Tbh, I spent 45 minutes trying to figure out which order to watch the Fate series

I kept finding different charts and timelines, and my friend finally just said 'start with Unlimited Blade Works'. Anyone have a simpler answer?

Appreciation post: my sourdough starter went completely flat after a weekend away. It was bubbling fine on Friday.

A quick chat in a Chiang Mai cafe that made me rethink my whole setup

I was working at a small coffee shop near the old city about two months ago when a guy at the next table saw my laptop open to a dozen tabs. He leaned over and said, 'You know, if that drive fails on a bus to Pai, you're done.' He showed me his own system: two small portable SSDs he backs up to every single day, and a cloud service as a third copy. He lost six months of client work in Hanoi because he only used his laptop's internal drive. I've been doing the dual backup method ever since. How many of you have a solid backup plan you actually stick to while moving around?

Couldn't decide if I should learn Python or JavaScript first.

I spent a week watching videos on both, then picked Python. Just made my first little script that prints a list of my favorite movies. Anyone have a good next project idea for a total newbie?

Shoutout to anyone reviewing smart home stuff, you're missing a huge battery life problem

Honestly, I've been testing a bunch of new smart sensors for my place in Seattle, and every single review I watch just glosses over battery drain. I set up three different motion sensors from major brands last month, and one of them died in under 60 days, not the 'year plus' the box claimed. The reviewers all talk about setup and the app, but nobody leaves the thing running for a few months to see what really happens. I know because I did, and the results are bad. It matters because if you're putting 15 of these in your house, you don't want a part-time job changing batteries. Has anyone else done a long-term run on a gadget and found the battery life was way off from the marketing?

Warning: I dropped $50 on a 'viral boost' package for a post about my store's new tool line and it got me 10k views but zero actual sales, lol.

Has anyone else seen these engagement packages actually work for anything beyond just empty numbers?

My old boss told me to skip learning version control until I 'got good'

He said Git was for bigger projects and I should just save copies of my files with different names. A year later, I lost two days of work on a simple website because I couldn't figure out which 'project_final_v3_new' folder had the right code. I had to redo the whole contact form from memory. Has anyone else had a project go wrong because they put off learning the basics?

Been running my cutterhead too fast on the Willamette for years

An old timer named Frank from Portland told me to watch the slurry color, not just the engine RPM. I was pushing 22 rpm thinking more speed meant more cut, but the spoil was mostly water. Slowed it to 18 and the load thickened up right away. Anyone else get stuck on a simple thing like that for way too long?

Skipping sleep got my account breached. Don't be like me.

Was up late for days. Clicked a bad link without thinking. Now I make sure to rest before handling sensitive stuff.