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by SECProto 5y ago
> I would argue that the use of this Act has already weakened democracy in Canada because it shows that the only response the political systems has to a very minor disruption is to use acts that everyone understood to be for much more ex
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by SECProto 5y ago
A law was on the books for decades but hadn't been used. It has now been used (in a rather restrained way, considering what it could be used for). This use is now being challenged in court, which will likely clarify what restrictions t
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by SECProto 5y ago
Yes, donating money can be illegal depending on what it is being donated to. Here[1]'s a list of financial transactions that would be tracked in Canada. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Transactions_and_
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by SECProto 5y ago
> Speak for yourself. Also consider that an estimated 9% of all Canadians live abroad I was speaking for myself, as I see it, as are you. Note that I was one of the 9% living abroad for ~3 years. > the docile Canadian mentality I rath
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by SECProto 5y ago
> That has nothing to do with freezing accounts of donors, or blocking donations. Yes, it does. The donations were specifically to fund an activity that had been deemed illegal. Similar to the other things tracked by FINTRAC. I have seen
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by SECProto 5y ago
Thanks for the insight, Dan. I think that HN does over-represent (relative to population at large) the libertarian viewpoint, but my comments really stemmed from what I've seen of mainstream media coverage of the issue from the two sid
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by SECProto 5y ago
> The key here is that these people are not engaged in illegal activities or even accused of engaging in illegal activities before their accounts are frozen What stood out the most about these protests, vs most other large protests in re
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by SECProto 5y ago
Yeah, Kenney's lawsuit is mostly political grandstanding, but I welcome the use of the Act being challenged in court. All this makes our democracy stronger.
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by SECProto 5y ago
> But in this case they're freezing bank accounts without even going through the courts. And the emergencies act is being challenged in court, which will determine if this is lawful. Banks are private entities. They freeze accounts
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by SECProto 5y ago
Absolutely agree. The American viewpoint seems to be "restrictions on freedom of speech! Not allowing protests! Canada is becoming a dictatorship!" which I think is an absurdly extreme reaction, particularly in a minority parliame
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by SECProto 5y ago
Didn't know about that model - wasn't on the telecom websites, but it is apparently available in Canada for $576, which is much better (only the price of my last ~2 phones). The cheapest phone I saw and compared with above was an
552.
by SECProto 5y ago
Counterpoint: I've spent less on my 4 phones over the last ten years than a single new iPhone would cost today, including replacing a couple screens and batteries myself. I'm coming up on time for a new phone, but the iPhone price
553.
by SECProto 5y ago
I've been using a 144Hz screen for two years, I am a gamer, and I'll be honest: I don't notice much difference between consistent 60Hz and 144Hz. And I'm fairly sensitive to frame rate - when I'm watching a movie at
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by SECProto 5y ago
Non-metallic rebar (eg GFRP rebar, Basalt rebar) is also an option that's becoming more popular, though I've only seen it in low-importance structures. Both have very different design considerations than steel though: they essenti
555.
by SECProto 5y ago
The is one of the coolest maps I've seen. I thought that showing strong contrast on minor elevation changes would hide information, but it does the opposite. Great resource and great summary on the left tab thing
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by SECProto 5y ago
Yup, and looks to have persisted until at least 2012 [2] and then by 2013 [2] they just removed the English website as far as I can tell. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20120904222048/http://www.caniap..
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by SECProto 5y ago
> For example, you can capture CO2 at the emission site, which is much cheaper than doing the same after it dissipates to low concentration in the atmosphere. If this project captured the emissions at the site, then they wouldn't ha
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by SECProto 5y ago
Yup, 15m ("quinzaine mètres") tall. https://caniapiscau.ca/attraits/mur-ecran/
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by SECProto 5y ago
> At $200/tonne, you're entering "viable air capture of CO2" territory. Yes. Since the issue is we've emitted too much CO2, the solutions are either to not emit it, or to remove it after emission. You set the pri
560.
by SECProto 5y ago
400 million would fund a lot of emissions reductions (obvious ones like improving residential/commercial efficiency with insulation, adding more renewable energy, and less obvious ones like improved grid interties, etc). CCS is not rea
561.
by SECProto 5y ago
At $200/tonne (a reasonable minimum price that we should be paying for CO2 emissions), you'd be looking at $400 million budget increase on a project with a budget roughly 8.5 billion USD 7 years ago [1]. It wouldn't make or b
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by SECProto 5y ago
The discussion was about Raptor and Starship, but you're right that the falcon heavy has some similarities in having to synchronize 27 engines. Regardless, the rest of my comment was the more interesting part.
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by SECProto 5y ago
> How did Musk solve this problem? SpaceX haven't, yet. > As I recall, the Soviet moon rocket failed because it had a cluster of engines that they could never get to work together. The Saturn V had a cluster of only 5, and barely
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by SECProto 5y ago
> Sure but that's just going to take a long time, particularly if F9 is, say, sub-$15m per launch. This rests on the assumption that a starship launch costs SpaceX more than that. The whole starship program is a gamble that they can
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by SECProto 5y ago
> Others have addressed the fact that more than half the funds are from Canada. This is incorrect, 4.3 million was from Canada out of 8.7 million total. ~49.5%
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by SECProto 5y ago
There are decent arguments that that wasn't the case - that rather the PPC drew out a lot of anti-institution voters who would've voted not just for the CPC, but also the Greens, and those who would've spoiled their ballots o
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by SECProto 5y ago
Then write to your selected member of parliament and complain about it, help campaigns and candidates next election who better align with your view, or run yourself! But you might be better served to first examine the reasons why so many Ca
568.
by SECProto 5y ago
My comment was a nitpick about how the Canadian electoral system works: no one outside of that particular riding voted for Justin Trudeau, they only voted for their own member of parliament.
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by SECProto 5y ago
> For what it's worth, Trudeau lost the popular vote last year. For what it's worth: no he didn't, he got 50.3% of the vote[1]. We don't directly elect prime ministers in Canada. [1] https://en.wikipedia.or
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by SECProto 5y ago
> Trudeau is calling the whole protest illegal. The whole protest has been illegal from the start (violating the highway traffic act) > Last week they arrested an old man for merely honking his horn to show support. Source? Either way

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