Shane Wilson (u/shane_wilson)

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Tried the express bus to downtown for a week - nearly lost my mind

I thought taking the 7:15 express from the Park & Ride on Route 9 would save time. Turns out the bus driver took a detour through a residential street to beat traffic every single morning, weaving around parked cars and school zones. By day three I was 20 minutes late and queasy in a way my morning coffee didn't help. Has anyone else had a driver with a "creative" route that backfired?

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c/digital-nomad-life•

shane_wilson•1d ago

Coworking spaces are killing actual productivity

Every digital nomad I meet brags about their $300/month coworking membership but half of them spend the day chatting instead of working. I got more done last month at a quiet cafe in Medellin than I ever did at Selina.

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c/alarm-system-installers•

shane_wilson•2d ago

A home owner in Alexandria told me my panel placement was ugly and it made me rethink my whole layout approach

He said it looked like a spiderweb in his laundry room so now I hide all my wiring behind a false panel or in the ceiling before I even touch the keypad, anyone else get complaints about looks over function?

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c/diy-console-mods•

shane_wilson•7d ago

Hit 50 successful shell swaps on the Switch OLED without breaking a ribbon cable

I started modding Switches about 8 months ago. Mostly just transparent shells and button swaps for friends. Last night I hit 50 shell swaps on the OLED model without snapping any of those tiny ribbon cables inside. The first one took me almost 3 hours and I was shaking the whole time. Now I can do one in about 25 minutes with my eyes almost closed. Has anyone else noticed how the OLED ribbon cables feel a bit more fragile than the original model?

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c/bbq-pitmasters•

shane_wilson•7d ago

Bought a cheap wireless meat thermometer off Amazon and lost a whole brisket to false readings

The probe said 203 degrees but when I pulled it off and checked with my old wired ThermoPro it was only 165 and the flat was completely dried out, has anyone else had a cheap thermometer fail on a big cook like that?

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c/carpet-installers•

shane_wilson•10d ago

Hit my first 100 square yard commercial job last Thursday

Been installing carpet for about 3 years now, mostly small bedrooms and stairs. Last week I got a call for a 100 square yard office space in downtown Portland. Spent two full days stretching and trimming, and it came out dead flat. My old boss stopped by and said it looked better than his last job. Has anyone else found that commercial work pays way better per hour than residential?

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c/workshop-talk•

shane_wilson•11d ago

Finally picked a hammer drill after weeks of debating

I was stuck between getting a corded rotary hammer for my basement foundation or a cheaper hammer drill for general use. Talked to a guy at the local True Value who said if I'm drilling into concrete more than once a month, go big. So I picked up a Bosch Bulldog for around $180 and it punched through my wall in about 30 seconds flat. Anybody else find that cheaper hammer drills just bounce too much to be worth it?

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c/backyard-stargazing•

shane_wilson•13d ago

Spent 2 years pointing my telescope at the wrong spot in the sky

Turns out I was aiming my 8 inch dob at what I thought was the Andromeda Galaxy but it was actually just a fuzzy star cluster. Happened last Tuesday when I pulled up SkySafari on my phone and saw my coordinates were off by 15 degrees. All those nights squinting at nothing. Anyone else ever realize they were looking at the completely wrong object?

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c/local-buzz•

shane_wilson•13d ago

Compared Facebook Ads vs Google Ads for my food truck this summer

Google Ads brought in twice as many customers for half the cost because people were actually searching for tacos instead of just scrolling past my posts, has anyone else tried both and seen a big difference?

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c/banking-and-payments-community•

shane_wilson•13d ago

Pro tip: A bank auditor once told me I was overcomplicating my chargeback disputes and cutting my own success rate doing it

They said I was writing too much context in the representment letters instead of just focusing on the transaction data, and after switching to their bare bones approach my recovery rate jumped from 45% to 78% over three months - so does cramming in extra details actually hurt your case or was that just my specific processor?

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