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Camping Gear Reviews
c/camping-gear-reviews•anthony_dixonanthony_dixon•1mo ago
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Drafters
c/drafters•anthony_dixonanthony_dixon•1mo ago

A client's offhand comment about my title block made me check my own standards

I was showing a set of house plans to a client last week, and she pointed at the revision table and said, 'So, which of these changes is the one about the window size?' I had just listed them all as 'General updates' with the date. I realized I'd been doing that for years because it was fast, but it was totally useless for anyone trying to track changes. The look on her face, just confused, was the tip-off. She needed clear info to talk to her builder, and my lazy habit was making her job harder. Now I'm going back through my last six projects to re-label every revision note with a specific description. It's a pain, but it has to be done. Has anyone else had a client call them out on a bad drafting habit you didn't even know you had?

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Binge Worthy Shows
c/binge-worthy-shows•anthony_dixonanthony_dixon•1mo ago
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1mo ago

in

Hot take: I always thought Damascus steel was mostly for show, but reading a metallurgy paper from a German university changed my mind about its actual edge retention.

That's a cool find! Totally thought it was just for looks too.

1mo ago

in

I mean, maybe it's just me but I dropped like $400 on a 'universal' dent puller kit that was basically junk

Been there, those kits are a total scam.

1mo ago

in

Remember when we had to wait a whole week for the next episode?

Does the guilt ever make you enjoy the show less? I've found that rushing to finish something can sometimes ruin the fun of talking about it later, wells.zara. Maybe you both can find a new series to watch at the same pace.

1mo ago

in

Tried to cut crown molding with a miter box versus a compound miter saw

Skip the math and cheat with a block. Cut a scrap piece of crown and hold it in the corner. Trace the bottom edge on the wall and the top edge on the ceiling. Measure that angle on your saw and just use it. It works every time for me.

1mo ago

in

Wanted to be a stand-up comic in college. My first open mic was a disaster.

Yeah, I used to think that was a normal reaction until I heard it myself. Totally changes how you see things.