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This is happening in Canada. It's a huge boogie man from the opposition, even if it's revenue neutral.

And the "TV Pickup" in the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_pickup

https://www.edisonmotors.ca/ is making diesel electric trucks. They only claim a 5-10% improvement on long haul loads.

ecobee Inc | Multiple roles | Onsite, Toronto | Fulltime | https://www.ecobee.com/jobs ecobee makes IoT devices that make your home more comfortable. We're best known for our Therm…

Their pricing looks great. Has anyone used them?

ecobee Inc | Multiple roles | Onsite, Toronto | $100k+ CAD + Equity | https://www.ecobee.com/jobs ecobee makes IoT devices that make your home more comfortable. We're best known fo…

The CEMU patreon is quite well funded: https://www.patreon.com/cemu

This is super important - I've run a number of 'oversized' instances just to get better networking. AFAIK none of the cloud providers offer a way to create a 'network' optimized in…

Lots of research here, but the most interesting part is their distributed graph approach. Scaling up CF is a challenging problem, and the current open source implementations have p…

Housing is getting expensive, but most Cost of Living indexes put NYC/SF 30%+ higher than Toronto proper, and areas around Toronto are still somewhat affordable.

Snapshops / backups with MVCC isn't that complicated - you take a snapshot of the versions, and then backup the data at that version.

Is there an equivalent or similar metric for non-subscription commerce sites? I operate one, and I'm struggling to find good references on the best way to determine I've 'lost' a c…

There's two ways to do it: 1) Go simple - affiliate fees in ecommerce range from 4-8%. Pick a number you're comfortable with and use that. 2) Do the math - estimate their revenue p…

It should be a % of their gross, not their net. Don't make the mistake of letting their profit margin determine how much you get paid.