I've had a switch since launch, I've never once played it in handheld mode lol
I mostly play in docked mode these days, but I also spent most of last year solely playing it in handheld mode while travelling. It's super useful to have both
It's also super useful for an 8yo who has been banned from screen time until he does his homework to swipe it when you are not looking and hide in his closet playing Mario Party. :razz:
Sometimes I don't know whether to punish him or be proud of him.
I dunno about kids, but when my beagle outsmarts me and steals my sandwich, I find it's a little of both.
I read the funeral home thing wasn't a malicious thing, which was my first question, why'd they go to both ... oh, because they knew both. Right. But also dumb.
I've had a switch since launch, I've never once played it in handheld mode lol
I mostly play in docked mode these days, but I also spent most of last year solely playing it in handheld mode while travelling. It's super useful to have both
It's also super useful for an 8yo who has been banned from screen time until he does his homework to swipe it when you are not looking and hide in his closet playing Mario Party. :razz:
Sometimes I don't know whether to punish him or be proud of him.
My girlfriend’s son has a switch and apparently the parental controls baked into it are pretty robust
IMO they're kinda bullshit. Yes, you set a ratings limit, or lock out certain games entirely, IIRC. But what I use it for is to set a time limit. But what really pisses me off is that I'm supposed to get notifications when someone fails to put in the pin code properly. And I do.... 6 hours later. I'd really like to have the opportunity to catch him in the act rather than getting ready for bed and then checking my phone to see that he did indeed try to play this afternoon when he wasn't supposed to.
Descendant XSkyrim is my god now.Outpost 31Registered Userregular
What a dick.
Garry: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time I'd rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
Visions of disgraced oil workers riding dinosaurs waging guerilla warfare on Edmonton now enter my mind's eye while elsewhere a floating fat man poisons Kenney's political opponents, thanks for that.
To be fair to Kenny, part of the reason that Alberta crude is basically worthless right now is because its landlocked (it's also heavier, but transport costs are high too). If and when oil prices should go up again, having pipeline access would allow companies to return to profitability quicker.
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Descendant XSkyrim is my god now.Outpost 31Registered Userregular
Visions of disgraced oil workers riding dinosaurs waging guerilla warfare on Edmonton now enter my mind's eye while elsewhere a floating fat man poisons Kenney's political opponents, thanks for that.
The floating fat man is Jason Kenney, Wolvie.
Garry: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time I'd rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
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HardtargetThere Are Four LightsVancouverRegistered Userregular
To be fair to Kenny, part of the reason that Alberta crude is basically worthless right now is because its landlocked (it's also heavier, but transport costs are high too). If and when oil prices should go up again, having pipeline access would allow companies to return to profitability quicker.
This is not the reason Alberta crude is worthless. It is worthless because it's largely crap oil and demand has plummeted. I recall it was touched on that it's partly only retained the worth it has because of the decent oil they have to mix it with to get it to flow through the pipelines.
Again, how long would oil have to sell at $X to actually return on these pipeline expansions, VS trying to diversify their economy and not continue to bet against boom/bust cycles in a market of growing uncertainty?
To be fair to Kenny, part of the reason that Alberta crude is basically worthless right now is because its landlocked (it's also heavier, but transport costs are high too). If and when oil prices should go up again, having pipeline access would allow companies to return to profitability quicker.
This is not the reason Alberta crude is worthless. It is worthless because it's largely crap oil and demand has plummeted. I recall it was touched on that it's partly only retained the worth it has because of the decent oil they have to mix it with to get it to flow through the pipelines.
Again, how long would oil have to sell at $X to actually return on these pipeline expansions, VS trying to diversify their economy and not continue to bet against boom/bust cycles in a market of growing uncertainty?
Yes, its lower quality which contributes to its lower valuation. They can't really do anything about that. They can, however, address transportation costs, which is another significant knock on its value. Right now, demand is low but it probably won't be forever, and building now when cost inflation is likely to be low for a while isn't the worst idea. Its definitely a gamble, but if Alberta oil has any future (and as much as people might wish it did not, its still going to play a major part in Alberta's economy for quite a while -- even if diversification happens), more transport capacity is required.
