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by kennend3 4y ago
I"'m really shocked it doesn't mention CANDU's plutonium destruction. https://publications.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/bp461-e.ht... "The Canadian CANDU reactors appear to be well su
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by kennend3 4y ago
I thought the same thing and tried every option. I dont use amazon much these days and rarely return things but there was clearly a policy change at some point: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.h
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by kennend3 4y ago
I think by "declining profits" they are referencing a specific line of business, not "Amazon" proper. Look at Alexa as an example.. It has racked up substantial losses yet "Amazon" is profitable. I've ofte
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by kennend3 4y ago
Once I bought a programmable outdoor water control valve from Aliexpress. It seems Chinese taps are not really comparable with what we use in North Amrica? I then ordered a "Orbit" from Amazon and a month later received.. the same
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by kennend3 4y ago
You can sort of sit on the sidelines and watch the decline of Amazon. I did return something long ago when amazon would return your money before they got the item back. This is what got people to use amazon, amazing customer service. This
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by kennend3 4y ago
I'm Canadian and have had a few negative experiences with Amazon recently as well and found the article interesting. You are aware that you were free to simply ignore the article and not comment on it if you felt it was "meaningle
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by kennend3 4y ago
Canada has the same system (provincial level small claims courts). This took place in Alberta so - https://albertacourts.ca/pc/areas-of-law/civil/claims
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by kennend3 4y ago
I accidentlly bought the wrong thing the other day. It was in my cart and amazon removed it as it was no longer available from the seller and 'recommended' something else, same price, very similiar name. When it arrived i realize
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by kennend3 4y ago
Well.. he stated it was a clone right in the first sentence. So when people filed claims against him on Amazon, how were they "false" given he acknowledged he is cloning someone else' product? As others have posted, his story
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by kennend3 4y ago
I though this was "common knowledge" but here goes. There are different class fire extinguishers depending on what is on fire. https://vanguard-fire.com/what-are-the-5-different-classes-o... You cant use water on
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by kennend3 4y ago
My daughter is the same as this OP's partner. She can drive for hours just fine, but if she's a passenger ~20 mins is her comfort zone. Sitting "shotgun" or in the back doesn't make much of a difference. It is the
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by kennend3 4y ago
> She gets carsick when she is not driving. Which is ironic because it doesn’t happen when she is driving and she has had a commercial driving license for decades and she was a city bus driver before we got married and a school bus drive
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by kennend3 4y ago
I bought something on Amazon because i wanted 2 day shipping and didn't want to to the local store to get it. ORDER PLACED November 24, 2022 Arriving 7 Dec - 8 Dec They were generous and updated the delivery date last night. It use to
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by kennend3 4y ago
> The DIY approach clearly didn't work out for the author of this article, who went from running a successful consumer product business to insolvency in the space of 18 months. Is that what happened here? Many of the comments seem t
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by kennend3 4y ago
> So, that 80-90% of the Fortune 500 is really just 1000 mainframes total. Generously, if every Fortune 500 had a pair in each geography (roughly EU, Americas, Asia for big corps), that ends up being 6, so 3000 globally, in production. A
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by kennend3 4y ago
As someone who is NOT a pipe fitter but lived with one for many years.. It was odd reading this and I'm glad someone like you responded to correct things. > For what it’s worth, I tightly wrap the tape 10 times round the male threa
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by kennend3 4y ago
There are a number of serious flaws with what you wrote. The first is what others commented on.. you confuse "hobby" with "for profit". Next is this : > DIY furniture is not cheap compared with mass-produced even wit
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by kennend3 4y ago
Here (Canada) we have "cobra chickens". what better way to explain it then having someone from OZ do it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvkkDRiLYkI Ever see a bird chase away a Tiger??
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by kennend3 4y ago
> Yes, Apple does things differently than other manufacturers and sometimes that makes things more difficult for what your trying to do. Every platform has these issues, just in different places. Out of genuine curiosity what would compe
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by kennend3 4y ago
> what is daily commute in GTA used to be a yearly vacation pilgrimage in my childhood :) This is something Europeans also overlook. I use to commute to Toronto every day. 100KM return trip daily, 500KM a week... I think Most Europeans
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by kennend3 4y ago
I think what many people outside North America fail to grasp is the size of north America. To give you an idea: I live just outside Toronto (Ontario, Canada) and if i want to drive east to the next province (Quebec) it will take me 4 hours
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by kennend3 4y ago
Speaking of assumptions lets review yours for a moment. 1) I am not assuming the products are from different warehouses. I know this for a fact. Look at my other post and i stated one item is being shipped from a warehouse ~120 KM away. I
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by kennend3 4y ago
The issue isnt just stock levels, it is stock levels at a specific distribution hub. As i posted i ordered a few items on tuesday and delivery will be friday. One of the items tracking details shows me that it is being shipped from a city ~
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by kennend3 4y ago
There are times i still use amazon and i actually bought a few items on Tuesday. Amazon's delivery date is friday? Want to guess where amazon's distribution warehouse is? A few blocks away from me. The point you are attempting
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by kennend3 4y ago
> I ended up spending an hour trying to get to the one I wanted to buy. As someone who has been in the same situation I just go to my local Lowes/Home Depot now. The lighting section actually shows you what they look like turned on
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by kennend3 4y ago
> Now Amazon is nothing more than AliExpress with faster shipping. Shame. This. Once i realized what was taking place on amazon I simply moved to AliExpress. I mean if i am going to get something from there anyhow i might as well save
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by kennend3 4y ago
Try spending a few minutes to see the "climate debate" here in canada. I'm not a climate denier, and we should do more to improve things but what would the impact be if 32 million people cut back? We already have massive taxe
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by kennend3 4y ago
This is another great but underrated statement. Instead of endlessly debating if Mercedes should have done this or not, vote with your wallet. if you dont agree with what they did dont buy the product. If enough people dont buy it, they wi
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by kennend3 4y ago
As someone who use to buy Blu-Ray kids movies and rip them to my own media server long before "netflix" your post makes zero sense and I strongly agree with the other guy. Get a Blu-Ray drive for your computer and makemkv (works o
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by kennend3 4y ago
I bought all my kids their own 3DS' long ago. the other added benefit is no "micro-transactions" or other ways of "monetizing the user". With the 3DS you pay for the game upfront, and for the most part that is the e

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