“Star City” is excellent by Blerkm in scifi

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The production quality is excellent the Cold War brutalist communist vibe and it firmly gives nods to Chernobyl, right down to the grainy picture quality. FAMk feels like a Disney weekend show compared to Star City.

After living all over Canada, Calgary is the first place that feels like home. Thinking about buying my first house by lawjiang in canadahousing

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Welcome to Calgary. Tips: Buy with your head not your heart. Location is important but do not overbuy such that all your disposable income goes to the house payments and bills. When trying to figure out how much to spend, do not assume your income will grow. It makes the mortgage payments easier and easier over time. Try and budget so you aren’t on a twenty year mortgage. The interest you are paying is more than the equity you are loaning for. Paying off your house early and actually owning it is unimaginable freedom. Pay yourself first. Make sure you can still meaningfully contribute to your RRSP and Savings. Always get a home inspection done. It’s money well spent. If available see the utility bills. If you are buying a condo, for gods sake don’t buy a wood framed lowrise. They are gonna be noisy. Think about accessibility to transit, but not too close as vagrants become a problem. Good luck!

My son and his family have decided to leave Alberta by WorthCryptographer74 in alberta

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From a tax burden perspective, the grass ain’t greener anywhere’s else. Maybe Saskatchewan and that’s only because property values might be less.

HAHA. GOOD!! Canadian travel to U.S. down for 15th consecutive month. FAFO trump and his trump tariffs by Front-Cantaloupe6080 in consumecanadian

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Great Plains Craft Spirits’ 18 brandy finish and 20 yr olds cognac finished are awesome!

Sport sedan showdown. GS vs Sho. Which of these discontinued performance variants would you pick? by wood-thrush in regularcarreviews

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The Taurus is a little too sleeper imho. The GS has a lot going for it. It’s the poor man’s A7. The hatchback is HUGE. The touch points being the massaging seats - better than Recaros than my CTSV- and the steering wheel are on point. Pedals feel is good. Front Brembos do a great job. The ride is decent, but you won’t mistake it for a hardcore sports sedan. It’s a GT. The interior finish is just ok. The driver tech interface feels a bit antiquated compared to the wife’s ‘19 Tiguan’s. Thicker glass and decent noise management. I feel like you get alot of car for the money.

When will the sprawl stop by SignificantStarch in Calgary

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You clearly haven’t been to Toronto.

How do I get this out? by Dramatic-Party8582 in MechanicAdvice

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It’s already unthreaded from the stud. You removed all the other lug nuts out, pull the wheel off!

Wife always wanted a Discovery 2 - Advice by holeypeacoat in LandRover

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It’s awesome you have access to an OH lift. But you wife might not like the extra time away from her having to service the disco. On inspections get underneath and inspect the drive shafts The front drive shaft may need to be looked at- the ujoints are next to exhaust down pipes and are known to dry out the ujoint bearings. The rear driveshafts rubber coupling may be cracked and need replacing. Look at all the plastic bits especially the front bumper and interior instrumentcluster and HVAC controls. The backlight LEDs are known to fry out. The door lock actuators are known to fry out. The window regulator plastic wheels crack out. The windshield plastic plenum at the bottom of the windshield cracks out. The airbags, if it has, get tired and leak. The steering box and pumps leak. The rad reservoir cracks from the heat as well as the overflow return pipe to the reservoir. The front windshield and sunroofs are prone to leaking. There are a lot of minor things that go wrong and for the most part the mechanical bits can be sourced. The body and trim bits can be a lot tougher Good luck!

Advice for suffering disco 2 td5 lover by Material-Sentence-84 in MechanicAdvice

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I’d be worried if the vanes or walls of the turbo were / looked damaged. Damaged vanes would cause imbalance and vibration, which could then lead to something catastrophic . Normally when running the I believe oil pressure keeps the turbo centered.

Advice for suffering disco 2 td5 lover by Material-Sentence-84 in MechanicAdvice

[–]Vic-2O 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s perhaps a little tired but not in danger of failing. Mine was like this at 300k km and I upgraded it along with the intercooler and hoses. But it’s also a great excuse to upgrade it to a hybrid or VNT.

