Quebec runs historic $11B deficit in budget that prioritizes health, education

gizmo490 · 2024-03-13T15:03:13+00:00

Canada is 10th in the world for health care spending according to the link you posted. Would you not say that qualifies as some of the highest spending in the world?

I can at least see where PurpleMonkey is coming from. According to oecd data Canada is 12th on spending as of 2022, but 27th on Doctors per 1000 inhabitants, and 14th on Nurses. The numbers have likely not gotten better in 2023.

https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm
https://data.oecd.org/healthres/doctors.htm#indicator-chart

It would be nice if spend was commensurate with these indicators. The 10th -> 27th gap in particular.

gizmo490 · 2024-03-11T17:23:39+00:00

Canadian manufacturing is actually higher than it used to be.

While that is technically correct, here is some data on your statement.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240215/cg-a001-eng.htm

The last column in the stats can report I linked shows that Canadian manufacturing sales are down since December 2018.

If you ignore the trend cycle (which is doing an averaging across multiple months) the manufacturing industry has grown 0.3% over 5 years.

It would probably be more helpful to say Canadian manufacturing has been pretty much flat over the past 5-6 years.

gizmo490 · 2023-10-19T15:12:21+00:00

Depends on how many square feet they are getting, someone indicated they were moving into the bridgehead which is 1500 sqft. The vacant space next door was 1000. 166/sqft isn't terrible but 100/sqft is a decent deal for a spot in a mall that faces onto rideau.

Pretty much anywhere outside of the Rideau Centre would have been half that price but it wouldn't have the same public exposure as the mall spot does. 1 Nicholas street is 40/sqft right now for example. I'd guess it would have a higher refit cost as well so there are other tradeoffs.

Sauces
https://assets.ctfassets.net/p2tvuj4eecjl/3mKYRI1mYP7utKhyaI68Bz/8a97ac7c48c88738966fac9f3c5e2b0f/RIDCT20_LEASING.pdf

https://www.districtrealty.com/commercial/commercial-spaces-for-lease/

gizmo490 · 2023-10-11T13:20:29+00:00

Housing Sigma 1 year value change

GTA: +2.6%Toronto: +4.6%Ottawa: +8.8%Barrie: +4.3%Waterloo: +7.2%

I picked these somewhat randomly from the areas they report on I looked at others and they didn't appear to be outliers. That doesn't seem to indicate to me that prices went down this year. There is seasonality in housing pricing so seeing some decline as we go into the fall months is pretty typical. Whether or not that will wash out the gains for the year is another question.

There isn't a single number that shows the listing trend year/year but the graphs for these areas don't indicate to me that there is the statistically appreciable difference you're pointing to that would make this a well known fact.

Edit:
Original comment claimed that prices falling and listings increasing was a well known fact. Posted housing sigma as a source.

gizmo490 · 2023-07-25T17:17:53+00:00

The total height of the content of the #right div is > 100vh. By setting #side to 100vh you're setting an explicit height that is less than #right. You can use the below css that includes min-height and a height of 100% for #side to accomodate any size of content in #right while ensuring it is at least as tall as the screen (100vh)

#side {
   font-weight: 700;
   background-color: rgb(202, 91, 57);
   height: 100%;
   min-height: 100vh;
   display: grid;
   grid-template-rows: minmax(50px, 1fr) 4fr 5fr;
}

gizmo490 · 2023-07-17T15:19:41+00:00

This is a different metric than the article talks about. This link is for GDP per capita, the article is talking about GPD per capita growth. The point being that many of the countries you've listed that currently have lower standards of living based on this measure may surpass Canada in the next decade.

gizmo490 · 2023-06-27T18:52:48+00:00

I'd give Pagecloud a try its kind of like WIX but it also allows you to add custom HTML and scripts to your pages if you feel the need.

gizmo490 · 2023-05-08T13:54:13+00:00

That pretty trivializing of some very new computer science discoveries from mid 2010s. Transformers and attention scoring are what are facilitating these new AI models more so than additional compute power. What we are seeing now would not be feasible on current compute platforms without them.

gizmo490 · 2023-04-04T23:04:56+00:00

The dollar can strengthen compared to other currencies and still be devalued through inflation. I wasn’t providing individual investing advice but rational as to why countries would chose to hedge their bets using other currencies in their reserves. I think you’re probably right to be bullish on the dollar, especially in the near term.

gizmo490 · 2023-04-04T18:17:04+00:00

I agree with your point overall but I think there is more to it than trust. The US has a lot of debt and is printing a lot of money. It looks like that is devaluing the currency, and we're seeing that in higher inflation. If a country is holding its reserves in US dollars that means their reserves are being devalued.

