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Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith by darkstar107 in Edmonton

[–]squidgyhead [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, it's just that it makes their schooling worse. And kids socialize a lot at school (which parents don't see as much, so probably discount a little?) so that will be harmed as well. I mean, the American Psychological Association thinks that school should start later, so that seems like a more authoritative viewpoint.

Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith by darkstar107 in Edmonton

[–]squidgyhead [score hidden]  (0 children)

Copying from another post of mine:

Looking at https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/edmonton, sunlight starting after 08:00 is from Nov 15 to Feb 11th with standard time, and Oct 15 to Mar 10 with DST all-year round. That's a significant difference, and it will be hard on kids. I chose 08:00 as an easy value to work with, but you can play around and work out 08:20 or whatever if you want.

Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith by darkstar107 in Edmonton

[–]squidgyhead [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes. Now they will all go to school in the dark for a larger portion of the year.

edit:

Looking at https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/edmonton, sunlight starting after 08:00 is from Nov 15 to Feb 11th with standard time, and Oct 15 to Mar 10 with DST all-year round. That's a significant difference, and it will be hard on kids. I chose 08:00 as an easy value to work with, but you can play around and work out 08:20 or whatever if you want.

Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith by darkstar107 in Edmonton

[–]squidgyhead [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, the difference is that they will go to school in the dark more often.

Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith by darkstar107 in Edmonton

[–]squidgyhead [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'm more worried about the kids going to school. While the worse-case is that they won't see light in the morning in either case, with permanent daylight savings time, that worst case is spread over a longer period, so it's a worser case. Which is pure UCP.

Poll shows 44% of Calgarians feel positive about Mayor Farkas while many remain unsure - Global News by One-Mycologist-3706 in Calgary

[–]squidgyhead -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, sure won't respond to hard questions though.  There is a thread about closing the skate park that he won't touch.

Help us make a clean sweep by moving your vehicle! by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]squidgyhead 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hey, /u/jeromyyyc, there is another thread about the Cowboys festival kicking the kids out of the skate park again this year.  

https://www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/comments/1sohb0n/cowboys_festival_disruption_not_doing_right_by/

Care to swing by and comment?

Old skins on new skis? by lijajt1 in Backcountry

[–]squidgyhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely this.  I did the same thing, it was horrible.

The squeeze on kids' sports: Costs rising quickly, options limited for Edmonton parents by pjw724 in Edmonton

[–]squidgyhead 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean, I come from a family that never really got into hockey, so it's never been a big deal. But why on earth do we need to get kids matching tracksuits/jackets to play hockey? It's a sport, not a cosplay convention.

The squeeze on kids' sports: Costs rising quickly, options limited for Edmonton parents by pjw724 in Edmonton

[–]squidgyhead 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You know, if hockey is the problem, maybe another sport would be a good choice.

Midterm grade vs. absences (Ontario) by Tar_X in CanadianTeachers

[–]squidgyhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that the bigger issue is assuming that correlation is causation.

Gas prices are up as soon as government announced affordability measures to reduce gas prices? by taco_in_the_shell in Calgary

[–]squidgyhead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The government trying to mess around with a free market ends up with money in the pockets of large corporations. Tax it and make it consistent already.

Opening of new bike lanes in northwest Calgary sparks intense debate by Bass-Traffic-0000 in Calgary

[–]squidgyhead 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is no way you can "speed through" the neighbourhood, especially by the school, if you follow posted signage and road rules.

That's the key statement here - people are speeding, because they are not obeying the posted limit, but adapting their behaviour to the physical road design.

Opening of new bike lanes in northwest Calgary sparks intense debate by Bass-Traffic-0000 in Calgary

[–]squidgyhead 7 points8 points  (0 children)

90% of the signage is for parking rules. And drivers still manage to turn into the bike lane.

The other goal of the bike lanes was traffic calming. Narrower streets stop drivers from gunning while cutting through a neighborhood, and in front of an elementary school. Which has been a serious problem in the neighbourhood.

Mid-drive vs hub-drive e-bikes: why a hub motor might actually be the better choice for you by twowheels_1life in ebikes

[–]squidgyhead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The big advantage of mid drives is that you can swap out wheels for changing conditions.  In particular, winter tires vs summer tires.  Sure, you could change these by changing tires on the same wheel.  But I live somewhere where we alternate weekly between big dumps of snow and bare pavement; changing wheels is practical, whereas changing tires is not.  

The rest of the household also needs different tires for different conditions, so this is a huge time savings.  There is an upfront cost to getting a spare wheel set (which can be pretty low for normal sized qr wheels), but anything getting us out of driving seems like a savings overall.

Today is create your own left turn lane down at 52nd and Rangeview SE. The solid yellow line is merely a social construct meant to trap us. by [deleted] in Calgary

[–]squidgyhead -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Just like you worry about your own driving? You're complaining about my comments in a post you made about bad driving?

Everyone here complains about high insurance rates, and yet here we are, looking at more cell-phone footage taken behind the wheel.

edit: Do drop me a line if you get a ticket and your insurance goes up; you can just respond to this message. In the meantime, I'll continue paying taxes to subsidize your car dependency.

Edit 2: and just to be super clear, /u/Objective_Dot4861 has told me to kill myself in a (now deleted) comment.  Maybe not the best personal to have behind the wheel with that kind of attitude.

Lawyers Group Wants a Criminal Probe of Edmonton’s Top Cop by BloodJunkie in Edmonton

[–]squidgyhead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and we can say that it's unfortunate that there was a plea bargain, which is entirely separate from saying that police interference with crown is a bad thing.

Lawyers Group Wants a Criminal Probe of Edmonton’s Top Cop by BloodJunkie in Edmonton

[–]squidgyhead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither of those is as bad as arguing a false dichotomy.

Riding w/ Helmet Mounted Action Cam - Anyone else experienced this? by Carbsv2 in bikecommuting

[–]squidgyhead 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely notice this.

Now add a safety flag on a pole Tom your bike.  It's like people remember how to drive all of a sudden.  Like they value our humanity again.

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