wmoxam

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by wmoxam 25d ago
> I do not think that reciprocal tariffs are actually the answer though. They hurt both sides and the US is not a rational enough actor to respond like you hope they will. Reciprocal tariffs will be crafted to specifically to avoid damag
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by wmoxam 3mo ago
Darlington nuclear refurbishment finished ahead of schedule and under budget https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2026/0...
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by wmoxam 4mo ago
How do they try to steal your phone number? I've only contacted buyers/sellers in FB Marketplace via FB Messenger so they don't even have my number ..
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by wmoxam 4mo ago
Almost no one does
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by wmoxam 4mo ago
I've written a bunch of LMS integrations so I've had the opportunity to use all of the major LMSs. Basically, all LMS systems are rather user unfriendly and complicated with a ton of customization options hidden under layers of su
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by wmoxam 5mo ago
Facebook marketplace is an everything shop, though a bit more local in nature. Also, it's much easier for small businesses that ship to have an online store thanks to Shopify, etc. The last few times I've used EBay is to get parts
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by wmoxam 6mo ago
Robot walks into a bar Orders a drink, lays down a bill Bartender says, "Hey, we don't serve robots" And the robot says, "Oh, but someday you will"
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by wmoxam 7mo ago
LiamTronix on Youtube has some videos (ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iEUp5Z1aNw ) on converting a popular farm tractor (Massey Ferguson 65) to fulling electric. Fun stuff!
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by wmoxam 8mo ago
> It's a $60,000 four-door lifted luxobarge with leather interior and a short bed It can be that but all the major manufacturers have a ton of trim levels and options. Personally I drive a f150 that doesn't even have power wi
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by wmoxam 8mo ago
Recently I've found myself wanting a tricorder type device.
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by wmoxam 9mo ago
That does not answer the question
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by wmoxam 9mo ago
Ok, now I'm even more confused. 40% of what code is machine written?
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by wmoxam 9mo ago
> 40% of code is now machine-written How did you arrive at that number?
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by wmoxam 9mo ago
IMO LLMs make for a great rubber duck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
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by wmoxam 9mo ago
I found scrooge. Bah, humbug!
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by wmoxam 9mo ago
Ah shit, here we go again
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by wmoxam 10mo ago
It has similar syntax, but adding explicit types and macros it's a very different language in practice. IMO the two languages can be quite complimentary, I've been exploring using Crystal + MRuby to create apps, it's been fun
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by wmoxam 11mo ago
It doesn't matter what you or I want. How much money do you think the Canadian government should put behind a domestic auto maker? 10s of billions? 100s of billions? How much are 125k manufacturing jobs in Ontario worth? Are there no b
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by wmoxam 11mo ago
Who would buy these EVs if we build them in Canada? The Canadian market cannot support a car company without exporting the majority of production. The US is our largest natural market and does not want our auto exports. It's unclear wh
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by wmoxam 11mo ago
Developing an EV industry depended on US cooperation. That cooperation is gone since Trump was elected.
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by wmoxam 11mo ago
Trump says he wants every car sold in the United States to be made domestically. The old integrated cross-border auto manufacturing system is over. Stellantis is already moving production of Jeep from Brampton to Illinois, and others are ex
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by wmoxam 1y ago
There's rarely any slush on the streets before Christmas. Back when I lived in Toronto I used the PATH between January and March
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by wmoxam 1y ago
Outages suck but for me this service has been rock solid. Much better uptime and more capable than the cellular broadband service that it replaced (Bell Canada) at a similar cost
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by wmoxam 1y ago
The user was under the impression that production access is how it's supposed to work. https://xcancel.com/elchuchii/status/1946149142415196418#m
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by wmoxam 1y ago
Don't look up!
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by wmoxam 2y ago
> And no, the US isn't "poised to withdraw from NATO". Nobody's even talking about that. * https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/us/politics/trump-2025-na... * https:/&#x2
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by wmoxam 2y ago
Same!
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by wmoxam 2y ago
> the alternative is it's the most unbelievable happy coincidence It's not though.The NDP were faced with two choices: 1) Support the Liberals and get some of their policies pushed through 2) Support the Conservatives wish to c
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by wmoxam 2y ago
Tying NDP support to their leader's pension is silly/lazy. As part of their deal with the Liberals, the NDP had some real power to implement legislation. If an election happened tomorrow the NDP would lose that power. Unhitching f
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by wmoxam 2y ago
It's important to note that some of the key people who were behind these protests were not truckers, but were involved in earlier attempts at mass protest in Ottawa as part of the 'yellow vests' group from 2019

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