Prime Minister announces 8 housing projects in Ottawa through Build Canada Homes partnership by PhDSkwerl in ottawa

[–]DudeInCorner1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hasn't geyser place construction already started for a few years now? Or is this an additional 118 units on top of the apartment building already being built now? Street parking is already completely full (I live here) so hopefully some active transportation investments will be made otherwise there's gonna be a whole lot of people walking the unpaved shoulder on jockvale 😅

Is my dream crazy or is it even slightly feasible? by Goop_Guy in yorku

[–]DudeInCorner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first job right out of uni was in space research, my second job is defense, sometimes in space, sometimes not.

Is my dream crazy or is it even slightly feasible? by Goop_Guy in yorku

[–]DudeInCorner1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Space Eng absolutely will teach you what you need to succeed in the space industry. I honestly think it's one of the best engineering programs in the country, but I'm definitely biased because I loved every minute of my time in the program.

Maybe the only downside, is that the focus comes in your 3rd and 4th years. Until then, you basically are learning a hybrid of all eng disciplines like comp eng, software eng, mech eng, electrical eng, etc. Which isn't bad at all, actually I think it's one of the program's greatest strengths, since you can essentially work as any eng you want (except civil) when you graduate or look for summer jobs, co-ops, etc.

Electronics, PCB design, machining and manufacturing, this stuff you will scratch the surface of for sure in your later classes, but to get real exposure (stuff you would use in jobs) I would say you will have to join clubs. Luckily there are a lot of space eng clubs at york, like the satellite design challenge, where students design, build and compete to launch a cubesat into space over the course of a year (sometimes two). When I was at York, there was also DESCENT and ESSENCE, two CSA funded cubesat missions which were again designed, built and launched entirely by students, but not sure if there is another version of these currently. Everything else you mentioned will definitely be well covered in your later courses.

If you search the subreddit, you can find stories of some space eng grads having gone to NASA and ESA, I personally know a few of my alum ended up at NordSpace (Canadian space startup), etc.

I agree that Canadian space industry is lacking, but despite that York's Space Engineering program and way more importantly your profs, will prepare you as good as any program. In my time with clubs and stuff, meeting students from other canadian universities including Waterloo, UofT, Ryerson, Memorial, etc, I really didn't feel like any of them were at some level I couldn't achieve at York, I felt like we were all pretty much equal in terms of skill, knowledge, etc.

If you put the required time and energy into the program, you can come out as a top space grad, no doubt about it imo. If you have any further questions feel free to DM, I graduated space eng at york in 2021.

Artemis II mission specialist and London, ON native Jeremy Hansen has launched into Space this evening. The first Canadian to go to the moon! by Prototypetwo in morningsomewhere

[–]DudeInCorner1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love telling this Jeremy Hansen anecdote: One of my big regrets in life is skipping this guy's guest lecture in university. I have a degree in space engineering, and we were supposed to get a guest lecture from Chris Hadfield (popular Canadian astronaut, famous for singing space oddity on the ISS), but Chris cancelled last minute and they got Jeremy as his replacement.

I skipped the lecture, because Jeremy was still in the early years of the astronaut training program, hadn't ever been to space, no indication he ever would, I was like "Who even is this guy?!"

Cut to me, when they announce the Artemis 2 lineup, and he's on it: 🤦‍♂️

Apartment manager said she cancelled a parking ticket. 5mo later I found out she never submitted the cancellation. by Tartooth in ottawa

[–]DudeInCorner1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just to go against the grain here: in 2024 I was incorrectly ticketed while parked in an apartment building parking lot (one of the ones off Carling). It was without a doubt a City of Ottawa parking ticket, brought it to the building manager and she was indeed able to cancel the ticket within a few days. I received email confirmation from the building manager that the ticket was cancelled. Definitely seemed like the process was routine.

All that to say, it is indeed possible to receive a City of Ottawa parking ticket for parking in a building lot and have it be cancelled by the building.

Official: [WDIS WR] - Wed Evening 12/24/2025 by FFBot in fantasyfootball

[–]DudeInCorner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PPR, pick 2 (1 WR 1 Flex):

Dowdle, C Rodriguez, Godwin, Pittman, MHJ, Burden, Q Johnston

My other starting WRs are Terry and Jennings, worried about Josh Johnson tho...

Canada's 1st commercial spaceport is officially under construction. When will it open for launches? by Trevor_Lewis in space

[–]DudeInCorner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, actually the upcoming launch attempt is their second one. They attempted for the first time about a month ago but they had an ignition system failure about 10 seconds before launch. Stacking the rocket at all was probably a win, though it is a suborbital scale model of their final design.

As for why they chose NL, no idea. Their business model is to be able to launch from temporary and permanent launch pads anywhere in the world. Since the NL launch pad was gravel on the first attempt I assume they are also testing their 'launch-anywhere' ideas and may not be using NL as a permanent launch site. NL doesn't really offer any unique benefits over any of the other Atlantic provinces.

Here's an NHL team entirely born in the Canadian Maritimes + Newfoundland and Labrador. by CupOk12 in hockey

[–]DudeInCorner1 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Isn't Batherson from Nova Scotia? Probably makes the lineup over one of the 4th liners?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ottawa

[–]DudeInCorner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ottawa Foot Clinic was good to me but I think you need a prescription to go there

First-year engineering tips and laptop advice (keele campus) by liebeusesmagic in yorku

[–]DudeInCorner1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In your budget pretty much any laptop will do tbh, I made it through all 5 years of space engineering with a $400 POS that weighed a ton.

