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johnrobinson•6mo ago

I overheard a client say 'just use any old thermal paste' while fixing his gaming PC

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johnrobinson•6mo ago

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6mo ago

Spent 4 hours trying to get the right texture for a simple leather jacket in my latest piece. The reference photo was just bad.

Four hours on one photo is brutal. Foster.patricia has the right idea with using multiple sources. I keep a folder of just texture shots for this exact reason.

6mo ago

My sauerkraut was always too soft until I started weighing the cabbage down with a ziploc bag of brine

My grandma's old trick was a clean river rock in a cheesecloth pouch.

7mo ago

I bought a cheap pocket hole jig set and it cost me a whole day of work

I read a woodworking blog that swears by the Kreg 320 model.

7mo ago

John Robinson

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Always curious.

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A retired guy at the flea market told me to try a different kind of sand

That's rough, @kevinc84. It seems like that particular advice gets passed around a lot. Makes you wonder how many people have tried it. Not a great feeling to find out your tip isn't unique.

7mo ago

My uncle told me to wait on a cash out refi back in 2019 and I'm glad I did

Wait, you were going to pull out fifty grand just for a kitchen? That's a whole other house in some places. My reno budget was like a tenth of that and I still got new cabinets and counters. What kind of kitchen were you building, with gold-plated faucets?

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I overheard a client say 'just use any old thermal paste' while fixing his gaming PC

That time my first real program crashed my laptop for a full hour

A retired tech in Omaha told me my soldering iron was too hot for modern boards

Can we talk about the number of times you sharpen a blade before it's done

I finally figured out why my project estimates were always wrong

Just realized most people budget wrong by ignoring their true hourly wage

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