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Spent $40 on a junk lens spanner and it wrecked a helicoid

Wait @jana_shah you seriously bent two tips on a $40 spanner tool?

1d ago

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Blew $400 on a 'certified resume writer' and got a worse resume back

Just redo it yourself, keep it simple.

1d ago

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The difference manual aperture rings made to my repair workflow

I used to totally be in the "modern is better" camp for repairs. But then I spent an afternoon trying to get the focus motor contacts lined up on a Sony E-mount lens and ended up snapping a tiny flex cable. I grabbed an old Pentax Takumar from the shelf, had the aperture ring off and the blades cleaned in about fifteen minutes. Yeah, the old stuff has more tiny screws and shims, but at least you can see what's actually happening instead of fighting circuit boards and ribbon cables.

2d ago

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Couchsurfing saved me $800 in Japan but not how you'd think

Totally get what you mean about using apps for just one thing. I actually did something similar with Uber Eats in Seoul last year. I never ordered food from it but used it to see what neighborhoods had the most Korean home cooking places. Found this area called Mangwon with like twenty spots run by ajummas who only deliver locally. The app's map showed me where the real food was hiding. Walked around there for three hours trying random places for under $5 each. Still my favorite travel memory honestly.

2d ago

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Vent: The neighbor who insisted my fence needed 4x4 posts when 4x4s are overkill

Honestly that frost heave point is what got me. I used to swear by 6x6 posts for everything because I figured bigger was always better, but I had this old contractor buddy tell me the same thing about depth being the real factor. I set my last set of 4x4s at 36 inches in gravel and they haven't budged through two winters now. Dave's whole argument about wind load doesn't hold up for a 5 foot fence unless you're living in a tornado alley or something. I'm kind of glad I saw this thread before I built my shed foundation too, saved me some money and back pain.