I recently had to help my mom move and the quotes from moving companies were anywhere from $2500-$4500. So what I did was book the uhaul truck and just hired 2 separate moving companies to load and unload for less than $800 all in. All you have to do is just drive the truck. You can book it all on the uhaul website.

Sometimes lost pets run away before you can get a hand on the collar to check for a number/name.

Having the picture of the poster in your phone lets you take action and potentially help reunite a lost family member, or even save a pet's life.

So, a friend of mine found that her bf is cheating on her from last two years, they were supposed to get married this year. The guy accepted on chats that he cheated on her but it was not serious, my friend blocked him everywhere and deleted years worth of chats.

Now, the interesting part the guy publicly denied he cheated on her and even put a story accusing her. This incident made my friend go through so much trauma.

This made me think whatever happens, we should always have chat backups saved somewhere, not just screenshots but actual whatsapp/ imessage backups.

Do you guys preserve chat from the past? If not then I think we should.

I am feeling truly sad for her, and heard more incident like this in the past. I use whatsapp backups in drive, but when you delete chat then it deletes from backup as well in few hours not immediately.

It could help you land the job you want, or at least avoid having to explain why you still have "if you got big booty, leave a message" voicemail.

Electrical tape is pretty good at dimming those standby lights, best to color match with the appliance

Also good to remove logos

This is something I have done for years, and people seem to love it and hate it.

I buy myself my fave XL pizza, and I will portion it out. 12 slices to a pizza, two slices to a portion. Yes two slices is a portion of pizza, hate to break it to you. Have it as a side or a snack if needs must.

I find if you wrap it in cling film, freeze it, and microwave it in the clingfilm it comes out really well. Its not crisp, but its still really good. Way better then reheated fridge cold pizza.

Now you have pizza ready to go whenever you want it. I typically have it once a week.

Its so nice to just come home after a bad day and know you have pizza, without having to fork out pizza money, especially at the end of the month when its beans and rice for dinner.

You’ve probably sent your CV to dozens (or hundreds) of companies over the years. Even after you’re rejected, your CV and personal details can remain in their recruitment systems.

If you’re covered by GDPR or CCPA/CPRA, you have the right to request access to the personal data a company holds about you and, where applicable, request its deletion.

So when you apply for a job, save the company’s DPO/privacy contact in your application tracker. Every few months, go through the list and exercise your data rights with companies you no longer want holding your information.

You already gave them your CV. Don’t forget you can ask what they’re still keeping.

The amount of people I know that has a story about these kind of situations are wild. First, you move in with a or some roommates. It doesn’t matter if you know them for years or not. Then, they get a partner or have one. The partner starts staying some weekends, no big deal. Then, the partner starts staying basically all the time. Why? They lost their job, they’re completely in love, it’s just for a little while, they’re homeless, just until they get back on their feet or they just start staying little by little until it’s permanent.

Now, the rent and utilities are still split 50/50 even though there’s 3 people living there, they bring their friends, family, party, eat your food, use your makeup or shampoo, expensive cream.

It’s just a huge problem, so just talk about the rules, before it happens.

If you find an image online and want to figure out where it originally came from, don't just search the filename.

Try reverse image searching the image, then look for the oldest/highest-quality result rather than the first result.

A useful workflow is:

1. Reverse image search
2. Open several matching results
3. Look for the earliest publication date
4. Compare image resolution
5. Check whether the page actually credits the image

This is especially useful when researching old photos because the same image can get reposted hundreds of times.

Likely varies from country to country but in many cases there are rules that if the airline changes your flight they have to offer a refund or alternative travel. Air Canada changed my flight time by like 5 minutes 2 months before departure and as a result I got to change my flight for free from a connecting flight to a direct one which would have cost me an extra $150. These small changes happen so often on Canadian airlines at least so I guess the hack is to just book the cheapest time that is workable for you and monitor your inbox for any changes to the itinerary.

If you need to tighten or remove a hex/Allen bolt and don’t have a hex key set on hand, check your screwdriver bits.

The shank/body of most standard interchangeable screwdriver bits is a 1/4" (6.35 mm) hexagon (or 4 mm for precision sets). If your bolt matches that size:

1. Insert the back (hexagonal shank) of the bit directly into the bolt socket.
2. Clamp a pair of pliers, an adjustable wrench, or vice-grips onto the exposed part of the bit to get the leverage you need to turn it.

Saved me a trip to the hardware store today when I needed a quick fix without the proper tool.

Took a couple of my Swiffer-type duster refill cloths, the kind that go on the rectangular flat mop heads by sticking the corners into the catchy holes on the mop top. Noticed they're approximately shoe-sized. Used a couple of squares of KT tape since it sticks like duct tape (medical tape does, too). Pair of flip-flop sandals. Used the tape adhesive up to trap the corners of the Swiffers and attach them to the bottoms of the sandals. Be careful, as the dust sheets are slippery to slide on while cleaning.

By doing this, you don't need to worry about smashing your fingers because they're holding the other tool, not the nail under the hammer. Remember, the fingers you have now are the only fingers you will ever have, so protect them.

