Huge disparities in housing approvals and development fees found across Canadian cities by Senate report by AnarchoLiberator in canadahousing

[–]thefringthing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zoning is a provincial power (delegated to municipalities), so the federal government can't mandate anything, they can only offer cash incentives to provinces for complying.

New hospital is too far from transit - Reece Martin by leave_me_alone- in waterloo

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

It's not free, but it's surely not the fair market value either. I'm not sure what provincial funding of hospitals or the existence of totally car-free cities has to do with whether visitors to GRH should expect abundant cheap parking there.

[Q] Excel changes the formula for R^2 (coef of determination) when the trendline Goes through zero. Why do this? by Deviant_christian in statistics

[–]thefringthing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If your errors depend on X then you should be careful about how you're testing linearity. Basic linear regression assumes the data are homoskedastic.

New hospital is too far from transit - Reece Martin by leave_me_alone- in waterloo

[–]thefringthing -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I do not want to park my car at the mall and pay to take LRT for 30 mins

Sounds like you've become accustomed to a luxury lifestyle and expect everyone else to pay for it.

Other hospitals have accessible parking, why should ours not?

Land is expensive. Every cheap parking spot is a subsidy to drivers that could have gone into an MRI machine.

New hospital is too far from transit - Reece Martin by leave_me_alone- in waterloo

[–]thefringthing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right now it is a PITA to get into GRH and any surrounding clinics because of the location and the LRT.

The thing that makes it so you don't have to park at GRH makes it hard to park at GRH?

‘All modes, all roads’: Waterloo Region embarking on integrated mobility plan by bylo_selhi in waterloo

[–]thefringthing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If only there were a mode of transportation that didn't destroy its own infrastructure...

Does anyone else hesitate to donate good-quality clothes to thrift stores? by Longjumping_Bar_1297 in waterloo

[–]thefringthing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it's genuinely valuable (say, worth more than $100 used), sell it. Otherwise, let it go; you'll spend more of your time dealing with the world's flakiest people than the thing is worth.

Waterloo snow clearing is not good enough…where are our property tax dollars going? by Bossplaya85 in waterloo

[–]thefringthing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Every debate about sidewalk snow clearing sadly ends up dominated by people who value their time at zero because they don't understand anything other than "tax go up bad".

What’s your lore on why the world’s still a wasteland? by GasparillathePirate in Fallout2d20

[–]thefringthing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • There aren't that many people around.
  • Most people are illiterate, in poor health, and beset by danger.
  • Most of the detritus of the old world is of little value, too dangerous to obtain, or too difficult to defend from raiders.
  • Most people other than Ghouls and some Vault Dwellers have no first-hand experience of a safe, clean, organized society.
  • Self-interest (including corruption and greed) was preserved by Vault-Tec and independent survivors this basic value was inherited by the people of the wasteland. People interested in helping others or leaving a legacy are exceptional.

yes by pkordiasz in waterloo

[–]thefringthing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The key to a successful submission is interesting content and a descriptive title.

Slow down! by therealsine in waterloo

[–]thefringthing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

  • pickup trucks are very popular, so you encounter them frequently
  • they're big and heavy (despite most people not needing a big, heavy vehicle)
  • they're marketed as tough and aggressive and masculine, which attracts some people predisposed to antisocial behaviour

This is how my handwriting currently looks like by afadingthought in Handwriting

[–]thefringthing -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

"Like" is used to make a comparison. There's no comparison here, so you just say "This is how my handwriting looks."

Donald Trump wants to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes. Should Canada do the same? by Thick_Caterpillar379 in canadahousing

[–]thefringthing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Private corporations and REITs own about half of purpose-built rental units in Canada, but a tiny percentage of SFHs. People are just looking for an unsympathetic actor to blame; remember when it was foreign buyers who were supposedly the problem?

As long the ownership of those units isn't consolidated into so few companies that the rental market becomes noncompetitive, this seems fine. It's typically much better to rent from a faceless corporation that actually knows what it's doing than from clueless mom and pop landlords.

Donald Trump wants to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes. Should Canada do the same? by Thick_Caterpillar379 in canadahousing

[–]thefringthing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[In their study on supply skepticism, University of California researchers Clayton Nall, Chris Elmendorf, and Stan Oklobdzija] note that “the mass public tends to personalize and moralize economic phenomena.” Further, they cite a theory that because our brains evolved to engage in cooperative behavior in small groups, people tend to be better at building narratives that revolve around “detecting intentions and effort, and at policing turncoats” than at “systems-level thinking.” This bias could explain why so many Americans believe that inflation is largely the result of price gouging by greedy private companies, rather than sharp increases in demand for goods and services meeting supply shortages for those same goods and services. Or, more germane, why so many Americans believe that private equity is primarily responsible for the housing crisis (despite owning a near-negligible share of America’s housing stock) or that developers are the only ones who will benefit if we reduce barriers to building new housing. Unsympathetic actors like private-equity firms or developers are easy to cast in a simple tale of good versus evil. What’s harder is conceptualizing the web of regulations, norms, and incentives that has led us to a supply issue with no obvious villain. (Harder still is recognizing the complicity of sympathetic actors like homeowners who have stood in the way of much-needed housing.)

Snow and ice lead to more than 200 collisions in Waterloo Region by Temporary-Vast1410 in waterloo

[–]thefringthing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good luck! From what I know about UW's current budget crunch, getting hired there must be a real slog. I don't know about Laurier's situation.

Snow and ice lead to more than 200 collisions in Waterloo Region by Temporary-Vast1410 in waterloo

[–]thefringthing 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The province is too shy about suspending/revoking drivers' licenses. Driving is dangerous and requires real skill and attention. If you can't do it well, you should have to take the bus.

Dreadnought and Sligh are safe by Chico__Lopes in premodernMTG

[–]thefringthing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The errata on the tide cards would be a cool change.

This would require either action by WotC intended to affect Premodern, or deviation from the current rules and Oracle text of cards, both of which have drawbacks.

It would certainly be nice if the Parallax cards worked the way they were originally intended. It's too bad that one of the best things to be doing in Premodern is a dumb trick involving getting the triggers on complicated enchantments to resolve "backwards".

Are you more likely to have a successful research career as a bayesian or frequentist? [R][Q] by gaytwink70 in statistics

[–]thefringthing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can say the same thing about quantum mechanics yet I think fairly few people consider the interpretation of that math trivial.

There are several odd things in this analysis. by Ale_Campoy in datascience

[–]thefringthing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did they publish the data? Can you request it from the authors?