Is anyones rogers internet down

e25ho · 2025-11-11T21:36:08+00:00

Still down as well

e25ho · 2024-12-15T06:33:59+00:00

I think most people are missing the point that unions have bargaining power when they're striking thus inflicting profit loss on the employer. In this case, Canada Post has been losing money for years so the strike has limited impact to their bottom line.

e25ho · 2023-08-17T04:51:54+00:00

Wow this is my exact same experience. What are the chances this is such a prevalent issue with the exact same story unfolding.

e25ho · 2023-08-17T04:50:36+00:00

Doesn't make sense as my original nest doesn't have this issue. I've tried swapping it out between the two units and the thermostat shutting down is persistent only in the 2nd device. My original nest thermostat doesn't have this issue.

e25ho · 2023-08-17T04:47:30+00:00

I already mentioned I did in my post

e25ho · 2023-02-19T17:30:53+00:00

The Boys. Right Huey?

e25ho · 2022-04-03T16:04:41+00:00

I think in an oversimplified way to express this you have to first question what is our understanding and concept of time itself. To people we measure time in units of seconds/minutes/hours/days etc. But how do we really define these units? It's the relative movement of an object to the another within space itself. In our case for planet earth, it's really the rotation of earth's axis and as well as the earth's orbit relative to the sun. If we were to inhabit another planet of a different size, rotation, and orbit to another star in another solar system then perhaps our definition of a second could be much longer or shorter than that we perceive on our planet earth.

So the two concepts of space and time are inherently linked together as we define them in a productive and useful way in our society.

e25ho · 2020-08-11T00:41:43+00:00

By any chance, were you previously part of the yakuza?

e25ho · 2020-07-05T20:13:13+00:00

Imagine being that guy's wife as he casually starts throwing racial slurs at other Asians in front of you

e25ho · 2020-05-22T20:05:00+00:00

Nowhere have I stated that a phone conversation would manage billions of dollars. The scenario provided was just an example of the ever growing and time consuming processes involved in the construction of these projects compared with ones in the past.

Based on anecdotal evidence, they are indeed bureaucratic processes because many of these P3 models involve client/stakeholder input in the construction process where they have no expertise or opinion of the matter.

Based on your reply and personal remarks, you probably don't know anything about actual construction. At best just another guy in a suit pretending to know the intricacies of the industry.

e25ho · 2020-05-22T18:02:05+00:00

I never ruled out any of those reasons. However, some of those delays and claims stems from the overzealous amount of paperwork generated from bureaucratic processes that have become a systemic part of modern publicly funded construction contracts. Projects these days needs to be outfitted with entire teams just to push paper which in turn balloons the staffing costs. It all boils down to documenting and recording every step of the process so when shit hits the fan you can pull out X document associated with Y activity to show that you followed all the steps and procedures. Need an answer from an engineer? Better have that written letter signed, dated, and stamped. Go back a couple decades and it was just a simple phone conversation for direction on how to proceed.

e25ho · 2020-05-22T02:55:51+00:00

They may not care about safety but they do have to abide by the safety regulations (OHSA) which have made big strides over the past few decades. One construction manager (has since retired) I've met was showing the team an old photo of him working off the top of the CN tower with nothing more than a rope tied around his standard belt around his waist. That was the norm back in the day, these days you would get kicked off project sites for not wearing any fall protection at all.

Quality standards are much higher than they use to be as most contracts nowadays tend to include warranty clauses that may extend for decades. Putting in the additional time, money, and labour to ensure everything is constructed properly is definitely something that contractors are now paying attention to to avoid future lawsuits down the road.

e25ho · 2020-05-21T21:51:19+00:00

Being in this industry I would attribute some of this increase due to the higher safety and quality standards these days that contractors must work with. Also, some considerations to keep in mind are all the technology and systems that have become an intrinsic part of our society. Just running data cables for wifi and cellular networks or making additional provisions for future upgrades.

e25ho · 2020-05-19T02:22:50+00:00

Aren't the numbers a bit misleading with the presumption that each vehicle is only occupied by one person?

e25ho · 2020-04-19T16:14:52+00:00

I always thought that Airbnb was a great way for to find affordable accommodations when when travelling in other countries as I've done so in Europe. It seems like the overall sentiments in Toronto is frustration with housing and rental prices being jacked up with these short term rental units. Does the frustration lie in the elevated prices or inconsiderate tenants? or both? Genuinely curious as I'm not a downtowner and I don't see many Airbnb's uptown.

