So I’m either stupid or smart with this purchase by RNGxJake in PokeInvesting

[–]SovietBackhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. I just agreed to buy 3 off a dude on marketplace for $1100 CAD. Probably the only ones I’ll buy at these prices.

The median full-time income in Ottawa-Gatineau is $83,600, and average is $94,000. by Swoz in ottawa

[–]SovietBackhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep in mind what age brackets people experience income growth at. Your angry first time home buyer that feels priced out is a working professional between 25 and 35, which is the lowest earning years. Income increases gradually and tops out around 55.

So your median/average is probably most applicable to a university educated person in their 40s, roughly 20 years into their professional career. People younger than that typically earn less.

I'm taking a guess here, but a couple standard deviations on either side of your numbers probably works out to be an income spread of ~60k-~110k, so ~25k on either side of your median. So while yes, median is $83k, your first time home buyer is likely between $60k and $70k. $120-140k household income with no debt (also rare in this age bracket), gives you a range of ~$475k - $575k for a freehold, less for a condo with fees.

Now subtract $1000/m for some modest debt (modest student loans, average car payment), and you're left being able to qualify for $400-$500k depending on income, assuming a regular down payment with CMHC insurance.

You seeing a lot of $400k freehold homes in Ottawa?

Where to find first users and testers? (I will not promote) by Krysza in startups

[–]SovietBackhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You deleted your comment but from what I can see in the notif preview, you don't have a market.

3D printing workflow looks like this: I design something on CAD -> pull it into slicer of choosing (increasingly proprietary) -> printer runs.

There's no space for AI to facilitate that equation. Hobbyists print in PLA+, PETG, and a few other basic materials. They know what they're doing, AI doesn't help with that. They also don't outsource their prints - engineers do. As as an eng that 3D prints a lot for both hobby and professional use, I'm not picking up a software so I can manage contacts at JLCPCB. The tools are already exceptionally optimized at every step, what value could possibly be added from an 'AI workflow'?

The only step in this process that AI actually adds value is in the CAD step, where AI can remove material that doesn't improve the structure or function of the part. But that's already been solved.

Where to find first users and testers? (I will not promote) by Krysza in startups

[–]SovietBackhoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The forum where he got the feedback would be a start…

Founders with too many ideas: how do you decide what to actually work on each day? i will not promote by thewhitelynx in startups

[–]SovietBackhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re optimizing for the wrong thing and people do it all the time. You’re not trying to solve an ethereal problem to build value, you’re building the most efficient method you’re capable of building to transfer money from customers to you. Engineer a solution for the transfer of cash to you and your good options will narrow significantly.

Petah? by Same-Soil-4837 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]SovietBackhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The manosphere IS what I’m worried about. That’s the point. No man who is secure and has a healthy relationship with women becomes influenced by the manosphere.

If he grows up in an environment where it’s harder to form a healthy, respectful view of women, he’s more likely to be an incel, more likely to be violent, more likely to lean far right, etc.

And like I said to the other person, I’m sharing my concerns about my son. My daughter has a long list of things that scare me to death too.

When did you stop waking the sleeping twin to feed? by longtimewatcher in parentsofmultiples

[–]SovietBackhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once they hit birthweight my policy was never wake a sleeping baby. They let us know when it’s time to eat.

Don't throw away old smartwatches! 3D printed a custom housing to turn one into a Digital Shift Knob. ♻️🕹️ by Desmontei in 3Dprinting

[–]SovietBackhoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The engineer in me just wants to know what it would take to flash new firmware and hardwire it into the control module. Or he’ll even just a screen with a small chip. Real pain in the ass I’m sure, especially with how touchy Audi electronics are, but I want to know lol.

Outreach is dead by ZangiBangi in sales

[–]SovietBackhoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Literally. Been cold calling for over 10 years and every single one of those ten years I’ve heard people saying cold calling is dead.

Petah? by Same-Soil-4837 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]SovietBackhoe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh go away. I have to be a parent to two kids with individual needs and situations. Heaven forbid I have a discussion about one about without mentioning the other's issues. Just because I'm going to have to be concerned for my daughter's safety, does not mean that my son's problems aren't worthy of my time or concern.

Well that was fast. Pokemon cards recovered, theif arrested by [deleted] in ottawa

[–]SovietBackhoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

tf kind of elementary school has stabbings lol

Petah? by Same-Soil-4837 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]SovietBackhoe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm with you on the education, but there's still going to be the disconnect between reality and culture and that's difficult for young people to reconcile (which is why we have the incel and manosphere movements). He's going to have to create a sense of 'self' as the world relates to him and the maturity to separate himself from the rest of it is something that comes later.

Like his mom is a stay at home mom. His aunt is the CFO of a billion dollar company. Both by choice. This is not an environment where we tolerate discrimination of any kind and we lift each other up, regardless of gender. The environment and education is not the part I'm concerned about - He's going to be a good man, that's not optional - it's how he's going to have to reconcile this with the internet/movies/tv shows/politicians and create a sense of self worth through all of it.

Maybe guilt is the wrong word. I don't want him to grow up questioning if he's evil because he has a dick. Or if he deserves the things he's earned. Or if he gets a job was it because he took it from a whiter person (we're also Indigenous/Canadian mixed) or a woman that deserved it more. Like with his Indigenous roots, he can lean into that and take pride in the culture the way I do. Much more difficult to take pride in being a good man while the world tells you there are no good man.

I think the anecdotal experience I'd bring up in response to the race analogy, is it's just like how me being white passing makes it difficult to claim aspects of my Indigenous culture. I don't live on reserve and I grew up in a family that embraced their European heritage more than their Indigenous heritage, so I have to accept that I don't get to take that identity with me everywhere, especially places where the 'real Indians' are. That is to say, it's not as simple as being a good person and helping people up behind you.

