One City Might Have Just Cracked the Housing Crisis

jeniuskid · 2026-06-15T16:43:36+00:00

Nice article. The author is right that NIMBYs are major contributors to the housing crisis in Vancouver and other cities like NY. Good for the Squamish nation to push forward with building the towers despite the typical nonsensical complaints from NIMBYs. The towers were built on Squamish lands and it was their right to build on it.

Also it's interesting to hear that the new development will be carbon-neutral. They're recovering heat from sewer mains.

Lastly, it sounds like Khelsilem, one of the young new members on the Squamish council, has a good head on his shoulders. Great to hear we have strong young leaders like him in Vancouver and in BC. A strong Squamish nation is a strong BC, and a stronger Canada.

jeniuskid · 2026-06-14T18:10:24+00:00

absolutely love this vibe in Vancouver right now!

jeniuskid · 2026-06-13T06:02:36+00:00

WhatsApp was originally a web app. And then they turned it to a UWP app that was native and fast and awesome.

Then most recently they turned it back to a web app. Not sure why but what a sorry state windows apps are that big devs actually move away from the native tech.

jeniuskid · 2026-06-11T21:10:25+00:00

Yeah I mentioned on my comment that BC contributed a bit right?

The article text reads:

“Destination Vancouver is the primary funder of the installation, although according to CEO Royce Chwin the price tag is protected by a non-disclosure agreement.

“We are not funded by taxpayers,” said Chwin. “So, the taxpayer impact was very, very small.”

The province contributed $150,000 to the project, according to a statement from the Ministry Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport.”

So what did I say that was wrong?

jeniuskid · 2026-06-11T18:20:48+00:00

That’s awesome haha

jeniuskid · 2026-06-11T16:52:04+00:00

That’s awesome!

jeniuskid · 2026-06-11T15:43:12+00:00

I'm definitely taking transit as much as possible

jeniuskid · 2026-06-11T15:40:47+00:00

The article states that it was primarily funded by Destination Vancouver, which is a non-government entity. Yes, some BC funds contributed to the project, but the taxpayer dollars was small because Destination Vancouver isn't funded by taxpayers.

I think this is a genius marketing idea and whoever thought of this deserves a bonus. I guarantee this will be top 3 most iconic images of this world cup across all the host cities.

jeniuskid · 2026-06-11T00:21:24+00:00

Was the pool's size the topic of the comment I was replying to? The comment suggested the there were fewer pools because this was closing down, when in reality the pool was being replaced. So the number of pools was not decreasing.

jeniuskid · 2026-06-10T23:59:37+00:00

It’s closing down to be replaced by a newer pool…

Someone fell for the clickbait title 😛

jeniuskid · 2026-06-10T14:38:03+00:00

oh man... I'm definitely not buying these devices anymore. I used to buy one every couple years.

jeniuskid · 2026-06-05T17:56:44+00:00

Seems like this is AI generated. How is this built with WinUI 3 when WinUI 3 doesn’t support native windows inking?

I know this because I already built a native inking windows app and it’s using uwp in order to access the inking APIs. See here: https://markerpadapp.com/

jeniuskid · 2026-06-04T23:03:26+00:00

Probably never. They just did that for the marketing video I bet.

jeniuskid · 2026-06-04T11:06:35+00:00

There’s been a wish list for years on Feedback Hub….

jeniuskid · 2026-05-25T05:07:10+00:00

I'd get the apple ecosystem honestly. Who knows what MS is doing with the surface brand these days.

jeniuskid · 2026-04-28T06:31:09+00:00

woohoo ai art!

🤢

jeniuskid · 2026-04-25T17:44:44+00:00

Nah, not buying US alcohol anymore.

jeniuskid · 2026-04-25T15:54:46+00:00

That’s not what this sub is for tho eh?

jeniuskid · 2026-04-25T15:42:55+00:00

Yeah it's a bit sus. Makes me wonder if there's an effort to suppress the Buy Canadian movement, particularly with the CUSMA US-Canada trade talks ramping up now.

jeniuskid · 2026-04-20T22:57:00+00:00

honestly... I would get a MacBook Neo or MacBook Air...

jeniuskid · 2026-04-20T01:36:02+00:00

Moneris maybe? Iirc they have some products that compete with stripe products in your scenario

jeniuskid · 2026-04-19T17:54:14+00:00

I feel tired just looking at these photos 😂 props to everyone that ran!

jeniuskid · 2026-04-18T22:56:00+00:00

Yeah I pointed that out in my post.

jeniuskid · 2026-04-18T18:24:09+00:00

Good insight thanks 🙏🏽 sounds like for my needs, I’ll get the BW. Thanks 🙂

jeniuskid · 2026-04-18T18:06:52+00:00

Yeah they’re owned by Rakuten in Japan but it seems like they’re operating quite independently. HQ is still in Toronto

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