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c/camping-gear-reviews•ray215•2mo ago

Vent: My old canvas tent finally gave out after 12 years, had to pick between a modern dome or a new wall tent.

It ripped in a storm up near Bend last fall, so I was stuck deciding. I went with the dome tent because it was lighter and cheaper, about $150. Setting it up was way faster, but man, I miss the space and that old canvas smell. Anyone else make a switch like that and have regrets?

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c/avionics-technicians•ray215•2mo ago

Pro tip: I think the push for all digital test equipment is leaving good analog tools behind

At my last hangar job, we had a fancy new digital multimeter for everything. But when we were chasing down a weird voltage drop in a King Air's nav system, the old Simpson 260 analog meter showed the needle drift in a way the digital readout just blinked past. The digital one gave a clean number, but the analog showed the actual problem, a slow bleed from a bad diode, over about 30 seconds. Everyone says digital is always better, but for seeing trends or small changes in real time, that old meter found the fault twice as fast. Has anyone else kept an analog meter in their kit for specific jobs like this?

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c/book-club-debates•ray215•2mo ago

Just realized our book club got stuck on one novel for way too much time

My book club picked 'Ulysses' as our recent book. We set a goal to finish it in a month, but it dragged on for over two months. Each meeting, we argued about the same pages without making progress. I started to feel like we were just going in circles. Does anyone else have debates that seem to never end? How do you keep your book club talks focused and moving?

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c/coding-for-beginners•ray215•2mo ago

Showerthought: Back in the day, coding all night messed with my sleep, but now beginners get tons of tips on rest.

We just powered on without breaks, but I always remind new folks to clock out for decent sleep.

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