20 Life Hacks To Solve Problems You Never Thought About - General

Some of these seem cool, even though Facepunch despises the term "lifehack". [video=youtube;8f7vMTRS4dM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f7vMTRS4dM[/video]

I hate the term lifehacks Its like common sense half the time

That, or a useless workaround for a problem that doesn't exist.

I lose respect for anybody who uses the term lifehack. I saw this video by him and immediately unsubscribed. He's pretty annoying to boot anyways so I only kept it because he made a interesting creepy video every now and then.

This has become obligatory. [video=youtube;KlA_YXDm9bg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlA_YXDm9bg[/video]

-ninja'd-

Did people seriously not know the Gas gauge one?

Only number 2 was partially useful. Regarding number one, I just use a plastic bag that's leftover from shopping.

Number 7 is horrible advice, chewing gum at a job interview is a no no. and why not just call these tips? Life hack is such a dumb phrase, its a fucking tip, advice, a trick what the fuck makes it a hack?

The only lifehack no#13 is likely to do is set your house on fire Whoever did this is a mourn

[QUOTE=OutLawed Blade;45531973]Number 7 is horrible advice, chewing gum at a job interview is a no no. and why not just call these tips? Life hack is such a dumb phrase, its a fucking tip, advice, a trick what the fuck makes it a hack?[/QUOTE] you lifehacked the shit out of me

I've been writing some life hacks of my own lately. Life hack: Get everything you want by not wanting anything. Life hack: Find any lost item by picking up those pizza boxes off your bedroom floor, you disgusting animal. Life hack: Pay your electric company to receive infinite water.

[QUOTE=Oizen;45531947]Did people seriously not know the Gas gauge one?[/QUOTE] O-of course I did :tinfoil:

[QUOTE=c:;45532081]Life hack: Pay your [b]electric[/b] company to receive infinite [b]water[/b].[/QUOTE] ????

Cant

#2 "Pencil sharpeners are great to pack for survival." If I was going to need a knife/razor on my trip, why would I bring a fucking pencil sharpener and not just pack the knife itself.

anything with 'lifehacks' is generally pretty retarded but I think this is the worst I've seen yet I feel sorry for people who genuinly can't come up with things like this on their own

[QUOTE=Hervey;45532262]#2 "Pencil sharpeners are great to pack for survival." If I was going to need a knife/razor on my trip, why would I bring a fucking pencil sharpener and not just pack the knife itself.[/QUOTE] Not to mention the actual razor/knife is going to be considerably sharper and easier to use. That's like saying "instead of a box of matches or a flint and tinder, i'm going to bring a flamethrower."

Use a newspaper to absorb the moisture from the bottom of a bin. Now you have a soggy as shit newspaper in the bottom of a bin.

oh look phone in rice again I repair phones. I repair liquid damaged phones. This does not work. Most times when someone says they left it in rice we can open it in front of them and show them the standing water still in the phone. When rice mixes with water it releases starch, which only causes more damage to the areas exposed to the world - charging points, headphone jacks, microphone, earpiece - these components then usually have to be replaced. Once oxidation of the metal contacts and solder begins it does not matter if you remove the water any more, air moisture will do the rest. The process has begun and it will continue to rust. Sites damaged by rust are made porous and more susceptible to rusting in turn. The last thing you want to be doing is running power through the phone. Rust is oxidation, a process of donating electrons from the metal, and by running electricity through the metal you are making more free electrons available to the oxidation process. We do the only repair that stands a change of working long-term - remove all oxidised material, and replace or resolder affected areas where we can. Phones left in rice don't help our job any, and only make dealing with the customer that attempted it more difficult.

