Beta Q&A site for people looking to bypass life's everyday problems with simple tricks.

Currently in private beta.

I have heard that there are ways to open a numeric lock even when you have forgotten the code. This could be ways to open the lock (without breaking it obviously) and other ways of of solving the lock not being openable, i.e. take stuff out of a suitcase wihtout opening the lock in such scenario...

I mis-chewed, and ended up with gum stuck in my beard. How can I get it out? Shaving off the beard is an absolute last resort.

My father always told me to use hydrogen peroxide to clean bloodstains from clothing. I've done that many times; it works :)

Here's my definition of lifehack. Feel free to debate any of it. A lifehack is a quick solution to a problem. Usually the solution is an outside-the-box or unexpected solution, hence the term 'hack'. The problems tend to be trivial, yet irritating for those who have to deal with them. Lifehacks ...

Try as many times as I can, it always ends up a mess. I have fitted sheets that are partly elasticated (just at the corners), and elasticated all the way around the edge. I can't fold either type well. Is there a way to fold a fitted sheet so that it doesn't end up with crumples and creases?

Related: How to keep the windshield from freezing over? Let's say I've ignored their advice and woken up with a thick coating of ice on my windshield, as I did yesterday. What's the fastest way of getting rid of it all so I can get to work on time?

If have smashed it with a knife and even bought a fancy garlic peeler once. Smashing with a knife has the downside of deforming the garlic which is not always desirable. The garlic peeler was still slower then smashing with the knife and had the down side of shooting the garlic across the table i...

Admittedly I didn't follow the definition phase very closely. I just saw the site come into beta and thought I'd check it out. Just based on the questions I'm seeing, I'm not entirely sure that this isn't actually a catch-all site. When there's the ability to have (what seems like) everything be...

In-line with my other question: Is there anything that isn't on-topic here? Can we get a clear definition of what a lifehack is? I think if it's clear what a lifehack is, we can clearly define what is or is not on-topic here, and also who our experts are.

Video games generally have some level of interactivity, but some have very little. Do/should we require some minimum level of interactivity for something to qualify as a video game that is on topic here? This is prompted by this question (10K only), about a game with a minimal level of player in...

I don't have a definition for what a lifehack is or isn't. However its decided, though, keep in mind that questions need to be able to be judged without answers. Requiring an answer to be able to judge the question means there are going to be lots of questions without answers, that can't be clo...

I read somewhere (don't remember where exactly) that the hand sanitizer can be used to melt this kind of ice. Pour some on the window, and the alcohol will melt the ice.