Entrepreneur, investor, husband, dad to two great kids. Long-distance swimmer. Proud Canadian. Commenting on economics, energy, politics and business.
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Jun 10
If you were building a home PC today with machine learning capabilities (Unet . Deeplab), what would you spec out? Max budget 15k.
Has to be able to game as well.
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When your coach knows this is the exact type of workout you would not keep chill. @max_stoneking
1000 straight on 15:00
Main set...please keep it chill
4 x 200 3:10
5 x 150 2:15
6 x 100 1:30
5 x 150 2:15
4 x 200 3:10
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My daughter is working to get into Med school. Several of her friends from her school are on the same path. A lot of them have received some sort of academic allowance that gives them extra time on exams.
It seems to me that we have gone from reasonable accommodation for people with a disability, to an arms race where the goal is to get a diagnosis for an advantage. It's not uncommon to see over half the class with extra time.
My daughter will do fine, and she will likely achieve her goal. There are kids however, who refuse to play the game and end up just on the other side of the line, and their dreams are derailed. I can't help but think that that kid would be a better Doctor than the kid who faked an ADHD diagnosis so he could get some study pills and an extra hour to write his MCAT.
There are some perverse incentives in our current version of academia.
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Up until about 5 years ago your mcat had an asterisk if you completed it with accommodation and they were quite strict in granting them. It is easier now and there is no asterisk.
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How hard is it to find a 1/2 ton for a one-way rental between Toronto and Winnipeg?
I think I could get a Rolex Daytona easier.
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May 28
I have an affinity for workouts that make pretty graphs.
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May 27
It is silly to think SEFE is going to ship LNG to Germany. SEFE will broker the material to Asia and purchase LNG closer to home. They will make money on the arbitrage.
May 27
🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and Germany have signed their first major LNG deal, a 20-year agreement to ship up to one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually from British Columbia starting in the early 2030s.
The buyer is SEFE, the former Gazprom unit Germany nationalized in 2022.  The gas comes from the C$10 billion Ksi Lisims project, which has approval but no final investment decision yet. SEFE joins Shell and TotalEnergies as the third buyer, the kind of commitment the consortium needs before construction can begin.
The deal fits Mark Carney’s push to double Canada’s non-US trade within a decade.  It also reverses 2022, when Olaf Scholz came asking for gas and left empty-handed. This time Berlin got its yes.
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May 23
I swam a max effort 400m free yesterday in 4:48, which is pretty good for a guy my age. Today I am stumbling around like a 13 year old with new size 12 feet. Kinda wild how the body recovers as you get older. That and I am insatiably hungry.
For my runner friends, 400 free is roughly equal to a mile run.
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May 23
Do what you want to your body.
That being said, he looks way healthier on the left.
May 23
The Enhanced Games have arrived.
Athletes are allowed to use steroids, HGH, and other performance-enhancing drugs, and if they break a world record, they get $1 million.
It's a crazy concept (and the business model behind it is fascinating).
READ MORE: huddleup.substack.com/p/the-…
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May 20
Who's trolling whom?
🚨 CACHETADÓN MARCA DIABLO de Xi Jinping a Trump
Camina con Putin y le da la sorpresa de un enorme cuadro con la imagen de los dos con lo que muestra al mundo la hermandad entre La China Comunista y Rusia...
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May 19
Everyone keep whistling.
May 19
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May 17
Our gaming computer is now evaluating images of crop stress and pest damage and will be for the next 10 days.
High school science fair projects are not the same as when I was there.
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May 15
I got quoted $4,600cdn to transport a 16.5-foot sailboat on a trailer 1000miles. It is pretty much exactly what I value my time at.
Now I'm having conversations with myself.
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May 15
Will the final move of the baby boomers be driving interest rates up to 8%, then riding off into the sunset?
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May 14
When every my feed starts to get a little out of order I type Golden Retriever into the search bar and it is fixed for weeks.
x.com/depressionlesss/status…
Dog scared of needles leans on vet’s shoulder for comfort 🥹
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May 13
This is a very large increase in PPI.
May 13
HUGE jump in US PPI inflation:
Powered by an eye-popping 1.4% rise in April, nearly triple the 0.5% consensus, the annual rate has hit 6% (crushing the 4.8% consensus forecast).
Core PPI followed suit, surging 1% (vs. 0.3% expected), bringing annual core inflation to 5.2% (consensus was 4.3%).
While the mapping isn't 1:1, these numbers strongly suggest that higher consumer inflation is still coming through the pipeline.
#economy #markets #inflation
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May 11
We got the short-form census, so there will be one fewer Jedi family in Canada this year.
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