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A Life Pro Tip (or an LPT) is a specific action with definitive results that improves life for you and those around you in a specific and significant way.

Keep in mind that an aphorism is not a LPT.

An aphorism is a a short clever saying that is intended to express a general truth or a concise statement of a principle.

Examples of aphorisms:

"A barking dog never bites."

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible."

"All stones are broken stones."

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LPT: Bring a magnet with you when picking out refrigerators (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by TheTechnician27@lemmy.world to c/lpt@lemmy.ca

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I don't know if this is common knowledge, but not all refrigerators nowadays are magnetic. When going out shopping for one, bringing a small fridge magnet can help you easily rule some models out if you care about that.

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Also helpful when picking out pots and pans and need something that works on induction burners.

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yep, I lost my favorite all-clad skillet thanks to moving to a place that had an induction stove.

I was able to buy a new one eventually, but for a while, I was bereft.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

GOD i hate those fucking induction pieces of shit. And the beeping and the hidden buttons and if you put a pan wrong theres more beeping and BEEPING BEEPING BEEPING.

jesus fucking christ give me a normal fucking dial I can operate with a twist of my wristwithout even looking, not whatever deranged failed dystopic bullshit that is! Spilled some water on it? INOPERABLE! BEEP BEEP BEEP! Must dry off and dry your hands before you can change the temperature- THAT'S SAFE!

God I fucking hate capitalism's neurotic perpetual drive to over engineer shit that was already perfectly engineered and worked flawlessly for a hundred years strictly because their fucking stock price is hinged on "innovation" (note: not improvement- innovation, sticking a dildo on top of your car is also innovation, hardly a fucking improvement)

AAAAARRARARFAAHH I HATE EVERYTHING!

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, if they would just give us a knob to turn on and off, I would be much happier with it. I really hate the capacitive touch buttons.

or even if not a knob, just actual individual buttons to turn on and off the different eyes

And it really does cook food almost as well as a gas range, and it boils water incredibly quickly.

So while I definitely understand your rant for the simplicity of things that just work, I do have to give it up. There are a couple of niceties attached to induction stoves.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

if it's an unsafe condition surely you would remove the object on the element before merely turning it down

induction elements offer features that are not possible with hundred year old elements; eg vastly improved efficiency, which is sometimes the critical concern

otherwise i agree, everything is shit

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago

That's a painful loss! But at least I'm sure someone else was happy to get your old pan.