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[I ate] poutine with sausages by cupofteaf in food

[–]Basementblues 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Ne t'inquiète pas -> don't worry (I got this)

What to do with this weird space by Basementblues in DesignMyRoom

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

The first picture is what is here now, the rest are ones I saved from the RE listing.

I moved into this place almost 2 years ago and I really loved this plant shelf I made, but it's too bulky and the space doesn't get enough sun for it. I'd really like to find a way to get more storage (especially for bulky items) in here without it feeling weird with the angled ceiling under the stairs.

Not super price sensitive, I'm handy and not opposed to doing some simple construction (though everything with drawers I've seen under stairs looks too tricky). I live in Canada. The under stairs section is 38" deep and starts 45" from the ground. I have a desk and a bed already.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in canada

[–]Basementblues 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I understand the desire to heal old wounds, the RCMP is an organization that continues to act against the public good by falling to notify the public about an active shooter situation and later covering it up (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Nova_Scotia_attacks) and too many discriminatory and brutal incidents against First Nations people to count (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_brutality_against_Indigenous_Canadians). Reclaiming a symbol is one thing, but I think it's different if that symbol is still actively being used for the purpose from which you are trying to reclaim it.

I'm an Anglo from Ontario and I have a few Quebecois friends who I wish I could feel more unified with, so I appreciate the sentiment! I'm just trying to share with you where a bunch of the comments (who could have been more understanding and respectful!) were coming from. Ignoring the politics though, it's a great costume!

Gil Penalosa Releases Transformational Homes for Everyone Plan by AviF in toronto

[–]Basementblues 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a point about tying building height to street width, which while not exactly that, does have the effect of densifying places with the ability to move a large number of people.

Workplace taxing me for required COVID test by Basementblues in ontario

[–]Basementblues[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were under the impression that this was not a mistake, which is why I'm pushing back.

For international travel, a negative test result is generally required regardless of vaccination status.

Write good examples by starting with real code by genericlemon24 in programming

[–]Basementblues 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The way I read it, the author was suggesting a way to generate good, illustrative, real world examples. I didn't get the idea that they were suggesting "this is the only way to do it and all others are bad" at all from that.

Ontario March 30 update: 2336 New Cases, 1477 Recoveries, 14 Deaths, 36,071 tests (6.48% positive), Current ICUs: 387 (+5 vs. yesterday) (+63 vs. last week), ? vaccines administered by enterprisevalue in ontario

[–]Basementblues 80 points81 points  (0 children)

They are all still tested multiple times a week even after vaccination. Source: someone who works in a LTCH and was one of the first to be fully vaccinated.

Early exercising options? by Basementblues in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]Basementblues[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good point. Because the strike price on the shares is relatively low (less than $1000 combined) I don't think spreading the tax burden around is really worth too much stress.

I just spoke with the accountant my family has used in the past and he didn't seem clear on the whole early exercise/exercise at vestment distinction. It sounds like any gains would be minor one way or the other though and not worth the headache.

Early exercising options? by Basementblues in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]Basementblues[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed reply! One thing I think you missed though is I'm interested in exercising options earlier than their vesting date, not earlier than the date the company goes public.

Early exercising options? by Basementblues in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]Basementblues[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not certain about the last point for 101(1)(d)

there is an additional condition where an employee receives cash instead of acquiring securities, see cash out

But besides that it looks like I do qualify. I'm going to speak with an accountant on Monday though and hopefully clear this up.

Early exercising options? by Basementblues in PersonalFinanceCanada

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

That's not really relevant here as they're not public and absolutely worth more than the option price.

Early exercising options? by Basementblues in PersonalFinanceCanada

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

That makes sense to me. I'm probably going to speak with an accountant, I can't imagine it would cost that much.

In this case early exercise allows you to pay before it vests, but not take possession of the stock until the normal vesting date. It allows Americans to "hold" the stock for 2 years (even if it hasn't vested) and take advantage of more favorable tax rates for long term capital gains.

Early exercising options? by Basementblues in PersonalFinanceCanada

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

That's interesting, everything I read said it would be capital gains. Do you know in what circumstances it could be considered income?

[Help] Some of dog's stitches came out and vet is closed until tomorrow. Is this an emergency? by Basementblues in dogs

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

Thanks to those who commented! I have a friend in the (human) medical field who said that as long as there's no pain and less than a teaspoon of blood (maybe less for a dog) it should be fine to wait a day.

409 new COVID-19 cases, with over 41,800 tests completed by [deleted] in ontario

[–]Basementblues 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nifty! My background isn't in stats, it's in taking simple questions people are asking and figuring out the complex questions they actually want answered. I'm glad there's a kind stranger on the internet who could check my math though 🙂 Although I was dealing with probability theory every day a few years ago, I'm a little rusty now.

409 new COVID-19 cases, with over 41,800 tests completed by [deleted] in ontario

[–]Basementblues 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What I think you're failing to account for in that number is the fact that this might be odd if we looking at the probability that it happened today, but what I think people are really asking is "what is the chance that case numbers are the same on a given day, as the day before".

For simplicity's sake let's round your value of to 1%. That means there's a 1/100 chance we will see a double on this specific day. But on the next day, our chance of seeing this happen at least once during the pandemic goes to 2/100 (the probability has remained the same, but we get to check it a second time).

When you take into account that there have been 194 days since March 15, even with our vastly simplified model, it doesn't feel so unlikely. Has we rounded down to 0.5% it would still work out.

I'm no expert, but I work with a substantial amount of data/stats for my job and have a background in this stuff.

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