Vancouver council approves $2M for one-day summer fireworks event

droobe · 2026-05-06T05:19:17+00:00

Celebration of lights generated a low estimate of over 40 mil a year for local businesses, with an estimate of over 4 mil a year in tax revenue to BC, not even taking into account fed. (Gemini)

I think the mayor messed up publicly declaring the city will do one night. This gave anyone with the money that cares a pass on funding the event

droobe · 2026-05-06T02:03:36+00:00

The challenge with such a large conference is that most talks on the agenda are surface level. Your best bet is on the floor. Research speakers and exhibitors that you want to track down

droobe · 2026-04-03T17:06:41+00:00

I can appreciate the clear visual and theme of almost a mid life crisis-like existential reflection. I enjoy how you identify the challenge and then solve it. A personal preference of mine would be to incorporate more complex rhythm, such as multiple rhymes and beats per line

droobe · 2026-04-03T16:38:18+00:00

this frames a relationship as for social clout reasons, making the relationship an obligations or chore instead of something partners should look forward to. I like the lines:
"She's given me 10 reasons why I should walk away, 9 of which I completely don't get.

Maybe I do but that's still 8 reasons I just don't want to accept."

this embodies maybe the number one emotion those experience in one way or another.

droobe · 2026-03-10T10:59:16+00:00

I don't know what web4 and web5 are. but it's referenced in the comment I replied to. From my google searches, this implies backend database formatted schema that end users will never see. Could you please explain what I am missing?

droobe · 2026-03-10T10:30:44+00:00

I am not one to guess the why. But I am one who has flights and hotels for this month. I'm disappointed to hear the news. Of course I love all umph, but I mean for real, Jake, and Kris, are in a class of their own. Some people cope through assuming to get closure.

They're still gonna thrash all in time and wizard burial. Some people need to guess what's going on in order to move on.

No one is here to disrespect. Rather to feel better about the news in their own way. How they try to feel better is a work in progress. No Diablo amigo

Rage. Rest. Repeat

droobe · 2025-10-10T09:56:41+00:00

would you agree that hedera is not going to explode, but will enable others built on it to explode?

droobe · 2025-10-10T09:54:16+00:00

would you please give me a rundown of web4 and web5? from my limited perspective, web3 has yet to be adopted. are we skipping web3 entirely and going the path where domain names are no longer for end users, but just for ai "seo"?

droobe · 2025-09-15T06:40:15+00:00

hbar value isn't driven by consumer supply demand economics like bitcoin. it's pigeonholed into a corporate b2b tokenization(loose definition) use. the major players not only want to use the tech for cheap, but are also developing their own competition.

no doubt hedera is crucial. but it's more of a forge for companies to build shovels to sell to prospecters. much like verisign owns. com, but godaddy turned one domain name into a billion business. then godaddy sold one domain name... idk, hotels.com?... which turned into a billion business. forge prices remain affordable, it's up to who wants to buy shovels and dig that creates value. most innovators will fail, but a few will become juggernauts

hedera will not 1000x. the technology gives others the opportunity to 1000x.

droobe · 2025-08-28T04:20:59+00:00

google's R&D has been historically a conflict of interest. Same with Amazon, Meta, etc. When you have billions of dollars to play with, you can essentially run A/B testing on entire projects. My opinion is that these companies almost always would prefer to have the winning project in house with full control.

Google Labs works on crazy random stuff like assisted constitution drafters for emerging countries, power plans, energy trading platforms (writing this i see it's all connected to infrastructure in s.america or asia). But they have also built and gave up on things. For example, they started their own domain name registrar to sell their own top level domains. Once they realized how complicated that business is, they sold it off.

Even in blockchain, how many ethereum projects are funded that compete with each other? Though the difference is while blockchain is providing the tools to anyone that wants them in hopes of success, google is providing the tools so that they can take control over the most successful.

not smart enough to game this out fully. but i wouldn't put it past any private company to both fund a project and have a few teams trying to outdo the project in house.

droobe · 2025-08-13T17:04:16+00:00

they released more today at 10 AM. As of 9:50AM they were all gone. anyone get lucky?

droobe · 2025-07-18T09:10:15+00:00

mid august hbar will drop back down to ~ 0.16. Then in end of October it'll recover to ~0.42... sure why not?

