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Bilirubin posted:I'd be happy with condo pickup of recyclables in Calgary rather than having to cart my stuff to a depot but as long as its not going to the landfill I'll put up with that minor inconvenience. My building has a recycling area in the garbage room, but I suppose it would be better to have that service provided by the city instead of private contractors. I could, of course, return them for money, but even in the quantities I drink, that might amount to a few bucks per month, not counting the time and gas it would take to actually return the bottles for a deposit.
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http://www.npr.org/2014/07/24/334097944/how-high-debt-from-the-housing-collapse-still-stifles-our-economy Surprise! High consumer debt load is bad for the US economy!! Who knew??? It must truly be Different Here in Canada.
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http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report...ashboard/alerts Supreme court tells TREB to get hosed. One step closer to Zillow and redfin in Canada.
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report...ashboard/alerts I remain baffled that we collectively permit these jokers to be the sole stewards of this critical data.
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.npr.org/2014/07/24/334097944/how-high-debt-from-the-housing-collapse-still-stifles-our-economy I heard this on the commute. I mean, it's probably true but really it's debt service as a proportion of income that matters, and with interest rates so low, I dunno. I don't see them going up appreciably for at least another 2 years. One day there will be a reckoning and Canada's weird 5 year renewal thing is a time bomb, no doubt. Personal anecdote time I was visiting my parents in Cape Breton again this month and things are worse than ever. The supposed saviour development backed by rich Egyptians has gone precisely nowhere in the 12 months since I last went, people are older, roads are worse, and it's generally depressing as gently caress.
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^ I've always puzzled over why the Maritimes are so poo poo economically. You'd think being coastal, having proximity to New England, etc would all be positive attributes.
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Maritimers behaved in the same way that Albertans do today. It's a lesson that any single-resource region would do well to learn, but they always think they'll avoid the same outcome via magic or something.
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Well they used to depend on US tourists but in the mind 00's they got hit by the double whammy of the large exchange rate change and the recession so that went way down. At that point, revenues were so low that upkeep suffered and lots of the destinations look pretty dodgy. All amenities are spread out and essentials and utilities are expensive. The hurricane causing the cancellation of a big music festival is an especially large hit to Canso. Fishing is basically gone, and lobster is small but sustainable now. They're attempting to reopen some coal mines since it's up to about $200/tonne. Medicine is the only field that is growing, and only in the larger towns/cities anyway.
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BC has a sustainable condos and weed based economy.
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found on reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2bmgg7/i_inspect_vacant_houses_for_the_bank_this_note/  i am furiously masturbating to the prospect that this will become a reality in canada in the near future gently caress you equity builders
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Cultural Imperial posted:gtfo i'm not storing a bin full of rotting food If you have biodegradable food wastes bags just store them in your freezer until compost day, smell problem gone.
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Sassafras posted:You know you're coming across as severely mentally ill, right? i was hoping for 'jealous hater of the financial secure'
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Cultural Imperial posted:found on reddit Speaking from personal experience, that could very well have been left by tenants who were evicted after their Bigshot Landlord went belly up from over-leveraging his useless fat rear end on multiple "income" houses.
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Cultural Imperial posted:i was hoping for 'jealous hater of the financial secure' Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.
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PT6A posted:My building has a recycling area in the garbage room, but I suppose it would be better to have that service provided by the city instead of private contractors. I could, of course, return them for money, but even in the quantities I drink, that might amount to a few bucks per month, not counting the time and gas it would take to actually return the bottles for a deposit. We looked into private contracting but it was before BluePlanet started so there were no good options, plus we don't really have space for it. For returnable bottles most of us set them next to the dumpsters for the bottle pickers to take.
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I know all y'all software writing randian sperglords are going to hate this https://www.straight.com/blogra/695211/vancouver-artist-studio-awards-program-offers-professionals-free-and-low-rent-creative-space quote:The City of Vancouver has invited applications from professional artists for seven low-cost or no-cost studio spaces. rotoscoping child porn is art u guys
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Cultural Imperial posted:I know all y'all software writing randian sperglords are going to hate this Well I'm not an objectivist, I hate Ayn Rand, I'm not a sperg, but I'm also not finished my CS degree so maybe that'll come? But why is this a bad thing? Endorsing the arts is a great idea in a city starved for it. also: quote:rotoscoping child porn is art u guys what the gently caress are you talking about?
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Cultural Imperial posted:I know all y'all software writing randian sperglords are going to hate this meanwhile in SF: http://valleywag.gawker.com/how-quickly-a-genius-startup-can-tank-1599840136 Basically a another startup drove out a local arts collective from a low rent building and then went under after a months.
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...I hate that there aren't more of those units available. I'd apply, but it's a waste of time. There are probably going to be thousands of people looking at those 5 places.
