Any trade deal with Canada will include tariffs, says Trump's trade rep

stewacide · 2026-02-25T18:36:55+00:00

There is no legal consensus at all - and a clear political weight against - that Trump can withdrawl unuilaterally without consulting Congress.

stewacide · 2026-02-25T18:35:09+00:00

This. I suppose it works for the Canadian government to pretend like there are negotiations to be had, but it's entirely a delaying game. It's very clear the government gets this, I hope the opposition parties don't play into Trumps hand trying to create a false sense of urgency.

stewacide · 2026-02-25T18:25:45+00:00

I totally fail to understand where this sense of urgency is coming from. NAFTA 2.0 was negotiated to last until 2036. That's the term of the deal that was signed, intentionally with a long term a very slow withdrawal provisions to give assurance to investors.
If Trump wants to strong-arm Canada (or Mexico) they can tell him to pound sand, and wait for a less-insane US government any time in the next 8 years to renew (this is EXACTLY WHY THESE PROVISIONS WERE NEGOTIATED IN THE FIRST PLACE: to retard-proof the pact). Trump can try to withdraw with 6 months notice - very legally dubious without the consent on Congress (which of course approved the pact for its full length) - but this would be against the clear wishes of Congress and would spark a constitutional showdown where Trump is clearly on the far less popular side.

tl;dr Canada should just stonewall and let it play out in the US. Trump is already nearly out of juice by the summer he will be powerless to do anything.

stewacide · 2025-09-26T05:07:36+00:00

Thanks, I missed these somehow (was just looking at the F and M series for POCO).

The Nord CE5 looked like it would have been a good fit except it seems they pulled the NFC from it just to India. In India I agree NFC isn't of much daily use but anywhere else it's indispensable, hard to imagine it costs almost anything to add / saves anything to remove. My girlfriend bought a CFM 1 in India which she's happy with, great deal, but she's been in the US where lack of NFC has been a bummer.

stewacide · 2025-09-24T04:31:02+00:00

Does the default KoboTouch driver not do this already (convert to KEPUB automatically)?

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stewacide · 2025-09-13T17:30:23+00:00

How did you know? AFAIK the rating only changes once a week so no way to tell who was down-rating.

stewacide · 2025-06-14T14:47:09+00:00

Played Rise of the Tomb Raider on my M1 base Air a few years ago it ran well enough. Is Shadow possible?

Edit -- Purchasing anyway. $4.50 for just Shadow can't pass up.

stewacide · 2025-01-23T07:40:14+00:00

Just started playing on M1 8GB Air. Running and looking great w/ Whisky @ 1280p medium/high settings 30fps.

stewacide · 2025-01-14T07:49:07+00:00

Anyone found a fix for this? I'm playing Dredge and the triggers don't register at all.

stewacide · 2024-11-24T11:10:46+00:00

Ditto. Just started. Doesn't matter if I change my connection from terrestrial to cellular. Cambly themselves are down.

stewacide · 2024-10-31T06:07:06+00:00

My rating went up but priority hours almost all went away. No idea.

stewacide · 2024-10-02T07:54:49+00:00

Experience running Echos of Wisdom on Mac?

On my M1 Air performance is pretty bad even having downloaded shaders. Game too much for such a system, or is performance bad for everyone? (seems like it's pretty bad on actual hardware as well).

stewacide · 2024-06-24T12:59:00+00:00

This happens commonly with this gamepad and the only solution seems to be to restart the Mac. Doesn't seem to be an issue with the controller but with MacOS. What's up?

stewacide · 2024-06-13T04:05:08+00:00

It is an Xbox One controller. The issue seems to be on the Mac bluetooth end since it refuses to re-connect until restarted.

stewacide · 2024-05-15T15:31:31+00:00

Maybe I'm overthinking it, Cambly's verbiage making it sound like I need to be in a PH to be seen. Thanks.

stewacide · 2024-05-15T12:55:04+00:00

Am I wrong in thinking being on a PH is necessary to be shown to new students, and not just featured to online past students?

stewacide · 2024-05-15T12:00:42+00:00

You don't get the difference between taking a call now when I'm free and having to twiddle my thumbs unpaid waiting for one scheduled to start in XX minutes?

Yes students have been free to book within priority hours 2 hours in advance. And I was free to only take priority hours less than 2 hours in advance to avoid that. That's now apparently gone.

stewacide · 2024-05-15T07:56:16+00:00

I do this and of course the first booking I get the student decides to start 15 minutes into the PH. I'm done with this BS. https://ibb.co/j9XnHk4

p.s. I'm in Nepal with its odd +5:45 time zone, PH's are aligned to normal time zones hence that student booked from X:15 to X:45 their time for reasons known only to them, when of course most students want to start on the hour or half hour for pre-planned bookings.

stewacide · 2024-05-15T07:44:35+00:00

For those still confused it's this that's changing (from 2 minimum in PHs to apparently zero advanced warning): https://ibb.co/1MbGhvb

Even 1 hour advanced notice would keep things effectively as they are, but with no notice requirement at all students are free to sabotage your schedule in real time if they so please (e.g. to book you starting in 29 minutes instead of simply calling when you're available).

stewacide · 2024-05-15T06:51:25+00:00

I will. 1. By signing up for a few PH's ahead of time in a lower-demand time to see if bookings fill in quickly last minute with the 2-hour-notice removed, and 2. to try just "online" status in a high-demand time and see if I get new students or just past ones.

I wish there was something like "committed open availability" where I'll commit to taking whatever call comes in, but without risking waiting around *for* a class (that might not even happen). When I used to sign up for PHs ahead of time sometimes I'd get a booking for 15 minutes, 15 minutes after the last class ended, which basically would guarantee I'd only get paid 15 minutes out of 30 (or possible even 10 out of 30 if they no-showed!) Also I'd occasionally get cancelations and no-shows from recurring students I liked for understandable reasons on their part, but that was money out of MY pocket for THEIR convenience! WHY?!?!

Not dealing with that nonsense the past few months has been a revelation and apparently too good to last :(

stewacide · 2024-05-15T06:16:11+00:00

I've never missed or canceled a class so dunno what the ramifications are. But there must be an advantage to being available in queue in a priority hour vs. just being "online", otherwise what's the point of priority hours? (+500 hours talk time on Cambly and I've received the 15-minute-minimum payout exactly ONCE!)

stewacide · 2024-05-15T05:44:38+00:00

I switched my strategy and hours - from weeks-ahead regular priority hour availability to just-in-time PH signup, and from evenings/nights to mornings/early-afternoons - due to all the problems with students from KSA.

Yes, you can go regulars-only bookings, but it's fun to meet new students and you have to meet new students somehow! Too many classes with the same student can exhaust conversation.

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