20 lifehacks to solve problems you never had

[QUOTE=subenji99;45532336]oh look phone in rice again I repair phones. I repair liquid damaged phones. This does not work. Most times when someone says they left it in rice we can open it in front of them and show them the standing water still in the phone. When rice mixes with water it releases starch, which only causes more damage to the areas exposed to the world - charging points, headphone jacks, microphone, earpiece - these components then usually have to be replaced. Once oxidation of the metal contacts and solder begins it does not matter if you remove the water any more, air moisture will do the rest. The process has begun and it will continue to rust. Sites damaged by rust are made porous and more susceptible to rusting in turn. The last thing you want to be doing is running power through the phone. Rust is oxidation, a process of donating electrons from the metal, and by running electricity through the metal you are making more free electrons available to the oxidation process. We do the only repair that stands a change of working long-term - remove all oxidised material, and replace or resolder affected areas where we can. Phones left in rice don't help our job any, and only make dealing with the customer that attempted it more difficult.[/QUOTE] Obviously if the rice is not in contact with the water then it is not going to work, so just chucking your wet phone into a bowl of rice is probably not very useful. However if you take it apart and put the parts in rice then it will definitely absorb moisture. I'm not sure about starch damaging connectors and everything but I'm sure it can be wiped off or at least is better than having a wet brick.

[QUOTE=OutLawed Blade;45531973]Number 7 is horrible advice, chewing gum at a job interview is a no no. and why not just call these tips? Life hack is such a dumb phrase, its a fucking tip, advice, a trick what the fuck makes it a hack?[/QUOTE] The CD one is bullshit too No, stroking a banana in your CD wont fix it's scratches, bananas doesn't recover data.

[QUOTE=OutLawed Blade;45531973]Number 7 is horrible advice, chewing gum at a job interview is a no no. and why not just call these tips? Life hack is such a dumb phrase, its a fucking tip, advice, a trick what the fuck makes it a hack?[/QUOTE] I think it was meant to help the nervousness you have [I]before[/I] the interview.

How does someone forget their phone in their pants and put them in the washing machine without noticing the bulge in the pocket? I may have a big phone which is impossible to forget but forgetting a phone in the pants AND putting them in a washing machine should be pretty embarrassing. My headphones for my phone do get washed once a month though.

[QUOTE=SenhorCreeper;45532492]The CD one is bullshit too No, stroking a banana in your CD wont fix it's scratches, bananas doesn't recover data.[/QUOTE] It's not about the banana recovering data, it's about recovering the protective layer of the CD to ensure that the scratches don't stop the laser from reading the data. Although it's certainly possible with some stuff, bananas are pretty bad for this, considering they can easily leave microscratches on your CD. Good luck fixing microscratches. There's also this "hack" that has been going around about wrapping your luke warm soda in wet paper towels before putting it in the cooler. Sure, it works, but some nitwit used a glass bottle to explain it to the public. If you want it to explode in your face, this is a great idea though.

Lifehack: Press the palm of your hand as hard as you can into the back of the blade while cutting food, rather than the handle. This lets you cut everything faster, and your palm is unharmed because it redistributes the force of the metal more efficiently than all food.

I'll admit, that battery with tinfoil one seems pretty useful.

[QUOTE=subenji99;45532336]oh look phone in rice again I repair phones. I repair liquid damaged phones. This does not work. Most times when someone says they left it in rice we can open it in front of them and show them the standing water still in the phone. When rice mixes with water it releases starch, which only causes more damage to the areas exposed to the world - charging points, headphone jacks, microphone, earpiece - these components then usually have to be replaced. Once oxidation of the metal contacts and solder begins it does not matter if you remove the water any more, air moisture will do the rest. The process has begun and it will continue to rust. Sites damaged by rust are made porous and more susceptible to rusting in turn. The last thing you want to be doing is running power through the phone. Rust is oxidation, a process of donating electrons from the metal, and by running electricity through the metal you are making more free electrons available to the oxidation process. We do the only repair that stands a change of working long-term - remove all oxidised material, and replace or resolder affected areas where we can. Phones left in rice don't help our job any, and only make dealing with the customer that attempted it more difficult.[/QUOTE] lol nerd dont need any of your "facts" i can just put it in an airlocked bag & fix it that way

#3 is great if you want melted cheese or crumbs dripping down and getting caught in the heating element to produce massive amounts of foul smoke when you use your toaster again.