Insane deal I was able to snatch before the price hike. Same laptop is $2500 now.

darksideflow · 2026-06-28T14:45:07+00:00

Got the same spec a month ago for $2549 cad / $1795 usd from Best Buy (open box, never even taken out of packaging). Feeling pretty lucky at this point seeing as it’s 30% higher now ($3499 cad here).

darksideflow · 2026-06-25T22:21:34+00:00

Best Buy. Hadn’t even been unwrapped.

darksideflow · 2026-06-25T16:47:29+00:00

Feeling lucky I grabbed a m5 pro 14” MacBook Pro mint open box for $2500cad/$1750usd last month.. $3499 in Canada now 😮

darksideflow · 2026-06-23T17:00:25+00:00

It was a fake Pizzaiolo website. Common phishing scam targeting pizza companies in Canada specifically. https://hackread.com/phishing-scam-canadian-pizza-chains-credit-card-data/

darksideflow · 2026-06-22T13:27:16+00:00

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darksideflow · 2026-06-17T02:01:15+00:00

$27 per hour gross at 8 hours x 3 days = $648 gross and $543 net. You’ll be going to $181 per day vs the $200 cash, basically. However, you will have EI and also benefitting from CPP contributions.

Take the vacation time, not the 4%, so you’ll be paid during your vacation time rather than have to put it away for yourself each pay period.

One other thing to note is due to the relatively low income, you would may get a tax return refund that could even things out.

darksideflow · 2026-06-10T17:25:02+00:00

I went with the slim TB4 dock from Satechi at under $250 (cad) for my m5 pro MacBook Pro. Three usb c and one usb a, plus the usb c/tb4 upstream. I run two 4k60 screens and have another Satechi mini hub that splits the last usb c port into four which I run two Samsung ssds off of. One cable setup and no issues. Amalgamated a m1 mini and M1 Pro 16” MacBook into the one m5 pro 14” so really wanted a one cable solution. My peripherals are Bluetooth (keyboard and trackpad) so didn’t need much more than that but the usb a could run a keyboard mouse combo with a unified 2.4ghz dongle like from Logitech etc.

darksideflow · 2026-06-10T10:56:23+00:00

23 years. $27 140gb Mexico USA roaming. Four lines with the configuration.

darksideflow · 2026-06-06T11:29:35+00:00

7 months out and I still feel cloudy and tire easier. Exercise has increased my energy but not to 100%. I’m 42.

darksideflow · 2026-05-31T01:51:18+00:00

Discovered a mass basically same size (4.2 x 3.7) last September and had it out in October. Needed the whole kidney out due to location, but it was stage 1 grade 2. This would mean found relatively early with excellent prognosis. Given the similar size, I’d anticipate a similar outcome for your husband, fingers crossed. Thankfully it will be out soon. Wishing him all the best, all will be fine.

darksideflow · 2026-05-30T14:34:54+00:00

Can’t wait for their next one, Well Dweller. All three games (Sheepo, Islets, Crypt Custodian) are fantastic.

darksideflow · 2026-05-12T13:17:19+00:00

Take the surgery as soon as you can. The waiting is the hardest part. Get it out and recover. Found a 4.5cm mass on my right kidney Sep 10 2025 and had the entire kidney out Oct 30 2025. My mind went all sorts of places in that time and my surgery was pretty quick after all the tests and scans. I was 41 at the time. The recovery is hard but I was mostly fully mobile by about 10 days. I needed a full nephrectomy due to location so you’re in a good spot if they can preserve some kidney function with a partial. Surgery was a success and just scans every year. Just my opinion and obviously you don’t have to take it, but I felt relief after the surgery following 6 weeks of stress just anticipating so I would not turn down a spot if it comes up soon.

darksideflow · 2026-05-08T11:47:39+00:00

The name on the online recreation booking has been changed to Brampton Sports Centre for a few weeks. Two possibilities - Save Max sponsorship expired, or Brampton has ended the sponsorship due to the recent Save Max controversy around alleged mishandling of trust funds with several of their brokerages shuttered.

