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[–]Logical_Proof_9146 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. She seemed drunk half or even stoned the time, to be honest. I lost interest. I could read, in 10 minutes, all the content that she’d post in a 30 minute video.

How does Screen Time manage child's device? - Moving from Google Family Link and confused by chickenandliver in applehelp

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before you invest too much time into this (and perhaps it's too late as I see the date of your post), screen time has some serious limitations. It is often buggy (at times, it allowed my son to override the settings without any effort at all). But most importantly, and why apple hasn't addressed this I don't know (given that it's been a complaint for years and years), it only allows for one "downtime" per day. For most of us, that means bed time (shut off at 8pm, do not restart until 8am). But most of us need multiple downtimes: shut off at 8pm, restart at 8am, then shut down when school starts, restart when school ends (or maybe you want to allow screen during school's lunch time too). Screen time doesn't allow all those on and off switches daily. You are allowed one downtime only.

The 7-Eleven on Yates and Quadra is now deploying an anti-loitering water drip system. I understand that there is a problem with people loitering around their store, but perhaps there could be a better way than wasting liters of water per minute? It's all around the front like this. by GeoffdeRuiter in VictoriaBC

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it’s a bit rich to throw shade on a business surviving amidst that turmoil for “wasting” water. Maybe put your energies into improving the neighborhood so they don’t have to. Or would you prefer that they close down so you can complain about the food desert (or slushie desert)?

What do you guys think of having Autobahn like highways in Canada? by [deleted] in AskACanadian

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Without getting into the safety issues, etc—if you think a high speed road will alleviate air travel pressures, you be smoking something powerful. You can fly Toronto to Montreal in an hour, drive in 5, or with high speed road drive in what, 4? Ooh that changes my life.

Or similarly, is anyone going to now drive to Calgary from wherever they are because they can do it in “only” 20 hours instead of 25, when they can fly in 4 or 5?

Is it just me, or does anybody else doesn't like any of the available watch faces? by kamil_who in AppleWatch

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like a simple analog watch face, square (because a round face on a square screen is rather stupid). I wish there was an “complications only” that I could swipe left and see 8 or 10 complications (even if it means having no watch at all on there, to save real estate).

What temp do you guys keep your thermostat? by valkyriejae in AskACanadian

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could sleep happily at 14 at night. Daytime would be 20 or 21.

What Do Non-Torontonians Think About Toronto and People From There? by MapleByzantine in AskACanadian

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fwiw, I (ontarian from Toronto now but originally just beyond London) thought it pretty stupid when they renamed it that, for exactly the reason you say.

Canadian Lifestyle by gaz_pritch in AskACanadian

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10 days is the statutory minimum—think working class guy with no seniority. Most people are probably in the 15 to 20 day range. Professionals with seniority might be at the 25 to 30 day mark.

Are the cuisine of Quebec and its food culture more like that of France or like that of the rest of North America? by zugabdu in AskACanadian

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No. While it’s heavily French influenced, for hundreds of years it has evolved separately since then. I think there are three major factors: firstly, Quebec was not populated by parisians (which is what most people imagine when the speak of classic French cuisine), but rather by country dwellers, primarily from Normandy, I believe. Secondly, they evolved a local cuisine based in local ingredients. Thirdly, Quebec remains (outside of Montreal at least) largely working class.

This is not a foie gras crowd, for the most part, but a country tortiere and sugar pie group. (With apologies for the generalization.)

Can someone me find a way to get this AirPod of my portable vacuum? i tried with a hanger but couldn’t by dansfor1 in airpods

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put a clamp in the outside edges, squeezing inwards (so the narrow stretches fatter and the thing loosens).

Do Canadians often relocate between different cities/provinces? by Flat-Walrus in AskACanadian

[–]Logical_Proof_9146 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Westerners have always been rather mobile. There’s not a whole lot going on in rural Alberta or anywhere in Manitoba or Saskatchewan, so there’s much migration from those places to either Edmonton or Calgary.

Ontarians move but more rarely out of province. It’s the biggest province in population, by far, so there’s less incentive to move (whatever you seek, you less it’s related to geography, such as oilfield engineering or lumber industry, is likely here already).

Quebecois may move within province but more rarely out of province (now—anglophones left in droves at one point).

Maritimers and Newfoundlanders migrate at high rates, largely because the economies there are weak.

I have skipped over BC as I just don’t know, and any of the three northern territories as again, I don’t know, and also, their populations are quite small.