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Sashimi posted:Doug Ford like the US feds has done a fantastic job at pissing off every voting bloc in the province, but given how weak the field is there's plenty of reason to be concerned he'll just waltz back into power after the election. Even with that caveat I'd be tempted to vote for that over whatever exciting adjustment to car insurance premiums Horwath is cooking up. At least the Liberals seem aware of what policies the left wants.
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Jan 14, 2022 21:15
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DynamicSloth posted:The Ontario Libs are no poo poo running on a 4-day Work Week pilot which will never go any further. On the contrary, deftly avoiding every single left policy requires that the ONDP know exactly what they are.
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Jan 14, 2022 21:24
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DynamicSloth posted:The Ontario Libs are no poo poo running on a 4-day Work Week pilot which will never go any further. 4 day workweek is the most liberal thing ever, it only really works for knowledge workers and government adult babysitter jobs who're top 5% already right? Any real/computer janitors get nothing out of it. I love it.
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Jan 14, 2022 21:40
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It's also the bad kind of four-day work week trial (4x10 hour days), not the type Microsoft tried in Japan that increased both worker productivity and happiness (4x8 hour days but paid for five).
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Jan 14, 2022 21:43
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Also half of the economy is now hourly/gig workers for whom this will do nothing at all.
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Jan 14, 2022 21:47
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Yes it's a Liberal pilot of a Liberal plan no Liberal would dream of implementing province wide, it's the policy equivalent of vaporware, I don't care it's still a drat sight better then whatever the ONDP is going to campaign on and it pushes the idea out the Overton side jamb. Pointing out the inequities in our current system with zero solutions is not the vote getter you might be assuming it to be.
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Jan 14, 2022 22:07
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lol remember when the ontario liberals made a basic income pilot that was cancelled by doug ford immediately and to which we'll never really know the results, effectively killing that idea forever
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Jan 14, 2022 22:10
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RBC posted:lol remember when the ontario liberals made a basic income pilot that was cancelled by doug ford immediately and to which we'll never really know the results, effectively killing that idea forever Remember the guy interviewed by the CBC crying about having lost his GMI pilot income, who voted Conservative? Man, that was something.
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Jan 14, 2022 22:49
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Can anyone explain to me how any data based on case numbers has any meaning in BC when the testing capacity was reached and/or they were telling people to not even get tested in many cases? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-update-jan14-1.6315010 If we stop testing as much then the numbers of cases trends downward 
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Jan 15, 2022 00:45
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There are other indicators, like poop sleuthing, other states/territories that had similar populations, and the fact that they just let 'er rip making the theoretical peak more likely to be reached faster But yeah, more of the same poo poo.
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Jan 15, 2022 01:07
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Xaranthius posted:Can anyone explain to me how any data based on case numbers has any meaning in BC when the testing capacity was reached and/or they were telling people to not even get tested in many cases? "Cases have peaked, even though schools just opened up and kids can definitely get Omicron and they will definitely drive another wave about two weeks to the day schools opened. But cases have definitely peaked!"
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Jan 15, 2022 01:22
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Postess with the Mostest posted:4 day workweek is the most liberal thing ever, it only really works for knowledge workers and government adult babysitter jobs who're top 5% already right? Any real/computer janitors get nothing out of it. I love it. How do real computer people not get something out of 4x8? Feel like there's plenty of times where I just faff about at the end of the day not looking to start something new. If it wasn't a worthless 4x10 trial, i'd say this is some real "we can't raise min wage cause it does nothing for people slightly over min wage" take.
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Jan 15, 2022 01:29
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https://twitter.com/DrKarenPinder/status/1481841336651112453 Maybe mask policies will finally drift toward mandatory and widespread N95+ usage just in time for the end of this omicron wave and the start of ??? Also I vaguely remember reading that double masking on top of an N95 is at best useless and at worst counterproductive, but hey, this policy might be better than forcing people to take them off (?).
