I’ve been feeling the same way for years now. I think the course of Canadian politics massively changed for the worse from his passing. Though I never thought of it as a real inflection point until years later.

Forgot the part where management also says use it or lose it, your vacation no longer rolls over, and your vacation bank now has an expiry date. But thanks again for all your hard work.

Right, the party with the most seats won would get first shot at forming government.

If your assumption is that the Conservatives would win the next election with a majority, then they would be able to form government without needing to rely on any other party (like the Libs rely on the NDP now).

Since political parties in parliamentary democracies typically vote uniformly, a majority party is generally able to pass legislation regardless of the position of opposition parties, which is why I questioned the presumption of gridlock.

NDP +Libs outnumber them now, yes. I assumed by “Cons can grab majority” you meant a majority of seats following an election, no?

Cons can grab majority but will be gridlocked on every move

Genuine question, why the assumption of gridlock if the conservatives form government with a majority?

It doesn’t appear to use either.

The MLS® HPI is based on the value home buyers assign to various housing attributes, which tend to evolve gradually over time.

I can’t seem to find how they define value, or how they determine a home buyers interest in various housing attributes.

Since it’s MLS own metric, I would take it with a grain of salt anyways.

Average home prices are from the CREA MLS® Home Price Index (HPI)

I was able to match the pricing data in the article to the “Composite” figures on the HPI website. The amounts include condos.

Thank you kind stranger!

edit: Wow, didn’t expect this to blow up!!!

Classic Dutch beach volleyball sleeping positions

The author hopes for a future version of Windows that offers more user control and less interference from Microsoft’s software-as-a-service products.

Currently there is zero incentive for Microsoft to do this, and only upside potential to keep doing what they’re doing.

You’d need thousands of companies to abandon their dependency on Windows, Office, and the entire Microsoft ecosystem for them to change course now.

Add it to the pile.

Nope, Windows will still not be my next PC. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you can’t get fooled again.

Too late. Linux is going from my hobby project to my primary OS by the time they stop providing Windows 10 updates, if not sooner.

Saying “you are product” just make people take it literally and think Facebook is wrapping people up and selling them whole package, organ and brain included, which is nonsense

You’re the only person I’ve ever seen who has taken this expression literally.

I actually find it hard to believe people don’t think Trudeau’s leadership has been a very significant problem for this country. It’s just laughable that anyone thinks Pierre is better.

I keep having this conversation with people who hate Trudeau. I get them to list out their issues with him, and none are problems the Conservatives are looking to solve. But the anti-“woke” brainworm is just too strong. They will literally vote against their own interests to own the Libs. The Americanization of Canadian politics is already here.

God I wish I could find just $2k a month rent. That’s what I’m being forced to give up. Everything I’m seeing is 50-100% more.

Same with your side gig.

It is not a flex if your primary job isn’t enough to pay the bills. It’s a societal failure that wages have not kept up with inflation and that capitalism continues to filter the benefits of increased productivity to ownership at the expense of labor. Being forced to cope with your own exploitation, or worse, figuring out how to exploit others, is not the flex you think it is

And if it ain’t about the money, it’s definitely not a flex that you filled your free time with more work. Unless you’re trying to make your side gig into your 9-5, there is a world of activities, hobbies, and pastimes to better yourself that you are missing out on.

Christ, with that title I thought I was getting a Beaverton article.

From the article, the cop laments that telecoms are no longer handing over IP addresses when requested. Now police are being forced to obtain search warrants, like they would need to in order to tap your phone or read your mail. This seems like a consistent application of privacy law and a safeguard against law enforcement abuse of power. Seems like an absolute win to me.

massive oversteps and oversights.

It’s ok, you won’t be needing those pesky privacy rights anyways.