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1mo ago

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Had a customer bring in a Leica M3 with a stuck shutter, said his grandpa shot D-Day with it

Sentimental value doesn't pay the bills. A broken camera is just a broken tool, and getting it working is a basic repair job. The emotional reaction seems overblown for a simple mechanical fix.

1mo ago

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Vent: The new apprentice just used my Klein lineman's pliers to cut a live 12-gauge wire.

My first helper tried stripping Romex with a steak knife.

1mo ago

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Serious question: Did we forget about grip strength with modern faucet handles?

Honestly, how many basic things are now designed to look good in photos instead of work well in real life?

1mo ago

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Found a neat trick for matching a palette to a specific photo using a free tool called Coolors

Read an article where a designer tried this with a photo of a messy landfill. They said the tool pulled out these muted grays and greens that were actually pretty cohesive. It seems like even chaotic source material can give you a usable, if maybe somber, color set. The key is the tool averages everything out, so it smooths over extreme ugliness into something more balanced. Your mileage may vary, but it probably won't just give you a mess of puke green and brown.

1mo ago

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My trip to the Joshua Tree observatory made me question the whole 'dark sky' thing

That study Wyatt mentioned is probably right. I read one from a few years back that said light pollution is increasing about 2% per year globally. So a spot that was truly dark a decade ago just isn't anymore. It's not just the towns nearby, it's the glow from cities hundreds of miles away spreading out.