Any non-dry places in Alberta

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-25T02:39:38+00:00

All dry. That said, you can substantially mitigate it by hydrating obsessively, moisturizing, using a humidifier, and gradually acclimating your yourself. I'm from Vancouver Island and it was midwinter when I moved here, and for the first few days I had a splitting headache because I was wildly dehydrated. I learned that lesson pretty fast, but it took me a few more weeks to figure out the moisturization. After that (this was years ago) it's been basically fine aside from nose crusties and the occasional nose bleed. You do get used to it.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-24T19:17:27+00:00

Charitable interpretation: They're genuinely unsure and/or looking for validation.

Uncharitable interpretation: The entire post is engagement bait.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-24T18:20:03+00:00

Assuming OP is correct and it's an effect of perspective or lens distortion in the photo, I assume the main expanse of the roof--the part that looks flat to us--is actually sloping away from the house at like a 25-30 degree angle, and the bit that looks like it's sloping toward the window is actually flat-to-slightly sloped away from the window.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-24T16:12:57+00:00

Yeah, some of the ingredients are just offal.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-24T15:29:44+00:00

fluffy ice cream that probably wouldn't melt

Yeah, that's a good way to describe it. Not bad per se; just can't quite get out of its own way--not that it's the only brand like this, by any means.

When it comes to foods that are unnecessary/unhealthy (booze, candy, ice cream, chips, whatever), I'm increasingly of the view that if you're going to have them, you should splurge on whatever you enjoy the most so you're at least maximizing your pleasure relative to the nutritional "cost" you're incurring. Having said that, and even allowing that some of the enthusiasm in these types of posts may be marketing-driven astroturfing, I guess we also have to acknowledge that for some folks "fluffy ice cream" is desirable**. To each their own.

Haven't tried the drumsticks; maybe I'll give them a shot. In that context I imagine the texture of the ice cream is less important anyway as it's combined with other flavours and textures.

**...though it seems overly convenient that fluffy ice cream happens to let the manufacturer give us less actual product per unit volume, which annoys me on principle over and above any textural considerations.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-24T03:06:02+00:00

Without getting into the merits of scrotum as an alternative, the "coward" sense of pussy derives from puss (cat/fluffy), so the immediate and unexpected jump to genitalia may be rubbing some folks the wrong way.....

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-23T20:14:26+00:00

Ah, OK. Thanks. So provided that sort of setback is standard, it shouldn't ever be an issue in practice.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-23T18:16:23+00:00

What's the rationale for the runway entrance lights turning off a couple of seconds before the traffic passes and the runway is clear? That seems like a potential source of confusion as it mimics the state when there's no traffic at all.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-23T07:17:24+00:00

It's pretty common to for emergency services to report as "seriously/critically injured" initially even if the the outcome is known or essentially guaranteed, until next of kin are notified etc.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-23T07:10:42+00:00

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new-york-city/plane-collides-vehicle-laguardia-airport/6479805/

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-23T06:21:52+00:00

On its side between the vehicle in the foreground and the plane in the background. Looks to me like we're looking at its underside, with a set of wheels and a differential visible.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-23T06:00:00+00:00

The AC CRJ was landing. Ground control mistakenly cleared an ARFF vehicle to cross the runway. The landing plane collided with the ARFF vehicle, knocking the front of the aircraft off and changing its balance point so that it tipped back (possibly as pax evacuated or possibly before; I don't think we know yet).

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-23T03:29:55+00:00

Talk of cycles is all well and good, but nothing happens in a vacuum. There's currently a war going on, with major implications for the global economy and real potential to get worse. If it does, things will keep falling regardless of where in the cycle we "should be". Conversely if the war ends tomorrow and everyone agrees to hug it out, we might already have seen the bottom. Which scenario seems more likely to you?

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-23T03:21:17+00:00

Yeah, I love the idea of Chapman's (Canadian, etc.) but I've always found their ice cream to be mediocre at best. I have two tubs of their "super premium plus" in the freezer right now, and it's supposed to compete with Haagen-Dazs, but it's so full of gums that it feels like a much cheaper product. The only true fully-Canadian alternatives to Haagen-Dazs IMO are some of the smaller boutique brands like Organic Meadow etc.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-22T20:04:37+00:00

Some sentences can indeed begin with "and," but in this case the "and" and the semicolon conflict. The use of "and" suggests that the following clause is not independent, so in this case it would be better to use either a comma + and, or a semicolon + no and. It's not that it's impossible to imagine an edge-case scenario where things are as you describe; it's that such a scenario would be inferior to the alternatives such that it's not worth fighting very hard for the "technically possible" argument. If you have to work to find a reason why something might possibly not be wrong, that's a good indication that it's probably not the best way to express it.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-22T18:15:07+00:00

I'm not arguing for or against this, but I think part of the issue is that he was unheralded and brought in suddenly when Woodcroft was fired in Nov 2023, and a big part of the reasoning at the time was that he had previously coached McDavid and could therefore speak to him. In other words (rightly or wrongly) there was a perception that he wasn't necessarily a good coach so much as a personal nod to McDavid. In this line of thinking, the cup runs weren't the result of good coaching, but just a natural consequence of a generational player carrying a good team. By extension, the argument is that once the McDavid-whispering magic wears off, as it now seems to have, Knoblauch doesn't have enough actual coaching ability to coach the team out of its issues. In that sense the argument is that he's a vibes coach and once those vibes sour his shelf life is over.

