erenyeagerhair OP t1_jdkri58 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:41 AM

Reply to comment by ricardo9505 in LPT Request : How to walk to work efficiently by erenyeagerhair

Where would you recommend buying/searching for bikes? Online?

GalumphingWithGlee t1_jdkrf1f wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:40 AM

Reply to comment by sparoc3 in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

Dropbox is free, though limited storage on the free plan. OP isn't necessarily recommending Dropbox in place of Google, but they're using Dropbox only for documents and such, which don't generally take up a lot of space. Their usage of Dropbox means they don't have to worry as much about losing important documents this way. I don't think it's an ad.

I totally agree, though, that it's just not a very useful tip. There's too much potential to cause problems larger than the one you solve.

ricardo9505 t1_jdkr8aw wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:38 AM

Reply to LPT Request : How to walk to work efficiently by erenyeagerhair

Get a bike. lighter the better like 6061 grade aluminum steel. Buy a used one. Trek, Specialized, Tomasso, Giant, Cannondale, all great reliable brands. I have a road bike but s hybrid would be easy for you. Skinny tires like 30cm x 700 but wider than road bikes. Mountain bikes suck for the road.

ben3137 t1_jdkqrnc wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:35 AM

Reply to LPT Request : How to walk to work efficiently by erenyeagerhair

Sports clothes/shoes

wompical t1_jdkqo99 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:34 AM

Reply to LPT Request : How to walk to work efficiently by erenyeagerhair

Damn that is quite a long walk. I walk 35 mins to work each way and sometimes I feel it is quite long. Don't really have advice for you but I want to commend you for getting it done. Hopefully you will be able to save and get yourself a car soon.

Is there noone at work perhaps you could ride with? There is no public transit? I would try posting on kijiji/craiglist/facebook ect to see if their is someone who drives daily in the same or a similar direction that maybe could cut down your walking commute.

Best of luck. :)

keepthetips t1_jdkqae2 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:31 AM

Reply to LPT Request : How to walk to work efficiently by erenyeagerhair

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sleepypotatomuffin t1_jdkpdsl wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:23 AM

Reply to comment by calculuschild in LPT: Use your calendar as your to-do list. Assigning dedicated time to tasks increases the likelyhood of you acting upon it. by human_marketer

I have used Fantastical 2 with Google Calendar and reminders for years to do this and it works amazingly. It does exactly what the LPT suggests.

Reminders are set to a certain time float to another day if not completed. They are shown alongside Calendar events and can be sorted by list and different sets of lists / calendars can be activated at different locations.

I like the quick-add feature, too, if you type “lunch with mom” it automatically sets time to 12pm.

eltegs t1_jdkogiu wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:15 AM

Reply to comment by Maxeymusprime in LPT: At work, pretend your going to leave in a few weeks. Your productivity and attitude will improve dramatically. by [deleted]

What planet is that?

Maxeymusprime t1_jdkkh92 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:43 AM

Reply to comment by eltegs in LPT: At work, pretend your going to leave in a few weeks. Your productivity and attitude will improve dramatically. by [deleted]

Most bosses increase wages when you show reason to earn increased wages. That’s why people call them earnings.

I was always thought to act and work like I made more than my current wage and it hasn’t let me down yet.

ranisalt t1_jdkjx0p wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:38 AM

Reply to LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

Just did it and recovered about 10 MB of the 22 GB I'm using. Thanks, OP!

MyNameIsSkittles t1_jdkiilj wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:27 AM

Reply to comment by I-suck-at-golf in LPT: At work, pretend your going to leave in a few weeks. Your productivity and attitude will improve dramatically. by [deleted]

No one cares about them either

I do things for me

The-Brit t1_jdkieex wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:26 AM

Reply to comment by dice_away in LPT: At work, pretend your going to leave in a few weeks. Your productivity and attitude will improve dramatically. by [deleted]

Well said Sir.

GalumphingWithGlee t1_jdkh6x1 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:17 AM

Reply to comment by Kallusim in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

For now, I'm a Prime member as well, and I use it, so I might as well take advantage of the photos. Not sure if I'll always keep it, but it's "free" in the sense of no additional cost, if you're already doing that. They have a 5GB limit for videos, which we ran out of very quickly, but no limit for photos.

Meanwhile, if you have a Pixel phone, which my wife and I both do, Google provides infinite storage for photos, as long as you back them up in "high quality" instead of "original quality". The quality is generally good enough for my purposes, so I effectively have unlimited photo storage on both Google Photos and Amazon Photos.

Google's unlimited photos (for Pixel users) also doesn't cover videos. We take way more photos than videos, but one individual video can end up occupying a lot of space, so we've hit our limit and had to go back and delete stuff several times. Given that the limiting factor on our Google storage is the videos, and Amazon's storage has even smaller limits for the videos than Google does, Amazon's service doesn't help much with my storage limits on Google. It's nice that I get unlimited quality on Amazon, but it doesn't help with the quantity limits in any meaningful way.

Definitely some of that stuff is specific to me, though, so if it helps much more for you, more power to ya!

caffeinedumper t1_jdkh3ga wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:16 AM

Reply to LPT: If your dishes smell like detergent or have white residue, you might have hard water. If your dishwasher has its own water softener (salt dispenser), make sure it has salt and is turned on. by ViscountBurrito

better still, if you are in a hard-water area get a water softener fitted. there will be no more limescale gunking up your facuets, shower, toilets, sinks and bath... and no limescale to destroy washing machines and dishwashers either, and you wont need to use salt. plus you can use half the amount of detergent! likewise in the shower/bath you can use use far less shampoo, and it'll make your skin feel much better...

disclaimer: not a water softener sales-person, i just live in a hard water area and would not ever live without a softener again. everyone should have one.

j_knolly t1_jdkfv2p wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:06 AM

Reply to LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

How to lose an important email in a few minutes

Kallusim t1_jdkaofr wrote on March 25, 2023 at 12:27 AM

Reply to comment by GalumphingWithGlee in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

Fair enough. I don't end up doing very many videos, but do end up with a lot of pictures, so I guess I've been lucky in that regard so far. I honestly hadn't realized there was a limit on the videos.

And yeah, the requirement of a prime membership is a thing. I do end up using it, so it's worth it most of the time, but there are definitely times it seems more trouble than it's worth

Funktastic34 t1_jdkaeg3 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Reply to comment by Deadfishfarm in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

Everything now is moving towards "it's only a few bucks a month". It adds up to alotta bucks

dice_away t1_jdk803m wrote on March 25, 2023 at 12:07 AM

Reply to LPT: At work, pretend your going to leave in a few weeks. Your productivity and attitude will improve dramatically. by [deleted]

Like hell I'm gonna finish my stuff if I'm leaving hahaha

GalumphingWithGlee t1_jdk57b2 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 11:46 PM

Reply to comment by Kallusim in LPT: Running out of Google Drive/Gmail space? Use “older_than:6y” in the search bar and then mass delete. Use “larger:10m” to find every email larger than 10mb and then mass delete. by R961ROP

Unlimited for photos, but I still ran out of video space very quickly on Amazon photos.

Meanwhile, Google Photos is also unlimited for photos if you have a Google Pixel phone, which I do, but they require you to save them at slightly lower quality for that.

Amazon allows full quality, but if I don't stay a Prime member forever...