Rant: Bought a $200 'ergonomic' barber stool and my back is killing me

The seat cushion is way too firm and the backrest doesn't adjust enough, so I'm actually more sore now than with my old cheap one. Anyone have a stool they actually love for long days in the shop?

Watched a whole livestream get pulled for showing a protest sign

It was a city council feed from Portland last week, and the stream cut out the second someone held up a sign about police funding. Came back a minute later with that section edited out. Makes you wonder who's running the mute button on public meetings. Has a local channel done this where you are?

Maybe it's just me but I think you can fix a lot with a hammer and a pry bar

I was replacing some old laminate in my kitchen and the subfloor was a mess of old adhesive, so I just went at it with a 3-inch scraper blade and a lot of elbow grease. Everyone online says you need a special chemical remover, but that stuff is expensive and the fumes are awful. Has anyone else just powered through a bad subfloor without buying extra products?

My buddy at the firm said 'we're not just line monkeys, we're the last line of defense before steel gets cut' and it hit different.

He was talking about catching a major clash in a hospital MEP model that the engineers missed, and now I double-check every interference report, so what's the biggest save you've caught in the 11th hour?

Tried a glass weight vs a cabbage leaf for keeping kraut under brine.

I used a big glass weight in one jar and a folded cabbage leaf in another for my last batch of sauerkraut. The jar with the leaf got mold on top after about a week, but the one with the weight stayed clean for the full three week ferment. Does anyone have a better method that's not a weight? They're just so bulky to store.

Question about quenching oil. I used to just use old motor oil but after a blade cracked last winter I switched to a commercial fast oil. Anyone know a good brand that works in cold shops?

Our custom home's engineered floor joists started creaking like crazy after 6 months. Builder says it's 'normal settling'.

My old sleeping bag was fine for years, then it just... wasn't

I've had the same 20-degree bag for about 8 seasons, and it kept me warm on dozens of trips in the Adirondacks. Last October, I woke up shivering on a 35-degree night, and the loft just looked flat and sad. Did the fill just give up all at once, or is there a way to spot this coming?

A guy in my coding group got his whole account locked for a joke about a tech CEO

Honestly, it was just a dumb meme he posted in a private server with maybe 30 people. The platform flagged it as 'targeted harassment' and suspended him for a week. Tbh, the appeal process was a total black box, just automated replies. It made me wonder how many small, private chats get hit with these broad automated rules. Has anyone else seen a private group comment get flagged like that?

Unpopular opinion: Ditching paper notes for tablets messes up site data

I saw a team lose key artifact locations because their tablets crashed in the heat. Now I always hand-draw maps and logs before typing anything up. What's your backup plan for field notes?