I had a neighbour in Montréal who would drive to the same gym as me (700m away), and then walk on the treadmill for 10 minutes to warm up.

Tech bros preserving for an increase in parasitic activites that are not proven to grow local wealth (and likely extract it) while simultaneously eroding worker’s rights.

Fuck right off.

Somewhere shy of a hundred back in the 00’s when I was an electrician apprentice. Part of the reason I didn’t stay in the trades was all the bullshit I saw. My boss was always on code and he always kept us on code, but that wasn’t the case for all the other trades running around.

I personally never saw a FOB worker cutting code, but that’s probably because the inspector was racist as fuck who would double check out work and hand wave all the white guys.

I fell into the FOB category at the time, but marginaply. I’m an immigrant flavour that’s considered white now.

That’s a case of someone not following code, has nothing to do with immigration status.

The workers don’t define code…

The engineering control would be building bulb-outs at all these places to both reduce the distance pedestrians have to cross and just solve the problem of cars parking in the space.

Each refugee can keep 1 home for every 3 homes they build. Obviously one human isn’t building 3 homes, but if a squad of 50 refugees build 150 homes, they keep 50 and sell 50. This includes turning single family homes into plexes.

Im conflicted on multi-use buiness sapce. Either homes can be replaced with businesses at a ratio set by each city, but probably somewhere in the 1/5 to 1/10 range; or business are excluded from the sell 2/3rds rule (aka you could build a 4 plex with 3 homes and one business, than keep one home and one business, selling 2 homes)

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Two men stand in a pool of gasoline. One man has 20 matches one has 5.

The man with five matches gives up his matches under the promise that the man with 20 matches won’t hit him. A couple other men with matches at the edge of the pool of gasoline promise to uphold this agreement.

20 years later the man with 20 matches takes the man who now has no matches’ arm. All the signatories let it slide because the man with 20 matches had a decent claim to the elbow. 10 years after that, the man with 20 matches tries to take the entirety of the man with no matches; the men with matches on the edge of the pool are afraid to do anything less matches get thrown back at them.

Ukraine had nuclear armements.

They divested them under the promise that their sovereign territory would be respected.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

I was far from the only person winter cycling in Yellowknife, nor Ottawa, nor Montréal, and now, nor Kingston (though I had a -25° cut off this winter due to bringing my toddler around; I chose the temperature because that’s when kids stop having reccess outside).

One of Canada’s biggest cyclist YouTubers is from Calgary. Montréal has a ton of people winter cycling (and a low barrier to entry now that bixis are available in the winter). Edmonton has cyclist coffee hour year round on the bike paths. Winnipeg has a big winter cycling community as well (that’s second hand though, ive never been there). It’s been to long for my to speak intelligibly on how Ottawa winter cycling is going.

Maybe it’s my bias as an immigrant to Canada, but the number of people that think being outside in the winter is somehow impossible is mind blowing. I was fed that this country was founded on rugged individuals who brave the elements to eke out a living. This makes Canadians hardy, kind, and enduring. Instead I look at Xth generations and many have fallen into a contemptuous malaise where winter is somehow something to be endured, rather than embraced and enjoyed.

If you think that being outside is impossible, that’s fine. I don’t know you, your history, or your limitations. But if you’re interested in reconsidering your preconception, I’d recommend the book Frostbike by Tom Babin. Children play outside until at least -25° across the country, and colder the further north you go; the rest of us can too.

Time to migtrate my NAX over to my HAOS system!!!

Thanks so much.

I bring my bike battery indoors during the day below -10°, but it overnights about 0° all winter.

I take my kid to daycare every day on my ebike. It’s only 5km one way, but I used to do 14km pedal power when I lived in Montréal.

I don’t do it to be a smug prick, I do it because it’s faster than driving.

Frankly, the infrastructure choices in my city (Kingston) make driving on average slower than 30kph. If bicycles weren’t also stuck in traffic lights (same thing that slows all the cars) cycling would be faster than driving is now, and driving would be faster than it is now. Basically our problem is traffic lights.

Facts, interesting histories in how those came to and passed in North America.

I biked year round in Yellowknife. It was easier and faster than plugging in, then preheating, then driving in the winter. At least for in town, I’d only bike into the bush in the summer, but then again I’d use the sled in the winter, not a car.

Disabilities is fair, but what about the 25% of Canadians who’s disabilities preclude then from driving?

Secure parking is also legitimate, but that’s an infrastructure choice; we choose subsidize fucktons of car parking all over the place already.

For none Canadians, they are called honkies because they honked their horns for week, not because they are country bumpkins.

I’m positive there was some overlap, but still mostly separate circles in a Venn diagram.

This is huge!!!

Has anyone else made this work with home assistant yet? I’d love a guide, and if it doesn’t exist yet; hopefully I’ll have one by the end of the week.

Turbo kid is a good film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFlZ6pVtnv0

Affordable EVs already exist.

They’re called e-bikes and they cost less to purchase than car insurance for a year.

I track my bikes and ebikes on lubelogger. It’s not an optimal solution, but it tracks everything I need it too.

There’s a backup button in the settings that creates a .db file.