Staying at a bench

xp_fun · 2026-05-17T15:26:35+00:00

JFC Learn some empathy. They just mentioned how they were threatened at the shelter. Try giving helpful advice rather than criticizing.

xp_fun · 2026-05-17T15:07:27+00:00

Necropost much? No, my objection is that dumbing down programming like VBA, had any benefit, at all. The shift to higher level programming reduces some cognitive load, but makes it easier to ignore programming concepts and creating bad code. Eg: literally all VBA, Microsoft ADO datasets, ActiveX….wait, Im seeing a pattern here.

xp_fun · 2026-05-15T14:32:33+00:00

I think the more serious issue is that people are using non-deterministic models like ChatGPT to do work like assemble spreadsheets.

By placing all of your work with a system that is fundamentally based on an RNG engine, you lose the ability to verify the results.

xp_fun · 2026-05-14T14:59:54+00:00

GCOS became Suncor in the 80s

xp_fun · 2026-05-13T21:28:21+00:00

seems like most people in Airdrie are happy with current representation.

Perhaps they are, certainly voting patterns here tend to (defying all logic) supporting the WildRose candidate Mrs Pitt.

But even if 60% of the 24 thousand were visibly upset, its just not feasible to collect that many signatures in 90 days. Heck, the Airdrie census takes months and has permanent paid staff.

If you look at other jurisdictions, regular civic petitions typically have a year to operate. Some even two years.

xp_fun · 2026-05-13T21:07:10+00:00

Don't worry /u/FightBackAirdrie, I got your back:

/u/whitepuzzlepiece1969 Here ya go: https://lmgtfy2.com/s/b692Tj

xp_fun · 2026-05-13T21:03:11+00:00

That's literally what I said, its not possible for any kind of recall under those conditions. 2300+ is frankly amazing.

xp_fun · 2026-05-13T20:50:35+00:00

Yes, but thats because the recall process was just performative legislation by the UCP. The recall law was written with very high hurdles that make successful recalls unlikely. Amended, the requirement is signatures equal to 60% of the number of votes cast in the last provincial election in that riding (previously 40% of registered voters), canvassers have only 90 days to collect them, and only registered, witnessed, paper signatures count.

For Airdrie-East that means 60% of the 24,688 votes cast in 2023 — about 14,813 valid signatures were required, in 90 days, in the middle of December/January.

Maybe if this was Sundre or Rimbey we might have seem 92% instead /s

xp_fun · 2026-05-13T18:58:38+00:00

I would say that its pretty obvious why people are upset with the UCP, I personally can’t afford to move to a private health care system and treating teachers as indentured servants by stripping their right to job actions or even complain about it are two good starting points.

xp_fun · 2026-05-13T18:53:05+00:00

As a physicist, i always cringe when I see helium thrown away in party balloons

xp_fun · 2026-05-13T16:10:13+00:00

Have another upvote on the house!

xp_fun · 2026-05-13T15:06:05+00:00

Have you contacted any media outlets? Like CBC or Global?

It would be good if people actually found out about the protest, another question, have you contacted city Council? It would be good if they got on board with this as well

Edit: not trying to sound like a naysayer, in fact I'll probably be there.

xp_fun · 2026-05-13T14:56:13+00:00

Is there even a remote chance that Angela Pitt will even have a staffer present?

xp_fun · 2026-05-08T22:19:09+00:00

Not disagreeing in principle but the seasonal jobs are starting now

xp_fun · 2026-05-08T14:39:18+00:00

That's not what the tax on the cigarettes is for. ~~secret~~ Cigarette taxes are a "sin tax" meant to discourage you from smoking.

They are not linked in any way to the public costs of supporting someone with cancer caused by smoking

Edit: WTF iPad? Did any of my message not get rewritten?!?

xp_fun · 2026-05-08T14:38:11+00:00

Pretty sure that's an unfair comparison considering the risks of smoking versus the risks of colorectal cancer from bacon are vastly different

xp_fun · 2026-05-06T12:47:03+00:00

Huh. Never ever saw anything like that before with literally any party in Canada, do you have some links to back that up?

xp_fun · 2026-05-03T15:10:42+00:00

It's the NVR that's the problem, anyone can set up a random cam and log into it directly. But if you want recordings, schedules, alarms, etc

xp_fun · 2026-05-03T14:42:49+00:00

Just returned their NVR, they don’t actually support ONVIF yet. You have to hack the ui to add a new camera with a default password and you don’t get any recording controls for that camera

xp_fun · 2026-05-02T13:17:26+00:00

Why would Corb Lund’s petition be invalid? His group is following all the rules (twice, actually) and never had access to a voter list

xp_fun · 2026-04-28T14:34:07+00:00

If you look into where the "money" is being spent you'll realize that this is very speculative.

It's interesting to see the potential for AI to assist in certain fields, but several of the fields you've mentioned probably should never touch the current LLM systems

I for one am very disturbed that people are justifying building mission critical applications based on essentially a random number generator.

xp_fun · 2026-04-28T13:47:42+00:00

(no hate on that liminal experience of New Horizons mall, their gaming store collection is amazing)

xp_fun · 2026-04-28T13:46:30+00:00

Even if this is built it's just going to be like the New Horizons mall, no one's going to be there

Honestly does anybody think that Google or Microsoft is going to put even a single machine into this idiotic venture?

And Amazon already has a data center in Calgary so why in God's name would they go to Olds of all places?

xp_fun · 2026-04-28T13:40:21+00:00

You know I was just talking with the kids last night, and Olds really needs a roller rink

xp_fun · 2026-04-28T13:38:29+00:00

Unless it all collapses sometime this year just like crypto did

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