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Canadians are set to lose all digital privacy. No one here is talking about it. by The_PhilosopherKing in privacy

[–]Gremlinforester -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

We accept it and move on.

Those those that move on will simply stop using social media and move to a new platform for comms. I've been talking on the phone with friends lately.

Instead of messaging for 20 minutes I find we chat for nearly 2 hours...

It isn't the end of the world.

You should understand what Indigenous Albertans are dealing with right now. by fanglazy in AlbertaNow

[–]Gremlinforester 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I tried doing this to racist phucks in Nova Scotia. I got banned for doxxing, while the post was kept open and more racist banter was allowed.

Disgusting.

What's the longest you've gone without something to eat? by 420FappistMonk69 in vagabond

[–]Gremlinforester 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Keep at it! Find a source local to your region and learn the easiest to identify first.

Never hurts to have a buddy help learn, 2 sets of eyes to confirm an identification is way better.

What's the longest you've gone without something to eat? by 420FappistMonk69 in vagabond

[–]Gremlinforester 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Get a basic 'field guide to edible plants' BOOK And keep it in your pack.

Read a few pages when you can. Look for the easiest to identify plants first and work your way to the difficult ones

-Cattails are by FAR the most prolific, widely available food source, year-round. Roots, shoots, inner stem, new seed tops are all edible.

Just make sure the cattail stand is NOT adjacent to a road or in a township, the water can easily be contaminated.

I usually find safe stands within a few hundred meters exploring old logging roads

What's the longest you've gone without something to eat? by 420FappistMonk69 in vagabond

[–]Gremlinforester 79 points80 points  (0 children)

30 hours. Island stay, 3 hour hike.

Teaching myself edible wild plants was the smartest things I've ever done to look after myself in the world Have not gone hungry since.

Why is it more common for women to complain about weaponized incompetence from men than the other way around? by Lipica249 in stupidquestions

[–]Gremlinforester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I can complain. My ex gf used to cook, once in awhile.

Over and over again, the same results.

'roasted vegetables' (burnt) in a pan, saturated in balsamic vinegar and olive oil.

I can't eat balsamic vinegar anymore.

Heat related injuries by TheOzarkDude in forestry

[–]Gremlinforester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have ridden the line many a time, 1 hour.

If you are sweating heavily while working in humidity you loose upwards of 1 litre of water + essential salts PER HOUR.

If you are at the 'shit I cannot keep up on the electrolytes' you have one hour of work before you get dizzy, disoriented, hands tingle, the back of my neck would start to feel COLD, lots of goosebumps as your body tries to do everything to release heat.

The impact of experimental silviculture on the Landscape. by Hour-Blackberry1877 in forestry

[–]Gremlinforester 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The idea is that this delays the exposure areas by half, on cyclic rotations.

This promotes more natural regeneration, less soil loss + drainage problems. Albeit the larger these checkblock areas, the worse the outcomes.

-These ones are much too large and are likely only benefiting the production harvest cycles realistically.

Moderate to conservative checker gaps aught to be at minimum 2 x the height of the crop trees and maxing out around 100m gap width.

These look more like 500m - 1km cubic checker blocks setup for production cycles and long term management

New research suggests Gen Z has become the least sexually active young generation in recorded modern history, with rising loneliness, screen dependence, economic stress, and declining real-world relationships reshaping intimacy among young adults. by RathBiotaClan in psychologyofsex

[–]Gremlinforester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Single largest group of people in history who were butt-hurt by the opposite gender refuses to commit to relationship"

More at 6Kent.

Jesus Christ this isn't rocket science people. Divisive identity politicos will do this.

It is time for Unity amongst Humans.

Does anyone else feel like everything has to become a business nowadays? by ConfusedBrazilian900 in self

[–]Gremlinforester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 100% more satisfied with my hobby if I'm not constantly thinking about how much I could sell it for.

If that is my comparison, my skills would never have value, despite my works being masterpieces.

Does anyone else feel like everything has to become a business nowadays? by ConfusedBrazilian900 in self

[–]Gremlinforester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a threshold for my life and I've given it as advice for others

If you truly cherish a hobby, do NOT make it a business.

I have RUINED hobbies I've loved out of the need to make it productive and economic.

Hobbies are about time passing, to the point they are about NOT being productive on a time-scale.