Construction of the pipeline is probably a multi-year process. If you wait until prices have recovered to do anything then you can't benefit as much when the price recovers and it will almost certainly recover at least some
Construction of the pipeline is probably a multi-year process. If you wait until prices have recovered to do anything then you can't benefit as much when the price recovers and it will almost certainly recover at least some
What's the plan if prices don't recover enough? Or take too long to do so?
I feel like Alberta's "Put all eggs in one basket" plan is suffering a problem of the bottom of the basket having a hole in it, and trying to put eggs in fast enough to over come how many are falling out the hole.
Construction of the pipeline is probably a multi-year process. If you wait until prices have recovered to do anything then you can't benefit as much when the price recovers and it will almost certainly recover at least some
What's the plan if prices don't recover enough? Or take too long to do so?
I feel like Alberta's "Put all eggs in one basket" plan is suffering a problem of the bottom of the basket having a hole in it, and trying to put eggs in fast enough to over come how many are falling out the hole.
Maybe it's time for a new basket.
Sure, in any sane economy this would just be one of many things going on
Construction of the pipeline is probably a multi-year process. If you wait until prices have recovered to do anything then you can't benefit as much when the price recovers and it will almost certainly recover at least some
What's the plan if prices don't recover enough? Or take too long to do so?
I feel like Alberta's "Put all eggs in one basket" plan is suffering a problem of the bottom of the basket having a hole in it, and trying to put eggs in fast enough to over come how many are falling out the hole.
Maybe it's time for a new basket.
Some more, different baskets is definitely a good idea. That being said, Alberta can't exactly just throw away their oil basket either. There should be diversity and, in Alberta's case, that means oil still playing a part.
Construction of the pipeline is probably a multi-year process. If you wait until prices have recovered to do anything then you can't benefit as much when the price recovers and it will almost certainly recover at least some
What's the plan if prices don't recover enough? Or take too long to do so?
I feel like Alberta's "Put all eggs in one basket" plan is suffering a problem of the bottom of the basket having a hole in it, and trying to put eggs in fast enough to over come how many are falling out the hole.
Construction of the pipeline is probably a multi-year process. If you wait until prices have recovered to do anything then you can't benefit as much when the price recovers and it will almost certainly recover at least some
What's the plan if prices don't recover enough? Or take too long to do so?
I feel like Alberta's "Put all eggs in one basket" plan is suffering a problem of the bottom of the basket having a hole in it, and trying to put eggs in fast enough to over come how many are falling out the hole.
Maybe it's time for a new basket.
Can we transport eggs by pipeline? 🤔
Not in the shell, anyway.
Mmm, egg slurry...
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ArcticLancerBest served chilled.Registered Userregular
Getting hyped to celebrate my June birthday in isolation
Yeah, I was hopeful that my partner and I could at least go for a spring hike on my birthday, but uh ... then all the parks got closed and that's not changing by next week. :P
Also, Health minister for B.C. says no chance distancing measures eased in April, little to no chance in May, so better get comfy.
I think anyone with half a brain saw that coming. It's refreshing than someone in power finally dare say it, tough.
"You won't destroy us, You won't destroy our democracy. We are a small but proud nation. No one can bomb us to silence. No one can scare us from being Norway. This evening and tonight, we'll take care of each other. That's what we do best when attacked'' - Jens Stoltenberg
Transportation is very low on the list of problems with the Alberta Oil Industry. We have pipelines to the Port of Houston already. How else do you think we got our product to market? I don't understand how pipelines suddenly became the political hill leaders wanted to die on.
There's a number of factors both political and economic that are playing against us, and Canada being a political middle power there's not much we can do about it. The fact that our Premier is putting so much effort into propping up this industry, prattling on about jobs for Albertans, while doing things that are causing loss of jobs, is equal parts baffling and infuriating. At least the NDP put some effort into balancing Alberta's current needs against their ideologies and the idea of having a future. Tax credits for digital and entertainment industry, carbon tax used to build civil infrastructure in Alberta and put Albertans to work, and so on. The UCP seems hell bent for leather on going down or up with the oil industry exclusively, and fuck the rest of us for thinking otherwise. Given the current market forces in play, up seems very unlikely. This is isn't the 70s, 80s, or 90s.
"I don't have asthma or an underlying lung condition, so I'm still fine!" will say most young people having read this.
