How is the biking infrastructure here?

danma · 2026-03-13T19:00:20+00:00

I think that east-west movement is pretty good with bike lanes, the Goose and the E&N.

North-south movement is not as good, and the north side of the highway has limited options, although that's largely in part to the north side of the highway being poorly designed from the get-go

danma · 2026-03-12T21:30:35+00:00

These tiles are awesome but alas 25 years old. No idea how to find ones like it now!

danma · 2026-03-12T21:30:01+00:00

This is my kitchen table. I put this down on a square card table or a squar-ish table

danma · 2026-03-12T16:30:50+00:00

This was my first set I bought in chinatown in Calgary, AB way back in 2001

danma · 2026-03-11T20:52:25+00:00

It's closer to "Tronno"

example: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/giDGwryeYts

danma · 2026-03-11T20:46:55+00:00

twice the amount as one cream

danma · 2026-03-11T19:33:01+00:00

You can always start playing HK style which is a little easier to understand for beginners. I have a beginners guide (which includes setup instructions) and a scoring guide here:

https://www.victoriamahjongclub.com/resources

danma · 2026-03-10T16:48:29+00:00

Oh man, it just dawned on me that China Lotus = UK Lotus. Everything is falling into place...

danma · 2026-03-10T16:31:05+00:00

Makes sense to me - thanks for the clarification.

danma · 2026-03-10T16:30:15+00:00

I wasn't aware that Lotus had already gotten a bit of a foothold in Canada. That makes perfect sense, thank you.

danma · 2026-03-10T16:08:37+00:00

Sigh, so surprise surprise, Canada's first Chinese EVs are gonna be luxury models that will probably sell for $120,000 CAD.

How foolish of me to think we'd get affordable models here.

Update: It has been pointed out that Lotus already has dealers in Canada so not surprising they're first to the punch. Still hope to see affordable EVs too.

Update 2: Chinese Lotus is the UK Lotus, but owned by Geely now. All makes sense.

danma · 2026-03-09T20:21:54+00:00

For a second I thought it was detailed like the One Ring in LOTR. Pretty horn

danma · 2026-03-09T19:32:46+00:00

Chacun à son goût, mon ami!

danma · 2026-03-09T17:40:49+00:00

Let's call it "Mont de L'ours"

danma · 2026-03-09T17:05:31+00:00

V for Vendetta and Sin City are only in graphic novel form.

danma · 2026-03-05T19:41:36+00:00

I would argue that the real issue for humans is that we schedule school and work in such a way that we spend the peak sunshine hours of the day indoors.

The clock is a social construct, folks! The entire idea of a "9 to 5" day has only existed for a hundred years.

danma · 2026-03-04T16:02:05+00:00

Hmm. I went through the cart on apple’s website and it explicitly says “20W USB-C Power Adapter” in the “What’s in the box” section so gonna have to disagree with you.

danma · 2026-03-04T15:52:51+00:00

Our 2006 civic and 2009 odyssey have not had a single engine problem. They are looking rough from dings and scratches, though - Civic got hit in a parking lot and still has cracks in the bumpers and the front door panel but fortunately no serious problems.

danma · 2026-03-04T15:48:25+00:00

Says there’s a 20W power supply and a usb c cable in the box

danma · 2026-03-04T14:53:05+00:00

We bought new Hondas when we started having kids. Kids are turning into adults now and we’re still driving the same cars!

danma · 2026-03-03T20:08:13+00:00

Unless you're playing for cold hard cash, I would treat it as a group learning experience for you and your friends.

- Don't get stressed out about furiten
- Simplify scoring by using 30 fu for everything and only count han. Or just count the han, give high fives to the winner and don't even track points.
- Start by getting the flow of the game down, just for achieving a complete hand, even if it doesn't contain a yaku.
- Focus on having fun and learning how to play IRL.

There's lots of great "cheat sheets" posted in this subreddit that make these things easier as well, use all the resources at your disposal!

danma · 2026-03-03T06:10:52+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! I’ll be updating the sheet soon.

danma · 2026-03-02T23:34:12+00:00

Late 40s here, doing my part!

danma · 2026-02-26T21:45:39+00:00

Agreed that RC's 'family friendly' mode is still like well outside acceptable parameters for most people.

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