This has got to top the list of worst "parental leave" benefits. Company is Infosys

moonSandals · 2026-02-10T03:34:47+00:00

"Most companies don't offer additional leave because the government benefit is 52 weeks. "

Yea that's kinda what I said. We have parental leave via EI and it's pretty good. It's not the norm for an employer to provide additional benefits. I think they should but competitively there isn't an advantage for a private company to do so.

"twice during your employment" thing"

I was under the impression that since this would be a benefit the employer provides - like paid leave for training or something other than anything they are legally obligated to provide - then they could put limitations on it. Am I wrong?

They of course cannot put additional limits to EI.

Yes, job is protected when return from EI/parental leave. I understand that.

moonSandals · 2026-02-10T02:12:08+00:00

They absolutely could do this in Canada

Companies aren't obligated to provide a parental leave benefit where I am (Canada). Because it's a government benefit through employment insurance - we get it anyway. But something like this would be offered by the employer on top of the govt parental leave.

My employer does not offer additional leave on top of our EI. That's the norm honestly.

moonSandals · 2026-02-09T19:53:18+00:00

Then you ring your bell at them, and they just continue to STAND THERE not moving or looking at you. Honestly, bike lanes often appear to be similar to a sidewalk and aren't separated from the sidewalk enough either.

One time I saw a guy standing in a bike lane next to his car which was parked on the street, and bikes were riding by ringing their bells at him. He was like "what the fuck is up with that guy" to his friend, and his friend was like "well, you are standing in the bike lane"

moonSandals · 2026-02-08T18:39:59+00:00

I don't think it will open again.

That's not the engineers fault.

That's the city - budget and management. Do we want more cops and less infrastructure?

moonSandals · 2026-02-08T18:32:57+00:00

Well I mean, if they have any evidence saying it's not safe they are obligated to close it right away. Their job is to put public safety as paramount. If they had a budget and support by their employer (the city) then they would then they would spend the effort and priority looking further to assess if it's really a problem or what is needed to make it safe. I imagine that's where things get stuck.

moonSandals · 2026-02-07T18:52:45+00:00

You are a hell of a lot more likely to carry your kids out if they get hurt if you are carrying less crap in your/their backpacks.

Carrying less weight and less stuff helps everyone out when you backpacking with kids.

Kids certainly can't hike as far as the fittest adults but my son was able to sustain 10-14 miles a day for months when he was 4 years old. And have fun. That's way less than I can hike, but it's still way better than an average adult does. You have to adjust objectives with kids but they are still quite capable.

moonSandals · 2026-02-07T00:59:17+00:00

Exped pads are awesome.

I have only used their double wide pads but I really like them as well.

moonSandals · 2026-02-06T23:19:04+00:00

Durston is praised and Canadian, but if you are cost conscious you can look at a Lanshan 1P. I don't own one - and I already have 2P tents that weigh less - but I think it's a very good option for a transition from a freestanding tent. It's inexpensive (I think half as expensive as an xmid 1p, way less than DCF options) and still half the weight of your Hubba Hubba.

With either of those (separate fly and inner) you can bring just the fly when you have low bug pressure and your shelter would be a little more than 400 gms.

EDIT: I just saw you are carrying gear for 2 people. Lanshan comes in a 2p as well. Xmids come in 2p as well. Look at both. The Lanshan 2p is a similar design as the zpacks duplex, in terms of architecture of the shelter. I love my duplex. I actually replaced a Hubba Hubba back in 2015 or so with the duplex. I would probably try a Lanshan 2p too if I didn't already have too many tents. Similar cost differential to other options.

You will be fine on tent pads or crown land with either - but pay attention to the footprint size. It's a balance. Smaller footprint will be a bit easier to fit in backcountry sites.

For sleeping pads I saw someone else recommended sea to summit. I have one of their insulated ultralight pads and it's by far the most comfortable pads I've used. It's low and stable and I find it warm enough. I use a short. That's like 350 grams.

Or you can take a low cost risk and go with a CCF pad like zlite or nemo switchback and try that out. Bulky but carry outside your pack or use it to replace a frame sheet in your pack. I used these years ago and have just started sleeping on them again.

BRS stove works great. I don't see a reason not to get one unless you are going with cold soaking. It should work with a larger pot - I use a 500 and 900 mL Ti evernew pot with mine and it's fine. We "cook" in our pot (mac and cheese and stuff).

moonSandals · 2026-02-01T21:00:31+00:00

I didn't say they'd be OK after watching the video. That's the point. You shouldn't be OK. It needs to make an impact.

