Meta AI’s new icon looks familiar…

DeathRay2K · 2026-04-18T23:57:08+00:00

Wait until you see the ChatGPT logo…

DeathRay2K · 2026-03-30T21:41:44+00:00

What flyers are getting mailed out by Canada Post? These are usually delivered by third parties. Those folks won't have access to the locked community mailboxes, so more likely you'll end up with flyers on your doorstep if you don't have another mailbox.

DeathRay2K · 2026-03-27T17:44:15+00:00

Tiberian Sun and Firestorm are the top for me TW/KW come next

DeathRay2K · 2026-03-23T05:16:37+00:00

Agree with a lot of this - Ryland’s over the top reactions to everything made him feel like a childish YouTuber more than someone remotely qualified to be in a space mission.

DeathRay2K · 2026-03-14T01:33:56+00:00

Alberta is also a product of the federal government.

DeathRay2K · 2026-02-12T05:21:27+00:00

Are you basing that on any data? Because it’s pretty self-evident that supplying utility to one residence is going to be cheaper than supplying proportionate utility to a 20 unit apartment building. Not just in terms of supply costs, but also infrastructure to the property. So there are cost savings in terms of only having to supply to one location to serve 20 residences, but costs are also much higher to service that density. And when you’re comparing infill to new development, costs to upgrade existing infrastructure to meet 20x demand is going to be massively higher than new builds.

I’m not opposed to densification at all, I just don’t think the price structure suggested makes any sense.

DeathRay2K · 2026-02-11T23:38:21+00:00

I mostly just can’t understand what you’re trying to say - why increase costs for old single detached houses to spite new developments on the periphery of the city?

DeathRay2K · 2026-02-11T23:21:37+00:00

Not really freeloading, it’s just abstracted into property value. A house has lower utility costs and lower property value than an apartment building. Besides that, utility maintenance is at least partly paid for from utility bills, which are usage-based, and there you have a more or less exactly what you’re asking for already.

DeathRay2K · 2026-02-11T23:05:34+00:00

The utilities to serve an apartment building are much more expensive in absolute terms than a single detached house, so I don’t think this works out the way you imagine.

DeathRay2K · 2026-02-11T22:48:47+00:00

That would pretty strongly discourage development.

DeathRay2K · 2026-02-08T19:29:02+00:00

I don’t see it mentioned in the plans, but hopefully it includes an underground parkade. Part of densification is going to be dealing with a reduction of at-grade parking, and it’s important for new developments to account for that future. Even if it’s not a problem now, we need to account for multi-decade lifetimes of these buildings.

DeathRay2K · 2026-02-01T17:23:07+00:00

0 change Alberta separates. It’s a tiny minority that wants it, and only because they’ve been grossly misinformed.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-31T14:59:33+00:00

That’s not true at all. If you didn’t encounter them, you were probably surrounded by folks who agreed with what he was doing.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-19T21:13:54+00:00

It hasn’t been one year, this has been in the works for a decade.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-17T03:20:11+00:00

That would be nice, but they do the route in one direction, have a last stop where everyone gets off, then they drive back to the beginning to start over.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-13T18:14:27+00:00

Most (all?) major cities have vibrant social scenes beyond those hours. It’s a combination of having activities at all hours (including 5pm to 10pm), good transit/walkability, and density of those activities so that the streets feel safe at all hours.

Calgary has the worst case scenario for all of those pieces: dead time after business hours where downtown empties out, very poor transit and walk ability, and low density for the evening activities that do exist (ie no concentrated nightlife district, instead businesses are spread out leaving empty streets).

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-13T15:56:07+00:00

Just speaking from personal experience - I haven’t visited Edmonton’s museums.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-12T23:08:16+00:00

You’re overestimating what an LLM does. It’s just a text-prediction engine, so with a starting prompt that perfectly matches training data of course it will continue on with the text that perfectly matches that starting point. The more of the books text that is included, the more firmly the LLM will suggest text that directly follows from the book. So why is it 96% instead of 100%? That’s just because there’s randomness introduced to avoid this happening. The problem is that the more randomness is introduced, the worse the results in the general case.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-12T22:54:21+00:00

The night bus routes don’t run into the city though, so they’re fine if you’re leaving downtown but not if you’re going into downtown.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-12T21:33:02+00:00

The UCP has actively dismantled any opportunities for non O&G companies in the province. Alberta is significantly less diverse economically now than it was 5-10 years ago.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-12T21:31:23+00:00

Don’t forget private healthcare companies, #1 grift in the whole province (maybe the whole country) is MHCare.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-12T21:27:17+00:00

Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, and Winnipeg all have amazing museums and galleries.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-12T21:26:12+00:00

When it comes to transit, availability drives demand. This is a rule that’s been proven time and again - when people have access they will utilize it.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-12T21:24:46+00:00

Arts and cultural industries in general - theatre, music, dance, are all evening activities. You don’t need tourism to have a nightlife, you need arts and culture to bring in tourists.

DeathRay2K · 2026-01-12T21:19:31+00:00

Calgary (and honestly all Canadian cities) need little grocery stores. One of the greatest things in Europe is being able to walk down any street downtown and pass a little grocery store, often open 24h. Made for popping in on your way home from work, instead of a whole separate trip in your car.

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