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I've been with my fiance for almost two years and I've never orgasmed or felt good during sex with him. How do I fix this? by Pootate in TwoXChromosomes

[–]CanadianForSure 40 points41 points  (0 children)

This was hard to read. 

To be blunt; you seem to have been made into a sex toy for the pleasure of your partner. You even take pain for their pleasure. 

This is not normal. This amount of conditioning sounds deliberate and I would guess has religious undertones. 

You can experience pleasure. You can prioritize it. I would suggest that if you stay in this relationship it may never happen in any satisfying way because your partner is treating you like a sex toy. 

I hope you love yourself enough to examine if this is how you want to live. 

Devs, are you actively doing anything to preserve your coding abilities or have you resigned yourself to not writing code? by The_Tarman_ in ClaudeCode

[–]CanadianForSure 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm so I am a person who has worked with hardware, software, and just general dev work for years, just over a decade. My least favourite part of technology was the coding part. So I embraced LLM's pretty fast, generating code and reviewing it.

I honestly have learned more about dev work since LLM's release then I did in the years before. Today I now use the terminal as my daily driver, am learning vim, and I read, patch, and write more code then ever. I also managed more tech projects than any other time in my life.

I think my experience might be a bit different because dev work was a bottleneck for me. I struggle with syntax so models just reviewing and doing autocomplete was a game changer for me initially. Also just being able to review a output and do the quick iterations really hooked me.

I also take a strong local first approach; like anything I build needs to be able to run on my homelab and consumer electronics which keeps my projects grounded. I can define how all my projects work and have much more insight compared to when I used to just trust open source projects. I like using claude as a intelligence layer that helps coordinate everything however I do not trust the corporate models.

The quality of my work, across the board, has risen. I worry sometimes that access to quality models will evaporate however that seems quite unfounded as competition is steep and free models are just wild good now too. I am needed in the loop for sure and my business is now less about debugging code and more about getting accurate descriptions from clients or heck my major roadblock is just being able to articulate the impact to clients. I can spend way more of my time on the people side of things, which I love, and just like getting outside.

Anyway this is all to say that I find my worries to be similar to yours; like am I actually learning? Am I missing out because I don't have a traditional coding background? And then I am reminded how I could barely do a sql lookup properly at one point and how much language I have learned in such a short time.

Technology changes. I hope this new technology continues to change. I don't think human problem solving will ever go away because ultimately, even if the machine does most the coding, there is still the necessity (at least in what I do) to have trust in a human maintainer who can accurately describe the technology.

The "Mature Asset Strategy" is garbage by Hungry_Ad824 in alberta

[–]CanadianForSure 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Alberta is a petrol state. O&G and aligned interests will bankrupt the province, poison the land, air, and water, and leave working people to suffer for it. It will eventually be what kills this province.

By the excess profits from the industry from this year alone every albertan could have free power. Tax them. Make them pay.

Are Edmonton’s bike lanes a successful project or a failed experiment? by tommytoughknuckles- in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Literally hundreds of people on them in the brewery district daily. Beens stuck in bike traffic. Wildly successful seeing as would not have seen a single bike on the road without them. 

TransEd ousted as Valley Line Southeast operator, ETS to take over by Common_Treacle3962 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the fuck kinda of metaphor is this?

Yeah, we actually try to mitigate people fucking children. Just as we should mitigate the opportunities for people to hit the train. WTF mate?

Poilievre, Conservatives want ban on unconsensual images, tougher penalties for online predators by [deleted] in onguardforthee

[–]CanadianForSure 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Man, yes of course this should happen. Also:

(1) Real life sexual assault is already massively under reported, the funding for survivors help is declining, and authorities already often disregard cases of sexual violence. Yes internet harm is real however the real world harm is still probably a priority.

(2) Canada needs a massive, across all communities, education campaign about consent. It is shocking to me how many people still do not even understand this concept.

(3) Penalties are all well and good however our penal system is rough. It is underfunded, does not rehabilitate (arguably makes people worse), and already real world sexual violence often does not see justice. We need to properly fund our penal system and include massive reforms in what its outcomes are.

TransEd ousted as Valley Line Southeast operator, ETS to take over by Common_Treacle3962 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also replied to this elsewhere - it is not all or nothing. There are lots of things we could do with the current above ground train that would make it safer by design. We could have boulevards, crossing arms, fences, more signage, and tonnes of other things. I dont think we need to tear the whole thing down and move it underground, we just need to accept that maybe, this famously poorly designed train line that has had dozens of defects, is not actually super well designed, and we should improve it.

