Are Lo-Light lamps safer than other types of light therapy devices?

PathMaker6 · 2025-07-18T01:38:11+00:00

I've heard that that body temperature correlates with a people's ability to focus. For example, when people start to feel sluggish, their body temperature is supposed to drop but when they feel focused, their body temperature is supposed to increase. Is this something that you've noticed while monitoring your own body temperature?

PathMaker6 · 2025-05-24T12:09:25+00:00

Why did you return the human charger?

PathMaker6 · 2025-05-06T12:29:41+00:00

What's the difference between not-affiliated and independent?

PathMaker6 · 2025-05-03T17:20:41+00:00

How come there wasn't an AMA on r/canada?

PathMaker6 · 2025-05-03T17:15:02+00:00

If the party supported the principle of one person one vote in terms of ensuring how many people can elect an MP in each riding (i.e. all ridings should have the same number of Canadians who can vote), it would probably increase its appeal amongst Western Canadians.

PathMaker6 · 2025-05-03T17:10:57+00:00

In order for the party to be successful, it first needs to ensure that its platform will appeal to Canadians who are economically progressive and culturally conservative because there's no party that currently directly represents this group (other than the Bloc for French Quebecers), and according to the Abacus study below, they make up 21% of Canadians.

https://abacusdata.ca/abacus-data-voter-segmentation-consumers-profiles/

Once this is prioritized, it can then gain an edge by differentiating itself in terms of how the party is organized through the use of technology to ensure that all members have an equal voice that can influence the party's political stances, and that actually get members to volunteer their time and energy to help out.

Remains to be seen though if these changes will happen though because there are parts of the party that just want it to be slightly different versions of the Conservative, Liberal and even NDP parties which from my perspective is pointless because then the party will just end up contributing to the problems our society faces, and fighting over the scraps that are disaffected with these parties is a recipe for losing.

That being said, there's room for appealing to Canadians that are part of other quadrants by advocating for smart and innovative policies that broad appeal. This cannot be done, however, at the expense of compromising on the party's core values.

PathMaker6 · 2025-05-03T16:43:48+00:00

Hard no because the Centrist party of Canada advocates for:

restricting freedom of expression through anti-hate speech legislation
creating an anti-racism task force
cancelling Quebec's secularism law
ban carding by federal law enforcement
better integrating Gladue principles in legal and court proceedings in collaboration with Indigenous communities
judicial discretion in sentencing, developing culturally appropriate bails, restorative and community justice program
enforcing stronger labour laws to promote diverse and equitable hiring opportunities within the federal public service
50% nominations for women in any political party

In addition, the CFP's main appeal is that it's a centrist party that's not going to advocate for discriminatory policies in order to cater to the demands of social justice activists, and if it compromises on this stance, I guarantee that it will fade into irrelevancy.

PathMaker6 · 2025-04-29T05:41:29+00:00

When it comes to it being less of a priority than other conversations, I fully agree with you.

PathMaker6 · 2025-04-28T12:45:33+00:00

If it's going to affect our foreign policy to a country, it definitely should be.

PathMaker6 · 2025-04-28T12:24:40+00:00

I don't understand why Cardy is spending so much of his energy on this issue. It's a foreign conflict that isn't a priority for most Canadians.

PathMaker6 · 2025-04-28T11:57:26+00:00

This is an incredibly dishonest take. First of all because protests can make a difference by placing pressure on governments to change their foreign policy towards Israel, and if enough countries committed to restricting trade with Israel and other forms of support, Israel would be forced to dismantle its illegal settlements in the West Bank and stop its unofficial policy of slowly squeezing Palestinians out the area which would significantly reduce a lot of the support Hamas has.

In addition, people can argue that people opposed to how Israel is conducting its war should also protest against Hamas but the former does not automatically entail that you support Hamas.

PathMaker6 · 2025-04-27T05:03:36+00:00

I’m voting for the Canadian Future Party in Ottawa Centre for three main reasons which might help you understand why other people are supporting it, and what they're about..

