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[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 36 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I learned that it is not in fact normal to be completely overwhelmed with stress all the time, and that it takes one and a half shifts to completely annihilate the good feelings a week of vacation can bring

[–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

You too, huh?

I need a new skill so I can get a different job

[–] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 26 points 5 months ago

the word "jumbo" for "very large" comes from the name of a PT Barnem circus elephant that derailed a train in 1885

[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

I learned that the reason a logical "or" symbol in mathematics is a v is because Latin has separate words for inclusive-or (vel) and exclusive-or (aut), unlike English where it is usually ambiguous. And vel starts with v.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago
[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

Finnish works this way too, coincidentally with 'v': vai is exclusive, and tai is inclusive.

[–] iByteABit@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

Ooh that's really cool, I thought it just originated from set theory symbols

[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Why is the 'and' symbol an upside down v then? Just because?

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Solo road trips are very fun. I don't think my mental health can survive without hiking 30 miles somewhere new on the weekend anymore. Unfortunately this is making me a social outcast, at least compared to how I used to be. I think people see me as entertaining/interesting, but getting someone to join my adventures is tough. It'll probably force me to leave the job and city that I like when I complete every decent trail in an 8-hour radius in a couple years

[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

move to Seattle and take up mountaineering

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Dude I'm on the cusp, I drafted an insta story earlier today to ask everyone I know if they'd be interested in learning mountaineering with me to tackle some mountains in the Cascades

I'm afraid to press send bc I'm scared this is a slippery slope to dying in a bad fall

[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 14 points 5 months ago

Start reading Accidents in North American Climbing. They publish annually. See how you feel after reading it. I wouldn't recommend being a "travel" mountaineer - it's something you do continually or not. Skills and fitness get rusty quick. The risk of death is real. I have almost died in the mountains on two separate occasions.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

Appalachia is good too, Asheville/Brevard are right in the mountains and like 10 minutes from Pisgah Forest, DuPont Forest, the AT, the Mountain to Sea, and Art Loeb.

All those trails are more forest heavy and the traversal isn't that bad. I know people who will just go out for a week and come back.

[–] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've been in the midst of a similar realization for the last year or so

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You're the first person I've encountered who can relate, that's amazing XD

It feels weird to talk about the NEED to be outside and busting your ass hiking somewhere. I guess this is probably how people end up on the PCT. I don't know how to rationalize it otherwise

[–] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah! I used to be able to get friends to hike and go on camping trips with me but people's priorities shift and I've realized no one else is really interested enough for it to be worth trying to plan/get people together anymore, so I just started going by myself last year and it's great. I shoulda started doing it sooner but I guess I didn't want to admit that no one wants to go on adventures anymore cri

It really is a pretty good antidepressant though. Sometimes a good hike gives me an afterglow for the rest of the week. I gotta get a water filter soon, that'll open up another handful of backpacking trails within a few hours of here.

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Same, my friends all have new priorities and obligations with significant others, and then there's me 🥴. I convinced the person who used to be my most reliable friend to do big hikes with me in Europe and Mt Whitney this summer, but he's only done like 2 hikes this year so we don't know how it will go lol

Sawyer squeezes (the regular ones) are the way to go. Coupling one with a Cnoc bladder and a cheap water bottle female-female coupling (I think from Garage Grown Gear but also sold by Sawyer) makes either a gravity-fed or hand-squeezed setup easy. I've started bringing it with me on regular hikes in place of extra packed water

Do you backpack without a filter?? I know giardia isn't guaranteed, but that's pretty brave lol

[–] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

Oh heck yeah that sounds awesome, i hope his knees are ready for it! Might recommend some trek poles to him if that isn't already a given? I really wanna go on a bit of a longer trip to do some mountain backpacking out west but i definifely need to train up a bit more. I did a couple day hikes in Colorado a few years ago and the terrain and scenery are such a refreshing change from Appalachia.

