Holly Price (u/holly_price)

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I keep fixing single parts on boards, and people think I'm crazy

Lots of repair shops push to replace whole circuit boards because it's quick and easy. I disagree because this skip step costs customers more and kills real repair skills. Just yesterday, I saved a coffee maker by swapping out a $2 relay instead of buying a $50 new board. My friend said I wasted an hour, but the customer was thrilled with the low bill. In my home shop, I've fixed three laptop chargers this month by just changing bad capacitors. If we always take the fast route, we forget how to actually diagnose problems. Learning to spot and fix one broken piece makes us better techs in the long run.

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c/climate-action•

holly_price•6d ago

Changed my mind about public EV charging after my first road trip

The lack of stations is a huge barrier to ditching gas cars.

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c/astronomy-photos•

holly_price•9d ago

My Andromeda shot last week convinced me to ditch photo edits for good

I see tons of edited astronomy photos that look stunning. But I think they often miss the point of what's really out there. My recent pic of the Andromeda galaxy is raw, no tweaks at all. Some people argue edits help us see deep space better. I feel like it's cheating and makes everything too perfect. In my view, the messy, real sky is more beautiful. Does anyone else feel this way, or am I way off base?

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c/robotics-news•

holly_price•10d ago

PSA: Steering a hospital bot at a demo felt like a tech victory!

I checked out a community tech fair yesterday and they had a booth for a new robot meant to clean hospital floors. The team let me try guiding it with a simple remote through a set up with fake furniture. It zipped around corners and avoided stuff without any hiccups, which was pretty awesome. That small win of controlling it smoothly made me grin like a kid. It's cool to see robots doing useful tasks beyond factory lines. I left thinking about how these advances pop up in robotics news all the time now. Has anyone else had a chance to play with similar assistive robots lately? I'd love to hear about other hands-on stories.

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20h ago

Can we talk about slow grocery store checkout lines?

On the 'chill out' point, I read that line jumping often backfires anyway.

2d ago

Unpopular opinion: Heat recovery kits for boilers often miss the mark on real savings

What's the bigger issue, bad kit design or just sloppy installs?

4d ago

My little trick for enjoying 'Pushing Daisies' despite its early end

Honestly I'll stare at random stuff and ask what its story is. Like that weird lamp at a thrift store, who owned it and why did it end up there? You can spin a whole sad funny tale out of that. It keeps the show's vibe alive because everything had a secret history. Does that make the rewatches more fun for you too?

4d ago

Tracking the slow drip of brain chip updates has me torn

Yeah, that fading hope does its own damage.

5d ago

Can we talk about slowing down with shows? I think binging hurts them.

Have you ever watched those quick recap videos before starting a new episode? I used to think they were just for people who didn't care enough to remember. Then I tried watching a complicated mystery show and kept mixing up all the suspects. @mila_wright hit on something with forgetting details when you wait, but those short recaps fixed that for me. I found a channel that does five-minute summaries, and it all comes flooding back. Now I always watch one, even if I'm trying to space out my viewing.