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Jack_Burton

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  • It Took Less Than a Quarter for NFL Fans to Be Sick of AI Ads During Super Bowl LX

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  • I don't really understand how it's even an ad. It's for Dunkin I guess (which I just learned is not called Dunkin Donuts anymore for some reason), but they dunk-on their own employees by saying they'd be a disappointment if they work for Dunkin when they're 50. I didn't see any other labeling, is it maybe an ad for the AI company that did the de-aging? Ads exist to sell something, and I have no idea what was being sold. If anything, the only messaging I got out of it was that smart people can do better than working at Dunkin and they'd be a failure to do it for long.

  • The Line in the Carpet

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  • Riker: "The line isn't centre! Your side is bigger!"

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  • The numbers don’t lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage

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  • Sorry to hear about what you're going through, breakups are never a good time. I truly wish you well and hope you can get back on the track you want to be on.

    There would certainly have to be a system in place, and special circumstances will always happen. Bottom line, it would primarily be meant for people or corporations who buy up a house/condo/apartment complex, and let it sit vacant until the market goes up and they get the rent they want or sell it for a good profit. If it sits vacant like that for say, 6 months, fees start accruing. Ideally the fees would be high enough that keeping it vacant would be a significant deterrent, thus forcing the person or company to either sell it, maybe at a loss, or rent it lower.

    For example, there's a brand new apartment building near where I live that's been majority vacant for over a year since it was built. They want $3500 a month, and no one around here can afford it. I live in a province that has a cap on rental increases, and this company clearly doesn't want to rent at the high-end of affordable rate of around $2500 a month, and only be able to increase at 5% per year. They'd rather burn the money waiting for the market to go up to sell, other rentals to match what they want, or the cap to go away.

    Another example would be someone/company with a lot of money buys a house to flip. During the reno the market dips so they'd be selling at a loss. Rather than rent it and have to deal with tenant laws, they have the money to wait it out as vacant for a year or two or more until the market goes back up. There's an argument to be made to exclude the reno time (though there would need to be systems in place to prevent abuse of the timeframe), but once it's liveable they have 6 months to rent or sell it before paying a monthly vacancy fee. If after 6 months they can't afford the fee and would have to sell at a loss, that's kind of the point. Pivot away from real estate (primarily dwellings) be investment vehicles.

  • Australians banned teens from using social media. Now, Australians are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes

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  • That suggests things will get better for the next generations. It's not looking like it's anything you'll have to worry about.

  • 'No One Should Have a Copyright on Vance Being Booed': Video From Olympics Blocked on X

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  • It's being set up so he can divorce her without his "Christian" base getting upset. He'll pull some bs about "no longer being able to live in sin after trying and failing to save her soul" in the lead up to 2028 then hook up with Kirk.

  • Even Full-Time Workers Struggle to Afford Food in Canada: Study | The Tyee

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  • You don't see a problem with a few companies bending laws and bribing to create a monopoly on a human necessity making $828 million in profits period? For-profit grocery monopolies are a huge part of the problem. Food (at least basic healthy food) should be non-profit. Period.

    They only made 4.2% profit. Boo-fucking-hoo. Make food access non-profit, and allow these companies to have their for-profit groceries if they want, sell stuff you can't get at the non-profits, whatever. If they bitch about not making enough money they can switch industries.

  • The numbers don’t lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage

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  • No one actively living in it. If it's vacant after x amount of time, it's priced too high. Lower the price to get someone in, or pay fees to keep it vacant. Basically, it should cost more than it's worth to keep if you're not going to rent it, creating incentive to price it affordably.

  • Bill Nye to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at the 4th Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards

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  • I regularly think about a quote form his show that stuck with me since I was a kid; Always remember, everyone you'll ever meet knows something you don't.

  • The numbers don’t lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage

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  • And add in an 'empty fee'. If a property sits empty for x amount of time, there's a significant fee added per month until it's sold or rented. Though people much smarter than me would have to figure out how to prevent rich assholes from just selling to each other to avoid the fee I suppose.

    Bottom line, if you buy a place as an asset and the rental market dips below your liking, tough, rent it lower than you planned or get rid of it.

  • Peasants...

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  • Haha same! I'm around 9 months in now tho so it's evened out. Now I just silently judge haha

  • Ex-leader Harper says Canada should make 'any sacrifice necessary' to preserve independence from US

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  • Right, and let me guess; the 'sacrifice' will use disingenuous rhetoric that sounds good to idiots and people not paying attention, but really just sets up the next domino on the path to fascism.

  • Americans are exceptionally anxious about their political system, new Gallup polling shows

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  • I wish it was higher as well but unfortunately it's not surprising. These things seem to fall into the same average, and not just the US, it's in Canada too; one-third is rational, one-third is irrational, and one-third is apathetic.

  • Same, but different.

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  • It should be noted that both groups are/were comitting treason, imo. The convoy had the goal of removing the then-current government and replacing it with their own leaders (as well as imo commiting domestic terrorism against the people of Ottawa). The separatists, reportedly so far but in the likely event is true, are working with a hostile foreign government with the intent to destabilize Canada.

    The Canadian gov't is dangerously close to showing the same toothlessness the US Democrats are showing. If the meetings with the Trump admin prove true, I desperately hope for prosecution.

  • How much do you pay for food each month?

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  • It's insane that in Canada it takes me $400-$600 a month for 1 person to eat basic, but non-processed food. 2 meals a day, basic breakfast of eggs and a meat with maybe cheese, and a dinner of a protein and veg and maybe rice. I cook everything from scratch including bread and use everything, like bones for broth, etc. It's getting impossible for low income Canadians to even hope to eat relatively healthy, but at least the shareholders get bonuses every year...

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    No wonder Reddit has turned to shit

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  • So it's more of a circle jerk for people who can't provide anything useful and have to pretend they have value. Seems like it's just putting more effort into not working than just doing the work itself.

  • Choosing the VPN That's Right for You

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  • It's also worth noting that Proton is the only one with port forwarding.

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    No wonder Reddit has turned to shit

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  • Haha yep, my exact train of thought while typing

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    No wonder Reddit has turned to shit

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  • So it's just a grift. Makes sense, they always use grift-style buzzwords. I was about to comment on the ridiculousness of building a business solely on manipulation, but then I thought about it a bit more haha. Thanks for the explanation.

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    No wonder Reddit has turned to shit

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  • I don't understand the point of this. Like, you figure out how to increase traffic on certain posts/comments and there's somehow a push for this? Do they get money somehow? These people always use terminology and ceo buzzwords as if it's some big business level that people are aspiring to reach, but what's the actual point? Why would I care if my post/comment exploded? Was I just using Reddit wrong?