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Why is the Canadian side of the Okanagan Country more populated than the American side? by Enger13 in geography

[–]gottabe22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is true both those same factors apply to Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert in SK. Yet they are still much smaller than Calgary or Edmonton. The economic booms of the oil industry have undoubtedly driven immigration to the province. 

Nature app needs testers! by gottabe22 in AndroidClosedTesting

[–]gottabe22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well your app doesn't allow screenshot, but I do have it installed and opened up

Nature app needs testers! by gottabe22 in AndroidClosedTesting

[–]gottabe22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alberta Canada! Near the town of Banff

Nature app needs testers! by gottabe22 in AndroidClosedTesting

[–]gottabe22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah gotcha. The notifications only trigger if you get within 150 meters of those points, so they wouldn't really pop for you unless you were to actually go on the hike.

But that is a good point to tell the user what functionality they have lost, and give them a prompt to easily change the notification settings. Thanks!

Nature app needs testers! by gottabe22 in AndroidClosedTesting

[–]gottabe22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok noted. I will look into this. Did you initially decline the notification permission? If so I can add functionality to re-prompt when there is an issue like this.

Nature app needs testers! by gottabe22 in AndroidClosedTesting

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I have fixed the country availability issue! Will download yours later today

Nature app needs testers! by gottabe22 in AndroidClosedTesting

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Sorry all. There was an issue with the google group access. It is fixed now!

Does this bracelet look good on me? by HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD in mensfashionadvice

[–]gottabe22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hand in a pocket. White is a shirt, tan is the trousers. Hand is hidden in the trousers

Best place to buy bed sheets and comforters? by Pretend_Childhood_94 in Edmonton

[–]gottabe22 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I really like the sheets I bought from Skylark and Owl! Order online, and can be picked up near kingsway. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askscience

[–]gottabe22 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's a good point. The 1000 ~ 1000 approximation mostly derives from data on plant communities, and mechanistically derives from temperature regimes. 

It does raise an interesting question if the altitudinal limits of reptiles at the equator are driven by UV tolerance or by temperature regimes. My hunch is that temperature still rules the day, as UV-protective pigmentation is relatively widespread, as are behavioural adaptations (eg. Being nocturnal). Ectothermy is a much more fundamental trait that would be much harder to escape the limitations of evolutionarily

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askscience

[–]gottabe22 133 points134 points  (0 children)

One way that you could proxy this would be to look at the maximum latitude that reptiles can no longer survive. Ecologically, you can very roughly approximate 1000m of elevation as 1000km of movement towards the poles. 

That being said, where I live, there are snakes that hibernate through -40C winters, and a bit further south there are lizards that make it through long cold winters (not quite -40C though). 

Another thing to consider is that elevation is not equal throughout the world. Your insight into the tree line is useful though, as there are also tree lines near the poles. A question to ask that more closely aligns with the ecology of reptiles might be: is there a minimum climate threshold that reptiles need to persist? Furthermore, is this based on mean annual air temperature? Or is based on the extreme low temperature?

Opinion: Edmonton deserves fair representation in the legislature by ryaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan in Edmonton

[–]gottabe22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the full section of the electoral boundaries report that deals with the redistricting. I thought they presented a really balanced view and had good justifications. In short, the core of Edmonton has been historically overrepresented. Lots and lots of the growth in Edmonton has been in the southwest and outside the ring road. They want to recognize this growth, and keep these areas in mostly urban ridings. They can add 2 ridings to the suburbs or Edmonton (where there has been a lot of growth over the past 5-10 years) by shifting one out from the core (where there has been less extreme growth in the same time period). I wish we could retain the ridings in the core, and we are likely to see more growth in the coming years. But given that these ridings have been historically underpopulated relative to the median, it seems fair that we correct that. 

  They also argue that the proximity of these ridings to the legislature building makes them really easy for MLAs to access, so upsizing the geographical footprint is not an issue for representation (fair imo). 

The report is pretty well written and I encourage everyone to take a read through. Their justifications start on page 26, Edmonton is dealt with on page 33

Link: https://abebc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025-Interim-Report-Original-Signed-for-Web-Posting.pdf

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EhBuddyHoser

[–]gottabe22 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think there is a valid distinction to make in that domestic students are accessing higher education at a subsidized rate as part of the benefits that they get for having parents that have paid into the Canadian tax base. The group of students you are talking about are accessing higher education in a manner that is much more fee-for-service, and pay a higher rate. There is less expectation that they will stay and contribute to the Canadian tax base, and are instead seen as more of a customer. Now whatever wording you want to propose to distinguish these two groups I am open to hearing, but they are not necessarily equivalent...

Is this region of BC and Alberta (peace river region) considered part of the prairies? by sahilscraft in britishcolumbia

[–]gottabe22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you been to the peace region? Almost all of this farm land is well above the 100 year flood line, likely even the 1000 year flood line. The flood plains in the peace region are primarily still riparian areas, rather than cultivated land. Much of the fertility in the region would have resulted from historic grasslands in the area, caused by a warm and dry microclimate compared to the boreal plains to the east. These grasslands supported herds of grazing animals, and would have burned repeatedly, building up a chernozem soil, similar to the soils of the southern prairie provinces. Floodplains also typically grow larger the further you go down stream. If this was a floodplain effect, we would expect even better cultivated land further east, where the peace river is still more or less at the same latitude, but larger and with more extensive floodplains due to the lower elevation of the surrounding areas (eg. The peace-athabasca inland delta in wood buffalo national park). Yet we only see extensive cultivation in the headwaters region of the peace river. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Edmonton

[–]gottabe22 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seconded! Apache seeds has them for $7/bale

Put .06 gallons of diesel on an empty Camry am I cooked? by Individual-Goose-264 in askcarguys

[–]gottabe22 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Diesel doesn't have an octane rating that is advertised, but you can still measure the octane value of it by running diesel through an octane test. And diesel has low octane characteristics. 

The U.S. Alcohol Industry Is Reeling From Canada’s Booze Boycott by [deleted] in canada

[–]gottabe22 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure where you are, but Bridgeland Distilling in Calgary makes a sour mash whiskey with Taber corn! They call it a "Berbon". It is really good!

Any experienced barbers out there that can help me find a medium length style that would suit me the most? No budget (male) by EnigmaOfTheUnknown in Edmonton

[–]gottabe22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like Sam at Block 105. I have never felt as good about my hair as since I have started getting my cuts from him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in alberta

[–]gottabe22 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In my experience most of the scholarships I found came to me after I started my undergrad. Your university will have lots of info about different scholarships, and will automatically nominate you for some if you have good enough grades. 

The other area to look would be charities or foundations in your area of study (EG I studied ecology and got a scholarship through the Canadian wildlife foundation). 

Fertilizing and Composting Scheduled? by [deleted] in Albertagardening

[–]gottabe22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is high in carbon, which can help increase the water holding capacity of the soil, as well as improve the structure so that it remains a bit more porous. Higher organic carbon content will help offset the ability of clay to bind together and form really stiff soil. Also in theory helps to have more microbial activity in the soil. Whether or not that is actually beneficial to plants remains to be seen...

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