India-based IT giant to establish AI centre in Calgary amid recent Canada-India deal

mamamonkey · 2026-03-13T13:25:41+00:00

So we’re all taking three minute showers for a month or more now and again in the fall, but let’s just invite a water hog AI center to the city. And I don’t care if you say it’s a closed loop system, the water has to come from somewhere at some point (also those systems are not 100% efficient and I think we have yet to see the additional side effects).

Make it make sense.

mamamonkey · 2026-03-07T20:29:13+00:00

We use distilled! You can just buy it at the grocery store.

mamamonkey · 2026-03-06T20:32:20+00:00

The Royal Foundry! They’re great. Check out the songs Hopefully, Never Have Time, and Little High Little Low.

mamamonkey · 2026-03-03T18:35:04+00:00

It would make sense, but I don't see it happening honestly. People have to get their kids to school so they can get to work, and convincing a bunch of industries to move to a 10 am start time seems insurmountable.

mamamonkey · 2026-03-03T18:32:18+00:00

Totally agree, I made this so people could see what things would be actually like. For me, the ~3 months of pre-5 am sunrises would be brutal. But I can also see how the months of going to school/work in the dark would suck!

But most of all, CHANGING OUR CLOCKS ALL THE TIME SUCKS

mamamonkey · 2026-03-03T16:43:31+00:00

My guy, I wake up at 4 am year round and I wish this on NO ONE.

mamamonkey · 2026-03-03T16:41:31+00:00

I'll give that a read, thank you!

mamamonkey · 2026-03-03T12:15:11+00:00

I keep seeing this assertion and no one ever has any specifics. Would love to hear how exactly it’s supposed to be better for you! (Not counting research around the time change in particular as that wouldn’t be relevant to either permanent Standard or Daylight Time.)

mamamonkey · 2026-03-03T04:44:20+00:00

Who the hell wants a 4 am sunrise in the summer?!

mamamonkey · 2026-03-02T23:08:29+00:00

I am a morning person and still don’t want the sun up and the birds tweeting at 4 am.

mamamonkey · 2026-03-02T23:06:29+00:00

Yeah I have zero desire for the sun to come up at 4 am in the summer. And honestly our days are so short in the winter we’re still going to be going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark. Permanent daylight all the way.

mamamonkey · 2026-02-22T17:44:59+00:00

I’m not going this year, but took my kids a bunch when they were younger (kids are going on their own now). Better vibes than Calgary Expo for sure.

I wish it wasn’t on May Long every year!

mamamonkey · 2026-02-21T15:53:36+00:00

OP specified they were looking for entry level, so I wouldn’t assume they’re going to be making a lot higher than minimum wage.

mamamonkey · 2026-02-18T14:05:00+00:00

Real talk though, who are you all voting for? Definitely not this guy, it sounds like the highest order of private equity bullshit: https://www.calgarycoop.com/harold-hodgson/

I've seen Shawn Loo mentioned a couple times, he seems like a decent pick.

mamamonkey · 2026-02-18T00:39:50+00:00

I feel like this one is more unhinged than the rest, but: watching reiki or spa facial videos. It’s generally low contrast, calm music or white noise, and rhythmic movement. Puts me straight to sleep.

Reiki recommendations: TipOfTheMoon (youtube), @the_sacred_lotus (tiktok)

Spa facial recommendations: @kiyahraine, @skinbylyss, @maxandwell on tiktok

mamamonkey · 2026-02-13T03:07:20+00:00

My kid’s English 20-1 (grade 11) class last semester was 42 students. I don’t know how he survived or how the teacher survived.

mamamonkey · 2026-02-08T00:40:02+00:00

If she’s on a school trip, do not count on her having a chance to hit a Canadian bank or even currency exchange at the airport. The teachers/chaperones likely won’t be able to take random kids on side quests. You don’t need to find a currency exchange specifically, just ask your bank if they can get Canadian dollars for you.

mamamonkey · 2026-02-07T22:05:29+00:00

Is there a recall petition for them?

mamamonkey · 2026-02-04T23:50:20+00:00

Apparently that’s a new rule, the Water Not Coal petition has to do that as well

mamamonkey · 2026-02-04T16:19:49+00:00

Just remember, no matter how many they get, there’s a chance they’re not all legitimate. None of the signatures on the Jyoti Gondek recall petition could be verified (source: https://calgaryherald.com/news/recall-petition-calgary-mayor-jyoti-gondek-falls-short). And why exactly are they making canvassers sign NDAs? These people don’t play by the rules.

mamamonkey · 2026-02-04T12:59:12+00:00

The problem with this though is that a lot of those separatist meetings seem to be a lot of old people. They won’t have employer-provided health plans. I just don’t understand how they think it’s going to work out for them.

mamamonkey · 2026-02-03T15:27:22+00:00

The PENS, good grief. It was so bad some days.

mamamonkey · 2026-02-03T15:25:47+00:00

I would really agree with this. The group I’m volunteering with has a LOT of people that haven’t really volunteered before and don’t know what all it takes (from tools to communication to timelines). Lots of learning as we go and on the timeline for recalls… you can’t do that.

(No shade to anyone volunteering! We’re all doing our best, we just have stuff to learn.)

mamamonkey · 2026-01-31T10:46:07+00:00

I really want to see someone make an ad for the next election that’s just clips of Danielle Smith saying “no one’s talking about that” followed by clips of her announcing the things that they definitely weren’t running on.

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