#life hacks

[victusinveritas]

Another comment:

"Twelve hours is a long rise that will lead to the bread collapsing and becoming denser unless you put the dough in the fridge, in which case it will make for better flavor. If you don't have room in the fridge, just let it rise an hour or so, it'll be fine. Then punch it down, shape it into a loaf or a braid or whatever you like, and let it rise another half hour or so before you bake it.

Also, 450 for 45 minutes is too hot for too long, in my oven at least. 400 works fine, and check it after 30 minutes - it should be golden brown and the bottom should sound hollow when tapped.

If you want to make bagels, take this bread dough, let it rise, cut it into eight or twelve portions depending on desired size of final bagel. Roll each portion into a ball, stick your finger through it and stretch it into a bagel ring. Then bring to a boil about 2 quarts of boiling water with about a half cup honey, sugar, or malt powder in it. Put the bagels in two or four at a time, depending on size, and boil them one minute on each side. Then put them onto baking sheets, give them an egg wash if you happen to splurge and have an egg handy, then bake them at 400 for 20 minutes or so.

Soft pretzels can be made pretty much the same way except shape them into pretzel shapes, instead of sugar add a half cup of baking soda to the boiling water, and boil only 30 seconds on each side. Top with pretzel salt if you like."

Also, zest those lemons and limes as well. Never toss out an unzested citrus.

[baggebythesea]

Huh, I realize this is the the reason one of my favourite writing techniques work: When I finish a paragraph (or scene, or chapter), I always try to write the first sentence of the next paragraph before I finish my writing session. That way, I start thinking of whatever I will write next rather than what I just have written.

Easy re-entry point.

Okay so when I got sucked into the phantom zone last week while watching youtube shorts a lot of the content it fed me was ADHD tips and a lot of it was either useless for me or redundant but there was one REALLY good tip about taking breaks that wasn't about taking breaks it was about RETURNING from breaks and the tip is: when you are about to go on a break, before you step away from your task (work, craft project, school stuff) decide what you'll do as the first thing when you sit back down at your task and set up your workspace to do that thing.

That means you've got an easy re-entry point to go back to doing the thing instead of sitting back down and having to make a decision or having to reorient from break mode to task mode. You have pre-reoriented and can just go back into working mode.

I've been doing this by circling what my next task on my tasklist is and bringing up the windows that I'll need for the task before I step away from my desk.

Brilliant hack, works great for me, hope it works great for you as well.

[thatsbelievable]

[queer-here-and-in-fear]

heres a better rewording of this post of mine:

your body isn't stupid. it doesnt do any habit that doesnt fill some kind of need. so you cant remove a habit without replacing it. that leaves you with a gap in your needs. so:

you want to drink less soda? well, drink more water/tea for hydration and get yourself some kind of candy to replace the joy you get from the sweetness.

you want to distance yourself from a friend? interact more often with the other people in your life for your social needs.

you want to play less video games? get yourself some card or board games for the mental challenge, and if the fast reaction time is important to you, get yourself a timed puzzle game.

you want to bite your fingernails less? get yourself some chewelry to keep your mouth occupied for the stim, and bring a nail file with you if you bite your nails for texture reasons.

you want to remove a toxic person who gossips from your life? well, interact more with others, but also consider engaging in (safe) kinds of drama, to appeal the way they added excitement.

look into what needs are satisfied when you do things, because the same habit can satisfy different needs for different people. but also consider what other effects they have on you, and if their might be better ways to satisfy those needs.

energy cant be created or destroyed, and that applies to your habits too.

[lexuokis]

From what I’ve heard, you can also add ‘&udm=14’ to the end of your google search url and it’ll get rid of the AI stuff (and sponsored stuff as well, I think?). It tells google to only show web results. Though, if that doesn’t seem to work, search your query and then right below the search bar should be a bunch of clickable options such as ‘Images’, ‘Shopping’, ‘Maps’, etc. Scroll through these options and click on ‘Web’. It’s the same thing as udm=14.

Alternatively, just go to udm=14.com to avoid adding that on to every search.

Here’s where I got this info. The comments include solutions for firefox and other advice.

Reddit post with udm=14 plugin for firefox:

wikipedia no longer being anywhere near the top of search results when looking up anything feels eviscerating

[shamebats]

[reality-detective]

Life Hack: Clothing Repair 🤔

[starstickerzzz]

Does anyone else use their bra/tiddies as a personal inventory? I mean I got all my shit in there bro my lil pink cloud shaped razor tool, my lighter, my vape, pencils sometimes, just whatever I need bruh especially if I don’t have pockets!! That’s part of the reason why I only wear sports bras cuz u can put stuff in the opening part lolol

[samuraiko]

A short thread on how to get a health insurance claim denial reversed (UPDATED AGAIN!!)

Originally found on Bluesky here, I am reposting here on Tumblr hoping that this gains some traction coz I know a LOT of folks who could benefit from it here in the US healthcare system.

Please, please, please reblog this and TAG it (if you have additional ideas for tags, go for it).

UPDATE: And then ProPublica added a godsdamned FORM you can use!

UPDATED AGAIN!!

For those of you who are doing the dance of Prior Authorizations -- in the event that your PA is denied, *CALL THEM* and ask specifically WHAT INFORMATION WAS MISSING to cause the denial. DON'T ask "Why was it denied?", ask, "What information was missing?"

When I called to ask why my doctor's submission was denied, I didn't get a straight answer. I called back and asked, "What information was missing that my doctor should have provided for this to be approved?" The rep looked over the form my doctor had submitted and said, "She said you didn't have a sleep study done, and a sleep study showing an OSA diagnosis and 15+ events is required."

Now I DID in fact have a sleep study done, and I had the CPAP prescription (with that exact diagnosis and info on it) to prove it.

So I asked the rep, "If my doctor resubmits the form and confirms that I DID have said study done and DID have said diagnosis and so on, would that get my PA approved?"

"Yep!"

I IMMEDIATELY called my doctor's office to tell her, and sent her the PDF of my CPAP prescription with additional deets. She in turn immediately resubmitted the corrected form, and a couple hours later, VOILA, PA approved.

So be sure to phrase your question CORRECTLY, because IF THEY TELL YOU WHAT YOUR DOCTOR NEEDS TO SAY, THEY'LL ALMOST CERTAINLY APPROVE IT.

[victusinveritas]

[1000-life-hacks]

[thoughtportal]

cleaning along desire paths

[thatsbelievable]