Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »

Search

Advanced Search Options

To further refine your search, you can use additional qualifiers such as core:>1. For example, the search score:>=2 created:<1y grammar would return only posts mentioning "grammar" that have a score >= 2 and were created less than a year ago.

Further help with searching is available in the help center.

Quick hints: tag:tagname, user:xxx, "exact phrase", post_type:xxx, created:<N{d,w,mo,y}, score:>=0.5

Filters
18.7k posts
 
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Can I get fresh water from ocean fish flesh?

Let's say you lose 2 liters of water per day. To replace 2 liters of water by eating fish, you need to eat, for example, 2,500 g of cooked Pacific cod, which, besides water, also contains 500 g of ...

posted 6y ago by Jan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Can I eat Rabbit Poop?

There is one story of someone doing this, You see rabbits are animals that chew their cud. Unlike ruminant animals-cows-they don't have divisions or multiple stomachs. You see, a rabbit on firs...

posted 6y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How would one person control two canoes?

For calm water towing would work. For short stretches of even the gentlest rapids the best approach would be to tie up one boat, paddle the first down (or pole up), tie it up and walk back for the ...

posted 6y ago by Chris H‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A What equipment is used to "groom" single track hiking and biking trails?

I just have experience in maintaining Hiking trails: You usually work in groups, and if the location cannot be reached using any motorized veicles, we distribute our tools among ourselves (nobody h...

posted 6y ago by flawr‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Can I eat the rabbits my cat catches?

TLDR Wear gloves! Discard the rabbit if there are white spots on the liver Use a meat thermometer and make sure your meat is cooked through to 165 F / 74 C. My copy of Joy of Cooking contai...

posted 6y ago by Cecilia‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Where can I test an emergency whistle?

You just need a place where blowing a whistle wouldn't be out of the ordinary. Perhaps a city soccer/football field would work as people blow whistles there. Or if you could find an outdoor area w...

posted 6y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

From personal experience: Note some visible and audible features of the point where you found the trail. Pick a direction. Count your paces to 100 and count the number of times you reach 100. Check...

posted 6y ago by George DeStefano‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

The best thing to do when lost is to climb a mountain (well probably not all the way to the peak but you want a ridge) to acquire your location. Generally speaking anyway. This won't apply everywhe...

posted 6y ago by Joshua‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Inside waterproof coating of backpack has become sticky

I had a Deuter bagpack which had similar problem. I kept the bag in hot sun (covered in old cloth so that no fading happens) for few days and then washed it with detergent with a nice scrub on the...

posted 6y ago by user16854‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A What is this protrusion on the bottom of the sailboat?

It used to be the direct discharge for the head into the water. Here is a blog about a boat similar to yours, asking if it is illegal It was not unusual in the era of your boats manufacture to di...

posted 6y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Fish Flasher - Reading Bottom

The bottom is at 10 feet. Here is a diagram showing what things are showing. Here are a couple of links of for help in reading what the finder is showing you. https://www.flwfishing.com/tips/200...

posted 6y ago by System‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How would one person control two canoes?

Lash them together in parallel with spars such that there's a wide enough gap down the middle that you can paddle in the centre. As you say, you're not going to be making tight turns, but you are ...

posted 6y ago by Separatrix‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A What to do if woke up in a tent hearing a bear/boar or something else close by?

I assume you take the usual precautions of having food & other smelly stuff at an appropriate distance in bear country. A friend once insisted on a tour to also put the backpacks up a tree bec...

posted 6y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Use Noodlers Polar Ink. It is specifically designed to work down to very low temperatures and has been tested in Antarctica. https://blog.gouletpens.com/2017/01/noodlers-polar-ink-goes-to-antart...

posted 6y ago by guest‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Most answers seem to assume the writing implement is the problem, but the asker specifically states that his comfort is the problem. I can think of two solutions. If possible, figure out how to si...

posted 6y ago by Sidney‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

If you pick a direction at random and the go back and forth covering twice as big a distance every time before you turn around, you will walk about 4 times as much to your destination compared to a...

posted 6y ago by Dmitry Grigoryev‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

-10C (14F) is not that cold. If you keep moving a thin "glove liner" or "running glove" should be warm enough for a while. The glove liners are thin enough where a regular #2 pencil will do fine....

posted 6y ago by Kimball‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

Follow the ducks with ducklings. If there are no ducks travel downhill towards water until you find ducks with ducklings. Follow them downhill to water. Otherwise: If you have water and food ...

posted 6y ago by Russell McMahon‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A Best way to use &#x201C;space&#x201D; blanket to boost heat when bivy camping

Space blankets are good insulators. They prevent your body heat from escaping due to radiation and convection. They however do not prevent conduction based heat loss. Given this, the best place to...

posted 6y ago by Ricketyship‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

I write software for a company that supplies an application for field engineers to use to collect field data with a hardened android tablet. I expect you could use a text editor in a hardened andro...

posted 6y ago by Charles Jacks‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

There is no fixed answer to this question. The solution depends on what type of a geography we are referring to. Most answers say that going downhill is a good solution. But the reality is, in a f...

posted 6y ago by Ricketyship‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Approach: Audio recorder with speech-to-text software Issues: Audio recorder must work at freezing-cold temperatures Recordings must be processed afterwards by speech-to-text software Transcribe...

posted 6y ago by Bernat‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Depending on the complexity of the notes, you may not have to sightwrite them. So, wear a warm but roomy coat, pull in your arms, and take your paper and pencil notes that way.

posted 6y ago by Weckar E.‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Prepare a form for the information you collect. Make the blanks big. Fill in the form by grasping your "pencil" in your gloved fist. Use an over-sized writing utensil (so your fist doesn't cra...

posted 6y ago by Zach Mierzejewski‭

Answer
60%
+1 −0
Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

To address the issues you're having with audio-based solutions, keep the phone inside your clothing and use a "hands-free" headset (wired). This will stop the phone dying due to a cold battery, wh...

posted 6y ago by Chris H‭

Answer