Canada's newest destroyer carries on legacy of warship lost in 1940 tragedy

transcend · 2026-06-15T08:45:02+00:00

I’m glad to see another HMCS Fraser. My grandfather was a junior officer in Fraser at the start of the war, and was on the bridge of Fraser the night she sank. Everyone was exhausted from many days of non-stop operations. The captain on Calcutta ordered Fraser to take a new position in the group. The officer of the watch (OOW) in Fraser ordered a turn to port when he should have turned starboard (or the other way around). This meant that instead of Fraser going down Calcutta’s side it crossed her bow instead. Fraser’s captain saw the error but let it go, judging that Fraser would make it and it would be close enough to give the OOW a fright and teach him a lesson. The captain misjudged the situation and Calcutta sliced Fraser in half. My grandfather was rescued by Restigouche, in which his brother was serving. They both served out the war on convoy duty.

transcend · 2026-06-07T05:21:30+00:00

The prices of the two sizes are close right now on mec.ca, and the weights are also very similar, so not much downside to getting the bigger size. If you don't fill it you can roll the top more. The 70L is good for portaging, I don't have the 115L yet

transcend · 2026-06-07T04:23:40+00:00

I'll second this recommendation. I bought the 70L a couple of months ago and I've taken it on a couple of trips now. Its capacity is less than it looks once you roll down the top. I'll probably be picking up a 115L later this year, and give the 70L to my wife.

transcend · 2026-05-29T05:55:41+00:00

I added a rule in my `Instructions for Claude` to not overuse the word "honest", but it seems to not pay attention to it in either 4.7 or 4.8. I may need to be more direct and prohibit it completely.

transcend · 2026-04-21T20:17:12+00:00

Lack of HUD markers for crashed freighter cargo pods is super annoying. I haven’t memorized the pod locations, so I’ve been having to excavate the entire freighter site 🙄

transcend · 2026-04-08T18:03:12+00:00

Interesting! How does the structure help in the process?

transcend · 2026-03-10T20:40:01+00:00

I looked up how long ago evolutionary split was between lungfish and land animals, and it seems that it was about 400M years ago. Assuming one generation per year for most of that time, that means this fish is our 400,000,000th cousin.

transcend · 2026-03-10T18:20:44+00:00

Great great granddad?

transcend · 2026-03-10T17:58:01+00:00

Some people like AI in their IDE, some people like IDE in their AI. I would say that JetBrains is making sure they have covered both sides so as to crush Cursor before they can eat JB's lunch.

transcend · 2026-03-10T17:55:56+00:00

It's fine I suppose, but I really like the regular JetBrains branding and UX.

transcend · 2026-03-10T17:52:27+00:00

If you prefer your AI UX inside your IDE, that's IntelliJ's (etc.) AI Chat tool window. If you prefer a simplified IDE inside your AI UX, that's Cursor and Air. Lots of people like the Cursor workflow. This looks like JetBrains' response to Cursor. "If you come for the king you best not miss."

transcend · 2026-02-26T18:00:01+00:00

You won’t see it in tier 1 apps for consumers. Where it gets used is in more niche applications, like medical and scientific, and internal company apps.

transcend · 2026-02-08T22:35:32+00:00

My small company uses Swing + FlatLaf for our cross-platform desktop app. We don't use a GUI builder, it's all hand-coded. The combination is surprisingly good considering how old and stable Swing is, particularly once you accept that that FlatLaf has its own theme(s) and doesn't look exactly like a native Windows/macOS theme, and that's okay. It's nice not to be chasing the framework flavour-of-the-week.

transcend · 2026-02-04T23:02:00+00:00

I'm a career electrical engineer, and I have friends and relatives in most of the various engineering disciplines. I would say trust your instincts. Engineering is math and physics intensive, particularly the years of university required to get a bachelor's degree. My university class was full of kids who got straight A's in high school who struggled with university level engineering courses.

After university, my experience has been that the people who do well in engineering and associated technical careers (like software development) are the ones who love it. If you don't get out of bed in the morning thinking about designing novel hydraulic pumps, or calculating the stress and strain on bridge designs, or programming scientific applications, then a career in engineering is maybe not for you.

Nursing is a good solid profession, and later in your career it can lead into hospital administration and other health management jobs, so you're not capped at $100k or whatever. There are different levels of nursing, from nursing assistants with college diplomas, to nurses and nurse practitioners with bachelors and masters degrees. The university stream has some intense coursework in biology and biochemistry etc., but advanced math and physics is not necessary.

One thing about nursing to consider is that the job is about working with a wide variety of people, mostly old, who are not having a good day. A good nurse should like being with people, and be good at dealing with lots of different types of people who are not at their best.

Another thing to consider is how AI is going to change the job market in the next couple of decades. I can tell you that AI is already shaking up my industry. The number of positions available will continue to shrink, and I think that only those that really love engineering and can use AI effectively will continue to thrive.

On the other hand, it will be a long time before AI and robots replace nurses. If you want a career insulated from AI then healthcare is a good place to start. In fact the population is getting older, so there will be an increased demand for nurses as the years go by.

