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How to stop biting my nails?
I've tried a lot of things to stop biting my nails but with no success.
If there's something you have tried and worked, please share your advice and good practices.
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Car windscreen has lots of tiny scratches. How to remove them?
My car is 5 years old and the windscreen has many faint scratches and blemishes. These are so fine that they are not normally noticeable but when the sun is low and ahead they do become an irritation.
It there anything that can be done? Can they be…
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How to avoid splash sounds in public toilets?
Is there a way to silently defecate in public toilets, without causing a loud splash/fart sound? Every time I'm on public toilets it's really hard to silently do my business.
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How to protect your shoes from bad smell?
I have leather shoes (but others are affected by this as well); whenever I wear them for sufficiently long time (say, one hour), my socks, shoes, and feet smell bad. It makes me uncomfortable - e.g. I wouldn't be eager to go to someone's house with…
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4m² Room for Gaming PC - Temperature issue
I've got a little room in which I use my Gaming-PC.
In Summer, i've got a little temperature issue.
Not seldom, temperature of the room goes to 45°C (<30°C outside).
This is my little hot gaming room. There are no windows.
How could I handle this…
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How can I keep my door locks from freezing during a winter storm?
My house has a detached garage and occasionally the lock gets frozen during a winter storm so that I cannot insert my key to unlock the door.
I have plenty of methods to open the lock after it is frozen. I have used graphite powder to free up the…
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Make coffee with no coffee filters?
I woke up this morning to no filters for our coffee maker. We use standard sized basket type filters:
Any thoughts on what could be used to replace the filter? I could resort to seeping the loose grounds in the hot water, but this undesired gritty…
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How do I sharpen a knife in the wild?
I went camping near a river the other day, and realized that my trusty pocketknife was pretty dull. It made my camping experience not too fun. Is there any way to get a knife reasonably sharp without real tools (e.g. dedicated stone, or sharpening…
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How can I organize Micro SD Cards?
I have several Micro SD Cards for my Raspberry Pi. However, they often get mixed up because they are so small:
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Unlike regular SD Cards and Flash Drives, I cannot label them. How can I organize them?
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How do I open a bottle without a bottle opener?
There are times, when out camping, that a beverage is trapped in a capped bottle and I don't have an opener. How do I open the bottle, preferably with some item I might have in my pockets?
user100
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How to prevent accidentally pressing the power button on a computer?
I have a PC with an Antec 902 computer case and the power button is on top, and is pressed accidentally when in slight contact with hands or legs. I know you can configure the action of the power button via software, but then it depends on the OS…
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How to determine how much heating oil is left in the tank?
How to determine how much heating oil is left in a tank like this if the gauge is broken?
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What should I do without hot water in the shower?
I just woke up, it's -20 degrees Fahrenheit outside, I have to be at work soon, and now I just found out that the hot water heater isn't working, so the water is freezing cold! I'm smelly as can be and my hair is a mess. I don't want my hair to look…
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How can I store my Christmas lights so that they don't get tangled?
Every year I attempt to roll up the lights for my Christmas tree in a way that will make them easy to get out the next year, but the next year, inevitably, they're all tangled up and I have to spent time pulling them apart.
Okay, they're not quite…
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What can I use in place of an allen wrench?
I misplaced my allen wrench set. I'm not going to buy a new one, because I haven't given up hope on finding the old one.
In the meantime, what can I use as an allen wrench substitute? I tried using the prong of a fork (for a small hex-socket) with…
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