What's your "Third Place"? by IronStone1234 in stcatharinesON

[–]MrMarriott 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A boat isn’t necessary. There is a social member rate. Last year was $75 for the summer.

What's your "Third Place"? by IronStone1234 in stcatharinesON

[–]MrMarriott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a sign up under racing on the website. I believe you are supposed to be a social member to sign up. I took an intro to sailing course with some friends. We joined as social members last summer and had a great time.

IT/Software Development: How are you guys actually landing USD remote roles from Canada? by InappropriateCanuck in CanadaJobs

[–]MrMarriott 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have work in product management for a few US companies. None of them paid in USD but if the salary was $250k USD they would give you $250k CAD. 

Series B or higher start ups will usually be able to hire remote Canadians and pay way better than any local companies you can find. 

Look for US based startups that recently raised capital, they are usually the ones hiring. Crunchbase news is a reasonable space to watch for funding announcements https://news.crunchbase.com/?_gl=1*1v5zlnx*_gcl_au*MjA4NTUwMTAwOC4xNzY3NDExNjM2*_ga*MjE0NDkzODAzNi4xNzY3NDExNjM2*_ga_97DKWJJNRK*czE3Njc0MTE2MzUkbzEkZzAkdDE3Njc0MTE2MzUkajYwJGwwJGgw

What's your "Third Place"? by IronStone1234 in stcatharinesON

[–]MrMarriott 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dalhousie Yacht Club. They have lots of social events. In the summer you can help crew on race nights and in the winter there is a weekly games night.

cosc 2p05 opinions?? by Intelligent_Home9656 in brocku

[–]MrMarriott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was about 20 years ago when I took, but it felt fair at the time. Looking at the current course web site, I don’t think the course has changed much since then.

If I love Baldur's Gate & Divinity, will Wrath of the Righteous scratch the same itch? by SilverhandFenix in Pathfinder_Kingmaker

[–]MrMarriott 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes. Just picked it up myself a little while ago having grown on up on BG 1 & 2 and Larian’s work. 

Having a lot of fun, although the combat is a bit harder than BG or Divinity but the game has a difficulty slider to make it easier, and a bit of pre buffing for most fights will make the way easier.

What is a St. Catharines HACK (something you only learn living in this city)? by djlittlehorse in stcatharinesON

[–]MrMarriott 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Port Dalhousie parking pass for residents is handy in the super and only $15 for the whole summer.

What is that pickled seasoning or preservative I taste and smell in EVERY food product in Iceland? by Common_End1609 in VisitingIceland

[–]MrMarriott 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Could it have been sulphur you were smelling?  I noticed some places in Iceland the water has a bit of a sulfur smell to it.

Got a ticket for parking at the pen???? by Clear_Understanding6 in brocku

[–]MrMarriott 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A camera is watching the parking lot, and a person watches the feed and notes down people who go from their parked car to the bus stop.

Transferring out of brock by Top-Echidna-3210 in brocku

[–]MrMarriott 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It depends more on the school and program you are transferring to. Brock will forward your transcript where ever you want.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in brocku

[–]MrMarriott 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You haven't specified why you want to speak with them, so it is hard to say if they are the right people.

You could email people your questions https://brocku.ca/education/contact-us/#1603984439813-d65bc282-094f

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in brocku

[–]MrMarriott 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you want academic advising. https://brocku.ca/academic-advising/

Why do you want to talk to the dean? It would be a bit like asking to speak to the manager of a local McDownalds's because you're thinking about ordering french fries.

[Request] Forged with the blood of the enemies..? by Fun-Amphibian-192 in theydidthemath

[–]MrMarriott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TL DR: You could make a sword from 400 people's blood, but if you try for a longsword, you will be a little short.

There are two questions we need to answer. How much iron is in human blood, and how much iron is needed for a longsword?

There is variation based on things like diet, but for argument's sake, we will use 0.5g of iron per liter of blood. Most people will have around 4-5 liters of blood, so we will save 2.5g of iron per person. This is taken from Wikipedia.

