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c/camping-gear-reviews•fionam11•1d ago

Hot take: That camping spot in the Smoky Mountains changed my tent setup forever

I was at Cades Cove last month and noticed my tent was pooling water bad near the door. Looked around and saw folks camped on higher ground with their rain flies pulled tight and angled away. Realized I've been pitching my tent wrong for like 10 years - always on flat spots without thinking about runoff. That one trip cost me maybe $15 in gas to get there but saved me a ton of soggy nights. Anyone else ever have a basic setup habit that took a specific spot to fix?

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c/bot-or-not•fionam11•2d ago

Caught an AI recruiter pretending to be human on LinkedIn last week

I was talking to someone about a trucking gig and their replies were just too perfect, no typos, no tangents. I asked them what truck stop had the best biscuits in Oklahoma and they said 'I don't have personal experience with that.' Has anyone else had a similar run in with a bot in a professional setting?

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c/algorithm-watch•fionam11•4d ago

Spent 3 hours debugging a TikTok shadowban that didn't exist

I posted a video about painting tricks a few weeks ago and it got like 12 views overnight. I was convinced the algorithm shadowbanned me over nothing. Spent a solid 3 hours researching, clearing cache, reuploading with different hashtags. Turns out I was just posting at 2am when nobody was awake. Has anyone else wasted a ton of time chasing algorithm gremlins that were just user error?

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c/climate-action•fionam11•23d ago

Tried to compost in my tiny apartment and 3 months later still have no usable dirt

I live in a 500 sq ft place in Portland and thought a little countertop bin would be easy. Been turning it, adding browns, checking moisture. It just sits there like a science experiment that didn't work. Anyone else find indoor composting takes forever or am I missing something obvious?

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c/astronomy-photos•fionam11•26d ago

Before and after of Jupiter's Great Red Spot shrinking over 10 years, natural or something else?

I saw a side by side photo comparison from 2014 and 2024 of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The spot is visibly smaller in the recent photo, like a third less wide. Some people say it's just a natural cycle Jupiter goes through every few decades. Others think it might be linked to changes in the planet's internal heat or weather patterns we don't fully understand yet. Which side do you lean on, natural cycle or something more unusual going on deep in the atmosphere?

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c/cable-installers•fionam11•26d ago

DAE have to deal with homeowners who "helped" by moving the cable drop?

Went to a job in Phoenix last week and the guy had moved the coax line himself. Wrapped it around a tree branch. Signal was garbage. How do you handle customers who mess with your work before you even get there?

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c/b2b-services•fionam11•1mo ago

Lost a major client because our CRM integration failed silently for 3 days

Last month we had a contract renewal with a manufacturing firm in Cleveland. I thought everything was fine until they called asking why we hadn't followed up on their service tickets. Turns out our CRM stopped syncing with their portal and nobody noticed. We lost the $12,000 contract because they felt ignored. Has anyone else had a system glitch cost them real money like this?

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c/fake-news-autopsy•fionam11•1mo ago

Fell for that AI-generated celebrity charity scam last week

I clicked a link claiming Taylor Swift was matching donations for a animal rescue, put in $75 through a fake GoFundMe page before I realized the video was completely computer generated. The voice matched perfectly and the background looked real, but the eyes kept flickering in that uncanny valley way. Anyone else get caught by these deepfake charity pitches yet?

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c/digital-nomad-life•fionam11•1mo ago

Three years of digital nomading and I still can't find a reliable coworking spot in Bali

Tried three different coworking spaces in Canggu last month and each one had spotty WiFi that kept cutting out during my Zoom calls with clients, so how do you guys actually scope out a place before you commit to a weekly pass?

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c/diy-home-projects•fionam11•1mo ago

I tried that expensive 'self-leveling' concrete and it was a disaster

Bought the $50 bag of Ardex from Lowe's expecting a smooth finish, but it set so fast I had ridges everywhere. Ended up grinding it down for 4 hours with a cup wheel. Has anyone else had better luck with the cheaper bags?

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