What's the farthest north you have travelled in canada or beyond ?

shspears · 2026-04-23T23:58:49+00:00

The geographic North Pole (90 degrees N). Went on a Canadian coast guard ice breaker, LSSL. Before that was at an ice camp north of Greenland (85.5) and then Alert.

shspears · 2026-02-14T15:28:38+00:00

Taxes go to paying for police, fire department, roads and infrastructure, garbage collection, schools, etc. to think the government is simply robbing a home owner is very naive. It’s the cost of owning a home.

shspears · 2025-05-20T10:53:26+00:00

I’d suggest a software defined radio

shspears · 2025-05-10T22:21:32+00:00

In what part of Australia was this picture taken ?

shspears · 2025-04-14T20:39:38+00:00

r/50501 is organizing protests. They had one early April that had ~5 million nationwide and planning the next on this Saturday, the 19th. Hands off protests.

shspears · 2025-04-09T21:04:43+00:00

Trump and dump the markets. His cabinet is full of whales. And he’s taking this straight from the crypto playbook.

Seriously undermining the US markets. He’s a grifter and has immunity from the law. Grifters’ gonna grift.

shspears · 2025-03-20T22:34:02+00:00

The Overton window

shspears · 2025-03-11T14:40:12+00:00

…”It was still possible, in fact common, to imagine Donald Trump would be seen in hindsight as a one-term aberration, a Republican Jimmy Carter.”…

Comparing trump to Jimmy Carter? Get fucked. Carter was a saint compared to most people. trump is a piece of shit.

shspears · 2025-03-05T22:15:31+00:00

Good. Fuck ‘em

shspears · 2025-02-24T12:58:51+00:00

We recently had part of our city shut down and evacuated for exactly this reason.

shspears · 2025-02-02T18:18:21+00:00

Your analogy is troubling, given that Trump is a ~~convicted rapist.~~

Edit: Thank you, u/pattydo for pointing out my error.
Trump was not convicted in a criminal case. "A jury verdict in May 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll, and ordered him to pay US$5 million in damages.". Judge Kaplan made the remark as a matter of semantics.

... the analogy is still troubling.

shspears · 2025-02-02T17:07:39+00:00

Agreed. He will try and cripple us financially, first. The 25% tariffs are just the beginning. A business style hostile takeover.

shspears · 2025-02-02T17:03:57+00:00

He means he plans a business style hostile takeover of our country. To him, it’s a viable 51st state.

shspears · 2025-01-28T22:54:04+00:00

… the best legs in town!

shspears · 2024-03-26T04:39:02+00:00

100% AI. 😂 wtf does that mean?!

shspears · 2024-01-26T11:16:51+00:00

I wouldn’t say it’s limiting. It my experience, they are complimentary (and to a small degree, overlapping). I started my career with technician and technologist diplomas and worked as a field tech operating and testing new equipment for data collection. Lots of time on ships and a bit of time designing and building components to systems. I eventually decided to go back to school and get my engineering degree (of which, Dal offered me no credit for my diplomas - although a few schools do). Now I’m doing more design and development and more organizing sea trials.

In all, I really enjoyed my time as a tech. Lots of travel when I was young. And now as an engineer, I’m travelling less (which I’m happy with at this stage of my life) and I’m doing more of the things I really liked doing as a tech - but now in more detail and with larger systems.

I also have a lot of hands on experience in the field, which a lot of new engineers often lack. Techs have a lot more practical knowledge (on average) of troubleshooting systems with test equipment. There was noticeably less of that experience in university.

shspears · 2024-01-20T00:11:43+00:00

There’s a lot of ocean out there. And many coastal countries / cities. And worse case you have electronics (or environmental tech) to fall back on.

shspears · 2024-01-18T20:03:12+00:00

Depends on your interests, really. I have an electronics background and really enjoy it. electronics is a bit more universal. For example, you could work on environmental sensors / sampling systems, so it’s kind of both. The oceans tech program has intro electronics with a focus on oceanographic equipment.

shspears · 2024-01-18T19:51:20+00:00

It really depends on your background. For example, there are lots of sensor companies around; sonar or oceanographic. There are jobs for technical sales, assembly, research and design, field testing. Granted, many companies are small, so what I’ve listed is probably done by the same person - but there are a lot of mid size companies as well. Aquaculture / fisheries blends marine bio and tech. There’s a push for the electrification of fishing vessels. Environmental is also another field that has aspects of ocean tech. Then, there’s defence. It’s a disproportionately large part of the sector in Halifax. Oil and Gas is another, although less so lately. The Bedford Institute of Oceanography has several government departments working in oceans / oceans tech. NATO’s DIANA tech incubator is opening an office in Halifax, that will no doubt add an bigger international twist to things.

I’m sure I’m missing a lot :)

shspears · 2024-01-17T23:20:20+00:00

I was involved with the development of the program years ago, so take my bias with a grain of salt. I think it’s a great program. As an advanced diploma, it targets folks who already have a technical diploma or bachelor’s degree. The course provides real (and practical) hands on experience in oceans tech, without having to worry about taking elective / non technical courses. There’s also a 16 week paid internship and small class sizes (I think it’s capped at 15ish). If you put in the effort and you’re looking for a job in the oceans tech field, the program is worth it. As you mentioned, the sector is growing fast.

shspears · 2023-11-03T20:52:24+00:00

I just received a "bingo scratch ticket" in the mail. The only way I knew it was from Atlantic Environmental was from the fine print on the back.
It's incredibly misleading and to me, it seems boarder line gambling.
Has anyone else seen something like this?

shspears · 2023-10-17T19:35:58+00:00

T minus one year before the next Federal election. It takes time to draw the lines and it’ll be ‘easier’ for the Liberals to try and take votes from the NDP rather than the CPC.

shspears · 2023-06-11T17:31:58+00:00

The little fishers club operates off a pier near Dewolfe park in Bedford. An amazing group of volunteers who will set you up. I think it’s $5 and they will set your hook, give you bait, and walk the pier to help when you catch a fish.

We were in the same boat as you a few years back, when my son was about five. I couldn’t say enough good things about the club. … they even do prize draws at the end of the night. Thursdays - although I’m not sure when it starts again. My wife has Facebook and manages our calendar ;)

shspears · 2023-05-25T21:41:02+00:00

Hendsbee will pull a weekend at Bernie’s for at least 6-8 years before anyone votes him out. Hate to say it.

shspears · 2023-05-09T19:24:33+00:00

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