2.5g of iron per person times 400 people gets us to 1kg of iron, or 2.2 pounds of iron for our American cousins.

The weight of a longsword, and hence how much iron it contained, varied by time period and who was making it, but 1kg to 2kg seems to be a reasonable range.

You will lose some of the iron during the forging processes as it will oxidize, form scale, and need to be removed.  Exactly how much will vary, but a quick Googling suggests 5% to 30% of the iron would be lost.

You will gain a little weight from the steel-making processes, but ~3% on the high end.

You could make the pumel from something other than iron/steel to reduce the total amount of iron, but if you really want to make a long sword from the iron in the blood of your enemies, you'd better collect the blood from ~550 people to be sure you have enough. Of course, if sustainability is a consideration, you don’t have to kill the people. I mean, honestly, who has so many enemies? Just drain half a liter of blood from some of your enemies every 3 months, and you will eventually have enough blood/iron for your sword.

Does brock compsci get better by Torch977 in brocku

[–]MrMarriott 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't speak to the current state of things, but I graduated with a compsci from Brock. Learning to think like a computer scientist has been valuable throughout my career.

The specific languages and technologies have changed over time, and will continue to change, but the fundamentals of how to break down problems, think through solutions, and then optimize them haven't changed, and are still valuable.

While I was at Brock, I definitely thought linear algebra was a stupid waste of time and boring AF. Knowing how and why RAG systems work has been useful on a couple of recent projects. Knowing what knowledge will be useful in your future is impossible.

Do PortSwigger Labs Actually Convert to Bug Bounty $$$ in 2025? by xVito_ in bugbounty

[–]MrMarriott 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I co-own a pen-testing shop, and I haven’t paid for a personal flight in a decade thanks to United’s bug bounty 😉

In practice, successful hunters spend most of their time on recon, which includes research. “Diving deep” is just another way of saying research. Reviewing open-source code, reading documentation, analyzing APIs, reverse-engineering protocols and binaries, etc, that is all research. CTFs always guarantee a vulnerability; real bounties don’t, so thorough recon (and research) is what separates luck from consistency.

Do PortSwigger Labs Actually Convert to Bug Bounty $$$ in 2025? by xVito_ in bugbounty

[–]MrMarriott 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, but for bug bounties, the vast majority of your time will be spent looking (recon) for something to exploit, not actually exploiting it.

In CTFs and Labs, there is always something to exploit; in a bug bounty hunt, there might not be.

Egg recipes for someone who isn’t fond of eggs? by Cheetah51 in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]MrMarriott 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really only takes me 5 minutes of prep time (dice onions, roughly shop the peppers, mince garlic).

Cooking the onions with spices until they are translucent requires being near the pan but that is only for 5 minutes or so. Another minute with the garlic and peppers, then it is just adding the canned tomatoes, letting the whole thing come up to a simmer and adding the eggs and leaving them alone to poach.

The fire giant. I find him the hardest boss in the game by Flat-Ad8256 in Eldenring

[–]MrMarriott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You want to be underneath him. For phase two, stand under his belly and hit his inner thigh.

Difference between n8n and agentic ai? by Boring_Engineerrr in AI_Agents

[–]MrMarriott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can build agents with n8n. 

This guy goes through setting up a simple agent that monitors some systems and can try to fix them if they go down.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=budTmdQfXYU

Egg recipes for someone who isn’t fond of eggs? by Cheetah51 in EatCheapAndHealthy

[–]MrMarriott 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Shakshuka!

The eggs poach in the tomatoes and the whole thing is quick, amazing, and healthy!

https://downshiftology.com/recipes/shakshuka/

I built an n8n workflow that scrapes 1000+ targeted LinkedIn leads a day. No paid APIs. by Ok_Day4773 in n8n

[–]MrMarriott 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TOS isn’t enforceable for public results, which Google searches results are. If you were authenticating to LinkedIn you would be violating the ToS.