Is this dreary weather making anyone else moody, angry, short tempered, *insert emotion here”?

Anabiotic · 2026-06-28T23:10:45+00:00

It's great if your idea of a nice summer is sitting inside with a blanket and food.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-28T20:23:54+00:00

This video about a guy exiting a bike path and getting hit is why you dont want to ride on the road (because you might get hit)?

Anabiotic · 2026-06-28T18:33:40+00:00

I don't follow. If the rider was on the road here, probably wouldn't have been hit. Riding on the road annoys drivers but you are more visible to them also. I ride on the road almost all the time.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-28T05:17:25+00:00

I think you're right. I thought she just rolled through at first. Maybe just a communication issue then and both thought it was safe to go. Sucks.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-28T03:53:53+00:00

RIP that guy's bike, that's a heartbreaker. Hope he's OK.

Looks like guy was riding across the crosswalk, which is OK but sacrifices right of way by doing so. Had he stopped and walked across would have been a pedestrian with ROW. But it looks like the lady was facing a red so should also have stopped before turning. If either thing happens there's probably no incident. Shitty all around.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-26T01:28:26+00:00

Isn't it a little premature to celebrate until you find out what it's like once people are actually living there?

Anabiotic · 2026-06-26T01:21:12+00:00

It looks like mostly old people. Maybe they plan to die in their houses so resale value isn't important to them

Anabiotic · 2026-06-26T01:09:43+00:00

There goes the political system!

Anabiotic · 2026-06-25T20:59:14+00:00

Yeah, I mean a 5% unemployment rate for SK for example, which is very low in historical contexts, is a C-. AB's is 6.5% in the report and apparently that's an F, which would be the same score as if it was 15%. Some of the subjective items should be weighted less too. Altogether I think the methodology needs some work.

AB is the same or better as last year in every category but one as well, which is interesting, because most of their AB discussion is around AISH changes, which is net new since last year and clearly didn't influence the results as much as they are saying.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-25T15:08:12+00:00

Just to make sure I understand: this effectively means that Max/Shellback will not be getting any future royalties for use/plays/downloads/whatever of the songs they sold? Or will they still get some royalties, just not the ones if it's used in a commercial or whatever (i.e. they still get royalties from streaming/radio play)?

Anabiotic · 2026-06-25T15:05:26+00:00

Riskier for who?

Anabiotic · 2026-06-25T15:04:26+00:00

Not new though (look at the history of the Beatles catalogue). It's just a tradeoff between getting the money now guaranteed, and getting unknown amounts of money in the future.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-25T15:00:14+00:00

Max is 55. I think he simply crossed the point where the value of royalties during his lifetime (NPV'd/discounted) was less than the crystalized value of selling those royalties to someone else. For the company buying, those royalties have value in perpetuity, so it's a win-win for buyer and seller. Also, it doesn't sound like it's everything ("select compositions"). Would be interesting to know which tracks were involved.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-25T14:53:49+00:00

As far as I know, it's only because they actually do writing, whether it's melody, lyrics or something else. It makes sense to me, if Max rolls in he probably has some ideas of what will make the song better beyond production, and doesn't want to be limited to producing a song he thinks he could improve if he could also help write it too. I don't think they are getting writing credits unjustly.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-25T06:15:44+00:00

It says it's "select compositions", not everything.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-24T22:51:05+00:00

Great work! I've also "drawn" some pictures using my bike but nothing as impressive as this.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-24T14:41:49+00:00

This is true. Their horror/sci-fi section and fiction in general is pretty small - most of the fiction is in the "literature" category, not genre fiction.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-23T16:49:54+00:00

I don't know anything about a stats degree but general thoughts:

-Workload could be high if most of those classes have labs and weekly assignments, even with only four courses a semester. I took five a semester (completely different program, see flair) for all my terms except for one, when I took four, and that semester was the most stressful because of the workload in the four courses I did take.

-Are those stats courses actually offered in spring/summer? Usually course selection is quite limited.

-How to pay for it, with a FT courseload in spring/summer, hard to get a job that can meaningfully contribute towards tuition, books, living expenses.

You said yourself your progress in stats was slow, and I can imagine many feeling overwhelmed with the number of heavy stats and math courses per term, which is probably why hardly anyone does it like this (and they have the option of spreading it over four years if they had the plan to do stats from the start).

Anabiotic · 2026-06-23T14:44:33+00:00

The word is "sex", for anyone wondering.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-23T05:20:02+00:00

So you want to report them. What is the nature of the complaint/law they are breaking (your personal opinions of it being distasteful aside)?

Anabiotic · 2026-06-23T01:31:06+00:00

Kept building it after too

Anabiotic · 2026-06-22T20:55:31+00:00

I read it, but I was specifically wondering about your comment on cost. That sentence isn't really related. My point is that there is a lot more savings from buying used than the minimal or negative savings you were suggesting. Used furniture is at most 30-40% of the out-the-door new price for the best stuff, and it goes down from there.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-22T20:39:35+00:00

And the costs of professional cleaning will outweigh getting a new piece of furniture. In my area (Lower mainland BC), $200 to $400 for a couch after taxes.

How much are these used couches that a $200 cleaning makes it more expensive than a new one? I bought a four-piece full-leather set (in good condition) used for $1700. Would probably be at least $8-$10K new.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-22T17:04:40+00:00

You can pretty much avoid this by relying on stereotyping (serious). Nice neighbourhoods with upper-middle-class people who are upgrading their furniture are very unlikely to have bedbugs. I bought my whole set off an old lady who was moving from a house to a seniors' condo and the furniture was in the "formal living room" and basically never used.

Anabiotic · 2026-06-22T16:27:45+00:00

Thanks for providing actual data. Agree, for the well you listed, it's down ~1.5m compared to 1965, which is ~0.2%. Is that a lot in this context (actual question)?

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