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c/carpet-installers•

keith_thompson•5mo ago

PSA: I found out from a mill rep that 60% of carpet seam failures are due to improper adhesive spread rate, not the adhesive itself.

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c/drywall-installers•

keith_thompson•5mo ago

Question about the weight of a full sheet of 5/8 drywall

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c/dark-mode-design•

keith_thompson•5mo ago

My kid pointed out that the dark mode on their math app made the numbers look blurry to them.

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c/color-contrast-checks•

keith_thompson•6mo ago

Pro tip: I swapped a button color on a client's site and the clicks went up

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c/ask-anything•

keith_thompson•6mo ago

PSA: A client once told me my 'ask anything' approach was like throwing spaghetti at a wall. It stung, but they were right.

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Recent Comments

5mo ago

Just spent 8 hours on a flue blocked by a bird nest in a 1920s brick chimney in Pasadena. Thought it was a standard clean.

Wait, you did all that from the BOTTOM up? That sounds like a nightmare. I would've been worried about the whole thing collapsing down on me. Makes @uma_rodriguez's spelling hunt look easy. For something that packed, maybe try a compressed air horn from the top first to loosen it?

5mo ago

Update: I picked the 'sunset orange' paint over the 'dusty rose' for my front door and now the mailman calls it the 'cheese puff portal' lol

Wait, your sister's couch is called sea salt but it's actually green? That's a total bait and switch. They're just making up names at this point.

5mo ago

My first Python loop printed the same number 100 times and I felt so dumb

Friend's loop printed "hello world" forever.

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5mo ago

Just finished painting my front door that deep navy color I picked out last month.

Notice how a single change like that can shift your whole mood for the day.

6mo ago

Update: My neighbor with the loud opinions just had laminate counters installed

So what's the actual quality of their work like?