"Yes, but if you don't isolate yourself you risk getting it and passing it on to someone who is vulnerable, you dolt!" I will reply, shaking my fist as I stare off into the Ether.
"I don't have asthma or an underlying lung condition, so I'm still fine!" will say most young people having read this.
"Yes, but if you don't isolate yourself you risk getting it and passing it on to someone who is vulnerable, you dolt!" I will reply, shaking my fist as I stare off into the Ether.
Also guess what? The death rate is just lower! Lower is not zero!
Most of them will be fine. Some of them will spend a week wishing they were dead. Others will be.
I was told by the midwives to have my wife order food twice. Her food is covered, while mine is not. YMMV
Thanks for the tip but she has had two emergency room visits(turned out to be nothing but made to go anyway lol) in the past year that my default reaction to any request from medical personell is NO IM FINE WE DONT NEED ANYHITNG!!!!!! Morseso for myself, not that I needed anyhintg from the prior visits but I know damn well I'm getting charged bullshit money for the slightest thing(s).
But thank goodness I can live free unlike those uncivilized socialist prisonstates in Europe or Canada!
The Lord of the Rings extended edition is like $50 US or $150 Canadian. Truly, we are not free here. This is very relevant to my life for the next eight days.
PS - Under normal circumstances if you are near the border, you can usually find a business that will charge you a small fee for being a US shipping address for you. Then you just drive across the border and pick your shit up and technically smuggle it back into Canada.
PPS - If you want it shipped directly from the states, always USPS imo. The carriers will randomly decide to gouge you with brokerage fees. I've never heard of USPS doing that. They don't seem to give a shit.
PPPS - Related to the above, if anyone ever tells you it's about he exchange rate, they are fucking liars.
I was told by the midwives to have my wife order food twice. Her food is covered, while mine is not. YMMV
Thanks for the tip but she has had two emergency room visits(turned out to be nothing but made to go anyway lol) in the past year that my default reaction to any request from medical personell is NO IM FINE WE DONT NEED ANYHITNG!!!!!! Morseso for myself, not that I needed anyhintg from the prior visits but I know damn well I'm getting charged bullshit money for the slightest thing(s).
But thank goodness I can live free unlike those uncivilized socialist prisonstates in Europe or Canada!
The Lord of the Rings extended edition is like $50 US or $150 Canadian. Truly, we are not free here. This is very relevant to my life for the next eight days.
PS - Under normal circumstances if you are near the border, you can usually find a business that will charge you a small fee for being a US shipping address for you. Then you just drive across the border and pick your shit up and technically smuggle it back into Canada.
PPS - If you want it shipped directly from the states, always USPS imo. The carriers will randomly decide to gouge you with brokerage fees. I've never heard of USPS doing that. They don't seem to give a shit.
PPPS - Related to the above, if anyone ever tells you it's about he exchange rate, they are fucking liars.
USPS and Canada Post have reciprocity agreements where they don't charge each other brokerage fees for cross-border shipments. The private courier companies do not, so if the package is marked and gets flagged for taxes/duties, they tack on the brokerage fees (which is literally just filling out a form).
I was told by the midwives to have my wife order food twice. Her food is covered, while mine is not. YMMV
Thanks for the tip but she has had two emergency room visits(turned out to be nothing but made to go anyway lol) in the past year that my default reaction to any request from medical personell is NO IM FINE WE DONT NEED ANYHITNG!!!!!! Morseso for myself, not that I needed anyhintg from the prior visits but I know damn well I'm getting charged bullshit money for the slightest thing(s).
But thank goodness I can live free unlike those uncivilized socialist prisonstates in Europe or Canada!
The Lord of the Rings extended edition is like $50 US or $150 Canadian. Truly, we are not free here. This is very relevant to my life for the next eight days.
Now finally Shivahn you are truly a Canadian.
PS - Under normal circumstances if you are near the border, you can usually find a business that will charge you a small fee for being a US shipping address for you. Then you just drive across the border and pick your shit up and technically smuggle it back into Canada.
PPS - If you want it shipped directly from the states, always USPS imo. The carriers will randomly decide to gouge you with brokerage fees. I've never heard of USPS doing that. They don't seem to give a shit.
PPPS - Related to the above, if anyone ever tells you it's about he exchange rate, they are fucking liars.
