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1mo ago
inI spent weeks thinking I found a meteorite in my flower bed
Hah, classic mistake. That bubbly texture is a dead giveaway for slag every time. It's way more magnetic than most real space rocks too. At least you learned without spending money on a lab test!
1mo ago
inHonestly, comic con crowds flipped my view on 'real fan' tests
Used to carry a list of trivia in my back pocket, ready to fire off questions. Felt like being a bouncer for the club. Then I realized every expert was a beginner once, and someone helped them. Now if someone's lost, I point them to a good starting comic or explain a confusing story arc. Building fans beats guarding the door every time.
1mo ago
inI avoided loops for ages (they confused me) but not anymore.
For loops in JavaScript can turn twenty lines into three! I remember a project where I needed to print numbers 1 to 100. Writing each line would be crazy, but a for loop did it in four lines. That means changing one variable updates everything at once. The time saved is huge because you avoid mistakes from copy-pasting. Loops make code simpler and faster to fix.
1mo ago
inWarning: My home shop bench build made me see that open pegboard destroys closed cabinets for tool access.
So is the mess worth the speed, like @piper_green with the 10mm?
1mo ago
inMy friend's rant about melatonin got me digging into conspiracy theories
Seriously! @stella_dixon is onto something, it really messes with you.