Debate: Whole muscle vs. comminuted for burger blends - which actually holds up better?

I keep seeing people grind chuck into burgers and call it a day. But in my shop, I've been testing whole muscle blends for about 6 months now - using brisket point and short rib instead of standard chuck. The fat ratio hits different and the texture stays juicier on the flat top. On the flip side, my buddy swears comminuted (twice ground) is the only way because it binds tighter and doesn't fall apart on a grill. I've had more crumble issues with whole muscle on high heat myself. Anyone else tried both methods and found one consistently better? What's your go-to blend for a Saturday rush?

The day I stopped crowding my air fryer basket

I used to just pile chicken thighs in there thinking more fit meant more food. Then a buddy saw me doing it and said 'you're basically steaming them, not crisping them' and I realized I'd been doing it wrong for like 2 years. Has anyone else had that moment where you just didn't think about air flow?

Why does nobody stack images anymore?

I spent 3 hours last weekend trying to pull detail out of a single shot of M31 and got nowhere. Then I remembered a tutorial from 2018 about stacking just 20 frames in DSS. Tried it with my old Canon 60D and a 200mm lens. The difference was so big I felt dumb for not doing it sooner. Anyone else skip stacking because it seems like a hassle?

Hot take: I used to mortar every brick individually on retaining walls, now I dry stack everything.

Switched after a 40-foot wall in Nashville settled and cracked in year two because I didn't account for drainage. Dry stack lets water pass through, but is the stability trade-off really worth it for taller walls?

Just found out shellac dissolves in alcohol, not water, and I've been stripping stuff wrong for 5 years

Saw a guy at a shop in Phoenix use a zip tie to hold a fuel line together as a temp fix

Two days later I got a call from a customer whose car caught fire on the I-10 because of that same trick, so now I throw away any zip ties near fuel lines on sight has anyone else seen this kind of shortcut go bad?

Caulking a bathtub took me 5 hours. Should have been 30 minutes.

I decided to recaulk the tub in my guest bathroom last Saturday. Watched a 5 minute YouTube video, thought I had it handled. Ended up spending the entire afternoon scraping out old silicone with a razor blade, trying to keep the gaps even, and fixing all the messy spots. I got there eventually but it was way more work than I planned. Anyone else get tricked by a simple DIY job that turned into an all day thing?

Wasted $80 on a refurbished power supply that died after 3 weeks

Grabbed a supposedly tested unit from a random online seller, system wouldn't even post yesterday, has anyone else had bad luck with those cheap refurbished parts from eBay?

I finally got our book club to stop arguing by making everyone write down their main point before speaking.

After three meetings of circular debates over 'The Overstory', I started a rule where each person has to jot their core argument on a notecard first, which cut our pointless bickering in half because it forced us to actually think.

Finally figured out the trick to getting a 2-inch body lift on my '98 Cherokee to sit perfectly level after three attempts.

I realized the front mounts needed a 1/4-inch spacer cut from an old hockey puck to compensate for the engine weight sag, which my buddy in Denver swore was a hack but it actually worked.