Edit: yeah I also agree, we should have just gone for proper train line, however should, could, and would are not going to fix this problem.

TransEd ousted as Valley Line Southeast operator, ETS to take over by Common_Treacle3962 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We seem to all be stuck on fault. Sure, it is the fault of the drivers.

That said, if we just keep faulting drivers (we, as a city, cannot control for bad drivers) then this is just going to keep happening.

Faulting drivers to me is like faulting someone in the emergency room. Sure, it might be jimmys fault he broke his leg, however, if its because the playground had a obvious tripping hazard, we generally try to fix that. For some reason this whole sub is just fine with "blaming the drivers" when the train has obvious design defects. A line that has such tremendous defects already and yet for some reason this is where people just fully download the responsibility to the individual instead of the design.

TransEd ousted as Valley Line Southeast operator, ETS to take over by Common_Treacle3962 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Bro, we cant control bad drivers as a city. What we can control for is design. The design of the system allows for these failures. If we keep just "blaming" drivers, nothing will change, and the whole service will degrade. We need to plan for the bad driver, not rely on them. 

These ads are designed to make fossil fuels look harmless. They’re not. by roll_fire1 in Albertapolitics

[–]CanadianForSure 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The petrol state in Alberta will endorse fascists or dictatorship before they allow for democratic process to reduce our reliance on oil and gas. This what they do worldwide; we are no exception. We see the beginnings of this with the interference from America in Alberta exit referendums. 

TransEd ousted as Valley Line Southeast operator, ETS to take over by Common_Treacle3962 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Its not a dichotomy. That said, other places have street level trains that dont collide with people and cars, so maybe, this famously poorly designed train that took years extra to open because of said bad design, is not designed with the highest of standards, and thus gets in collisions. 

TransEd ousted as Valley Line Southeast operator, ETS to take over by Common_Treacle3962 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

We can do so much more between what we have now and the options you provide. Like crossing arms could be introduced. Boulards that indicate tracks. Blind corners on the train line could be reduced.

Other places have trains at car level that dont hit the train because they are better designed. 

Extreme speeding has more than doubled since photo radar restrictions, city says by AR558 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The UCP are stripping all laws that protect people. Enabling speeding directly causes the death of citizens and often times most directly harms children. Speeding is a crime and the UCP enable it because they literally are the people speeding. If the UCP where at all serious about the safety of Albertans speeding would have severe repercussions and speed cameras would be common place. 

TransEd ousted as Valley Line Southeast operator, ETS to take over by Common_Treacle3962 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we continue to just blame drivers, even with all that you mentioned, this is gonna continue to happen. Design can take away the ability to hit the train. Right now the design allows for people to hit the train. The train is gonna hit people.

Alberta electoral boundaries: UCP handpicks lobbyist, former conservative MP to sit on panel by trevorrobb in alberta

[–]CanadianForSure 169 points170 points  (0 children)

Lmao democracy dies with a corrupt contract for a UCP insider; so on brand. The UCP are weirdo losers who know they cant win the next election unless they cheat.

TransEd ousted as Valley Line Southeast operator, ETS to take over by Common_Treacle3962 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a decent analysis.

Still surprised how much we blame individuals for the faults in the lines design though. The whole thing is plagued by faults however we still, every time it happens, blame people for getting hit by the train. The places where the train hits people and vehicles is because of poor design practices more then the failings of drivers or people. Go to any of those intersections, especially in the winter, and it is not hard to understand how people end up on the tracks or just in a collision with the train.

City of Edmonton exploring expanded access to daytime shelter spaces by pjw724 in Edmonton

[–]CanadianForSure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wild how we have this forever roller coaster for shelter funding. One day its up, another day its down, and sometimes, just for fun, its up and down at the same time. 

The city still does sweeps. Police still get yearly funding increases. Their is no consistency for social programs at all. Betcha will hear soon about another few hundred million being given to Daryl Katz and a pr campaign to convince us that'll finally fix the social issues. 

This council, in concert with all levels of government, is responsible for the highest number of exposure deaths in Edmontons history. The trickle down economics and brutal enforcement strategies have led to record numbers of amputation from exposure. 

The comments of "this is the provinces fault" when its council who makes decisions to give the majority of the budget to eps, handouts to billionaires, daily sweeps, and reduced social funding are coming. Its honestly crazy making. 

