I have seen that in action... god... “We’re having drinks on Friday at 8pm and we’re gonna talk about the shop. You have to be here.”*

*unpaid naturally

Yeah, the notion of organized “after-work drinks” in start-up culture always seemed unnerving to me. Of course there are some co-workers who hit it off and are friends, and company Christmas parties etc., but the “every Thursday we do cocktails” thing is kinda crazy.

That’s only a special numbered account. Far more common are regular bank accounts for normal people who just want to deposit their paychecks and have a debit card.

Are people really going to have brand loyalty to a taxi company though? I just don’t see what will keep people using Uber once city taxis add reliable app services, and the regulation situation for taxis as a whole industry becomes clearer.

I think that’s ultimately the undoing of Uber... they have a good app and really really great timing, but inevitably some sort of regulation will catch up, and no one is brand-loyal to Uber: infact city taxis are already rolling out their apps in some places.

I dunno if it varies by region, but in Ontario they had Coke and then also the smaller fruit juice brands too... usually Canada doesn’t have the complete selection that the US does on brand things (like 80% ish though), but I don’t know about about Coke specifically.

Some immigrant groups have socially conservative values; I know it’s a calculation that comes up in Canadian politics with the Conservative Party, although they’re more measured than Trump in their public statements about foreigners.

Personally I’d actually favour the US system with no restrictions at all... but yeah, sorry, I got defensive because even in Canadian media I think people often overstate the hate-speech restrictions.... it’s true that the legislation is still being decided in court cases, but it has existed for over 30 years and so…

I object pretty strong to “rather more limited” free speech. “Freedom of expression” is in the Canadian constitution of 1982 (Charter of Rights and Freedoms), and the hate crime legislation, while still in progress, isn’t something you’ll run into unless you’re a KKK member. Heck, you can even be a KKK member (there…

Consider going on exchange or finding an academic program; you need an employer lined up to apply for a work visa, and they have to really like you in order to jump through extra hoops. Might help to go there for a few months to build contacts. Also see if you qualify for a TN visa.

As a Canadian living abroad, I often explain to people that is as if a small city was stretched out into a big country. Canada can be incredibly protectionist and quite isolated... while the cities are diverse, outside of the literal downtown-core it gets really hick really quick, and is much less international than…

Obama was super popular in Canada, but I think the cynicism about American politics has probably returned. I mean keep in mind that Democrat politicians are centre or even rightwing by Canadian standards. Some of the statements made Republican politicians and right-wingers might be “hate speech” in Canada, and our…

I’m actually Canadian, but I would imagine the hurdle is probably the visa. Lots of people do it, and do it successfully, but you’ll need a secure job that pays a higher than bare-minimum level income to have your visa approved (and the company has to like you enough to put up with extra paperwork). Check to see if…

Normally I’d agree... but on this topic there has been anti-refugee sentiment in Canada too, and so I think it’s important for the PM to take a clear stand. Yeah it looks good for his reputation, but it’s also a clear message to the country of “this is who we are, and this is our official position.”

This. It’s so much more interesting for her to try (and even mostly fail), rather than to just make conventional stuff. Yeah ok, alot of her album didn’t make it to my “commute-playlist,” but “SCREAM” has big sections of it rapped out in Mandarin; that’s not a collaboration you hear much on radio, good on her for…

An environment that is 90% men is not only dangerous, but it’s incompetent. It’s not a question of just integrating the military, it’s of actually creating an institution that draws from half the population, and doesn’t drive talent and creative thinking out by virtue of it’s frat culture disguised as “tradition.” As…

I think alot of people are missing the point of this: car bans are possible in dense urban cities because there are strong alternatives in public transportation (which could even be expanded), design already favours local communities (via mixed-use development, resulting in things like small grocery stores that you…

“Harvesting” a living animal sounds like something the grim reaper does. :/

These euphemisms sound creepy to me... like strangely egotistical in a Biblical way. To “take” a living thing just sounds weird.

I actually have no problem with hunting at all, but just say you shot the damn animal, don’t make yourself sound like the grim reaper who “harvests” the fruits of creation. :/

In the beginning of the Second World War there were still old British officers, who despite never seeing combat, were super into bayonets and the importance of bayonet, despite the fact that no one uses bayonets, no one should attempt to use a bayonet, and actually attaching a bayonet impairs the function of the…