Vent: My brother-in-law, who's a mechanic, said something about AI that stuck with me

We were at a family thing last week and he was complaining about a weird engine code. He said, 'The computer just spits out a generic fault, but it doesn't tell you the real story of what broke first.' Honestly, it made me think about all the AI tools I see that just give you an answer without showing their work. Like, they give you the 'what' but never the 'why' behind the data. It hit different because he's not a tech guy at all, he just fixes things for a living. Now I'm looking at every AI news post and wondering if it's just giving us the fault code instead of the full diagnostic. Has anyone else run into an AI tool lately that actually explains its reasoning in a way a normal person can follow?

I used to think lubing every single switch spring was pointless

Someone on here told me I was wasting time and that the ping difference was minimal, so I skipped it on my last build. The board sounds way more consistent now, and I saved like two hours. Anyone else find some 'essential' steps aren't worth it?

Warning: a simple brick arch repair turned into a two day nightmare

Got called to fix a small arch over a garage door in an old house. The homeowner said it was just a few loose bricks. When I got up there, the whole center was shot, the mortar was basically dust, and the wooden lintel behind it was rotten. What should have been a half day job turned into a full day just to carefully take it apart without bringing the whole wall down. Then I had to source a matching reclaimed brick, which took another morning. The actual rebuild was fine, but the whole thing took two full days. I'm torn on these jobs now. Do you always quote extra time for 'simple' repairs on old buildings, or do you stick to your original estimate and risk losing money? How do you guys handle this?

I was rewatching 'The Dark Knight' with my roommate and we got into a huge fight about the ending

Timing my meals showed me how much faster and greener air frying is.

This little machine cuts my kitchen's energy use by a ton.