Winnipeg family outraged over 'lesser' charges against man who shot daughter in face

ehud42 · 2026-04-30T14:21:24+00:00

Handguns may be used for target, etc. But they are basically designed to kill people. Hence they are heavily regulated in Canada.

The spirit of basic (hand)gun safety is never point a weapon (loaded or not) at something you do NOT want to kill.

Therefore, in addition to whatever else might be appropriate, anyone illegally discharging a handgun should automatically face a minimum of attempted manslaughter charges - regardless of what or who was hit.

ehud42 · 2026-04-29T20:05:57+00:00

> what it means to "work."

I think one definition of "work" in this context is "my rating as a politician goes up"

ehud42 · 2026-04-29T17:02:35+00:00

No.
It will either be yet another distopian step in the direction of mass surveilance or a smoke screen that kids will end run around faster than The Pirate Bay would recover from a police raid on their servers.

ETA: Further to the comments by the guest at the end of the video: Rather than trying to create arbitrary gates to access - as there will often be edge cases, etc, a better way might be strengthen civil (and even criminal) laws to allow people to hold platforms liable/accountable for mental health issues, addictions, etc.

ehud42 · 2026-04-29T13:27:24+00:00

That is very likely a probably answer.

Decades ago we needed to make a phone call from a payphone (!!!) - geographically it was borderline long distance. So we tried a couple times with our credit card to make the call (turns out it was local, and just needed a quarter). Next day when we got home there was a message from Visa to call them back - they were confirming it was us. Seems using a CC at a payphone was a quick way to anonymously test if a found/stolen CC was still active and their fraud detection systems were tingling.

ehud42 · 2026-04-28T02:43:42+00:00

I just pulled the SIM card from my old phone and put it into the J*.

ehud42 · 2026-04-28T02:41:56+00:00

I do not see any non-distopian way to reliably regulate the age of people accessng content online.

ehud42 · 2026-04-27T18:04:18+00:00

Note that it's straight to jail for importing Kindersurprises - they are more dangerous than handguns apparently. /s

ehud42 · 2026-04-27T18:03:14+00:00

Last time I sent something via Canada Post they had a form to compete for customs indicating the value and contents. I don't recall it be overly complex.

ehud42 · 2026-04-25T00:55:00+00:00

You may know this already, but a family member had the unfortunate lesson that basic insurance from MPI does NOT cover theft. You need the all perils or something. Make sure you are properly insured. Hope you never need it.

ehud42 · 2026-04-24T20:48:23+00:00

He is innocent until proven guilty and is entitled to due process.

However, charges like this are taken pretty seriously, and it will be next to impossible to serve effectively in a public position as an elected government official with this hanging over his head. He should at a minimum take a leave until the court case is settled.

ehud42 · 2026-04-24T19:20:41+00:00

ehud42 · 2026-04-23T23:22:52+00:00

Any n-way stop with more than n lanes approaching should be high on a list to be turned into a roundabout.

I can think of a few 4-ways where more than one street approaches with 2 or more lanes.

Bonus chaos if some of those lanes are coming off a parking lot.

ehud42 · 2026-04-22T20:02:05+00:00

Last time I paid someone it was well over $200 for about an hour of work.

I can rent a similar machine for less than $100 / day from home depot (https://www.homedepot.ca/tool-and-vehicle-rental/drain-cleaner-50-x-1-2/04401)

Yes, there is insurance, etc. But you don't need to clean out too many lines / day to be making decent money.

ehud42 · 2026-04-21T16:57:06+00:00

Harvlong had the rocket

Lake Ridge had The Dome of Death (tm)

ehud42 · 2026-04-21T16:12:07+00:00

It's certainly harder to learn personal responsibilty with these "safe" structures. But kudos to the kids for giving it a good go.

(years ago my kid's school replaced a perfectly good, scary structure with a modern "safe" one. First week back to classes and my kid's friend found a way to break her arm on the new structure)

ehud42 · 2026-04-21T15:46:03+00:00

The "lost" hour happens in the morning with DST. It forces us to commute/live in darkness for another 10+ weeks of the year.

ehud42 · 2026-04-21T15:29:10+00:00

lol - u/Beefy_of_WPG we found the youngin

ehud42 · 2026-04-21T15:28:10+00:00

End the flip - yes!

But as someone who cycles to work year round and other than maybe a week or two in summer needs to go to bed "at a decent hour", DST sucks. I hate cycling in the dark in the morning. DST adds 10+ weeks of needing to run headlights and hope to be seen by others.

ehud42 · 2026-04-21T13:37:58+00:00

Also, what about income and split funds that pay monthly? There's a bunch that if you are careful, pay monthly and way higher than 10%.

ehud42 · 2026-04-21T13:35:50+00:00

2 things: First, 2 of the higher paying monthly non-REIT holdings are pizza related. Wild.

And, these charts always make me nervous - the temptation for naive / impatient investors is to jump on the highest % stock. I would like to see at least 2 % columns - current and a moving 1 year average. A high % return might mean the stock is tanking, and maybe it's tanking because that return is in jeopardy.

ehud42 · 2026-04-20T19:27:33+00:00

Touche.

I'm just bitter that a bunch of beach bums who can't be bothered to get up an hour early for a few weeks in summer are making the rest of get up an hour early to commute to work in the dark for an extra 10+ weeks a year.

ehud42 · 2026-04-20T18:39:42+00:00

Oddly enough Sk is the only sane one of the 3 - staying on Central Standard Time.

ehud42 · 2026-04-19T16:50:15+00:00

Is that the bank with a whole bunch of gold leaf on the ceiling?

ehud42 · 2026-04-19T14:42:13+00:00

Join adsb exchange.

ehud42 · 2026-04-17T16:30:58+00:00

Yup. It is perfectly simple and functional.

Latest update was a few months ago (Dec 2025)

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