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  1. Vavrik

    New Tesla truck unveiled

    I wonder if it will work for watching @Montoya videos on Youtube.
  2. Vavrik

    New Tesla truck unveiled

    I'm not sold on its front window shape, and without a 400-500 mile range, it's not that useful for my family (but that's an option, though probably $$). But the concept I like. We are starting to look for something to replace our F-150, and electric is on the table.
  3. Vavrik

    Things that are different in Canada

    Nova Scotia has 3... one of them was built to keep water in, not out. Does that count?
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    Things that are different in Canada

    If you're downloading a book store, I have a couple of 2 Gb SD cards that carrier pigeons wouldn't worry about too much. I had 5, but 3 seem to have grown legs and wandered off.
  5. Vavrik

    Things that are different in Canada

    Depends what your other options are in your area in comparison, and what the latency and throughput are of the actual connections. Knowing the bandwidth only tells you 1/3 of the story of your internet connection. You're getting television too, with that many channels it's probably the lions...
  6. Vavrik

    My Google Stadia Thoughts

    I think this is going to stop one of the kids... the other is a bit dense when he wants to be, like when he hears something he doesn't like. But it's his bill. Good info btw.
  7. Vavrik

    Citizencon 2949 Info Megathread - Best in Show Dec 2-5

    I'm inexplicably drawn in... I wasn't going to even look but... Must be some kind of gravity...
  8. Vavrik

    My Google Stadia Thoughts

    I don't quite understand your overall score, is it different from the average of the others? Put another way, why 5/10? Is Overall measuring other factors? The average of the other scores is 6.25, which is yanno... not great but not terrible. Reason I'm asking: Two of my kids have been asking...
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    Things that are different in Canada

    Canada has largely the same carrier network that the US has, even run by the same companies - with a different set of ISP's. If you're in or near a city, or within 100 or 200 km of the US/Canada border (where most of the people live) there really isn't much difference. Population density...
  10. Vavrik

    Things that are different in Canada

    You aren't the only one! We all have buttons. But you are a good TESTie!
  11. Vavrik

    1 days away

    Tick... Gets a haircut... ... Tick... ... ... has birthday party ... ... ... ... Tick ... ... ... ... grandson graduates from college (he hasn't been born yet) .... CITIZENCON!
  12. Vavrik

    Things that are different in Canada

    That's mostly true, except in the EU and Canada, you don't have a copay, and the costs are substantially lower than they are in the US. Related: I'd also point out life expectancy is higher. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy and...
  13. Vavrik

    Things that are different in Canada

    Historically, that causes rising taxation, and when things like taxation get out of hand, revolution. We're not at that point yet. I have no idea what the chances are, they're not 0%, but there's still time to do something.
  14. Vavrik

    Things that are different in Canada

    A little lower down in the same report (amounts are expressed in CAD): Among 36 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2017, the latest year for which comparable data is available, spending per person on health care remained highest in the United States...
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    Things that are different in Canada

    Heh, Alexander Keith's IPA was one of my favorites. There are some craft breweries that have good product. Most of the rest is wet, so maybe? But I mean moose piss is wet so they generally weren't my first choice. Overall it's not exactly impressive, but there are a few gems.
  16. Vavrik

    An introduction!

    Welcome to TEST Cyan! One of my kids is a welder, so that's cool.
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    Things that are different in Canada

    We can't continue to sustain the status quo, and that includes in social healthcare systems as well as private. Social healthcare systems are not immune to the fallout. All they can do is delay the problem a few years at most, if that. And as it collapses, we'll see it impact people who are on...
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    Things that are different in Canada

    This is hard to explain to an American, because they lack relevant experience. Most social healthcare systems in G20 countries, are not short of cash. In the Canadian system, it is funded mainly through the disbursement of corporate income tax, which just replaces the benefit that they'd...
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    Please don't like my thread-campaign

    The receiver does not always appreciate the no-hands method. Just sayin... and you can count on the receiver delivering cold shoulder for dinner if a fizzy drink from a bottle is the top priority when you get home.
  20. Vavrik

    Just dropping by to say hello.

    Welcome to TEST @MajorAutism! I spent 6 months in your homeland for work, back in 2005. It was beautiful. Mostly I was flying between Moscow and Ufa, but friends took me to a few other places.
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