Remember the 'distracted boyfriend' meme getting pulled from a major platform three years ago?

Watched a demo of a new AI image generator at a tech meetup in Austin completely fail to render a simple request for a 'red bicycle'.

The model kept producing images of blue motorcycles, which was a pretty clear sign that its training data was fundamentally flawed, so has anyone else seen a basic prompt fail this badly with a supposedly advanced system?

Switched from a standard boning knife to a curved breaking knife for a whole lamb last month

The curve let me follow the natural seams much better, which saved me about twenty minutes and gave me cleaner cuts. Anyone else find a specific blade shape makes a big difference on certain animals?

Spent over $300 on a sensory swing that just collects dust

I bought a fancy indoor sensory swing last year, thinking it would help with my son's meltdowns. The website promised a calming space and showed kids looking totally relaxed. We set it up in his room, but he was scared of the motion and the fabric texture felt wrong to him. It's been hanging there for eight months, unused. I see these recommended a lot, but they aren't a sure thing for every kid. Has anyone else had a pricey tool or toy that just didn't work for their family?

Appreciation post: Choosing the 12-inch cutter head over the 8-inch for the silt job on the Willamette paid off big time

I went with the bigger head expecting slower progress but less clogging, and we cleared the whole channel section a full day ahead of schedule because we never had to stop and clear the pump.

My uncle insisted I sharpen my boning knife every 30 minutes, and after a 12-hour shift breaking down 6 lambs, my arm isn't killing me for once.

What's a piece of old-school advice that actually held up for you?

Old timer told me to always check the door switch first on a Whirlpool washer

My first boss, Frank, drilled that into my head back in 2012. He said 80% of the 'won't start' calls for that model were just a bad switch. I argued with him once on a job, spent an hour checking the motor and timer first. Sure enough, it was the $15 door switch. Anyone else have a go-to piece of advice that saved them time?

TIL a customer's dog is a better sausage critic than their owner

Honestly, I was at the counter in my shop in Boise last Tuesday, handing a guy his order of my new apple-maple breakfast links. His terrier, waiting in the truck, started barking like crazy. The guy joked, 'He knows good stuff,' and tossed him a whole link. The dog caught it, chewed twice, then just dropped it on the seat and stared at us. Ngl, that silent rejection hurt more than any customer complaint. Anyone else ever had an animal totally trash-talk their work?

Hit 50 failed macarons before my first decent batch and I'm weirdly proud

Everyone says you should get it right by the 10th try, but my 50th attempt last Thursday finally gave me feet that didn't crack. I think failing that many times made me actually understand the meringue. Anyone else have a number that felt like a weird victory?

Looking for more on the 1980s radio show that got shut down in Prague

I was reading about underground media in Eastern Europe and came across a mention of a pirate radio station called 'Radio Vltava' that operated in Prague for about six months in 1987. The host, a guy named Tomas Barta, would play banned music and read uncensored news until the secret police raided the apartment it broadcast from. I can't find much else about it in English. Has anyone here dug into this story or know where to look for the recordings?