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Jan 15, 2022 01:34
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I had 4 students out at the beginning of the week, then 5 and now 4 again, I think we’re past the peak here! Oh also a couple of those kids were in class with Covid for full days but that shouldn’t be an issue  .
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Jan 15, 2022 01:35
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Oxyclean posted:How do real computer people not get something out of 4x8? Feel like there's plenty of times where I just faff about at the end of the day not looking to start something new. I meant real janitors and computer janitors, like you're not doing 4x8 if you're data cleaning excel sheets or doing IT helpdesk stuff.
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Jan 15, 2022 01:46
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Postess with the Mostest posted:I meant real janitors and computer janitors, like you're not doing 4x8 if you're data cleaning excel sheets or doing IT helpdesk stuff. Maybe they should be? If a company needs coverage beyond 32 hours, hire more people. e: 4 day work week doesn't have to be literally 4x8, with 3 days off in a row. We set that standard as a full work week where it makes sense, and make other things follow suit, like how stuff is structured around the 40 hour work week?
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Jan 15, 2022 02:08
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Franks Happy Place posted:"Cases have peaked, even though schools just opened up and kids can definitely get Omicron and they will definitely drive another wave about two weeks to the day schools opened. But cases have definitely peaked!" Oh, you think it'll take that long, eh?
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Jan 15, 2022 02:25
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Lol we're starting with this cope now https://twitter.com/CMOH_Alberta/status/1482145770287493122?t=29gsU8hKF8spGulf6YJKQA&s=19
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Jan 15, 2022 02:33
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Mr. Mercury posted:There are other indicators, like poop sleuthing I just looked at the poop sleuth report Dr. Bonnie is pinning this all on and saw a footnote that, unlike other jurisdictions (eg Ottawa), the Metro Vancouver numbers are not normalized based on water flow conditions, and specifically notes that "heavy rain or snow melt conditions would have a significant effect" (paraphrasing) on the data. So: fuckin lmao
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Jan 15, 2022 02:40
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Oxyclean posted:Maybe they should be? I actually fully support this, I've been taking Fridays off since last summer. I usually work a bit but it's because I want to and nobody can schedule me for meetings. It was rad this summer. Drop the kids off at school, go fishing for the morning, do bjj in the afternoon, pick up kids. Wife gets a quiet day, I'm good and just a real nice start to the weekend. It'd be really great if everyone could do that. Except teachers cause I need them to watch the kids.
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Jan 15, 2022 02:47
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everything is just wishful thinking at this point, and has been since like december
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Jan 15, 2022 02:48
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Postess with the Mostest posted:I actually fully support this, I've been taking Fridays off since last summer. I usually work a bit but it's because I want to and nobody can schedule me for meetings. It was rad this summer. Drop the kids off at school, go fishing for the morning, do bjj in the afternoon, pick up kids. Wife gets a quiet day, I'm good and just a real nice start to the weekend. It'd be really great if everyone could do that. Except teachers cause I need them to watch the kids. I kinda despise people willing to settle for 4x10. It's cool if it works for them, but I think I'd want to die if I had 10 hour shifts with 1 hour commutes.
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Jan 15, 2022 03:05
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Franks Happy Place posted:I just looked at the poop sleuth report Dr. Bonnie is pinning this all on and saw a footnote that, unlike other jurisdictions (eg Ottawa), the Metro Vancouver numbers are not normalized based on water flow conditions, and specifically notes that "heavy rain or snow melt conditions would have a significant effect" (paraphrasing) on the data. Oh, they might be doing what Boston's doing and normalizing it based on the presence of other viruses in turds that don't really harm us but are relatively consistent in level So yeah, they're not calculating snow melt, but they're accounting for dilution in another way
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Jan 15, 2022 03:09
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BC just announced you can change the Sex on your provincial ID without confirmation by a physician or psychologist which makes me wonder why they don't just remove that line from your ID in the first place.
