Grant Foster (u/grant_foster27)

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Spent $40 on a digital scale and my cookie batches are finally consistent.

I used to just scoop flour with a cup and my cookies were either flat puddles or dry rocks, but now they turn out perfect every single time, so has anyone else found a simple tool that fixed a major baking headache?

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c/digital-art-showcase•

grant_foster27•25d ago

I tested a 72 dpi canvas versus 300 dpi for a big print job last month

Had to make a 24x36 inch poster for a local art fair. My first draft was on my usual 72 dpi screen canvas. The print shop sent back a sample and it looked super blurry. So I redid the whole thing from scratch on a 300 dpi canvas at the right print size. The difference was night and day, the lines were sharp and colors were solid. It cost me an extra day of work but saved the whole project. Anyone else run into this when scaling up for physical prints?

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c/ai-innovations•

grant_foster27•25d ago

Saw a robot waiter in a Chicago diner that kept trying to serve people ketchup packets

I was at a place called Griddle 24 last weekend and they had this new AI waiter rolling around. It kept getting stuck by the same booth and offering everyone extra ketchup, even if they were eating pancakes. The manager said they've been training it for three weeks but it still fixates on condiments. Has anyone else seen an AI service bot get hung up on one weird task like that?

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c/elevator-mechanics•

grant_foster27•25d ago

My foreman said to always check the governor rope tension first, and a stuck car in Cincinnati proved him right

We had a call for a car stuck between floors in a 12-story office building. I was ready to start with the motor controller, but my foreman, Dave, stopped me and made me check the governor rope tension. Sure enough, it was way too loose, causing the safety to trip. We adjusted it and had the car moving in 20 minutes. Do you guys always start with the governor, or do you have a different first step for a stuck car?

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Spent $40 on a digital scale and my cookie batches are finally consistent.

I tested a 72 dpi canvas versus 300 dpi for a big print job last month

Saw a robot waiter in a Chicago diner that kept trying to serve people ketchup packets

My foreman said to always check the governor rope tension first, and a stuck car in Cincinnati proved him right

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