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1d ago
inShoutout to the 2 hours I wasted boiling pasta in a coffee mug in 2019
Tried microwave ramen, blew up my bowl. Stove forever.
1d ago
inSpent 45 minutes last Monday hunting a crash that turned out to be a 3 cent chip
That tiny crack on the driver chip has burned me too, and I've had good luck just swapping the chip instead of buying a whole board. If you can read the number off the old one, hit up Digikey or Mouser for a few spares at a buck or two each, then use a solder sucker and some flux to pull the dead one and drop the new one in. For a 3 cent part it's worth keeping a handful on the shelf so a Tuesday wait never happens again.
2d ago
inHot take: I hit 500 days in a row logging my word count and I think the streak was a waste
Wrote 250 words a day for 500 days and the only thing I got was a spreadsheet and a mild panic at 8:59pm. Sounds like the streak was the hobby and the writing was just along for the ride. Give it a week off and see if you even miss it.
4d ago
inAm I the only one who thinks people mix up brand loyalty with just being lazy about switching?
Ha, that story is the whole thing in a nutshell. He picked the cheap one in a blind test and still went back to the $9 six pack, which proves he isn't choosing with his taste buds at all. What's really going on is that the familiar label does the thinking for him, so he never has to stand in the aisle and actually decide. Switching costs him nothing but a few seconds of effort, and he still won't do it, which tells you it's comfort and habit, not loyalty. Real loyalty would mean the brand earned it, not that he just stopped paying attention years ago. The only thing that finally breaks that spell is when the price gap gets so big it gets annoying, or the store runs out and he's forced to grab something else.