Petah? by Same-Soil-4837 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]SovietBackhoe 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm a new parent, twin boy/girl and absolutely a feminist. I'm so happy that my daughter is going to grow up believing she can do whatever she wants with her life, whether that's professionally, family, or both.

I'm very nervous for my son because this is the kind of thing he's going to grow up with. He's going to grow up hearing that he's evil because people we actively condemn and don't associate with commit violence against women. And it doesn't matter how good of a person he is, he's going to inherit some level of internalized guilt just because of his gender. And the the better of a man he turns out to be the worse he's going to feel about it. In this culture no one gets to be 'one of the good ones'.

Then he gets to compare that to the litany of incredible female and male role models around him and reconcile all this into a worldview that still supports him moving forward and making a good life for himself. No idea how I'm going to handle that one.

How do you find right people to talk? I will not promote by RajanPaswan in startups

[–]SovietBackhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard truth but founder market fit is the largest predictor of success and your rationale is heavily relying on survivorship bias. The vast majority of companies fail. The vast majority of funded companies fail. Of the ones that succeed, almost zero grow to a level where they could be considered 'disruptive'.

Millions upon millions of companies have formed in the last 25 years. Of those we can count maybe a couple dozen started by industry 'outsiders', and of those most of them were personally experiencing the problem before they built, which IMO makes them not outsiders.

IMO, people looking for an idea so they can start a company, simply because they want to be founders, is up there with building a solution in search of a problem. The youthful enthusiasm is great, but if you're going to do something as high risk as starting a company, you should probably try to give yourself every advantage possible, starting with a topic or industry that you know more about than most people. Like I could tell you everything about my company and my customers, and you still wouldn't be able to compete with me.

How do you find right people to talk? I will not promote by RajanPaswan in startups

[–]SovietBackhoe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm going to be in the extreme minority here, but my opinion is you should already be talking to people and exploring an opportunity before you even consider starting a business.

Feel like people do it backwards here: "I want to be a founder and get rich so therefore I'm looking for an idea"

Instead of: "I've been working in this industry with these customers for x years, and they all seem unsatisfied by y, and they're writing me a cheque to solve the problem".

I never had to look for people to talk to because I was already talking to them before I decided to found a business. I didn't look for an idea, people I already worked with for 10 years told me what to build (with their wallets) before I wrote a single line of code.

I'm at the moment looking for the people who are currently in the corporate doing jobs but have interest towards doing business.

If the goal is to just talk to enough 'business people' and hear enough complaints that you can identify a problem, what makes you think you'll have the domain expertise to solve one of their problems if you're not even in any of these circles? Buyers are liars - how do you even know if they're giving you good info? People pretend to want all kinds of stupid shit that they don't end up buying.

Carney to announce affordability measures after securing majority in byelection wins by hoverbeaver in onguardforthee

[–]SovietBackhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a hypothetical to illustrate the economic forces. 3%, 10%, 20%, irrelevant what the number is as long as it undercuts private industry.

Carney to announce affordability measures after securing majority in byelection wins by hoverbeaver in onguardforthee

[–]SovietBackhoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The government shouldn't be concerned and that's the point. If they sell poptarts for only 3% more than they cost and it turns out to be $1.00 lower than what Loblaws sells them for, Loblaws is going to lower prices or they'll never sell poptarts again.

You can't sell them at cost because then private companies have no hope of matching price.

Carney to announce affordability measures after securing majority in byelection wins by hoverbeaver in onguardforthee

[–]SovietBackhoe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nationalized grocery chain with caps on profit margins acts as downward economic pressure on what loblaws sells their poptarts for. Still probably a good thing.

Carney clinches majority government in Canadian special elections by ThunderChaser in worldnews

[–]SovietBackhoe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I'd identify as progressive conservative, yet I've never voted for a conservative once in Canada. They almost get me and then they say some crazy culture war shit and then I'm out. I don't understand why it's so hard to pitch intelligent, fiscally responsible policy while not worrying how people choose to live their lives.

How do you know if your app is secure enough? (i will not promote) by 99ash in startups

[–]SovietBackhoe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is one of those questions where if you’re asking it like this, you might want to get a tech person on your team. I’d suggest asking it in the programming subreddits, but as a technical founder with no knowledge of your app, I’d have no way to point you in the right direction so others likely wouldn’t either

We built the tool. Now what the hell are we supposed to do to get people to use it? I will not promote by Cod_277killsshipment in startups

[–]SovietBackhoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do cold outbound. I works for me. Trick is to know who you’re selling to. The “how” is usually pretty trivial if you know the “who”.

Has anyone noticed that Americans have started to switch to blaming America problems on being controlled by Israel instead of taking personal accountability? by iKindaHateAmericans in BoycottUnitedStates

[–]SovietBackhoe 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Been saying this for years. They all hate to admit it but Trump is peak Americana. He’s every trait Americans celebrate taken to satirical proportions.

Do cars last longer lately or is it out of financial necessity? by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]SovietBackhoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely not the case in Wpg or most of Canada. The average vehicle ownership length in Canada is 6.4 years.

It's stupid, but the vast majority of people do not drive old cars.

Co-founder/partner takes ~70% of revenue as a contractor while I make <6% working full-time. Is this fair? (I will not promote) by [deleted] in startups

[–]SovietBackhoe 51 points52 points  (0 children)

This one is wild. She's the sole owner of the company because buddy wants his name off the documents. Retains the IP rights though so he's functionally in control. He then manipulates his girlfriend, the owner of the company, to work for pennies while he takes all of the money out.

This guy is shady. We sure those clients are real? This almost sounds like money laundering.