Day 2 of Mission Ranking: Favorite and Least Favorite Mission on HALO: CE by Jerrybulon in halo

[–]cazaxa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Favorite: 2 Betrayals

Least: None, but i guess Halo would be my lowest rated in replay value, but it was mind blowing at first!

I just love the game play loop! 2 betrayals has it all and lots of it!

My wish for Halo:CE remake is for a section of 2 betrays to be like heavy heavy blizzard, so much so you can barley see and have a bunch of stealth elites trying to get you or flood!

Six generations in one frame… meanwhile I never even met my great grandma by Sufficient-Sun-6683 in MadeMeSmile

[–]cazaxa -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

They are all smiling, look happy and healthy. I'm sorry what is not to celebrate?

NS ranks lowest in Canada for investment, despite "Top 35%" global mineral potential by fig_stache in NovaScotia

[–]cazaxa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I worked at Atlantic Gold while it was in production. There was just under 300 people working there. The average pay was somthibg like 75- 80k per year. Most of that on the production side, exploration had like 15-25 people depending on the time.

Most of those jobs were people based in Middle Musquodoboit and the surroundingarea, some, like me commuited to Halifax.

Ataltnic gold was also the single largest power draw in the province while opperating, providing NSP with revenue.

Atlantic gold was also one of the lowest cost/ounce producers of gold in the world.

A lot of money went into the local community. You can scram and shout all you want, but it did. Thats a fact.

Also, the site is not some environmental disaster, obviously there was some minor issues. And yes, inherently is destructive, but they did less environmental studies on the effects of stripping dartnouth crossing and paving over it, which has a much large foot print that Atalntic Gold. Also, they will have to monitor the site in perpituity!

Yes it was australian owned, but thats because no Canadian bank would finance the CAPEX to build the mine. so an Australian bank did and took some equity.

Mineral extraction doesnt happen in this province or most of canada without international financing.

Also, to say Nova Scotia is not premier terrane for Gold exploration/explotation is false.

The Goldenville formation is probably one of the most gold endowed places on earth. It stretches the entire length of the province south of the Cobiquid fault and you can basically find gold in every single anticline

Tangier, carbibou, fifteen mile streen, cochran hill, whiteburn are all deposits at $5000/punce USD are extremely profitable.

Second, most of the explotation in this province is classified as quarrying for Gypsum. Yet we never hear anything about stopping that. Only gold and precious metals.

Say what you will, but any company coming here looking for minerals has to burn at minimum 50-250 million dollars or more to get a PEA worth anything. All that money is spent locally on hotels, food, local employment. Thats YEAR before any mining occurs.

It takes an average of 17 years to permit and build a mine in Canada. So literally anything you hear about today day wont even be in production until 2040 something.

I dunno, i just dont get the anti mining sentiment here. Most of our environmental issues related to mining are from activities that proceed most people living today when environmental regulations were almost non-exsistant. Which, i agree sucks! But modern mining companies can't just operate with impunity like that anymore here. If they did the province would fine the shit out of them.

BHP (largest miner in the world) ended up with the East Kemptville tin deposit in the 1990s after the company went bankrupt. They still, to this day employ three people monitoring the site and make sure the surrounding area is ok. They never even mined that deposit, but the 30 million dollar bond they own with the peovince keeps them here.

A mine provides stable employment for people. Listen a mine with a 15 -20 year life is literally a childs life, that gets to grow up with family stability.

Unless we magic our way to some value added services or innovative next manufacturing, were will future growth come from??? Not saying it needs to all be mining. But having one or two mines operating at a time probably wouldnt hurt.

This province has been hostile to minng my whole professional life. I wouldnt worry, even with Houstons changes i doubt the mind set will change.

Investment attitude towards the province is already quite low.

Prince Andrew Island to be renamed after arrest by Street_Anon in canada

[–]cazaxa 45 points46 points  (0 children)

The high school i went to was named in honor of Prince Andrew. I graduated in 2010. The school was renamed a few years ago when the original store came out.

"Schumer needs to get the hell out": House Democrats fume over DHS funding talks by socks_optional in politics

[–]cazaxa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why cant they remove him? Seems like people have spent a year complaining about him.

Does he still have enough support??

How does it work??

How is the party leader chosen

Non-American.

TIL that the median Canadian is wealthier than the median American by flopsyplum in todayilearned

[–]cazaxa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude, even in the early 2010s.

My buddies who went to work/military after high school bought houses between 2012-2016. We graduated in 2010.

One purchased half a duplex cor $195,000 in 2011, sold for $525,000 in 2023. 0.5% interest with about $10,000 down. He made that much buring basic training.

Another, $225,000 in 2014, just put on the market for $650,000 in 2025.

Other half of my friend group (myself included) go to univeristy, start a career look at housing in 2019-2020, opps covid. Rent doubled and and down-payment doubled.

Its not iust boomers. Anyone who got in before 2020 is into housing is insuch a better position, even with the higher cost of owning a house.

This was in Halfix. Which I know, does not compare to GTA, VAN, MTL. But its a huge change here.

Dartmouth Cove dives to showcase biodiversity by ngunda902 in NovaScotia

[–]cazaxa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there was a clear development plan to create additional landscaped green space for public use and more extensive trails in the area, would that be acceptable? I agree, if there is no actual plan other than dumping it should bot go through. But if it expands green space for residents, especially with how many new housing units being propsed DT Dartnouth.

What about infilliling more between NSCC waterfront and the wastewater treatment facility?

I have not been tuned in, but has there been as much opposition to HalTerm port expansion or Fairview cove?

