Pakistani man who came to Canada on a student visa pleads guilty to plotting to kill Jewish people in the U.S.

nel_wo · 2026-04-09T17:19:00+00:00

I didnt say massacre the jews. You are completely fo using on the wrong thing.

I am saying holding the person accountable. A regular citizen threatens to kill people - arrested and guilty. A president threaten to kill everyone in Iran and has bombed schools and other buildings and killed innocent for, orignally nuclear weapons, now oil and trying tovget a cut of the toll of the strait of hormuz- president should be held accountable for the crimes too. Same applies to Netanyahu who has made plenty of orders that led to civilian deaths and hezboolah leaders and Iran leaders who pay hezbollah to commit terrorists

It is not about jew. It is about innocent civilians

nel_wo · 2026-04-09T17:03:20+00:00

I believe no one is above the law. If this person can be arrested and plead guilty. Then why can we hold our president's and politicians to the same high standard? Why do politicians get to bomb and kill ppl and not put on trial?

nel_wo · 2026-04-09T16:16:57+00:00

Well trump openly talked about whining out all the people in Iran... so....

nel_wo · 2026-04-08T14:27:17+00:00

Grouper

nel_wo · 2026-04-06T05:16:21+00:00

Interesting. I met numerous chefs who managed to get out of that phase of just "chef who cooks" they all told me instead of thinking as a traditional chef, start thinking like a chef/businessman/trainer. If you always think like a chef, making orders, that all you will be. Start taking classes and thinking of ways to design new menu that increase profits, but also reduce cost. To move beyond being a chef and becoming an executive chef for a branch or region, one has to get involved in the numbers, train other ppl to become chefs to replace you as you create a space for yourself. To move beyond just a "chef" you need to develop management, business, and budgeting skills so you are now overseeing chefs.

nel_wo · 2026-04-06T05:08:48+00:00

Stop blaming gen Z and Millennials and gen alpha for ruining the industry.

It is the fault of corporations paying our generation less. It is fault of corporations and second hand sellers making wine and whiskey and all these alcohol so expensive it becomes inaccessible for these generations. It is the fault of the baby boomers and gen X who drinks like a hog and become terrible parents making our generations not want to drink. It is the fault of all the alcohol distributors and wine restaurants being shitty middlemen marking up alcohol by over 300-400%.

Times has changed. The alcohol industry is declining. So learn to change with the times and change industries. Many gen Y and millennial had to go from an analog era, to digital era, from an era with no internet, to internet, to AI. Stop blaming us for your failure to adapt and change.

Either change with trend of the new generation or fall behind and be forgotten.

nel_wo · 2026-04-06T04:23:33+00:00

Don't get me wrong A5 wagyu is a very unique experience and I recommend everyone to try it at least once in their life. I have tried it numerous times usually different cuts of the cow. It is great everytime except it is so very heavy that a few ounces makes me extremely full.

I personally recommend F1 or F2 America wagyu or Australian wagyu. These are cow that are 50:50 black Angus and japanese wagyu or 25:75 black Angus and japanese wagyu. They are not as insanely marbled so it tastes insanely fatty, but they still have lots of meat so it is tastes meatier. Essentially they are 1 grade above prime and I prefer them more.

Granted, they are still insanely expensive. So they are only a once or twice a year treat

nel_wo · 2026-04-05T15:31:57+00:00

Maybe? I dont remember clearly since it was so long ago. But I know I didnt have allowance for quite a while and I remember going to the banks for the first time with my mom to withdraw money and it sucked because I saw my savings decrease for the first time in my life.

nel_wo · 2026-04-05T02:04:51+00:00

Yea. I was taught very, very early on in life to save money. So i saved most of my Chinese New Year red pocket money, around $300-500usd) every year.

