Jana Foster (u/janaf91)

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TIL my book club read 52 books in one year and I didn't even notice

I joined a local book club about 8 months ago. We meet every other Thursday at the library downtown. I thought we were just casually picking titles. Then at our last meeting someone counted up our total from January through December. Turns out we finished 52 books. That's one per week. I barely noticed because we rotate between short novels, poetry collections, and nonfiction. None of us set out to hit that number. Has anyone else's group hit a milestone they didn't plan for?

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c/ai-innovations•

janaf91•18d ago

Everyone is using AI to write blog content wrong and it shows in a bad way

I saw a post from a local bakery in Chicago last month that was clearly AI generated about "the artisan bread journey" but it had fake details about their shop layout. The problem is people feed AI no real info about their business so it makes up stuff that hurts trust. Have you ever caught a business doing this and did it make you think twice about buying from them?

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c/budget-travel-hacks•

janaf91•20d ago

Great success with the 'stay with a local' approach in Portugal

I always heard people say to avoid Airbnb and book hostels for budget trips, but I tried Couchsurfing for the first time in Lisbon last fall. Stayed with a guy named Marco for 4 nights and he cooked dinner twice and showed me the free miradouros. The flight and food cost me about $300 total for the week. Has anyone else had a surprisingly good experience with a host?

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c/budget-friendly-meals•

janaf91•25d ago

My slow cooker died halfway through a pot of lentil soup last night

I came home from work around 6pm and the whole house was cold, no smell of cooking at all. The slow cooker I got from a garage sale two years ago just stopped heating up. I had soaked the lentils already and chopped onions and carrots, so I panicked for a minute. Instead of tossing it all, I dumped everything into my big cast iron pot and simmered it on the stove for about an hour. It actually turned out fine, maybe even better because the vegetables got a little browned on the bottom. But now I need a new slow cooker and I only have $15 to spare this paycheck. Has anyone found a decent one at a thrift store or discount place that actually lasts more than a few months?

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c/board-game-geeks•

janaf91•26d ago

Debate: Does teaching new players the rules really help or just slow the game down?

I tried a new approach last gaming night in Austin where I skipped the full rulebook and just explained the basic goal of Everdell as we played. People picked up the game way faster and we finished in under 2 hours instead of the usual 3.5 hours. Is it better to dive in and learn by playing, or does that just lead to mistakes and frustration later on?

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c/estheticians•

janaf91•29d ago

Struggling with extractions on oily skin - aggressive or gentle?

I was working on a client last week with really congested oily skin, and I couldn't decide if I should push harder to get those deep plugs out or back off and risk leaving them behind. Ended up going too hard on one spot and it left a little red mark that took 20 minutes to calm down with some aloe. She didn't complain but I felt awful about it... has anyone else faced this split second choice in the treatment room?

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c/foundry-workers•

janaf91•1mo ago

My old sand mix vs the new pre-blended stuff at the yard

I spent my first 5 years mixing my own sand for the green sand molds. Had a system with the bentonite and water that worked okay most days. Last month the supply yard pushed me to try their pre-blended mix at $28 a bag instead of $18 separately. First mold I packed with it held shape way better and cuts came out cleaner. No more guessing if my moisture content was off or if I added enough clay. Second pour had way less inclusions in the casting surface. Has anyone else made the switch and stuck with it or went back to mixing your own?

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c/chimney-sweeps•

janaf91•1mo ago

A homeowner in Boulder told me my camera work was making him dizzy

Honestly, I was just doing my normal video scan with the Chim-Scan Pro, moving it around to show every angle. He said the fast spinning and zooming gave him motion sickness and he couldn't actually see the cracks I was pointing out. Ngl, I slowed it right down, kept the camera steady, and talked through each spot for a full five seconds. Has anyone else had a client ask for a slower, clearer video report?

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c/digital-marketing•

janaf91•1mo ago

Vent: My local bakery's Instagram feed went from warm to weirdly cold

Three years ago, they posted photos of floury hands and the sunrise over the ovens. Last month, every picture looked like a stock photo with perfect, bright white backgrounds. I went in last week and asked about a cookie I saw online, and the girl at the counter sighed and said, 'Oh, we stopped making those. The photos are from the old manager.' Has anyone else seen a brand's social media lose its real voice and confuse customers?

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c/cybersecurity-tips•

janaf91•1mo ago

Question about a simple way to stop spam calls

I was getting 10 junk calls a day until I started answering and immediately putting the phone on mute. They hang up after 5 seconds of silence and my number gets flagged as dead, so the calls dropped by half in a week. Has anyone else found a quiet trick that actually works?

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TIL my book club read 52 books in one year and I didn't even notice

Everyone is using AI to write blog content wrong and it shows in a bad way

Great success with the 'stay with a local' approach in Portugal

My slow cooker died halfway through a pot of lentil soup last night

Debate: Does teaching new players the rules really help or just slow the game down?

Struggling with extractions on oily skin - aggressive or gentle?

My old sand mix vs the new pre-blended stuff at the yard

A homeowner in Boulder told me my camera work was making him dizzy

Vent: My local bakery's Instagram feed went from warm to weirdly cold

Question about a simple way to stop spam calls

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