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Presumably some of the other 1,000 things to be done. On my procrastination list right now: replace bathroom faucet, replace bathroom fan, replace belt in car,

Presumably some of the other 1,000 things to be done. On my procrastination list right now: replace bathroom faucet, replace bathroom fan, replace belt in car, clean out garage floor, dust servers in my rack, move rack to new location, decommission old server in rack, clean wood floor, clean oven, caulk around the bathtub, finish reading about 20 books I have only read halfway through... could go on and on.

tayo42 2y ago
Most of that list would require me to have YouTube or something up explaining how to do to, so I'd need a network to be productive lol
- eimrine 2y ago
  It will not help you because bathroom fans may have different ways to disassemble them, car belts may have different bolts position etc. You either can work with electricity wires or not, no third option, and the difference is mostly comes from having read or not having read the book (every country has a different one). For me the list is so boring that it requires me to have a device yelling some podcasts while I am solving such a mind-numbing issues.
  - RussianCow 2y ago
    > You either can work with electricity wires or not, no third option As someone who has used The Internet™ as a reference for more projects than I can count, I strongly disagree with this. There is definitely a middle ground where you know just enough to do some basic things on your own and feel comfortable venturing a bit deeper, but not without some help. > It will not help you because bathroom fans may have different ways to disassemble them, car belts may have different bolts position etc. I dunno, I can usually find at least one guide online for how to do a specific thing with a specific model of something. Search "change timing belt $year $make $model" and you'll get at least a handful of videos walking you through the whole process. Having said all of that, this entire discussion is a bit moot because it's easy enough to download YouTube videos or tutorials locally ahead of time and pull them up on a tablet without internet access.
    - scott_w 2y ago
      > Having said all of that, this entire discussion is a bit moot because it's easy enough to download YouTube videos or tutorials locally ahead of time and pull them up on a tablet without internet access. In theory, yes. In practice, I usually encounter new problems when fixing something that I need to learn. Kind of like Brian Cranston in Malcom in the Middle.
      - latexr 2y ago
        https://youtube.com/watch?v=AbSehcT19u0 https://youtube.com/watch?v=AbSehcT19u0
  - dbbljack 2y ago
    is it so impossible to include a model number in your query?

tayo42 2y ago

Most of that list would require me to have YouTube or something up explaining how to do to, so I'd need a network to be productive lol

eimrine 2y ago
It will not help you because bathroom fans may have different ways to disassemble them, car belts may have different bolts position etc. You either can work with electricity wires or not, no third option, and the difference is mostly comes from having read or not having read the book (every country has a different one). For me the list is so boring that it requires me to have a device yelling some podcasts while I am solving such a mind-numbing issues.
- RussianCow 2y ago
  > You either can work with electricity wires or not, no third option As someone who has used The Internet™ as a reference for more projects than I can count, I strongly disagree with this. There is definitely a middle ground where you know just enough to do some basic things on your own and feel comfortable venturing a bit deeper, but not without some help. > It will not help you because bathroom fans may have different ways to disassemble them, car belts may have different bolts position etc. I dunno, I can usually find at least one guide online for how to do a specific thing with a specific model of something. Search "change timing belt $year $make $model" and you'll get at least a handful of videos walking you through the whole process. Having said all of that, this entire discussion is a bit moot because it's easy enough to download YouTube videos or tutorials locally ahead of time and pull them up on a tablet without internet access.
  - scott_w 2y ago
    > Having said all of that, this entire discussion is a bit moot because it's easy enough to download YouTube videos or tutorials locally ahead of time and pull them up on a tablet without internet access. In theory, yes. In practice, I usually encounter new problems when fixing something that I need to learn. Kind of like Brian Cranston in Malcom in the Middle.
    - latexr 2y ago
      https://youtube.com/watch?v=AbSehcT19u0 https://youtube.com/watch?v=AbSehcT19u0
- dbbljack 2y ago
  is it so impossible to include a model number in your query?