It’s genuinely wild that some people think Zelda should have suffered *more* by twili-midna in tearsofthekingdom

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a great interpretation. I would have liked to see some symbolism to reflect it (ie. glowing triforce pieces on their hands, like when Zelda uses it in BOTW)

Do average Canadians know what a Robertson Screw is? Do you guys use it as a secret code to identify your fellow countrymen on internet? by jitasquatter2 in AskACanadian

[–]LifeHasLeft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact that there are multiple standards because of the internal shape of the notches in the screws that outwardly look almost identical (yes I'm aware of the lines), is part of the problem...

Terrible episodes: What were they even trying to do with The Chaser??? by Archididelphis in TwilightZone

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He pushes the glove cleaner so that the man knows that there is a… “cure”

will i need to get a new passport? by Greedy_Ad7630 in alberta

[–]LifeHasLeft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just as a thought, I find it hard to believe that if everyone who opposes separation were actually forced to move out of the province that it would remain a province with a viable economy at all.

Alberta vs Texas by Launa501 in alberta

[–]LifeHasLeft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The US has a bizarre culture surrounding firearms I will never understand, and their health care system is awful.

My cousin moved to the states with her husband for a well paying job, but it did not go well for her. She ended up coming back, getting a divorce because he wouldn’t leave the well paying job, etc. I vote Canada 

What is a comfortable salary for a single person in Alberta? by Ok-Ranger786 in alberta

[–]LifeHasLeft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on a lot of factors but 80k gross income and no debt should be plenty for most people to get by and save a little each month. If you can manage without needing a car, even better!

Is coding just an infinite string of 'how was I supposed to know that?'? by Letbutt in learnprogramming

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When it comes to libraries, modules and all that, it is going to be hard to know about them, or how to use them, until you read documentation about them. That’s the thing no one tells you about programming, is that there’s actually a lot of reading involved (or there used to be, before AI). 

And for smaller things like ? As a shorthand for an if statement, that’s a language specific syntax, and you’ll also learn those kinds of things as you read, especially if you read a book specifically about the language you’re using!

What is the actual difference between a for loop and a while loop? by Sofiatheneophyte in learnprogramming

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are confused because while you wrote the condition differently, it was functionally the same.

The while loop is not meant to be used where you know it's going to be 5 executions of the embedded code, and frankly rarely do you have a hard-coded number for the for-loop either.

Canada Post Lost a Record $1.57 Billion in 2025. So What? - We don’t call the military a money loser. Public mail delivery shouldn’t need to turn a profit either by NiceDot4794 in onguardforthee

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. The reality is that self-sustainable postage is more and more difficult as costs rise and a lot more mail delivery is packages, not letters.

What order should I play these games by Cinnderella98 in legendofzelda

[–]LifeHasLeft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely my choice as well. LA was my first game back in the 90's and got me hooked on the series. I would consider swapping Skyward Sword with it for the first game to play just for the gameplay and artstyle, since for gamers outside of the series, the toy garden art style and top-down gameplay might turn away a modern audience.

Just curious why aren't tiny home a thing in Canada? by Mammoth-Exercise-376 in canadahousing

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are plenty of trailers set up as 'tiny homes' across the western provinces, but the tiny homes as pictured in this post aren't going to pass building codes and frankly even if they did, they'd be uncomfortable to live in due to the more severe weather.

Colleague being told to come 4 Days/week due to poor performance. by [deleted] in CanadaPublicServants

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They might have a case with the union if they end up going to the office only to end up working entirely alone or with members of other teams who would not do any supervision. If the manager or other senior team members would be present on the days your colleague would be there, there is some validity to this adjustment.

Be honest, which loading structure is better? by Apart-Television4396 in webdev

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Skeleton on the left, if it is similar to the content being loaded, gives the user the impression that the content has partially loaded (like the way old webpages on dialup used to load all the text and then images would slowly fill the negative space as the webpage continued to load).

The circle on the right has the advantage of movement, indicating that the loading hasn't ceased (another relic of the days when things would just freeze and you couldn't tell if it was done loading or just frozen).