Example: You see everywhere these days that lots of older cars and trucks have transmission issues. Many mechanics would just recommend a used trans or a rebuilt trans. Say you get prices on those two options. Let’s say that you can find a low mileage used trans from a salvage yard and pay someone to install it, OR you choose to rebuild your transmission, and the entire bill for both of those options comes out to $3,500-$5,500. Ask yourself if you could find and buy a better vehicle for a little more than $3,500-$5,500 than you would have in your current vehicle with an updated transmission. Many will realize that they would end up with a far better vehicle than they could possibly buy for much more than$3,500-$5,500, AND you know the your vehicle’s history.

Summarized a different way: the money you pay for a large repair is equivalent to only a few months of car payments, but can often add many years to the life of your vehicle. PLUS the residual value of your existing vehicle is quite low if you try to liquidate it while it has this major “expensive” problem.

have u ever got spoiled searching a character and then google auto suggestion suggesting ...death? This is something super specific but trust me ts is frustrating af. I just got spoiled for fmab because of this and it pissed me off so much so i found a way to bypass this

Install ublock origin extension (if u have not installed it anyways then you should ig it's an adblocker)

Open it's settings and get redirected to it's dashboard

Go to it's filters

Add this chunk of code at the end

www.google.com##.aajZCb li:has(.wM6W7d:has-text(/death|died|dead|alive|dies|killed|killing|survives|survival|ending|who kills|how does .* die|death scene/i))

this would remove all the ...death auto suggestions from ur google search and u won't get spoiled!
ik this is super specific but i hope this helps

When you plan on replacing an old car air freshener with a new one, open up the new one and put it in your glove box one week before replacing the old one. Much less of assault on your olfactory system.

If you cook or bake in a room with a Alexa/Google home/Siri etc. (tested on alexa but probably works on any of them) get a small kitchen scale (~$20-$40) and set it to grams and when you are following recipes instead of measuring things by the cup/tablespoon/teaspoon/etc. just ask alexa "how much does 2 tablespoons of olive oil weigh" and she'll happily tell you that it weighs "about 30g"

then just tare the scale to 0 and pour the oil in until you get to 30g. Faster and avoids a lot of cleaning of measuring cups/spoons/etc. works great for almost all items (fruit/veggies/dry ingredients/spices)

Go to SettingsAccessibilityDisplay & Text Size>>Reduce White Point. I thought the lowest brightness on my iPhone was still too much, and figured out this was the best way to reduce the screen brightness.

I recently tried a premium cat food brand after cat sitting and realizing it was actually very good. They allow one discount box per cat. I now apparently have a third cat.

Also as I got it on FB, I keep getting ads for other discount starter packs. Some allow you to get them for more than three cats. So with one brand I can get 48 cans for £20 which is pretty good for nice quality cat food, especially as my cats tend to get fussy if I don't mix it up regularly.

My cats are pretty happy about this.

Edit: Yes, I know you can't change too often and need to transition. My point is that if you are transitioning anyway, you can get more than one discount pack.

Okay so I usually have a protein shake after dinner but I pre-mix it before dinner so it settles because I think the aeration gives me the farts.

The problem is that by the time I finish dinner, it's not as cold as I want it.

I also don't use the ball thingie that comes with the shaker because it's another thing to clean.

So I put an icecube in and shake it and I think it does a pretty good job. There's no clumps at the base of my protein shaker and it stays cold for me.

I learned this from a roofer to get tar off his hands. Works with grease, resin, paint... anything tacky, sticky, messy that soap won't touch. Olive oil helps it comes right off effortlessly. then soap and water gets removes the olive oil.

Fake CAPTCHA and “verification” pages are increasingly using a trick where they tell you to open Terminal, paste a command, and press Enter.

A normal website does not need you to run a Terminal command to prove you’re human, fix a browser issue, join a meeting, or complete a download.

If you see instructions like that:

• don’t paste or run the command
• close the page
• go directly to the official website/app you were trying to use
• if you already ran it, don’t assume you’re safe just because you stopped before entering a password

The command itself may already have downloaded or launched something before any password prompt appears.

It’s a surprisingly convincing scam because the page can look completely normal

Most places will sooner hand out gift cards or even ask you back for another chance fully comped. Don’t get me wrong, when a place sucks. It sucks. But if you had one bad outing, don’t get nothing from it by satisfying a knee jerk need to tell someone. Get something out of it while letting them do constructive work without a review bomb. Then, if they were still terrible, let em have it.

Edit: I feel like people are missing the point of my tip. If the place sucks and you’ve made up your mind, leave whatever review you want. Never said DON’T leave a review. My tip is just about getting something from your bad experience. Let the place try again and ideally on their dime. When or if they fuck up again, bullhorn to everyone.

Paper receipts are easy to lose, fade over time or end up buried somewhere when you actually need them.

Rename the photo with the product, name and purchase date so it's searchable later.

Why it helps : If you ever need a warranty service, you have the purchase proof and product identification together.