Bought a $400 infrared paint curing lamp and it's been a total letdown

Honestly, I thought it would cut my clear coat drying time in half. I used it on a 2022 Honda Civic hood repair last month and it still took the full overnight cure. The heat was uneven and left a slight orange peel in one spot I had to wet sand out. I've tried it on five different jobs now and it just doesn't live up to the hype for the price. Has anyone actually gotten good, consistent results from these things, or did I just get a bad unit?

Had to pick between a 3D printed jig and a full custom weld for a weird angle on a steel frame. Went with the jig.

Heard a guy at the coffee shop say AI art is just 'fancy copy and paste'

I was grabbing a coffee yesterday and this guy at the next table was going on about how all these new image generators are just stealing from real artists. He called it fancy copy and paste. It got me thinking, is that really fair? I've been using Midjourney for six months to make concept art for my indie game. It doesn't just mash stuff together. You give it a wild idea, like 'a clockwork fox in a neon forest,' and it builds something totally new from that. It's a tool, not a thief. The guy at the coffee shop probably never even tried to guide one through a complex prompt. But it makes you wonder, how do we even start to talk about what's original anymore when a machine can make it? Has anyone else had to defend using this stuff to people who don't get it?

Had a brand new torque wrench fail on a 2019 F-150 axle nut last week, snapped at 180 ft-lbs