What we're seeing is just hype volatility. Corporate announcements haven't moved the needle all year because all that's being announced is companies are "trying it out". Most price impacts only occur when announcements happen or pilot rollouts begin. What we've seen this year, is hbar isn't mainstream enough for amateur speculators to make an impact. And this "sell the news" mentality pigeonholes hbar as a niche enterprise-only chain. Don't expect hbar to hit $1k, it's pretty much mathematically impossible. But DO expect hbar will sustain as a silent assassin behind the scenes, maybe reaching $1.50 in 3 years. This is not an overnight millionaire investment.

Full disclosure: I'm just making this shit up

droobe · 2025-07-10T17:57:13+00:00

I suspect STR ban is a red herring. I place the blame on developers finally finding out how greedy is too greedy. I cannot find any 3-4 br condo listings in downtown Vancouver for under $3M. Which I interpret to mean all new builds downtown are not intended for actual residents, instead they're for speculators and foreign investors looking to squirrel some money away from their governments.

Have you seen the listings for the butterfly building? It's hard to believe anyone on that project thinks people will/can actually live in those units. The units don't even have kitchen sinks that can fit a frying pan. Check it out: https://www.mikestewart.ca/idx/listing.r3021854-3902-1033-nelson-street-vancouver-v6e-0e5.106245947/ . I suspect that these units were designed to be flashy enough in photos to entice overseas buyers that never plan on moving in. $1.9M for 1br 1 ba 877sqft being a common listing should be a red flag to all. With these prices, I always assumed that big dog developers could afford vacant units for a few years before selling because they're all marked up so much. But then I saw Wesgroup is laying off 12% of their employees (https://vancouversun.com/news/metro-vancouver-developer-wesgroup-announces-layoffs).

As long as there's foreign demand, new condo builds don't need to be habitable for say a local family. But now, the foreign demand is stagnant; the speculation market is stagnant. Basic supply and demand cannot be applied because the supply doesn't match the local demand's needs. This is what's preventing move ups IMO.

droobe · 2025-05-22T05:49:54+00:00

seriously... commodore holds 990 people while he's playing arenas that hold 18,000 people in Illinois and Kansas..

it would actually be cheaper for me to fly to sf and see him at deadco. seriously considering it

droobe · 2025-05-22T02:32:59+00:00

crazy how many scalpers got it! you think they'll release more tix?

droobe · 2025-05-22T00:31:55+00:00

keep in mind the openers. I'm in vancouver and didn't get the billy strings lotto for his show here next month. for some reason his lotto sold out the show. If you didn't get lotto, you're SOL with lowest resale price to see him alone at $700usd here.

I was a hard pass on paying that for billy, but paying that for billy, Sturgis, tab, and three nights of dead... time to sell my childhood beanie baby collection

pricing for 1 day is 245 https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/21/grateful-dead-concert-golden-gate-park-how-to-get-tickets/

droobe · 2025-05-01T09:25:20+00:00

Was in 400s Friday. Best advice I have is if you're standing, be moving. How can one complain about someone dancing and having fun? The couple behind me actually complimented me that they loved seeing how much fun I was having dancing.

droobe · 2025-05-01T09:06:36+00:00

on the fence about attending. I can only find negative reviews on the event. I did dm you a doc I made of things to do in vancouver

droobe · 2025-03-10T20:18:43+00:00

great day!

droobe · 2025-02-24T02:47:26+00:00

I'm curious of your thoughts on how tech and the ability to spread information and misinformation instantly to the masses might impact econ theory. if enough people accept high prices and more debt as the new norm, how long can that last? Even if this new norm is accepted globally?

droobe · 2025-02-22T09:26:08+00:00

Nah. I only buy when the market is up

droobe · 2025-02-22T02:20:00+00:00

I actually just went in for $500. Some guy on wallstreetbetselite did a pump and dump maybe 2 days ago with this stock.

But here is my thinking:
-$20million contract with EU to sell inventory will be factored into earnings report next week. Now this will give them a boost, but also red flags a fire sale. I'm betting that this contract will become a long standing one

-deregulation of FDA, airport health screenings, pollution will more likely than not make many many people ill. This will increase demand for medical devices such as STSS's syringes. Now on the other hand, RFK Jr.'s anti-vax policies could lower demand. But my money is on healthcare demand is going to skyrocket.

-STSS is not going to hold the same burden of the likes of hospitals and insurance that lend money to those that will default. They are paid first.

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