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Life Hacking

Proposed Q&A site for people who are looking for clever solutions to life problems & experts that know how to hack life.
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Life Hacking duplicate of Life Improvement?

may 28 at 9:26 beroal 186
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Similar to Life Improvement or Life Hacking

may 26 at 7:05 Damian Melniczuk 51
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Is Life Hacking a duplicate of Personal Productivity?

mar 10 at 17:55 eazar001 360

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29 Example Questions

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What is an efficient way to wake up in time and not miss the alarm or fall asleep after you've stopped it?
added by Uko, edited by THelper Mar 8 at 9:36
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How to organize unused cables to prevent dangling and maintain easy access when you need to use them?
added by Uko Mar 6 at 16:23
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How do I not become a slave to my phone and emails whilst not giving the impression that I'm ignoring the caller/sender?
added by Adam-E Mar 7 at 23:46
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How do I make sure that I wake up at the right time during a power nap when I don't have a phone or alarm clock at my disposal?
added by THelper Mar 8 at 9:47
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What is a good and cost-effective way to clean my clothes (excluding commercial detergents) using commonly available materials?
added by eazar001 Mar 9 at 6:03
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How can I eliminate or reduce unwanted marketing calls without employing third-party intervention/bureaucracy?
added by eazar001 Mar 9 at 6:37
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Isolate and extract information from desired conversations in a room full of multiple conversations, without the aid of any physical devices?
added by eazar001 Mar 9 at 6:42
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What are some ways I can keep my house cooler during the summer, without using air conditioning?
added by eazar001 Mar 14 at 11:57
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How not to cry when cutting onions?
added by Uko Mar 15 at 22:04
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This is much better suited for Cooking SE. – Muz Mar 29 at 8:28
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But it is also on-topic here – SSumner Jun 3 at 16:25
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How can I cook a hot meal without access to any gas/electric stoves, firewood, etc.?
added by eazar001 Mar 14 at 11:54
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How can I sterilize an object without soap or flame?
added by SSumner Mar 18 at 18:18
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How do I get rid of odours that linger inside a fridge after time and penetrate other foods?
added by Adam-E Apr 16 at 21:23
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I'm short on closet space, how can I organize my hang-up clothes without wrinkling them?
added by SSumner Mar 18 at 18:20
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Are there any food items or other household products that have a healing effect for small scrapes?
added by Gwenn Jun 3 at 3:08
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This is a good example of a hack question I think, because it suggests an unconventional usage of food, one we would normally not think of. – eazar001 Jun 6 at 12:28
I love that one :D – Morwenn Jun 7 at 13:00
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How to safely carry a hot cup of tea/coffee when using crutches?
added by Morwenn May 24 at 13:24
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How can I get rid of ants in the kitchen?
added by l19 Jun 1 at 3:52
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Cool question, because there are too many products that are potentially poisonous (and expensive/ineffective), some unorthodox alternatives that can be more effective makes for an interesting question... – eazar001 Jun 6 at 12:36
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Is there an easy way to stretch hard-to-stretch muscles (abs, outside of leg, bicep, etc)?
added by Gwenn Jun 3 at 15:48
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How can we build up friendly relations with irritating people?
added by KomalH Mar 14 at 8:08
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I think this questions needs a modifier, more specificity that assures the proposed site that this problem needs a unique "hack." – eazar001 Mar 18 at 20:04
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What is better- To search a job and then resign OR To let the boss chuck you out even if you don't have another job/opportunity in hand?
added by KomalH Mar 18 at 3:52
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This sounds more on-topic at the Workplace.se – SSumner Mar 18 at 18:15
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How I can I clean [room/area] with less mess?
added by SSumner Mar 18 at 18:21
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Not talking about organization, but about cleaning for cleanliness (e.g. bathroom, kitchen, mopping floors, etc) – SSumner Mar 26 at 15:53
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How can I find out wether there's a lifehack for my problem without sifting though pages upon pages of search engine results?
added by sarahm May 3 at 20:21
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Are there any good uses for old, unused silverware?
added by Gwenn Jun 3 at 3:11
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How can I floss more?
added by almostflan Jun 6 at 11:03
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How can I force myself to eat better?
added by almostflan Jun 6 at 11:06
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How can I follow through on a woodworking project I've lost interest on?
added by almostflan Jun 6 at 11:10
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Questions sounds too general, and because of this most likely a good fit for the Personal Productivity site, in my opinion. – eazar001 Jun 6 at 12:29
I didn't realize Personal Productivity existed when I posted this. That said, something like this might work in getting answers which are quick hacks if the type of project is specified. I'll edit accordingly. – almostflan Jun 6 at 16:23
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How can I force myself to go to sleep earlier without using sleeping pills?
added by almostflan Jun 6 at 11:11
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I think this would be a really cool question if you changed it to: How can I force myself to go to sleep earlier, without using sleeping pills? – eazar001 Jun 6 at 12:27
@eazar001 sleeping pills == life hack :P – almostflan Jun 6 at 16:24
@almostflan, Haha that's true actually, sleeping pills are life hacks [= – eazar001 Jun 6 at 17:04
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How can I spend less time eating/sleeping to have more time to do other things?
added by almostflan Jun 6 at 11:19
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Why is is that staring at a brilliant light make you want to sneeze?
added by l19 Jun 2 at 18:39
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How can I get started building a giant space laser?
added by Deceth Mar 14 at 13:46
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