Thanks for this.

We’re all Canadians, and your family would trace back among of the originals in this country. It’s sad that people would think anyone lesser for it, but that says more about them - the ones that need to stand on others to feel big themselves - than your family or heritage. While there will always be those types, I hope the years ahead see them as the minority so the rest of us can help each other make this country a place we’re all proud to call home.

Yeah, I’d tend to agree on that. Even beyond the security issues, nuclear has the potential to be a safe, but it also has the potential to be disastrous if mis-managed.

We see plenty of issues like this already, including what occurred here: https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/fukushima-daiichi-accident

Now imagine a plant in Texas, where power companies response to winter outages has basically been “sucks to be you, winterizing is too costly”.

Or maybe we’d like to go with a long-time trusted company, who totally wouldn’t throw away safety and their reputation for a few extra bucks. Boeing comes to mind.

I like nuclear as a power source, but the absolutely needs to be immutable rules in place to ensure it is properly managed and that anyone attempting to cut corners to save costs gets slapped down immediately. Corporate culture in North America seems to indicate otherwise.

Because water heating with heat pumps is currently garbage on the residential scale.

Also because we’re already stressing electric infrastructure with what we use now, and few plans to add capacity in any reasonable amount to deal with the massive increase in population, plus electric cars, AC during heat waves etc let alone home heating.

Gas is efficient for heating, and there’s plenty of other stuff we can and need to look at before we replace that.

I feel like dicks would be a less likely candidate as there should be other ways to encourage the trapped member to decrease in size before resorting to cutting implements in close proximity

I wonder if the mental association is due to people thinking of French colours:

• Verte=Green, looks vaguely like vertemilloon
• Rouge=Red, looks vaguely like Charterouge

What, you mean people wouldn’t want to potentially for for a country that abandoned them before service and had a history of doing so after?

Well, if you consider the collusion and price fixing that happens in some stores, it kinda is

On the other hand, divorce is also expensive especially with rent costs so I wonder if some people just add to the relationship without moving out…

This is actually one thing I’ve been thinking AI and deepfake tech can potentially do good. Let’s say you have an idea and can code… You have an idea for music but no instrumental talent, so the best you can do is hum it. You can’t afford voice actors or other professionals.

Or maybe you’re artist with an idea who can storyboard but not code. Maybe you can make 2d designs but not 3D models, or aren’t great at animate.

But… there is software that can take what you say and change it to a different voice. It can animate a model to match the words. Similarly, software that could generate instrumental sounds from humming is possible. An AI can generate interactive dialog. It could also provide assistance in the generation of music, debugging of code, and eventually more advanced 3D modeling.

A lot of game design software is much more a GUI to an environment/model and triggers etc than stuff like writing hardcore backend C++ code etc. AI could take that even further.

Then add VR. Drop somebody into a blank-slate where they can create a whole world with a word, a gesture, and a great idea.

One day, that might be a reality.

If they did that here, we’d just be hearing about how the government spent 50b on building and “online grocery ordering system” with Loblaws Food Consulting Inc

And the system would be down and crash within 5 days of launch

Honestly, there are a few memorable episodes but most of it was pretty lame IMO.

The only reason I watched Seinfeld is it was what was on

Imagine if it didn’t work on your device. Lawnchair apparently isn’t available on Android 12 without sideloading.

In the list of available apps I see “Neo Launcher Hyperion SciFi” (no plain “Neo Launcher”) and the first thing that I notice with that is the “contains ads” flag.

Nova, meanwhile, comes up consistently among searches for launchers, and up until when I stopped using it provided a good mix of functionality and customization (ad-free, and without sideloading). It’s disappointing to learn it’s run by a company that may be likely to harvest data

It also made it a lot easier to migrate between devices, and I’m the earlier data had features that are common now but not so much then.

I dropped it due to crashing issues with a new phone. Seems a good thing that I did

I’m assuming by “authority” this means police, judges, etc, rather than health etc

I think part of dealing with professionals should be treating the position they’re in with respect, especially in regards to the situation you may be dealing with. That said, they should also be acting within the bounds of their authority and with the dignity and professionalism of whatever position.

To me, this means that I follow professional advice with some gravitas - including that of doctors or medical “authorities” in their field - because their knowledge will typically exceed my own.

For police or judges, that means I respect them when they’re acting in a professional manner within the bounds of their authority, and also respecting that a situation where I interact with them under such probably requires some seriousness. Not bowing or scraping, but also not cussing them out, provoking, etc.

If I get lit up by a patrol car, I’ll safely pull over and see what’s up. If it’s a ticket and I don’t accept the reason for it, then I’ll file a dispute. If I attend court, I’ll be professional. If my doctor recommends an important medical procedure, I’ll listen and give their words weight.

This obviously doesn’t mean I need to accept if these people should abuse their authority, i.e. by giving out frivolous tickets/charges or prescribing unnecessary medication, there are appropriate ways to respond to those.

You ultimately decide on the procedure/medication. You can challenge a ticket. You can refuse to answer the questions of a police officer. You can request/hire legal council. You can challenge a decision at a higher court. Etc

But frankly I see a lot of people who end themselves up in shit by behaving in a … less than appropriate manner. They’re still people, but acting like a reckless, combative, and/or arrogant idiot isn’t going to improve the situation in any way, and there seems to be a growing trend where cameras are not only catching more bad behaviour by “the authorities” but also by people who seem to think that having one makes them some sort of Tiktok movie star immune to the consequences of their actions. This includes SovCit types who want all the perks of a civilized society but reject the “authority” behind laws and legal obligations.

Many food actually tend to be exempt from tax

https://accplus.ca/knowledge-base/personal-tax/tax-in-canada-things-that-are-not-taxed/

The Salem trials came later. I wonder if there discussion was like Townsperson 1: “So this woman with the wart, should we just nail her to a couple pieces of wood”

Townsperson 2: “Nah man, remember the last guy we did that with. Didn’t take”

Townsperson 1: “Riiiight. So, wood, nails, and a bonfire then?”

Townsperson 2: Yeah that should do it"

Wait until the mechanic tells them that their transmission is having issues:

Stop turning my car gay!

DT probably hasn’t even seen his in at least a decade

Also, if the person has NO indigenous upbringing and nobody knows they’re indigenous (including themselves) them where exactly is the “generational trauma” that’s supposed to inform special consideration when sentencing, because without that it sounds like good ol’ fashion racism (in favor of the offender) to me.

The country did come together, enough to vote the fucker out. I really, REALLY hope they do so again. It would be nice if they also gave the boots to the ones that enabled and shielded him in the other branches of the executive too.