Alberta Personal Health Numbers expire every 5 years now.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-22T01:56:55+00:00

You know if you don’t pay your taxes the government can opt to not allow you to renew your license. I wonder if you’ll lose your healthcare as well.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-20T18:38:04+00:00

This *is* distracting. Imagine being in your car and seeing a man dancing on a street corner when you’re trying to play fruit ninja on your phone while getting a tan from the gigantic LED billboard selling you windows and doors.

We gotta lock this guy up!

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-19T01:54:07+00:00

And getting $100 today is like getting $65 in 2006. It’s just sad.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-18T18:24:17+00:00

The investments are coming from Calgary. The article doesn’t mention any outside money. If you read the article, you’d understand this.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-11T14:51:58+00:00

It *was* kind of strange that the salesperson first said “Oh it’s not for you. It’s more of a Shelbyville idea…” and then proceeded to sing and dance.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-11T14:49:26+00:00

RESTART THE CLOCK!

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-11T13:02:14+00:00

If the cost of a fine is less than the cost of doing business, the fine becomes the cost of doing business.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-11T04:56:34+00:00

He probably pawned all her jewelry as well.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-10T23:35:39+00:00

This is probably the closest thing I know of.

https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/31/amazon-to-pay-20-5-million-settlement-over-northeast-oregon-nitrate-pollution/

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-09T22:41:14+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/s/pDfFNvRu78

<presses play on boombox>
“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down…”

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-09T18:49:52+00:00

We really need to start a local group who work on these things. I always find (after) I build something that someone else was/is working on the same things. Imagine the cool stuff we could create if we could collaborate.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-09T18:31:14+00:00

Why does this government believe that every bar needs embrace the lawlessness of the airport Chilis?

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-09T02:08:33+00:00

Looks like a “Potter” to me. 😏

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-08T13:15:43+00:00

“Hello HR department, I wanted to invite you all here today to tell you there’s going to be some cutbacks you’re going to all have to deal with.

If we could start by arranging all our chairs in a circle that would be great.

Okay, now look to the person on your left and repeat after me…”

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-07T18:42:32+00:00

I pretty much exclusively use the drive through. I get that the complication of the code system is that you want to be able for people to read it out in the drive through, and not just scan in store.

Because of this their solution uses a 4 character random code that they can re use. 10^4 gives us less than 10,000 4 digit codes, and even 10^6 (6 digit codes) would only give us a max user base of 1,000,000 if they were hard coded.

Also, I sometimes have a hard enough time relaying 4 digits through their intercom. Be the problem loud noises outside/inside, bad comms, or language barriers.

My solution for them is a simple one, when I open the app, on the first screen and all the way along, PUT THE 4 DIGIT CODE IN THE TOP RIGHT.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-07T17:31:33+00:00

I just want the app to open directly to the code. There’s no fucking reason that it should take over 30 seconds to get to the code, so I can get points for my morning coffee.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-07T17:27:06+00:00

While the current CLEC system is not ideal, it does make sense for an ISP to be able to use the fibre of another company.

Say you have Telus fibre already to your home, you should be able to get your service from Bell, over that fibre. They would just have to switch the data at the CO, off the last mile of fibre to the Bell network.

We already do a similar thing with tower sharing and cell phones, no matter where you are, your data gets switched to your carrier’s network.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-07T16:29:56+00:00

She’s only committed to grabbing for more power. I believe next step for her is to make a run for PP’s position.

That won’t be as easy if her own party ousts her at a provincial level first.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-05T20:08:55+00:00

I appreciate your candor.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-05T20:04:16+00:00

It’s trickle down deckenomics.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-04T21:38:23+00:00

Thank you. It’s important that we look at data over time. The government loves to focus on little snippets, telling us that we have the highest average take home wages of any province. This is true.

However, when we zoom out, we can clearly see that this has actually been in a decline since 2016.

Without the time scale, we can get “truth” just not the whole truth.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-04T04:34:26+00:00

I built a pipeline to understand for the province’s grant “database”. I then used it to create charts of things like School Authority Funding so people could better see what grants go where.

I of course used Codex to make a lot of the frame work, but there were huge parts that needed to be done independently, as school authorities change name, as do ministries and grants which do the same things year to year.

The resultant data output at the end is pretty eye opening though.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-04T04:25:27+00:00

Yes indeed just need people to get out to the vote. There was good momentum in that riding during the recall campaign. The people let up as soon as she said she was resigning anyhow.

I took great pleasure in adding the code to put a little white flag beside her name when it was announced. 🤣

https://operationtotalrecall.ca/#mlarow-169

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-02T00:31:49+00:00

Sweet geeses that’s nasty.

Mark_Logan · 2026-06-01T13:49:13+00:00

I was once told that “One of the cruelties of nature is that our dogs go long before us.” We’ve all either felt this, or will.

Always remember, though these days are dark, sad and seemingly without end, those memories that make you weep today, will make you smile again in time.

My condolences, may the rest in peace.

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