USPS, or any national equivalent, will not charge brokerage, since they just take it across the border, and they are not parasitic thieves whose business model should be illegal.
You will still have to pay any duties, since the package cross the border, but that's not much.
Post Canada is better on all metrics. They actually deliver things, instead of having you go to a depot that's not accessible without a car, in the middle of nowhere and only during the workday.
UPS and FedEx, in particular, will gouge you because they have your stuff, and fuck you, that's why. They don't actually do anything useful if you just get something shipped, they just charge you extra for the privilege.
And, for some reason, US based sellers seem to love UPS, and don't warn you that they are using it, so you get a surprise bill. After you already paid way to much for shipping, of course.
I'm not joking, it should be illegal. Any extra charges, other than duties, should be paid by the expediter, upfront, at the very least.
mrondeau on
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ShivahnUnaware of her barrel shifter privilegeWestern coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderatormod
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USPS is also just really good. America has a weirdly good postal system, considering how much the government's hated on. Having stuff shipped to a near-border address might make the most sense - we're not far, I doubt we'll do it often, and also we're going to get NEXUS anyway because it makes a lot of sense for us to shorten border crossing times as much as possible, given we have families in the US.
Thanks for the heads up about private companies. Ugh!
nexus is a good idea generally, even if you're just flying regularly within Canada.
btw I believe the non-extended editions are on netflix canada
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ArcticLancerBest served chilled.Registered Userregular
For reference, my understanding of "people just like UPS" is that there are lots of places where USPS isn't as accessible as UPS/FedEX/DHL, so they default to use the closest and easiest thing for them. Also, I know couriers will do scheduled pickups while I'm not sure that's the case with USPS? That's also a factor for some businesses. At any rate, it's annoying and shitty, because the gouging for international shipping is basically how they subsidize the cheap rates they offer nationally. :P
Buy Canadian when you can, if you can afford to~
nexus is a good idea generally, even if you're just flying regularly within Canada.
btw I believe the non-extended editions are on netflix canada
Neat! I might have to do those. I'm still in quarantine for eight days, so I have plenty of time (and just finished watching the entire Harry Potter series, so.. that's where we're at).
For reference, my understanding of "people just like UPS" is that there are lots of places where USPS isn't as accessible as UPS/FedEX/DHL, so they default to use the closest and easiest thing for them. Also, I know couriers will do scheduled pickups while I'm not sure that's the case with USPS? That's also a factor for some businesses. At any rate, it's annoying and shitty, because the gouging for international shipping is basically how they subsidize the cheap rates they offer nationally. :P
Buy Canadian when you can, if you can afford to~
I was a carrier for USPS a couple of times, carriers did pickups when I was one. Typically when you are signing out accountables (COD, Certified Letters, Signature Required Parcels, and your box key) the clerks will also inform you of scheduled pickups. In the office I worked at you would be required to scan the bar code of the parcel when you pick it up.
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I dunno about kids, but when my beagle outsmarts me and steals my sandwich, I find it's a little of both.
I read the funeral home thing wasn't a malicious thing, which was my first question, why'd they go to both ... oh, because they knew both. Right. But also dumb.
IMO they're kinda bullshit. Yes, you set a ratings limit, or lock out certain games entirely, IIRC. But what I use it for is to set a time limit. But what really pisses me off is that I'm supposed to get notifications when someone fails to put in the pin code properly. And I do.... 6 hours later. I'd really like to have the opportunity to catch him in the act rather than getting ready for bed and then checking my phone to see that he did indeed try to play this afternoon when he wasn't supposed to.
This is literally insane
Visions of disgraced oil workers riding dinosaurs waging guerilla warfare on Edmonton now enter my mind's eye while elsewhere a floating fat man poisons Kenney's political opponents, thanks for that.
The floating fat man is Jason Kenney, Wolvie.
but.. but.. it's worthless. the alberta oil is worthless! whyyyyy
Again, how long would oil have to sell at $X to actually return on these pipeline expansions, VS trying to diversify their economy and not continue to bet against boom/bust cycles in a market of growing uncertainty?