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Jan 15, 2022 04:58
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Eej posted:BC just announced you can change the Sex on your provincial ID without confirmation by a physician or psychologist which makes me wonder why they don't just remove that line from your ID in the first place. I'd like to change mine to 'Yes, please'
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Jan 15, 2022 07:15
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My most controversial belief is that the 4 day work week should mean Wednesdays are no longer a workday. Then Wednesday is for boring poo poo like laundry and cleaning and the weekend can just be relaxing, and you don't have to work 3 days in a row. Also why do ID cards need to have sex/gender anyway? There's a picture on it already, that's gotta be better than anything else to actually ID a person.
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Jan 15, 2022 07:23
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I need a dna analysis just to be sure.
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Jan 15, 2022 08:14
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Take a look at the amazing job on COVID the Ontario PCs are doing as evidenced by this MPP’s tweet. Cannot stop laughing at this graph. https://twitter.com/davesmithptbo/status/1482012730521440258?s=21
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Jan 15, 2022 09:51
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It's absolutely great that we're doing better than loving Florida 
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Jan 15, 2022 10:08
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Well I've got the 'rona.
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Jan 15, 2022 13:09
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Count Roland posted:Well I've got the 'rona. Count Rona'd Hope it's mild, and you recover quickly
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Jan 15, 2022 13:21
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Rust Martialis posted:Count Rona'd Yeah it's fine, a mild cold. My roomie got it first and he was hit harder, with fevers and aches and the like. I'm just bored at home.
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Jan 15, 2022 13:30
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Count Roland posted:Yeah it's fine, a mild cold. My roomie got it first and he was hit harder, with fevers and aches and the like. I'm just bored at home. Ditto, gf and I both have mild symptoms, sore throat and cough so far My boss is dropping off a laptop today so I can continue to be "productive"
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Jan 15, 2022 15:55
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Cough on them.
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Jan 15, 2022 15:58
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Kid 1 and Wife have the rona. Eight days of positive rapid tests. Kid 2 and I, more vulnerable because of the comorbidities of "being a baby" for her and "loving everything" for me, are isolating in a different part of the house. If there is a Hell it's isolating a 3.5 year-old in a master bedroom for a week. In a way it would be better if we all got it and my wife weren't so determined to keep this half of the family from getting it. At least we could languish together in the full space. That's how bad it has been, I'm fantasizing about the convenience of just having COVID.
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Jan 15, 2022 19:00
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StoicRomance posted:Kid 1 and Wife have the rona. Eight days of positive rapid tests. Kid 2 and I, more vulnerable because of the comorbidities of "being a baby" for her and "loving everything" for me, are isolating in a different part of the house. You can continue to test positive long after you are recovered and are not transmissible anymore so if you are waiting on negative tests you will be waiting until the spring
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Jan 15, 2022 19:05
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When does it start getting warm again. -20 is rude.
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Jan 15, 2022 19:23
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Noblesse Obliged posted:You can continue to test positive long after you are recovered and are not transmissible anymore so if you are waiting on negative tests you will be waiting until the spring Why does everybody keep saying this? It's not true. False positives on a rapid test once infected are rare, and you only test negative once your viral load falls significantly. If anything they're not sensitive enough (for certain purposes). https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19/some-things-know-about-covid-rapid-tests https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00332-4 
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Jan 15, 2022 19:24
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Jam Band Death Cult posted:Why does everybody keep saying this? It's not true. False positives on a rapid test once infected are rare, and you only test negative once your viral load falls significantly. If anything they're not sensitive enough (for certain purposes). https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/duration-isolation.html “Recovered patients: Patients who have recovered from COVID-19 can continue to have detectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA in upper respiratory specimens for up to 3 months after illness onset. However, replication-competent virus has not been reliably recovered from such patients, and they are not likely infectious.”
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Jan 15, 2022 19:34
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Wow my appointment for a 3rd dose is not until like mid-February, what the heck. My first and second dose were like within days or making it originally.  Jam Band Death Cult posted:Why does everybody keep saying this? It's not true. False positives on a rapid test once infected are rare, and you only test negative once your viral load falls significantly. If anything they're not sensitive enough (for certain purposes). This is an upside down uncanny valley.
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Jan 15, 2022 19:36
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