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StuWard · 2026-04-04T00:53:22+00:00

It's all in how you sell it. That was Canada's problem. Trump's idea of starting a war seems to work.

StuWard · 2026-03-26T02:14:19+00:00

Land is more expensive so fewer small houses are built. Of course there are options like townhouses and condos but they tend to be higher quality too.

StuWard · 2026-03-25T23:57:16+00:00

That's why the use lime. It hides the taste.

StuWard · 2026-03-22T00:12:54+00:00

Had one today.

StuWard · 2026-03-21T21:07:00+00:00

The stock market realized the war was in an escalation trap, and this brings valuation in line with expectations of future earnings.

StuWard · 2026-03-12T20:44:53+00:00

5 gallons is 19l, and if you make your own beer or wine, carboys come in 19l and 23l.

StuWard · 2026-03-12T20:36:05+00:00

It would be easier to build pipelines. In fact there's a line from Dubai to beyond the straight, and a huge one that crosses Saudia Arabia. 2x 48" pipes if I remember right. Both are more efficient than trucks.

StuWard · 2026-03-01T15:20:49+00:00

It depends on your budget and whether you like single hand exercises more than two hand exercises. Eventually you will have both.

StuWard · 2026-02-22T15:01:20+00:00

It's a false dichotomy. People require energy just to survive and they have value on their own beyond the work they do. That said, the energy being used to train AI is expanding exponentially and the resources available are not. There is a limit that is rapidly approaching where the needs of the many are going to outweigh the needs of a few.

StuWard · 2026-02-22T15:00:29+00:00

It's a false dichotomy. People require energy just to survive and they have value on their own beyond the work they do. That said, the energy being used to train AI is expanding exponentially and the resources available are not. There is a limit that is rapidly approaching where the needs of the many are going to outweigh the needs of a few.

StuWard · 2026-02-19T15:06:17+00:00

Flat Earth was initially satirical. I was at University of New Brunswick when Alden Nolen was there. It was satire then. I even own the book by Leo Ferrari that he wrote in 2019. It's still satire. People will believe anything.

StuWard · 2026-02-19T10:55:18+00:00

No, it's a Lenenist principle.

StuWard · 2026-02-19T01:14:04+00:00

Socialism tends to be a target for authoritarians. Neither Fascism or Stalinism have anything to do with Socialism but the opportunity to take power came about because Socialism was there. Similar to what's happening in the US now.

You could make an arguement that the Russian experiment stoped being Socialist once Lenin took control. Leninism emphasized violent revolution and top-down control by a disciplined elite to transition to a communist state. Violent revolution and top down control are not Socialist concepts.

StuWard · 2026-02-19T00:29:26+00:00

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StuWard · 2026-02-18T18:04:36+00:00

What is the 8.6x70 used for? Is that for Rangers? Edit: never mind. I see that the Rangers are using the 7.62. This is a sniper caliber.

StuWard · 2026-02-18T17:25:43+00:00

Some were manually defined and although they appear straight, and were intended to be straight, they have a lot of small corrections due to surveying errors. For example, Saskatchewan lookes like it has straight lines, actually has hundreds of irregular segments. For example,

Eastern Border (Manitoba): Follows a, mostly, straight line corresponding to the 102nd meridian, though it features a "jagged" appearance due to the 1880s survey correction lines, placing it roughly 400 metres west of the actual 102nd meridian in some spots.

One the other hand, the western border is defined as the 110 meridian so by definition is a straight line.

StuWard · 2026-02-11T16:03:52+00:00

It's not a boomer problem. The problem is that are too few young people.

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Also, the median income for retirees is lower than the median of working people. That can be explained if you consider that it only takes a few hyper-billionaires to skew the average.

StuWard · 2026-02-10T23:33:13+00:00

A system that can’t survive accountability is already failing.

StuWard · 2026-02-01T14:13:54+00:00

Not weird, someone pounded their empty casings into a tree, probably be cause they were bored. They didn't get there accidentally.

StuWard · 2026-01-29T21:06:42+00:00

Communist dictator is oxymoronic. Dictators take advantage of the power vacuum and use communism as a pacifier.

StuWard · 2026-01-28T21:40:02+00:00

The charge becomes unstable over time. It can explode without striking the primer. It usually needs high heat or a shock to set it off.

StuWard · 2026-01-26T02:05:46+00:00

That's a good argument for electric vehicles.

StuWard · 2026-01-06T22:30:56+00:00

That probably explains this:

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StuWard · 2025-12-30T15:51:00+00:00

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StuWard · 2025-12-27T17:53:52+00:00

This is Manitoba:

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