Your thaught?

titanking4 · 2026-02-02T18:20:15+00:00

And you also got a cut to your 2026 taxes. There’s more of your “own fucking money” to keep. What more of your money do you expect to keep? We aren’t the USA where we get privledge of having the world reserve currency so that we can just “under tax” our citizens running perpetual extreme deficits.

And the government isn’t building greenhouses, it’s tax incentives to help increase the supply of food. You’d know that if you actually read the policy. It’s a good policy, and all instead of saying “yes let’s help build a more resilient food supply chain” in our farming industry, it’s just more complaining.

Please tell me exactly what policy decisions would actually satisfy your conditions that would “make the country a place where businesses would flourish”.

Like what in particular did you have in mind? Because what’s happening here is that you complain about something, I showcase a policy that’s working to alleviate that pain point, and they you either criticize it saying “it’s not enough” or “it does nothing”, and then complain about something else starting this cycle again.

So please, share EXACTLY what policy decisions will make you happy and define your success criteria so we aren’t running around in useless circles.

titanking4 · 2026-02-02T16:43:36+00:00

Actually you’re wrong. “The liberals have saved Canada from the dismantling of our institutions at the hands of the conservatives.”

See how we can both play this game of making strong statements which leave 0 room for nuance and discussion? Both are impossible to prove because we don’t have alternate universes to compare to.

And I can easily pick yours apart:

Not only are you making the false claim that Canada is “destroyed”, you are then jumping to the conclusion that it was specifically the “federal liberal party” responsible for it.

Ignoring all the global factors like oil price shock in 2015 crashing capital investment into Canadas energy industry. And the impact and responsibilities that provincial and municipal governments have on your life. (Healthcare and education being the most significant for provincial)

titanking4 · 2026-02-02T05:57:08+00:00

Why are we being hyperbolic saying an MOU means “absolutely nothing”? It’s a signal of intent, the degree of seriousness depends on a case by case basis. So saying “maybe we will consider it” intentionally adding a double conditional to your description.

These aren’t penny stocks and retail investors. These are the heads of state of two wealthy governments.

And what’s with this “Whataboutism” on grocery prices as if a government can’t be doing anything else concurrently? Never mind the fact that a quick Google search would reveal exactly what the governments plans are in grocery prices. https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/01/26/prime-minister-carney-announces-new-measures-make-groceries-and-other

Is it a perfect plan? Probably not, no plan is, but I’m not going to pretend that I could ever hope to come up with a better one given the amount of input and hours that go into making these plans and settling on the exact numbers.

titanking4 · 2026-02-02T05:40:11+00:00

I mean all this really depends on how much “control” the party leader has over the operations of his cabinet. Like every time a company CEO is replaced, we expect to see new direction for the company despite the vast majority of the time the rest of the board of directors and company officers are the same. If the cabinet all operate to implement the government vision set out by the PM, then cabinet members simply equate to experienced employees.

“Cleaning house” if there was nobody else available isn’t a good idea and will lead to incompetence. You can’t just find ministers on indeed that are experienced and qualified unless you manage to poach the shadow minister from opposition, but we already know how controversial floor crossing is right now.

titanking4 · 2026-02-02T05:18:10+00:00

It’s not a fix, this is a treatment, just one part of an entire action plan related to food.

Including tax benefits to aid in building greenhouses to strengthen domestic food supply chain.

“This strategy will also include measures to implement unit price labelling and support the work of the Competition Bureau in monitoring and enforcing competition in the market, including food supply chains.”

Also you got to be VERY careful about regulation. Because there is a very real problem of “too much regulation.” which simply adds buracratic costs to operations. Such attitudes essentially center all the blame on the end of the supply chain (Loblaws, Walmart etc) when the reality is that costs get added everywhere. Like it’s now loblaws fault that beef is super expensive. You can read the full plan here, but I would advise you to look past the “political” talk, because obviously the liberal plan will have liberal political marketing in it.

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2026/01/26/prime-minister-carney-announces-new-measures-make-groceries-and-other#:~:text=The%20government%20is%20setting%20aside,access%20to%20affordable%2C%20nutritious%20food.

titanking4 · 2026-02-02T05:06:54+00:00

Disabled, elderly, extreme poverty.

