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Posts by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A What makes pants "tactical"?

Marketing departments. No, seriously. There's no standard for what constitutes "tactical" - they all tend to be broadly the same kind of thing (heavy duty, designed for outdoors wear, cargo pockets...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A What's the minimum safest distance to be around a waterfall?

There is no universal minimum safe distance. This is a waterfall: This is also a waterfall: Depending how you count it, this might also be a waterfall: The first, you could stand in the w...

posted 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A How to cut and seal backpack straps?

I'll echo what Sigma has said: the best way to do this is heat, by one application or another. If you know someone who climbs or otherwise works with ropes, talk to them - they may well know of som...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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

I did some digging, and found an ADA guidelines document from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Look at page 3, which details all the technical requirements. It is from 2007...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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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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Q&A How do I protect necessary glasses while kayaking or rafting?

The answer to this depends fairly heavily on the specifics of what, exactly, you're doing. "Kayaking" can mean anything from play boats in a pool to whitewater and hydraulic entrapment risks. White...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Duplicate posts:

These should all be fixed now - thanks to Charlie for the SQL help.

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Unable to upvote answer

Don't we just love hacky data import processes. Fixed, thanks for the report!

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Merge imported and new user accounts.

I don't know much about web software, but these multiple accounts should be merged somehow. The one I deliberately created here should be the "real" account. Even better, there should be something...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Gear Recommendations

There's no tooling for migrating between categories yet (it's on the list), but if you give me a list of post IDs I can mass-migrate things for you.

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A When hiking up a steep hill without a trail, how do you determine the angle to switch back and forth?

It's... basically completely up to you. As with lots of things, it's about striking a balance - you can walk directly uphill if you like and it'll make for a shorter route, but it'll be hard going...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Boat Septic Pump Out?

The answer to this almost certainly depends to some extent on where in the world you are, but the general idea will be similar anywhere you go. There are, broadly, two types of heads aboard a boat...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A How to find a safe portable 1500 watt heater

If you're worried about fan heaters because they all seem to have a poor safety record... that wouldn't be entirely unjustified. There do exist reputable models that won't leave small plastic puddl...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Meta Do we want to know the visits per page?

Right now, I'd say not. Counting views is a bit of a pain behind the scenes, and showing it doesn't gain us much - and might just reveal that most posts have none at all or very few. If there's sp...

posted 4y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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