My phone sometimes seems to sit at 70–80% forever, then race through the last 20%. Is the battery actually draining faster near empty, or is the percentage mainly an estimate that gets less reliable with load, temperatur...
- batteries
- phones
- technology
On my printer, circular holes are consistently undersized even when the outside dimensions of the part are close. For example, a 6 mm modeled hole ends up around 5.6–5.7 mm depending on orientation. I can compensate in C...
- dimensions
- holes
- calibration
- cad
The washing machine drains normally most days, but occasionally the standpipe backs up and splashes water onto the floor during the fast drain phase. It doesn't happen when I run a nearby sink. I'm worried about a partia...
- home-improvement
- investigating
- washing
- machine
Every year one fund category seems to win the performance charts, and the argument for moving more money into it sounds persuasive in hindsight. I know chasing last year's winner is a poor investment process, yet I'm sti...
- long-term-investing
- avoiding
- performance
- chasing
I measured for built-in shelves and discovered the wall is about 18 mm out from one end to the other. The corner is not square either. New plan: build the cabinets square and slightly undersized, then use scribe strips/f...
- built-ins
- carpentry
- old-houses
A packed lunch saves money until I get bored of the same rice and chicken by Wednesday and buy something out. I'm trying to build a rotation from a handful of cheap components: wraps, beans, boiled eggs, roasted vegetabl...
- frugal-living
- finding
- cheaper
- lunch
I have a basic pour-over cone and a cheap grinder that produces a mix of powder and chunky bits. The temptation is to buy a fancy brewer because it looks like the exciting upgrade, but uneven grinding seems a more plausi...
- coffee
- better
- grinder
- matters
I went through a long stretch where almost everything I read was for classes or practical information. When I picked up a novel again, I kept reading it like an assignment: underline, remember details, make progress. Wha...
- reading-habits
- fiction
- study
I work alone on tiny programming projects, and my Git history is a sea of `fix`, `update` and `stuff`. When I return three months later those messages tell me nothing. I'm trying a habit of writing what changed and why:...
- programming-help
- writing
- useful
- commit
One of ours wanted to try a new after-school club, then got very quiet once it was actually time to go in. We ended up agreeing on a small target: stay for the first part, no pressure to talk much, and we would decide ab...
- shyness
- activities
- school-age