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Everyday life
Handy references for day-to-day life.
Everyday life
Crontab syntax
The five fields of a cron line, the shortcuts (@daily…) and common ready-to-copy examples.
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Everyday life
Common unit conversions
Inches, pounds, gallons, Celsius: the metric/imperial equivalences you actually need when reading a foreign manual or recipe.
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Everyday life
Date and time formats (ISO 8601, time zones)
The YYYY-MM-DD format that sorts correctly, UTC vs time zones, and ISO 8601 durations like PT2H30M.
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Everyday life
Common paper sizes (A4, Letter…)
The international A series, North American Letter/Legal sizes and DL/C5/C4 envelopes: good to know before printing or mailing something.
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Common file formats: when to use which
PDF, DOCX, CSV, JPEG, PNG, SVG, ZIP… which format to pick for a document, an image or an archive, and why.
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Special characters and symbols: universal shortcuts
Emoji, accented letters, typographic dashes and HTML codes: how to type a special character on Windows, macOS and mobile.
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Everyday life
Laundry care symbols
Tub, triangle, iron: decoding the care symbols on a clothing label so you stop ruining your laundry.
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Emergency numbers around the world
112, 911, 999: the emergency numbers to know by region, so you can react fast when it matters.
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Everyday life
Recycling: sorting your waste correctly
Which bin, glass, compost: the basics of sorting waste so you never hesitate in front of the bins again.
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Everyday life
Essential knots: which to know and why
Figure-eight, square knot, bowline: the few genuinely useful everyday knots, and what each one is for.
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Everyday life
Home maintenance: a seasonal checklist
Spring, summer, autumn, winter: the home maintenance tasks not to forget each season.
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Everyday life
DIY: the basic toolbox
The essential tools to get started, without overspending or cluttering up on tools you'll never use.
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Everyday life
Composting at home: the basics
What can and can't be composted, the balance to keep, and how to avoid bad smells.
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Simplified GTD method: organizing your tasks effectively
Getting Things Done in 5 steps: capture, clarify, organize, reflect, engage.
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