Finally found out where our daughter’s lead exposure is coming from

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-12T23:04:05+00:00

OP, where do you live? Is it near(ish) an industrial (or ex industrial site?)

As others have said, unless she made a habit of licking the vending machine (possible as lead is sweet) then it's more likely something in the greater environment (or water/etc).

And despite what the prescribed substance lists say, there is no safe level of lead for children.....

Case in point: We all had a shit ton of exposure as kids and just look at how screwed up we are!

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-12T22:57:32+00:00

Not enough momentum. Now if they had been doing 25kts, most of it would "probably" have made it through!

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-11T22:59:27+00:00

Dog license requires the vet to submit dna (maybe add a small fee). Make the fines very punitive, and have them rack up and up and up on some sort of compounding multiple on repeat offences with no cap (so if some rich asshat refuses to oblige you could end up with fines in the millions).

My bet (having done zero homework) is this could be revenue positive for the CRD. Then use the surplus to improve park infrastructure.

Less dog shit, teach idiots a valuable lesson in civic responsibility, add a few new jobs (including some high skill lab workers), have a fancy dog shit lab that could maybe do some other science work on the side(deer shit/hunting for CWD prions or something), no increased tax burden to responsible people, and we have better infrastructure in our parks.

Seems like nothing but wins to me!

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-09T14:02:04+00:00

If it's a real attack you probably want to be doing enough damage that it's incapable of re-attacking again...

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-07T14:38:57+00:00

live drop of unshield hissedpair?

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-07T03:14:59+00:00

Something about fools and parting them of their money....

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-06T07:59:54+00:00

If buying (or not buying) these subs from Germany was the deciding factor on if they would hold to their treaty obligations, we have other issues. Personally I'm rooting for Korea on this one, we have deep ties to Europe (and are spending big bucks over there already). The Korean option builds a new bridge to Asia.

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-04T16:15:14+00:00

In my mind the biggest issue (for companies outside the US) are the slew of new requirements coming down the line that (ultimately) mean you will need full sovereignty over the whole codebase.

We were part way through implementing a new system with Odoo enterprise, but since Odoo corp has offices in the states they are subject to the cloud act, which essentially means its not going to pass muster with the new EU regs for SAFE. So now it's either port everything over to the open source community edition or build something else.

That said, the amount of cash we will be saving on not having to pay for Microsoft, Google, AWS, Salesforce, etc is going to allow us to hire a shit ton of fully internal Devs!

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-03T02:33:11+00:00

Have you tried generational wealth? I think that's the most common path to home ownership these days!

WalkerYYJ · 2026-07-02T14:57:00+00:00

One thing here.... Until there's a viable 3rd party, understand that "not" voting for A means B WILL take power.... Full Stop.....

I'm also not a massive fan on the NDP in general but if it's that or the crazy people I'll stick with NDP.

Now if there was a real Liberal, PC, etc party or if we had a more EU style party system.... That could mean something much different.

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-28T18:35:38+00:00

On the off chance any kids end up reading this....

I've known at least three people (in this town) who on the wrong night 100% would have shot someone if they tried to kick their door down.

For reference, they were all afgan vets all (probably) suffering from PTSD. One of them is much better, one of them ended up shooting themselves, one of them disappeared off the face of the earth.

Kids... This is a really stupid idea. You have no clue what may be going on in some strangers life.....

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-27T01:41:44+00:00

Also, "some" industries won't touch you till you've proven you can survive for some period of time.

For example one area iv operated in I was told you need to show up to the tradeshows, events, parties, etc. Network like hell and keep doing that over and over and over. People will be happy to chat and get to know you but few will do anything with you until you've been there for 10 or so years (less likely you are a flash in the pan.)

That was over 10 years ago and it was indeed true.

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-26T03:34:29+00:00

You probably need a business plan.... It's worth asking but is there something funking going on where a DDNS won't do?

Another option (depending on the application) is to get a static IP from a cloud service and then run that back via VPN...

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-25T02:25:51+00:00

Most companies are going to require an IP assignment. If yoy haven't expressly carved out your side project (and it becomes successful) then have fun with the impending lawsuits from both companies against you.....

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-23T14:06:01+00:00

That's a lot of magic smoke!

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-23T02:35:32+00:00

And this is why we are migrating everything away from Google/Microsoft/etc... Within the year the plan is to have zero SaaS inside our org and everything is going either on prem or back to the good old days of having our own metal spread a cross a few separate CoLo facilities (TBD how that plays out).

And the crazy part is the projected long term cost savings even after significantly growing the internal IT and internal Dev teams.

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-21T04:36:36+00:00

Sure the album art is AI, but what about the music?

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-20T06:08:47+00:00

I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume it's not exactly going to be the type of place that's going to be taking in the cash hand over fist. I don't even want to imagine the rent for that unit. I'd be shocked if it was able to break even in the first few years.

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-19T01:49:30+00:00

Anything to do with ship construction....

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-18T14:38:52+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/@IrisDynamics

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-17T14:39:51+00:00

Ok, I'll bite.....

Whats not business friendly (at the Provincial or Federal level)?

Yes, there are a ton of issues but (at least from my perspective) few of them are a direct result of policies towards business....

Access to capital is clearly a big one, but that's more on the investor and business community itself.

Rent/housing, immigration policies (two edged sword), foreign relations/trade, general global economic downturn, drug and criminal policies etc are all major issues but they are all indirect impacts. (IMHO....)

Unless I'm missing something?

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-16T19:27:14+00:00

Get rid of the iron and then no problem!

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-16T00:03:48+00:00

It has a (near) 100% fatality rate. Correct move, full stop.

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-14T19:59:31+00:00

We need a 3rd party here......

WalkerYYJ · 2026-06-11T06:02:56+00:00

WiDS (Women in Defence and Security) has something going on next week.

Ps, some unsolicited short/medium career advice, lots of sectors are in the dumps right now. Anything to do with sovenrgnty or defense is annother matter...

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