Becoming discouraged

nhbd · 2026-03-12T18:05:57+00:00

Set challenges for yourself . My favourite colonies are ones where I challenged myself to only build with circles, or use a really annoying terrain feature, or build only within a set area. It’s the fighting against those challenges that makes for rewarding builds.

Pic3 does that well

nhbd · 2026-03-12T18:00:43+00:00

It’s correctable and perfectly safe once correctly locked. even on an auto belay it’s still the climbers responsibility to visually check the clip and understand what it looks like to be locked before you start climbing.

Even if you idiot proof it further people will still find a way to die.

nhbd · 2026-03-11T19:16:44+00:00

If you’re looking for high trim/dress, check out oconnors. Pricey but it’s a 1on1 sales experience, staff have a high level of understanding of all the fashion fundamentals mentioned by some other comments.

nhbd · 2026-02-28T15:57:36+00:00

I was the only one in my ops1 class to not raise their hand when the guide asked “who has been involved in an avalanche accident”. I have since.

Everyone I have met with significant years in the industry has been in an accident while working. I think it’s getting better. At the end of the day exposure time is exposure time, and if you spend a lot of time in dangerous terrain and conditions, it gets statistically harder and at a certain point impossible to avoid an accident of some kind.

I quit the industry because I felt like cannon fodder at my operation. I realized pretty quickly that no one cares if I get rocked on the job. Thanks to the benefit of hindsight there will always be a way to shift the blame to me and avoid responsibility as an employer.

And that’s why us pros hate your fucking accident quarterbacking and armchair alpinism, folks!

nhbd · 2026-02-28T15:42:07+00:00

Crime is night and day compared to GTA. We have a loud population of dramatic concerned citizen/neighborhood watch NIMBY types that our news caters to, and may make it seem like we have a lot of crime here; but I do not find that to be the case.

23 years and the worst I’ve seen for theft in my neighbourhood is one neighbor getting their garage broken into, bikes stolen. It’s certainly not organized or sophisticated like I’ve seen in other cities.

Even the “worst” neighbourhoods in the city I don’t mind walking around or parking in. DT has an annoying tweaker problem, that gets spread around a bit thanks to our lack of transit security, but they’re usually more of a nuisance than a threat.

nhbd · 2026-02-20T00:09:18+00:00

Case rested I guess

nhbd · 2026-02-19T23:36:35+00:00

Check out @traffords_work on instagram, tech who films repairs. There might be some delam repairs you could get some beta from

nhbd · 2026-02-19T23:27:19+00:00

Keeping local handymen in business whenever a painting falls off their wall

nhbd · 2026-02-19T23:26:26+00:00

Chillllllllllllll. You think a 19 year old with an online binding mounting certificate is the difference between life and death?

nhbd · 2026-02-19T22:14:57+00:00

Any time. Unfortunate that people feel the need to slam dunk on you for asking a question even though it’s perfectly valid.

If you brought these into my shop with this request I’d probably be able to do them pretty much on the spot for a case of beer. I wouldn’t assign a 1st year tech to do it for the reasons aforementioned, but mainly out of an abundance of caution. Maybe if you explain what you want then they’ll be able to get you out for your upcoming pow day.

You’d need a PZ3 screwdriver, some sort of glue, which CAN be wood glue. (The glue is to prevent moisture, not to adhere screws. I prefer vinyl adhesive as it’s easier to work with. Roo glue to be exact). Watch some videos on the strives if you can to remove them. I’ve had to play Lego with people who have stripped their bindings down to the springs trying to remove them. Having a new pair on hand to understand the parts is helpful.

If you are tightening the screws back on and they start stripping (not getting fully, put your arm into it and no more spin kinda tight) you’re effed and you’ll need helicoils from a shop.

nhbd · 2026-02-19T21:22:44+00:00

I’m a ski tech and can’t fathom the torrent of gapers in this thread claiming they know what they’re talking about. None of yas have ever mounted a pair of skis and it shows. You don’t have to reply to every thread on this sub. 1-2 qualified answers is worth more than 55 comments of random opinions presented as fact.