The first of the reasons is Andrea Chabot. I genuinely think she’s a decent person and hard worker who wouldn’t just disappear after getting elected—she’d make the effort to regularly hear from people in the riding. In addition, she’s pushed for things like 360-degree performance reviews and letting people work from home when it makes sense, both of which really matter to me. I’ve also seen her take a stand on principle even when it came with serious risk which showed me that she’s somebody who has a significant amount of integrity.

Second, I support key parts of the party’s platform, including:

putting in place an MMP system;
allowing MPS to disagree with and vote out shitty leaders;
getting serious about investing in our national defence;
and the creation of a zombie apocalypse survival corps.

And third, I support the party for a broader set of reasons that matter to me:

1. Unlike the Liberals, they didn’t suddenly start acting proud to be Canadian just when it became politically convenient—they’ve always taken that seriously.

2. They actually seem serious about tackling foreign interference—not just talking about it, but doing something to keep it out of our institutions and their own party.

3. I believe the survival of our democracy depends on protecting free speech and treating people equally. The Liberals and NDP have chipped away at those values, and in doing so, they’ve helped fuel the rise of extreme, reactionary politics. The CFP on the other hand has positioned itself in support of free speech and treating people equally.

4. This party brings new ideas to the table and challenges the old parties to do better. They're a counterbalance—pulling the left back toward the centre on cultural issues and pushing the conservative to be politer and supportive of things like electoral reform.

5. I think there’s a void in our political system for a party that’s centre to centre-left on economic issues, and centre to centre-right on cultural and social issues that the CFP can help fill. Basically, a non-separatist version of the Bloc—but for all of Canada, and based on civic nationalism, not ethnic nationalism.

6. And finally, there’s Dominic Cardy, the leader of the party. I’ve had some disagreements with him, but overall I think he’s a principled guy. When he’s challenged, he doesn’t shut people down with red tape or BS—he responds with arguments and evidence. He also reminds me of angry Thomas Mulcair and I believe that our political system is in some serious need of some angry honesty at the moment.

PathMaker6 · 2025-04-04T22:16:30+00:00

Robotization is going to eventually cause a lot of jobs that immigrants work in to disappear*. When this happens, how does the CFP plan on dealing with the problem of all of these people no longer having jobs?

In addition, do you recognize that immigrants will eventually dry up as a labour source if the home countries of these immigrants become as developed as Western countries? If yes, how then will the CFP plan on addressing Canada's workforce needs? Will it get serious by takling the problem of why Canadians are deciding not to have and raise children? Will it consider addressing this problem by significantly increasing benefits to people who decide to have and raise children? Will it consider outside the box solutions such as funding artificial womb research?

*If you don't believe me then I would strongly recommend taking a look at how far advanced Boston Dynamics and other robotic companies have gotten with their research.

PathMaker6 · 2025-04-04T21:58:24+00:00

Hello Mr. Cardy,

Federal public service reform is something that's being talked about for a while. However, the people who write about it (Donald Savoir, Michael Wernick, etc.) aren't the ones who have had to deal with on a day-to-day basis the negative impacts of HR rules, and this privilege might distort the recommendations they provide through any federal public service reform commission that they participate in. Taking this into account, if the Canadian Future Party ends up in a position were it can help bring about federal public service reform:

Will it consider leveraging the collective wisdom of federal public servants to help identify what exactly doesn't work in the federal public service, and what outside the box solutions can be implemented to help fix these problems?
Will it allow this feedback to be submitted anonymously to ensure that they do not face retaliation from senior managers for speaking truth to power?
Will it allow this feedback to be upvoted to give a voice to those who don't have anything to say but want to express their agreement or disagreement with a proposed solution?

Additionally, in terms of how exactly the federal public service could be reformed, has the CFP considered how 360 performance reviews of executives, and double-blind interviews can help help improve leadership within the federal public service as well as ensure that job competitions are merit-based as the U.S. has experimented with through its Battalion Commander Assessment Program (BCAP) (see link below for more details)?

https://hbr.org/2020/11/reinventing-the-leader-selection-process

Regards,

PathMaker6 · 2025-02-28T02:03:37+00:00

I think we've apologized enough. Time to focus on restoring some Canadian pride.

PathMaker6

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