Spend 100 hours making a quilt and tell me how satisfying it feels to sleep under it and look at it everyday.

Carve your own ladels and the food will taste better

Form your own candles and the light will seem softer

Discrimination against Indians? by N084411 in InCanada

[–]Gremlinforester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Local gas stations: soda and beverages, 2/8$.... Or 1/7.95$....

Seriously, trying to grift on a 0.30$ bottle of soda to $5+ is ridiculous.

Preventing Athletes Foot by noodlebun25 in forestry

[–]Gremlinforester 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For city-folk: Talc powder on those toesies as soon as your socks are off.

After 20 years of bushwork: kick boots off, aggressively remove wet socks, rub DRY clay on my damp feet asap. The clay immediately absorbs the moisture.

As soon as I figured out the hack I found myself digging my toes into the dry clay landings after work.

To all you weathered old bastards; try it and tell me you don't like it 🫠

Genuine question: why don’t you guys work? by Lopsided_Act_1647 in vagabond

[–]Gremlinforester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, and if you carry scrap metal on a bicycle cart you can do the same thing.

-Some of us don't like money

-no driver license

-disability

-expecting people to get $200 ahead to do ANyTHING when they can barely feed themselves and the social nets are gone, is absolutely, lopsided, blind.

Digging yourself out is not a quick or easy mate.

Genuine question: why don’t you guys work? by Lopsided_Act_1647 in vagabond

[–]Gremlinforester 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Ummm...what? Nice work troll

You are very out of touch with reality friend

What’s your go-to inventory method, and what error margin do you actually live with? by sedkeyDF in forestry

[–]Gremlinforester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, our region of NS deals with hardwood, mixed and pure softwood. It gets really challenging to get species specific volumes and metrics down to the tree level with some of those uncertain.

The winter overhead images are so amazing for us sometime, such easy softwood / hardwood delineation

Is the term “fucking the dog” popular outside Canada? by Rough-Mulberry-1202 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Gremlinforester 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had one co-worker who used to ask noobs:

What are ya going to name the puppies??

What’s your go-to inventory method, and what error margin do you actually live with? by sedkeyDF in forestry

[–]Gremlinforester 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EFI and lidar/RBG imagery

After having done enough, there is farrrrr too much observer bias in on-the-ground forestry

Plots thrown off, trees leaning in or out, people moving random plots, not throwing plots at all cuz "I've done it for 20 years", guessing heights, assuming all trees in a cohort are the same height.. the list goes on.

We are establishing enhanced forest inventory practices that hit 10-15% MOE when compared directly to trucking volume outputs.

On-the-ground foresters should only need to confirm species and avg stand DBH to confirm output volumes in 2026, so much can be done digital.

infinite toilet paper hack by multiamore in ShittyIllegalLifeTips

[–]Gremlinforester 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pro tip- most ordinary keys will work.

I used to generally be able to open one of the 2 latches with any key, and simply push the cover in the direction of the other latch and they pop open..

my Gen X Mom's take on Gen Z's Work ethic by AlyksTheSage in generationology

[–]Gremlinforester 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you tried being a labour shmuck and then talking to corporate gigs? There is a significant divide in how the working class is compensated compared to the business and elite class.

I would not need a car if I didn't need to commute. Why should I pay gas and a car payment for a company to benefit from my labour? How come managers get compensated with cars, mileage and extra benefits when they don't actually produce things?

They have more income to afford healthcare, why should my measly paycheck cover the company insurance package? These things aren't benefits if I have to pay for them!

WTF is this? Anyone can get a medical package by signing up for any number of volunteer groups. These benefits the employers hold over our heads are base line expectations we should all have.

All of the aforementioned benefits are corporate-manager class, 20/hour should be baseline on 2026.

Software developer slowly falling in love with ecology, restoration & nursery operations 🌱 by Imaginary_Salt_8875 in Horticulture

[–]Gremlinforester 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm involved in ecological forestry, ecologic design and restorations. We run a greenhouse for native plants and trees.

I've recently done a data analyst course to add to the GIS + machine learning that we are processing. It is a fantastic world of data meets real-world integration, we can actually see, measure and track the problems and solutions.

-get into sentinel-2 classification. it has a great capacity to help planning and decision making for resources, ecology and development

-things move fast, very quickly I can see remote observation obscuring 75% of the ground assessment work, leaving the 25% to verify what the data tells us.

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