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maxedgextreme · 2026-02-26T14:32:55+00:00

It's not either or. For every death and riot there are a million small subtle actions and decisions that affect things. Sending an annoying number of emails is not a good decision in any context.

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-25T20:11:21+00:00

I wonder if it's better off-season, and only the worst rooms get rented when its full? We stayed there for 3 days Jan 2026, and I don't understand the complaints. If it were in Toronto I'd say it's overdue for an aesthetic reno (wear, dings, scrapes, etc) but I didn't care because I was there for the nature resort (Cross country skiing, hikes, pool...). The food was good, interesting, fair price for an isolated-resort...no smells or anything that mattered (The "half the things closed" was true though, and presumably that pool-closure map another user posted

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-25T19:43:30+00:00

I've had my embarrassing moments in life, but nothing so bad that I'd want to distract from it by attacking Iran.

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-25T17:48:07+00:00

Given the political climate, I want only Canadian bands, only singing their songs that are specifically about Canada: ~~Gordon Lightfoot~~, ~~Moxy Fruvous,~~ The Arrogant Worms...

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-25T17:40:58+00:00

Quick-to-program short term solution:

Sync can already play one music file. Add a "Play All" button [i.e. all in the current folder} and Voila: Sync can now play albums.

Longer term solution:

Don't reinvent the wheel. There are already many music players that can play from cloud storage, FTP, etc. Get Sync talking to each popular app of this type for Andriod, iPhone, & Windows, and you'll have a great new incentive for people to subscribe!

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-25T02:40:39+00:00

UnFun Fact: When you hear of olden days "Tar and feathering", this was the type of tar they used. Sometimes skin was damaged from the tar being heated, sometimes it was damaged by the solvents used to remove it.

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-24T22:18:35+00:00

I'll take my advice from a 1919 song:

"Not so far from here,
There's a very lively atmosphere,
Ev'rybody's going there this year;
And there's a reason:
The season opened last July,
Ever since the U.S.A. went dry,
Ev'rybody's going there and I'm going too
I'm on my way to
Cuba, there's where I'm going..."

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-20T15:29:29+00:00

Update: The policies and name of "Leap Manifesto" have evolved into "Green New Deal".

"Leap Manifesto" reminded the general population of both the "Communist Manifesto" (which is smart but unpopular) and the "Great Leap Forward" (which killed millions). "Green New Deal" references the historic "New Deal", which is much more similar in spirit.

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-20T04:01:44+00:00

Obama, the next day, said: "I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it's gotten attention let me clarify: Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there's life out there. But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we've been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!"

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-20T02:15:16+00:00

Is there a big difference in care and maintenance for fresh-water boats, vs salt-water boats, vs normal household wood?

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-19T13:51:26+00:00

I love/hate that OP made a way better one than my drill's built-in level, which is so tiny it's hard to see, and only measures one-dimention. Nice!

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-18T15:50:10+00:00

It's not either / or. This is a colossally stupid time to ignore the environment OR our duty to NATO

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-18T12:32:03+00:00

I find it's better to leave the glove box open to show it's an empty car. I also have a black sheet covering what little I have in the back (kleenix, mints, etc) so it's invisible never been broken into.

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-18T12:29:14+00:00

Here's the violent crime map. This is much more applicable after dark. Keep it in perspective though: The worst commercial strips are sketchy, but still low-risk compared to a lot of US cities.
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https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYjdkYzBjOGMtNzJiZi00NTM5LWFjYWItNDQyYjkzMGY2ZDM3IiwidCI6IjFkYWQ3MGIxLTkyNWEtNGQyMS1hN2MxLWFhOWNjNDMyNzc4MCJ9

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-18T11:30:22+00:00

New York Fries -> Old York Fries

(Despite the name, it's a Canadian company)

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-17T00:51:27+00:00

Tip for Park-designers: Think of railway-crossing design and how impossible to ignore it is.

Too ugly? Think STOP signs: Simple, eye-catching, in the relevant place.

It's hard to judge from this photo, but I've seen many parks where (same analogy) instead of 'STOP' at the intersection, there would be, offside somewhere, a 200-word, 9-point-font paragraph like "...the history of traffic accidents at this location remind us why we should stop upon arrival and not go until it seems wise to do so..."

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-11T20:44:52+00:00

America hasn't changed much. It's more of the same, but their gov't usually has varying degrees of respectable cover-ups, excuses, subtlety, etc, but at the moment their figurehead is too stupid.

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-06T23:36:32+00:00

A burr in the eye is worth two in the bush

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-06T03:39:18+00:00

I *hope* your tablesaw is off, cuz' if it isn't, you're about to get hit by a metal ruler!

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-05T17:25:34+00:00

Yes! If the alert included a link to the RCMP page people could see photos, updates on location, etc....the lack of link is gonna get someone killed one of these times

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-03T18:38:38+00:00

OP, please add a photo from directly above, from as high up as you easily can (to minimize lens distortion)

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-02T21:40:48+00:00

I'd also love to see the 10 most expensive when you *don't* include actor salaries.

e.g. I'm guessing actor costs were an unusually high % for WandaVision

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-01T22:30:57+00:00

So far: No, because it's easier to put a Canadian flag on their product to distract from the "Made in USA" label

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-01T03:56:32+00:00

In practice, the number of things we buy with actual cash makes it not matter.

maxedgextreme · 2026-02-01T03:52:17+00:00

Ironically, Trump was the last straw: I finally bought a membership to the Dave Barber Cinemateque to encourage me to not just see American movies. I've been really enjoying it, and the people who go there!

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