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Fun little exercise: while reading above, see what happens when mentally substituting “magic” with “AI”, words like “enchantments” with “algorithms” and so on.

Wondering if its perhaps two different subsets of people, with differing opinions that haven’t so much shifted, as that primarily just one’s been highly motivated to engage at a ti…

I don't feel as if there was so much of a dominant paradigm back in 1987, when RISC OS first came out, at least not outside of the US? I recall that period more as a melting pot of…

I'm not advocating any side here, I'm simply relaying what is actually happening on the ground, because the prevailing opinion here seems to be getting shaped by a very selective c…

Seems like a lot of vitriol and misunderstanding in these comments, so a few thoughts as someone directly affected by the McDougall Creek fire. Imagine you run a business, doesn’t …

With acoustic instruments, sympathetic resonance can play a big role in the overall colour, because eg unplayed undamped strings also respond according to their harmonic likeness t…

IANAL but also there is a specific list of classes (categories) that have to be selected from when seeking to register a trademark, design mark etc and afaik protection then applie…

Wondering if anyone on this thread who’s felt this way has been able to try out biphasic sleep and can report if it made a difference? The idea of a “second sleep” after an hour or…

OT, but for months already, Googling for "ngn/k" also displays a totally non-sensical calculator result, with no apparent way to report, like: 1 Nigerian naira / Boltzmann constant…

If memory serves that also involved an expired certificate

As the parent of a violinist and a violist, I find the role of the teacher for aspects like holding the instrument, to be less like "teaching" and much more like "debugging". Kids …

Yes it's very much mechanically possible to use 2 pedals on the piano at the same time; it's not actually that uncommon. For organists, these days pipe organs are usually outfit wi…

Canadian customers paying in USD: I think it depends on the type of market and product. We've found competitive advantage in offering CAD pricing stability to our Canadian customer…

Hi pgg; fellow Canadian here, have been in somewhat similar position; feel free to reach out (email is in profile). Will this be a services business (e.g. consulting/work for hire)…

Wiener/LMS filter

I’m at wits end, hoping HN knows how this works and how to go about troubleshooting: 8 years ago I signed up with Tropo for our then-start-up's Canadian phone number (area code 403…

As a sidebar, the US has its own 'supply management'-style policies in place for markets like sugar, where Canada's access was limited to 0.1% of the market, pre-USMCA. [0] I wonde…

A significant factor, which is perhaps not brought up often enough, is the implicit assumption that everything is always going to be 100% linear. In the textbook case, more than 16…

'Unschooling' is an educational method/philosophy. Rather than the conventional approach of defined courses / curricula, it encourages exploration of activities initiated by the ch…

In principle anyone with eligible work can apply. Its even possible for unincorporated individuals to claim SR&ED on personal tax. I would recommend though that you go to one of th…

CRA at their info sessions will tell you that they don't understand why more people don't just write their own claims. I think people looking at it from the outside, or for the fir…

Its also worth noting that SR&ED (specifically the ED part which is typically applicable to startups), only cares that you are seeking, systematically and in the face of technical …

And also it can work out to a fair bit more than 20 - 35% -- especially if you can use the proxy method for overhead expenses.

This has not been my experience at all, over the past few years. Go to an info session to find out exactly what CRA's eligibility rules are. It is not that difficult to apply. Gene…

Disagree completely about (5) in the context of SR&ED in Canada. It is actually pretty easy -- you might spend a few days out of a whole year to pull it together, and get back back…