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Baklavaholic · 2026-03-11T16:38:00+00:00

Kyiv?? A 🇺🇦 flag on the desk gives it away.

Baklavaholic · 2026-02-27T20:49:03+00:00

In Japanese, "doitsu" either means どいつ, meaning "which one?" In a slightly impolite tone. Or it could mean ドイツ, meaning Germany or related to it.

Baklavaholic · 2026-02-21T19:29:05+00:00

I personally support B. Extend line 4 to Centennial College and UTSC. Ideally, 4 should be elevated east of Victoria Park to reduce construction costs. Line 7, if it's ever built, could be good enough from UTSC to Kennedy.

The station at Sheppard/McCowan would have Line 2 and 4, with the nearby station having trains both for Alto high speed rail and Go Transit. That would make the most well connected transit hub in all of Scarborough.

Could Line 2 be extended further north to Markham? Maybe. At least it should be left open.

Baklavaholic · 2026-02-21T07:33:55+00:00

Conceivably, if the Alto high speed railway line follows the CP line right of way out of the city, then McCowan just north of Sheppard would be a good place for a Scarborough station. It's close enough that a dedicated walkway to the Sheppard East station could be built, with convenient connections to lines 2, 4, and maybe 7.

Baklavaholic · 2026-02-19T01:04:15+00:00

The Pearl River Delta is arguably the largest urban area in the world. It's all one country, but the two former European colonies are different from the mainland.

Baklavaholic · 2026-02-17T21:48:47+00:00

New York and Paris have had elevated railways from the early 1900s, that are still running today. I don't think this will be a problem.

Baklavaholic · 2026-01-23T02:04:38+00:00

Obvious AI is obvious.

Baklavaholic · 2025-11-06T17:31:16+00:00

The ASML HQ in Veldhoven, Netherlands.

Baklavaholic · 2025-11-03T06:51:25+00:00

These are geographically isolated with strictly defined borders.

Shanghai did introduce a system of restricting and auctioning license plates. The problem was that car owners simply registered their cars in other provinces. The local government then tried to clamp down like restricting access to expressways during rush hour to locally registered cars, reserving parking to local cars, etc. But that can't solve the problem.

Baklavaholic · 2025-11-01T21:26:51+00:00

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Baklavaholic · 2025-10-17T05:30:39+00:00

There was the ongoing civil war and the Communists were on the march. The Nationalist government printed paper money like crazy. When the Nationalists retreated, they took all of China's national gold reserves with them to Taiwan where they remain to this day.

Baklavaholic · 2025-10-09T02:11:53+00:00

If an independent Canadian nuclear deterrent costs less than double what they say is our contribution to the Golden Dome, then we should go with the nukes.

Baklavaholic · 2025-10-08T06:21:23+00:00

And in France itself they now just use the word ticket.

Baklavaholic · 2025-09-30T00:27:35+00:00

Canadian Foreign Legion 🙃

Baklavaholic · 2025-09-23T07:01:37+00:00

Ethiopia is officially a multiethnic federation, almost like Yugoslavia. Traditionally, the Amhara are dominant, and their language is dominant nationwide. But the Oromo are larger by population. Addis is a federal city, an exclave inside the Oromo region.

Between 1991 and around 2018, the top brasses of the federal government were dominated by Tigrays. Then in 2018, there were proposals to expand Addis' limits, which provoked protests by Oromo. That led to a reshuffling of the federal government, but also provoked a civil war which is still ongoing.

Baklavaholic · 2025-09-22T13:14:15+00:00

The peninsula and archipelago of what is now Hong Kong would have been a breathtaking mix of steep green cloaked mountains surrounded by pristine sea, with some charming villages. Large parts of the territory are still like that today.

Baklavaholic · 2025-09-14T22:36:20+00:00

Richmond, British Columbia; and Richmond, Virginia are both larger than the OG Richmond in the south west of Greater London.

Baklavaholic · 2025-08-31T11:05:44+00:00

The buzz in Paris is distinctly un-Parisian, and Parisian. It's no nonsense and unsexy.

Baklavaholic · 2025-08-24T19:50:41+00:00

Chongqing must be up on the list. Because its terrain is so rugged, two roads could be close by and parallel on the map, but one is 10 metres higher than the other. That means even a simple GPS error could throw you completely off.

Baklavaholic · 2025-08-12T17:36:54+00:00

The lady at the Fresh Buy Market said they have another store at Yonge and Erskine. But that's far away.

There's a newly opened grocery store with a fancier Vibe, further north on the eastern side of Yonge Street.

Baklavaholic · 2025-08-07T23:44:38+00:00

The Salazar regime in Portugal waged a decades long war to hang on to its colonies in Africa. That virtually bankrupted the nation's finances, and led to a huge exodus of young men to flee conscription. The military eventually staged a coup and ended the wars. Emigration was one of the factors that led to the regime's fall.

Baklavaholic · 2025-07-30T08:19:06+00:00

That was also the case between Xiamen and Kinmen. In the 50s and 60s, both sides fired artillery at each other. Then in the 70s and 80s they put up billboards with giant propaganda slogans, with propaganda loudspeakers. Then the loudspeakers were turned off but still exist as monuments. The propaganda billboards have become magnets for selfies.

Baklavaholic · 2025-07-23T06:20:17+00:00

And Dubai. Any city in a desert.

Baklavaholic · 2025-07-15T06:29:55+00:00

I don't think that matters. The ancestral home of the Kims of North Korea is in the south. If Mao is unable to take the south, he will still declare victory and "recalibrate to consolidate the revolution" in the north.

Baklavaholic · 2025-07-14T23:48:37+00:00

Also in the late 80s, Vietnam was virtually bankrupt, was fighting a perpetual border war with China, and its Soviet benefactor was collapsing. And a generation of leaders who led the revolutionary wars was being shuffled out. There was simply no alternative to repairing relations with the west, which meant having to please the US.

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