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Comment Re:When the freedom of speech is taken away ... (Score 2, Informative) 319

We already have this in Canada on the books, and is codified in our charter of rights and freedoms. Basically it boils down to: "You can do whatever you want, as long as law or society deem it to be harmful." Generally it's worked out well, and when it's over-reached, people have rallied around getting the law changed and it's happened.

Comment Re:Related - the clack of wheels on the tracks (Score 5, Informative) 790

Guess you don't live in a cold part of the world in the winter, or where it can hit 35C+ in the summer. Around here in Canada, we use 30-50m segments that aren't welded because the tracks shrink and expand so much. Once the temps drop to -20C here, you can lose over an 3cm, and once it gets over 35C with the train's on them they can expand over 10cm causing them to warp off the bed.

So if I walk outside, the next time a train goes by I can hear it hit every clack clearly. Since it's around -20C right now, I can hear it inside my house about 300m away if I pay attention.

Comment Re:So they are doing what? (Score 2) 509

Welcome to the world of SJW's, and progressives. Where "feelings" and "perceived hurtful comments" are all that's required to try and block someone's free speech. But getting yourself killed over said free speech? Say...in the Charlie Hebdo case, well you deserved it. There's no shortage of people coming out from that particular side of authoritarianism proclaiming that they deserved it.

Comment Re:Huh? (Score 1) 134

Really? We don't need to ship oil to the US? I guess that's why we have such a glut of refining capacity right. Well I guess we don't, because every time someone wants to go and build a refinery here some group of environmentalists throw a hissy fit. They even throw a hissy fit at expanding and updating existing refineries. So that's why it would be shipped to refineries in the US right? But, I guess the US has no pollution controls, no labor safety and lower wages then Canada? Well I guess the last one is mostly true. Wages in the US are lower than Canada now.

So now you know why we'd ship it to the US, but since the US environmentalists keep throwing a hissy fit too. Canada will sell it to whoever wants to buy it. It has nothing to do with "wages, pollution controls, or wages." It has all to do with environmentalists and them throwing a fit.

By the way, have you ever been to a reclaimed area? Like a coal mine, or an exhausted oil sand area. Places where nothing was growing before, and now it's in a pristine state. Yeah, I guess it's pretty dirty...

Comment Re:That was quick ... (Score 5, Insightful) 103

Probably none. Despite the whining that people go on about the government here in Canada, they actually do productive things. They have stepped in the past to deal with issues from "autonomous government agencies" like the CRTC, but I'm sure someone is going to whine and cry about my post anyway.

Comment Re:Huh? (Score 0, Flamebait) 134

If that was true, then in places like Canada, we wouldn't be paying $0.60kWh for solar energy, when nuclear is $0.05kWh, and natural gas is $0.07-0.09kWh. Don't even get me started on wind with it being as high $0.83kWh. Then again, you guys in the states seem to throw a hissy fit every time we want to sell you oil, or even build pipelines to ship it to you. Energy independence? Only if it fits an environmentalist agenda for some people.

Comment Re: Is that engine even running? (Score 1) 89

I can't say there's much of anything interesting at all. Since a lot of the stuff, except what's covered in your last sentence has been done by the old ECU's since the 90's. Even varying supply voltage has been under control since around 1996, the variation of voltage for ECU connected components was down to 0.03v, it's 0.01v these days. It doesn't *have* to be any better than that when the tolerance is +/- 0.04v per sensor. There isn't really a problem with injectors though. It's not hard to figure out the pulse timing per injector when measured against the cam and crank sensors. Even the TBI injectors that came up in the late 80's through 90's before MPFI became the mainstream used only a crank sensor.

Comment Re:The obvious question... (Score 3, Informative) 182

Can you prove that your teenage kid is sentient and fully autonomous?
Actually that an interesting question :) And at what age does this happen?

Well....

Yes. It's called mens rea. And it depends on where you live, in some cases it's 9 years old in Canada it's 12 years old. That's the legal definition of "sentient and fully autonomous" while knowing the difference between "right and wrong."

Comment Re:Cat and mouse... (Score 1) 437

Try opening a U.S. bank account tied to a U.S. address as somebody who is not a U.S. resident. Good luck.

I'm a canuck citizen, I have bank accounts at: Chase, Wells Fargo and Toronto-Dominion(US). I walked into Wells Fargo in Florida a couple of years back to do some banking for my grandmother the Power of Attorney, I opened an account there in 8 minutes. I own property in Florida, I'm not a US resident, I've never held a green card, I have had a work permit back 15 years ago though.

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