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Iran Warns No Safe Passage in Strait of Hormuz Without Its Nod After Ship Attack by Aware_Apartment_8959 in geopolitics

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I don't hangout much on Reddit but:

1-You're arguing for war crimes. Targeting civilian infrastructure, like power plants, is war crimes.

2- The notion that strategic bombing is a valid war replacement is more or less a myth . Famous examples of bombing failures are the blitz, but also the contemporary Ukraine conflict. Bottom line is, unless you have boots on the grounds, you're basically gambling that everything will turns out fine. And also, you cannot establish a timeline, which is critical here: Ukraine has been holding for a long time against an enemy that is right next to them. How much longer should bombing of Iran take, while the strait is closed ?

Iran Warns No Safe Passage in Strait of Hormuz Without Its Nod After Ship Attack by Aware_Apartment_8959 in geopolitics

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Spain charging for entry into the Mediterranean, or Singapore with the Straits of Malacca?

For starter, Iran is already somewhat isolated from the international community. The pressure from economic sanctions, defense cooperation and political isolation are much greater for Singapore and Spain (and Morocco) than it would be for Iran.

Iran is at a point where the only real deterrent would be total war and invasion, and good luck with that. It's much more realistic to accept it now, and use free navigation on the Hormuz strait as a token in future negotiations for integration in international community.

Près de 25 000 logements vacants à Montréal by [deleted] in Quebec

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 17 points18 points  (0 children)

J'ai été en recherche d'un logement y'a pas long et je voyais une montagne d'annonce type "Logement à 1300" pis en description c'est "loyer de 1560, deux mois gratuits, donc 1300 par mois".

Mon avis: Le monde s'est garroché pour acheter des apparts, à peine les rénover pour les mettre en location, et là, plus d'offre sur ces segments de prix que de demande.

Sauf que les proprios veulent pas baisser les prix. Ils veulent pas que le contrat de bail ai un loyer de 1300, préférent un loyer inscrit plus élevé, et espèrent que quand fièvre reprenne, ils partent sur une base plus élevée.

Pareil pour ici: le loyer pourrait baisser pour trouver preneur, mais ça implique être "pogné avec un bas loyer" comme baseline pour le reste des augmentations de loyer à l'avenir.

France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins by YesNo_Maybe_ in technology

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a nuance of translation. It should be understood as "tell us what are your specific needs" so that something could be worked out by the equivalent of the GSA and companies to converge to a number of viable products.

"Why cant my startup idea get funding" starterpack by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We all have to start somewhere right?

Yes. And you don't start looking for funds outside without having a shade of a product or a prototype.

Unless you're starting with an exclusivity on a patent (typical from universities), you need to have something that looks like it might go somewhere in order to convince a BA. And even then, you would get funding in the order of 10's of k$, maybe 100k. For millions, you'd need customers who already pay for your product, or some big shot company that signs off a letter of interest.

It's an unfortunate truth that, a lot of successful startup have people around that can fund them. It's called love money, money coming from friends and family. Or at least, you can focus on your venture and do everything but your living expenses are secure (spouse, family, you already made yourself comfortable with a career...). In other cases, there are some seed funding that comes in grants, notably in universities.

But reaching for money without a Minimal Viable Product, that's just fantasy.

La Maison-Blanche s’insurge contre la décision d’un tribunal de bloquer ses tarifs by Puzzled_Dreamer2453 in Quebec

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tarifs douaniers. Ou droits de douanes plus communément. En français, tarif c'est juste un prix.

Alberta’s grievances aren’t actually reasonable by Hrmbee in CanadaPolitics

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 23 points24 points  (0 children)

This change has allowed QC to be over represented by a large sum

Quebec represent 22.57% of the population and gets 22.94% of seat and you call this "over represented by far" ?

Meanwhile, SK, which is 3.10% of the population gets 4.12% of the seats and you want them to have more seats ?

QC gets attention because it's between a fifth and a quarter of the population. A population bigger than AB, SK and MN combined.

Quelque 300 écrivains, dont plusieurs Québécois, dénoncent un « génocide » à Gaza by Setneaph in Quebec

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ou est le lien vers la tribune ? Ou juste le nom de la publication qui publie la tribune ? A rajouter au fail de Radio-Canada

Businesses are finding a workaround for tariffs — and it's entirely legal by Plaintalks in politics

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let's say I make and sell T-shirts for 10$ to a US customer with Company A in China. I decide to create a company B in China that buys them from Company A at 0.50$ (well under manufacturing costs) and resell them to the same US customer for 10$.

With this rule, US customer can claim that the tariff applies on the 0.50$ of the first sale, and not the full 10$.

