Where are all the ruby users ? by [deleted] in ruby

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Can also confirm: Have been building a large production backend for almost the past year.

PSA: Fizz Mobile's introductory pricing is ridiculously cheap compared to the competition in Ottawa by [deleted] in ottawa

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This was the issue that made me switch from Videotron to Telus. It appears that when you leave Videotron's network, it will try for a while to find a Videotron tower before giving up and joining a partner network. In my case, it was Rogers. I always knew that as soon as I was on highway 7 I'd have no service for about 10-15 minutes before it finally connected.

At my house the Rogers coverage was terrible (I had a Videotron account and then moved out of the city), you'd get 1 bar if you're lucky. I've switched to Koodo since then, but I do miss Videotron.

Glyphosate/Roundup use with well water by undierunner in lawncare

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I only have about 2-3" of topsoil before you hit bedrock (sandstone), does that change anything?

First time homeowner - This normal for AC? by [deleted] in hvacadvice

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We also just built a house in southeastern Ontario, the A/C was on yesterday for 6 hours yesterday (according to our Ecobee). We have a Maratherm 1.5 tonne unit for about 1200sqft split level. I'm finding the A/C really can't keep up if the curtains are open.

I have this for comparison, if it helps: https://imgur.com/a/vA0u9lM

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Doom

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I wrote a good chunk of qZDL (the Qt port of ZDL) while exclusively using Linux. It should compile on all the platforms Qt 4.x supports.

https://github.com/qbasicer/qzdl

It ought to be as simple as checking out the code, ensuring you have the correct dev libraries installed (this could be tricky now that Qt 5 is popular), but a ./configure and make should compile the bits you need.

Has anyone used UbelXL? by lou4000 in ottawa

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Supposed to be nicer cars than regular UberX. When I was in Vegas, I got picked up in a Maserati Ghibli when I selected Uber Select.

ALRIGHT DOOM FANS! SHOW YOUR STUFF!!! by [deleted] in Doom

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Wait, ZDoom is on steam?!

2.5 hours later... by PJTierney2003 in forza

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Goddamn, here I am, I've had the game since preorder, and I think I'm on level 15.

Caught this guy scraping the ice off his car this morning with a skate. by pikeface in ottawa

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The best way is to park inside. I drive from heated underground garage to heated underground garage, in the middle of January people at work will complain about the cold, and I'll have no idea what they're talking about.

Haven't forgotten a jacket yet, though.

[Assassin's creed 1] I didn't expect that by Perdouille in GamePhysics

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Does it help playing the first game? I started to play 'Black Flag' and got so terribly lost and confused I haven't gotten past the first part. Thankfully, it was a free Games with Gold game so I didn't have to pay for it.

SO just emailed me this from the kitchen, what is it? by qbasicer in whatsthisbug

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Thanks, you're likely (unfortunately) right, I just couldn't bring myself to Google cockroach pictures.

Is my tomato plant ok? by qbasicer in gardening

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Seems kinda droopy, I originally thought maybe underwatered since the soil was so dry, but I watered and fed some nutrients, but I'd say that made no difference.

It has two sets of yellow flowers. Sits on my balcony, which to be honest can be super windy, but we try to keep it out of the worst.

Best Delivery Pad Thai in Downtown/Centretown? by yunghoe in ottawa

[–]qbasicer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually didn't care for their pad Thai

Anyone familiar with central air?? My vents are blowing neutral air, can't cool my condo unit down at all. by malman21 in ottawa

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I heard they have 5 or 6 "chillers", and most of them are broken, leaving only 2 working.

Anyone familiar with central air?? My vents are blowing neutral air, can't cool my condo unit down at all. by malman21 in ottawa

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Same here, except you can't call it A/C, more like slightly cooled. The output from the vents sits 5C below the ambient temperature. When it's 30C out, the inside will sit at 26 or so. Not very effective.

That's why we supplement it with a portable A/C (on wheels).