What's something you know that others don't that makes your life a lot easier?

[CZroe]

The little fuel pump symbol on the dash usually has an arrow pointing to the side with the fuel door/lid. Comes in handy when switching cars or driving other vehicles.

 

[poofyhairguy]

The little fuel pump symbol on the dash usually has an arrow pointing to the side with the fuel door/lid. Comes in handy when switching cars or driving other vehicles.

I just make assumptions.

American - my side

Not American - the other side

 

[Atomic Playboy]

If I told you, other people would know, and it would become meaningless.

 

[CZroe]

I just make assumptions.

American - my side

Not American - the other side

My Toyota Corolla (Japanese) is my side. Ichinisan's Chevrolet Aveo 5 (American) is on the right. Sure, it's the same car as a Pontiac G3 (also American) but that's because everyone is selling someone else's vehicle (Daewoo, in this case). The Ford Fiesta (American) is Geman-engineered.

 

[Ichinisan]

I just make assumptions.

American - my side

Not American - the other side

2009 Chevy Aveo 5 has it on the passenger side.

It was not designed in the US. The same design was sold under other brand names too.

Regardless, that rule doesn't always apply.

 

[TXHokie]

You can fix just about anything in the house on youtube nowadays. It has saved me countless $$$. I also use it to see how complicated a job it will be that I can do myself or "Hell no, let the professional handle it".

 

[HN]

if you mouse with your left hand, use Ctrl + insert / Shift + insert to copy / paste

 

[KeithTalent]

if you mouse with your left hand, use Ctrl + insert / Shift + insert to copy / paste

Nice, I did not know this. I left-hand mouse at work and will definitely use this tip! :thumbsup:

KT

 

[CZroe]

if you mouse with your left hand, use Ctrl + insert / Shift + insert to copy / paste

Shhhh! I use this all the time to get around applications that attempt to block cut/copy/paste (like the one I use daily at work for writing so-called "emails"). Shift + Delete is cut, BTW. I recall the DOS versions of AOL and Edit having these listed as the keyboard shortcuts for those functions right there in the GUI's drop-down Edit menu.

I spread havok with nbsp too. :sneaky:

 

[datalink7]

I know I've already been through the toughest, most difficult period of my life. This makes a lot of things seem easier and I get worried a lot less than other people.

Then again, that same period was probably the most important, and most fulfilling, so the downside is that sometimes the rest seems a bit dull and less to look forward to.

 

[Jeff7]

Keyboard shortcuts and navigation in Windows.

Using the mouse is just way too slow.

If I told you, other people would know, and it would become meaningless.

Google already knows your secrets.
:sneaky:

 

[pontifex]

Case in point:

I was a passenger in a car today, and the driver turned on the radio to hear the traffic report. Ten minutes later, a mouthful of jargon, and she kind of knew which route to take. Meanwhile, I opened up waze (http://www.waze.com/), had social GPS, traffic updates, police updates, etc. and knew exactly which route would be best. To me, this is something a lot of poeple don't know about that saves me a lot of time.

What about you? What's something you've learned that's almost second nature to you at this point, but when you take a step back, you realize others could truly benefit from that knowledge and/or save a lot of time?

so there are people posting on websites while driving? that's safe...

 

[HeXen]

Telling the newer and younger guys at work to do most of my work for me. Since then my life is like sliding around on anal eaze.

 

[Jeff7]

so there are people posting on websites while driving? that's safe...

Sure. That's what you do while the light's red. And also for the next 10 goddamn seconds after the light turns green.



I guess that's better than when they start texting before the light's turned red in the first place, and they rear-end whatever's in front of them.

 

[edro]

Induction loop road sensors.
Find their positions, learn traffic light patterns, stop waiting.

 

[jhansman]

You can pull over for tailgaters in traffic. Then they become the problem of the guy who was ahead of you, and you produce far less stomach acid.

 

[highland145]

excel macros

 

[Ichinisan]

if you mouse with your left hand, use Ctrl + insert / Shift + insert to copy / paste

All the time. Hundreds of times per day. Also shift+Del to cut. I basically do shift+Del,Ins to copy.

 

[sixone]

Procrastination is its own reward.

 

[nickbits]

You can pull over for tailgaters in traffic. Then they become the problem of the guy who was ahead of you, and you produce far less stomach acid.

I just do a brake check.

 

[shortylickens]

Procrastination is its own reward.

:hmm:

Tell that to New Orleans.

 

[sixone]

:hmm:

Tell that to New Orleans.

That was dependence on politicians, not procrastination.

 

[CZroe]

Induction loop road sensors.
Find their positions, learn traffic light patterns, stop waiting.

Did that for years but still found plenty that don't work for a motorcycle.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Porn is an adequate replacement to sex and makes having a significant other entirely unnecessary. Living at home in the basement is really cheap too.

 

[CZroe]

I have a route I take to work most days. Google Maps/Waze/everything says it takes longer than alternate routes, but the way the lights flow it is easily the fastest trip and the one with the least amount of hassle (unlike other routes I don't have to merge across traffic into the left lane for example).

Well, I am not the ONLY person that knows of this route, I learned it following others. But enough don't take it that I can.

I started working at a particular location in late 2011 and GMaps always told me to take I-85 instead of the more direct (from my location) GA-29. They run parallel. I left the WiFi stuff on for Google to see what I was doing daily and checked again a year later and now it recommends my route every time.

It learns. I still can't figure out why it hasn't learned that a certain bridge near me has been closed for almost/over a year (and won't reopen).