Jesse Barnes (u/jesse_barnes37)

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I was wrong about feeding kitchen scraps, it took 6 months to see it

I used to be one of those people who thought table scraps were just a cheap treat for the flock, nothing more. But after my neighbor Dave gave me a tour of his setup last spring and showed me his egg production records, I had to try it his way. He's been feeding his hens a mix of veggie peelings, stale bread, and even some leftover scrambled eggs for three years straight. So I started doing the same back in March, noting down how many eggs I got each week. By September, my 8 hens went from maybe 4 eggs a day to a solid 7 almost every morning. I didn't change their layer feed or light schedule or anything else. Has anyone else seen a real spike from just adding scraps late in the season?

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c/commercial-networking•

jesse_barnes37•2d ago

Chat with a Sparky at a jobsite last Tuesday changed how I look at shielded cable runs

He said he watched a contractor run Cat6 parallel to a 480v line for 40 feet and the whole network tanked until they ripped it out. Anyone else ever get burned by assuming separation distances don't matter in tight ceilings?

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c/digital-strategy•

jesse_barnes37•24d ago

Can we talk about SEO agencies that promise first page results in 30 days?

I was at a conference in Chicago last fall and this agency owner was bragging about how he guarantees top 3 rankings in a month. I called him out on it and he got defensive. Fast forward to last week, I ran into a client of his who said they got banned from Google after using his methods. Turns out he was doing PBNs and spammy link schemes. I was skeptical of the whole SEO industry for years because of people like that, but then a small shop in Austin showed me their process over 6 months. Legit content, technical fixes, and real outreach. They moved the needle slowly but it stuck. Has anyone else seen these quick fix shops burn clients?

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c/fix-my-layout•

jesse_barnes37•27d ago

Took me 3 years of fighting with forums to admit the old dev was right about tables for layout

I used to be a hardcore CSS grid fanboy. 3 years ago I was rebuilding a forum theme for a classic car community I help mod on, and the old guy who built the original layout used tables. I told him he was living in 2003 and spent a whole weekend converting everything to grid. Looked great on my monitor but the moment I checked it on a mobile browser or in a small window it would completely break. Last month I finally gave up and rebuilt it with tables for the main structure. Worked perfect first try. Even the old email client views and tiny screens handled it fine. Now I get why he always said tables are built for aligning rows and columns and CSS is for styling. Has anyone else had to eat crow and go back to an older method because it just worked better for specific site designs?

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c/bicycle-mechanics•

jesse_barnes37•27d ago

People keep greasing the wrong part of pedal threads

Was helping a buddy swap pedals on his mountain bike last weekend and he had a whole tube of grease out, ready to slather the threads all the way up to the crank arm. Told him to stop, that you only need grease on the first few threads that actually contact the crank. He didn't believe me so I showed him a pedal I installed wrong a while back where the grease pushed out and mixed with dirt, basically turned into grinding paste. Now his old pedals spin smooth but creak under load. Why do so many videos online show people coating the whole threaded shaft like it's a thanksgiving turkey?

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c/concrete-finishers•

jesse_barnes37•27d ago

Shoutout to the old timer in Tulsa who saved me from a bad pour

I was getting ready to pour a driveway in 95 degree heat last August, and this retired finisher named Bob walked over from the property next door. He asked how much water I had in the mix and told me to cut it by 4 gallons to avoid shrinkage cracking. I listened to him and that slab came out smooth with zero spider cracks. Has anyone else had a random stranger save their job on site?

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c/cheap-diy-computer-fixes•

jesse_barnes37•29d ago

Spent $15 on thermal paste and it fixed my overheating laptop

My old laptop was hitting 95C just browsing the web. I figured it was dead or needed a new fan which would cost like $100 at a shop. Picked up some Arctic MX-4 for $15 on Amazon and watched a 10 minute video on how to clean the old paste off. After applying it my temps dropped to 70C under load. Has anyone else had a cheap tube of paste fix a problem they thought was way worse?

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c/buying-a-home•

jesse_barnes37•1mo ago

Just wasted $800 on a home inspection that missed major stuff

I paid a guy $800 to inspect a 1950s house in Austin last month and he missed that the foundation had serious cracks and the roof was patched in three spots. Now I'm stuck with a house that needs $15k in repairs I didn't budget for. Has anyone else had an inspector completely drop the ball on their dream home?

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c/bookbinders•

jesse_barnes37•1mo ago

A customer told me my hinges were too tight and it fixed my binding issues

Had a guy bring back a leather journal I sold him at the Portland craft fair last month. Said the pages kept pulling away from the spine. I was using 1/4 inch clearance on my hinges and he pointed out it needed at least 3/8 inch for the leather to flex. Swapped my jig settings and now the book lays flat without that gap. Anyone else had a customer spot something obvious you missed?

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c/finance-forums•

jesse_barnes37•1mo ago

Hit $10k in my emergency fund for the first time at 32 and I almost don't believe it

I finally got my emergency fund to $10,000 after 4 years of chipping away at it, but I keep worrying about whether I should park it in a HYSA or just leave it in my regular checking account where I can grab it fast has anyone else hit a number that felt way bigger than they expected

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