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How to buy a laptop that's still good in five years

Most laptops don't die. They get slow, swollen and unrepairable — and almost all of that's decided the day you buy.

GuideGroomingTobias Reed22 Sept 20266 min

Thinning hair rewards early action and punishes waiting

What the evidence actually supports, what the marketing oversells, and a three-minute routine that survives a real morning.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The type 2 diabetes routine that fits around work and kids

Complications don't come from one bad week. They come from ten quiet years. The good news is the routine that stops them is small.

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Autos6 min read

Jump a dead battery without wrecking either car

The clamp order, the one connection everybody gets wrong, and why a twenty-minute drive home doesn't actually recharge anything.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideGroomingTobias Reed22 Sept 20265 min

Three ingredients do the work and the rest is packaging

Sunscreen, a retinoid and a decent moisturiser. Everything else in the bathroom cabinet is optional, and most of it is optional forever.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Bone tired after forty and what to check before you blame age

Fatigue that a full night of sleep doesn't touch usually has a name. The common causes, the tests that find them, and when to stop training and call.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideAutosDean Shaw22 Sept 20265 min

The used cars still worth buying and how to spot one

Boring, high-volume, mechanically simple and four to eight years old. That profile still beats almost anything clever on the lot.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideGroomingTobias Reed22 Sept 20266 min

Your neck line is doing most of the work

A beard reads as deliberate or accidental within a second, and length has almost nothing to do with it.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The ABCDE mole check takes two minutes in the bathroom mirror

Five letters, one honest look, and the one spot on your back you'll never see without asking your wife to look.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideAutosDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

What should actually be in your boot from November to March

Tires do most of the work, but the kit behind the parcel shelf is what gets you home when the road wins.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideGroomingTobias Reed22 Sept 20266 min

Stop shaving your neck the way you shave your face

Razor burn on the neck is almost never about the product. It's about closeness, direction and how many times the blade goes over the same patch.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Why you're up at 2 a.m. again and it's probably not the prostate

Waking to use the bathroom has about six common causes, and most of them have nothing to do with your prostate. Start by measuring, not guessing.

GuideAutosDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

The car servicing that can't wait, and the kind that can

Brake fluid, coolant and a timing belt will strand you or bankrupt a repair bill. A dirty cabin filter won't. Know which is which.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuideGroomingTobias Reed22 Sept 20266 min

Say It To Your Barber Once And Stop Explaining Every Time

Most bad haircuts come from a vague sentence at the start, not bad scissors. Give a specification instead, and write it down.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Fitness5 min

Diabetes goes after your eyes and kidneys quietly

Autos6 min

Twenty minutes with the engine off tells you most of it

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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$Buy less and better only works if you do the math$

GuideStyleRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

Buy less and better only works if you do the math

Cost per wear is the right idea and most people calculate it wrong. Put the alterations, the cleaning and the honest wear count in, and the answer changes.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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Fitness6 min read

Before you start testosterone, get two morning blood draws

It works for the men who genuinely need it. The hard part is knowing whether you're one of them, and keeping up with the bloodwork after you start.

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What was your first ever job?

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