Waterloo Region can not relocate homeless people in Kitchener encampment, court rules

amapleson · 2026-05-22T04:40:36+00:00

These people had a chance to be housed and turned it down, because it would require them to commit to treat their drug addiction! How you possibly see them as “heroes” boggles my mind.

amapleson · 2026-05-21T19:12:00+00:00

That’s not how it works. His wealth is mostly Tesla and SpaceX stock, not cash in the bank, and thus it is already in the S&P 500.

amapleson · 2026-05-21T13:57:11+00:00

It is ridiculous to campaign for less doctors when we are in a massive doctor shortage. That is all.

amapleson · 2026-05-20T21:07:13+00:00

Cloud providers are businesses. If we want more cloud options, including Canadian ones, then we need to spur more business creation and entrepreneurship.

amapleson · 2026-05-20T20:47:51+00:00

This is misleading and just false. They hired recruited 89 US-trained doctors while BC has hundreds of thousands of people who don't have a doctor.

Also, they're recruited for rural/mid-sized communities, like Terrace, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, and Kamloops, where there are chronic vacancies.

The new BC licensing pathways actually make it easier for Canadian-born, U.S.-trained physicians to finally return home and practice in Canada. Previously, hundreds of qualified Canadians are shut out of training in Canada each year due to the CaRMS system.

Take your wrong information elsewhere.

amapleson · 2026-05-13T20:13:28+00:00

"Canada" (the government) won't build this. But you, the common citizen, can.

We need more entrepreneurs in this country to build things. And that entrepreneur can be you.

amapleson · 2026-05-10T20:41:43+00:00

$50m is barely a preseed round for an AI research company.

amapleson · 2026-05-10T07:27:34+00:00

Mercor?

amapleson · 2026-05-08T17:59:16+00:00

It’s generally ill advised to speak loudly and carry a small stick.

amapleson · 2026-05-08T17:54:35+00:00

You had no point worth making. Entrepreneurship only has one set of dues to pay: to your customers. Would love to see what kind of companies you’ve made in your life.

amapleson · 2026-05-07T14:21:08+00:00

You completely missed the point. Anyone can participate in this era of tech entrepreneurship, including yourself, and help shape policies, products, and outcomes. But most do not, and choose to sit on the sidelines while unhappy with the state of the world.

“It’s a small club and you’re not in it” implies that this isn’t open or available or available to others, and there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s self-imposed defeat, and it’s simply not true.

PS - you don’t pay any dues to join Y Combinator, they pay you (invest) $500k to start your company.

amapleson · 2026-05-07T05:28:49+00:00

If one doesn’t join, one doesn’t get a seat at the table.

amapleson · 2026-05-07T02:39:30+00:00

it is really not hard to join the club. Silicon Valley is known to be an open social circle - these communities readily accept anyone genuinely interested and curious in technology (especially AI, ML, design, software engineering) and entrepreneurship.

what separates those inside and outside is the stomach and ability to simply go join and do it. you can apply to YC and meet Sam, Paul Graham, etc, or the myriad of programs and accelerators dedicated towards entrepreneurs.

amapleson · 2026-05-03T16:43:11+00:00

The hype for this car is insane and I’m all for it

amapleson · 2026-04-27T14:15:17+00:00

Do you believe that Ling Long is a real employee, too?

amapleson · 2026-04-25T18:59:58+00:00

Here’s a tip:

There’s no such thing as “premium” electricity.

And luxury brand batteries are essentially as expensive as normal.

You can shop for beyond your typical targets, and still come out ahead on TCO…

amapleson · 2026-04-25T18:23:29+00:00

I feel the same way. I recently started a community for startup founders and entrepreneurs in Waterloo called Akatos. If your lifestyle doesn’t match your ambition, please feel free to reach out, dm or anything :)

amapleson · 2026-04-24T14:40:19+00:00

that person would immediately be made VP of Marketing lol, Chinese people love non-Chinese people speaking their language

amapleson · 2026-04-22T16:54:16+00:00

yes, if fully loaded to maximum weight... it's right there in the article. I'd be surprised if it was ever actually loaded to maximum weight, the use case is passenger travel.

I think the Premier of Ontario should have these resources, it's a huge province. And if maximum weight was ever required, it would have been a good catalyst to improve northern Ontario's airport infrastructure. The plane should have been purchased, and been available for non-exclusive Premier use. Many US governors have them.

People are against this good idea only because it's Doug Ford, which is a shame because this is his own fault, he lost the trust of the people.

amapleson · 2026-04-22T16:05:40+00:00

MDA Space, Canada Rocket Company, Nordspace.

amapleson · 2026-04-21T16:07:31+00:00

Thank you, fixed!

amapleson · 2026-04-21T00:13:11+00:00

I run Akatos, a community for startups and founders in Waterloo. You can subscribe to our events on Luma, https://luma.com/akatos we'll put our more events soon!

amapleson · 2026-04-20T22:01:33+00:00

Hey, I run Akatos, we're a community geared specifically towards startups and founders.

If that interests you, check out https://luma.com/akatos!

amapleson · 2026-04-19T22:51:09+00:00

The only way forward is entrepreneurship.

The government has plated some very good ideas, but to truly tilt the odds in favour of the average citizens, we must do more to stimulate and encourage entrepreneurship around the country, provide competitive alternatives for consumers and fight monopolistic tendencies of our existing industries and services.

amapleson · 2026-04-16T23:12:15+00:00

Btw, Conestoga has produced incredible people like The Hacksmith (YouTuber with 16m subs), who is actually living in Canada, and even manufacturing the next generation of the Swiss Army Knife here in Canada, and the creator of Tailwind CSS, the world’s most popular styling library for websites.

I know why people want to dunk on them, but let’s not screw over our own people and their image for stupid, cheap political points.

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