What Happens When You Are Shot, Setting up Sluggish Macs, and How to Meet Dogs
This week we looked at the implications of the new health care law, but also completed the boring task of playing doctor with sluggish Macs. We’ve also explored the gruesome topic of what it means to be shot, compared secure messaging apps, and more. Let’s take a look at the most popular posts of this week.
According to Republicans, Jimmy Kimmel’s child had to do to deserve medical attention
At night, host Jimmy Kimmel delivered a tearful monologue last night about his newborn son, who was born with a heart defect and underwent life-saving surgery just three days old. And today Republicans are trying to get votes to pass a health care bill that would make it nearly impossible for people like Kimmel’s child to get the care they can afford.
What happens when you get shot and how to survive
If you are afraid that you will be shot, you are not alone, and your fears, unfortunately, are justified. Nearly 100 people are killed every day in America. Worse, the pistols and bullets they fire are not the precision weapons that Hollywood makes of them. They are messy and do a lot of damage that you can’t see. Here’s what happens if you get shot and what you can do to save your life or the life of someone else.
How to clean and optimize your slow Mac
Your Mac is a little slow these days. It takes forever to download. You have to delete something in order to download this file attachment from Karla in accounting. Every time you stream a video, it seems like it gets blocked for a few seconds. Let’s fix it all.
Most Important Things They Don’t Want You To Know About A Health Care Bill
Good morning! Remember that health care bill that was so terrible that even the people who were in favor of repealing the ACA couldn’t pass it? He returned , and today he has a vote.
This ice cube trick will make your burgers super juicy.
Juicy burgers that melt in your mouth are one of life’s greatest pleasures. If the patties are often tough and dry, this clever trick can help solve the problem.
5 ways not to hate your husband after children
Since I got married, my “love language” has become the language of love – picking shit off the floor because nothing kills romance or libido faster than cleaning up after someone like a 1950s housewife. Yet it is the norm for many heterosexual young parents: a woman, whether she works or not, will do most of the work (much of her invisible) raising children and running the house. We could have an egalitarian relationship before children; we can expect that after childhood we will have a truly fair division of labor, but when a real child is born – well, it might be like a bomb exploding in your marriage.
Here’s What Happens When Broadband Companies “Self-Regulate”
Network neutrality is on the cusp, and one drum that continues to beat FCC Chairman Ajit Pye is the idea that, without government intervention, broadband companies like your ISP and wireless carrier will regulate themselves. Let’s see what history has to say about this.
How to Conserve Energy When Full of Stress
I don’t know about you, but my world has gotten a little more tense since … let’s say last November. Even without the constant news updates – and the time I spend reading them, along with various Twitter threads that try to theorize them – I have a lot to manage and balance in my life: I work part-time as an editor, my debut The novel comes out in May this year, and I do assignments for several freelance writers, teach writing lessons, and am a volunteer tutor. (And that’s just work.)
Confronting secure messaging apps: WhatsApp vs. Signal
So, you are interested in secure encrypted chat apps. You have several options, but as with any chat application, what matters is what all your friends use. To this end, Signal and WhatsApp are the most popular. Here’s how they compare.
Tough love: forget names, find friends and fall in love
You have problems, I have advice. This tip does not contain powdered sugar – in fact, it does not contain sugar and can even be slightly bitter. Welcome to Tough Love.
How to introduce yourself to your dog
Dogs are the best people, so it’s natural to want to smother them with affection when you greet them. Most of them are too good to say, but this is actually a terrible way to introduce themselves to the dog. Here’s how to make a better first impression.
We Finally Have Long-Term Data on Intermittent Diet
If you are intrigued by the 5: 2 diet or other forms of intermittent fasting , you probably want to know if these diets work in the long run. Until recently, we had little data. Now we have something: fasting every other day gives the same results as a regular diet.
How I wrote two full-length novels in 18 months
My debut novel , Biographies of Common People: Volume 1: 1989–2000, is out on May 23, 2017. The sequel, which covers 2004-2016, is scheduled to be released in the first half of 2018.
Modern phishing attempts look more legal, but the methods haven’t changed much
You receive a new email that looks like it’s from a friend, company, government official, or even a family member. Everything in this email is a link. You click on it because of course you do. You are taken to a login page where you enter your credentials. This site then turns out to be fake and collects your password. Congratulations, you’ve been phished.
What to eat to clear the palate of unicorns, mermaids and rainbows
First there was the rainbow bagel . Then the mermaid toast made a short splash. Now, as I’m sure you all know, Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappuccino has dominated the lips and Instagram accounts of many millennials. This is all very beautiful, but I need a palate cleanser.