About the the filter- nah no way haha, a couple of the trails i did last year had cisterns of drinking water at a few points and another one i was able to cache water in advance at a road crossing about ten miles in. I'll check out the sawyer and cnoc, thanks for the recommendation! Heavy metals from old ass mining operations are a big concern in the backcountry water sources here, I'll have to brush up again on what's out there but from what I remember Grayl had the only filters that made any promises about heavy metal filtration. Kinda inconvenient since they don't lend themselves to hooking up to a bladder but i guess that's just the price of living in the dang rust belt.

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

Honestly, being a runner has s similar flavor.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago

If you live in northern NJ and you want to ride at Nickelodeon Universe for free, wait by the American Dream C parking deck entrance around 5-7pm until you see someone leaving with the day pass wristbands on. Ask if you can cut it off and take it, then tape it back together around your wrist, bam.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 17 points 5 months ago

Photo caption: "Made this handle for my uncle's maul."

I just learned that the verb is named after the noun.

Etymology: Middle English (in the sense "hammer or wooden club", also "strike with a heavy weapon"): from Old French mail, from Latin malleus "hammer".

[–] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 17 points 5 months ago

I learned that kestrels, like the birds, were archaically called "windfuckers"

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

How to take photos like this! Also that this object exists and is easy to take photos of and a bunch of other stuff about astrophotography.

Now I need a way to russle up a few thousand dollars and some second hand equipment over the next few years. This shit is addictive.

link if no show

[–] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think hexbear might delete images that aren't uploaded in the comment? Was it that image stacking technique though?

[–] CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It just hides the image, you find the image url with the view source button next to the upvote .

[–] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

Oh nice, good tip I had no idea possum-party

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean uploaded in the comment? I did that here I thought. Do you mean explicitly linked?

[–] Darthsenio_Mall@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Ahh might be a lemmy thing i don't understand then, on my end reading your comment from hexbear.net shows * removed externally hosted image *.

CyberSyndicalist above me said:

It just hides the image, you find the image url with the view source button next to the upvote

But yeah your link edit works just fine andawooga holy crap that's awesome, great picture. What galaxy is that?

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

It's hosted on dbzero since that's where I'm registered. I guess some policy hides it to avoid inappropriate images from users not on hexbear.

It's got a million names. It's NGC 5236/messier 83/the southern pinwheel galaxy. Not for dirty northerner eyes >:D

[–] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I learned that Solid exists as an alternative to React and am very excited to try it out in an actual project.

[–] iByteABit@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Seems really cool, very easy transition from React and much better

[–] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

It really is. I’m finding it’s very batteries-included. I keep dreading finding the go-to libraries for it because that’s what I’m used to with React and then I realize there’s just a hook that does the thing that I want already.

[–] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

I learned that the Japanese really fucked up the Russian fleet after they sent it alllllllll the way from the Baltics to help out in the Pacific during 1905, like they absolutely wrizzecked 'em up

[–] sourquincelog@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I learned of the insane life of Otokichi

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

What a crazy life he had. Also there's this...

In popular culture

The story of the Hojunmaru castaways was adapted as the feature film Kairei in 1983. Despite starring country singer Johnny Cash as John McLoughlin, and having a reported budget of US$4,000,000, the film was not a commercial success.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

I learned to take a change of clothes to work since I 'save' my break till the end, I can wear non sweaty clothes.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I learned that Poseidon is absolutely fucking busted in Hades 2. The Arcana make it quite a lot easier to do some shenanigans at the moment (at least compared to the first game).

e: Also, always grab the hammer last in the Mourning Fields. If you get Echo next room, you might be able to dupe it for a third hammer.

[–] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

I've been learning qt and brushing up on my C++ for a minor project I'm working on

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

Started working on character models for a game I'm attempting to develop. Learned why artists talk about body proportions so much.

[–] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago
[–] DornerFangirl@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

i started miniature painting the other day. its fun :3

[–] Barx@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

I learned how to consistently get a little fire going on anything I'm frying. Get that scorched flavor, like "wok he".

I also learned that I need to do this with maximum ventilation and a lid nearby because otherwise it sets off the smoke detector.

[–] Barx@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

It was inevitable that you would swing that maul.