A pilot at our hangar said his new plane's autopilot kept trying to turn left on its own.

We found a tiny piece of metal shaving stuck in the roll servo's feedback pot. It was maybe half a millimeter long, but it was enough to send a constant bad signal. The whole system was chasing a trim input that wasn't really there. It took us a whole day to trace it back to that one part. Has anyone else seen a random piece of debris cause a weird, constant fault like that?

My cousin's kid asked me what 'channel surfing' meant and I felt ancient

PSA: My group played Overcooked 2 for a year before we figured out the real goal

We always just tried to get three stars on every level, fighting and yelling the whole time. Last week, my friend's little sister watched us and said, 'Why are you so mad? It's funnier when you mess up.' That made me realize we were playing to win, not to laugh together. Do you think the best co-op games are about winning or just having a good time on the couch?

Just learned air fryers can cut cooking oil by 75% compared to deep frying

I was reading a cooking science blog yesterday and saw a study from a university test kitchen. They measured the oil absorbed by chicken wings cooked three ways. The air fryer version used about a tablespoon of oil total, while the deep-fried batch soaked up over a quarter cup. I've been using mine for a year and never actually measured. Has anyone else done a side-by-side test with something like fries or fish sticks?

Just counted 27 different sanding blocks in my shop and it hit me

I was cleaning up after a big walnut table project and realized I've collected a specific block for almost every weird corner and curve over the years. It's not hoarding if you actually use them all, right? Anyone else have a weirdly specific tool collection that snuck up on them?

I finally caved and paid for a full roof inspection after the last hail storm

It cost me $450 for a company called High Desert Roofing to come out and give me a full report. They found some cracked tiles and a small leak near the vent pipe that I never would have seen. My insurance is covering most of the repair, but I'm still out that inspection fee. Has anyone else had a good experience with a different inspector in the Northeast Heights that might be a bit cheaper?

Hot take: you don't need a perfect dark sky to see something amazing

A friend came over to my place in the suburbs last fall and scoffed at my setup, saying 'Why bother from here with all the streetlights?' We went out anyway and I pointed my old binoculars at Jupiter. He saw the four big moons clear as day and just went quiet for a full minute. It happened right there on my patio in Tempe. Has anyone else had a moment like that change someone's mind?

TIL that using a simple text editor for my first 50 lines of code was way less stressful than trying to learn a full IDE right away.

I spent two weeks fighting with a big IDE's settings before switching to Notepad++ for my first project, and the difference in how fast I could just write and run my code was huge, so what's the best simple tool you started with?

Vent: I thought those new smart thermostats were just for show

I was at my cousin's place in Austin last week and he had his Nest set to cool the house before we got back from a hike... I always thought that was a dumb feature, but walking into a 72-degree house after being in 100-degree heat totally changed my mind. It actually saves energy instead of just running the AC all day. Has anyone else tried a schedule like that and seen a real drop in their bill?

My old foreman in Tulsa always said to torque the B-nuts on a fuel line by feel, not a wrench, but that advice nearly caused a leak on a King Air last month.

I followed his 'feel' method for years until I found a fitting that was a full turn loose after a pressure check, so what's the best torque procedure you guys actually use for those AN fittings?