My lesson learned: overpaid for a coworking membership I barely used

I dropped $200 on a month-to-month coworking pass at a place called The Hive in Austin last spring. Turned out I only went there maybe 6 times because I kept finding quieter coffee shops or just stayed at my Airbnb. Has anyone else bought a membership and realized the vibe or location just didn't fit your work style?

Is it even worth jointing boards before glue-up anymore? I see guys skipping it left and right.

I was over at a buddy's shop last Tuesday helping him build a dining table. He's been at this for maybe 5 years, and he just slaps boards together out of the planer without jointing the edges. I told him he's going to get gaps, but he says the clamps will pull it closed. I've been doing this for 15 years in Pittsburgh, and I've seen too many joints open up 6 months later when the wood moves. On the other hand, I get that jointers take up floor space and not everyone has a big shop. What do you do when you're putting together a wide panel out of 2x6s or 4/4 stock? Do you always joint first, or have you had good luck just relying on a sharp blade and glue?

Warning: That 'community board' near the library is a scam magnet

I keep seeing the same thing on the board at the local coffee shop on Oak Street. People are posting flyers for 'free kittens' and 'yard sales' that are just phishing attempts. There was one last week with a phone number that led to some auto-dialer scam. I called it out of curiosity and got a recorded message asking for my Social Security number. Another one claimed to be a 'lost dog' but the photo was stock art. The board itself is fine, but nobody checks these things before slapping them up. My gym has a corkboard too and I've seen three obvious fake 'handyman' ads this month alone. How do you guys tell the real help-wanted posts from the sketchy ones?

I always thought the pyramids were built by slaves, but a museum trip changed my mind

I was at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts last month and saw an exhibit on Giza. One display said workers' tombs were found right next to the pyramids, which they wouldn't do for slaves. It said the builders were likely skilled laborers who got paid in food and beer. That really surprised me because every documentary I watched as a kid said it was slave labor. Has anyone else found info that flipped a common belief they had?

Found a 2005 forum thread about a guy trying to build a computer into a toaster

I was digging through an old tech forum archive last week and found this wild post from 2005. This guy was dead serious about putting a whole PC motherboard inside a Sunbeam toaster, complete with pictures of the melted plastic. I showed it to my friend who's an electrician, and he just laughed and said, 'That's not a project, that's a fire code.' It made me realize how many of these old posts are basically time capsules of pure, unchecked ambition (and sometimes bad ideas). Anyone else stumble on a thread where someone's old project idea was just gloriously doomed from the start?

My old drafting table lamp finally gave out mid-project

I was finishing a set of elevation details for a garage addition yesterday when the fluorescent tube in my 20-year-old Luxo lamp flickered and died with a pop. I had to finish under the overhead light, which threw terrible shadows and gave me a headache after an hour. What's a good, solid replacement that won't break the bank but actually lights the whole sheet properly?

My game group keeps calling the 'banker' in Monopoly the 'bank teller' and it drives me nuts.

Everyone says you need a full crew for a 12-inch cutter suction dredge, but I ran one solo on the Ohio River last season by rigging a remote camera on a pole to watch the ladder.

After the third guy called in sick, I hooked up a cheap waterproof security cam to a 10-foot conduit pipe with zip ties, fed the video to a tablet in the cab, and managed the cut and swing myself for three straight days without a single hang-up.

Question about learning to code without a plan

For my first six months, I just followed random tutorials on YouTube, jumping from Python to JavaScript with no real goal. I ended up with a folder of half-finished projects and felt totally lost. About three months ago, I started using a free course on freeCodeCamp that gives you a clear path and small projects to build. The difference is huge because now I actually understand how the pieces fit together. Has anyone else made this switch from random learning to a structured course, and which one helped you the most?

So I tried using a 4-foot level on a 50-foot vinyl run in Phoenix last Tuesday