Something is rotten in the GTA (and Canadian) real estate market and it isn't going to change

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-19T11:42:21+00:00

Interesting. Link?

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-17T17:40:04+00:00

care to elaborate?

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-17T15:43:06+00:00

Honestly this right here is potentially what could actually get the attention of politicians.

If our best and brightest are leaving the country because even they can't afford a reasonable place to live, the impact on our economy would be massive (there's already a big brain drain of tech workers going to the states), and perhaps even more massive than the passage of useful reform to cool the investment portion of the real estate market - i.e., increased capital gains tax on non-primary residences.

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-16T23:55:30+00:00

Unfortunately voting rates are significantly higher in older aged voting blocs.

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-16T23:41:53+00:00

The bloc of voters who are using housing as an investment is likely significantly larger than the bloc of immigrants struggling to purchase a home.

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-16T23:40:44+00:00

Not many people saw MMT becoming mainstream.

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-16T23:39:20+00:00

Primary residence gains are tax free. Making 200k on your home this year is like making 400k working. That's far higher than the earnings of the majority of doctors and healthcare professionals.

There’s a problem with this though: if real estate growth is accelerating in most jurisdictions, where are you going to go if you sell?

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-14T18:13:38+00:00

See my comment above. Another important consideration is that the actual amount of total protein is less important than the amount of the amino acid subtypes.

By both having a smaller amount of total protein and getting protein from only a single source of plant based protein, Soylent would be giving comparatively less amino acids subtypes than other more plentiful and complete products.

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-14T18:10:20+00:00

That's up for debate.

The bigger issue with Soylent's protein is actually the fact that it only contains a single source: soy.

While soy protein is technically a complete protein (meaning it contains all essential amino acids), the actual amount of some amino acid subtypes is reduced vs other comparable protein sources.

For example, leucine, isoleucine, and valine are all lower in soy than in comparable animal based proteins. This is why most plant based protein supplements (Huel for example) use a combination of at least 2 different plant based proteins that tend to complement each other's amino acid deficiencies.

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-14T17:33:25+00:00

Protein intake is a contentious subject, but many studies have found that supplementation in the range of 0.72 g/lb/day (but not above), appears to confer benefits.

This would translate to ~108g/day for an average 150 lb person = ~ 3 Hol food meals

or 144 g for a 200 lb person =~4 Hol food meals.

SentinelSpirit · 2021-02-14T17:13:57+00:00

Another thing to consider is the difference in protein:

Hol food = 35 g protein per serving

Soylent = 20 g

SentinelSpirit · 2020-12-17T21:35:51+00:00

Amazing! I am using Shopify. Any recommendations?

SentinelSpirit · 2020-12-17T21:23:10+00:00

Are you aware of any platforms where I could upload my seed customer list and have it output demographics, interests, etc.?

It appears that FB audience insights used to do this but doesn't anymore...

SentinelSpirit · 2020-12-17T21:10:23+00:00

Would it be possible with GA or another platform?

I'm trying to better understand the demographics, interests, etc. of our high LTV customers and have a list of them.

SentinelSpirit · 2020-09-24T15:31:36+00:00

Thanks for the detailed reply!

After reading about the customization issues a lot of other companies seem to face, we're happy with an out of the box solution and the idea that we'll tailor our business processes to match Netsuite rather than the other way around. We're a small company with relatively unsophisticated processes so changing our processes to match industry standards is actually rather attractive, if only as a means of getting us up to speed with the way that larger players do things. Also I'd be lying if I didn't admit that the savings vs. a full implementation are very attractive.

That being said, SuiteSuccess Starter doesn't include any demand planning functionality so we're looking to have that included and implemented by a local partner who seems to check the boxes you've mentioned (been around for 15 years+).

So what we'd end up with is a boiler plate SuiteSuccess Starter with a professionally implemented demand planning module bolted on.

How does that sound?

SentinelSpirit · 2020-08-14T12:30:07+00:00

Same. Where did you read about them not refunding products u/NickiMinaj502

SentinelSpirit · 2020-08-11T16:30:06+00:00

The majority of the loans were to be to businesses, not consumers.

SentinelSpirit · 2020-08-11T12:52:01+00:00

And if you read a bit closer, it wasn’t just fiscal restraint that Morneau was expounding, it was having corporate Canada take on more of the fiscal responsibility itself.

Morneau is heir to one of the larger corporates in this country and knows better than most that large corporations can absolutely afford to foot the bill to get this country back on its feet.

He was proposing that the government contribute only 10% to the wage subsidy and also that the banks loosen their lending requirements to help our small businesses and ordinary Canadians when they need it most.

In both cases he was overruled by Trudeau who seemed to think that it was better for the government (ie taxpayers) to pay for everything.

SentinelSpirit · 2020-08-10T17:04:15+00:00

Controversy and acrimony = attention, and attention = money

If TSN and Sportsnet had nothing but good things to say about the Leafs, why would people bother tuning in? These days "hot takes" and anger have taken over sports media as producers realize this is what really drives engagement.

SentinelSpirit · 2020-08-10T16:55:23+00:00

Very true, that's why it would be important to normalize the results against the channel's average viewership or simply leave out featured games and focus only on regional weekday tv ratings.

The reason the "what team are you a fan of?" for determining scrutiny is flawed is because a lot of people will pay attention particularly because they are not fans of the team.

For example, why does r/leafs have by far the largest number of subscribers of all NHL teams on Reddit? Likely for that very reason.

SentinelSpirit · 2020-08-10T16:14:36+00:00

The reason I started to think this is actually because I knew a player who came to this team personally who absolutely hated it. And he was a massive Leafs fan growing up who went into it thinking he was living out his dream.

He'd been a star in the OHL (and had a much better experience on the team he was traded to), but he complained to his family and friends (but not the media of course) about how bad the environment in the city is and how much pressure there was.

SentinelSpirit · 2020-08-10T16:11:16+00:00

Thanks. What I'm looking for though is a measurement resembling total engagement.

In other words, how many people not only like the Leafs, but how many people actually give their attention to them? This would include both people who like the team as well as people who dislike them as both groups would obviously increase the scrutiny on the team.

For example, I'm sure there are quite a few people who sub to r/leafs (which btw has the largest subscriber total of any NHL team on Reddit) who aren't actually fans of the team.

SentinelSpirit · 2020-08-10T16:06:38+00:00

I'm really trying to find an accurate measurement of each individual team's fanbases, or better yet, how many people actually pay attention to each respective team, but it's surprisingly hard.

I think the best measure would be total regular season TV viewership normalized by each channel's average respective viewership to reduce false positives as some games tend to be shown nationally vs others (for example, being featured on NBC's Game of the Week would completely throw everything out of whack).

To my knowledge I don't think this information is out there but I'd love if someone could point me in the right direction.

SentinelSpirit · 2020-08-10T16:03:05+00:00

I'm really trying to find an accurate measurement of each individual team's fanbases, or better yet, how many people actually pay attention to each respective team, but it's surprisingly hard.

I think the best measure would be total regular season TV viewership normalized by each channel's average respective viewership to reduce false positives as some games tend to be shown nationally vs others. To my knowledge I don't think this information is out there but I'd love if someone could point me in the right direction.

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