Trying to get a clean headband on a leather cover took me three days

I was binding a gift book with some nice calfskin and wanted a simple headband for a clean look. The first try, my glue was too thin and it bled through the fabric. The second try, I cut the leather too short by a quarter inch. On the third day, I finally got it right by using a thicker paste and pre-shaping the leather strip around a dowel for an hour before putting it on the book. Has anyone found a better way to keep the leather from shrinking when you glue it down?

I just read that a new AI model can now learn from just 50 examples, which is way less than I thought.

I found this out in a research paper from Stanford, and it makes me wonder if we're getting close to AI that learns like a person does, so what's the next big hurdle for this kind of tech?

Finally got a stubborn LRU to pass after swapping the test adapter

This 737's flight management computer kept failing the BITE check for three days straight. Swapped out the standard test adapter for a calibrated one from the shop, and it passed instantly. Anyone else run into test gear giving you a false fail?

Pro tip: I visited the new crypto exchange hub in Miami and noticed they were quietly banning accounts for political speech, not just fraud.

It makes you wonder if the 'free' in free speech finance is just a marketing line when a platform in a major US city can shut you down for an opinion posted off-site.

I just realized my 'room temp' butter was still way too cold after a batch of hockey puck cookies lol

My journal for the week my store flooded was just a solid block of black ink.

The pipe burst on a Tuesday. Water everywhere. Had to manage the cleanup, insurance calls, the whole mess. Every night I'd open my bujo to log it. No fancy spreads. Just rapid logging with a black pen. Page after page of tasks and notes. No color, no trackers. Just pure function. It felt grim but looking back, it did its job. Got me through. Anyone else have a week where your bujo just became a bare bones survival tool?

My friend insisted I watch 'The Room' with a group, said it was a masterpiece

I thought he was nuts, but we watched it last Friday and I've never laughed so hard at a movie. The plastic spoons and the 'oh hi Mark' lines are burned into my brain now. What's another movie that's so wrong it's perfect for a group watch?

Hot take: I thought a binding governor was a quick fix until I spent 8 hours on a 1998 Dover in the old First National building.

The main spring tension was fine, but the real issue was a tiny piece of worn bushing material stuck in the linkage that you could only see if you took the whole assembly apart... anyone else ever find a problem hiding in plain sight like that?

My boss at the Phoenix call center gave me a choice: delete my tweet about the broken AC or lose my job.

I posted a pic of the office thermostat reading 87 degrees with the caption 'working conditions are a joke here.' They said it was bad for the company's image. I chose to delete it, but they still fired me the next day for 'attitude issues.' Has anyone else been fired for something they already took down?

Just dropped $45 on a set of JIS screwdrivers and it was the best money I've spent this month.

I was fighting with a stuck plate on a Pentax Spotmatic for way too long. Kept thinking my Phillips heads were rounding out the screws. Grabbed the JIS set on a whim after reading an old forum post. They bit right in, no slip, no damage. Felt like a total idiot for not getting them years ago. What other 'basic' tools did you guys put off buying that ended up being a game changer?