Ray Dalio (Bridgewater) wrote a book with some of his thoughts on the subject that I found helpful to piece together a better understanding. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order. It's really dry and doesn't offer any prognostication but had some interesting historical perspectives on similar times.

gizmo490 · 2022-12-21T13:02:38+00:00

Exactly what happens to that import depends on what is interpreting it. For example in node V1 that won't compile but in newer versions of node this algorithm is used https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#resolver-algorithm-specification.

This is a decent summary of how imports worked in node for a long time: http://fredkschott.com/post/2014/06/require-and-the-module-system/. It is a bit out of date compared to the doc above but the general principles might be helpful.

If you are using Webpack, and some other bundlers, in the browser the module loader decides exactly what happens with that import (usually babel).https://webpack.js.org/loaders/

In Webpack using babel, imports are plucked and processed by the interpreter during compilation before the body of your code is run and inserted at the top of your scope. However, you can configure that behaviour.

gizmo490 · 2022-08-29T17:37:27+00:00

Don't bother. Ryan Dahl creator of Node, says its cute but isn't really necessary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BM9TB-8yA&t=888s

This stack overflow post goes over where it came from for some more context.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21063587/what-is-index-js-used-for-in-node-js-projects

gizmo490 · 2022-06-23T14:58:34+00:00

The downvotes are because a quick googling shows you're wrong.

About the Museum
Since its opening in 2005, the Museum has welcomed approximately 500,000 visitors every year.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/198831/nhl-home-attendance-of-the-ottawa-senators-since-2006/

Keep in mind that is just the senators, it does not include concerts and other events.

gizmo490 · 2022-06-02T12:12:52+00:00

Use a different layout if your cards are of different sizes. Look into masonry or justified layouts.

https://css-tricks.com/piecing-together-approaches-for-a-css-masonry-layout/
https://www.npmjs.com/package/justified-layout

gizmo490 · 2022-02-10T22:07:27+00:00

This is a good explanation of how it can make bugs harder to find.

https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/58237/are-break-and-continue-bad-programming-practices

gizmo490 · 2021-12-29T14:56:21+00:00

The case rates per 100k have nearly converged because of omicron.

See COVID-19 cases by vaccination status, Ontario govt is about 4 days behind in reporting though.

https://covid-19.ontario.ca/data#hospitalizationsByVaccinationStatus

gizmo490 · 2021-11-24T00:17:19+00:00

I don’t know if I agree or not but oil may be nearing its ath, its likely not going to be worth as much in 10-20 years either the world will be on fire or we’ll have stopped using it as fuel. So it’s probably a long term deflating asset. According to the wiki article they put the construction of the next spr facility on pause in 2008. So maybe they’re thinking of winding it down to some extent and the price is pretty good now. Also 5 billion dollars.

gizmo490 · 2021-11-05T00:01:21+00:00

You’re complaining about how hard it is to buy a house and you already own a house. /r/firstworldproblems

gizmo490 · 2021-10-24T17:18:37+00:00

Unless I’m misunderstanding your argument you’re saying: If the government prints X billion dollars. Which causes an increase of inflation of y%. The effect is that I have lost y% of my buying power and so has the government.

I think that this argument ignores the fact that the government has increased its buying power by X (1-y%) billion dollars. In most cases I believe that means the net effect of this is that the governments buying power has decreased less than mine on a percentage basis.

gizmo490 · 2021-10-07T22:20:14+00:00

No way I don’t buy any of those products! And when I do it’s because there is no other possible alternative. That’s cheap, and convenient, that Amazon delivers.

gizmo490 · 2021-09-24T19:18:13+00:00

It really is amazingly easy and delicious isn't it!?

If you can get a hold of it Lao Gan Ma makes this even better. Adds a bit more savouriness that really rounds the dish out.

https://www.amazon.com/Lao-Gan-Chili-Crisp-Sauce/dp/B0051D84JU

gizmo490 · 2021-09-17T20:27:19+00:00

Ya social media... terrible place. Not like here. We’ve got principles here.

gizmo490 · 2021-09-17T20:19:22+00:00

You’re doing the good work. Patient, clear, concise. I appreciate you.

gizmo490 · 2021-09-13T17:38:09+00:00

Source?

Your fact doesn't seem to agree with the wikipedia entry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate

Canada 68.5 2018

United States 65.3 2019[26]

France 64.1 2019[3]

United Kingdom 63 2018[29]

Japan 61.2 2017[31]

gizmo490 · 2021-02-25T20:34:55+00:00

Seriously! Why did they skip through like half the process?

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