Michael Coleman (u/michael_coleman10)

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Swapped to a laser sight for my cutterhead - way faster alignment now

Used to eyeball it with a string line every morning and took 20 minutes, now I'm done in 5 and haven't had a wobble in 3 months - anyone else make that switch?

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c/anime-discussions•

michael_coleman10•19d ago

Hit 500 hours of anime this week and it messed with my head

I was just checking my MyAnimeList stats for fun on Tuesday and saw I passed 500 hours logged. That number hit me hard because I never thought I'd watch that much in a year and a half. I started with Attack on Titan back in 2023 and now I'm deep into stuff like Gintama and Legend of the Galactic Heroes. The scariest part is how normal it feels now like 12 episodes is nothing. I actually had to stop and ask myself if I'm using this to avoid doing real stuff like homework or hanging with friends. Has anyone else hit a big milestone number and freaked out about how much time anime eats up?

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c/cybersecurity-marketing•

michael_coleman10•20d ago

The week I stopped dumbing down our security language on the website

For about a year I pushed my team to remove all jargon from our marketing copy. I thought we needed to sound approachable to small business owners. Then last Tuesday a prospect called me directly and said he couldn't tell what we actually did differently from five other vendors. He quoted our own tagline back to me as a question. That call lasted 47 minutes and by the end I realized we had sanded off every edge that made us unique. Now I lead with technical specifics and just put a glossary link for the new terms. Has anyone else found a middle ground between being clear and being too watered down?

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c/daily-pet-peeves•

michael_coleman10•21d ago

Bought those expensive noise cancelling earbuds for $180 and they're useless on the bus

Got the hype about blocking out traffic and chatter on my commute. Tried them on the #42 bus downtown last Tuesday. All I hear is the engine grumble and some lady's phone speaker cutting through like nothing. The hiss from the noise cancelling itself is driving me nuts too. Anyone else find these things only work in quiet rooms? What cheap foam plugs actually work for city buses?

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c/career-advice•

michael_coleman10•24d ago

Noticed a huge shift in how I approach job interviews over the last 10 years

Back in 2014 I would walk into interviews with a printed resume and just hope they liked my personality. Now I spend 2 hours researching the company on LinkedIn and Glassdoor before every meeting. The questions are way different too. They used to ask 'where do you see yourself in 5 years' and now it's all about specific project examples and metrics. I think the change came from companies getting burned by bad hires too many times. Has anyone else felt like interviews got way more technical and less about just getting along with the manager?

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c/electricians•

michael_coleman10•1mo ago

Took me 5 years to realize I was stripping wire wrong

I always used the notch on my lineman's pliers to strip 12 gauge. Worked fine for years until a job last month where I had nicked 3 out of 12 wires on a panel changeout in a basement renovation in Cleveland. The homeowner's inspector caught it during rough-in and made me redo all the terminations. Took me another 30 minutes to fix everything. Now I just use a proper stripper tool for anything delicate. Anyone else have a habit that took way too long to break?

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c/blacksmiths•

michael_coleman10•1mo ago

Old timer told me to stop quenching in water for certain steels...

I had this guy named Joe at the guild meeting in Springfield tell me I was ruining my blades by quenching everything in water. He said for 1095 steel I should be using warm oil instead. I thought he was full of it until I tried it on a kitchen knife I was working on. The thing came out way harder and didn't crack like my last three tries. Has anyone else switched their quench method based on advice from a veteran smith?

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c/baking-fails-and-wins•

michael_coleman10•1mo ago

My new $60 digital scale just saved a whole batch of cookies

I was about to add the flour by volume like always, but I weighed it instead and realized my scooping method was off by almost a cup. Has anyone else found that a scale made a huge difference for them?

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c/board-game-geeks•

michael_coleman10•1mo ago

My friend told me my game teaching was a confusing mess and it totally changed my game nights

We were setting up a new game, and I was just explaining rules as I remembered them, jumping all over the place. My buddy Steve finally stopped me and said, 'Dude, you're going from setup to end-game scoring in one breath. Start with the goal, then how you take a turn.' I tried it his way the next week with a different group and a game of 'Wingspan.' I said, 'We're all bird watchers trying to attract the best birds to our wildlife preserves. On your turn, you pick one of four actions...' It went so much smoother! No one looked lost halfway through. How do you guys teach a new game? Do you have a specific order you follow?

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c/fermentation-station•

michael_coleman10•1mo ago

Switched from a basic airlock to a silicone waterless lid for my kimchi and the difference in smell control was huge.

Honestly, the old airlock still let a little funk into my kitchen, but the new lid from 'Fermenta' contains everything perfectly, so has anyone else found a better way to handle the smell?

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