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joseph_dixon•6mo ago

PSA: I chose manual dimensioning over auto-annotation on a 200-sheet hospital project

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joseph_dixon•6mo ago

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6mo ago

Spent $250 on a book about the JFK files and now I'm not sure what to think

Library copies saved me from that exact problem.

6mo ago

I finally tried cold emailing after thinking it was just spam

Personalizing the subject line tripled my open rate.

6mo ago

Hot take: I think I just found the worst soil in the county on a job in Westgate

My old boss swore by a pressure washer.

6mo ago

Noticed a lot more guys using cordless track saws on site now compared to three years ago when I was mostly seeing them in shops.

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They're a fixture in shops because they're cheap and reliable. The tech is basically solved at this point. You can get a better one online, but most people just grab what's on the shelf. It's the default option for a reason.

6mo ago

My retired foreman from the old shop called me yesterday and said 'you're not just a button-pusher, you're a problem solver with a machine', which hit different after a month of running the same simple job.

Read an article once about a guy who stopped a whole line from going down just by swapping to a different brand of cutting fluid. Not even a fancy one, just one that didn't foam up as much. That tiny change in the coolant was the fix for his vibration problem. Makes you realize how everything in the shop is connected.

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PSA: I chose manual dimensioning over auto-annotation on a 200-sheet hospital project

A senior drafter told me my weld callouts were a mess

My neighbor Frank said my lentil soup looked like prison food

I finally stopped using canned air for cleaning out dusty office PCs

Heard a wild fact about concrete curing at a supplier in Phoenix

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