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We’ve come a long way with technology. These days, you can stream almost any song in seconds, get food or groceries delivered without talking to a single person, and even use AI to help you learn a new language. It’s kind of overwhelming when you stop to think about it.
But even with all these digital conveniences, many of us still aren’t using them to their full potential. That’s why Redditors decided to share some of their favorite internet hacks that make everyday life a little easier. From shortcuts that instantly reopen that tab you accidentally closed to underrated websites you’ll want to bookmark, check them out below—they might just come in handy.
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#1
There's a Chrome extension that turns all pictures of Trump into kittens.
it's called Make America Kittens Again and it has made my viewing experience a little less insufferable.
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#2
I always complete my emails and look over them before I put the destination email addresses in. Prevents me from accidentally sending something I don’t want to send.
Hippopotamuses 5 days ago
Good idea. Also, never send an email when you're angry with someone.
#3
If you put swear words in your search, you won't get the AI generated answer.
#4
Delete your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. it will help your mental health and save you time. Also, unsub from any political subreddit.
Hippopotamuses 5 days ago (edited)
So pleased that I don't have these. Mind you. Facebook occasionally reminds me that I have 'forgotten' to complete my registration by failing to accept the Terms and Conditions. I didn't forget. I found them unacceptable!
#5
Tired of looking up photos and getting AI images? Add “before:2022” to the end of your Google searches.
Similarly you can specify exact dates “before:YYYY-MM-DD” or search for anything “after:YYYY-MM-DD” as well.
Lila Allen 4 days ago
Good to know... Thank you. I often have to put images in assignments for students to clarify and this helps.
#7
Before submitting a lot of text in an online form, copy it with CTRL/CMD+C in case your login timed out or the page crashes when you submit. At least you won’t have to type it again.
Hippopotamuses 5 days ago
This is a great idea. The number of times I've written a good question, complaint, etc. and wiped it out by brushing against the wrong key on my laptop.
#8
I use -ai at the end of a Google search to get rid of that stupid ai overview thing.
#9
Block people more liberally. If someone's saying things that make me uncomfortable or upset? Boom, blocked. It's so much better than getting into arguments or having my mood lowered when I'm trying to do something fun..
Earonn - 5 days ago
This. There are opinions I don't need to listen to. Ukraine started the war? Block. Tate is sooo innocent? Block. Their only argument is calling the other a 'r****d'? Block. Doesn't mean living in a bubble - you just filter out the nasties and trolls. And they aren't providing anything of worth anyway.
#10
Use https://cooked.wiki/ to view just recipes -- skip the long, meandering essay that leads up to what you really want. It's like a super-power.
2donuts4elephants:
In a similar vein to save time, justwatch.com has a comprehensive list of where you can find a movie or TV show on streaming services without having to look up each one individually. It's immensely helpful.
#11
Ctrl+Shift+t
Reopens the last browser tab that was closed. Really handy when you accidentally close the wrong tab.
poop_pants_pee:
Ctrl+shift+K
Duplicates whatever tab you have open. I use it when I don't want to lose my place but want to search elsewhere on the page.
Lame Llama 5 days ago (edited)
You can also look into your browser history and reopen any tab that you had opened. Even the whole browser with multiple tabs if you have accidentally closed the browser.
#12
Don't engage with a******s, just block and move on, it'll save you a load of stress.
#14
Get a good password manager and use it as a browser extension. In itself a great way to create unique and strong passwords.
A really good benefit however, is that if you ever accidentally click on a phishing link to a service you use, the password manager won't auto fill your credentials. This should immediately indicate to you that you are not are the site you thought you were.
#15
Regarding troubleshooting when it comes to software based issues, at the end of your query, type [solved] and you'll get a bunch of topics with proven fixes.
For eg: resident evil 3 pc frame drops [solved].
#16
If you need to see a saved password, but the site doesn't have an "eye" option to reveal it
highlight the dots that are your password, right click, select "inspect element" or similar, go to the "type" field and change the "password" word to anything and press enter, your password will be revealed.
marcelo D. 5 days ago
if a password is saved in your browser you can see them all in the settings by going into passwords. Saving passwords in a browser is extremely unsafe, and they aren't hidden in any way or encrypted. Use a password manager
#17
On YouTube you can skip almost any ad by clicking the info button and hitting “stop seeing this ad” and it’ll skip the ad even if it doesn’t have a skip button. Doesn’t work for official ads tho like Walmart or Pepsi
Pale_Angry_Dot:
If you have a VPN there's certain countries in which YouTube has no ads, like Monaco or I think Albania.
#18
I pay for an email and domain service with the catchall redirected to my own email address - when I sign up for a service I set my email for that service to be [servicename]@mydomain.com, this way when I see spam coming in I know which b*****d service sold my details, I then never use them again.
