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Posts about Toronto Housing almost exclusively, because I haven't figured out how to present other aspects of my life publicly.
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Someone tried to establish parameters on Manifold manifold.markets/Mad/will-the...
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In Toronto, due to regulations limiting floor plate size + shape, also market forces, all the new builds have awkwardly deep units. One of the reasons why "bring back the slab" is a slogan among local YIMBYs.
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> They figured out that lighting their barns spurred the birds into laying more eggs, and into laying them year-round. Didn't know egg laying chickens were so sensitive to lighting!
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Genuinely curious: what future tech excited you as a child?
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Tag yourself, I'm... Franco-Ontarians?
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Ah, as someone quite bad at driving, I'm much more sympathetic.
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Snorkelling is so accessible and chill too?!? Unless you have a really hard time swimming?
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Been following you for awhile and somehow this is the most late-30s/early-40s post you've made so far. Truly exemplary.
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This is why you gotta have the emergency Ensure or Soylent rations as backup.
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What exact structure changes are you referring to and how was Time of Use hacked away at?
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I have on multiple occasions declared to other people that I don't think of myself as consumeristic. Conveniently ignoring the pile of electronic gadgets I've had to give away after purchasing.
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Because none of the options are good and they're ignoring a clearly better option?
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Damn that's a long run!
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Relevant Wikipedia article if anyone else is curious en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Ri...
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Evening: "Ugh, my feelings are probably disproportionate, I should sleep them off." Morning: "Actually, no, this still sucks and I'm not over it."
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I never understood the appeal despite owning several. Getting a split keyboard fixed my shoulder pain though, if you want to get fancy in a different way.
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Any tips for finding goggles that don't fog your glasses?
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In case anyone is curious, Canada did sign an agreement with the EU in 2016 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compreh... Not clear on what further could be done, but various LLMs I queried had various suggestions.
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Do you mean like joining the European Economic Area similar to Norway and Iceland? Or are there other less drastic options, like adopting various standards?
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In case anyone else is wondering, the Canadian equivalent to USAID was called CIDA en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia... It was folded into the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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A common argument for not building slabs anymore in Toronto is all buildings need a podium to avoid "shear winds" at ground level. Any idea if this is only a Toronto thing or if other places have different ways of approaching wind management?
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I've been squinting at this chart for 5 minutes, but I'm not sure what you found/surprising informative. Maybe I just need an intro article because I'm unfamiliar with this field?
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Is anybody asking "who do you think your neighbours are voting for" which apparently would have better predicted the US election?
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Whenever I see polls change this quickly I am reminded I have no understanding of average voter reasoning.
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You're making me want to pay you so I can identify my blind spots.
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The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson is the most pretentious book I've ever enjoyed.
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Is that a surprisingly long construction period or does it make sense given the complexity of the project?
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Can you elaborate on your experiences with workshops? Who runs them? Are they open to everyone?
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That was actually one of the more positive consultations I've been to! But also, yeah, the opposition was baffling.
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What's your estimate of a reasonable timeline range? Or is it unlikely the money for this scale of project could be found in the first place unless spaced out for a long time?
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What's your ID? There's so many people with that name.
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Use my partner's account to follow Mark, but Rodney what's your username?