cool about that and make sure that I'm called when my window opens back up.

Overall, just picking up the phone has allowed me to participate in some really cool games, and win some really cool prizes!

As noted. More protection, durable, and easy.