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Lobok posted:Worse for who, though? I don't know if an apples to apples comparison can really be done but I'm not totally convinced that highway driving is that much more dangerous considering our pedestrian and cyclist death tallies every year in the city. Driving on a 100 km/h road with no pedestrians is restricted in one part of graduated licensing but driving in the city with plenty of people to hit at totally legal and just-as-lethal speeds of 50-60 km/h is allowed. Also, driving on a highway in good weather is easier and safer than driving anywhere in bad weather. It's ridiculous that you can pass your road test in the middle of summer during daylight, and yet your license will let you drive through a snowstorm in the middle of the night. That's loving stupid. The fact that we don't make drivers demonstrate competence at night and inclement weather driving before allowing them to do it unsupervised is insane. I should also point out that a significant difference between pilot licensing and car licensing is that you have to demonstrate an ability to react to abnormal and emergency situations, and demonstrate a practical ability to plan and execute navigation. I can't send a student solo until I'm confident they can reasonably recognize and react to any emergency situation they might encounter, much less actually send them for a flight test. PT6A fucked around with this message at 00:29 on Feb 2, 2019 |
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Wilhelm posted:Why would anyone stuck living in thunder bay have any incentive to ever care about anything let alone something as complex as this isn't the issue bombardier is outsourcing a bunch of work to a plant in mexico where its put on a backburner because the mexican plant doesnt give a gently caress about making some random parts across the continent while they have a bunch of local orders to fill
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RBC posted:isn't the issue bombardier is outsourcing a bunch of work to a plant in mexico where its put on a backburner because the mexican plant doesnt give a gently caress about making some random parts across the continent while they have a bunch of local orders to fill The issue is that Bombardier is managed by idiots at every level. Lots of companies outsource lots of manufacturing, but crucially they have procedures in place to make sure the work is done properly and on-schedule. Bombardier's failure to do this rests solely on the management of the outsourcing, not the people to whom they've outsourced the work.
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Lobok posted:Worse for who, though? I don't know if an apples to apples comparison can really be done but I'm not totally convinced that highway driving is that much more dangerous considering our pedestrian and cyclist death tallies every year in the city. Driving on a 100 km/h road with no pedestrians is restricted in one part of graduated licensing but driving in the city with plenty of people to hit at totally legal and just-as-lethal speeds of 50-60 km/h is allowed. You have a lot more time to react to something at 50-60km/h than 100km/h. In terms of worse, it's certainly worse between vehicles on the highway. Pedestrian safety is another matter all together - I'd be curious to know if there's any statistics available on driver experience in driver vs pedestrian collisions, my googling doesn't turn much up. Restricting novice drivers from highways (and night time!) was done based on evidence of increased risk. How do you train drivers if they're restricted from driving in the city? I'm all for going immediately to a full license without restrictions if there were adequate training requirements in place, but all you need right now to get a G1 is a written test. And, it's not like passing a G or G2 road test is any indication that a person can drive at all, a pair of semi competent monkeys working the controls in tandem could pass.
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James Baud posted:Haha. BC still onboard. 54° 40' or fight! Manitoba wants to be like Saskatchewan, but Saskatchewan is all "ugh, gross!"
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so can we stop calling AB, SK and MB "western canada" now it's clearly "the prairies"
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# ? Feb 2, 2019 00:51 |
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It looks like the true western alienation is bc feeling nothing in common with other provinces.
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# ? Feb 2, 2019 00:55 |
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Nobody loves Idaho.
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# ? Feb 2, 2019 00:58 |
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Coxswain Balls posted:Nobody loves Idaho. From my personal experience Idaho Man is basically like Florida Man but you never hear about his shenanigans because he lives in a survivalist shack deep in the woods.
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Coxswain Balls posted:Nobody loves Idaho. nor Oregon nor Alaska apparently
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THC posted:nor Oregon nor Alaska apparently Nor any of the territories.
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Or Quebec, but that's probably fine because they don't like anyone else, either.
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Coxswain Balls posted:Nobody loves Idaho. Idawho?
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Baronjutter posted:It looks like the true western alienation is bc feeling nothing in common with other provinces. Makes sense since BC is not even part of the original north american plate. The whole province is volcanic island accretion against the plate.
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Or Quebec, but that's probably fine because they don't like anyone else, either. Counterpoint: they share a great deal with Alberta in that they are petulant, delusional, frequently racist, and have industries that need constant propping up from the federal government. If it weren't for the language thing we'd be two peas in a pod
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Toronto police officer to be charged with professional misconduct in connection with Bruce McArthur investigation
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PT6A posted:Also, driving on a highway in good weather is easier and safer than driving anywhere in bad weather. Especially when we could place very inexpensive simulator(s) at each testing location, and run the student through a series of road conditions, weather types, and traffic situations, to drill them on how to react in a way that will do the least harm to them and others. It needn't be perfectly accurate, it only needs to be good enough to impart and test good reaction habits. It's nonsense that we don't require this as part of a driving school.
