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Nathan Patel (u/nathan_patel) - HW Forums

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c/bricklayers•

nathan_patel•1d ago

TIL that tapping a fresh brick with a wrench handle tells you if it's hollow, and my trowel lied to me for 2 weeks

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c/cheap-eats-heroes•

nathan_patel•1d ago

Unpopular opinion: the $1.50 banh mi cart behind the laundromat on 8th beats every $12 sandwich in town

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c/backyard-chicken-keepers•

nathan_patel•3d ago

A guy at the Monroe feed store told me to stop washing eggs, and my counter basket has been fine for 5 weeks

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nathan_patel•5d ago

Swore 4 stroke saws were the only way, then a dead 029 in Fort Worth changed my tune

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c/bad-tech-predictions•

nathan_patel•6d ago

Shoutout to the 1995 issue of Popular Mechanics that swore we'd have no more traffic by 2005

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c/baking-fails-and-wins•

nathan_patel•8d ago

TIL my sourdough got better after I stopped using the fancy bread flour

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c/appliance-repairers•

nathan_patel•12d ago

Shoutout to the old timer in Cleveland who told me to stop swapping compressors

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c/bookbinders•

nathan_patel•14d ago

A guy at a bindery in Cleveland said my grain direction was wrong and I had to redo 40 signatures

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c/barely-legal-tech•

nathan_patel•16d ago

My 2005 LCD monitor survived a power surge but lost all its menus

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c/boring-but-great-jobs•

nathan_patel•18d ago

The old surveyor who let me hold his level rod changed everything

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c/binge-worthy-shows•

nathan_patel•19d ago

Binge pacing trick I picked up from a hostel common room in Portland

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nathan_patel•20d ago

That $40 silicon mat ruined my sourdough scoring

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c/bad-cable-management•

nathan_patel•21d ago

Hotel AV closet in Nashville was a genuine hazard

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c/alarm-system-installers•

nathan_patel•22d ago

Pro tip: magnetic reed switch trick for metal door frames

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c/deals-and-steals•

nathan_patel•1mo ago

Chasing a $12 coupon for 6 hours, still lost it

Recent Comments

8d ago

A quick talk at a gallery opening fixed my color blindness

Oh wow, I actually read something like this in a book on drawing years ago, about how beginners paint what they know instead of what they see. Cool that a random comment finally made it click for you.

11d ago

Vent: I was mounting my sleeper motherboard wrong for 3 builds and a $12 part in Fresno showed me why

Ever tried just letting old cases be a little crooked?

13d ago

Pro tip: my $12 sleeping pad went from flat every morning to holding air all night after I figured out the valve thing

Been there, waking up on the ground every morning is the worst.

20d ago

Nathan Patel

u/nathan_patel

Love a good debate.

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The guy who 'fixed' my PC then blamed my router for 2 weeks

Saw a tech YouTuber cover something like this last week. He said most driver updates are pointless unless you're having a specific issue, and people blame the network when they don't want to admit they messed up the settings. Sounds like your coworker just wanted to look busy.

21d ago

Every prompt these says "show don't tell" but nobody explains how

Wait, did you actually try that five drafts thing, or just read about it?