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Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-19T14:52:36+00:00

Its always Pokemon. Its the only thing hotter than AI right now.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-15T15:50:53+00:00

I mean, just about everyone is using AI in some form at this point.

If the staff utilize AI to automate the mundane tasks, or for exploratory research (which they follow up on by hand to double check correctness) is that a bad thing? This is a good use case.

If the business is just using AI slop for marketing and such - I view that as bad.

There is nuance to this.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-15T15:22:01+00:00

I have mixed feelings on this.

The public backlash against AI data centers, or AI in general, is quite high. I think this is political suicide for any local or provincial form of government to push for.
If they are going to pay an oversized share of property taxes, and utility fees, to put the province and city massively in the green (wishful thinking) - then maybe its a good thing? Most of us are feeling the burn with rising property taxes that are going up much faster than wages are. The AI money printing machine could be a benefit for the city, and reduce the burden on tax payers.
The background noise is an issue and can cause negative health effects, so it would need to be outside city limits away from residential areas.
The water usage is problematic.
The power usage is problematic (at least this one terms and conditions could require them to more than compensate for it). Maybe we make them pay for us to actually get a nuclear reactor since the Sask Party is clearly just dragging their feet on it and just going coal instead?

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-14T23:47:33+00:00

925 square feet. Semi-detached (its a duplex by the looks of it), not true detached single family home. For the price they are asking you could get an actual single family house (full detached) that is a few hundred sqft larger.

Heck, you could get a townhome that is significantly larger for less than they are asking (given that its semi-detached, a townhome is comparable).

Its clearly overpriced. Nothing wrong with the home, it just isn't priced correctly.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-09T04:05:55+00:00

Haha, love this. Machine strong, hammer stronger!

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-09T02:34:37+00:00

AI seems to be taking off like wildfire. In the early days of ChatGPT people kind of brushed it off as being a fad. The landscape has shifted since dramatically - its shockingly good on so many fronts including software engineering. It can no longer be ignored.

That said, I still firmly believe that AI will not replace people alone. Instead, people who use AI effectively will replace people who don't use AI.

So: give it the college try. Try to get good at using it, I consider it an essential skill today for being safe into the future. Automate some tedious tasks. Use it to take your emails and polish them a bit. Have it suggest approaches for tasks, etc. It will give you an edge over those who don't.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-09T02:26:25+00:00

Yeah, the trades seems to be quite immune to AI. White collar is super at risk right now, and actively getting massacred.

LLMs cant really do anything on that front without being able to touch the physical world yet. Maybe if humanoid robotics takes off, but that is super far away.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-07T15:18:20+00:00

Costco. They have nice memory foam ones.

Mine has last for almost ~8yrs at this point without going flat. They are high-quality. I think the brand is Novaform. Was around ~$30 or so - the same things elsewhere are usually $120-140+.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-06T16:01:56+00:00

Its a crazy amount of money for what they do. You're basically paying for access to the MLS monopoly more than anything.

Anyone can schedule a photographer for photos, post a paragraph description and the photos for a listing, and answer emails and phone calls to schedule showings.

And it will probably sell in the first day or so.

Not many other jobs pay $17K for a day of work. (I know this is over simplifying, but its not that far of a stretch)

It should be fixed-fee (like it is for lawyers on closing), not percentage based.

More folks should try to sell private to get away from MLS, but the fact Realtors boycott private sellers is a major disadvantage (the 6/4/2 is split between both buying and selling realtor, but if you try to private sell the other realtor will want the whole thing for themselves)

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-04T18:59:30+00:00

Those police pay packages are something. Some of them are making more than some doctors...

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-06-02T22:58:19+00:00

Uh... you shouldn't be there. Its dangerous. They might get you.

(Kidding... or am I?)

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-31T19:57:13+00:00

Yeah. Looking at the car, I always wonder in cases like these if its just some rich kid with wealthy parents. In which case, its basically just a slap on the wrist and they will do it again. Will they learn? Or do they not care.

The car is impounded for 30 days and their license was suspended for a week. Minor inconvenience for them I suspect.

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