Every Value Village I've been to is either over priced or just picked over junk. There's never anything worth buying. The overpriced stuff is all originally from Walmart or one of the Dollar stores and always priced well over the new retail price.
The same thing happens at Once Upon a Child. Kids clothes are all George (Walmart brand) and price at least 2x new.
Hmmm.... Infineon has been doing work with graphene semiconductors for years. Something seems a bit off with this article.
Snap is a steaming pile of excrement. So much of the crap on the Snap Store is obsolete and out of date. Anyone and their monkey can post a snap on snapcraft, and.. they do. Canonical is just as bad. They took it upon themselves to package up a lot of commercial-level open-source software 3 or 4 years ago... and then have done fuck all with it ever since. Zero updates to the original snaps they put there in the initial population of the Snap store (yes they do maintain a select few things, but only a small percentage of the flood of obsolete software in the Snap store). The result is people looking to install apps who poke the Snap store, go "oh hey, the application I want is there", install it, and then get all pissy with the vendor... who looks about in surprise wondering how a potential customer managed to find such an old version (happened with at least 2 of my employers, and I've come across many more). Go search Reddit (or Google) for obsolete snap discussions. There's no shortage people pointing at the same issue.
There are inexpensive EVs...BYD makes some decent low cost EVs. They're already in use as taxis in Montreal and IKEA delivery in Vancouver. The consumer versions are apparently coming in Canada... Just not yet. They are avail in Australia already and in Europe too.
A not insignificant number of people earning more than $90k have at least some dental benefits through their employers. Covering the most needy first is the best way to implement this program.
Have you EVER traveled anywhere overseas? A simple comparison... Amsterdam vs Vancouver (I've lived in both cities). Vancouver transit is absolutely terrible in comparison, and the Dutch have to deal with swampy ground and water everywhere. Amsterdam has trams, buses, trains (local and long distance), and glorious cycle paths EVERYWHERE. The city is pedestrian friendly too... Vancouver is just a generic typical north American city built for cars and little else.
Have you tried to get in through the bonkers immigration system though?
It's a mess... a massive mess. It favours people who know how to abuse the system. TFWs are exploited and worked like slaves while high skilled immigrants who would contribute in big measurable ways - like doctors - are blocked at every turn. I personally know 4 doctors who all tried to come to Canada. None can get in... they can't get the mandatory residency positions because they are full up with many many many more people wanting a spot than are made available... meanwhile Canadians are literally dying in the clinic queues because we don't have enough doctors.
You should try immigrating to Canada. The barriers they put in place for skilled people are bonkers. I personally know of 3 doctors who all want to come to Canada, and 2 more physically IN Canada who are not allowed to work until they get a residency spot (despite being trained surgeons). They are trained/educated in accredited universities outside of Canada, so their credentials are not an issue... The medical board is the issue. They put so many barriers in place and intentionally artificially restrict the number of medical professionals who can enter. The potential doctors have to complete a Canadian residency and there's a VERY small number of spots.. the doctors also have to complete a series of lengthy exams that are eye wateringly expensive and time consuming. A lot of potential doctors that we desperately need in Canada give up and go work elsewhere in the Commonwealth/Europe/MiddleEast where they are welcomed and put to work almost immediately.
It's almost like somewhere around 2004... something changed :-P
BC Ferries was operating at a loss between 1960 and 2004... but it was a government corporation and didn't really "need" to run at a profit. As soon as it was privatized and that American CEO stepped in, things started going wrong.
Now it's a complete shit show. The working conditions and contracts that the staff are employed under are insane. Yeah, they can't find employees... not much wonder.
But it's not unexpected. The wind out on the water right now is pretty brutal. If you've lived on the island for any time at all you'd know that weather is a major factor... even the big shoes that BC Ferries use are impacted by the weather conditions.
Better they err on the side of safety....
I tried 3 years ago. Wasn't possible. It's F only.
Edit. I was wrong. Turns out I CAN switch my oven to C. I didn't poke the settings enough.
My kids use Linux. They are 5 and 7. They do just fine. They are "normal"... as in just beginner users.
The 5 year old only cares where Steam is, and where the games are in the menu.
The 7 year old is a master at it all already. He's installing Minecraft mods all the time... downloading, unzipping the mods... running java -jar XYZ from the terminal... yeah I had to show him the first time, but TBH, I didn't show it all to him. He read up on how it works and watched YouTube videos on it.
It's all about what you're used to and if you're actually interested in learning the bits. Normal is what? Someone who treats the computer as an appliance? Yeah... with those users as long as the machine actually works... they don't care what the underlying OS is... OSX? Windows 11? some Linux distro? It's all the same to them. The computer is a magic machine that does things and they have no clue how or why.