A debate on the Sutton Hoo helmet restoration

I was reading about the 1939 Sutton Hoo dig in Suffolk, and the helmet reconstruction is a big debate. One side says the 1970s museum version, which filled in the missing pieces, helped the public understand it. The other side argues that was guesswork and we should only show the actual fragments we have. Which approach do you think is better for showing finds to people?

Finally got my city's parking app to stop double charging me

I kept seeing two $4 charges for a single 2-hour session in Seattle, and it turns out the app's 'extend time' button doesn't clear the old session first. You have to manually end the first one, then start a new one, which is never explained. Has anyone else found a better parking app that doesn't have this hidden step?

Overheard a homeowner in Portland say they'd just use spackle for a 3-inch hole

I was grabbing coffee before a job and the guy at the next table was telling his friend he could fix a big hole in his wall with just a tub of spackle. Tbh, it made me think about how many people have no idea what we actually do. What's the wildest wrong fix you've seen someone try to do themselves?

I finally figured out why my old test meter was giving me false positives on continuity checks

Heard a guy at the coffee shop say he puts $50 from every paycheck into a separate account for car repairs, no matter what.

Had a weird one with a 2018 MacBook Pro board yesterday

Customer brought it in with no power. Found 5 volts on PPBUS_G3H but nothing else. Checked the CD3215 chips, one was stone cold. Replaced it, board powered right up. But then the left USB-C ports wouldn't charge. Spent another hour chasing a tiny crack in a trace near the port. Anyone have a good source for those ultra-fine gauge magnet wire? The stuff I have is too thick for this.