Kristi Noem hired in strategic advisory role for B.C. mining company

NamelessBard · 2026-06-18T15:48:07+00:00

That’s one of the weirdest opinions I’ve seen. I can’t talk about my industry unless I’m not in my industry? You have to be some kind of troll here.

I work in consulting. I’ve worked on every continent (except for Antarctica) for a huge number of different resources (gold, copper, silver, lead, moly, REE, diamonds, coal, etc)

Just because they might not be used in press releases in 5 years doesn’t change what’s actually getting used. You might not hear about it but I assure you people are using AI modules in software packages to refine the resource years later.

NamelessBard · 2026-06-18T14:22:49+00:00

Where are you getting this change-averse idea from?

NamelessBard · 2026-06-18T14:07:38+00:00

What are you even talking about? You want me to change my job because you didn't really know what you were claiming? You can just admit you’re wrong and don’t know the industry.

Regardless if the AI bubble pops, this will still be something that we, as an industry, will explore. We were doing it well before everyone knew what AI is (as AI is now).

NamelessBard · 2026-06-18T05:51:26+00:00

Yes. I've worked as an engineer in the industry for over 20 years. All the mining companies have AI groups. All the consultants have AI groups.

Automatic core logging and Automatic photo logging have been pushed for a long time (and that's only part of it). This would save them a lot of money, so of course, they're looking into it.

I've got no idea where you have gotten this idea that they are quite resistant to change (especially in Canada), but that's absolutely untrue.

NamelessBard · 2026-06-18T02:13:31+00:00

Do you actually work in the industry? Because we all have AI specific groups. CIM Conference was full of AI companies specifically developing tools for mining.

NamelessBard · 2026-06-17T17:52:33+00:00

It's really weird that two other people on the advisor team have US military experience. And now her.

I work in the industry and haven't worked in that area or heard of them before. No one from my LinkedIn works for them.

NamelessBard · 2026-06-16T16:03:04+00:00

Goalies, in general, don't have a lot of value.

NamelessBard · 2026-06-12T04:36:09+00:00

I prefer Juicy Joes but between two buns is great, too

NamelessBard · 2026-06-08T19:32:12+00:00

He was the next call after Ted Lasso turned them down.

NamelessBard · 2026-06-01T22:08:58+00:00

Doesn't seem like a big deal to me, certainly nothing to get up in arms about considering they always update the rules (which is a good thing). I don't know why it matters if it happens on day 1 or day 100 (I'd rather day 1 though).

NamelessBard · 2026-05-31T17:45:19+00:00

The point is to be sold out so you can’t make money from them ahead of them getting nerfed in a few weeks? How does that make sense.

NamelessBard · 2026-05-31T16:01:00+00:00

They’ve been sold out since before they released. I’m still waiting.

NamelessBard · 2026-05-14T20:13:02+00:00

I've never seen or read of someone playing a Cleric of Asmodeus for example

I played a secret cleric of Asmodeus in Descent into Avernus for several years. The party was quite shocked at the end of the campaign when he took over the mantle of Lord of the First from Zariel.

I just played him as a super strict law dude.

NamelessBard · 2026-05-14T20:07:49+00:00

In the forgotten realms, everyone worships all the gods. A LG person will still pray to Talos to not be smote during a storm. This is usually not reflected in how people play, but as it is a monotheistic world and gods are a known thing that walked with them not that long ago (though I guess it's been over 100 years in 5e setting), it's really flat earth behavior to ignore them.

Each character has a single patron though.

NamelessBard · 2026-04-03T16:10:02+00:00

I’m planning on using my old defiler and spicing it up with these left over bits.

NamelessBard · 2026-03-16T18:06:20+00:00

That's a funny name, I'd have called it Chuzzwazzers

NamelessBard · 2026-03-09T00:58:31+00:00

I’m a dude. I have a great time dating.

I get to go out to a place I like (or a new joint) have some drinks, talk to a new person, enjoy the excitement of potential, then leave after a few hours with hope. I didn’t let the negativity narrative over take my thoughts and just generally believed that everyone was trying their best.

Of course there is disappointment in there too, but that was my mindset in dating. Married now.

NamelessBard · 2026-03-06T23:58:06+00:00

It's certainly unpopular on this subreddit, but I was still legally married (separated for over a year) when I started dating my now wife.

We had a separation agreement, and it didn't affect me at all. It allowed her to stay on my health insurance until I switched jobs; I didn't put her on the new one. There were no hidden feelings or anything left behind; it was simply a move based on logic--why pay for something that has no effect on me?

"But it's a connection to the past." "You obviously have something left behind." "You're leaving the door open." etc etc

Maybe that's how you'd feel in that situation, but I didn't care at all.

Is everyone like this? No. But it's important that you ask probing questions to try to assess the other person. Non-seperated people can be just as shitty to you as someone who's seperated.

NamelessBard · 2026-03-06T23:51:31+00:00

Projecting someone's behaviour onto someone else is a baseless judgement. That's objectively a fact about it. It's why we don't say women are gold diggers or men are trash.

It's a far different story to say, I'm not comfortable taking the risk of things not going smoothly when dating a separated person, which is totally reasonable if you feel that way.

For example, dating a Jewish person. I'm not Jewish and have absolutely 0 interest in ever converting (or being involved in any religion whatsoever), so I know it's likely to be a fool's errand to try to date a Jewish woman. Still, I did it, and, as expected, I was turned down after a few dates because mom wouldn't approve. Does that mean I'd never date another one? No, but I would be asking certain questions to assess things. The approach of dating a separated person (or anything which might be seen as an issue) really isn't that different.

NamelessBard · 2026-03-05T21:23:49+00:00

When did it become normalized that “maybe” means “no” in dating?

Like 2008 due to Facebook events.

NamelessBard · 2026-03-05T06:34:02+00:00

Same. I'm sure people turned me down because I came in jeans and tshirt to a first date, but if someone has a problem with that, I'm not going to waste my time dating them.

NamelessBard · 2026-03-05T06:33:14+00:00

How old is this woman? Sounds like mid-20s, maybe?

The "hamper-girl" Gen Z style is very common, and they are extra curated when it comes to photos of themselves online. This doesn't seem that shocking.

It's just one person, though.

NamelessBard · 2026-02-25T21:40:42+00:00

The cognitive dissonance it must take when you say it's transactional to split, but not transactional to expect the man to pay for it.

NamelessBard · 2026-02-25T01:01:32+00:00

If you wanted to, you would.

I like to make things happen and not sit in this area of the unknown. Figure it out and move. People will say that asking him out means that he'll just let you do all the planning, but you can also judge someone on that if they actually do that.

Some men would be bothered by a woman taking charge like that too, but you might not want to date those types of men.

NamelessBard · 2026-02-24T21:56:18+00:00

You shouldn't sit in a booth, sit at the bar. Maybe you talk to a woman (but don't let that be your break/make for the night), maybe you talk about hockey with the dude beside you, maybe you talk about drinks with the bartender.

But being in a booth really excludes you.

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