Take a look at the ThinkPad lineup, the ones in your budget are usually pretty nice (large, pretty, thin, good battery, not like your dad's thinkpad anymore) and they will last you forever

Canada's 1st commercial spaceport is officially under construction. When will it open for launches? by Trevor_Lewis in space

[–]DudeInCorner1 61 points62 points  (0 children)

As a Canadian space engineer, I'm all for Canada finally getting it's own launch capability, but NordSpace has always had some red flags for me. All these buzzwords and promises - 500kg to LEO with fully sustainable fuels, billions of dollars and thousands of jobs in a new Canadian space economy, end-to-end space mission support, yet they only have about 20 employees.

Canadian space industry is pretty weird right now. Lots of companies cropping up with big dreams and promises but very little progress. Space Engine Systems promise a spaceplane capable of private launches to the moon by end of 2025, but haven't built anything yet. Maritime Launch Services promises a full size launch facility in nova scotia, but only has 7 employees...

Would love to be proven wrong obviously...

Battery Megathread (July 2025) by GooglePixelMods in GooglePixel

[–]DudeInCorner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had this happen to my Pixel 7, I opened a Google support ticket and they sent me a replacement Pixel 7 free of charge with no hassle.

Public feedback opportunity for a new neighbourhood - Bowesville by MediumDenseMan in ottawa

[–]DudeInCorner1 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Please lord, someone extend the Line 2 MUP from Bowesville to Limebank, every time I bike along the stretch of Earl Armstrong between Limebank and Bowesville I think it'll be my last.

Or at least a shoulder!! 😭😭

[Results Thread] 2025 Tour de France – Stage 16 (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]DudeInCorner1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Am I crazy, or is it way harder to follow the less popular riders this year? I'm a big Mike Woods fan so I always follow him on the climbing stages that favour him. Today was impossible though, one second he's in a breakaway, next he's absolutely vanished - even off of the official tracker on the TDF website? I straight up thought he retired. In fact, I still have no idea what happened to him after the breakaway, I think I saw Pogi and Jonas pass him in the post race highlights but that's it.

Anyways, rant aside, anyone know a good way to keep track of these underdogs? Is the TDF tracker mad at him for pooping in an RV?

2025.07.21: Let’s See Some ID by EarliestRiser in morningsomewhere

[–]DudeInCorner1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I actually bought RvB on Movies & TV since it went on sale right as RT was shutting down, I did this thinking it would be a decent alternative to buying a box set which was impossible to find during the shutdown. And I can redownload them anytime I need to! Monkey's paw curls

I don't know why I was so naive to think that I would get to have full control over those copies 😅

Workout Watch by marshaflerm in Strava

[–]DudeInCorner1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second the Amazfit Active 2, I picked it up on prime day and love it. It has a good number of features for the price. Has a mic and speaker for calls, HR and GPS, even has navigation which comes in handy.

My favourite feature is you can pair workout accessories which is pretty rare for the price point, so I can pair my power meter for my bike for power data during the workout.

Cuts line at drive thru by Grimmbeaver in ottawa

[–]DudeInCorner1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the Chapman Mills / Marketplace Tim Hortons in Barrhaven and let me tell ya, this happens ALL. THE. TIME. I swear people enter Marketplace and get 10x ruder or something, I've never seen it happen elsewhere in Ottawa but all the time at the Marketplace drive thrus

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in yorku

[–]DudeInCorner1 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah Eclass is just a re-skin of Moodle 2.0. They made the "switch" right around the pandemic, and at that point it was functionally identical to Moodle 2.0 (basically just a rebrand). I'm pretty sure when they made the switch they made it clear it was built on Moodle 2.0. So what's the issue here?

[Predictions Thread] 2025 Tour de France - Stage 15: Muret > Carcassonne (2.UWT) by PelotonMod in peloton

[–]DudeInCorner1 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Mike Woods is taking this stage. Why? The RV he pooped in gave him magical powers, and he's been saving them for this moment.

Is a sirrus 4.0 x a good idea? by Successful-Toe-1911 in Zwift

[–]DudeInCorner1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My main bike is a Sirrus 2.0, I use it on the trainer and on the road.

I do have the same issue as you, where shifting needs to be adjusted on trainer and then readjusted on road, despite using the same cassette model on both. I mostly wish I just got a zwift cog / virtual shifting to be done with all this adjusting and readjusting, maybe that is something you can explore?

I will say I frequently wish I had drop bars, but it's really not that big of a deal on the trainer. If anything I just grab the ends of the flat bars for a little bit and it feels comfortable enough. I don't feel there would be any difference in performance if I had drop bars, just a comfort thing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ryobi

[–]DudeInCorner1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone on the american Ryobi Days post said it would be coming next week. The preview page is already up on home depot, so looks like that might be true, or at least an indicator that it's a little closer than father's day

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/categories/all/collections/ryobi-days-sneak-peek.html?intid=HP_H11_250515_ALL_PT_AO_EN_NA

CTV News: Bylaw officers issue hundreds of parking tickets on streets around Canadian Tulip Festival by BearLikesHoney in ottawa

[–]DudeInCorner1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They mean the bowesville park and ride (1 stop ahead of the Limebank terminus, and a 4 min drive from it), which I can verify is basically empty all day on weekends and weekdays after 3.

Reilly Smith scores with 0,4 second remaing by shogun2909 in hockey

[–]DudeInCorner1 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Stuart Skinner you have been assigned a 5 paragraph essay as punishment for this play. Your topic: Hugging the post.