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Photo Contest 2021 - January - Snow

In February 2010 in Pittsburgh, PA, a storm dropped 26 inches on us overnight. I do not understand the physics of how this snow along the top of a fence did that, but it stayed that way for more t...

posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Photo Contest 2020 - December - Evergreen Trees

Sabina de la Umbría de Miranda; near La Puebla de San Miguel, Valencia, Spain; November 2020. Taken with my Nikon D5300 and 10-20mm AF-P at 10mm, f/6.3, ISO 250, 1/25 secs. I saw a signpost to t...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Photo Contest 2020 - November - Emptiness

View from La Tejería; Puebla de San Miguel, Spain; early November 2020. I took this photo just too late for October's autumn colours contest: this is as autumny as the colours get within two hou...

posted 3y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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Q&A What are some good games or activities to do on a hike?

A few friends and I regularly play board games and RPGs together. We are planning a casual hiking and camping trip. We will go by car to the trailhead and hike in with our gear, tent camp overnight...

4 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Sigma‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by Michael‭

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Q&A Why is the official guidance to entirely detach fall protective gear before moving from a mechanically elevated platform to a tower?

While taking the certification course for working at height, the official recommendation for moving from a cherrypicker / crane device to a tower was to completely detach your fall protective gear ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A What are these hooks on the rear and front tubes, right above the wheels?

My bicycle has a hook on the rear tube and one on the front fork. Both are of the same kind, face outside and upwards, and are positioned just above the wheels, as you can see in the pictures belo...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Q&A What can I burn in an open cup burner stove?

I'm looking for easily obtained fuels for an open-cup stove, such as a Trangia, in case I need to top up while travelling. I have a small simple DIY open cup spirit stove, for boiling water when b...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Chris H‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Pastychomper‭

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Q&A How to cut and seal backpack straps?

My backpack has straps that are way too long and I would like to shorten them, both to save weight and to make it more organized. How can I cut the straps and then seal them so the ends don't come...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Sigma‭

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Q&A How to keep gloves from getting sweaty?

When shoveling snow in the winter, if my gloves are warm enough to keep my hands warm, they tend to sweat and get the gloves wet from the inside out. How can I prevent this?

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Planted cherry tomatoes too close together; can I still recover?

Two weeks ago I planted two small cherry-tomato seedlings ("tidy treats" variety; the description used words like "small" and "compact") into one 10" pot. I now know that's too close; I'm a beginn...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A In the United States, how steep can a handicap-accessible trail be?

Once in Yosemite Vally, I saw a sign that one fork of a paved trail was marked as handicap accessible because it was less steep than the other fork that led to the same destination. How steep/what ...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A What makes pants "tactical"?

The last time I was in looking for fishing gear, they also had a bunch of "tactical" pants. They seemed like they would be decent pants for outdoor activities. What exactly makes a pair of pants "t...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Photo Contest 2020 - May - Birds

A black vulture in Sligo Creek Park, Silver Spring, MD, USA, photographed from some distance in April 2020.

posted 4y ago by Isaac Moses‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Isaac Moses‭

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Meta What is our position on picture identification with no research?

Yesterday a user posted two picture identification questions with no apparent prior research. The same user did this a couple of months ago too. At that time, I spent a few minutes with Google Ea...

4 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A How long after a fire will the majority of the dead trees fall over?

It is impossible to put a number on this. There are way too many variables that effect when a burned tree might fall over: Did it only get burned enough to cook the cambium layer and kill the tree...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How can I attach a BARE (no accessories) flashlight to a rental car, to illuminate the hinterland ahead?

Magnets While not exactly the same, a few years ago when I had my car towed, I saw incredible advances in technology in such a seemingly mundane activity. Tracking of the tow truck via GPS loca...

posted 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A How do I safely ride my road bike in the winter?

I started commuting by bike last year because of Covid and have kept it up all year around ever since - even though I live in bike-unfriendly Sweden where cold, snow, ice and compact darkness is to...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A What are some good games or activities to do on a hike?

I haven't seen anyone carry more than dice and a rulebook for Yahtzee. Normally it would be riddles or stories or different getting to know people games. Thinks like, Two truths and a lie. Have...

posted 2y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭

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Q&A How can I get oil out of my MTB disc brake pads?

This guy knows what he is talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXQxLK6z5WA There's also some hints in the video where oil might be coming from. To summarize, use isopropyl or the special...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Q&A To leaf peep in Adirondack Park, how many Scenic ViewPoints can you drive up to?

Adirondack park is large, especially by northeast US standards. There are quite a number of roads, from main paved roads to lesser paved roads, to good dirt roads, etc. There is something for eve...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta Can't read the inbox drop-down on mobile

I am using the mobile version of Codidact on Firefox (on an Android device). If I press the inbox to check the messages (as it has the notice with 1 message to read), I cannot read it, as it goes o...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by goncaloperes‭  ·  edited 3y ago by luap42‭

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Meta How to refine search for multiple words?

The technical details of how search works are in the MySQL manual, which includes a full list of operators. The short version: we use a MySQL FULLTEXT index for search, which gets us some useful th...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta How to refine search for multiple words?

There's now a help center article available at /help/search that has some guidance on how to refine your searches. To quote from the relevant section: plain search If you put the text snake oil ...

posted 3y ago by Mithical‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Gear Recommendations Good, economic watch to follow tracks?

I finally opted for a Garmin Forerunner 245. It works well, it is not very expensive and the UX to follow tracks is quite good. Some insights on my experience after over a year using it: Wris...

posted 2y ago by fedorqui‭

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Photo Contest 2021 - January - Snow

Rules that are always applicable are as follows: One photo per answer, and no more than 5 answers per user per contest. Post only photos taken by yourself/person with you. All entries should i...

4 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Charlie Brumbaugh‭  ·  edited 3y ago by msh210‭