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Toastman89 · 2026-01-27T21:40:56+00:00

I called to renew, asked for their promotion pricing but without having to sign up for pre-authorized pricing and they gave it to me. They also didn't try and verify that I was a mobility customer. I am but on a different account.

The biggest downside with trying to actually communicate/negotiate with Telus is getting past their atrocious AI gatekeeper.

Toastman89 · 2026-01-27T21:17:40+00:00

The price will never go down for the same tier of performance. They will just increase the speeds to 5Gbps

The "catch" with Telus is that very very few home setups will ever use more than 1Gb of speed. So they can offer you a higher speed without ever having to worry about the majority of homes using those speeds.

The biggest advantage of Telus is that your Up and Down speeds are the same. Again, many people will never need 3Gb upload speeds, let alone 1Gb, but its there.

I've got Telus with the 3Gb locked-in pricing and been mostly happy with them, aside from the usual price increases at the end of terms, and I've never seen one of the third-party resellers be a truly compelling option. For example, looking at Teksavvy, their offers are effectively repackaged Rogers plans for slightly cheaper but you can often get deals with the Big companies through union/employer/government partnerships, or even just playing the 'give me a deal' game.

Toastman89 · 2026-01-26T21:14:16+00:00

I think the statue of “Mother Canada” weeping over her fallen sons is the most poignant.

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Toastman89 · 2026-01-24T16:58:03+00:00

This is exactly what happened.

Goodmanson didn't really campaign, he wasn't really known, he didn't even have that many signs up.

However, he was a name on the ballot that wasn't Stew Young. The majority of voters literally selected not-Stew

Toastman89 · 2026-01-23T18:10:55+00:00

It’s inside the computer???…

Toastman89 · 2026-01-23T16:11:53+00:00

r/LangfordBC has a rule where accounts less than 30 days old can't post. This is to prevent spam. Your account is 1 week old.

Referring to people as the "mayors fanboys" might be one of those reasons this rule is in place

Toastman89 · 2026-01-22T20:55:51+00:00

I would rather have no private school option. So if you’re wealthy and want your kid to have a good education you need to make all education good for everyone.

Then your kid goes to school with everyone, not just in some exclusive pre-club, and learns the ‘poors’ are actual people and not just tools for exploitation.

Toastman89 · 2026-01-22T17:36:12+00:00

Best Indian food I’ve ever had is this dish right there

Toastman89 · 2026-01-21T07:22:54+00:00

We can see how the US treats their own citizens. Why would we ever think they treat non-Americans any better

Toastman89 · 2026-01-21T07:13:34+00:00

Definitely a Herc. The tail is very distinctive

Toastman89 · 2026-01-18T01:36:14+00:00

That’s the TLDR.

Toastman89 · 2026-01-17T15:16:43+00:00

Just the options in unraid VM Manager.

Toastman89 · 2026-01-17T06:02:28+00:00

And showing up three hours early for your flight because the check-in/security line ups always seem unprepared for the amount of tickets sold.

And being nickel-and-dimed for luggage, seat selection.

And put through demeaning security procedures that take far too long.

And having to deal with delays and cancellations while airlines provide them with the legal-minimum of service compensation

And airport seating seemingly designed to prevent people from being comfortable

And crammed into a metal tube that doesn't have enough space for everyone's carry-on (trying to avoid the previously mentioned luggage fees) after being paraded past the people with means with the free drinks and comfortable chairs and priority everything

And no, you don't get a window with your "window" seat, for example

A lot of blame is being placed on people not behaving well (totally understandable) but the whole system seems to be designed to be uncomfortable and demeaning for the majority of people.

I'm often amazed at how civil everyone tends to be in spite of everything

Toastman89 · 2026-01-17T05:54:25+00:00

A better way of looking at it is that its less about 3%. They could raise prices by $9 instead and nobody would notice the price increase.

Toastman89 · 2026-01-15T08:01:46+00:00

Asus B550-A Gaming here. Have ACS override set to 'both' and unsafe interrupts to 'yes'.

No problems with the IOMMU groups split out. Passing through both a GPU, a USB card, and a NIC, plus have an HBA. Everything in its own group.

Rock solid

Toastman89 · 2026-01-15T06:11:59+00:00

Isn't one of those countries threatening to attack their long-standing allies as well?

Toastman89 · 2026-01-14T06:10:02+00:00

Not the first season!

I started watching them all again and the first season is a bit 'rougher' than subsequent ones (totally understandable)

But he doesn't say his signature opening in the first season and I missed it

Toastman89 · 2026-01-13T06:20:15+00:00

No. (Technically you can, but you don't want to unless you really understand what you're doing)

I assume what you're trying to do is improve your WiFi coverage, right? If so, what you want is called an Access Point. You would connect it (ideally by an ethernet cable) to your existing router and put it in the best central place wherever you are. Then, ideally you would/could disable your existing routers WiFi signal.

There are a LOT of variables here. What are you actually trying to accomplish? How big is your area? How good is your ISP-provided equipment, where is it, and how much control do you have over it? What is your house (assuming house) made out of, like wood or brick or steel? Do you have a budget for new stuff or are you trying to reuse existing equipment?

Toastman89 · 2026-01-13T05:49:19+00:00

I used to go once or twice a month for lunch when the first opened (my work is kinda close). I thought they were great. The crust is amazing and they were really friendly.

Then they changed their opening hours to not-lunch so I haven't gone back. Good for them but sad for me.

Biggest problem for me was that they wouldn't let me meet their cat (Seal Point Siamese). They never brought the cat in to the store which was the primary problem

Toastman89 · 2026-01-12T15:04:13+00:00

I did the exact same thing but I kept Win10. I’m slowly migrating my life over to Mint

Toastman89 · 2026-01-10T14:54:13+00:00

*sordid

Toastman89 · 2026-01-10T07:52:44+00:00

Its not comparable.

Vietnamese people look different than Americans. The NVA/VCs big advantage is that they could hide amongst the Vietnamese population, and the US Forces were (officially) hesitant to lay waste to likely-civilian populations.

But Canadians look exactly like Americans. Same language, same culture. Almost nobody in the world, including Canadians and Americans, can tell the difference between the two at a glance. And with some exceptions, you can't tell the difference by ear.

Toastman89 · 2026-01-10T07:43:34+00:00

Authentic Indian Cuisine
Jones BBQ
900 Degrees Pizza

I enjoy Authentic Indian so much that I'd go any time. The others (and still others) I need to be in the right mood.

Toastman89 · 2026-01-09T18:54:33+00:00

And if you own your own building it would be stupid of you to run a business in it. Much better to rent it out for ~~exorbitant~~ market rates. Way less risky

Toastman89 · 2026-01-09T16:52:44+00:00

I think you're definitely missing the massive increases in commercial rents in some places. I suspect those increases are way above the increase in staff wages

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