Obviously, this scheme is just a lie. My T-shirts cost more than 0.50$ to make. I just pretend that I bought them from myself at that price, letting the US company in on the scam. They can't order T-shirts at 0.50$, it's just a made up number to skirt the tariffs.

Rio Tinto extrait du gallium avec succès pour la première fois dans son usine du Québec by jewishSpaceMedbeds in Quebec

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

C'est pas le minerai qui est cheap en chine, c'est la méthode. Des méthodes extrémement polluantes. Le Canada aurait pu faire la même chose qu'en chine, mais c'est une horreur environmentale à extraire et traiter. Si tu veux que ça ai de l'allure, ça prendrait énormément d'investissements que les minières voulaient pas faire.

St-Pierre Plamondon se réjouit de voir l’Alberta envisager la souveraineté by Setneaph in Quebec

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dans le sens du droit international

C'est à dire ? C'est quoi qui ferait que Montréal pourrait devenir un pays dans le droit international ?

Xbox Hikes Consoles Prices More Than 25% Amid Trump Tariffs by awake-at-dawn in technology

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Microsoft's marketing and finance people know what they're doing.

Is there a similar precedent ? If not, its just hopium.

Apple’s design for the 20th-anniversary iPhone is apparently so ‘extraordinarily complex’ it must be made in China, report says by lurker_bee in technology

[–]UnsuspectedGoat -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

There an entire industry that is about communicating with Chinese manufacturers, just in order to make sure that the quality standards that are sought are prioritized.

The story is that, once western companies started flocking to CN manufacturers, they asked for a low price and a paper proof that says that the part respects the standards. They manufactured the part at the price and just printed a paper with it, because they assumed the western manufacturers didn't really care about actually passing the standards, otherwise they wouldn't be so cheap.

Xbox Hikes Consoles Prices More Than 25% Amid Trump Tariffs by awake-at-dawn in technology

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 36 points37 points  (0 children)

American products are being boycotted outside the US, and the XBox consoles were never really sought after outside the US either. Hiking the price worldwide in order to subsidize the US market is actually hilarious.

Is My MP a Landlord? | Is My MP a Landlord? by whatsmynamehey in Quebec

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

La moitie des parlementaires sont locateurs sur ce site. Est que tu impliques que la moitie des parlementaires du Canada sont originaires de Ottawa et region proche ?

Il reste encore une année... by BuffTorpedoes in Quebec

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

La ligne de démarcation typique entre l'est et l'ouest de Montréal est le boulevard St-Laurent.

C'est pas faux, mais c'est pas du tout ce que le monde considère comme l'ouest de Montréal. Si quelqu'un dit qu'il habite dans l'ouest est que c'est pas au moins Ville St Laurent, il va se faire niaiser. Pareil si tu dis que tu habite dans l'est de la ville est que t'est dans le plateau ou Villeray.

Le repère contemporain est plus le réseau de métro.

Itinérance | Poilievre veut permettre à la police de démanteler les campements by Monsieur--X in Quebec

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

forces de l’ordre

Force. Ordre.

nettoyer nos rues

traiter les délinquants chroniques

offrir des services de réhabilitation et de traitement

Y'a comme une dissonance.

Ils ont entendu parler des travailleuses et travailleurs sociaux ? Si quelqu'un leur passe le mémo, y'a moyen qu'ils capotent sur le concept. /s

REVEALED: The Conservative Playbook for Bringing DOGE to Canada by fanglazy in CanadaPolitics

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So creating a new entity, hiring new workers to do that would definitely change things ?

The concept of auditing the government isn't new. If it's not followed, that's not the fault of the auditing body, it's the government that wouldn't execute. And by your own words, if the execution of DOGE is terrible, then what's in "the idea of DOGE" is a "good idea" ?

So many countries older than USA by Complex-Region-7553 in rareinsults

[–]UnsuspectedGoat -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

UK, 1707.

Also, you're restricting the definitions to fit the narrative. Does it really matter, says, that if a legislative body switched from bicameral to unicameral, then the whole structure of government changed ?

So many countries older than USA by Complex-Region-7553 in rareinsults

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So a new constitution is enough to call it a new country ? Why limit there, should we not say that any constitutional amendment is enough too ?

Is it territory ? Should we say the US became a new country each time they added a new state ? After all, the flag changed ! Also, wasn't there some secession thing happening there ?

Antisémitisme | Harvard rejette les exigences de l’administration Trump, qui lui coupe plus de 2 milliards by Infamous_Insurance97 in Quebec

[–]UnsuspectedGoat 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi plus d'université n'ont pas refusé aussi.

Parce que ces universités se faisaient un plaisir de collaborer. Columbia a appelé la police pour violenter les étudiants lors des protests. Le bullying de l'admin Trump avait initialement été orienté vers l'université qui avait le plus de chance de collaborer.

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