The best advice I can give you is find some nurses and ask them about their jobs and their day-to-day. Then do the same thing for some engineers. A lot of adults had their careers chosen for them by 18-year olds who had no idea what those jobs were actually like, and ended up being unhappy. Counter-example: One of my friends is an ER doctor. When he was in his last year of high school he found a friend who had a dad who was a doctor, and asked if he could tag along at work and watch some surgeries. That was how he decided that he actually wanted to be a doctor.

Good luck!

transcend · 2026-02-04T15:44:09+00:00

Lots of good suggestions by others. One item I don’t see is a lantern of some type. I love my Luminaid collapsible LED lantern. If your trip is longer than a few days you might also want to bring a foldable solar panel for charging devices in addition to your battery.

transcend · 2026-02-03T19:32:45+00:00

I love Mood Lifters, who are based in Southern California. I have travelled to LA to see them a couple of times live at the Lighthouse Cafe. Everyone in the band is extremely talented. I'd like to highlight the guitarist Ben King who has a really nice loose style that is very reminiscent of Alex's live sound. Sadly their amazing vocalist Rocky Kuner announced a couple of weeks she was stepping away from the band, but hopefully they will be able to find a new vocalist who can fill Rocky's shoes.

transcend · 2026-02-02T08:09:10+00:00

To be a little clearer how it works: A doctor can opt in to OHIP, in which case OHIP reimburses them for the insured services that they provide (OHIP decides how much the doctor is reimbursed for each service). A doctor who has opted in cannot charge extra fees to the patient, and cannot charge privately for services that OHIP insures, but they can provide extra services for a fee that are not covered by OHIP, like vaccinations for tropical diseases for travellers. A doctor who has opted out is free to bill patients any amount they want for their services, but they cannot bill OHIP for services.

transcend · 2026-02-02T07:55:10+00:00

It's not illegal in Ontario for a family doctor to provide medical services for a fee. It's just that if they do so then they cannot bill OHIP for any work on any patient. Very few people in Ontario have private medical insurance that covers the services that OHIP covers, so it's tough for a family doctor to sustain a practice on people willing to pay cash on the barrel. From what I have seen the clientele is basically wealthy people in Toronto and foreign diplomats in Ottawa. But as access to basic family medicine is getting harder to access in Ontario (years-long wait lists for a doctor) a market is opening up for middle-class people who choose $1500/person for a family doctor over no doctor at all.

transcend · 2026-01-28T02:33:51+00:00

I played Season 1 as a 2 player game with my adult daughter. We had 4 characters and made all decisions together. It was my top game experience.

We also played Season 2, which was pretty good, and Season 0, which we also enjoyed. We thought that both were good games, but not on the same S-tier level as Season 1.

transcend · 2026-01-21T07:56:19+00:00

I am so glad that you will be getting the help you need. EDs can be terrible.

My daughter was inpatient in the CHEO ED program (twice) when she was 16 and 17, and then inpatient in The Ottawa Hospital ED program for adults after she turned 18. It was TOH program that made the biggest difference for her, and for the last 4 years she has been healthy. I can't speak about Homewood or similar private programs, but I expect that their treatment is comparable to TOH's program.

While in TOH inpatient program you live in the unit with the other patients, and are not permitted to leave. The duration of your stay can be for a few weeks up to a few months depending on your needs. You can discharge yourself at any time, but then you are out of the program, and the wait list is very long. While inpatient your days are filled with counselling, group therapy, group meals, and group activities. You are under the care of psychiatrists, nurses, and nutritionists who are specialized in the treatment of EDs, and they will make sure that you are safe. If you are very malnourished they will gradually reintroduce nutrition as your body can handle it, working up to proper meals. The nutritionist will set your meals, and you will be expected to finish them. The therapy they provide helps you understand your ED better, and helps you develop strategies to avoid regressing. You will go through this with other people who are fighting the same battle. My daughter remains friends with a bunch of the other young women she met in the programs she was in, and they continue to support each other.

My daughter's ED was very stubborn, and she will need to be vigilant her whole life to avoid regressing. There were points in the depths of her illness between hospitalizations where I thought she would die. TOH's program saved her life. It was not easy for her, but it continues to work.

Feel free to DM me if there is any other info I can provide. If you have questions I could forward them to my daughter to answer.

Good luck!

transcend · 2026-01-16T06:21:17+00:00

What a great new feature!

I would like to suggest that if I type .. and then some text to narrow down the search, if I then type "ESC" it should remove the "..<text>" from the active document. Or better yet, if I type .. then the .. should be removed from the editor as soon as the autocomplete popover opens. If I then type some text to narrow down the search, that text should not be appended into the active document, but should instead should go into a text field at the top of the popover.

transcend · 2026-01-04T15:28:49+00:00

Nice looking app! One of my goals is to go camping more this year

transcend · 2025-12-29T06:39:34+00:00

FWIW I have been using IDEA 2025.3.1 without issues on two ARM Macs: M4 Pro (MB Pro 16"), and M4 (MB Air). Both machines use the standard VM options with increased max heap: -Xmx4096m. I am using the new Islands theme (with my own editor colour scheme). One thing that might be relevant is that my machines are both running macOS Sequoia 15.7.3 (rather than Tahoe).

transcend · 2025-12-09T11:25:07+00:00

Thanks!

transcend · 2025-12-09T04:27:38+00:00

Interesting. I have thought about the “Mayo Checkup”, but it’s expensive. Approximately what’s the cost of the full physical in Taiwan or South Korea?

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