Rant: A guy at the Chicago Comic Con line tried to gatekeep my friend's newbie questions

We were waiting for a panel and my friend asked a simple question about a character's backstory. This guy in front of us turned around and gave a ten minute lecture on why she wasn't a 'real fan' for not knowing. It made the whole vibe feel bad and unwelcoming. Do you think this kind of gatekeeping is getting worse at cons?

Changed my mind about using a standard drill for wall anchors after a job in a 1950s brick house

I always used my regular cordless drill with a masonry bit for anchors, figuring it was fine. Then I had to put up a line for a customer in an old brick home, and after breaking three bits and taking over 20 minutes for four holes, I was ready to lose it. The homeowner, an old contractor, lent me his rotary hammer drill he had in the garage. I finished the next six holes in maybe two minutes total, clean and perfect. The difference in vibration and power was just night and day for hard material. Now I'm looking at getting a small one for the truck. What's a good budget-friendly rotary hammer model you guys have had luck with?

Remember when we had to hand cut every single plank for a herringbone pattern?

I was cleaning out the garage and found my old miter box from like 15 years ago. Back then, doing a herringbone floor meant marking and cutting each piece one at a time, it took forever. Now, with the digital angle finders and decent chop saws, you can set up a jig and batch cut a whole room's worth in an afternoon. The precision is way better too, no more gappy corners. What's the biggest time-saver you've seen come into the trade?

My kid's teacher said something about my job that made me think about the whole 'seat time' argument.

A trick with bus tickets in Lisbon saved me over 100 euros

I was in Lisbon for a week and kept buying single metro tickets, which added up fast. The problem was the tourist info desk just pointed to the machines. I finally asked a local shop owner near my hostel how they got around. He told me to buy the 'Viva Viagem' card for 50 cents and load a 24-hour pass on it, not single trips. That pass cost 6.40 euros and covered all trams, buses, and the metro. I used it to go to Belem, the castle, and all over the city in one day. Doing the same trips with single tickets would have been over 20 euros. It's not advertised well at all for visitors. Has anyone found a similar local transit card trick in other European cities?