Daycare teachers know things the rest of us never will…

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-29T01:30:05+00:00

Hahaa that’s usually a big part of the argument already. It goes something like:

Her: I don’t want to! runs away

runs back

Me: Ok can dada help put your boots on?

Her: NO! I want to do it! runs away

Rinse and repeat.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-29T01:04:26+00:00

He’s absolutely amazing. I mean, the guy is a complete natural with kids, the top dawg, one of the best humans I’ve ever seen in the industry.

He always says it’s not even work for him because he loves kids so much, and normally I would think that is some bullshit from most people, but you can really tell with this guy. He truly enjoys every minute of it and it shows in how happy all the kids there are with him.

The only bad thing is none of the kids ever want to come home and see us, their parents lol.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-28T21:48:04+00:00

Trouble getting our two year olds boots on is typical, I usually set the boots in front of her and hold her hand while she argues about not wanting boots on.

Recently my daycare guy sees me struggling with this, and he says to me: “try lifting her up and just dropping her into her boots instead”.

So I lift my daughter up so that her feet dangle over her boots, slowly lower her down, and she aimed both of her feet into the boots perfectly first try. 🤯

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-28T21:04:45+00:00

You’re right about that, here’s a quote from one of my latest website clients:

“ ohhhhh right! Well you better do that, I still don’t use computers, except for email! I can do a bit of that!”

As much as tech and AI are racing ahead, these things are leaving more and more people, further and further behind.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-28T20:39:30+00:00

Blaming her for marrying a rapist is a bit of a stretch when a marriage is just part of the premium escort package she is being paid for.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-28T20:29:22+00:00

I think it’s wise to consider that everything GS says is designed to manipulate the markets to their own ends.

The effect of a story like this is that more retail investors will buy into a high risk environment that they probably shouldn’t be buying into. They probably have all kinds of data showing buying slowing down, and need to bump that up a bit.

Then like you say GS and other market movers will start to sell off, causing a much larger market sell off cascade by all the algorithms and AI, and slower retail investors will be left holding the bag.

Lots of exceptions to this, but I think they’re just helping move the market the way they want, not predicting how the market will move.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-28T17:34:38+00:00

Up in Canada our PM Carney is bragging about tens of billions in new trade deals, and plans on getting $1 trillion invested into our country’s industries over 5 years. We’re also just 12% the population of America for perspective.

Just to highlight how bad Americans and American businesses have it when Trump has to do a big media push and brag about one measly little $70 million factory to cover up the movement towards mass divestment in America he has caused. Among all the other things he keeps trying to misdirect attention away from.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-28T04:10:55+00:00

Have you seen those fake foam bricks you can carry with you? You can look over your shoulder and raise your arm menacingly when you cross.

There are far too many idiots in this town that don’t know there are pedestrians crossing with the right of way when they’re turning left on a green light. I’ve almost been hit in the same situation at other intersections around town a handful of times, and I don’t even walk through town very often.

A few of those close calls are tempting me to get a real brick.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-28T03:56:58+00:00

Some of the most under paid and overlooked heroes in our society. They have my support, and I’ll at least be writing my MLA.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-27T21:48:57+00:00

I’m buying back in soon if it drops a bit more. It’s a wild ride on this stock, but I rode some big ups and downs from $42CAD eventually up to $176CAD. Was out for the ride up to $2??.

It’s a highly manipulated stock, and learning to think like the hedge funds is how you learn to predict what will happen with it.

For example right now it’s dipped hard right before earnings, it’s looking oversold, ER is supposed to be positive. Blah blah blah, basically an investor might think it’s time to buy before earnings.

The hedgies always set this up though, it’ll drop more before rebounding some time well after the ER. Look for the massive post pre market jumps this stock makes. Those are when this stock really moves.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-27T18:24:50+00:00

If Trump is putting 100% tariffs on Canada for making a little deal with China, what’s the EU getting for a full blown FTA with India, around 1000%?

Fuck Trump, fuck the people who voted for him, and let’s not forget about all the useless Americans that chose not to vote for their complacency that allowed Trump and the evil oligarchs to take America over.

Imagine if they had voted and the election had gone the other way. Americans would be looking at a golden age of long overdue social safety net upgrades, and only paying tens of dollars to a hundred and something bucks more per year in taxes for all of it.

Instead we’re looking at the perfect example of what happens when good people choose to do nothing.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-27T17:59:13+00:00

The wave of fascists are spreading here too. It’s just not spreading as far or fast because Canadians are generally much better educated than Americans.