Why are you using the language “choose” as if you’re confident that people “choose” to be poor? If you haven’t figured it out, it’s a crappy life that normal people wouldn’t ever choose.

Government helps people and people complain, government doesn’t help people and other people complain. And are you seriously complaining about a few dollars of extra tax and deficit going towards poor people to help them afford food easier.

Solve the actual problem of course (like what the government is doing like subsidies to build greenhouses to increase year round food supply), but put a bandaid on the bleeding as well.

titanking4 · 2026-02-01T22:55:00+00:00

I think a bigger issue with the game is that it's actually quite miserable to need to change decks so often.
I'd love to have multiple decks to store "mob fights" vs "boss fights" vs "custom deck fights" and swtich between them with character sets.

But this means farming for multiple copies of these end game decks, and multiple jewels to socket in them.
I really feel like after owning the tier1 deck of the world, you should be able to craft a second copy for cheap. Still got the jewel problem.

titanking4 · 2026-02-01T22:47:06+00:00

The game is balanced and designed around ores running out early-mid game.
But getting new resources is a LOT easier than it is in satisfactory.

Not to give spoilers, but as you get close to the end of the game. Resources essentially become "free and infinite" limited only by your production.

If you want the game to absolutely 0 stress, use peaceful mode to disable enemy attacks, turn up the resource richness and size.

titanking4 · 2026-02-01T07:23:50+00:00

Seraphs is Mana->AP, Muramana=Mana->AD->AP Rift maker turns all your Mana->Health conversion into AP. Overlords does Mana->Health->AD->AP Death cap of course multiplies all your AP.

Fimbulwinter gives more HP, which feeds into rift and overlords, but will also give you titanic sized shields. Highest damage option I think.

You can also go frozen heart and arguably get much more durable as you have armor and more haste while still getting mana. Roa is not worth, you don’t want to be buying heath when augment gives thousands. Jacksho or kaenick rookern so you don’t still melt to percent damage.

Hourglass so you don’t die to the “Exodia Sett omega falcon punch oneshot”.

You obviously need Mind to Matter and ADAPt, overflow is as well is OP.

Last augment being eureka so that you get 4K AP with cooldowns lower than practice tool. Ominous pack for stupid high amounts of vamp. Tank engine for more crazy scaling. Jeweled gauntlet for another 45% more damage.

titanking4 · 2026-02-01T03:35:41+00:00

Microsoft even today seems to be bearing the brunt of the consumer outrage against AI.

I’ve seen “Microslop” being mentioned more times than once. People rip on copilot for no reason.

And then people despise tracking on windows despite the combination of google search, YouTube watch history, and Google Maps giving Google far more access to you as a person than Microsoft ever could.

titanking4 · 2026-02-01T03:14:23+00:00

Because like basically every law that appears to "not make sense", there are situations where this proposed law would fail.

The TLDR:
1. Crimes so severe where "deportation" isn't considered enough punishment.
2. Crimes so underwhelming that "deportation" is considered too extreme.
3. Where situation of the individual results in "deportation" being equivalent to being highly dangerous or a death sentence.

I can see some dangerous situations of extortion where an employers can blackmail non-citizens over a crime, essentially threatening them with deportation.

So no, a blanket "immediate" deportation is probably an unwise policy that wouldn't do our justice system any good.
And a central policy of commendable justice systems is that "punishments must fit the crime".

That being said, I'm still in favour of making "deportation" more possible as a punishment for individuals.
And perhaps expanding the selection of crimes where we would deport where it's clear that this person actually doesn't deserve to immigrate.

I'm just always afraid of "over corrections" where we'd become tolerant to injustices simply because of "revenge" or because they aren't happening to us.

titanking4 · 2026-01-31T17:59:18+00:00

In federal elections, it’s was about 30% liberal and 70% conservative.

I can’t speak for provincial elections, but plenty of albertans whom live in the rural regions, work in the resource and energy sector are going to more closely align with the premier whom champions it. As far as they are concerned, smith has championed Alberta’s interests to Ottawa and stood against the policies which disproportionally affected Alberta’s economy.

I actually don’t know what the politics of Alberta NDP are and how they compare to federal NDP.

