TIL my old video editing workflow was adding 3 hours to every project

Switched from rendering in Premiere to DaVinci Resolve after a buddy showed me his before and after timeline last month, and I cut my export time by half, anyone else made the jump and noticed a difference?

Had to tear out my bathroom floor when the subfloor rotted out last month

I noticed a soft spot near the toilet in my bathroom about 3 weeks ago. After pulling up the tile I found the plywood was completely rotten from a slow leak over maybe 2 years. Ended up cutting out a 4x5 foot section of subfloor and replacing it with new 3/4 inch exterior grade plywood. The whole job cost me around $150 in materials but took 2 full days of work. Has anyone else dealt with hidden water damage like this? What did you use to seal the new subfloor before tiling?

Changed my mind about using synthetic oil in my old Cummins

My buddy Mike who runs a shop in Fort Worth told me to switch to synthetic at 300k miles. Said it would clean out sludge and help with cold starts. Did it last month and my oil pressure gauge reads way better now. Anyone else had good results switching an older engine over?

I finally figured out why my commute got 20 minutes longer this month

Turns out they closed one lane on the bridge over the river and put up a temporary light that only lets 10 cars through at a time. Has anyone else dealt with construction suddenly wrecking their usual route without warning?

Poured concrete footings for 3 days straight and finally figured out my mix ratio

I was on a job last week outside of Columbus setting posts for a 200 foot privacy fence. The ground was pure clay and kept shifting after we dug. After the third day of redoing two sections, I dropped the water just a hair and added an extra shovel of Portland per batch. That last section held solid even after a rainstorm hit overnight. Anyone else struggle with clay soil screwing up your concrete set?

That stat about book club drop-off rates shocked me

I was reading a post on some book blog last night. They said 60% of book club members stop coming after the first 3 meetings. I thought that number had to be made up. But I checked my own club's history and yep. We started with 12 people in January. By April we had 5. The blog said people quit because the book picks are too long or too boring. That tracks with what I saw. Has anyone else noticed their group shrinking like that after a few months?

Had a talk with a grout guy at the supply house that made me ditch my mixing paddle

Finally figured out why my CSS grid kept breaking after 3 weeks

Turns out I was putting commas between grid-template-areas values instead of spaces lol, a random Stack Overflow comment from 2019 tipped me off. Has anyone else spent way too long debugging a single character like that?

I'm over the 'deconstructed' trend, my jacket literally fell apart

The sleeve stitching on my new 'artisanal' coat from a Brooklyn pop-up gave out after two wears, and I had to patch it with heavy-duty thread from my work truck. Has anyone else had a high-concept piece just fail on them in a basic way?

Rant: my realtor said to offer $15k over asking in a bidding war and I thought it was nuts

We won the house in Austin by writing a personal letter to the seller with our offer, which our agent said made the difference against a higher cash bid.