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
Yes, its lower quality which contributes to its lower valuation. They can't really do anything about that. They can, however, address transportation costs, which is another significant knock on its value. Right now, demand is low but it probably won't be forever, and building now when cost inflation is likely to be low for a while isn't the worst idea. Its definitely a gamble, but if Alberta oil has any future (and as much as people might wish it did not, its still going to play a major part in Alberta's economy for quite a while -- even if diversification happens), more transport capacity is required.
What's the plan if prices don't recover enough? Or take too long to do so?
I feel like Alberta's "Put all eggs in one basket" plan is suffering a problem of the bottom of the basket having a hole in it, and trying to put eggs in fast enough to over come how many are falling out the hole.
Maybe it's time for a new basket.
Sure, in any sane economy this would just be one of many things going on
Some more, different baskets is definitely a good idea. That being said, Alberta can't exactly just throw away their oil basket either. There should be diversity and, in Alberta's case, that means oil still playing a part.
Can we transport eggs by pipeline? 🤔
Not in the shell, anyway.
Mmm, egg slurry...
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
Yeah mine was two weeks ago. I’ve aged about five years since then. :rotate:
I think anyone with half a brain saw that coming. It's refreshing than someone in power finally dare say it, tough.
There's a number of factors both political and economic that are playing against us, and Canada being a political middle power there's not much we can do about it. The fact that our Premier is putting so much effort into propping up this industry, prattling on about jobs for Albertans, while doing things that are causing loss of jobs, is equal parts baffling and infuriating. At least the NDP put some effort into balancing Alberta's current needs against their ideologies and the idea of having a future. Tax credits for digital and entertainment industry, carbon tax used to build civil infrastructure in Alberta and put Albertans to work, and so on. The UCP seems hell bent for leather on going down or up with the oil industry exclusively, and fuck the rest of us for thinking otherwise. Given the current market forces in play, up seems very unlikely. This is isn't the 70s, 80s, or 90s.
I never finish anyth
"I don't have asthma or an underlying lung condition, so I'm still fine!" will say most young people having read this.
"Yes, but if you don't isolate yourself you risk getting it and passing it on to someone who is vulnerable, you dolt!" I will reply, shaking my fist as I stare off into the Ether.
Also guess what? The death rate is just lower! Lower is not zero!
Most of them will be fine. Some of them will spend a week wishing they were dead. Others will be.
Now finally @Shivahn you are truly a Canadian.
PS - Under normal circumstances if you are near the border, you can usually find a business that will charge you a small fee for being a US shipping address for you. Then you just drive across the border and pick your shit up and technically smuggle it back into Canada.
PPS - If you want it shipped directly from the states, always USPS imo. The carriers will randomly decide to gouge you with brokerage fees. I've never heard of USPS doing that. They don't seem to give a shit.
PPPS - Related to the above, if anyone ever tells you it's about he exchange rate, they are fucking liars.
USPS and Canada Post have reciprocity agreements where they don't charge each other brokerage fees for cross-border shipments. The private courier companies do not, so if the package is marked and gets flagged for taxes/duties, they tack on the brokerage fees (which is literally just filling out a form).
You will still have to pay any duties, since the package cross the border, but that's not much.
Post Canada is better on all metrics. They actually deliver things, instead of having you go to a depot that's not accessible without a car, in the middle of nowhere and only during the workday.
UPS and FedEx, in particular, will gouge you because they have your stuff, and fuck you, that's why. They don't actually do anything useful if you just get something shipped, they just charge you extra for the privilege.
And, for some reason, US based sellers seem to love UPS, and don't warn you that they are using it, so you get a surprise bill. After you already paid way to much for shipping, of course.
I'm not joking, it should be illegal. Any extra charges, other than duties, should be paid by the expediter, upfront, at the very least.
Thanks for the heads up about private companies. Ugh!
btw I believe the non-extended editions are on netflix canada
Buy Canadian when you can, if you can afford to~
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
Streaming 8PST on weeknights
Neat! I might have to do those. I'm still in quarantine for eight days, so I have plenty of time (and just finished watching the entire Harry Potter series, so.. that's where we're at).
You get into the short queue for security check
I was a carrier for USPS a couple of times, carriers did pickups when I was one. Typically when you are signing out accountables (COD, Certified Letters, Signature Required Parcels, and your box key) the clerks will also inform you of scheduled pickups. In the office I worked at you would be required to scan the bar code of the parcel when you pick it up.