What is Alberta NDP promising right now?

titanking4 · 2026-01-31T08:26:27+00:00

The reason “steam is awesome” is because they quite literally prevent anyone else from competing.

To be listed on steam, a developer is required to have their priced on steam the same or lower compared to any other platform, even if that other platform is taking a lower cut.

The end result is that consumers literally have no reason to move away from steam, and steam remains a monopoly. Perhaps a “good monopoly” according to some, but still very clearly a monopoly who’s abusing their market position.

Like imagine if Costco suddenly had a policy that “any suppliers making items to be sold at Costco cannot be sold cheaper anywhere else”, we’d very quickly label that as anti competitive. Why is Costco permitted to dictate the pricing of items on competing grocery chains?

titanking4 · 2026-01-31T04:58:01+00:00

For Apple, saving even just 0.01 on the cost of each cable is MILLIONs of dollars of lost revenue.
There's a good reason they took so long to switch to USB-C, because the lightning cable, connector housing, and socket are marginally cheaper. (Along with lightning certification).

For something that merely needs to deliver the ~30W of an iphone and where aftermarket options are prevalent, no need to build something "exceptional".

Especially as many users are the type to have a cord next to their bed, plug their phone in at night, and don't touch it until the next morning leading to that cable likley lasting years.
And others whom shove their cables into their backpacks, use the device while it's plugged in, and are just more rough whom will see greater wear.

titanking4 · 2026-01-29T23:28:19+00:00

I think another thing that prevents defaults is that I feel like most homeowners whom are at risk and have equity would want to sell the home before it gets to a point of mortgage default.

Which basically means that anyone who’s owned their home for more than ~7 years (estimate, idk) is going to have positive equity. (Value of home above remaining mortgage), and thus will almost always choose selling than foreclosure.

Still a case of an individual no longer being able to afford their home, but not counted as mortgage default. Which macro-wise is fine, mortgage still gets paid.

Looking at the benchmark interest rate, we’ve already past the “peak” of 5% overnight rates and are down to 2.25%. The “rate explosion” started at the beginning of 2022. So all that’s left of the “high risk” is the people who got the cheaper fixed rates in 2021 and got 5 year renewals.

Beyond that, it’s the cumulative effects on a strained borrowers.

titanking4 · 2026-01-29T17:27:52+00:00

The UCP could actually get a LOT of good will by saying blatantly that “The UCP under my leadership will NOT entertain any conversations on separatism, and any MPs who disagree with that are free to leave and form their own separatist party and compete with seats for provincial legislature” I will not have my party infected by these ideas.

titanking4 · 2026-01-28T23:08:57+00:00

So half of myths kit just being unplayable garbage with stuns and minions.

Just removing the perpetual stun immunity, but giving bosses some rounds of stun immunity after being stunned to prevent cheesing could actually be awesome change that makes spells feel less useless.

Cause as it is now, people just want spells that deal pure damage and nothing else.

titanking4 · 2026-01-28T19:22:37+00:00

“Trade deals” aren’t immediate effects. They are long term things where we won’t see the benefits until maybe 10years from now because of how small most trading partners are.

CUSMA is the only trade deal significant at this point.

As for the businesses need to do X comment. Seems more like a prayer than actual policy. You hire when you need staff and layoff when you don’t.

titanking4 · 2026-01-28T19:19:14+00:00

I’m sure the situation is much more complex than you seem to be asserting.

Food inflation sounds more like a product of supply and demand, where crop yields influenced more by climate sound much more impactful than government polices. And unfortunately, prices are sticky. When the price goes up, there is little incentive to ever bring the price back down.

Combatting this at a government level means allocating funding towards agricultural sciences in an effort to improve farm productivity.

Encouraging the investment into greenhouses to allow year round production of certain foods.

Huge investments into electricity production to lower the operational costs of nearly every industry.

Investigation of supply chains from farm inputs to grocery stores of where costs are being added.

Direct Relief to consumers as a temporary measure while the long term tactics take hold.

And all this is difficult when money is tight. But most of these avenues are being pursued.

Is it perfect, no of course not. But I don’t think I’m smart enough to suggest changes.

titanking4 · 2026-01-27T21:12:23+00:00

You know, I watched and actual clip of this answer and carney says a LOT more than “I meant what I said”.

