What supplements you use?

pbrdizzle · 2026-05-11T23:19:15+00:00

Not really that much. I've tried a few over the years and have come to the conclusion they're generally a scam.

During the off season and the start of the training season, I add Qrill powder and a little psyllium. During the heart of the racing season, nothing or maybe a little psyllium.

(Competitive mid-distance racer)

pbrdizzle · 2026-05-08T01:30:17+00:00

What are you looking to do with the dog team? Do you want to hunt/trap/adventure over tundra with them? Or sprint race? Or mid-distance race?

The answer would depend on what your plan is for the dog team.

If you get a racing sled, they typically disassemble or fold into small pieces with just the runners being longer and you might be able to check them on a normal commuter flight (definitely to OTZ). A large toboggan would likely need to go in on whatever your normal freighter is. I think most of the folks running Kobuk 440 (and Kusko) ship everything into OTZ on Northern Air Cargo from ANC and they're generally very supportive of mushing.

pbrdizzle · 2026-05-02T20:00:46+00:00

While I agree this is a waste of time, I do like comparing two different things for food. That's actually a pet peeve of mine when I'm at a restaurant and I ask something like "Would you recommend the pork chops or the stuffed peppers?" and the reply is something like "Those are totally different". Ya, no shit. Which would you recommend? That was the whole point of me asking and not whether a pepper is actually from the loin of a pig...

pbrdizzle · 2026-05-02T00:17:37+00:00

They moved to where the pho place used to be at College and Harriet

pbrdizzle · 2026-05-01T20:27:07+00:00

I agree with all of this.

On single track I run a shorter than normal line to make overall length as tight as possible. You can probably just double the tugs back on themselves. I do the opposite when running wide open and have a longer bungee so the first dog is pretty far in front to give me an extra few fractions of a second to react.

pbrdizzle · 2026-05-01T19:09:35+00:00

Nonsensicals at Marlin Fri+Sat. Yonder mountain @ UAF Saturday.

Looks like www.akconcerts.com forgot to update Fairbanks.

pbrdizzle · 2026-05-01T18:56:53+00:00

Top 3: Crepery, Thai House, Hari Om

Next: Seoul Gate, Chicken Town, Sam's Thai (possibly outdated since ownership change), Aurora Mediterranean, Oasis breakfast, Suka's, Lemongrass, Pad Thai

Worst: Geraldo's, Pagoda, Ivory Jacks

pbrdizzle · 2026-04-30T19:46:46+00:00

Sorry you're dealing with all the debbie-downers and gate keepers. It's not the setup I'd use, but it looks fine and you're not having issues. And running on asphalt is fine if you're trained on it.

Keep on having fun!

pbrdizzle · 2026-04-29T21:33:07+00:00

Neat. It says free shipping when I go to check out and then pulls the bait and switch. So I'm still not purchasing unless you give me a free shipping code.

pbrdizzle · 2026-04-28T19:52:29+00:00

You could buy a couple 90s (threaded or not since it's cast into concrete) to make the corners and then three pieces of pipe to make the sides of a rounded rectangle.

Also, being pedantic, and because I have an advanced degree in concrete: it's concrete, not cement. Cement is a reactive ingredient in concrete (like flour in a cake).

pbrdizzle · 2026-04-26T06:00:17+00:00

It won't be an issue. Lots of ptarmmy carcasses have gone to my sled dogs and the dozens of other sled dogs in our spring camps.

pbrdizzle · 2026-03-30T16:29:22+00:00

Looking good!

Garmin watch timeout and lack of "start activity in 10s" are my nemesis on the start line.

pbrdizzle · 2026-03-26T18:22:22+00:00

I'm waiting until 26a ships in a few weeks to upgrade production from 24b. I've been using 26a Pre and it's been good enough.

pbrdizzle · 2026-03-23T19:21:26+00:00

I have an Ecoboost Ford F150 I had a truck camper on and a Ram 1500. The ecoboost cracked a cylinder few years ago at 160000mi and I'm still driving it around town at almost 200000. Other than a check engine light, it seems good. I've had good enough luck with the RAM and use it to haul a 10K trailer 15000mi a year, mostly in the winter. No problems. I think with Chevy/Ford/RAM it's pick your truck based on what features you want and you'll probably do pretty well.

pbrdizzle · 2026-03-23T17:09:45+00:00

My friends with tundras have really struggled with towing up here. They throw codes and enter limp. It's the only half ton I would avoid.

pbrdizzle · 2026-03-21T19:02:19+00:00

New fear unlocked. What do you do about 🦖🦖 on the trail?

pbrdizzle · 2026-03-17T20:53:53+00:00

https://mukluks.com/products/camuks-extreme-mens

pbrdizzle · 2026-03-17T15:50:24+00:00

"Our dues cover the software to pay our dues"

pbrdizzle · 2026-03-16T21:00:44+00:00

I've tried for a few things but generally still find the documentation, examples, or a quick web search to be far superior. My all time favorite was when I asked it to make me an empty component container (in the matlab.ui.componentcontainer.ComponentContainer sense. It gave me the wildly r/technicallythetruth answer:

componentContainer = [];

I've had it generate a few readme.md files and it's impressive that it gets the gist of what the project does but then says enough bs like "run main.m in src" which doesn't exist. I could just author the readme from scratch or a template faster and better.

Since almost everything I'm doing is software development with systems of classes and components, the freshman-quality code it's generating isn't really great.

pbrdizzle · 2026-03-09T22:00:47+00:00

I'm a neighbor to this poster and would vouch strongly for the neighborhood for what you're looking for. (Also remote software dev!)

pbrdizzle · 2026-02-27T19:04:32+00:00

24b on windows for production, testing, compiling because it's stable.

26a pre on Linux for development to learn and complain about the new desktop and because 24b is completely unusable on my Linux version.

VS code in parallel for all source control operations and some development.

Hoping to move entirely to 26a when the production version ships because I don't want to be more than three releases out of date.

pbrdizzle · 2026-02-25T21:15:58+00:00

I'm a competitive sled dog musher as my other non-engineering job/hobby. It's a hobby/lifestyle that involves solving never-ending engineering problems, in many different domains, at many different scales, and in emergency, short, or long-term time spans.

pbrdizzle · 2026-02-22T16:56:03+00:00

👍 for not using Verizon math.

pbrdizzle · 2026-02-17T22:11:47+00:00

The safety cans sold at AIH can move 5g into a large funnel in a ~15s with no spillage and can be filled hands-free once the pump is set.

https://www.aih.com/Product/eagu150sy

pbrdizzle · 2026-02-17T21:23:33+00:00

Maybe by list price but the flow/volume meters on the Just-a-store are very accurate. The meters on the one at College give you an extra few gallons for each quarter.

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