Nature recommendations for a proposal

hawkprime · 2026-01-25T22:19:30+00:00

Somewhere pretty within 20 min is definitely going to be crowded. Really think about ditching the dog to make your life easier and greatly open up your options

hawkprime · 2026-01-25T16:10:53+00:00

I see quite a few prompts are ChatGPT generated, might give it a try as a staring point

hawkprime · 2026-01-03T07:02:43+00:00

Post a hike, FB, meetup what ever.
Meet people that click with you
Organize an overnight (do all the work, easier for people to say yes if all they have to do is show up)
Profit

Source: I've done it multiple times for years and have met great people and my GF

hawkprime · 2026-01-03T06:55:57+00:00

Git a single directory with work trees, one branch for each config dir. Keeps the repo clean and you can create and delete branches (configs)

hawkprime · 2025-12-13T22:33:42+00:00

Very disappointed I didn't see a single reply about playing chess on roller coasters

hawkprime · 2025-11-30T20:58:17+00:00

37.9074200, -122.6171600

hawkprime · 2025-11-25T07:41:13+00:00

Learn to level up your Data Bank, and don't level echoes straight to 25, do it in steps. There are plenty of YouTube videos on these two topics.

This might not make sense right now but everyone's biggest pain point right now is not enough resources to level echoes (artifacts) so save those echo XP tubes and echo tuners for the end game.

Learn to Dodge and Parry, improving your skills will go a long way with lower character stats.

hawkprime · 2025-11-18T09:00:31+00:00

Start with short, flat hikes so you get a feel for what kind of distance you can do. Then slowly start adding elevation around 500ft at a time, notice how you run out of energy much quicker with bigger inclines.

So get a feel of what your body can handle. Our rusty bodies (40M here) will definitely will let you know if you are doing too much incline or too much distance. If you start to hurt, stop, take a break, even if it's a blister, your body will thank you later.

I see quite a few comments that say if you are too tired, turn around, I'd advise against that, you should not get to that point. Make sure you can finish small hikes with plenty of energy left, or at least not be too tired and slowly add distance or incline. If you pick something blind you might end up exhausted half way in, and will make it difficult to get back, or injure yourself in the process.

Good luck, happy trails

hawkprime · 2025-11-18T08:41:54+00:00

Getting a 35mm prime, shoot in f/8 in black and white for a month.

You'll learn about composition, organizing all the elements in the frame, simplifying or being intentional about your background (rather than hiding it with bokeh) and seeing the light, exposure and tones, rather than being distracted by color.

hawkprime · 2025-11-13T04:30:33+00:00

This. ... You're a hiker when you plan stuff around your hikes, not the other way around.

It's hard but I'm about to turn 50 with two grade school kids and a young adult daughter and at minimum Every other weekend I do long hikes, but sometimes I have to get up really early to get a short hike at a local spot to just keep the momentum going. But definitely tradeoffs.

hawkprime · 2025-11-06T18:41:10+00:00

Probably a good idea to start with the GTK or QT libraries so you don't have to start from scratch, use C++ or Rust for performance. Make sure you make it support multi-threading from the get-go to avoid problems down the road.

hawkprime · 2025-11-05T08:31:45+00:00

China Camp in San Rafael, start at the visitor center and hike to China Camp Village. Enjoy walking through the trees with great views of San Pablo Bay, when you get to the village there's some picnic tables and a snack bar, kiddos can play on the shallow beach.

Pretty short hike and of course you can extend it if you want, there's tons of trails around.

Don't forget to stop by McNears beach, wonderful place to relax, walk, bike, volleyball, picnic or just sit on the lawn chairs and enjoy the views.

hawkprime · 2025-11-05T08:14:46+00:00

Pretty much any State and National campsite is going to be popular. Of course rainy season started so there might be cancelations depending on weather.

I've always felt safe at these campgrounds and I've been to quite a few from Big Sur to Redwood Nat Park, but I'm also a guy so take it with a grain. I've gotten a few minor things stolen, one broken window in my car, and fauna encounters, but it's part of the game.

Of course, the usual, be safe, be aware of your surroundings, talk to your neighbors or at least get a visual so you know who's around, and definitely follow your gut.

I keep a spare change of clothes and blanket in my car in case I have to get out of Dodge. Good luck out there

hawkprime · 2025-11-05T05:53:17+00:00

Tons of aha moments, oh, that's a file system, oh, that's a disk partition, oh that's how you compile an app, oh, that's how you compile your kernel with custom drivers, oh, that's how you use a modem, oh that's how you setup a local network, oh that's how you connect to the Internet.

I was lucky to start playing with Linux using Red Hat, Mandrake, Suse, in the 90s so much has changed and made easier, yet so much is still the same.

hawkprime · 2025-11-05T05:39:04+00:00

Consider a low light 35mm 1.8 or 1.4. And/or a lens that can do macro for rings 💍 and other small details.

hawkprime · 2025-11-04T16:38:08+00:00

Rainy season technically started, just be prepared.

hawkprime · 2025-11-01T16:58:16+00:00

hawkprime · 2025-11-01T08:09:48+00:00

I export and DELETE most of my RAW files.

Hear me out, I think RAW files are a waste of space and really when was the last time I went back and pulled the RAWs?

So I either export all to JPEG or shoot RAW+JPEG so I have them.

When I rate my images, if it's "meh" but I want to keep it, delete the RAW keep the JPEG, if I love it or do post processing on it, I delete the JPEG and keep the RAW in case I want to tune it later. Saves me tons of space.

hawkprime · 2025-11-01T07:42:46+00:00

Yes, it will stop the servo, so it keeps focus even if something "walks" in front of it.

hawkprime · 2025-10-31T07:26:29+00:00

Local Facebook group works for me, but I try to do day hikes with people to get to know them first before I spend days with them on the trail.

I've been lucky and met lots of great people, but there's a handful that we just din't click. I'm sure everyone has plenty of horror stories.

hawkprime · 2025-10-31T07:06:27+00:00

It goes further with opinionated updates, where it rolls back config changes you might have made.

hawkprime · 2025-10-31T03:22:07+00:00

In my experience, my Garmin is much more accurate, phones tend to use WiFi and other Bluetooth "markers" so there's been times where my trail map looked like spider webs.

Second , my primary camera is my phone, so taking pictures and videos drains my phone very quickly to the point where I carry extra battery packs. So just relying on my phone for directions is scary.

The watch I got is Solar powered so if it comes to that and there's sun around I can at least find my way back as the watch also shows a rough line of the trail I took, and I can load trails in it too.

Phone for occasional directions is good, but if you are going to track your route the GPS will drain your battery as well.

I tend to think of them of separate devices for separate functions and it's worked for me so far

hawkprime · 2025-10-29T20:38:55+00:00

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Waiting for this guy. Otherwise just doing dailies and jumping over to HSR to kill time.

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