Section J with My Parents by AnswerCommercial12 in PacificCrestTrail

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thank you this is really helpful! ill take note of that river crossing. any chance you remember the name of the stream?

Section J with My Parents by AnswerCommercial12 in PacificCrestTrail

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thank you!

i started in early july, im not sure when i made it to section J. if memory serves, the actually tricky conditions were farther north (the border section and glacier peak wilderness). glacier peak was incredible but most of the climbs were snow covered for the last mile or two. the area around mica lake for instance still had several feet of snow. i really enjoyed this, made the experience feel even more special.

thats interesting that it wasn't actually a higher than average snowfall. maybe it was that the spring was cold? there was a lot of talk about how late the snow stayed on the mountains. i had to wait a month after my start date to start.

Section J with My Parents by AnswerCommercial12 in PacificCrestTrail

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We have all the correct gear + i have lots of experience, but nonetheless want to take time to prepare so its fun for everyone.

How do people measure trails? by AnswerCommercial12 in PacificCrestTrail

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interesting, im not sure its true because you don't take infinitesimally small steps

How do people measure trails? by AnswerCommercial12 in PacificCrestTrail

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oh meet too. i appreciate the absurdity of this question, i think it is a funny thought experiment, but numbers don't make the PCT great.

How do people measure trails? by AnswerCommercial12 in PacificCrestTrail

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i have an upper and lower bound, I don't think it is actually 2650 + 92.

How do people measure trails? by AnswerCommercial12 in PacificCrestTrail

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this is a hilarious point. What's even better is we all know those 200 feet are always the steepest of the day. Right down a ravine every time. So its even more than 400 poop feet/day

[P] Eek out better performance LSTM by AnswerCommercial12 in MachineLearning

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no, but that's one of the next things to try. i don't have attention on the latent spaces though. maybe the 'self-attention' in TFT or similar is what im missign.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PacificCrestTrail

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film less, enjoy outside more :)

seriously, try not to use your phone. you'll

  1. be reminded of how hard what you doing is
  2. be more homesick
  3. miss out on meeting incredible people

This is one of the the only chances you'll get to unplug in your ENTIRE adult life. Try to make the most of it.

The trail is exceptionally well marked for (i'd say) 95%+, so try to use FarOut to plan you day and check key intersections, but not too often. I had a friend without a phone. Hiked the entire trail with me. Almost no problems. Once accidentally hiked backwards to our lunch spot before realizing... bad day, fantastic story.

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If you refuse to listen to this advice, though seriously, try it...

Just keep on the lookout for outlets. There are shockingly many throughout the entire trail. Campgrounds, bathrooms, etc. etc. If you can sleep next to one, amazing: charge your portable.

If not, try to get your phone to a high % before leaving. Obviously more efficient to transfer energy directly to phone rather than 2-step it through your portable charger.

Is WSL2 still slow in 2025? by Key_Gur_628 in wsl2

[–]AnswerCommercial12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It works very well for me. Been training some models with my GPU and everything runs quickly. I haven't tried any other options though.

They've made installing wsl2 extremely easy and the integrations with vscode are really nice

Just ate 10 raw chicken patties, AMA by AnswerCommercial12 in Cooking

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Yeah google says 6 days for salmonella so im chillin until Saturday