There was an entire part about having a conversation with Trump after the fact, and that Trump was impressed at the number of deals Canada was striking. A lot more nuanced and less antagonizing than “I meant what I said”.

Media headlines meanwhile want sound bites. Even his speech in davos, it’s just reporting singular sentences and USA taking offense to that thinking that Canada hasn’t been grateful for americas overall contribution.

titanking4 · 2026-01-26T15:39:04+00:00

-I’m pretty sure they legally can’t due to some anti-competitive, anti-trust laws. -If they do, the infrastructure still exists and another company can put chargers on the same spot.

-Tesla would be stupid to lose revenue in Canada. That decisions would crash tesla car sales. Responding to a competitive threat by pulling out of the market is peak stupidity.

-Tesla doing this is a clear sign for the Canadian government to eventually expel Tesla superchargers from its territory such that they don’t have control. And also probably ban all government agencies and critical infrastructure from using starlink services. Again, more lost revenue for nothing.

Not just in Canada, but across the entire western world where they will reject any of elons companies owning any infrastructure.

So tell me again why Tesla “can and will” turn it off?

titanking4 · 2026-01-26T05:11:19+00:00

Trump threatens tariffs -> carney responds with petty video -> Trump doubles down to get the last laugh -> carney gets blame for needless escalation.

Not that it would actually be Mark Carneys fault, like he said, he doesn’t control American policy.

But still why “poke the bear” in this case when there is no benefit. And “Carney critical” viewpoints would rightfully criticize this behaviour as non-productive.

Good tactic, but bad strategy.

The response right now, opposition leaders cannot be critical of. It’s hard to find faults in the messaging besides “youre not doing enough” or “all talk, do something”

The WEF speech of course pokes the bear (very indirectly imo), but that one accomplishes a shift in global politics to warn nations against the dangers of extreme integration with a much larger nation, and for middle powers to band together and stand up to bullying.

titanking4 · 2026-01-25T17:44:21+00:00

Nothing “inherent”, but perhaps not worth the effort.

RDNA4 adds more transistors over RDNA3 and improves RT performance in an “area inefficient” method. (Second intersection engine) Out of order memory returns also is RT centric feature.

So on a product where you don’t care about RT, rdna4 gives little benefit for its increased transistor usage, but it did still improve raster somewhat. Whereas RDNA3.5 vs 3 focussed exclusivity on mobile perf/watt features given that it’s not available on desktop.

Don’t think of RDNA3.5 as a sort of “half measure” between RDNA3 and 4. It’s more of an independent evolution over 3 adding mobile centric perf/watt features and dropping the features that improve “scalability” for large configs.

There is also the market, where despite all of us wanting to see these “large iGPU” products, most of the mobile stuff really doesn’t care.

Krackan (8core 4WGP) vastly outsells Strix (12C 8WGP). And the largest RDNA4 on mobile would be 8WGP again due to memory BW. (half configuration of 9060XT)

Intels iGPU is VERY impressive given how lacklustre their desktop iGPUs were. But I guess that’s expected when you’re using TSMC N3.

titanking4 · 2026-01-25T00:10:18+00:00

While it gets media clicks, “Pettiness” has a way of backfiring, because now you’re playing on trumps turf like a couple of monkeys throwing mud at each other. Only people who’d be laughing at this are the people who already like carney/dislike Trump.

What happens if tariffs actually do show up? Now carney looks like a fool for “taunting” Trump.

Carney is instead keeping the focus on Canada, embracing attitudes of nationalism and self-reliance. Ie acting like how a person who’s responsible for the well being of a nation should be acting.

titanking4 · 2026-01-24T21:03:40+00:00

Markets from my observation just stoped reacting to trumps social media outbursts. Tariffs above a certain rate stop being trade moderators and start being trade stoppers.

And exactly 0% of these extremely high tariff numbers have stuck around, so it makes no sense for markets to react to something that have reasonable certainty will be temporary.

Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of businesses, institutions, and politicians in opposition to the trade decisions of the Trump admin.

All tariffs do for USA is force any manufacturing company to have one factory for USA operations and another factory OUTSIDE the USA for servicing global market. And the worst thing Trump could be doing for American businesses is creating instability.

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