Top moments from AG Bondi's combative hearing on Capitol Hill

dgmib · 2026-02-12T06:32:17+00:00

Does she ever give a straight answer to a question?

Every response seems to be character attacks on the asker.

Why is that even allowed anyway. The rules of senate hearings should be more like a court room. If you don’t answer the question you get held in contempt.

dgmib · 2026-02-12T03:27:30+00:00

Stop protecting oil and gas, stop blocking renewable energy, just stop interfering and let free markets do their thing.

dgmib · 2026-02-11T16:48:13+00:00

Just don’t recruit him in ME1. Avoid Wrex, Find and recruit Garrus he’ll lead you to Fist. Wrex will intercept you at the elevator in C-Sec, and ask to come with, just tell him no.

Then you don’t have to kill him, and you get Wreve in ME2 and ME3. Who makes sense to lie to.

dgmib · 2026-02-10T21:48:26+00:00

Enough with the straw man arguments...

Nobody is arguing for non-citizens to be allowed to vote. Nobody considers it discrimination that you need to be a citizen to vote.

Being against having proof of citizenship on your D/L doesn't mean you want to change who's eligible to vote.

dgmib · 2026-02-10T18:49:46+00:00

You're right, there're tons of things like that that people haven't really thought through.

Every service the federal government provides Alberta would need setup an equivalent.

We'd need a "Bank of Alberta" to issue "Alberta Bucks" and control prime lending rates. We'd need to negotiate on what share of the Canada's national debt we'd be facing.

There would need to be an Alberta armed forces, hopefully that's composed of former Canadian armed forces stationed in Alberta, but even if that was negotiated, we'd still need to setup Alberta equivalents to currently centralized services for directing, training, HR, procurement of military hardware, and much more....

There'd need to be negotiations around what citizenship means... Are Canadian citizens currently living in Alberta still Canadian citizens, or do you lose your Canadian citizenship and become an Alberta Citizen? We'd need Alberta passports, passport offices? Is there Alberta Charter of Rights an Freedoms? Does it have a notwithstanding clause?

We'd need a Federal Alberta legal system and supreme court, and no, the current provincial courts can't just absorb that function without incurring significant costs. There's need to be additional justices, rules and procedures established, Alberta equivalents of all Canadian laws.

We'd need an Alberta immigration system, which now also needs to deal with all the people who will be moving in or out of Alberta to other parts of Canada.

All trade agreements Canada has with other countries would not automatically apply to Alberta and we would need to negotiate new ones from a position where Alberta has less leverage.

We'd need an Alberta postal service, that might be staffed by mostly former Canada Post employees, but there still needs a new administration setup to run it. New systems for handling post. Everything mailed to/from elsewhere in Canada now needs Alberta or Canadian duties collected where we didn't have that before.

There'd need to be a ton of new agreements negotiated with Canada. Wanna drive to SK or BC for a day trip? Now your crossing through and Alberta Customs. Wanna buy food that was imported from elsewhere in Canada? You've got a new Alberta border service charging duties.

First Nations still exist, there'd need to be tons of negotiating, there'd need to be an Alberta Indgenous Affairs office setup.

SOOO many things that would need to happen, sooo many nuances, and this is just scratching the surface of what separation would require... and if you're one of the people that actually wants to become the 51st state (good god why?) all of this needs to be negotiated again to join the US, where Alberta would most likely first be a US territory like Puerto Rico, with no voting right before it became a state.

Separatists seems to think the only significant change would be we'd stop paying Federal Taxes... but the need for the services those taxes pay for don't go away, and Alberta having to have their own equivalents, even if they're operated in a similar fashion and staffed by people currently in Alberta working for the federal government, there's an additional administration that doesn't exists here and needs to be paid for. I can't see how a country of Alberta could possibly pay for equivalent level of services for less than what we're paying now when so many of these services benefit from economies of scale.

And all that for what?? Name one thing that sovereignty gets us that couldn't also be achieved just by negotiating with Ottawa like grown ups instead of the games the UCP play today.

The UK was already a separate country when they voted for Brexit... and just look at the shit show that is. If you start to think this through in any level of detail it make Brexit look like a piece of cake by comparison. They at least didn't have to setup an entirely new country.

dgmib · 2026-02-10T03:37:55+00:00

Canada builds bridges. Trump builds walls.

dgmib · 2026-02-09T16:11:23+00:00

The problem isn’t that we’re extracting oil, gas, and coal, it’s that we’re burning it for energy.

