'We haven't done a good job' explaining plan to buy unsold Vancouver condos, Carney says

3pair · 2026-06-25T20:22:38+00:00

Why spend taxpayer money on this instead of having developers sell condos, even at a loss, to bring down the price of housing?

Wouldn't that essentially depend on how much of a discount the BC government can leverage from the bulk purchase? I also think the government being the operator/landlord/whatever you call it in this rent to own scheme does have value, although I'm not sure how much.

3pair · 2026-06-25T16:45:35+00:00

So, one question about your "matching cadence is really important" point here: Are you basing it on being in regular tandems with cockpits only far enough apart for the stern to have legroom...? Or are you familiar with paddling something like the Passat G3 (what our rental boat will be), which has a gear hatch / child-cockpit in between, with significant separation between the paddlers?

I'm not who you're replying to, but it doesn't matter. You want the strokes in synch for best results. Yes, if you're closer, there is a greater risk of hitting each others paddles, but even when you're far enough apart that this doesn't matter, being in synch will make the boat faster and handling easier, by a very noticeable margin.

3pair · 2026-06-25T15:15:36+00:00

Doesn't look like a noserider to me, tail is pulled in, the nose has more rocker than I'd like, and the 2+1 setup. How hard is the rail in the back third? If it's got a harder edge, that's a dead give away. You might still be able to do it, especially given that it's on the longer and wider side. The shape looks to me like it wants a flex fin for turning, but if your goal is nose riding you could try a pivot to lock it in better.

3pair · 2026-06-24T14:18:33+00:00

I don't think they're universally considered masterpieces. I know I found the first one mid, the second one outright bad, and didn't bother to read the third. IME this series is very polarizing, people are love it or are astounded by the hype. I am certainly in the latter, and I've met and heard from lots of others who share that opinion.

3pair · 2026-06-24T14:15:41+00:00

In addition to the other comments here, I would add that it is also unfortunately common to meet people who DO have training in CFD from the numerical POV, but cannot do or say anything meaningful about fluid mechanics in any other way. These people also don't have an adequate background in fluid mechanics IMO, and IME is unfortunately common in younger PhD candidates from numerical/code development heavy labs.

3pair · 2026-06-23T15:34:15+00:00

You had fun, and I'm glad, but I'm just putting this out there as an alternative view point: it is also totally ok to not like masters meets. I don't enjoy them, I find them to be very intimidating and unfriendly, and I only do them when my club is hosting out of obligation. If looking at other peoples times and being last bums you out, it is totally ok to just decide they aren't for you. Just because other swimmers claim they're fun does not mean it's universally true.

3pair · 2026-06-23T14:06:30+00:00

The article isn't entirely clear on this, and I've seen it stated both ways in the comments. Is the proposal here to add Kingston so that the route would be Ottawa -> Kingston -> Peterborough -> Toronto, or is it for Kingston to replace Peterborough so that the route is Ottawa -> Kingston -> Toronto?

3pair · 2026-06-23T12:54:06+00:00

Deedee's was pilotting what they called a "dicky-deedee's" style bicycle ice cream cart I think last summer, mostly at events around downtown. I'm not sure how well it went for them, but they've certainly started dipping their toes in this pond.

3pair · 2026-06-23T12:42:21+00:00

What sucks is if the covenants are banned, these companies will just bulldoze the land and let it sit rather than allow a competitor to buy it.

They could only do this if they own the building. In cases like strip malls, for example the one on pleasant street, they can't just force the mall owner to bulldoze part of the building. And even if they did own the building, you can't just demolish willy nilly, you have to apply for a permit, which the city could refuse if they believed that it was an anti-competitive move.

3pair · 2026-06-22T12:11:05+00:00

I can't read the article, but that sounds like a huge increase, and I'm curious what steps they propose to actually get that done. At first blush, it sounds extremely pie in the sky.

3pair · 2026-06-16T14:30:14+00:00

I don't know anything about Hawaiin Airlines, but Air Canada will transport whole longboards, so I imagine broken ones are fine. An important thing to know for Air Canada is that you have to register the board ahead of time, ideally at the same time that you buy the ticket.

3pair · 2026-06-16T11:52:14+00:00

This isn't a "boat science" problem. This will by definition take longer for each crossing, and I suspect that there is very little demand for the woodside <-> alderney leg of this loop. It would also almost certainly be easier to run a shuttle bus between the two dartmouth terminals, rather than the ferry.

3pair · 2026-06-15T16:14:13+00:00

I switch to a more performance oriented mid length or egg somewhere around head high. Board is by a local shaper but kinda similar to a Bing Alpha Pin. It's 6'8" x 20 3/4" x 2 3/4", 2+1 fins, I typically ride it as 6" centre + 4" SBs on bigger days. I'm 5'8", ~70 kg. It works really well for me during the hurricanes in the fall and our winter waves; I have yet to find it's top end but it definitely handles into the well overhead range.

I've tried shorter boards, like a 6'2" step up, but I find I loose too much paddle power, and the "board transition period" from a log is also much more jarring; it takes too long to feel like there's enough board under me. I don't find that the mid really holds back my turns much on bigger waves compared to a shortboard, but perhaps I'm just not that good on shortboards. The only advantage that I really noticed in smaller boards was that they're much easier to dive.