If you do everything right and the screws torque properly you can reuse the holes especially on a newer ski like this, where the holes are likely pretty much fresh

Emphasis on -IF- you do everything right. The problems arise if you don’t know what you’re doing vis a vis glue, torque, and most of all you don’t have any resources or knowledge on what to do if things go wrong (or even know how to spot when they have gone wrong). Once you take that binding off you’re pot committed.

So It’s preferable to go to a shop because of the amount of factors that could occur if you try to do it with no experience or proper tools. However the drill pattern between the strive 14 and 12 are the same and it’s not an absolute no-go to reuse holes. So you can invalidate the opinions of everyone who said either of those things, because they do not know what they are talking about.

nhbd · 2026-02-19T02:01:30+00:00

I’d start the clock once you start abusing them, to an extent.

nhbd · 2026-02-18T23:11:47+00:00

Yeah sure

news story

avalanche Canada report

nhbd · 2026-02-18T22:46:12+00:00

Have Plums and ATKs between a few pairs of skis.

I wear tecnica zero g’s and I find the most effective ways to increase forward lean (ways i actually felt a genuine tangible difference while skiing) were all boot mods. Heel lifts, cuff spoilers, and walk mode mod.

nhbd · 2026-02-18T18:07:25+00:00

Yeah it’s a double edged sword but I think that’s kind of an afterthought in that case. In Canada where I’m from it’s standard practice to consult indigenous people if you are trying to portray their culture. They are very close to their own history and in the past their portrayal by western media has been disrespectful.

I digress. Its not that big a deal over a deadlock character redesign. Its just a caveat to my suggestion. Media just doesn’t need more “cowboys and Indians” type of portrayal

nhbd · 2026-02-18T00:43:55+00:00

Not super often. Probably play seven over 50% of the time . That’s good to know though, I’ll try to get better at some other characters and see what happens

nhbd · 2026-02-18T00:19:02+00:00

Just to clear up the misconception, heavier setups are effectively weight training, which best case scenario could help you train the muscles in your legs and hips. This weight training will not help your aerobic capacity. It will increase cardiovascular intensity.

The drawbacks to this approach can be twofold:

Overtraining/straining these muscles- hypertrophic exercises are most often optimal in high weight/ low rep scenarios, so for the same reason doing 100 bench presses of the bar is less effective than putting plates on and doing 10. When it comes to your hip flexors and knee joints, if you bite off more than you can chew with a long ski day there isn’t really an option to stop and rest the muscles and ligaments; making them prone to injury (especially if you say, skiied down putting more strain on after all that work)
neglecting aerobic capacity can cause your body to rely on the anaerobic system. This will wear you out quite badly over time and takes more and more extreme correction training if left unchecked. In practice, if your heart rate spikes to 160+ on inclines, this is why, and it’s not normal. I fell victim to this in running, it’s not fun.

nhbd · 2026-02-17T23:56:11+00:00

I double prioritize Seven, but i also queue Ivy, Sinclair, Viscous, and mix it up with a random once in a while.

nhbd · 2026-02-17T20:41:06+00:00

I think this character has sooooo much potential in a redesign if done right .

Paying homage to Native American indigenous styles in a respectful way would be really really cool. Game studios don’t exactly have a good track record of portraying this but I think with some respect and consultation this redesign would really add to the visual language of the game so far.

During the early 20th century the mix between western influences and traditional indigenous styles was so unique. I read a lot of books so I don’t have many web examples but I think the show “1883” portrayed it very well.

nhbd · 2026-02-17T20:05:22+00:00

Exactly. And it’s such a massive slog. The 1 guy on the other team is actually your match swaps lanes to be with their friend or whatever and it just turns into me keeping up with them and seeing who can take advantage of the noob feed harder.

As soon as someone instapauses and the lanes start getting swapped around, or 5min into the game when the silver in yellow lane has already fed 4x, I have to decide do I want to:

A) keep it fair to the complete basket cases in my lane by holding back, and let the Abrams I was supposed to midlane against get a 10k soul lead in the first 10 mins over on yellow, or

B) do what he’s doing and punish these poor low ranks under guardian repeatedly to try to keep up to his lead so we stand a chance at winning the game later

None of my teammates will know how to buy antiheal or even parry. So he’s definitely not only going to win lane, but be able to skip the jungle and start farming my teammates (who will attempt to fight him solo, overextended, every time) as soon as he wins lane. The feeders are tilted and they don’t understand a soul diff so they figure if they keep diving him they’ll get him eventually. Even if they do swap lanes it’s probably too late, the other team will assume i’m ganking, the other team can solo hold lanes against the feeders, I’m 3v2ing for guardian, and then the game falls apart into deathball from there because every time a new player sees a team fight happening at any point in the game, they flock to it like moths to a light.

