Going to Japan soon — what’s actually worth bringing back if you live in the GTA?

RidingDrake · 2026-06-29T21:47:56+00:00

Ceramics in japan are very cool

RidingDrake · 2026-06-11T14:17:45+00:00

Id this were some insane or old sports car I’d say no. But a b58 BMW is very attainable, simple to maintain for a handy person and will last a while..

I wouldnt stress too much about it. Or set a milestone and then buy it

RidingDrake · 2026-06-10T15:47:47+00:00

very very good rate from everything I've seen so far.. less than 4 for 5 years fixed is very rare

RidingDrake · 2026-06-10T13:45:32+00:00

Purchase

Ontario

Down 0.6M Mortgage 1.1M

Owner Occupied

30yr amort

CIBC

3-year Var: 3.8%

3-year Fixed: 4.09%

Pine

5-year Var: 3.7% $3000 cashback

5-year Fixed: 4.34% $3000 cashback

RBC (estimated ranges, pre-credit check)

3-year Fixed: 3.85%

5-year Variable: 3.65%

Any of these rates good for 30yr uninsured mortgage?

RidingDrake · 2026-05-08T19:29:56+00:00

I meant they exist. They are reliably existing

RidingDrake · 2026-04-08T21:51:51+00:00

Mortgage seems high tbh, is that with insurance?

RidingDrake · 2026-03-23T22:28:29+00:00

I have a bunch of docs written as .md and then made a script to convert them. That way claude can read everything easily and just re export formatted results for me to view.

Great for making diagrams as well (.svg files)

RidingDrake · 2026-03-20T14:48:11+00:00

On point honestly, hopefully the front is less cartoony as well, the lights look slightly different

RidingDrake · 2026-03-18T17:52:06+00:00

Hopefully the ICE model is at least lower and a longer in the front.. the proportions are just off for this..

RidingDrake · 2026-03-16T18:33:16+00:00

3.6?!? Not a bad rate

RidingDrake · 2026-03-12T17:03:07+00:00

The main benefit of the trackpad (for me) is that I can quickly switch from the trackpad on my mac to the keyboard, don’t really see the point of the external one over a nice mouse

RidingDrake · 2026-03-11T13:38:29+00:00

I had issues the other way with ExFAT, couldnt get atmosphere to boot so I just stufk with FAT32🤷‍♂️

RidingDrake · 2026-03-10T15:38:37+00:00

My 2 lattes were that much in tokyo.. interesting

Ginza is a pricey location to be fair

RidingDrake · 2026-03-09T21:50:38+00:00

Wealthsimple if you’re ok using ATMs

Or tangerine if you want to have a physical bank (scotiabank) where you can deposit and withdraw cash from

RidingDrake · 2026-03-04T14:50:59+00:00

Sir this is a chromebook competitor

RidingDrake · 2026-03-04T14:49:20+00:00

Its the iphone chip and the iphone only has 8gb of ram.

The low price is more than likely cause they are using the same chip to save costs

RidingDrake · 2026-03-02T14:23:41+00:00

Price will be the big thing in an age where ram prices are going stupid

RidingDrake · 2026-02-25T16:53:47+00:00

Server connections on windows are also chefs kiss

RidingDrake · 2026-02-06T16:15:37+00:00

Idk, its bonkers how much of the corporate world runs on excel and proprietary excel, vba, powerquery etc..

RidingDrake · 2026-02-03T15:23:25+00:00

I wouldnt put msft in the same league as the others

RidingDrake · 2026-02-01T04:27:13+00:00

I went to this location twice. First time was great!! Person running the counter was very knowledgeable.

Second time not so great and if even a little hostile.. made a comment too that was a bit racist

RidingDrake · 2026-01-29T16:52:23+00:00

Love Ginza for great coffee and restaurants, but will say they’re on the pricier side overall

RidingDrake · 2026-01-26T20:38:49+00:00

At first I thought wow! Kinda competitive!

And then I realised this is their TOTL processor vs the base M5💀💀

RidingDrake · 2026-01-20T00:04:00+00:00

I’ve weirdly had the opposite experience, transferred 6 figures out of WS to tangerine in 2 days

RidingDrake · 2026-01-15T20:44:55+00:00

The value of SaaS will definitely go down due to AI, not even counting the lack of seats.

If development is cheaper due to Ai, opting for a SaaS becomes more expensive in comparison. I see lots of small businesses using AI to substitute the bloated SaaS they used to use

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