kennend3

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by kennend3 4y ago
Many birds can easily fly over Everest. There are buzzards which have reached 37,999 ft Even the much misunderstood Canada goose is pretty impressive : "The maximum flight ceiling of Canada geese is unknown, but they have been reported
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by kennend3 4y ago
This is where Canada's new law gets really weird. We also have an "investment" class visa and almost everyone who has used this bought a house to meet the "minimum requirements" https://www.cic.gc.ca&#x2F
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by kennend3 4y ago
Well, there are fines for helping bypass the laws. "The Act has a $10,000 fine for any non-Canadian or anyone who knowingly assists a non-Canadian and is convicted of violating the Act. If a court finds that a non-Canadian has done thi
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by kennend3 4y ago
> Let corporate land owners pay the higher tax on all value. I'm curious as to who you think will pay the tax.. Wont it be the tenant? Under your system rent will simply increase by the cost of the tax, which will fully be passed o
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by kennend3 4y ago
> JP morgan is going to sqeeze as much profit as possible, why would they do anything to lower rents? Thankfully everyone else who is currently in the rental business is NOT donig this already? Speaking of naive, you fail to understand J
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by kennend3 4y ago
Individual experiences are anecdotal but here's a few of mine. My Son lives in a "mega landlord" unit in Saskatoon (Canada) and it is well maintained and his rental fee is very reasonable. My Son-in-law lives in a "mega
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by kennend3 4y ago
Not sure your focus on UK, but the article speaks to JPM spending in the US where illegal basement apartments are very common. https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/bringing-basement-apartm...
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by kennend3 4y ago
what you fail to grasp is that in many cases this will be a positive thing. How many "slumlords" are in the marketplace today? people illegally renting "rooming houses", illegal basement units, etc. Perhaps JPM entering
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by kennend3 4y ago
I took Zorin for a spin just to see what it was about. When i'm not using my hackintosh, i will be sticking with Ubuntu Budgie. Zorin seems to be based on Ubuntu anyhow, and their MacOS look/feel isnt as nice as Budgie?
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by kennend3 4y ago
This has become such a problem the Canadian government has been warning its citizens traveling to the US to avoid carrying cash. This is from 2014 when the problem seems to have really taken off. https://www.cbc.ca/news&#x2F
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by kennend3 4y ago
> But separately from whatever meaning you attach to the word "piracy" - illegally downloading creative works is theft. Can you look up the legal definition of theft in your country and post it. Here's mine (Canada) http
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by kennend3 4y ago
This depends on the laws of your country. In Canada, they belong to the owner of the property they land on. So if it lands in your yard you own it, if it lands on "Crown land" the government owns it. Looks like things are a bit di
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by kennend3 4y ago
Isnt this a catch-22 situation? what makes a "specific meteorite" important for research if they don't get a chance to look at it? The issue, at least for Canada is the laws are clear: "Canadian law on the matter is clea
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by kennend3 4y ago
Scientists absolutely want them and often reach out to the public for help. Case in point, this took place here in Ontario not long ago. https://www.rom.on.ca/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/fi...
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by kennend3 4y ago
Seems consistent, greed on both ends. On the customer end Rogers attempts to maximize ARPU (average revenue per user) by being as cheap to upgrade, and charge the most they can for their often sub-par service. I had a corporate Rogers cell
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by kennend3 4y ago
> Some US states (and my province in Canada) have labour laws where your employer generally cannot require you to pay expenses for equipment necessary to do the job. (Someone who brings their equipment to do the job is a contractor, not
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by kennend3 4y ago
Figures "Rogers" is on the list. If you are Canadian you will recognize them as one of the most hated companies in the country. "Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B)(NYSE:RCI) consistently ranks as one of Canada’s most hated co
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by kennend3 4y ago
Frequency illusion. Same like when you buy a new car and suddenly notice a lot of people have them. It is often used in the context of Apple, you just never noticed and now you are.
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by kennend3 4y ago
I agree with your general position. here's where things get really interesting , who really makes these tools in the first place? https://www.protoolreviews.com/power-tool-manufacturers-who-... I find that "tools&
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by kennend3 4y ago
Opera browser on a Hackintosh. When I went to the site it had no ads on it thanks to Opera's built in ad-block.
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by kennend3 4y ago
Notice it is also missing many other "offensive" terms like : "Settler" - It actually uses this word a lot in its definitions as to why words are bad, but "Settler" itself is an offensive term used by First Nat
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by kennend3 4y ago
Given there is a "strategic maple syrup reserve" you can extrapolate what happens at the retail level. In Quebec, all producers are required to sell to the "cartel" http://www.davidmckie.com/legal-battle-
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by kennend3 4y ago
The number of doctors who "died" after getting their fourth dose is a moving target, but the article i posted did a bit of a breakdown: " The cluster of deaths back in the summer helped kindle what is now a fire — a conspirac
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by kennend3 4y ago
There is also the "Canadian doctors" story the anti-vax group continue to flog yet it has being proven wrong over and over again. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/11/07/why-wont-a-d
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by kennend3 4y ago
I'm not "condemning" charity, some are really good and I financially support two that are important to my own family. My point was simple, someone said charities cant buy houses, but they in fact can and do.
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by kennend3 4y ago
Sure you can: Here's a nice 6 million dollar house bought by a charity: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/black-lives-matter-6... And a nicer 8 million dollar house bought by the same charity (all
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by kennend3 4y ago
This is the funny thing about the disclosure laws. The "influencers" may not have broken any trading rules, but their failure to disclose is an issue all to itself. > Either they're acting against their own self-interest,
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by kennend3 4y ago
This is only part of the issue ("Guarantees"). The far larger and more important issue is disclosure laws. As the other guy posted, you cant recommend one thing and do another. "we recommend you BUY XYZ" while you are h
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by kennend3 4y ago
I'm a former project manager who did work for a major banks compliance team, that same bank had an equity research division as well and so i can shed some light here for you. One of the biggest concerns is what you are doing in private
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by kennend3 4y ago
None of this is accurate. Iron will not happily fuse further because this NEEDS energy and where would that energy come from? "heavier than iron" elements are produced when a star explodes because that collapse produces enormous a

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