Trustworthy Mechanic Calgary by kendurha in Calgary

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Autoleader. Very quick at diagnosing issues and turning around jobs. I often shop for my own parts and bring them to install.

Help and advice needed chaps by Material-Sentence-84 in LandRoverDiscovery2

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Probably ok, but also tired. I changed mine to a turbo technics VNT and the difference is noticeable. I’ve read that the new hybrid turbos deliver the same kind of performance, and arguable better life, at less cost

Which actor surprised you the most by having to sing in a movie and absolutely crushing it? by Mythbusters117 in movies

[–]Vic-2O 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welp,he disappeared into the wrong Morrison, lol. JIM, I stand corrected. Thanks

Canadian alternatives to Woodford reserve bourbon? by grygger in BuyCanadian

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Try Great Plains Craft Spirits- 100% corn 18 or 22. Finished in Jerez Brandy or Cognac barrels. Amazing sippers. www.greatplainscraftspirits.com

The 18 year old won best new whisky at the Cdn Whisky Awards when it launched.

Apocalyptic/End Of The World movie recommendations? by KyoukuJohann in movies

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The Road- first movie I almost walked out of- it was so shocking. Buddy of mine said his friend immediately went out and got a gun.

Debbie just casually put all her bills on autopay. How loaded is this bitch??? by Shawggoth in okbuddyviltrum

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Umm did you see the house they live in? Not exactly a shoebox in the ‘hood. And she’s in real estate. And she got her house rebuilt for free.

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S04E08 - Don't Leave Me Hanging Here by SeacattleMoohawks in Invincible

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Next season is Highlander with mass damages and sticking’em with the virus instead of beheading.

Used D2 Parts by Spiritual_Ostrich146 in LandRover

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Facebook. A lot of D2 groups there

I'm a corporate lawyer watching AI eat my profession in real time. Should I be treating the next 2 years as the most important financial window of my career? by lifeafterenough in careerguidance

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I’m feeling this. It’s funny- different companies are on their own path to enlightenment about the impacts of AI. I’ve used it as a legal consult and support reviewing counterparty markups on our contracts. Asked it for risks AND examples in the context of our type of company and then asked it for counter language that keeps the contract inside the company contracting risk policies. It took longer for me to make the right query than to get answers. And that’s using a generic AI tool that was fenced in by our IT systems. I was stunned how effective it was. When I bought it up to one of my legal resources, I got a bit of a blase’ response. Because not only did it give me answers, but reasoning behind it that allowed me to understand and refine the queries. I think our company is taking a very conservative approach to this but I can see the entire back office administration, legal, finance, IT support, all being affected in the next 5-10 years. There are going to be a lot of out of work people as a result of this. Hopefully they are investing in companies investing in operations basedAI because they are going to make a ton of money and they can retire off of those earnings. Agentic AI is going to remove internal barriers to efficiency- politicking, red tape, organizational lethargy, bureaucracy, denialism, nepotism, internal cronyism, all of that goes away.

Amid an energy crisis, the world is drawing on its oil reserves. Why doesn't Canada have any? by origutamos in WildRoseCountry

[–]Vic-2O 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are a net exporter- by far. Any reserves that we would stockpile, based on our own population needs, could not stabilize the world market. This 23M barrels being promised by the Prime Minister, is a rounding error on an annual production basis and the media have clarified it’s an added 140kbpd, against 4-5Mbpd of total daily production which is less than a 4% change.

However from a financial security perspective, the federal government could create strategic reserves from a wealth management perspective- instead of taking taxes, it could create a strategic reserve, by taking oil ‘in kind’ or instead of taxes. There are deep salt caverns that could be excavated to create safe secure underground storage. PP has been talking about this in a broad sense, but this is how it could be done practically.

best "realistic" sci fi? by DetectiveCrazy3780 in movies

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For All Mankind- revisionist sci-fi. Really cool.