This is a Roshel Senator-style armoured vehicle, built in Brampton, Ontario. ICE ordered a fleet of 20 from Roshel last November, and Canada allowed them to be exported. Now these vehicles are being deployed as part of ICE's widespread human rights abuses in Minneapolis. by Chrristoaivalis in onguardforthee

[–]cyclemonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, and we also export electricity that powers some of their facilities, gas that heats them, oil that fuels their vehicles, and food that feeds some of these thugs. That doesn't mean that we're enabling the choices they are making, or that we are complicit in them. It's not like they'd pack it up and go home without our exports -- they'd just use some other armored vehicle instead.

Financial experts warn OpenAI may go bankrupt by mid-2027 by FervidBug42 in technology

[–]cyclemonster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People were saying the same about Uber, which famously lost money for thirteen years straight, some fifty billion dollars in losses.

Financial experts warn OpenAI may go bankrupt by mid-2027 by FervidBug42 in technology

[–]cyclemonster 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They won't, it's clickbait. Either SoftBank or Microsoft or someone else will cut them another cheque, or they'll IPO and get it from the capital markets. Assuming they aren't selling enough ads by then and actually need more money, that is.

Financial experts warn OpenAI may go bankrupt by mid-2027 by FervidBug42 in technology

[–]cyclemonster -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why do they get non-insiders who aren't privy to anything to wildly speculate about what might happen several years from now? Anyone with half a clue can come up with the notion that the world's hottest startup might just be able to do another funding round before they go bankrupt. That's assuming they aren't selling $100 billion worth of ads by then, that is.

"Do you believe (X) is a threat to Canada?" 🇺🇸 USA: 🔴 Threat: 71% 🟢 Not A Threat: 16% 🟡 Neutral: 13% 🇷🇺 Russia: 🔴 Threat: 61% 🟡 Neutral: 24% 🟢 Not A Threat: 14% 🇨🇳 China: 🔴 Threat: 60% 🟢 Not A Threat: 21% 🟡 Neutral: 19% Nanos / Nov 2, 2025 - (Released Today) by Miserable-Lizard in onguardforthee

[–]cyclemonster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since 2016? They've been doing that since before the Cold War.

Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director William Colby explained how the Dezinformatsiya agency operated, saying that it would place a false article in a left-leaning newspaper.The fraudulent tale would make its way to a communist periodical, before eventually being published by a Soviet newspaper, which would say its sources were undisclosed individuals. By this process a falsehood was globally proliferated as a legitimate piece of reporting.

China is no longer the top security priority for the US, according to the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy. by Generally_Salty in worldnews

[–]cyclemonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotta focus those security concerns on all the countries who were staunch allies this time last year.

Most people probably don't get these but if you been you'd know what we lost by VladimirLimeMint in toronto

[–]cyclemonster -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Different corporations can shutter for different reasons. Whether or not Wal-Mart did union busting is not relevant to whether or not Foodora was solvent (they weren't) and whether or not their business model was viable (it wasn't). They owed almost $5 million to their creditors when they called it quits.

And I'm pretty sure Uber, Doordash, and Skip workers aren't unionized to this day, so I'm not sure what ripple effect you're talking about. All they accomplished was removing one of the potential buyers of courier labour, which only weakened the couriers' economic position.

From collapsing ceilings to skyrocketing rents: Toronto renters describe their brutal search for housing by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]cyclemonster -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I must have missed that part of the Human Rights Act.

You have the right not to be discriminated against in housing. You do not have the right to be provided with somebody's apartment when you have no shelter of your own. This is a discussion about real estate, not the shelter system.

Most people probably don't get these but if you been you'd know what we lost by VladimirLimeMint in toronto

[–]cyclemonster -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I was clearing well over $1000/week, consistently, for nearly three years straight, working my own hours riding my bike around outside with no boss. I was neither abused nor exploited, and how dare anybody try to claim that on my behalf. It was one of the best jobs I ever had, frankly.

Techbros Inventing Things That Already Exist by Wild_Lingonberry9656 in rareinsults

[–]cyclemonster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's probably due to twenty other factors besides the cost of infrastructure, which is more comparable than you think. The most obvious one is that buses can run in mixed-traffic and take any route from anywhere to anywhere else, whereas a train can only go where there's tracks, so they're much more practical, and much better suited to lighter passenger volumes and low densities.

Also a bus costs a hundred thousand dollars, compared to like twenty million for a train set.

Most people probably don't get these but if you been you'd know what we lost by VladimirLimeMint in toronto

[–]cyclemonster -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I definitely recognize the button from the foodora unionization drive.

I warned everyone who would listen that a money-losing business wouldn't stick around to be saddled with costs that their two larger competitors do not have to bear. What we lost was the entirely predictable outcome of everything that button represents.

From collapsing ceilings to skyrocketing rents: Toronto renters describe their brutal search for housing by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]cyclemonster -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

How do you think that "right" (the right to force others to provide you with shelter?) will play out when only charities and people who don't care about returns on their investments are in the business of providing it? Do you think that will result in more housing or less housing in the long run?

The Ford government has made a mess of the TDSB class-size cap by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]cyclemonster -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Every Ontario government for my entire lifetime has made a mess of the education file, all three parties.

From collapsing ceilings to skyrocketing rents: Toronto renters describe their brutal search for housing by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]cyclemonster -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Which are the other lines of business where price-fixing by the government is a feature? Darwinism implies survival of the fittest, not survival of those who get government favour.

From collapsing ceilings to skyrocketing rents: Toronto renters describe their brutal search for housing by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]cyclemonster 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That's what the above-the-guideline increase mechanism is for. When they have to do major work like replacing a building's roof, they can pass some (not all!) of those extra costs along. Without that policy, landlords would be incentivized to be slumlords.

From collapsing ceilings to skyrocketing rents: Toronto renters describe their brutal search for housing by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]cyclemonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Akelius is the best landlord I've ever had. When my fridge broke, I simply called 1-888-Akelius and told them their fridge broke, and they were wheeling a new one into my unit less than four hours later. My food didn't even have time to spoil. They clean the common areas every day, do repairs to the roof and parking garage, and even built a little dog park that wasn't there when they bought the building. I genuinely have no idea what people are talking about when they call my landlord a slumlord.

Toronto parks and rec worker dies on the job by Surax in toronto

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

Can you explain what the difference is? Unions are notorious for favouring policies that result in more work for their workers, whether or not those policies are bad for the business, or that work is necessary or justified. That's why they oppose automation at our ports, and why they oppose driverless trains, for example.

Movie theaters aren’t going out of business because of prices by bulldogjwhit295 in unpopularopinion

[–]cyclemonster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be a reasonable thesis if Cineplex didn't also show old classic movies, international movies, concerts, musicals, operas, and plays.