Cameron Chen (u/cameron_chen63)

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Heard a stat about JFK assassination witnesses that I can't shake

I was reading through some old forums last night and found a breakdown counting how many people tied to the JFK case died under unusual circumstances. The number was 18 within the first 3 years alone. Some natural causes, sure, but a bunch were outright murders or accidents that looked weird. Makes you wonder if the lone gunman story really holds up. Anyone else run into numbers like this that made you second guess the official version?

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c/conspiracy-debates•

cameron_chen63•4d ago

Can we talk about tap water vs filtered water for making coffee?

I spent 3 weeks testing straight tap water from my sink in Phoenix against a $30 Brita pitcher for my morning pour-over. The difference was insane - the filtered stuff actually let the coffee taste like the bag said it should. With tap I got this weird chlorine taste every time no matter what beans I used. My buddy swore it was all in my head so I did a blind test with him and he picked the filtered one every single try. Has anyone else noticed a huge difference or am I just overthinking this? What water do you guys use?

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c/barbers•

cameron_chen63•6d ago

I heard a younger barber say clipper oil is optional and I had to stop what I was doing

Last week I was in a shop over in Cleveland waiting for a chair and this guy maybe 25 years old was telling his customer he only oils his clippers once a month. I almost dropped my coffee. I have been cutting hair for 22 years and I oil my blades before every single client. He said he never noticed a difference. But I have seen blades get hot and start pulling hair after just a week of skipping oil. That customer left with some redness on his neck too. Am I being too old school about this or do other barbers here oil every time like me?

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c/daily-build-battle•

cameron_chen63•7d ago

Used to cram fans wherever they'd fit. Now I actually plan the airflow path.

Back in my early builds I'd just toss in three intake fans and hope for the best. My CPU would hit 85 degrees under load and I thought that was normal. Last year I sat down with a beer and mapped out a clear front-to-back flow with positive pressure. Dropped my temps by 12 degrees. Am I the only one who ignored airflow for years before trying this?

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c/boilermakers•

cameron_chen63•9d ago

Found out my old Miller welder from 1985 still beats my new one on thick steel plate

I was looking through the specs on a forum last night and discovered the duty cycle on that old transformer machine is nearly double what my fancy inverter unit puts out above 3/8 inch, so what are you all running for heavy wall pipe these days?

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c/budget-friendly-meals•

cameron_chen63•12d ago

My rice cooker died mid-meal last night, had to get creative

Tbh I was making my go-to budget stir fry when the cooker just stopped working with the rice half done. I dumped it in a pot with some extra water and finished it on the stove, took maybe 10 more minutes. Anyone else have an appliance fail at the worst time and have to wing it?

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c/auto-body-repairers•

cameron_chen63•13d ago

Found a trick for blending clear coat on a pearl job

Had a nasty scratch on a 2019 Toyota pearl white bumper last week, dry sanded with 3000 grit then hit it with a heat gun before spraying. Blended in almost perfect, anyone else use heat to help the metallic settle?

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c/ai-art-debate•

cameron_chen63•15d ago

Hit 10,000 prompts on Midjourney and finally admitted AI art is real art

I hit 10,000 generated images this week and realized I've spent more time tweaking prompts than I ever did learning to paint. It's the same creative struggle just different tools, so why gatekeep what counts as art?

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c/dumb-landlord-stories•

cameron_chen63•17d ago

My landlord tried to fix a leaky pipe with duct tape and a prayer

I had a slow drip under the kitchen sink for two weeks. Landlord came by, wrapped the pipe joint in duct tape, and said 'that should hold till the new year.' Three days later I came home to water all over the floor and a warped cabinet bottom. He charged me $150 for 'water damage' on my security deposit. Has anyone else had a landlord who thinks tape solves plumbing?

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c/ai-art-debate•

cameron_chen63•1mo ago

Ran a side-by-side test of Midjourney vs DALL-E for a fantasy landscape prompt

I asked both to make a "haunted castle on a cliff at sunset" with the same exact prompt words. Midjourney gave me this moody, painterly look with actual fog and torch light that felt like a real painting. DALL-E gave me something that looked like a video game screenshot from 2010. I showed them to my art group and 8 out of 10 people picked the Midjourney one without knowing which was which. Has anyone else noticed certain AI tools are just better at specific styles?

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Heard a stat about JFK assassination witnesses that I can't shake

Can we talk about tap water vs filtered water for making coffee?

I heard a younger barber say clipper oil is optional and I had to stop what I was doing

Used to cram fans wherever they'd fit. Now I actually plan the airflow path.

Found out my old Miller welder from 1985 still beats my new one on thick steel plate

My rice cooker died mid-meal last night, had to get creative

Found a trick for blending clear coat on a pearl job

Hit 10,000 prompts on Midjourney and finally admitted AI art is real art

My landlord tried to fix a leaky pipe with duct tape and a prayer

Ran a side-by-side test of Midjourney vs DALL-E for a fantasy landscape prompt

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