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Once upon a time, physically shipping faulty software had real costs borne by the organization - production, redistribution and transportation of a physical disc. Today there’s no …

The CBC recently reported on videos pretending to be from Canadians promoting similar anti-Canada messaging. They used AI generated copies of real Canadians and hired voice actors.…

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The overreach on access and then storage will be a meaningful issue we will have to reckon with more and more. Companies are acquired, companies die. What happens to your data in 5…

Open models keep closing the eval gap for many tasks, and local inference continues to be increasingly viable. What's missing isn't technical capability, but productized convenienc…

Absolutely. Pricing exposure is the quiet story under all the waves of AI hype. Build for convenience → subsidise for dependence → meter for margin is a well-worn playbook, and AI-…

https://sorso.app/ A fresh PWA to log / improve your coffee brewing process. We use it to see what we are all drinking, find new coffees, explore new cafes, and understand what we …

Every other country appears to have the “bread” at a reasonable price. Ironically, it’s the US which has the same bread for 100x the cost.

Not sure medicine is the best example given the same profit seeking culture is driving decisions where care takes a back seat

>> critics argue that it reduces the supply of rental apartments and creates housing shortages I don’t follow the logic. It doesn’t destroy the property or take it out of supply, i…

I assume the people in the market for an a380 already know what it looks like

More consumers to consume

Or a technical audience is not the market

Wrt who is happy to exploit TFWs: is it Canadians, or the Canadian government at the request of Canadian big business? Who stands to gain? Without TFWs the minimum wage (or the amo…

Or maybe the issue is regulatory capture of government, not government itself? ‘Government intervention’ isn’t the same as a government who works to support the needs of citizens.

Agree - I’ve been using a set of Eve (from memory) power plugs that are thread enabled - my understanding is it doesn’t connect directly to the internet (ie you don’t connect it to…

It doesn’t have to be a good or bad investment. It can be something you pay for and use, and it provides actual utility. We could make owner occupiers first class citizens in our o…

Increasing mortgage rates is a poor mechanism for countering inflation. It only directly impacts a minority of the economy and private companies (banks) earn the profit.

Why should controlling inflation be used to transfer wealth from individuals to a for-profit third party (banks)? Also, it doesn’t target the entire population fairly - surely ther…

This was a thoughtful read - but found the conclusion avoided the biggest challenge of all - that housing is not *just* a financial decision - but rather, people require housing to…

This was a thoughtful read - but found the conclusion avoided the biggest challenge of all - that housing is not just a financial decision - but rather, people require housing to l…