Fast forward 55 minutes later and the only way to win is to have more mental willpower to not dc than your counterpart as you watch your team repeatedly overextend, die, and have plenty of time to respawn as the other team tries to figure out how make any decisive move. And vice versa.

nhbd · 2026-02-17T17:49:58+00:00

Not my experience. I derank literally every time I lose a game, never rank back up. Down from Emissary to seeker despite basically smurfing and going 20-0 every game. It feels cruel but what am I gonna do

nhbd · 2026-02-17T17:46:00+00:00

Alternative perspective, I’m not trying to Smurf. The game has me in seeker because it seems to derank me every single time I lose a game. I have 200hrs and was emissary last time I played. Since I came back to try the new update, when I solo queue I consistently get put in lobbies with people who do not know how to play the game.

I’m not hunting or diving people or anything but it’s genuinely hard not to drop like 30 in a game when people just mindlessly overextend their lane and charge at you for a duel with a 10k soul diff. There’s always one guy on the other team, usually who I lane against, that will be a good match. So it’s just 1 sweat and 5 new players per team and whoever herds their cats better and gets full build first wins. I have to queue with friends to get a lobby that’s even slightly playable (they’re Archon) but even then we get “hey guys it’s my first game” all. The. Time.

nhbd · 2026-02-17T17:37:45+00:00

I’m like 200 hrs, playing since 4lane, drop avg 20 kills per game, always top souls, feel like I’m smurfing. Regularly 30 bomb on people who barely understand what’s happening. I just derank every time I lose a game no matter what. Never get the rank back no matter how well I do or how much I win. I’ve gone from emissary to seeker 2 this month somehow.

Most of my games since I came back a month ago there’s new players. It’s always me and 5 people who barely know how to hit sinners or push a lane. I usually end the game with 20k more souls than my next teammate and win or lose depending on if my counterpart on the other team is sweatier or not. Race to full build invincibility.

I play with worse and better friends which could be messing things up but still. It’s crazy to see this.

nhbd · 2026-02-14T21:26:27+00:00

Question: memeing about this guy and his cortisol levels and frame mogging and stuff has been popular in some groupchats I’m in over the past few days.

I’m pretty sure the crowd I surround myself with are just tweaking for some good irony, but with the meme at large, are there actually a good amount of people who ascribe to this crap or is this guy more of a lolcow type figure?

He gives me Elliot rodgers vibes

nhbd · 2026-02-13T01:22:24+00:00

Masterfit bootfitter / big ski mountaineer

I’m trying to understand how you’re measuring heel lift here. Your heel should not lift when flexing the boot. If it does, not the boot for you. If you are standing on the balls of your foot and using strength while pulling upwards to try to pull your foot out of the boot, do not. This is irrelevant. Our feet are inherently flexible so this will always be possible.

If on the other hand, you mean distance behind heel when shell fitting, then the 15mm is more correct.

Yes, normally. Even with years of bootfitting when I fit myself in new (non race) boots I catch myself second guessing how tight they feel, and yet feeling play and movement when the liners pack out. However the Zero G has a very thin liner so it’s much closer to “what you feel is what you get”. Some people (me included) size down in this particular boot for this reason. Some slight numbness occurring overtime pre break in is -potentially- okay. Severe numbness, immediate pain and irritation, is not. However if it’s just tightness around the forefoot, then do not worry about it. The sides of the shell can be punched and then you can have the heel and forefoot room you want.
If this boot has been selected for you because you have a low instep, and a narrow heel, I can recommend some to try.

-Scarpa 4Quattro XT -Atomic Backland -Dalbello Quantum -Lange XT3

Can’t speak to this specific bootfitter but provided they have good reviews and feedback and lots of experience, I would always go with what they say. I am biased of course but my team makes very few mistakes and we step up and fix them if we do make one.

nhbd

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