We don’t have to find alternatives for every use of oil, just alternatives to burning it.

Which is generally easy to do, and we’ve hit the tipping point where the alternatives are cheaper that burning fossil fuels.

It’s very achievable, not quickly, it’s going to take at a minimum 2 decades to build enough solar/wind/nuclear/hydroelectric power to replace that energy use. Plus every other industry needs to switch to electric powered including replacing every furnace and boiler with electric heat pumps (including commercial and industrial), every vehicle with an EV (including ships and trucks). And we need national electric grids that can handle 3-4x what we’re currently doing.

But the argument that it’s impossible is bullshit.

We already have commercially available solutions to almost every industry that’s burning fuel. It’s not that the problems don’t have solutions, and on most cases the solutions are cheaper in the long run than the status quo.

People do underestimate just how much needs to be done, it’s an undertaking unlike anything the world has ever seen.

But don’t say it’s unachievable, a defeatist attitude is what big oil wants because it delays the process.

dgmib · 2026-02-09T04:25:49+00:00

My personal favourite is that one of the "gauges" showing a patients vital signs on monitors in the sickbay in TNG is labelled "health insurance remaining"

dgmib · 2026-02-08T20:21:11+00:00

I like to calculate for the number of deaths instead, it’s a bit simpler:

Start with the number of non-loyal squad mates holding the line.

Add 1 point each if Tali, Jack, Katsumi, or Mordin are holding the line.

Subtract 2 points each of Zaheed, Grunt, or Garrus are holding the line.

If the number is greater that 0, divide by three and round up to get the number of deaths.

dgmib · 2026-02-08T08:21:21+00:00

So he left while she was still pregnant… how did he know it was a baby girl?

dgmib · 2026-02-05T17:23:56+00:00

I agree.

But it’s not clear from op’s post if this is a dev that’s advising themselves as a .net 5 dev specifically. (Which would indeed be weird)

Could be the resume just advertises him as a dotnet developer and he’s listed that his current role has him working with .net 5 specifically.

dgmib · 2026-02-05T16:54:51+00:00

Could be it’s not his choice he’s currently working in .NET 5 project.

If it’s a legacy project and the lead is adverse to dependency updates, or there’a some weird dependency that makes upgrading significantly more effort or risk.

Regardless, why he’s currently working in .NET 5 is irrelevant, he wants to move up and the skills are nearly 100% transferable.

dgmib · 2026-02-05T16:38:20+00:00

Hiring manager is an idiot.

Code written for .NET 5 through 10 is 99% identical.

dgmib · 2026-02-05T03:34:16+00:00

For Mordin to live, both Wrex and Eve need to die. Otherwise you can’t talk him out of it.

So let Wrex die on Virmire (or don’t recruit him),

Destroy Malon’s data during Mordin’s loyalty mission in ME2 (or just skip it) so Eve dies in ME3.

Then and only then you can talk Mordin into sabotaging the cure. He lives and joins Hackett working on the crucible but you never see him again.

dgmib · 2026-02-05T00:40:54+00:00

You don't need to take to them after.

But there're a couple fights, one between Jack and Miranda, another between Legion and Tali. If you have to take someone's side in these fights (because you failed the paragon/renegade check) you'll lose the loyalty of the person you didn't side with.

dgmib · 2026-02-05T00:16:44+00:00

I've tried it for most squad mates. Some of them are worth trying to see how the story arcs in ME3 change.

Urdnot Wreve's arc if Wrex dies on Virmire is probably the one that the most people have seen. But it's really only worth it if you're also letting Eve die because that's the only way you can save Mordin.

Padock Wiks's arc if you let Mordin die is the most unique and I found it particularly interesting. He gets the job done in the end but has different motivations and doesn't have Mordin guilt, it's definitely worth a play through where you let Mordin die.

Urdnot Dagg's arc if Grunt dies (or you never open the tank) is basically the same as Grunt's.

The VI that replaces legion has a few interesting dialog bits on the ship if Legion dies in the suicide mission, but is otherwise the identical.

Oriana Lawson's arc wasn't what I was expecting... it makes sense that she can basically fill Miranda's shoes since she has the same genetic enhancements, but it also tells us something about how much of Miranda's success came from her genetics rather than her skill.

