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3d ago

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I used to think you needed to be a math genius to code until a barista in Seattle changed my mind

Oh man, I had a buddy who tried to explain how to use a toaster oven to his grandma once. He said it took her 20 minutes to ask if the toast was done yet because she kept getting distracted by the buttons. She finally just said "I'll wait till I smell it burn" and walked away.

18d ago

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Tried to fix a boot loop by reseating my RAM and ended up bending a pin on the motherboard socket

Wait, have you ever had a case that was so bent you had to shove a screwdriver in the corner just to get the motherboard tray to sit flat? I had this old Thermaltake tower once that was dropped in shipping and the whole back panel was tweaked. It was like trying to install a board into a Pringles can. Every time I tightened a screw it felt like the socket was doing a little dance under the CPU. Ended up using some plastic standoffs I had lying around just to level it out.

19d ago

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Had a pie crust disaster at my cousin's wedding rehearsal dinner

Wait, wait wait. @sandra715 are you telling me that 70% of my pie dough fails were because my kitchen was basically a sauna and not because I was just bad at baking? I have a whole drawer of failed dough disks in my freezer right now from a humid July day when I was making a peach pie. I honestly thought I was cursed or something because I'd follow the recipe to the gram and it'd still turn into a sticky mess. That fridge trick sounds like genius level stuff, I'm definitely trying it next time my kitchen feels like a steam room.

19d ago

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My solar panel install took 6 months longer than I planned

What's wrong with a little heat though? I get that some days are brutal, but thats why we have AC and swimming pools. The long evenings and fresh produce make it all worth it for me.

19d ago

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My plotter ate a 40 foot roll of vellum last Thursday and I nearly lost it

Wait, you went at it with tweezers? That's insane, man. I would have just yanked it and hoped for the best. I can't believe you had the patience to stand there picking at it like that. My blood pressure would have been through the roof after the first five minutes.