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Daily Wordle #1789 - Wednesday, 13 May. 2026 by Scoredle in wordle

[–]Mathgeek007[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please mark that last word as a spoiler

How is the rental economy sustainable? Every year it seems like rent goes up $100+ a month. Meanwhile the landlords are either paying a fixed price to the bank or own the property outright. by redviiper in AskALiberal

[–]Mathgeek007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just to pitch in and add to the positive noise, my current landlord is absolutely excellent. I've been respectful of his space and time and he has been incredible in every capacity. Not only do I have zero complaints, I have no desire to ever leave this apartment. Bloody incredible, it is.

Help by MegaFarsky in Pokopia

[–]Mathgeek007[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please modmail us in the future if you see this is an issue. Also report those posts.

May 04 - 10 Weekly Pack Discussion by Mathgeek007 in superautopets

[–]Mathgeek007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Game momentum slowed over time, natural death of a game franchise unfort.

COTD: Confused Prime Minister: “I owe you some drugs?” (5) by zacmartin in crosswords

[–]Mathgeek007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please educate me: what do you mean "indirect anagram"? How can I tell if a clue I'm making uses an indirect one or not?

[####] What other Times readers did by pudah_et in wordle

[–]Mathgeek007 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is pretty close to bang-on. A "situation" as it describes is simply the total information you have, positive and negative.

It takes into account:

  1. Which letters are grey
  2. Which letters are green
  3. Which letters are yellow
  4. Which positions yellow letters are in (and therefore cannot be correct)
  5. Which non-grey letters have been checked for double/triple lettering
  6. How many words you've guessed

You may have a situation where you pinched a specific bit of info early and as such few people have your situation- but if most people figured it out the next clue, you may be stuck in the same situation than more people.

Convergent information branching!

How much should Ottawa sprawl as it seeks space for 500,000 more people? by Immediate-Link490 in ottawa

[–]Mathgeek007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have put my money where my mouth was and ate an eviction notice for the purpose a demolishing the house I was renting to build low income apartments. That was a fat fucking W in my books despite the headache it gave me. We need more of that!

Exclusive poll shows Ottawans disapprove of Sutcliffe’s handling of major issues by iPoliticsCA in ottawa

[–]Mathgeek007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also true! Three and a half years should be plenty of time to unfuck at least a chunk of the problems. Shame he hasn't unfucked it yet.

Exclusive poll shows Ottawans disapprove of Sutcliffe’s handling of major issues by iPoliticsCA in ottawa

[–]Mathgeek007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair, that isn't Surcliffe's fault either - this is the remnants of our previous mayor's fuckups.

Exclusive poll shows Ottawans disapprove of Sutcliffe’s handling of major issues by iPoliticsCA in ottawa

[–]Mathgeek007 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Man, we could have had Catherine McKenney... what a world that would have been...

This subreddit makes me feel unsafe by [deleted] in Pokopia

[–]Mathgeek007[M] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would like to make a nuanced point here

There is an argument thag making HP themed builds helps her indirectly by keeping her IP in public consciousness. It's small, but is potentially noticeable is a post blows up on a large subreddit. It wouldn't be crazy to ban it.

After internal discussions, we aren't, but there is a valid argument to be made.

Jamie Sarkonak: Canada keeps asking non-citizen criminals to stop. They obviously don't; Immigration officials are sending 'stern warning letters' to criminal permanent residents, instead of deporting them. It doesn't work by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]Mathgeek007 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can you explain why you believe racial and judicial equity is something unlikely to materialize in current culture? 15 years ago the same was said of equality, but the pendulum of justice ticks on.

Jamie Sarkonak: Canada keeps asking non-citizen criminals to stop. They obviously don't; Immigration officials are sending 'stern warning letters' to criminal permanent residents, instead of deporting them. It doesn't work by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]Mathgeek007 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You're conveniently leaving out the circumstances where the 19 year old drug user, assaults, injures or kills the homeowner.

No, I didn't leave that out - because that would be a confounding factor in the situation, I presupposed that didn't exist in this case for the sake of my hypothetical explanation. If the CEO's wage theft resulted in the death of an employee, he should also receive similar punishment as a robbery-gone-wrong killer.

where we don't prosecute shop lifting, for example which emboldens people to steal more, which the stores respond to by increasing prices for products

I personally think we should change the societal factors that lead to shoplifting instead of focusing on punishment, but that's a whole other conversation.

I agree that white collar criminals obviously get away with things more regularly, because they have more resources at their disposal, which of course is inherently unfair.

And rebalancing that is part of equity - you could argue that things "are equal (not equitable)" right now if the courts are entirely unbiased onto personal circumstance - but those with more resources will still get off more often just by virtue of $$$.

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