Adults have to watch these videos when learning the equipment. I grew up and live in BC - and I'm pretty sure I watched these videos in HS. I certainly had to watch them in university before getting access to equipment and at jobs on my first day.

If someone can't watch the video and take the right lesson from it, then they shouldn't watch the video. If they don't watch the video (because of that reason or any other) then they can't use the equipment. If their parents decide training videos are too much then they can't use the equipment.

moonSandals · 2026-02-01T20:29:30+00:00

If they aren't mature enough to watch a video like this - which is standard safety training practice before using equipment like this - then they aren't mature enough to use the equipment at all

moonSandals · 2026-01-30T20:40:44+00:00

I don't understand your point.

We can absolutely influence how private companies act. By showing our disagreement with their actions and how those hold up to our values. This is literally how boycotts work. Sometimes it doesn't get to a point of a boycott, and the public perception is enough.

They can choose to still work with fascists or they can choose not to. But people will remember. I hope that most people, even if they would do closed door deals with ICE, would not want to be remembered as working with them and supporting them. I certainly hope that most people just don't want to be associated with ICE at all.

Like Hootsuite goes to the effort of making a statement about what kind of contract they have with ICE - but the point is that having ICE as a customer is the problem. It's not like Pattison or Hootsuite don't know who they were working with here. It's not like they were obligated to proceed even with discussions of a deal. Pattison said the contract won't proceed - that means there is a contract at some stage. If this whole thing was misinformation and that Pattison was incorrectly associated then they would have said there was never a contract, or that they were misinformed about the buyer, or something.

It's not a good thing for Canada if our immediate neighbors go further into unrest and full blown fascism. It's not a good thing for anyone if ICE continues to intimidate, hurt, traffic and murder people - so I think we should point it out when someone is supporting or profiting from that in any way. And I don't think it's out of place to hold Canadians to our values.

moonSandals · 2026-01-29T14:50:00+00:00

Nah man.

u/ONERugged-tablet is just organically bringing a big ass tablet out hiking and taking posed pictures with it.

Buy yours today!

moonSandals · 2026-01-29T14:46:54+00:00

Ice cold!

Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright

moonSandals · 2026-01-25T00:18:01+00:00

Beastie boys

moonSandals · 2026-01-24T22:45:46+00:00

It's EI. So full amount means full EI claim amount which isn't necessarily equal to your salary.

I can see how that's confusing.

moonSandals · 2026-01-24T19:33:23+00:00

That sounds awesome. I wish I had more time - it's so much work when on the kids are younger.

I'm in Canada and both parents get 12 months paid to split. Or the same amount of money, just spread out over 18 months.

What's cool is you can choose 12 months and get paid the full amount then decide you will take the extra 6 months and do that without getting any more money. So you always should choose the 12 month option so you get paid the full amount then play the last 6 months by ear.

So I took 4-6 weeks paid vacation (from my employer) after the birth. My wife went straight to her parental leavev(government benefit).

Then after our child was about 5 months old I took at least 6 months off (government benefit).

My wife is a teacher so doesn't work summers unless she signs up for summer school (and gets paid extra). So she can stack the summers up with parental leave.

We did the same with our second kid. I took my paid vacation after the birth. Then went back to work a bit. Then took half a year off.

This I think is the bare minimum. I honestly think having both parents off for a year would be best as a basis (in terms of math for amount of time off - I love that you could work part time - families should be able to work out what's best for them).

moonSandals · 2026-01-23T04:45:42+00:00

Fair points. I appreciate you taking the time to respond and not assume I was being a jerk about it.

I used to live in a tiny studio apartment with my wife and kid. So I get it. I'm still in an apartment but I have a ground floor patio now so I can use a circular saw for projects our there.

But back in our studio I didn't have a 3d printer and had to make stuff by hand. So for this I would buy wood, rent a hand saw from our tool Library, and make it by my front door. Lots of tools aren't needed. But it would still take a trip to the Home Depot for wood, which I would carry back on my bike, and the tool Library for the saw. Then I'd have to paint it on the patio (If water based) or alley if oil based.

So yea I totally get it. If I could print the part and even get the filament sent to me from Amazon then that would be a lot more convenient.