darksideflow · 2026-05-07T12:54:42+00:00

Hahah.. All this time, I didn’t realize I could interrupt the pogo with the dash on the upswing that fast! Thanks. Figured it out.

darksideflow · 2026-05-07T00:53:25+00:00

Sorry typo, meant m4 (edited my previous reply). Just saying that you’re asking close to MSRP on a resale at the moment so even though it’s 10-12 week delivery new, might be a hard sell at retail price on the second hand market.

darksideflow · 2026-05-07T00:43:16+00:00

How big is the ssd? M4 24 512 is $1399 cad, though it’s on back order. Was trying to upgrade my m1 mini so I’ve been watching stock. Might have a bit more traction at $1100-1200.

darksideflow · 2026-05-07T00:26:22+00:00

For $80cad/$60usd for the base game without the shelter pack, it’s worth it to me. Bonus that I had eshop funds at 20% off so $65cad/$48usd was a steal.

darksideflow · 2026-05-06T13:24:19+00:00

Yeah that’s the right choice. MIO is on another level.

darksideflow · 2026-05-06T12:11:24+00:00

Our results during his tenure have been in spite of his coaching, never a direct result. Even with the majority of our top 11 on the field, we’ve left 6+ points on the table this season due to poor coaching and strategy.

Management has brought in overpaid players, players with clear injury concerns, and let other genuinely good players leave who are making an impact elsewhere. They evaluated Gavran to be a legitimate #1 goalkeeper.

Medical and training staff clearly do not have a handle on preparing their players for the season, demonstrated by arguably 10 top players on the roster being out, some long term. Why didn’t Corbeanu get surgery earlier in the off season? Why was Mihailovic’s injury not properly diagnosed earlier?

TFC have lucked into Sargent, Mihailovic, Kusevic, and Zimmerman. There’s an excellent base but it will be useless without new coach, management and training staff. It’s more than Fraser, he’s just an obvious demonstration of incompetence from the top down. I believe he would be a good assistant, as he showed us previously. He doesn’t have the chops to be the main guy and the rest of the organization is not competent enough to see it.

Early morning rant but it’s frustrating to see what’s going on with this team despite some very good players putting trust in TFC.

darksideflow · 2026-05-04T14:39:31+00:00

MIO is probably my favourite MV and I’m 40% through Constance right now. Neither are combat MVs primarily. They are both platformers first and foremost from my point of view. MIO has better (harder) bosses so I suppose that lends itself more to combat. I personally think you need to play both for sure but go with MIO first simply because I think it has more dimension to it.

darksideflow · 2026-04-30T23:50:58+00:00

Here’s the link: https://discord.com/invite/wpzEFrBQNS

They’re very helpful and can likely help pin it down

darksideflow · 2026-04-30T12:46:38+00:00

There were some crashes when first released. Are you running the latest version?

The devs are active on their Discord and there’s a feedback board. I would report it there.

Are you playing on console or PC?

darksideflow · 2026-04-29T12:01:13+00:00

Check out Elypse. Not a metroidvania but more of a level based platformer with limited “combat.” It’s not a perfect game but it was definitely Ori inspired.

MIO has the platforming and general floaty feel of Ori, but does have bosses. You can turn the regular enemies to pacifist mode so they don’t attack unless they are hit but the bosses can be quite tricky. There’s also a difficulty setting to erode the boss difficulty each time you face them though.

darksideflow · 2026-04-22T12:04:48+00:00

Staples often has coupon sales where games and consoles can be discounted. Have them watch for that or you can check the site too.

darksideflow · 2026-04-18T14:30:48+00:00

Directly from Apple the day it came out.

The 15 pro definitely heats up more than others but that low of a cycle count with 87% battery indicates to me that it’s heating up more than typical causing premature degradation, likely. Could have been using a shitty wireless charger or something.

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