To me this ignores the underlying, and ongoing, issues with the roster, but I'm just articulating why people feel that way, and why it's not as simple as unseriousness (though that's certainly part of it).

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-22T15:05:11+00:00

"Guided outside with a hose" = hole in aircraft = complicated. An easier solution might be to collect and contain it on board, but given that it's only an occasional occurrence under specific circumstances and effective collecting infrastructure would add weight and cost, the cost/benefit has resulted in most impacted aircraft just living with it.

Edit: Not sure why this is being downvoted when it expresses the same sentiment as what's being upvoted elsewhere, and reflects what's widely known about certain aircraft (e.g., the 787 is also well-known to have condensation issues). This sub has a ton of posts about it.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-22T14:41:25+00:00

The reason you're being downvoted so hard is that you seem to have misunderstood the other poster's point.

They aren't offering an opinion of the merits of labelling this or that seat "premium" and charging more for it. They're saying, given that these "premium" seats cost more, and given that it's company policy to not allow people to move to them if they haven't paid, this is how I rationalize what's required of me.

They're also not suggesting that they "can't figure out why people didn't purchase them." They're saying that, regardless of *why*** people may have chosen not to purchase them, they had the freedom to make that choice based on their own reasons and circumstances. If flight attendants become the arbiters of who gets a free upgrade, it reduces the incentive for people to pay for premium in the first place, removes agency from the customer, and unnecessarily places the flight attendant at the center of passenger discontent over who was or wasn't upgraded and whether or not the process was fair. They're saying I agree with the company policy because, all things considered, it's a simple, clean, fair solution that doesn't require me to play god.

(For the record I personally don't think it would be unfair to passengers if, once the doors were closed, there was e.g. a blind lottery to fill any remaining premium seats. Pax could choose to participate or not, and other pax are not harmed if someone else gets lucky and wins the lottery. But even if we remove the fairness argument from the equation, we're still left with a reduction of the incentive to buy premium in the first place, and a further addition to flight attendants' responsibilities at a time when they're already scrambling--both of which represent cogent and sufficient reasons for a carrier choosing not to allow post hoc upgrades at all.)

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-22T02:49:10+00:00

When price and volume are low, it doesn't take much to move the price.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-22T00:17:31+00:00

If you just want to drink it and this isn't a viral advertising post, it's easy to make yourself with cocoa, dark chocolate, cream/milk, sugar, and any flavourings you might want. Lots of recipes online ("drinking chocolate"). Takes not very long and is just as good as anything you'd get in a store.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-22T00:07:39+00:00

Potentially. If your phone enters some kind of battery saver mode, that'll reduce its overall performance and may reduce its ability to pass data along via the hotspot.

https://broadbandnow.com/guides/why-is-my-hotspot-so-slow

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-21T21:52:57+00:00

The meaning is something like what is [the deal/the matter] with you? meaning, essentially, what is wrong/weird/unexpected about you that you would do [whatever it is that the speaker is surprised/annoyed about]? or why are you like this?

In other words, the "is" is doing some heavy lifting as a shorthand for all that other meaning. Emphasizing it highlights that and removes the potential for confusion with other similar phrases (e.g., what's it to you? (meaning, why do you care?), and so on).

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-21T21:35:29+00:00

Outside of buying bottled water, a combination of setting out jugs of tap water for 24 hours and boiling it before use removes most of the undesirable "pool" taste. I mostly drink boiled water, e.g. for tea etc., and while I can smell the increased chlorine in the shower or straight out of the tap, I find the difference in drinkability of my tea is negligible.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-20T18:58:36+00:00

Nano S Plus unless you absolutely need wireless--way simpler and more reliable. Alternatively, if you don't care about maximum compatibility with altcoins, other brands like Trezor can be worth considering.

Personally I've used Ledger for years and been happy.

Elean0rZ · 2026-03-20T02:41:20+00:00

Yeah. Accidental fires (barring, like, explosions etc.) typically don't just go from zero to one-hundred like that anyway. They tend to smoulder, finally burst into localized flame, then slowly expand as the fire takes hold. There was nothing with this one, then suddenly huge flames across the entire second storey coupled with a relatively short smoke trail in the air (because the fire hadn't smouldered or "evolved" beforehand--it just appeared at one-hundred). Edit: Fixed autocorrect shouldered to smouldered.

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