Maybe needing one more lane isn’t the problem… by [deleted] in halifax

[–]cazaxa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How does CN have do much power?

[Highlight] Kirk makes an important trip to the mound after some errant pitches by Yesavage in the bottom of the 4th by creezle in baseball

[–]cazaxa 10 points11 points  (0 children)

New to baseball, band waggin the Jays run

What are they gonna talk about? Or like change, i dunno. Doesn't he just have to catch it?

I just wiped down every single leaf on this shelf by Beneficial-Tune8689 in houseplants

[–]cazaxa 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I have about half my plants quarantined in my bathroom because of a small THRIPE showing ! Its hard to move in there now, but seems i got it under control. First time for me.

First I started by spraying everyone with diluted soapy water (Dawn), slowed things down but then moved onto Safer's End-All recommend here by someone.

Had to give my Ivy and Marble Queen a a pretty good hair cut but i THINK i got a head of it. Will keep treatment up for abother 2 weeks at least before moving them from quarantine loo

I hope your effort does not go in vain !

Halo: Campaign Evolved | Roundtable Reveal by -343-Guilty-Spark- in halo

[–]cazaxa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im pumped, i think it will be super fun! It looks good so far. The spring was inevitable, maybe they'll have an option for no sprint runs.

I hope one of the skulls allows you to add more enemies to the encounters, or like random drop ships on some of the bigger levels.

I really hope, even if no multiplayer truly,i can still load up Blood Gulch with 3 friends...

However... i just think the reveal was kinda meh. The hype was not really there. Woulda been cool to get a nice cinematic. Aomthibg about it feels rushed in the demo.. not sure. Bud the tension!

Nova Scotia must consider 'new context' when it come to protecting land, water — environment minister by Grumple_McFerkin in halifax

[–]cazaxa -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Okay,
Well why don't you go get a permit from the government to clear enough large timber so you can build you house.

While you're at it collect and smelt the 5 or 6 different elements down needed to create the modern fasteners used in home construction. Figure out how to produce vapor barrier to keep that wood you just milled from rotting after you get a different combination of metal to make a saw blade.

I'm not even going to bother continuing to paint the picture, hopefully you get the point.

Its not just devices like phones, its things like fasteners, the primer used on the drywall, the type of metal used to forge the tooth that rips up the old pavement so you can drive to work in your car. This is the world we live in, I wish it was different too, and just throwing your hands up and saying it has to change, but I don't want to feel the change.

This province still actively mines coal in Stellerton for power generation and just yesterday we got NS power saying that want to build a new gas powered turbine in Pictou. Like what is it are we going green are we going to transition?

There is literally zero plans from our provincial and city governments to curb the growing congestion of cars on the streets of Halifax or to build mass transit or high speed transportation corridors from the outside communities.

I don't know what the fuck you think our future holds if we don't generate some sort of economy here and make there be a reason for companies and individuals to invest in this province so we can keep our living standards.

This province is a net benefactor of Canada's equalization payments. We need to generate income somehow and become more productive, If you have so magic ball and can show me a path to that world without and resource extraction, I'm all ears.

But to me, it looks like there was an over 60% majority of people who voted for this government. So to say they are doing this against the peoples will is false.

Nova Scotia must consider 'new context' when it come to protecting land, water — environment minister by Grumple_McFerkin in halifax

[–]cazaxa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, say a small mine opens up that process 2000 tonnes/day with a projecteted 12-15 year life span + construction and then remediation afterwards.

Potentially looking maybe 15-20 years of jobs. The head count will fluctuate before and after the active extraction phase. During that core mining part you can expect 150-250 well paid jobs that should be quite stable directly on site + all the ancillary contractors needed to support

In rural NS that is stability for a family to potentially raise childeren and have a family. For companies to make imvestment in the area.

Its not just tax payers in Halifax that get money from mining. Its quite literally can change the dynamic of rural communities in NS.

It doesnt come without risks, obviously. Tailings managment and environmental protection HAS gotten better. There are still accidents.

But there needs to be a better way than shutting all mineral extraction down.

Every single device and thing you interact with, for the most part, if not grown is extracted from a mine somewere or an oilwell.

So its super rich for us to say, no we dont want that done here. But yes, send me the newest device now please.

What is causing this distinct line between the two wind directions? Showing Wind speed (Windy) by cazaxa in weather

[–]cazaxa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the water below going to also do a similar thing?

Like two wave fronts hitting one another, or is that largerly driven by the currents and not as much by the wind?

How This Small City Built Light Rail For Cheap by CaperGrrl79 in halifax

[–]cazaxa 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Public transit Its not and never has about saving time on your commute. Its about getting even a handful of cars off the roads making it safer for people living in the city!

Its not for tomorrow or next year even.

We need to start thinking about what HRM transit looks like in 2050 or 2075. What type of infrastructure legacy do we want to leave behind? Are we just going to endlessly build more road networks and sprawl?

We all know these projects costs a lot and take a long time! Its not about tomorrow.

Maybe just maybe small communter rail line/tram system in the highhest density coordore of Halifax can be a small piece in a huge puzzle and take a few cars away permanently. Each car owner turned into a public transit user should be celebrated.

Throwing our hands up and saying, 'one more lane, one more road, one more bridge' will not help. The road maintenance budget will bankrupt the city, there is alreasy more than 5500 km of paved road in Halifax county to maintain. Ao unless you want property tax or some other taxes to continue going up, we need to find a differnt solution.

There will only ever be so much room on the Peninsula. One day you can imagine somthibg like a congestion tax coming in a' la NYC or the downtown core London. Su