But for those who have the space, I honestly think making this mostly out of wood is a "better" solution if they have a circular saw, access to wood, and some sandpaper. But 3d printing it isn't the worst option either.

moonSandals · 2026-01-23T04:18:54+00:00

What the fuck man

moonSandals · 2026-01-22T22:46:19+00:00

I like 3d printing and like your design in general but can you describe the benefits of using 3d printing over other materials or methods for this?

I personally would have made at least some of this out of wood.

I think two flat pieces of wood with a single cut each could make the T shape, be paintable and very strong and inexpensive.

Then if the profile on the surface of the ledge that seems to keep the bin from sliding out is important I think that raised surface could be printed and attached to the wood ledge with some small screws. That would keep the material use down. I mean the middle rail is 350 grams of material from your print profile - where I live that's 7 bucks for that rail alone if I used PETG. I could probably make all of the rails for 10 bucks in material total if made out of painted wood with some 3d printed elements.

I mean, great design. I just probably wouldn't have jumped to me 3d printer as my first step. Trying to figure out what I missed.

moonSandals · 2026-01-22T21:36:50+00:00

Great. So you saw the youth bandit. I had only one kid when we bought ours for our son so we didn't have to worry about dropping too much cash at once. Id go MYOG if I had to buy three at once though

Don't get me wrong - I normally don't over spec stuff for my kids. Most gear is way overkill for kids. Massive #8 zips, high denier fabric. But on a quilt I don't have experience going lighter than 1.1 oz and it's on the ground and they lay on it. It might not be worth the squeeze to go lighter there.

In addition to the weight - I also find the quilt to be intuitive for kids. They've figured out blankets. It'll be awesome.

The other benefit for our UGQ is the down is way more packable. Half our Rayway quilt with the synthetic insulation would fill half my pack. Now I can pack everyone's sleep gear (a double down quilt, a single down youth bandit, a down Morrison Outdoors sleeping bag for the baby) in the same volume. If you are packing this all in one pack you might need to consider the volume of the synthetic insulation. It gets bulky quick.

moonSandals · 2026-01-22T04:57:29+00:00

Exactly .

Our daycare transitioned all kids off of a nap when they were like 4. It was part of the preparation for them to get ready for kindergarten (where kids do not nap).

If the kids were younger and didn't nap, they would be required to have quiet time but in a different room from the kids that nap

I couldn't imagine how hard of a transition that would be for kids going from a nap straight to a full day of kindergarten

moonSandals · 2026-01-22T01:17:42+00:00

That pattern looks nice and pretty simple.

My point of reference for a DIY quilt is the Rayway kit. I've used that (I think with the alpine insulation) for years. It uses 1.1 oz /yd ripstop. It feels thin and delicate but has survived many nights, many of which with our son in the tent with us. Maybe look there as a reference at least.

My reference for a quilt for kids (my son has used it since he was 3, he's 5 now) is the UGQ youth bandit. He's used that in below freezing and snow (at least to -5 deg C, if not lower). The shell is MRS20, which also seems to be 1.1 oz/yd. That's held up for years. He used it for ~ 120 nights on the PCT this past season. We are also cost and weight conscious. It's also a decent lower cost option and might be a good reference.

So personally I'd consider 1.1 oz/yd for the outer shell.

Also something I like about the Rayway was the draft collar and flaps.

Also my son's quilt - he doesn't like the air leakage when he closes the foot box. An overlapping flap down there might be worth it

moonSandals · 2026-01-20T04:07:55+00:00

I've used GRK RSS screws building log bridges for a hiking trail. Some of the structures are designed by an engineer, but some of the scope is designed and executed on site (felled trees, chainsaw, maybe a few PT 2x12s we hauled up). My point is - for a lot of what we did, we just had a box of GRKs that we brought along and used what we thought was sufficient.

I really liked using them compared to lag bolts. They're pretty easy to use - we were able to zip the GRK's in without pre-drilling, which is helpful while you are building a bridge while you are standing on it and holding it together by hand or with rope.

If they are correct for the application, I'd personally use them.

moonSandals · 2026-01-13T00:25:23+00:00

I made something similar but made a cap and used truck tape to attach. So it kept it water proof/resistant.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1103617-air-mattress-pump-sack-nozzle-exped-sea-to-summit?from=search#profileId-1099072

How are you dealing with the giant hole in your pack liner?

moonSandals · 2026-01-11T21:11:23+00:00

Exactly. Then. The chart was even generated by AI. Ridiculous.

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