It's crazy how stuff like that creeps up on you. You just assume the foundation is solid because it looks fine on the outside, but underneath everything is crumbling. I've noticed that with a lot of things in my own life, not just tools. Like, you'll have a shelf that's been holding books for years and it seems fine, but one day you bump it and it just collapses because the brackets were rusting from the inside out. Or a car that starts making a weird noise and you figure it's just a quirk, but it turns out the whole exhaust system is about to fall off. We get so used to something working that we stop checking the parts we can't see. It's a good reminder to actually look under the hood once in a while, even if everything looks okay on the surface.

@christopherwilson You're spot on about the weird story thing lol. It's like they want the drama more than the result. I feel bad for whoever ends up with those hacked up bangs.

I gotta push back a little on the isopropyl thing. I've had it leave weird streaks on glass elements if you use even a tiny bit too much, especially on older coatings. Lighter fluid evaporates way faster and doesn't risk seeping into the barrel. I'd stick with the naphtha for aperture blades and save the alcohol for just the glass.

My uncle had his password manager get hacked last year and lost access to everything for three days... @mark_mitchell I'll take a soggy sticky note over that kind of digital nightmare any day.

@johnson.paul missed the point but Python is fine for learning logic first