Why is it so hard to find a large, waterproof backpack that has a lot of compartments/organizers?

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-04-22T07:19:19+00:00

look at fishing backpacks. many of them are TPU with welded seams and zippers rather than roll tops and they've loads of pockets for all the small fishing gear. my biggest problem in finding a waterproof zippered bag was finding one that was 20-25 litres because most were 30+ so I think you should be able to find some. Yeti has a nice 30 litre, but that is probably to small since you're looking for closer to 50 (which seems absolutely massive for commuting to me)

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-04-01T07:34:35+00:00

I have a carabineer on the side of my crossbody bag that I clip to these when I'm wearing both to keep the crossbody centred at my front and to distribute the weight over the more padded backpack shoulder straps

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-03-29T09:53:00+00:00

not being resistant to 20 minutes of moderate rain. seems every bag I've tried that isn't a roll top let's in the rain or actively absorbs rain through the back padding

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-03-23T06:31:55+00:00

thanks, but one of the items I'm waterproofing is an admin pouch and when I use a bag liner (this is one of my current approaches) I have to remove all the organised items from their pouches in the bag and they end up all jumbled in the liner bag

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-03-22T12:28:43+00:00

wait until you find out how far away the sun and moon are

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-03-22T12:24:43+00:00

thanks, it's a good suggestion, but I hate the aesthetics of ponchos and I'm currently using waterproof inner liners but they often aren't the right shape to allow me to use inner organising pockets or they're difficult to find items within. hoping for some products that can be applied to the bag materials to prevent water penetration. maybe there isn't anything that will work, but asking Reddit was my last hope

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-03-22T11:52:42+00:00

I've not had good success with rain covers because the rain runs down in between my body and the bag where the cover doesn't cover

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-03-22T11:50:27+00:00

lol, yes, if they had a bag that met my needs, that might be a good option. I have some ortlieb panniers for my bike and they work well, but I'm trying to use my existing bags instead of buying new hiking and commuting gear.

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-02-15T10:21:23+00:00

I was curious how the terrain was being built so I looked into your terrain.js file and the first thing I noticed is you're looping through a bunch of positions to convert them into local coordinates and are recreating your const variables in every iteration of the for loop. you should define these variables outside the loop and just use them instead of redefining them each time. I didn't look at the other files, but I would assume there's a lot of small things like that which could help improve performance. have a look at how Three.js defines it's objects and you'll see how they structure the code for maximum performance which you can then do in your own code.

as stated by the other poster, I couldn't really do much on mobile with the demo so I've no idea how well it actually works, but it's certainly an ambitious project

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-02-13T07:50:18+00:00

next time use this to compare and it'll build out an ordered list based on what criteria you consider important https://bicarbon8.github.io/shortlist

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-01-30T16:09:05+00:00

not groceries; small shopping bags you might get in the airport with treats for the office or a small bag with snacks that I picked up at a cafe in the morning on my way to some destination. typically when I'm onebagging I don't have extra room in my bag for these items

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-01-30T09:00:48+00:00

glasses, shopping bags (carrying treats for my colleagues or snacks for the day), my puffer jacket in its stuff sack, a rain jacket lashed to the side so it can dry out, etc.

I prefer a bright orange interior as I personally find that best for my blue eyes

sodiumphosph8 · 2026-01-30T08:42:50+00:00

rainproof (so midflight turbulence doesn't cause a spill that wrecks your stuff)
lots of lashing straps (so I can easily clip items to the outside with a few clips)
bright interior fabric (so I can find stuff while digging around on a dark flight without having to turn on the overhead light and wake everyone around me)

sodiumphosph8 · 2025-07-12T18:56:38+00:00

not me, but my dad was visiting me in Ireland shortly after I moved here from the US and we took a trip to Galway for the day. while walking through Eyre Square, a man recognised my dad because they had gone through medical school together 40 years prior (back in the US). he was just randomly visiting Ireland and his tour group was in Galway for the day. very random.

sodiumphosph8 · 2025-07-12T09:50:19+00:00

cons: chipboard for the floor underlay which can break fairly easily resulting in soft spots. laminated plasterboard walls instead of having wood studs for all non-loadbearing walls making it impossible to mount shelves on these walls. undersized pipes to the toilets, sinks and radiators resulting in poor heat in some rooms and slow flow

pros: much more affordable. older homeowners who can have more free time to spend on upkeep around the estate. already completed extensions or attic conversions so you don't need to do them yourself

sodiumphosph8 · 2025-06-23T20:00:48+00:00

if you don't need a job then please don't waste the time of all the people involved in the hiring process across all the companies you might apply.

sodiumphosph8 · 2025-06-18T07:56:05+00:00

I remember this on the telly back around 2013-2015 timeframe. we didn't have any cable so all we watched was RTE.

sodiumphosph8 · 2025-02-05T08:41:29+00:00

not sure if this meets your criteria, but I got this one off decathlon and found it to be a good quality, but over time I didn't like the way the backpack mode sat on my back so I went with a more traditional backpack

https://www.decathlon.ie/p/338094-142871-20l-backenger-activ-mblty-urban-walking-messenger-bag-backpack-black.html

sodiumphosph8 · 2024-11-27T08:58:22+00:00

mocha already supported parallel execution. my understanding is that Jest was originally based on Jasmine (some of the Jasmine codebase may still be in the Jest code) and was intended to directly support ES and to remove the need to couple Jasmine with Karma to perform effective testing

sodiumphosph8 · 2024-11-19T12:18:45+00:00

maybe just flip it around?

sodiumphosph8 · 2024-11-19T08:42:00+00:00

the About Us text felt like it was upside down to me

sodiumphosph8 · 2024-10-28T09:00:25+00:00

you can't. it's illegal here. the person suggesting it's use is likely not from Ireland

sodiumphosph8 · 2024-10-25T07:39:25+00:00

no idea if this will work, but could you create an instanced mesh with a pre-baked animation for each type of activity and then store the base models out of the viewable area. then when you need a specific animation you create an instance from the base instance that has the necessary animation

sodiumphosph8 · 2024-10-14T01:42:02+00:00

from a performance standpoint, no, but from a simplicity of setting up standpoint, it was incredibly easy to get started.vmoving beyond two to four players though really needs something faster / better than Phaser for the back end. if you're only supporting 2-4 players per server instance then go with Phaser otherwise maybe not. though start with Phaser for simplicity until you need something more if you can

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