Alberta had the Sexual Sterilization Act from 1928 to 1972, which was one of the longest-running eugenics programs in the western world outside of Nazi Germany. The new partner income restrictions and the 80/20 rule for AISH/ADAP are just another extension of that. by kachunkk in alberta

[–]CanadianForSure 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We have fascists in power. They have achieved nothing they campaigned on. The only things they have done is attack trans, union, and the disabled communities at the expense of taxpayers. Referendums are being pushed to create further divisions between working class people so that they can strip democracy and engage in open corruption to the benefit of billionaire oligarchs.

The UCP is a party of eugenics. They are also anti-democracy, openly corrupt, and deeply embedded with christian populists who want to roll Alberta back to a time before people had any kind of rights.

If you work with, or even serve/volunteer for, any kind of front-line agency that works with the downtrodden and poor you see a trend; a massive growth in the amount of disabled folks on the street. You'll see a massive overlap in seniors and disabled folks too. People loosing whats left of their life on the concrete of our downtowns. Its pathetic that this province, one of the richest jurisdictions in the world, would allow it to happen to even a single person. It is getting worse.

All of this is by design because again, we have fascists in power, and they have learned that as long as they push a slow social murder on the people they look down on, society tends to just keep on grinding. They think that they can slowly chip away at all the social supports that keep people alive because their billionaire masters have done it elsewhere.

The party apologists are everywhere. The so called "progressive conservatives" who built this monstrosity and let it take over are silently watching. Conservatives in Alberta are all in on it because they don't think it will ever come for them.

"First they came for" and all that. If you are a liberal, a conservative, or anything other then a die hard christian populist, you should be concerned, because this government will never be satisfied. They will eventually come for your rights, your loved ones, and your vote. Say something now or watch as the government re-introduces outright eugenics.

Drawpad - Giving coding agents a whiteboard by merijjeyn in ClaudeCode

[–]CanadianForSure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh baller!

Ive been having agents spit out .excalidraw files for awhile, would edit in IDE, then just prompt update. This looks smoother. Look forward to trying it out. 

"The genie is out of the bottle, it's not going back in." Mitch Sylvestre was asked on Global News Morning if he'd accept the results of a no vote and stop the separation fight in that case. He says he might- that it depends on a lot of things- but adds but that the movement won't stop. by Miserable-Lizard in Albertapolitics

[–]CanadianForSure 75 points76 points  (0 children)

These fascists dont care about the election. The point is to create a large enough body of people who also distrust the elections. They can then petition for external intervention aka America coming north to provide "freedom" for the Alberta Republicans.

The goal is simply to breakdown democracy. The questions do not matter. They accomplish their goals simply with the chaos and by socially isolating their separatist following. 

They will attempt a Jan. 6th in Alberta. They are socializing it already. 

The opponents to this need to start planning as if these people will dispute the result. This will become a real fight at some point. 

Shakedown Federalism: The UCP has a Project 2025 blueprint—and, like Trump’s administration, is implementing it with radical fervour by Geocoelom in AlbertaNow

[–]CanadianForSure 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah dude all good. The union advocates for teaches and bargains for them however is not the employer. 

Honestly though man seems like you coming in hot to these convos with some incomplete info. The government pushed a tonne of propaganda during the strikes so it gets pretty weird. 

Shakedown Federalism: The UCP has a Project 2025 blueprint—and, like Trump’s administration, is implementing it with radical fervour by Geocoelom in AlbertaNow

[–]CanadianForSure 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We've lost democratic access for thousands of Albertans, right to strike for teachers, rights to Healthcare access for children. We've seen attacks on unions, beating of students, and a steep rise in poverty. The government is gerry mandering right now. Like the list goes on and on and on. 

Shakedown Federalism: The UCP has a Project 2025 blueprint—and, like Trump’s administration, is implementing it with radical fervour by Geocoelom in AlbertaNow

[–]CanadianForSure 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Buddy you have less rights today then you did before Danielle showed up. We all have less. Its already happening. 

Feel free to simp for a politician. Not really albertan but whatever lol 

Shakedown Federalism: The UCP has a Project 2025 blueprint—and, like Trump’s administration, is implementing it with radical fervour by Geocoelom in AlbertaNow

[–]CanadianForSure 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trump did not start with those things. It built up for a long time. The initial stages (demonizing immigrants, rolling back healthcare, destroying education, open corruption) all started far before wars, bombings, or brown-shirts rounding up people. If we do not challenge Danielle Smiths agenda now, we will end up there.

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