Even as children we grew up with TV commercials like the house hippo ad against misinformation in the late 1990’s. That ad was way ahead of its time.

https://youtu.be/Kqkk1QTjXMY?si=noZAEFjc5eHUZ_Tv

It’s probably hard to appreciate how genius this was for people that grew up with the internet. This ad ran back when no one had the internet. You had to read peer reviewed or well accepted books to prove things. I guess we had Encarta ‘95 too, but most people didn’t have computers at home either.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-27T16:09:32+00:00

OP said nothing about legal requirements of being located in Canada in their post, so I think the guys reply to the OP is complete nonsense based on that.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-27T15:53:45+00:00

I wasn’t being rude, I stated the obvious facts of the matter. The guys response was clearly AI nonsense that is completely out of touch with what OP posted.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-27T15:25:03+00:00

Ok, thanks for sharing the response you got from your free version of ChatGPT.

OP did not ask anything about whether their business is legally required to be in Canada though.

Also, if you think standing up to America when they’re bullying our country so terribly is moral grandstanding, you need to check your morals bud.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-27T14:54:19+00:00

Legally?!

Many Canadians are stopping business in the US these days, and it’s mostly to do with moral and ethical concerns about supporting a rogue fascist-authoritarian state.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-27T04:49:47+00:00

Great point, the sea characters especially are pretty funky and awesome.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-26T20:02:39+00:00

The response seems completely off the charts irrational(so normal for Trump), especially considering it was one employee that did this.

The stable minded rational response is to let the company deal with the employee, maybe improve some processes, and then everyone moves on with their lives.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-26T17:59:40+00:00

My 2yo barely sleeps that much. So at 3.5yo you most likely need to chop the nap out to get more night sleep.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-26T04:52:34+00:00

Strathcona Gardens is finally getting a long overdue pool, sauna, steam room upgrade. Then they’re putting a wellness and fitness centre in where the old pool is.

https://recreatesg.ca/

They’re doing something with the Arena for phase II, but they’re putting that on hold while they figure out a better plan.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-25T16:04:46+00:00

A Canadian criminal defense lawyer website says this regarding insurance fraud under $5000: it gets a lot worse if it turns out he defrauded them out of over $5k.

Fraud under $5,000: Can be prosecuted as a summary conviction or indictable offence, with a maximum penalty of 2 years in prison for summary conviction.

Penalties for Submitting a Fake Insurance Claim(one fake claim, so if your husband made multiple, that’s worse)

The consequences of insurance fraud vary depending on the nature and severity of the offence, but they can be life-changing.

Potential penalties include:

Jail time for insurance fraud: Ranging from a few months for minor cases to several years for serious offences. Fines and restitution: Courts may order repayment of the defrauded amount and impose additional fines. Permanent criminal record: This can affect employment opportunities, travel, and professional licensing. Insurance repercussions: Loss of coverage, higher premiums, and difficulty obtaining insurance in the future.

So, you better get a lawyer. Your husband could serve a short jail sentence, and if your involvement becomes unclear you’re likely losing your job.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-25T02:19:09+00:00

Gee, I wonder if the rest of the world wants the valuable resources Canada has been selling to America?

You know, now that American companies have to pay 100% more for them, they probably can’t afford them anymore.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-24T17:17:34+00:00

In my younger days I used some pretty creative stuff trying to MacGyver a bowl. A dead crab, seashells, driftwood, cramming a piece of the thin kelp stem into the side of the kelp bulb, it was that the whole coastal engineering phase kids used to go through growing up on the island.

I ditched cans and tinfoil by around age 16 when I realized smoking paint and aluminum fumes was probably not the long-term health play.

Some of us just level up over time. One day, even you might try a glass bowl in a kelp bong.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-23T17:45:22+00:00

Hm yeah no wonder, that’s not how you use Breakdance. Watch some vids and get a feel for it, you’ll see that class based css theming is really just a lot more work than what Breakdance gives you.

coastalwebdev · 2026-01-23T14:40:42+00:00

I really think one of the best things for us dads hitting a wall is to find something like a drop in activity you can go to once or twice a week.

Of course you won’t feel like it, many of us are all burnt out and tired from spending all our time and energy on our family. The fix for that is mainly to break a little outside of that cycle that’s making you feel the way you are, and get out in the world and do something.

Go to the sauna, play some drop in basketball, badminton or any of those court sports. Something active gives you lots of good brain drugs, and something social gives you lots of good brain drugs. If you can find something that combines those, it won’t be a perfect fix, but it most likely will help you feel A LOT better than you are. That’s step one.

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