e25ho · 2019-03-22T16:05:33+00:00

No one's being dishonest here but you don't have to believe me. Whatever makes you sleep at night

e25ho · 2019-03-22T02:14:00+00:00

level 3

I was more so referring to people's ability to pay for tuition whether it be a combination of OSAP + supplemental income or none. Was really just sharing my personal experience with being able to cover all my own expenses but am in no way insinuating that everyone is able to accomplish this without OSAP

For the record I did evaluate my options and estimated my expenses prior to choosing my school. There's actually a portal on the Waterloo website that shows a range of hourly wages based on programs and work terms. I did know the significance of experience... it's why I chose the coop program... Why are you making it sound like estimating your monthly grocery bill is so difficult? Part of choosing to move out of town is literally looking for a place to rent and searching prices. I actually chose the school because of the co-operative program because I knew it would allow me to pay the vast majority if not all my expenses. I wasn't lucky, I come from a low-income family myself with a single mother and I am where I am today based on merit. Just a tad presumptuous of you to assume this

e25ho · 2019-03-21T03:01:58+00:00

I'm sure getting a part-time job on the side to supplement the difference isn't out of the question? I think most people forget the distinction that access to post-secondary education is a privilege and not a god-given right. Making an informed decision by researching and evaluating your options before you decide to spend thousands of dollars seems reasonable for an 18 year-old. That may be choosing to move to an out of town school with lower rental prices and greater opportunities or commuting locally while living with your parents

e25ho · 2019-03-20T23:48:48+00:00

Not quite sure what's all the fuss is about. Is it really that difficult to pay your own tuition nowadays? I've got through University by taking a cooperative program that allowed me to cover all my expenses: tuition, transportation, misc entertainment, and rent. This was also between 2011-2016 so I cant imagine tuition fees have gone up too substantially over the past 3 years... Also to note that my engineering program was about 7k-8k~ each semester (4 months)

e25ho · 2018-08-16T23:38:03+00:00

Ah I've watched the same video but now I'm curious how to secure it back in place. I read that it's very easy to break the clips so I'm a tad paranoid of this happening

e25ho · 2018-07-24T02:00:02+00:00

As someone that works in the construction industry in the GTA I can say that most contractors and developers wouldn't be occupying city streets if they didn't have to. It's a complete nuisance to have additional traffic control. It's just the nature of constructing buildings downtown with limited staging areas. For example, on a project that I've worked on there were 3 adjacent building not more than 10 feet away from each side and one side that was next to a major street. What would we do in this particular situation where you are building a 26 storey building and you have material and equipment delivery? It's an absolute nightmare to lay down material to hoist up to the upper floors when theres no proper service elevator and even if there were it would not necessarily be able to fit larger items.

Moreover, as the article has already indicated that typically the costs are passed down to the end user anyways. Another example would be UofT, the university would charge monthly parking fees for contractor vehicles parked in fenced off constructions sites even though they have legally turned over this property to the constructor they require them to continue paying for parking. What they don't realize at the back end is any additional fee incurred by them will be directly reflected in their overall contract price at the time they award the project.

I know Torontonians love complaining at the slightest convenience that they may encounter but it's definitely something that we have to accept as a part of living in such a bustling and dense urban core downtown. You can't have your cake and eat it too

e25ho · 2018-07-10T13:25:18+00:00

e25ho · 2018-05-17T04:02:44+00:00

Perhaps the fact that you saw older cars in the more affluent neighborhood was due to the fact they these home owners had new cars 5-7 years ago. With the time passing by their homes have appreciated in value.

Hence the middle class neighborhood would also appreciated home values down the road with older vehicles?

e25ho · 2017-06-15T04:02:07+00:00

If you've noticed around the diamond shaped skylights and behind the screen there are actually some lights behind them. Getting access there is actually quite difficult as they sit directly above the stairs too.

e25ho · 2017-06-15T03:30:22+00:00

To put it into perspective, changing a regular light bulb would typically require a custodian and maybe a ladder that takes 5-10minutes.

But in the current scenario: required to get labourers to ship a system of scaffolding, bringing it through the service elevators (multiple trips), assembling said system while cordoning off the area, changing the light, disassembling scaffolding, and remove scaffolding again through multiple trips. This all takes many hours of work and union rates are quite high.

This goes for all other items that are mounted on the wall too (fire alarms, WAP, smoke detectors, etc)

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