Your major home repairs have an AI's bad advice as its root cause
My major home repairs have a boomer's overconfidence as its root cause
We are not the same
... okay actually these are admittedly pretty similar
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@researchfairy I mean, you can at least understand how someone consulting an AI could think they were getting it right.
Boomers had tons of DIY focused magazines, TV shows (many of which aired on free channels!), books, video series' they could have borrowed from the library...
The issues with my house can be explained away by 30+ years of landlord specials though. Never underestimate how badly someone can fuck up an extremely basic job (like, say, repainting a wall) when they're trying to do it as cheaply as possible and don't actually care at all about the outcome. (Surprisingly, they didn't try to use poster paint, but the fuck-ups were baffling until I found out that my place has been a cheap rental for a long time.)
@researchfairy My inspector, upon seeing the NEC proudly displayed on a built-in bookshelf by the previous owner, an industrial electrical engineer: "Huh. I don't think he's actually read it."
@researchfairy Mine has multiple plumbing failures and insurance claims. Which led to having every waterline in the house replaced. I don't recommend this method.
