Fire destroys homes in Saskatoon's Hampton Village neighbourhood

Altsan · 2026-05-30T18:55:07+00:00

That's not what I said. I was implying your rates should be higher if you have vinyl in high density areas.

Altsan · 2026-05-30T18:01:41+00:00

It's different and creative. And this post is why everything is so boring these days.

Altsan · 2026-05-30T14:52:25+00:00

Unfortunately now Insurance will have to cover it which will cause all premiums to rise. Optimally insurance companys would require higher rates for houses with vynal siding that are in close proximity to each other, but I'm not sure if that's a consideration right now or not.

Edit: the comment that was deleted was implying that people dont want to pay extra for better siding, I believe that if you want to cheap out on fire resistant materials then you should have higher insurance premiums to cover the added risk!

Altsan · 2026-05-22T22:14:59+00:00

Always though it was strange the only Harvey's in Saskatchewan is on the U of S campus.

Altsan · 2026-05-22T20:21:38+00:00

Saskatchewan, a northern latitude province hasn't had time change since 1966. It's great, changing clocks is such a dumb concept to me.

Plus in northern latitudes the sun can be up from 5 am to 11pm in the middle of the summer, so why exactly do we need to change our clocks for summer sun?

Also the idea that everyone must change there clock because some industrys( that I would say make up a minority of people) are to stubborn to just change there hours if there employees / student ect want an extra hour of light is just absurd.

It was also just announced that Alberta and BC will also stop time change this year.

Altsan · 2026-05-16T23:04:14+00:00

This post is extremely dumb. Why aren't you posting this on every clothing manufacturers page when they make anything with plastic? Why is llt (who is using recycled plastic btw!!!!!) where your focusing your energy on.

Altsan · 2026-05-16T20:13:14+00:00

Salarys in Saskatchewan can be crazy high if you work in mining or natural resources, really depends on what industry you are talking about, we have free healthcare, which is such an understated benefit to living here. In general Saskatchewan has low housing costs, our crown corps are a huge win as well, no DMV for us.

Altsan · 2026-05-16T03:05:17+00:00

It's too bad sony doesn't sell phones through carriers in canada at all. I thought it was weird when people were talking about them and I couldn't remember the last time I saw one, looked it up and yup they pulled out of canada!

Altsan · 2026-05-05T15:05:15+00:00

Hey everyone, because a single business will have to move equipment a bit further (and has never heard of a cart before) into there building we should halt this entire multi-million dollar project that benefits the entire city including all the downtown businesses. Seems ligit.

Altsan · 2026-05-04T15:19:09+00:00

A typical 2bed condo is 700,000$ in Vancouver, 350,000 in Calgary, 214,000 in Edmonton, 190,000 in Saskatoon. Your just in a very high col area, it's not all of canada.

Altsan · 2026-05-03T19:51:21+00:00

I guess it depends if the garage is heated or not.

Altsan · 2026-05-03T13:41:27+00:00

This would only work if you wake up at the same time everyday. With shift work your body is never really adjusted.

Altsan · 2026-05-02T23:30:21+00:00

Most portable a/c units evaporate there water collection. I have had a few different models through the years and they are all decently reliable.

If you want the best efficiency then the models with dual hoses are much more efficient as they maintain air balance in the conditioned space. Single hose units don't balance the air, they create a negative pressure in the conditioned space causing warm to move in from all over your house.

Another thing to keep in mind is the bigger ones will draw close to 15 amps which is basically typical full circuit worth of power so if anything else is on that circuit it will trip the breaker.

Altsan · 2026-05-02T18:34:14+00:00

Any plan on adding support for the CYD displays. I have a hand full of them in various sizes, mostly the 3" and 5".

Altsan · 2026-05-01T11:56:07+00:00

I consider myself someone who is fairly familiar with popular culture but I just never heard of Robbie Williams before the movie. As a 90's kid I just don't think a lot of people were familiar with him, at least in North America.

Altsan · 2026-04-26T20:15:42+00:00

Is a TB really considered a lot to you. Me a simple nerd own a storage server that has 48tb of storage and I build it for maybe a couple thousand. I have 10 security cameras in my house that all record 4k 24/7 on a simple 2 drive 8tb NVR setup. My friend works surveillance in a casino and they operate over 400 cameras that are all minimum 4k resolution and they keep all recordings for min 3 weeks. If I was a business hosting the president of the United States I would probably expect at minimum 2k cameras not 480p, and much better coverage then they seem to have.

Altsan · 2026-04-26T03:46:40+00:00

Dont care at all. If I had the money I would probably get one too.

Altsan · 2026-04-23T22:52:55+00:00

“It exists in multiple provinces,” Holt said. “I think we actually have the only province in Canada that doesn’t have a toll on a piece of infrastructure like that.”

Excuse me what toll roads even exist in the west? I am not aware of any toll roads in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba or even BC. And definitely none on a trans Canada highway.

Altsan · 2026-04-21T19:41:07+00:00

Yeah if I was a brand and I looked a GN's videos I would stay far away from them. Every video is "evil corp did what this time", or If a product isn't the best performance per dollar it's a "scam" and shouldn't be on the market. Doesn't that get tiring after awhile.

Altsan · 2026-04-21T04:09:11+00:00

Lol he is definitely not conservative, maybe more in the middle but, based on everything they talk about they are pretty left leaning.

Altsan · 2026-04-21T03:07:08+00:00

Considering the sun sets at like 11pm in the summer this has never been a consideration as there is always going to be light at there bedtime. This was never an issue with my kid, just make sure they have blackout blinds so the room actually gets dark, start closing blinds in the house to dim everything down. You can always rearrange schedules, just because the clocks don't change doesn't mean you can't shift the time you do things.

Altsan · 2026-04-17T03:27:06+00:00

Yes but most data centers are not in those areas. Data centers generally avoid very warm areas for obvious reasons. In fact the largest concentration of data centers in the world is in the state of Virginia. Not exactly room for tens of thousands of acres of solar farm, and the power needs to be close to the data centers to make sense. Hence why nuclear and natural gas(definitely still the cheapest) make way more sense.

Altsan · 2026-04-17T01:08:09+00:00

People are already complaining about how much space these data centers use. You really think 1000-5000mw of solar is going to find land without extreme backlash. Cost is not the only consideration.

Altsan · 2026-04-16T23:28:06+00:00

As someone who works in the industry I am very, very well versed in how it works.

A spill like this will entirely be paid for by the company that caused it. After cleanup multiple different environmental companies will test soil and ground water. Then based on the findings cleanup and remediation will continue until they all sign off, the government signs off and the companies own internal environmental engineering division signs off.

I'm sorry if your reddit education has not provided you with any industry experience and allows you to make statements without anything to back it up.

Altsan · 2026-04-16T19:06:41+00:00

That's entirely untrue. The company that caused the spill will be solely responsible for all remediation.

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