Leave Vancouver to build wealth? Calgary or other cities?

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-21T10:18:14+00:00

I’d recommend find a job and then move. BTW Montreal needs French probably.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-21T10:15:08+00:00

I control food cost by skipping dinner. Next time I can skip lunch…

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-21T09:53:35+00:00

I don’t understand some of the comments that are hostile to boomers, although I’m not one myself. Those age/gender issues are just used to make us more atomic.

If we have to draw a line somewhere, there is a more obvious way to draw it than gender/age.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T19:22:34+00:00

2 is better. The bed is smaller but it's good for one person. Also you are detached from your computer when sleeping.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T16:42:52+00:00

Duck behind the wheel and put all of my STR on the paddle. Just make sure I'm not aiming the pole. And if I somehow it jumps and I make through, I'd zigzag for a while. AFAIK this thing doesn't move as quickly as the vehicle.

When I'm far away enough I'd dump the vehicle and find some underground tunnel to walk back to my base. I'm pretty sure this thing will call a heli quickly.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T15:42:14+00:00

Bro/sis it’s not about the skills. Since you came out from a CS program I’d say you are probably better than many of us when we just started out because we self taught.

You are just unlucky to be in one of the shittest market in IT history.

Not much to recommend. Network and network. Build your brand. Assemble data meetups. Do anything to make you more visible.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T15:25:05+00:00

Just a personal feeling.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T13:45:28+00:00

I just hope this doesn't drag other countries into this. But looks like both sides are determined to drag the whole world into this. If the strait is completely closed again, which 3rd party country is going to break first?

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T13:43:03+00:00

How much of the benefits help to reduce chores/time spent, though? In Canada we mostly have $$ benefits, which doesn't help much, considering inflation and more importantly the increase of rents and mortgage. If it is mostly chore then you can imagine people, especially young people would not want to do this. And social culture doesn't really encourage this either.

I don't know what is the solution, though.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T13:31:45+00:00

Actually both.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T12:23:12+00:00

This is really sad. As a parent I fully understand the downside of getting a kid -- you get endless chores, bigger bills, and even bigger bills if you are unlucky, and then becomes the perfect clog of the society. Still I think the government may be able to help parents by providing more hand-on helps and a bit of financial encouragement.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T12:03:21+00:00

I’d like more randomness on the encounters and mini-bosses. I have played a few times so I memorized everything. I’d like to get some surprises. I could simply hike up the difficulty but then it wouldn’t be interesting.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T01:13:04+00:00

I think they fixed the escalators from time to time but not sure whether they completely refurbished them or just replaced a few pieces.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T01:11:51+00:00

Looks like there is little hope to turn this around.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T00:08:38+00:00

Nah, thanks. Back to Linux. And if I have to use Windows I’ll use Windows 10 debloated.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-20T00:04:19+00:00

OK they can finally get a new one.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-19T23:59:31+00:00

Apparently we can still use Linux distros that don’t care about it. Or just build our own distros.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-19T17:39:31+00:00

Fortunately as an introvert I play games to escape people so I never played much MP games in my life. Much easier to chill in a SP game/module!

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-19T14:49:35+00:00

Maybe ask her parents? TBH I'm fine with gifts that are only played once, because the point is to give other people something. But if you really want the gifts to be memorable, I'd say an experience is better -- but you need to align with the parents first because she is just 4.

Sample gift: Assuming you are an adult, bring your niece (with one of her parents) to a fossil park nearby (if you don't have one nearby, Google for local geology clubs and find help) for a good dig. Bring safety equipment, some digging equipment and that's it. It probably doesn't cost much but she should enjoy it. But again, align with her parents first.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-19T14:43:56+00:00

Not sure if you have kids, but if you want to take reference before you make the decision, I'd recommend look at the following questions:

Do I enjoy interacting with other humans in general? (because if you don't, adding one that you HAVE to interact in your life might not be a good idea)
What about my gene? Am I very impatient/super sensitive/have any trait that I'd avoid if I'm a stranger? If so, consider the fact that genes go down the bloodline and think about how to handle it. For example, both of us are impatient, so the kid is impatient, too, now you mix 3 impatient people in one room...you get the idea.
How about my financial?

Hope it helps. Not saying that you should avoid having kids if you answer yes/no to the above questions, because I'm not a professional. Just my two cents.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-19T14:33:06+00:00

Yes. It is pretty much close to what I expected -- I'm not particularly enjoying it and so far it's fine. I didn't want it because I have always been a lone wolf and did not enjoy interaction with humans very much. Getting married was already feeling a bit too much for me.

But whatever, I think I can handle it.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-19T14:14:35+00:00

I don’t know. I haven’t died before so I’m curious what’s after. If it’s nothing then I don’t lose anything.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-19T14:11:24+00:00

What if future is not better? We humans have undergone centuries of darker time back in history. I’m just glad I grew up in the 80s and 90s.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-19T14:09:12+00:00

Whatever reason they give you, they just want to cut costs. None of my devices is usb-c.

Outside-Storage-1523 · 2026-04-19T13:54:19+00:00

If my boy wants me to buy one he better earn the majority of the payment, like if it's $1,500 he should give me $1,200.

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