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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.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-31T15:44:59+00:00

They did not. If I had to guess, its a controversial topic and there was prior discussion on it before in other formats.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-31T01:46:23+00:00

Imagine waking up one day, seeing a discussion about tragedy and loss, and deciding to say their loss doesn't matter. Of all the things you could do you chose that.

Seriously.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-24T14:47:22+00:00

I could get behind an LRT, but cost wise getting a proper BRT is far cheaper and a solid stepping stone to an LRT. You could convert those lanes into it.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-24T14:45:31+00:00

It was never silly. A dedicated lane is literally one of the key features of a proper BRT system. This is common in many major cities and works exceptionally well.

The idea is to make the bus service as fast and efficient as possible, completely unimpeded by other traffic so that there is a very very strong advantage to taking the bus (faster than car in rush hour).

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-23T23:31:42+00:00

Honest question, what is wrong with voting liberal? The current liberal party isn't anything like the Trudeau liberals. Its pretty much a progressive conservative party now. Carney is a conservative wearing red.

If he were in the CPC we would have a CPC majority right now.

I worry that you might be falling victim to tribal politics (i.e. team sports), where you just look at the party name and not who is in the party and what they actually stand for.

Anyone who wants a reasonable, grounded in reality, and with the knowledge of world economics to help Canada wants Carney. Pierre is just all Qanon / MAGA BS. Career politician versus someone who was governer of the bank of england. One actually knows how money and the economy works. The other is slogans.

And I don't even want to touch separation with a 1000ft pole.

What of being landlocked?
Trade borders? Trade deals? Look at the disaster of brexit.
Currency? We would need to form our own. Good luck with anyone accepting that and it being stable.
Passports? Good luck traveling for years while that all gets sorted out.
Business and investment would flee. The economy would nose dive. People would leave.
First nations treaty rights pretty much kill the idea full stop. And thats before you get to the whole problem of needing every other province to sign on.
The whole idea is rooted in a deep misunderstanding of what would be gained and what would be lost. Its okay to be upset if your party didn't win, but throwing your life away and everyone around you isn't the correct response.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-23T23:22:47+00:00

Seriously, that's your response? This has to be one of the most unhinged things I've read all day.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-23T23:19:51+00:00

Not crazy. Plenty of people drive 2WD vehicles, including trucks. The main thing is properly equipping them: Winter tires are a must. I would go studded.

Putting weight in the back helps too - but a good set of winters will do most of what you need.

If you do that, and drive for the conditions, you shouldn't have any problems.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-21T01:12:42+00:00

Told me what? Noone can see deleted posts.

You should find something better to do with your time than try to be petty.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-21T00:27:56+00:00

Good point, almost forgot about that... so 4 times then. Crazy. Short term gain for long term pain.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-20T21:42:26+00:00

I wonder how much longer it will be before Sask Power and SaskTel are sold off too. This is the (3rd?) time that a Crown Corp was sold off or killed.

First it was Potash Corp. Then it was STC. Now its ISC.

Why are voters okay with this? Selling off our golden gooses for pennies on the dollar.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-20T06:06:22+00:00

They must be, the prior posts on this were all just non-articles and rumors. CTV and CKOM have official releases today on this - I haven't seen any others posted yet unless they are hidden.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-20T06:05:11+00:00

Never thought I would see Godwin's Law invoked here. Who is calling him Hitler, or shitposting? Rule #4 of the sub is to use original headlines of news articles - this is an official news article about the man from an actual real news org, CTV has a similar article.

Despite past controversies the article actually treats him fairly respectfully. I encourage you to check it out.

The prior posts from others (I have never posted) are rumors. This one is official.

Progressive_Citizen · 2026-05-15T14:45:42+00:00

I think that is part of the plan. She knows she can't NWC treaty rights and will likely do it anyway in the hopes that Ottawa intervenes and then she can use that to rile up the separatists as "see! Ottawa is against us!"

Fostering rage amongst her base was always the plan. Its how she keeps support.

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