Boris Long-Johnson 5 days ago
You can do something similar with gmail and other providers by using + in your address. https://www.streak.com/post/gmail-plus-addressing-trick OR just use iCloud emails.
#19
* Get a great music recommendation each day and don't rely on your streaming services algorithm loop: https://1001albumsgenerator.com
* Don't support Google -> Stop using Chrome. Try **Firefox** with the uBlock (ad-blocker) extension, it's awesome!
* Don't support Google -> Use https://duckduckgo.com/ or try another one, they're in general pretty good these days.
#21
Learn to paste stuff using ctrl+shift+v
It strips away any bold, italics, or colors and some other formatting options.
Besides being usefull removing c**p from the clipboard and making your life easier when pasting for example data to excel it might be helpfull when pasting data that came from an a.i. that could be detected and get you in trouble.
Upstaged75 4 days ago
I use this about 50 times a day at least. Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, and Ctrl-V are the most useful ones for me.
#22
F12 & right click the refresh button > do hard refresh & clear cache.
I worked briefly in IT and this solved most problems.
#23
In chats with customer service bots, I just write 'human' or 'speak to agent' a few times and it connects me to a human most of the time.
#24
Wordhippo.com is my favorite site for anything word and sentence related. Can’t find a word? Wordhippo. Need a rhyme? Wordhippo. Anything you need really.
#25
Use temp mail services (like temp-mail.org) when you need to sign up for something sketchy. Keeps your real inbox clean.
#26
Not really a "hack" but still something I do every day. When on a typical online shopping site, if there is a dropdown to change the number of items displayed per page, take a look at the URL when you click on one of the options. You'll usually notice part of the URL has changed to reflect the number of items you've chosen. Simply change that number to anything you want to display more items than the dropdown allows you to.
Robert Beveridge 4 days ago
Also a great way to skip a large number of search result pages. Change "?page=2" to "?page=57" and you save a lot of clicking page numbers and waiting for page loads.
#27
Windows key + V
It opens up a clipboard of all your recently copied items including images. Really useful.
Daniela Lavanza 5 days ago
This is a true game changer for me. How many times have we accidentally copied when we wanted to paste?
#29
No-one should go near the internet without adblock.
If you can't have adblock on your device you can use something like NextDNS to do adblocking on your (ISP's) router and it will work for all devices on your network. This also makes it a great option for less tech savvy family and friends.
You can also set it up as the default DNS for your phone so you have adblocking in all apps without little to no extra battery or cpu usage.
Important note: If you use NextDNS, go to Settings > Logs and set the storage location to Switzerland.
The standard is in the US which is a big ick.
Tucker Cahooter 5 days ago
I find ublock origin works great. I can't remember the last time I saw an ad on a web page.
#30
Proper search techniques.
Use "blue car" quote marks to search for exact matches for the words blue car side by side on the page if you just use blue car it would find pages with the word blue and/or the word car anywhere on the page. It could just bring something with blue, without car.
Use - to remove words. ie.
"Blue car" -Tesla and will bring up every page with the words blue car except any that contain Tesla.
Using + will look for pages that contain ALL words included +blue +car will show pages with both blue AND car on the same page.
If you are trying to search for a thing ONLY on one particular website, you add
Site:sitename.com and it will search ONLY that website. If you drop it down to site:.gov it will ONLY search US government websites.
Site:reddit.com will search only reddit for answers.
Breaking it down by country or top level domain, using site:.nz will search ALL New Zealand websites.
If you use site:.co.nz it will search all commercial sites in New Zealand.
There are also search tools so you can filter the results. Ie search by time to find answer to your query. Ie search for the last hour day, weeks or custom.
I member this thing in the internet in August 2018.
Use search tools to search the internet for answers from August 2018 search tools too middle of the results window.
What do you think ?
Lost Panda 5 days ago
Just used the Ctrl+Shift+K to do this, but www.archive.org There is an abundance of media of all types here that can help when you can't find something you want to watch, or just want to go to yesteryear. Currently using it to watch one of my shows that I couldn't find on any streaming service or shop.
Forrest Grump 2 days ago
Can't you get any more insulting with your post titles? Perhaps try something like "25 Tips to Help You Struggle Through Your Life as a Total Loser".
Lost Panda 5 days ago
Just used the Ctrl+Shift+K to do this, but www.archive.org There is an abundance of media of all types here that can help when you can't find something you want to watch, or just want to go to yesteryear. Currently using it to watch one of my shows that I couldn't find on any streaming service or shop.
Forrest Grump 2 days ago
Can't you get any more insulting with your post titles? Perhaps try something like "25 Tips to Help You Struggle Through Your Life as a Total Loser".
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