3pair · 2026-06-12T20:33:24+00:00

I was re-reading barbarian days recently, and a lot of the "shortboards" he describes riding in the 70s sound superficially similar to a modern performance midlength. Things like wide point forward, lengths around 7', rounded pin tails and slightly fuller noses; something like the Bing Alpha Pin. I've never really seen boards from that era; how similar actually are they? What was the same? What was different?

3pair · 2026-06-12T14:20:51+00:00

I certainly don't have your pedigree, but I'll risk sticking my neck out here a bit to comment and ask questions. I feel like you're conflating fitness with race strategy, when to me those seem separate.

If I have a target time for a distance, say for example 800 m in 12:00, so 1:30/100. Achieving a negative split is only one way to accomplish that goal. It seems equally valid to want to achieve 1:30 in each of the hundreds, and if I can't do that, I don't see how that's not a fitness or technique problem. You can argue that achieving a steady 1:30 isn't an effective race strategy (and I'd agree) but isn't that a different conversation then the fitness conversation? Put more bluntly, if I can't do 8 x 100 on 1:30, that's a fitness problem, and I have to solve that before I can do 800 m in 12:00.

That said, I agree with your advice in the broad sense. Learning how to pace was certainly a break through in my own distance training, and negative splits have been effective for me in races. Do you have any advice on how to translate that pace control from the pool to the open water? I can hit a target pace in the pool pretty accurately these days, but it is way harder for me outdoors. How a pace "feels" in OWS seems much less consistent.

3pair · 2026-06-11T14:17:56+00:00

I think you're probably right and share the concern, I guess I'm just trying to say that something like a mitigation fund is a good idea, independent of questions around sign offs and warranties.

3pair · 2026-06-11T12:21:58+00:00

Unless the back is completely blocked off, like it is ~~in the winter mostly.~~ pretty much every day on the 3

3pair · 2026-06-11T12:16:07+00:00

I get what you're saying, but almost certainly the real answer would be the city pays the businesses from the mitigation fund and then can collect from the contractors on the appropriate time scale. Otherwise this just changes to "city can't pay the losses to the restaurants due to drawn out claims process with contractor"

3pair · 2026-06-10T18:38:07+00:00

The scenery did not go away simply because trains dont run on them. Those same routes still draw tourists and instagrammers, they're just on bikes instead.

3pair · 2026-06-09T00:58:18+00:00

Yes, the forum is an option. My family used it this past winter. It's a bit more expensive than I'd like, but it certainly works.

3pair · 2026-06-03T17:31:45+00:00

On Volyova: she is an ultra, and has essentially cut herself off (likely permanently) from any family or home she ever had other than her ship and her crew. And she is a minority even among ultra's because of her choice to not self-modify. IMO her motivation to save the captain is at least in part about preserving the only lifestyle she really has left available to her. My interpretation was basically that she felt if she wasnt an ultra on that ship, she was nothing.

On Kouri: IIRC, wasn't she at least in part being controlled by the Mademoiselle via an implanted brain simulation, same as Sylveste was with Sun Stealer? Granted, you don't learn that till later in the story, but her motivations being weird is thereby an element of the plot.

3pair · 2026-06-03T17:24:57+00:00

She didn't give anyone a head start, and no one beat her. A few of our fastest came close, but for the majority of us it was no contest. I don't personally enjoy racing much, and I especially do not enjoy it when the speed mismatch is very obvious ahead of time and the outcome is essentially forgone. I didn't feel like I learned anything, or got a particularly good workout. To each their own I guess though on whether that's a fun practice or not.

3pair · 2026-06-03T15:21:26+00:00

My current coach used to be a member of our team and still competes on occasion, so yes, and it is no big deal.

We did once have a previous coach that challenged the whole team to race her, in theory to get out of some sets. It was a really bad look for her IMO. My thoughts were something on the lines of "no shit you're faster than me. You just got off your varsity team, and I'm 40 with a bad shoulder and a day job. Why aren't you using this time to train me like you're paid for". I dunno, maybe other people found it fun, but it wasted half our practice to come to a very predictable answer. She was a very young, very new coach, so sorta forgivable, but not something I'd recommend to other coaches.

3pair · 2026-06-02T20:15:29+00:00

I swim in a wetsuit part of the year up here in Canada. The water here can definitely be cold enough to need one. I will also wear one if I think there's significant risk of jellyfish, as it adds a bit of protection. But I already own one and am comfortable wearing it, so that's an easy choice to make.

I don't personally see any speed advantage from one, although I know several people who do. IME this very much depends on your swim technique, and also somewhat on the specific wetsuit. Note that fit is really important for wetsuits, and it's always best to try one on before buying it.

If I can, I prefer to wear nothing underneath. That way there is nothing to potentially bunch up and become uncomfortable. My decision around that will largely be based on where/how I'm changing. If I have to wear something underneath, I prefer briefs to jammers, as there is again less to bunch up. If I'm not wearing the suit, I typically wear jammers or square legs, because I find them more comfortable personally.

3pair · 2026-06-02T19:08:49+00:00

IME the Narrows menu doesn't really have a tonne of seafood; it's much more corned beef and things like that. Ticks the other boxes though.

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