MattJVD

Yeah losing the engineering talent was the real national tragedy. The plane, not so much.

An Australian Defence review is concerned their Hunter Class Frigates (the same the Canadian Surface Combatant) are shaping up to be overweight and slow. https://www.navalreview.ca/2022/02/australian-study-raises-concerns-about-new-ships/ Minutes from the Senate question period that produced these headlines have defence officials saying the full-load displacement could be up to 10,000 tonnes for the ships. At this weight, the propulsion the ships are designed to have would not be able to reach the required speed of 27+ knots. The ship builder disputes this, saying the frigates' weight has not changed during the design process. Fortunately, for Canada, the British will be launching their first ship of the class for sea trials before the end of 2022. So we'll have time to evaluate the weight issue (if it exists) and make revisions before construction starts on the Canadian Surface Combatants in 2024.

Exactly, it's land use policy. The amount of land that housing is allowed to be built on and the type of housing that is allowed to be built is extremely restrictive. Creating an artificial shortage of land for housing. There is plenty of land, even in the lower mainland.

The foreign buyer 'boogieman' is much to do about nothing, speculation largely is too. Speculation does not cause the supply crunch and accelerating prices in markets like Vancouver. It's the other way around: an inefficient market with restricted supply causes speculation. It can make an under-supplied market worse, of course, but it's not a root cause. They're both scapegoats of misplaced anger. The foreign buyer tax is nothing short of a 21st century head tax. Municipalities heavily restrict supply because people (who vote) think that their neighborhoods should be set in stone at the date they bought and not change/densify. If local leaders really wanted to solve this problem: they'd blanket up-zone the entirety of Kits, Fairview, Mt Pleasant, Grandview-Woodland, etc, etc. And all the low density neighborhoods within walking distance of skytrain stations across the entire region. But they won't do that, because the residents would be out with their pitchforks and vote the city councils out at the first opportunity. Vancouverites, in large enough numbers to matter, DO NOT want this problem to be solved. The province has the power to over-ride the municipalities and do it anyways, but again, they won't. Right or wrong, the province avoids stepping on municipalities toes as much as possible.

A couple of years ago I was in the planning stages of starting a medical retailer based solely on the difference in price for certain drugs between Canada and the US. At the time, school boards in Washington State were paying $460/ epi pen. You could buy a two pack at Costco in Canada for $199. I was in the process of applying for a medical export license, but then the Americans tore NAFTA up so the idea died.

I've come around to new vehicles, especially if you plan to keep them for ~10 years. Maintence is basicly just oil changes, tires, etc for the entire period of the warranty and you can get super low rates on auto loans. The opportunity cost of paying in cash is way higher than the interest rate some dealers offer. No reason to pay cash when they offer 1% interest or less. (Okay, I haven't looked at rates on over a year, but from 2015-2020 it was pretty easy to find >1% during promotions)

Not sure I'd be much use. I've had the same kitchenaid stainless steel grinder since 2016, only one I've ever owned. I think it's good, but I haven't tried anything else.

Yes, MACOS is a very closed system. It's not so much an anti-virus software, as it is that it's just harder to get programs to run on MACOS at all without Apple directly supporting it. That's great for some users, less to worry about. Windows, on the other hand, is super easy to get programs to run on them. It's great to be able to download whatever the heck you want (or even make simple tools yourself), but comes with risk. More recently, both OSs have been moving towards some sort of middle ground though.

Luke is playing the most he has (TOI per game) since his one-season stop in Arizona in 2016-2017. And he's earning it too: Highest hits/60 since that same 2016-2017 season and the most offensive production since his last year in Toronto (2011-2012). He is also boasting an on-ice save % of .935! Which can be read as he's very lucky, or you could say he's making life easy for his goaltender. It's a little of both, but more of the latter imo

Yeah, Miller has been great. But Pettersson and Boeser are having career-worst seasons and Horvat is having his least productive season since his sophomore year.

I just don't understand why this team can't score. Horvat, Pettersson, and Boeser all having down years at once? Why?

4-1 Canucks, Myers

Good morning CDC!

12-4-4

Sweet victory

Yay! An average number of shots this period!

Have to add one of my favourite dirt cheap meals here too: black beans, rice, sautéed carrots, celery, and onions. Basically the cheapest vegetables in the produce section, mixed with some cheap staples. Depending on how you're feeling, season with cumin, chilly powder, maybe add citrus (if that doesn't break the bank) or soy sauce and siracha. You can easily get >$1 per portion.

French Press: $20 Grinder: $80 1KG of Kirkland brand whole bean: $15 Amortize French press and grinder over 5 years: 365x2 (2 cups per day) x 5 = French press: $0.005 / cup Grinder: $0.02/cup Coffee: (50 Grams per brew, makes 3 cups) $0.25/cup Electricity for the kettle and grinder: $0.01/cup: I think I spend about 28 cents per cup of coffee, with a rather modest assumption of 5 years for the grinder and french press. They'll probably last 10+ years. I counted the kettle as a sunk cost, because it's needed in the house anyways.

A good bounce-back game for the Canucks against the Toews-less Hawks. 5-2 Van, Boeser

Please call a doctor if your pee is lime green.

He has been a regular healthy scratch for Ottawa. Gets some points when he draws in, but costs them as much (or more) defensively.

I think we get Demko and Garland back?

For real Deb. Rather than immediately questioning if women are qualified or 'diversity hires'; We need to be asking "did they just play together in the 80s, or can he actually do the job?"

They are going with multiple AGMs and still have one more to hire. GM might come before that last AGM.

Player agent and lawyer, CBA/contract expert. Also played div 1 NCAA, so knows the game.