Stuck on a wire transfer issue for 2 days at Chase in Chicago

I had a wire transfer flagged by Chase's fraud team and it took 47 hours and 4 phone calls to finally get it released, has anyone else dealt with this nonsense?

Lost a whole roll of 35mm because I opened the camera back too early on a sunny day in Portland

My mentor said 'always comment your code' but a senior dev at work said the opposite - who was right?

I started learning Python about 4 months ago. My online course teacher kept saying to comment every single line so you know what it does. So I did that for a while. Then I showed my code to a senior dev at my office and he laughed. He said good code should be self-explanatory and too many comments just clutter things up. I felt pretty stupid. But now I'm wondering - for a beginner like me, is it better to over-comment or under-comment? What do you guys do?

PSA: River placement matters way more than I thought

I used to just sketch rivers wherever, thinking they were just decoration. But after reading a post on here about drainage basins and watching a video on erosion patterns, I went back to a map I made last month and realized my main river literally flowed uphill in one spot. Now I'm checking elevation lines and watershed logic before I draw a single tributary. Has anyone else nerded out on this and found it changed how they see fantasy maps?

Watched a new guy torch a 6-inch tube flange the other day

He spent 20 minutes trying to get it cherry red with a rosebud instead of using a smaller tip. I showed him how to do it in two passes and the weld looked way cleaner after. He said he never knew the difference mattered that much. Anyone else see rookies mess up simple stuff like that on site?

Feedback on my monthly log made me rethink everything

A commenter pointed out that my monthly log was just a to-do list with dates, not a proper brain dump collection. I switched to using a single page for tasks and a facing page for notes and events, and my weeks feel way less cluttered now. Has anyone else gotten a simple suggestion that totally changed their layout?

I was dead wrong about solar garden lights

I bought a 6 pack of cheap solar path lights from Home Depot last summer just to test them out. Honestly thought they'd be dim and die by fall like every other set I tried. But these little things are still putting out steady light every night even through the cloudy Pacific Northwest winter. They actually saved me about $30 a month on having my porch and walkway lights on a timer. Has anyone else had a solar product surprise them like this?

My dystopian novel prompt fell flat at a writer's meetup in Austin last Tuesday because nobody bought the premise.

I pitched a story where AI runs all the city governments but people still argue about parking tickets, and the whole table just stared at me like I was nuts, has anyone else had a writing prompt that seemed great in your head but bombed when you shared it out loud?

Old lady at the bus stop told me to watch 'Patriot' on Prime

I was waiting for a bus in Austin and this retired teacher started talking about how her son got her into streaming shows. She said 'Patriot' has the best dialogue she has heard in 40 years of watching TV. Has anyone else given that show a shot or am I just listening to a crazy lady who probably also feeds stray cats?

That condo board fine for a dusty hallway caught me off guard

I clean houses for a living and parked my cart in the hallway for 2 minutes while I grabbed supplies from my truck last Tuesday. Got a $75 fine from the condo board for 'obstructing the common area' even though nobody was around. Anyone else dealt with condo boards being this petty about small stuff?