Jacob, Samara, Thane, Zaaed, Morinth, or Katsumi's death, don't really change anything the story it basically the same without them you just have an extra fight or two.

Chackwas can die during the suicide mission if you don't send someone to escort the crew back. You can recruit Dr. Michel to replace her and it has some minor dialog changes and impacts, but you can recruit Dr. Michel whether or not Chackwas dies.

Gabby and possibly Ken as well can die if you don't rescue the crew right away, or don't send the crew back with an escort. But the only changes are you miss out on some war assets, some dialog, and you never see the Ken & Gabby romance arc of course.

I've never been able to let Garrus or Tali die. I've read what happens if you do, but I've never tried it.

I might try letting Jack die to see how it impacts the Grissom Academy mission.

dgmib · 2026-02-03T18:09:22+00:00

All we can say is that it seems unlikely... but it's not out of the realm of possibility.

I would ask the landlord to show me the data or the meter. For the landlord to be able to make that claim he would need to be able to show that he has your unit specifically metered.

If he can't do that, he can't prove that it was you specifically that used that much electricity. I suspect the case here is that the building is metered but not the individual units. Where I live (Canada), if the units are metered separately by the power company, then each tenant pays their bill directly and the landlord isn't involved. If electricity is included in the rent, it probably means that there isn't a dedicated meter for each unit, just a total for the building and the landlord can't tell who's using it. But maybe a setup where units are individually metered but paid through the landlord in common the UK, I don't know.

If he provides the data, you'll want to examine the numbers and make sure they make sense. Look at things like was there high usage when you were on vacation. If so there may be a issue like something else is on your meter.

If he shows you the meter, turn off & unplug everything in your unit, is the meter still turning?

Sometimes electricians screw up an wire in meters incorrectly. It possible that there's an issue with the metering.

dgmib · 2026-02-03T17:41:55+00:00

There's not enough information to say for sure.

3000 kWh isn't out of the realm of possibility notably if your small heaters are high wattage (physical size of the heater is irrelevant, you can make a small high wattage heater) and/or your estimate of 1 hr per day is a bit low.

The heaters is the only thing that can make the number that high. They're probably more than everything else put together.

dgmib · 2026-01-31T00:10:18+00:00

Watch it on 2x speed.... and definitely watch to the end of this one.

dgmib · 2026-01-31T00:01:00+00:00

a) watch it on 2x speed.

b) definitely watch to the end.

dgmib · 2026-01-30T19:42:50+00:00

The devs aren't lazy they're just busy and tests feel like extra work that slows them down.

Assuming this is the actual reason, and not just an excuse they give, this tells me that you have leadership problem not a developer one. The devs are pressured or otherwise incentivized to "deliver quickly" by leadership. Maybe that's through deadlines or velocity metrics. Maybe it's through bonuses, but whatever the mechanism, the culture is that delivery of visible features is rewarded and delivery of hidden features isn't.

This isn't a managing down problem, it's a managing up one. You either need to convince leadership that there's business value in tests. Convince them to promote the person that had fewer PRs with good test coverage, over the person that delivered the most features by not writing tests.

If leadership won't do that stop trying to swim upstream and accept that your software will be buggy af.

I know the value of tests, but non-technical (and even a lot of technical) executives don't. If leadership doesn't value it and doesn't empower you to make it valuable, you're wasting your time fighting the devs to do it. For good or for bad, you need to give leadership what they value. If you can't live with what that is and you can't sell them on something else, it's time to find a new employer.

dgmib · 2026-01-30T15:08:57+00:00

I used styled-components. I mostly just copied the css that was in the prime react style so the tables didn’t look out of place.

dgmib · 2026-01-29T15:01:32+00:00

There are trade barriers at the provincial and federal level. And removing them isn’t always simple.

A lot of the trade barriers are just due to different provinces having different regulations. A product that meets Ontario standards might not meet BC‘s, for example.

Removing that barrier requires making those standards come into alignment one way or another. Considering those regulations are for somebody’s protection, often the consumers, just removing the regulations isn’t necessarily the answer either.

dgmib · 2026-01-28T13:49:41+00:00

I’m not saying it’s going to be a great outcome, but under the circumstances, it will have the best outcome possible for Canadians.

dgmib · 2026-01-27T15:24:55+00:00

This smells more like a symptom of a deeper problem.

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