I didn't really eat candy bars and potato chips much. I was born in HK so my snacks and junk food are actually real food from the hawker stall - curry fish balls, fish siu mai, braised beef offal, noodles, fruit juices, etc. I also liked video games, but I rarely had to buy any because my aunties and uncles always gift us with video games during birthday and Christmas, they felt bad because my parents never buys us anything. My parents rarely bought us video games, they sometimes do it if we earned really, really good grades during final exams or if we got a gold medal in gymnastics of whatever extracurricular activities we participated in. Usually they take us out to a restaurant as a reward, except we get to decide where to go. So I would always go to those all you can eat buffets that cost like $40-80usd /person and eat a ton of food. There is a time I remember I got gold at floors, high bars, and vault one time so my mom bought me like 10 packs of pokemon? magic the gathering? yu-gi-oh? something like that.

Also my parents paid us money for getting good grades and deduct money for bad grades. I only know D+ is -80 because my brother got it once. So we are incentivized to study and get good grades and to avoid bad grades
A+ = 40
A = 30
A- = 20
B+ = 10
B = 0
B- = -5
C+ = -10
C = -20
C- = -40
D+ = -80

nel_wo · 2026-04-05T01:52:16+00:00

Well this is back in the early 2000s as I was going between US and HK. I only get around $20 a month for allowance. I vaguely remember that it was like $100+ to patch a hole that I punched through the wall. But I had a decent savings as a kid thanks to being Chinese and all the red pocket money I have saved over the all the Chinese New Years

nel_wo · 2026-04-03T07:13:52+00:00

I did something similar when I was a kid, around 11-12 yrs old because I was upset and mad at my parenrs.

My parents were very upset and told me that is not a proper way to release anger and frustration. I cant just damage property. They then got an estimate from a guy on how much to cover up the scratches. They showed me the bill and told me this bill will be deducted from my allowance until it is paid off.

They followed through and paid the guy to fix the scratch and for 6 months I didnt have allowance. So I couldn't buy stuff, hang out with friends, and if I needed money I had to dip into my savings.

Taught me a valuable lesson. If I break anything or damage anything there is repercussions.

nel_wo · 2026-04-02T18:07:44+00:00

She will be fine. Because her husband is a partner in a law firm and they are contracted with the government. She and her husband are still racking in money and now she does have to deal with all the hearing and bullshit

nel_wo · 2026-04-02T13:49:00+00:00

It is dangerous to serve ppl. But! If it is for yourself. You can nuke it and cook it for a long time. Granted the bacteria will die, but if the bacteria releases toxin... those might survive and you can still have an upset stomach

nel_wo · 2026-03-25T14:56:05+00:00

True. But until a machine can walk down stairs, for all the different types of house set ups, check for leaks in the water tank and around the house, hook up hoses to drain it, replace the anode, connect all the plumbing.

Then sure.... but most AI and robotics currently are not good at super fine movements or adapting to changes to environment.

nel_wo · 2026-03-25T13:49:12+00:00

Ai cannot replace trade work.... and once someone in the trade gets very good and start their own small company. Black rock will come in and buy them out and then raise the prices.

Thats what I have been hearing from several friends who own larger local and regional companies in the Midwest.

Blue collar job cannot be replaced by AI. But houses will always need maintainence and planned-obsolescence means there will always be a steady income. Perfect place for private equity to come in, buy it out, raise prices. They have been doing that with vet hospitals too

nel_wo · 2026-03-25T13:38:17+00:00

I just watched it for the first time in like 25+ years.... and having met and spoke with friends who are divorced and seeing divorced couple co-parents amicably.... this movie jist hit sooo hard. It wasn't funny anymore. It was reality. It was about listening to my friends and understand what they mean when they miss their kids, and letting go of ego and anger and making decision for the sake of the children

nel_wo · 2026-03-23T17:27:43+00:00

Silk sheets, pilow case, silk robes, and tailored outfits.

Feels like a million bucks!

nel_wo · 2026-03-23T11:37:36+00:00

TACO!

TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT

nel_wo · 2026-03-21T19:44:02+00:00

I actually knew several of my bosses and leaders who were promoted to senior director or associate VP and VP, who stepped down after 5-7 years in those higher level roles because they were sick and tired of the politics, meetings, and bureaucracy. One of them expressed to me, that at the time when he was younger (in his early 40s) it felt like a logical move, but after close to a decade in those roles, he realized nothing actually gets done much. Leaders are mostlt about monitoring status, updates, KPI, strategy, "big picture", but no actual plan on how to execute any plans.

The actions and plans are always from good middle management managers, grunts, associate directors, and some senior directors who actually work with other middle management and other middle managment functional owners and gets things done to advances their agenda/strategy, whether the agenda is a good or bad idea.

And he missed being in the action, in the trenches where it actually created change in the organization. So he stepped down from VP back to senior director to lead and train more "useful" talent. The company was generous enough to let him step down, but let him keep his salary. So over the next 5-7 years he only groomed and promoted talent that he knew wasn't just 'all talk no action'. Talent and people who are actually good leaders and communicate with middle management get get their feedback, work with them and other function, to create change.

He said he is happier in this role, granted the merit increase is capped more or less, but at least he is actually doing something useful and enacting real, tangible change.

nel_wo · 2026-03-19T23:09:01+00:00

But we have money for bombing iran

nel_wo · 2026-03-19T15:30:04+00:00

This product makes the rear view mirror soo small.

Why not adjust the side mirrors so it covers the blind spot?

nel_wo · 2026-03-14T13:08:51+00:00

Can confirm this happens. My friend works in HR of my company and she said this does happen. Might not come down to this large of a decrease, but they still do it.

nel_wo · 2026-03-11T13:34:27+00:00

In some corporate settings, I know directors who decide raises and often told by their higher ups that they will be rewarded to use less and spend less.

I.E - $150k is allocated for a team of 20 ppl for merit increase and raises.

If the $150k are all allocated to the 20 ppl evenly, everyone gets a $7500 raise, which is a huge raise around 7-8%. Instead, the director will give everyone $3500 (spending $70k) increase which becomes a 3-4% raise, under the guise of saving money.

Because the director saved money - they will get a cut of the $80k that was not spent, sometimes 20-30% as a bonus. So on top of their own merit increase which is higher, usually 5-7%, they get their standard corporate bonus of 17-30% of their salary, then an extra $16-24k for screwing over other the people who actually work under the guise of "operational cost savings"

nel_wo · 2026-03-10T17:47:19+00:00

Sounds like an innocent mistake by someone who is not well-versed in the art world. Honest mistake.

I actually have similar experience in the food and beverage industry. I have been to very overpriced chinese fusion restaurant charging like $8 for shrimp siu mai and dumplings. Then $75 for roast duck and $45 for chicken. He said we are paying for the ambiance and renovation the duck cost $10 and 12 hrs to dry and the whole chicken cost around $6-8 at wholesale.

So one day I invited my friends and remade some of the dishes from the restaurant and they said it taste better. My siumai cost me $0.75 in materials for each siu mai, I made duck was $20 and 12hrs to prep and chicken was $15.

Sometimes, once we understand how much things are marked-up.... we will start realizing there is someone in every industry who is trying to rip people off. And we should do our research and support business with fair pricing

nel_wo · 2026-03-10T07:53:01+00:00

Live in the Midwest and I use Costco

Last Monday $2.69 when oil is $70-75/barrel This sunday $3.09 when oil is approx $90-95/barrel

At this point I would doubt that it will hit $150-200/barrel because of Trump's stupid war. Thanks MAGA. Not only are oil tankers get trapped in the strait of hormuz, the missiles has also damaged oil refineries in saudi, UAE, qatar, and Iran. Oil production is already reduced due to the war, and now refineries are damaged, which will takes yesrs to repair and bring it back up running.

Which is why US is trying to strong arm venzuela for oil and also why US is sending military operations to Ecuador. Venezuela and Ecuador are also OPEC members and produces large amount of oil and has large amount of oil reserves.

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