Optimize Your Browsing Experience in Chrome 1. Tidy Up Your Apps and Extensions One of the great features of the Chrome browser is the apps and extensions it offers that allow you to customize and expand its capabilities. However, these add-ons take a certain amount of resources to operate. As a result, these apps and extensions can slow down your browser. This is why it’s important to go through your list of add-ons and remove the ones you no longer use....

Selecting the proper fighting lamp was very important, and had become such a common thing that it was alluded to in car ads, like in this 1967 Pontiac brochure. That couple may look like they’re just buying lamps, but a knowing eye would spot the clues: the robustness of the lamps, the fighting stance the man there is using while holding the lamp, the way the woman is clearly assessing the destructive potential of the lamp, and, most obviously, the grasshopper on the sign, which was underground code for a lamp-fighting location:...

Every week, I go through my emails and the comments of these lovely pages to find a new Holy Grail to write about. At the same time, Autopian Publisher Matt Hardigree has been submitting his own suggestion as a grail. He’s suggested the same car for about a month now and I think it’s time to shine a light on it before he slaps a Houston Astros logo on one of my Smarts....

The hierarchy goes like this: The Lucid Air takes first place with a maximum EPA range of 516 miles; the Tesla Model S comes in second with a maximum EPA range of 405 miles; the Hyundai Ioniq 6 comes in third with a maximum EPA range of 361 miles; and the Tesla Model 3 comes in fourth with a maximum EPA range of 358 miles. Think about that for a second....

Take a look at these pros and cons to help determine how you should help them prepare for this exciting new chapter. Pro – Moving If you send them with a car, your student will be able to pack up most of the belongings they need and bring them rather than making all new purchases once they arrive. This can be useful, too, as they move between student housing locations, travel around for summer internships, and finally return home with a degree....

With so much competition in today’s jobs market, it’s essential that your CV stands out from those of other applicants. To make sure of that, you should focus on your skills. Employers give you all the info you need when they advertise vacancies stating what kind of person they are looking for and the skill set that the ideal candidate should possess. But how exactly do you go about creating a targeted, skills-based CV that emphasises the right skills for the job that you are applying for?...

Many people are drawn to a career with the US post office. As the second-largest employer in the US, the organization has established a strong reputation for being a fair, honest and reputable employer. Workers can not only enjoy competitive salaries and exceptional employee benefits, but they are also heavily supported to achieve their career ambitions. With a wide range of career-development opportunities available internally for staff working in all departments, it’s easy to see why so many people strive to work for the US Postal Service....

I was alerted to the existence of the Lumin Corn by my old pal and fellow autojourno Máté: — Máté Petrány (@petrany) April 28, 2022 Máté’s got my number, no question. If he was making a Torch-trap so he could capture me and enjoy the forbidden savor of torchmeat, he couldn’t have baited that trap any better. The over-the-top, unashamed, unapologetic cartoonishness of the damn thing is exactly what I love....

I have four of them — a kind of sad-sack-looking cop car, what seems to be some kind of woody wagon, a lumpy ambulance, and a little blue pickup truck: All the cars are plastic, but look like they’ve been sculpted out of clay or plasticine, perhaps by someone not entirely sober. The toys have a sort of whimsical, haphazard look, a little misshapen and forlorn but also charming and full of character....

Even if you think a plumbing repair may look and sound relatively simple, you often find out much more is involved once you get started. As a result, you’re likely to make whatever problem you were encountering that much more difficult to fix. Rather than find yourself in this situation, it’s far better to leave the repairs to a professional plumber. But with so many plumbers available in and around Dallas, it can be hard to know which one is the best, like https://www....

It doesn’t matter what product or service you offer, if you want to attract local customers, you need to do local search engine optimization. According to Moz, 90% of purchases take place in physical stores and 80% of US disposable income is spent within 20 miles of home. So yes, optimizing your stores for local searches can take your business to the next level. In this detailed guide, let’s talk about how you can get more out of it....

An interview is an opportunity to share your interests with the committee and reveal your drive and suitability for the institution. It is also a chance for you to learn more about the particulars of the programme and determine if it is the correct fit for you. In this article, we will share the top 10 PhD interview questions with advice on how to prepare. You may be asked to attend an interview with your prospective PhD supervisor, or have a panel interview with admissions and the head of the department you wish to join....

When it comes to entrepreneurship, there are too many males starting from Jeff Bezos to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, and many more. But female entrepreneurs are not far too behind as there are a few women entrepreneurs who’re actually changing the world. In this post, you’ll discover interesting things like; Top 15 famous women entrepreneurs Their brief biography Their current net worth What one can learn from their success and many more...

In addition, the compensation package for bZ4X owners who wish to keep their vehicles has grown to be quite vast. We’re talking about a free loaner vehicle, reimbursement for fuel for said loaner vehicle, a $5,000 credit on the vehicle, complimentary charging at EVgo stations through 2024, and a warranty extension. — David Conner (@OutofSpecDave) August 1, 2022 More details on compensation can be found in the above letter, confirmed by Engadget to be legitimate....

Every person we come across wants to improve some aspect of their life. Some want to add and some wish to get rid of things. We all want change as it brings freedom, excitement, newness, hope, faith and belief into our lives. Yet, why does it get so difficult to change? What causes the turbulent rush of emotions when we think of doing something different? Let me try to get us closer to the source of the problem....

Now, we find out that for your BMW i4 to perform an over-the-air software update, the vehicle has to be level. Our readers went straight to the comments with jokes. Reader MP81 kicked off a thread by saying: And mdharrell drove it home with this COTD-winner of a banger: Sid Bridge lobbed a giggle generator of his own: In reality, this makes sense when you think about it. Should the update go downhill for some reason, there’s an extra layer of safety in having the vehicle on level ground....

However, sometimes even trying to find your card is an inconvenience. Virtual cards have slowly been making an appearance into the UK financial market, with more companies being regulated frequently. Digital banking is rapidly on the rise too, with less of us doing traditional in-branch banking than ever before. There is a lot of misinformation out there so we’ve compiled an article offering useful insights and advice, including the best virtual cards on the market right now....

What is a Standard of Care? While laws vary from state to state, every state establishes that a doctor can be held liable in a medical malpractice claim if their treatment of the patient didn’t meet the typical standard of care. This means that the doctor is obligated to provide the minimal treatment that any doctor would administer to a patient with similar conditions. The doctor isn’t required to go beyond that minimum standard of care to prove they didn’t commit medical malpractice....

This is no different with terms such as ‘merit increase’, ‘raise’, ‘regular raise’ and ‘raise with inflation’. In this article, we take a look at what a merit increase is and what it could mean for you or your company. What Is a Merit Increase? A merit increase is essentially a wage rise that is given to employees as a form of recognition for outstanding performance. Merit increases are often decided by using a combination of internal criteria, the budget of the company and an understanding of an employee’s value within the job market....

The earliest examples of P2P networks came from the first freestanding PCs in the 1980s – when computers no longer needed to be linked to a central system but were completely self-contained. While this meant more freedom for the user, it was also much more difficult to share data or send something to be printed without having to save it to a floppy disk and physically take it to the user who had a PC connected to the printer....