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xtal posted:Toronto police officer to be charged with professional misconduct in connection with Bruce McArthur investigation Huh. That didn't seem likely. I wonder who he pissed off.
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cowofwar posted:Makes sense since BC is not even part of the original north american plate. The whole province is volcanic island accretion against the plate. BC geology is cool as hell. We're just a big bulldozer that drove around the world scooping up random poo poo as it tumbled end over end mixing together. You look at a geologic map of a normal bit of continent and it's nice logical blobs of rock types, you look at BC and its like those old maps of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Was Texas not an option for Albertans in this poll?
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Baronjutter posted:BC geology is cool as hell. We're just a big bulldozer that drove around the world scooping up random poo poo as it tumbled end over end mixing together. You look at a geologic map of a normal bit of continent and it's nice logical blobs of rock types, you look at BC and its like those old maps of the Holy Roman Empire. I've been lucky enough to spend time on Alder Island in Haida Gwaii. It's described as a geologic stew and is weird even for B.C. You spend your time running around the beach from rock to rock yelling "WTF??"
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vyelkin posted:Was Texas not an option for Albertans in this poll? We're much more similar to Montana than Texas. We lack the good barbecue and Tex-Mex to be properly Texan.
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Powershift posted:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-health-system-efficiency-act-1.5000546 the only thing that gives me hope for ontario has been that everyone I've heard talk about this, including boomers and even older people, are super pissed at even the idea of it. so I'm sure next election they'll vote the cons in again and be surprised when it happens
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ghosthorse posted:the only thing that gives me hope for ontario has been that everyone I've heard talk about this, including boomers and even older people, are super pissed at even the idea of it. so I'm sure next election they'll vote the cons in again and be surprised when it happens Yeah just like how they definitely won't cancel the UBI pilot. I don't understand the psychology of people who vote for Cons and then expect them not to do the things they're explicitly promising to do that align perfectly with their political goals. Like are they SO cynical that they're using "all politicians are liars" to somehow make the Cons more appealing by assuming they won't make good on all their worst promises?
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Yeah just like how they definitely won't cancel the UBI pilot. Because they can relate to the Cons and think that works both ways so the Cons surely won't hurt them.
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Yeah just like how they definitely won't cancel the UBI pilot. A lot of people can't wrap their head around politicians who govern in bad faith, don't have the public's interests at heart, or are in government for the purpose of tearing it down. Terrible policy is just a mistake that the government would correct if only they were shown the error of their ways!
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You know the deficit is bad when Trudeau has to assassinate his own auditor general just to win reelection.
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# ? Feb 3, 2019 00:41 |
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Qatar has some new drones! Targeting sensors by Wescam, engines by Bombardier. Love to help out a slave state with some weapons! https://twitter.com/abdulmoiz1990/status/1091647298579386368
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# ? Feb 3, 2019 03:41 |
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StoicRomance posted:engines by Bombardier. Well, we know they won't fly. Maybe this is actually a good thing?
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# ? Feb 3, 2019 03:51 |
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Im really pissed that ford is toying with the idea of getting rid of all day kindergarten. Who voted for this fat gently caress
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# ? Feb 3, 2019 04:30 |
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All of southern Ontario, outside of Toronto and Hamilton.
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Yeah just like how they definitely won't cancel the UBI pilot. There was a good column in the Guardian recently about pretty much this phenomenon. quote:So, poorer Brexiters voted to be worse off? There’s nothing wrong in that A lot of people voted for Ford against their own best interests, whether they believed his policy platform or not, because their values align with the values of the Conservative Party and the strong, toxically-masculine leadership of Doug Ford, even if following through on those values also means their lives get materially worse.
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vyelkin posted:A lot of people voted for Ford against their own best interests, whether they believed his policy platform or not, because their values align with the values of the Conservative Party This is why it's bizarre to me that non-conservatives don't vote in the conservative leadership contests. I get that you have values too but the person leading the thing can make a big difference and life would seem to be so much better with moderates like christine elliot or justin trudeau running the show.
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Postess with the Mostest posted:moderates like christine elliot or justin trudeau running the show. Who would you call a radical Liberal?
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infernal machines posted:Who would you call a radical Liberal? Julie Payette or Charlie Angus I suppose
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infernal machines posted:All of southern Ontario, outside of Toronto and Hamilton. And Niagara. No, not Niagara West. gently caress them.
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Postess with the Mostest posted:This is why it's bizarre to me that non-conservatives don't vote in the conservative leadership contests. I get that you have values too but the person leading the thing can make a big difference and life would seem to be so much better with moderates like christine elliot or justin trudeau running the show. I actually know people who have done this.
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Helsing posted:I actually know people who have done this. there's dozens of us
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# ? Feb 3, 2019 07:57 |
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I'm not paying the Conservative party to vote for a leadership candidate that will be eliminated on the first ballot, that's dumb as hell
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Imagine paying to vote for the leader of a party you hate so that you can hopefully get a less tyrannical populist to lead them against your own party.
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