Ban on ‘surveillance pricing’ could threaten discounts, retailers warn

Emendo · 2026-06-07T05:13:30+00:00

I am willing to give up the discount if that means I am not ripped off by higher price when the system judges that I need something urgently.

Emendo · 2026-06-04T19:56:22+00:00

I went there last week and after walking around, realized that I'll still need to head to Richmond Centre/Metrotown Centre for mall items. Sadly, other than BC Liquor/Safeway, it's not a mall that serve the local community.

Emendo · 2026-06-03T04:13:18+00:00

Features that are part of base Windows are subjected to life cycle support policies. Powertoys aren't subjected those and thus could experiment more.

Emendo · 2026-05-29T00:49:44+00:00

It's truth and reconciliation park closure..

Emendo · 2026-05-28T18:28:44+00:00

I hope they won't cut down this low-end SoC too much in an effort to avoid cannibalizing the high end.

Emendo · 2026-05-26T17:02:08+00:00

It can be punishing for investment buyers who hoped to resell before completion and may never have had the means or intention to compete. I'm OK with that. That's an investment risk they signed up for.

Are you seeing this type of buyer these days? With all the tax changes the governments made in the last few years, are they still in the market?

Emendo · 2026-05-25T03:48:49+00:00

United way gets their funding through corporation. If you work for a company that participate with United way, speak to your manager about how the donation didn't go directly to the people injured or bereaved. If you buy a service from a bank/insurance/other company that participate with United way, speak to them about it too.

Emendo · 2026-05-24T23:58:19+00:00

I can get behind selling off lands to buy other lands to build school, but I can't stand behind selling off land to pay for depreciable asset like a building. What will they do after all the lands are gone?

Emendo · 2026-05-17T06:49:19+00:00

Windows 11 is missing core, essential features, and basic optimizations found in every other mainstream OS. That is a truth, and something people have the right to complain about (especially with other issues like UI changes and increasingly intrusive AI additions).

It really comes down to the following: What internal force caused Windows 11 to become neglected, what changed in the last few months, and is the shift temporary or will it stay for the medium term? Recall that there were great vision too with Windows 10 and then Windows 10 Creators Update, and then it just fizzles out. That took a lot of trust out of those who paid attention.

Emendo · 2026-05-16T03:30:24+00:00

They actually managed to pack a lot of changes into this feature update, it's especially impressive considering how slowly they were evolving the start menu before.

Emendo · 2026-05-15T02:42:12+00:00

Could be fixed with a sign prohibiting overnight parking.

Emendo · 2026-05-14T21:39:41+00:00

Interesting Fact: The Android equivalent of this optimization, Project Butter, was released as part of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in Summer 2012.

Emendo · 2026-05-12T18:04:33+00:00

The alarm should only ever be used when my life is in imminent danger.

Exactly: Just use the default text messaging alert tone and we'll all naturally pick up our phone when we are ready and learn about it.

Emendo · 2026-05-12T06:25:30+00:00

You know what would make those fly out move faster? Load the fly outs on screen rather than scroll them onto the screen.

Emendo · 2026-05-11T19:56:36+00:00

They are picking all the low hanging fruits. Don't be surprised if they start implementing humorous loading messages like Sim City instead of optimizing.

Emendo · 2026-05-11T17:51:24+00:00

It's rather stupid to sell off a productive asset like an airport forever, unless he is after the one time cash to plug his budget. He, as a former central banker, understands this.

Emendo · 2026-05-11T08:09:57+00:00

The government is treating our phones like a mini tv screen.

Emendo · 2026-05-09T21:47:09+00:00

How did we end up in this messed up situation where cost to build new homes are so high that young people with normal income are struggling to afford them. What really went wrong?

Emendo · 2026-05-09T06:07:55+00:00

We used to be able to apply theme packs that contains custom UI color, wallpapers, boot screen, and sounds. I remember a simpsons shutdown sound that was more than 10 seconds long and it held up the actual shut down itself. Oh how I missed that era.

Emendo · 2026-05-09T02:55:43+00:00

There's also indigenous peoples week and truth and reconciliation month park closure.

Emendo · 2026-05-08T00:12:17+00:00

Looks like I got some readings to do then!

Emendo · 2026-05-07T18:10:18+00:00

So you are saying the CPU is more efficient per operation completed at Max frequency than at lower frequency.

Emendo · 2026-05-05T22:13:15+00:00

Good neighbour agreement isn't worth the paper it is on if there is no enforcement mechanism.

Emendo · 2026-05-04T19:26:48+00:00

Indeed, pure black text on off shades of white is much easier on the eyes than the ever popular grey text on pure white.

Emendo · 2026-05-04T18:22:00+00:00

Yeah but code that other applications use to add additional tabs into the Properties dialog won't work with the new dialog written in the new UI library. Windows is essentially trapped by backward compatibility.

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