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Troy

@ troyunrau @lemmy.ca

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Centrist, progressive, radical optimist. Geophysicist, R&D, Planetary Scientist and general nerd in Winnipeg, Canada.

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  • Trump has turned the National Guard into mall cops. Cost? $1 million a day.

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  • $1M/day...

    Okay, assuming $50k/yr cost per person, that's something like $135/day for each "cop". That's like 7000 people if salary was the only thing.

    Since I don't think there are even 1000 of them deployed in DC, then there's a lot of overhead going somewhere else. Uniforms, admin, whatever. Likely some good old fashioned corruption and grift.

    Also, I'm kind of surprised that number is that low.

  • What are some trends/fads that you are glad the world has moved on from?

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  • Saw (or rather heard) a few at a football game recently. They're still here, but at least it isn't a stadium full.

    Instead we use cowbells like God and nature intended ;)

  • Bowie on Goth [meme/quote]

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  • You could have survive in Crimea for another millennium!

  • I love this time of year

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  • At this latitude?

  • Man arrested after driving child-size pink Barbie Jeep through Prince George, B.C.

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  • Technically, if the bicycle is motor assisted, then yes that would also illegal in Canada and on rare occasion. There was a recent case here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/amherst-man-charged-with-impaired-driving-while-riding-e-bike-1.7576394

    However, the original story and this one share a common theme -- attempts to circumvent a driving ban by using a motorized vehicle that straddles a grey area of the definition. And both involved them playing in traffic.

    As far as I know, no recent cases have involve true non-motorized vehicles. Legal precedent suggests that bikes, skateboards, horses, etc., are allowed to be operated over limit. However, you can still be charged with all sorts of secondary things depending on how you're operating.

  • Making Rent: The CCPA’s rental wage update 2024

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  • Epic answer haha. My other half grew up in a Soviet apartment block, so I get stories from her about that on occasion. Mostly about not owning any of it except their contents. Definitely a "poor but housed" situation -- don't look behind the curtains. I'm not sure it's a good idea either. During the collapse of the Soviet Union when the power and heat shut off, they were burning furniture in there -- but I guess that's a testament too a solid construction haha.

    Anyway, fun reply! :)

  • Making Rent: The CCPA’s rental wage update 2024

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  • Was in Regina for the weekend (I'm a Bomber fan, don't hate me) and had a nice time! We were looking up real estate and comparing against Winnipeg and it seemed similar ish. But that doesn't tell us about the rental market which sometimes has weird emergent phenomena.

    If you were benevolent dictator of Canadastan, how would you fix it?

  • Making Rent: The CCPA’s rental wage update 2024

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  • Yeah, and the east coast, excluding Halifax.

    Prairie cities, except Calgary, doing alright too.

  • Relatable

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  • Or the opposite -- you wake up with the cat sleeping on your chest, nose three inches from yours, and you're like: "I just want to roll over and now I can't!"

  • Check out the pleated skirt on this one

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  • Any tips? Raw? Fried?

  • Our new little nugget

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  • Danger. Danger. Must pet danger.

  • Begone, foul demon!

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  • Our cat will slink to the farthest corner of the house. It will be hours before she emerges. The vacuum ran for 8 seconds.

  • 10/10

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  • This is actually hilarious.

  • I made a jank chicken feeder auger.

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  • Nice! Needs a funny hand drawn sci fi logo, saying "Feedblaster 6000" or something. ;)

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  • Duck typing is my favourite. Pry it from my cold dead (object that appears to be hands, and probably is, but maybe isn't).

  • A Fediverse Permaculture

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  • Nice perspective.

    What would you consider to be a contribution of value? Posting? Comments? Moderating? Installing a server rack in your closer for nightly backups? What would you suggest a minimum contribution for continued use should be?

  • Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow Colors

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  • No. If Stalin's Soviet era showed us anything, it's that the dogma of religion can be replaced with the dogma of state. Getting rid of organized religion just kicks the can down the road. Education is paramount.

  • Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow Colors

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  • Paint the cameras ;)

  • Layers

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  • I'm hoping it's not irradiated by then.