Sous-Vide Your Own Excellent Cold Cuts

I love pork. Cured pork, uncured pork, roasted pork, and breaded pork. I love the whole range of ham—from the cheapest mechanically formed slices to acorn-fed iberico. Most pork preparations are easy enough to DIY, but “homemade cold cuts” is not a phrase you hear very frequently, which is too bad, because they’re…

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker

Lock In the Best Price Ever On Our Readers’ Favorite VPN Service

If you’re a NordVPN customer, you may have heard about a long-undisclosed security breach this week, and thus might be in the market for a new VPN provider. And even if you have no idea what I’m referring to, it might be worth signing up for a VPN service anyway, which can protect your privacy when browsing the web,…

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Author: Shep McAllister on Kinja Deals, shared by Chelsea Stone to Lifehacker

What to Teach Kids Instead of ‘Practice Makes Perfect’

“Practice makes perfect” was never a very good saying. Let me tell you—I practiced playing the clarinet a lot as a kid, and then even more as a teenager, and I never got anywhere near perfect. The sentiment, though, that we only get better at a thing by practicing that thing is still very valid. It’s just that there’s…

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Meghan Moravcik Walbert to Lifehacker

How to Overcome Your Quarter-Life Crisis

Our societal narrative for figuring out what to do with your life is pretty clear. After high school and potentially college, you enter the workforce. Sure, it might take a few internships or lower-level jobs before you really get going, but by the end of your 20s—and certainly by your 30s—you’re on a pretty clear…

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Author: Patrick Allan