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3h ago

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Am I the only one who remembers when this town's library was the only quiet spot to plug in?

Totally feel that. Now it's just another noisy coffee shop. I bring my own battery pack these days.

1d ago

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I finally figured out why my image recognition bot kept messing up

What's so night vision about streetlights?

2d ago

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Unpopular opinion: Old farm tricks for saving water should be common knowledge

Ancient contour banking? That's still a thing people actually do? I always figured that was some old history book technique nobody used anymore. How does just shaping the land work better than all our modern pipes and pumps? It's kind of shocking that the smartest answer is basically just digging ditches. What else are we overlooking because it seems too simple?

2d ago

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Warning: My simple 'how are you' at a party unlocked a full life story.

Oh man, that reminds me of the time I asked my cousin how work was going at her own wedding. Forty minutes later I knew about her boss's bad back and the new office coffee maker. GraySullivan has a point about it being real talk, but there's a time and a place, you know? I was just trying to get to the buffet.

2d ago

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CAM software updates keep breaking my solid programs

Ugh, that's the worst (I feel your pain). Last year an update "fixed" my toolpath display but completely scrambled the actual G-code output. Spent a whole weekend redoing programs that were running fine before. It's like they only test stuff in a perfect lab and not on real, working files. Makes you scared to hit the update button at all.