Tyler Green (u/tyler492)

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Hot take: Don't store your beans in the freezer like I did

I put my fresh Ethiopian beans in the freezer last month thinking it'd keep them fresh, and they came out tasting like old cardboard - all the oils got messed up. I found out from a roaster in Portland that moisture in the bag is the real killer. Has anyone else ruined a batch this way and found a fix?

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c/backyard-stargazing•

tyler492•6d ago

My telescope mount gave out on the clearest night in months

Last Tuesday I finally got a perfect clear sky after three weeks of clouds, and my old EQ mount just started grinding halfway through aligning on Jupiter. I ended up just lying on a lawn chair with binoculars instead has anyone else had a mount die at the worst possible time?

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c/relocation-advice•

tyler492•8d ago

A realtor told me my house photos were killing my listing, she was right

I had my house in Phoenix up for 3 weeks with zero showings, and a family friend who sells homes said my photos looked like a storage unit. She told me to declutter every counter, take down half the wall decor, and reshoot with a cheap wide angle lens on my phone. Has anyone else had a small change like that completely flip how fast their place gets traction in a slow market?

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c/home-improvement•

tyler492•8d ago

Smart thermostat vs basic programmable was a $200 lesson I shoulda learned sooner

I put a Nest in my 1970s ranch 2 years ago and honestly it drove me nuts. The learning thing kept setting weird temps and my wife would just override it constantly. Last month I yanked it out and put in a $35 basic Honeywell programmable from Home Depot. Set it once for weekdays and weekends, done. My electric bill dropped $12 month one and thats with my AC running exactly when I want. Anyone else ditch their smart stuff for simple?

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c/cheap-eats-club•

tyler492•9d ago

My $20 rice cooker changed everything after 3 months

I got a basic aroma rice cooker from a thrift store for $20 and honestly thought it would just make rice. But after using it for 3 months straight, my grocery bill dropped by about $15 a week. The reason is I started making cheap staples like quinoa, lentils, and steel cut oats in it instead of buying expensive pre-made stuff. A $2 bag of dried beans now gives me 4 meals versus spending $4 on a single can. Plus I use the steamer basket for veggies and hard boiled eggs, no extra pots to clean. Anyone else find a cheap appliance that ended up saving you more than expected?

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c/digital-nomad-life•

tyler492•9d ago

Spilled coffee on my laptop in a coworking space in Chiang Mai and had to run it under a faucet for 10 minutes before it turned back on.

I was at Punspace in the Nimman area last Tuesday when my hand slipped and half a mug of iced latte went straight into the keyboard, so I grabbed the laptop, yanked the battery out, and held it under the bathroom sink for a solid 10 minutes rinsing the sticky sugar out, then let it sit in front of a fan for 6 hours, and somehow it booted up fine - has anyone else pulled off a dumb save like that with electronics on the road?

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c/ask-anything•

tyler492•10d ago

Was dead set against digital art tablets until I borrowed one for a week

I used to swear by pencil and paper, thought digital art was cheating basically. But last month my coworker in Denver let me borrow his entry level tablet for 7 days while he was on vacation. After the first night messing with layers and undo, I cranked out a sketch in 20 minutes that would've taken me 2 hours by hand. The precision felt weird at first but by day 3 I was hooked. Has anyone else had that moment where a tool you wrote off completely changed your process?

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c/cleveland-west-side-living•

tyler492•27d ago

PSA: I hit 50,000 miles on my car and everyone told me to trade it in - I'm keeping it

I just rolled past 50,000 miles on my 2019 Honda Civic last week and every person I mention it to acts like the thing is about to fall apart. My buddy at work keeps telling me I'm crazy for not trading it in while it still has value. But here's the thing - I've done nothing but oil changes and one set of tires on this car. It runs perfect, gets me from Lakewood to my delivery routes all over the west side without a hiccup. Meanwhile the same people telling me to trade it are the ones with $500 car payments and check engine lights. I get that 50k is a milestone but it's not like the wheels are gonna fall off at 60k. Am I wrong for thinking modern cars can go way past 100k easy or is everyone just hooked on that new car smell?

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c/elevator-mechanics•

tyler492•1mo ago

Worst Tuesday I've had in a long time, greasy guide rails and a flooded pit

Man, I had a day last month in Miami that just snowballed. Started with a stuck door on a old Otis, took me 3 hours to get the clutch reset. Then I go down to the pit to check the buffers and find 4 inches of water from the AC drain being clogged. My helper stepped right in it, soaked his boot through to the sock. Has anyone else had a job just fight you every step of the way like that?

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c/auto-body-repairers•

tyler492•1mo ago

Threw $300 at a cheap paint booth filter kit and instantly regretted it

I was trying to save some cash on a weekend respray job for a customer's Civic and bought a no-name filter set off Amazon. The intake filter started sagging after just two hours of drying time and let dust all over the fresh clear coat. Ended up having to sand it back down and re-spray the whole hood, which cost me an extra 4 hours of labor. Anyone else get burned by cutting corners on booth supplies?

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Recent Comments

1d ago

Question about changing how I handle client calls

Yeah the recording thing is tough, I feel for your buddy. I've been in that same spot where you're scrambling after a call trying to remember exactly what was said (especially when clients ask for recaps). The line between covering your own butt and invading someone's privacy is real blurry, I get why he kept it private though. It's not like he's sharing it with anyone, he's just trying to do his job better without messing up.

1d ago

Hot take: A 19-year-old A&P student made me rethink how I torque bolts

Same thing happened to me with a tire gauge I'd been using for 5 years. Borrowed my buddy's digital one and mine was off by 4 psi the whole time. Makes you wonder what else we're just assuming is still good after all these years.

2d ago

Changed my mind about filler after a job in Boston

Honestly same here @tarajenkins convinced me I was wrong about cheap filler.

2d ago

TIL my workbench top was actually warped for months before I noticed

My cheap acoustic from Guitar Center did the same thing last summer, and now the action is completely shot on the low E string. @olivia_carr7 it's wild how much temperature and moisture mess with wood on a daily level, not just guitars but like hardwood floors and furniture too. My desk actually developed a small crack after a humid week, and I never even thought about it until I saw your post. Makes me wonder if we just don't pay enough attention to how our stuff handles the weather around us.

3d ago

Used to crank my preheat all the way up on every rod, now I barely touch it

Same thing happened to me but with a bandsaw blade. I used to crank the blade tension as tight as I could get it, thought it would cut straighter. Old maintenance guy at the mill just watched me for a minute, walked over and backed it off like two full turns. Said I was stretching the blade out and it would snap on the next cut through some 4 inch pipe. What do you know, next day I hear this loud ping from the other side of the shop and some kid's blade let go because he had it torqued down like I used to. Now I just go finger tight plus a quarter turn, hasn't let me down since.