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This bill cannot pass. It: Redefines things that already exist in law today for no discernable reason. Defines hate speech and gives over authority to government to define that, by a group of people who will be hired with DEI practices. Expect blue-haired bureaucrats that are offended by...

It sure looks like the new dog can hunt. The only thing I really want from the 1390 that my 1290 doesn't have is that new gearbox. The extra power is of course welcome, but certainly not something I care much about... big twins are all about riding the torque wave.

I'm more amazed that anyone is surprised about this. Bell, especially under Bibic, is about the most evil company you can imagine. You should hear the stories about how hard they try to nickle-and-dime their technical staff, and how they'll try to buy you out about every 6 months once you hit...

They might have got the money through SWIFT etc. and Bell refuses to share any infrastructure with anyone, so they probably dropped out but spend big money anyway because they also don't want to be put out to pasture. I had a build project set up for Prince Edward County, and the municipality...

Apparently the number is $480M. If so, the average income for the number of people doing it is $177K/year. This was released about two weeks ago by FOI. I find it hard to believe that they could spend that, but here we are. I agree with the rest.

No. I might be on Covid #6. Not sure, but I run out of breath just going up stairs, and have to cough out a shot glass of the good stuff. Soon enough, though. I just started doing deadlifts again after a three month layoff.

Fiber Internet service has been going down like Freeland's cocaine-high every few weeks; sometimes every few days here in South Frontenac and that's JUST South Frontenac. Bell lashed alot of the fiber trunks to their existing copper assets (which essentially is being done sly on government tax...

As long as the NDP insist on racist and sexist policies at their conventions and meetings, I will definitely not support them, and will definitely tell anyone that asks why. As for Jagmeet ... he's a champagne socialist, do you really want one of those?

In the 90s, Bell took a "business of the year" award away from my company by announcing just a month before the award event that they were opening a call center in Kingston, with 400 new jobs. They never opened it. I later learned that they did the same thing with other companies in the...

I have owned many Aprilias and they've all been quite reliable for me. My Tuono started having the occasional old-bike problems at around 12 years in but that's to be expected from any manufacturer (stuff like fork seals leaking, some composite tank distortion that needed attention, et al) and...

If you think that's true of the Tuono, you can see why after 12 years of owning RSV4s, I switched to the big Katoom.

Heating issues definitely overblown. They're amazing bikes that handle well and have a great mid/top end power rush. They look good, they sound good, they're overall an excellent bike if you like backroad noodling and maybe some track work. It's not what I'd call a great city stoplight bike...

It's supposed to anyway, but two winters past, I had my truck slow down gradually and not want to run over 1500 rpm for some period of time when I went down into a valley one morning on my way to Ottawa @ -36C average. At the bottom of the valley west of Maberley it was -41C and not long after...

Makes sense, I would guess in that arctic environment they'd have natural gas available and other such fuels. Also, you'd have some issues with crude or diesel in very low temperatures (though that's not so hard to deal with within the context of the ship).

Roman concrete - Wikipedia weirdly fascinating

Yeah. Fortunately I can walk out into my back 8 acres and there's a treeline between me and the houses. Very dark out there. (my house @ top, everything behind the row of houses back is my property... a bit odd but works for me)

I don't see why they couldn't run the thrusters off local motors, though. I mean, if there's a will, there's a way. That said it's obvious why they are doing it in the era of electric motors that put out huge amounts of torque (and from rest). It's certainly much more practical and...

There's nothing really stopping you from doing this with an ICE motor. It would be more complex, however.

Sorry, no. I watched a documentary about Roman times not long ago, released in 2021 IIRC and they talked about how the exact chemical components that made Roman concrete are still not fully understood. It's lasted many centuries now, some of it even in ruins of an old bathhouse, partially...

Personally, I use a solar panel and light multiple lights around my pool and rear yard with battery storage. Until the batteries die, they're quite pleasant and zero-maintenance. Are they carbon-neutral, though? Not a chance... made from plastic and whatever makes up the batteries... and...