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JawKnee posted:Well I'm not an objectivist, I hate Ayn Rand, I'm not a sperg, but I'm also not finished my CS degree so maybe that'll come? But why is this a bad thing? Endorsing the arts is a great idea in a city starved for it. Yeah, I can't say I have a particular problem with it either. Where did the idea come from that people who write software embrace objectivism? It seems to have caught on around here, and I can't figure out why. Even I, everyone's favourite right-winger around these parts, think Ayn Rand is a heinous woman whose writings are only of any use whatsoever if one runs out of toilet paper.
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PT6A posted:Yeah, I can't say I have a particular problem with it either. Where did the idea come from that people who write software embrace objectivism? It seems to have caught on around here, and I can't figure out why. Even I, everyone's favourite right-winger around these parts, think Ayn Rand is a heinous woman whose writings are only of any use whatsoever if one runs out of toilet paper. Silicon Valley has developed a (deserved) reputation for cultivating Objectivist ideologues, and that reputation has spilled over (unfairly or not) into the global tech sector. EDIT: Also, movements like Bitcoin certainly haven't helped this image. The Ender fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Jul 28, 2014 |
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The Ender posted:Silicon Valley has developed a (deserved) reputation for cultivating Objectivist ideologues, and that reputation has spilled over (unfairly or not) into the global tech sector. I don't think that's an especially widespread viewpoint there or fair characterization, and I lived there for years.
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etalian posted:meanwhile in SF: Startup culture is going to be that "What the gently caress" element of our period that historians will crack jokes about in a hundred years.
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Lexicon posted:I don't think that's an especially widespread viewpoint there or fair characterization, and I lived there for years. Okay? I mean, Google's CEO has more or less the same perspective, as does Yahoo!'s new CEO, as did the late Steve Jobs... About the only person of note from the Valley I can think of who isn't a Rand devotee is Bill Gates. Of course the labor market itself will have a much more diverse spread of opinions, but perception tends to be based on what the public figures from a given sector project to the world, not what the 9-5 guys think.
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FrozenVent posted:Startup culture is going to be that "What the gently caress" element of our period that historians will crack jokes about in a hundred years. Callin it now, 20 years from now we'll be laughing at hootsuite like murray pezim. e: yo, bill gates isn't 'valley'
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If you're not already laughing at third party monetizing social media, or any attempt to turn social media into a profession, I don't know what to tell you.
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Cultural Imperial posted:Callin it now, 20 years from now we'll be laughing at hootsuite like murray pezim. Well, by 'Silicon Valley', I'm referring to the tech sector in the U.S. - not the actual SF Bay area. The term hasn't really meant a specific geographic location for a while.
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PT6A posted:Yeah, I can't say I have a particular problem with it either. Where did the idea come from that people who write software embrace objectivism? It seems to have caught on around here, and I can't figure out why. Even I, everyone's favourite right-winger around these parts, think Ayn Rand is a heinous woman whose writings are only of any use whatsoever if one runs out of toilet paper. 
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Cultural Imperial posted:I know all y'all software writing randian sperglords are going to hate this Are you sure you're not actually going crazy?
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Kalenn Istarion posted:Are you sure you're not actually going crazy? He seems to have been losing it a bit in Can Pol, maybe Drunk/ High Posting?
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PT6A posted:Yeah, I can't say I have a particular problem with it either. Where did the idea come from that people who write software embrace objectivism? It seems to have caught on around here, and I can't figure out why. Even I, everyone's favourite right-winger around these parts, think Ayn Rand is a heinous woman whose writings are only of any use whatsoever if one runs out of toilet paper. You are probably too young, in your face objectivism was more in the 80s and now you just see more vanilla libertarisnism. Rand was incredibly popular among the founders of the valley. So the idea of it being popular came from, you know, reality.
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Every time I read this thread, any desire I have of moving back to Vancouver disappears. I thought when I moved to London (UK)in 2010 that the housing prices here were bad (now looking to buy in London). Does Vancouver still suffer from poorly built condos/apartments (another reason why I want to buy in London - everything is made of brick and lasts for ages)
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http://www.bnn.ca/Video/player.aspx?vid=407518 CMHC report on condo ownership obtained via FOI request by Bloomberg. Report will be released in August. ALL THESE JEALOUS RENTER BEARS AND THEIR WEASEL WORDS namaste friends fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Jul 28, 2014 |
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-28/opaque-condo-buyer-data-prompts-cmhc-investor-report.htmlquote:Canada’s housing agency is set to publish results of a Toronto and Vancouver condominium-owner survey as early as this week as it seeks to address economist and policy maker concern that not enough is known about what’s driving price gains, documents show.
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