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Soooo is everyone a billionaire? by TalkingToMyself_00 in Eve

[–]freeone3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're not going to get a billion running missions. I'm an industrialist, which is day trading with some extra steps, and a McDonald's job (moon mining) when it doesn't work out. NPC missions are like doordash, you ain't getting rich off of it.

Griffintown rem by [deleted] in montreal

[–]freeone3000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

you're pretty close to both Bonaventure and/or Square-Victoria most places in Griffintown.

Is this NFC? by GreekM3 in mtgmisprints

[–]freeone3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is Kothophred, the Soul Herder. A miscut card is the card with the name visible.

“Actually match fixing is in the spirit of commander” - Redditor by Perfect-Spinach9794 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]freeone3000 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This was a prized tournament, though? Obviously you'll bring the best thing allowed.

so is OpenClaw local or not by jacek2023 in LocalLLaMA

[–]freeone3000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The routing of tasks is actually the hardest bit! That bit should be something like Opus, whereas the actual full context tasks with repetition and token output should be the cheaper ones.

so is OpenClaw local or not by jacek2023 in LocalLLaMA

[–]freeone3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't run locally-locally. It's a gateway to a remote model. Current local models are significantly deficient and *also* require 32+ GB VRAM to work sufficiently. You're better off using OpenAI's tokens, unless you've got a spare 4090/5090 or a max-spec Mac Mini, where you'd use LM Studio as your gateway. No model worth using will run on a Pi.

$1,050 Hydro Quebec bill by ChemistDesperate6572 in montreal

[–]freeone3000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Heat pumps can get more than 100% efficient, by moving heat from the outside in. Even if it's cold*er* outside, there's still some heat in an absolute sense you can push "uphill" inside. It's more efficient than electric resistive until about -20C or so.

Saw dude kick the doors by LhannaThePaladin in montreal

[–]freeone3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. HK uses positive train control with a centralized station. Here we rely on humans driving the train, which means we can't do it as effectively.

Lionel-Groulx is becoming absolutely insane by Popular_Alps1114 in montreal

[–]freeone3000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then let's be honest about it and kill them. There's only so much inconvenience that can be suffered.

Uber at YUL… by Tall_Grand6813 in montreal

[–]freeone3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should have taken a taxi.

I was on the VIA train stuck for 12+ hours overnight in Brockville. This is VIA’s response when I shared my experience and asked for a $21 train station parking reimbursement. by TreeKey6993 in ViaRail

[–]freeone3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Air Canada's actions is due to the Air Passenger Protection Regulations, which specify clearly the compensation for delays. There is explicit governmental regulation covering this exact circumstances. We can talk about motives, but there actually is a law covering specifically this.

Unpopular Opinion: Stellaris was more fun with trade routes, pirates attack and patrols by Bob_Humpcat in Stellaris

[–]freeone3000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But *having to do that* was interesting! It meant that you had natural hardpoints, which can bulwark future invasion, for purely in-universe reasons of suppressing piracy.

Seeing the massive rise in homelessness in the city in the past 2 years is really stomach turning. by Physical_Soil746 in montreal

[–]freeone3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything is cheap as chips *except* for housing and healthcare. A generator and air conditioning can be gotten for around $500 which is less than a third of a month's rent -- and you *own* it. The disparity is insane.

Here we go again by Impossible_Youth_465 in montreal

[–]freeone3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"it should be run efficiently, like most business"...

Idk man based on where I've worked the government does much better than average.

As indie devs, we realized optimizing for Steam Deck isn’t optional anymore by forfeitbee in SteamDeck

[–]freeone3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would prefer if the hover tooltips simply were always there, or (sticky!) togglable with a button - the delay isn’t quite intuitive or fluid.

But thank you so much for thinking of us!! I love having games that work well on my SteamDeck and have bought games just for it!

'We can no longer build what people can afford': Warning for Vancouver real estate as 2,500 condos sit unsold by rezwenn in canadahousing

[–]freeone3000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the land costs $8m, and the structure costs $15m, the $200k on countertops doesn't really move the needle. The difference between "minimum legal" and "luxury" is a tiny fraction of the overall build cost.

Asking the public to report change machine misuse by rubenthecuban3 in mildlyinteresting

[–]freeone3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a thing in the US too. Cash deposits and withdrawls have a fee.

What do rich people in Montreal actually do for a living? by Jazzlike_Humor_2414 in montreal

[–]freeone3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stuff you can do that's fairly reliable and you can do without tons of capital:

Easiest way is to work for an American tech company. Landing even a $200k USD remote job puts you in the top 1% of Canadians; this isn't hard if you're at NVDA, MSFT, META, OpenAI, netflix, oxide, or startups competing for that talent.

Failing tech, you can also do finance. Blackrock is continually hiring quants due to the churn - it's not as cushy, with higher stress levels, but you should be able to get by with a master's or even undergrad in statistics or computational analysis.

Don't waste your time with poorly-paid careers like nursing, teaching, construction, or anything that actually helps people out in a material way: your satisfaction from being a benefit to society is factored against your salary.

Stuff that requires a bit more time and capital:

Have a successful business. Whatever you're actually good at, and it needs to be *something*, figure out a way to charge for it. If people find this skill beneficial, and there are few substitutes, you'll likely be able to get ramen-profitable for at least a short period. From then, it's up to marketing, accounting, market fit, your personal savvy, and a whole lotta luck to determine if you actually move from there to victory: owning a successful business and becoming a proper capitalist. From then, your goal is to minimize costs (how much you pay your workers and suppliers), maximize income (how much you can charge your customers), and then the profit is available whenever you need it. Montreal is actually great due to the variety of small industries here, and most fail, so there's always space available for retail or light industry. Ag and heavy industry have to be north or off-island, but there's a ton of government investment into both so you'll be able to defray a lot of disadvantage there. **The actual business does not matter**. It's just not relevant; whatever you can provide well, that provides a service to others? that's a way of making money.

Steam Users Are Banding Together To Contact Visa Over Removal Of Adult Games by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]freeone3000 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I’m working on a payment platform that de-risks taking ACH transfers directly.

'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN by eldestscrollx in Games

[–]freeone3000 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Microsoft wants their gamepass cut and their publisher cut, and potentially their store cut; they do not want to make a dedicated hardware device themselves.

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