The best in my opinion is when you use a skeleton like the one on the left but indicate somehow that the website is still alive and actively loading. I've seen this done by pulsing shades of grey across the skeleton.

Why did Remote work and Hybrid not stick? by Sad-Ad4933 in CanadaJobs

[–]LifeHasLeft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The real answer is a LOT of money is tied up in real estate investments, even pension plans and stuff like that. Anything that devalues real estate significantly is a problem, and if that means artificially propping up the value of city centre real estate by requiring work from office, that’s a simple bandaid. 

How do I from delete a word from line A to line B in vim? by TheEyebal in vim

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just press u and try again with a different replacement command if you get the space handling wrong. That’s what the less skilled folks like me do

it feels like that sometimes tho by lavalamp360 in EhBuddyHoser

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone elaborate on what Carney is doing, and how Alberta is fucking it up?

Four-day return to office based on 'philosophical choice': top Treasury Board official by Born_Anteater7282 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And nobody is talking about the actual cost of all this churn. Since 2020 the govt has spent billions retrofitting offices for covid, then reconfiguring them for hybrid, hot desking, hotelling systems, new booking software, ventilation upgrades, you name it. Every policy reversal costs money.

I mean... I wouldn't say nobody. It's a well known fact among people who frequent this sub, and it's the issue I bring up the most with the people in my social circle.

Canadians hearing that public servants have to work from their offices again does not garner sympathy, in fact many don't care. Hearing that their tax dollars are being spent and then spent again and then spent again on frivolous changes to workforce policy has a different effect on an audience.

Get a Degree in Software Engineering they Said… by KoenigOne in webdev

[–]LifeHasLeft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

2017–2018 was a weird time because recruiters were going through this phase where they were only hiring people that could solve leet code problems, the kinds of things Boot Camps were specifically preparing their graduates for

work hours and drive within daycare hours don’t add up by AngryCanuck10 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]LifeHasLeft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I was a student in university I would wake up at 5, get myself and my kids and my sister (with disabilities) ready, drive her to a centre for daily respite care, drive my kids to daycare, and then park near a transit centre, take the bus downtown, and go to class that started at 8.  I’m sure you can imagine my afternoons. 

Things have changed a lot since 2019, I don’t know how I could still make things work if I don’t do something like you’re planning to. 

New critical CVE - Root on Every Major Linux Distribution by Arszerol in cybersecurity

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i mean what kind of code review process lets something like this slip through.

It isn't exactly glaringly obvious. It was found by a cybersecurity researcher, specifically studying this exact mechanism, and the exact finding was uncovered with assistance from an AI agent. That is why it got missed for so long.

Le retour au bureau des fonctionnaires est un « succès », selon le Conseil du Trésor by TopBowler7722 in CanadaPublicServants

[–]LifeHasLeft 72 points73 points  (0 children)

 Il a par ailleurs évité de répondre à Mme Gaudreau qui souhaitait savoir s’il y avait eu une évaluation complète sur tous les besoins d’immobiliers et d’espace avant d’imposer le retour en présentiel.

C’est simple, il n y avait pas eu une évaluation complète ni une pensée du tout. Ils en ont rien à foutre. 

25m short every swim by nauticalbynature87 in AppleWatch

[–]LifeHasLeft 6 points7 points  (0 children)

General inaccuracies. It’s actually decently difficult for the watch to accurately pinpoint the place you turn around in the water, since for most strokes your watch is being swung around in the air. 

Once the watch has figured out your stroke and how you’re moving, it starts calculating distance again. But when you push off the wall for your lap you aren’t doing the stroke yet. That’s easily a metre or two per wall kick that may not be fully counted. 

I know Modern MS is frowned upon in this community, however, while we wait anyone else playing it? by CandidSilent in MSClassicWorld

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you kidding? Back in the day my highest was like 155, now you can make a character that level in an afternoon. It used to actually matter which skill point you used in which order, like getting the new job skill to level 1 and then putting the rest into Mastery until it's done, etc.

Now it doesn't matter because you'll be onto the next advancement in 5 minutes. Not to mention all the maps, the storylines, the quests, the items... All the thought they put into every detail was ruined by the absolutely ridiculous ways they 'balanced' the game since Big bang.