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mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: Foreign buyers crushing home dreams in Vancouver as Canada, B.C. do zip: study

The craziest part is when you go outside of Vancouver to places like Abbotsford or Victoria. Both have housing prices nearing the $1m mark fast, and it's not uncommon for property owners to get realtors knocking on their doors daily asking them to sell to their overseas client.

mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: World’s first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120

Exactly what we need to help stop overpopulation! Hooray!

mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: Feds announce final e-cigarette rule that nearly bans them

They are regulating the hardware as well? What is to differentiate between an ecig battery and a flashlight battery? Are Tesla vehicles now going to be considered nicotine devices? That's absolutely ridiculous.

mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: The Bitcoin affair: Craig Wright 'to move' Satoshi coin

All will be revealed in due time

mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: San Bernardino DA says seized iPhone may hold “dormant cyber pathogen”

So they're claiming there is a WMD on the phone and they need to break the rules and invade the privacy of millions of people to save them? Yeah, that's gone so well for America in the past.

mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: Some Kids Sell Lemonade. He Starts a Chain

Well maybe it's all part of the plan. First teach him about financial literacy, then teach him about intellectual property laws.

mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: In Colorado, a look at life after marijuana legalization

I live in Vancouver. We have a number of pot chains that are starting to grow bigger and bigger. The city is trying to implement a number of regulations that include not allowing pot shops to be within 300m of schools, community centers, or other pot shops. As well, edibles were banned almost a year ago now.

At first I was completely against the edible ban. Now, with shops only being able to sell things like infused oil pills and simple cooking oils, I'm fully in support of it. Weed gummy bears are a fun idea to think about, but it seems like these are novelties at best and extremely likely to be used in a distasteful prank or over-consumed by novice users.

I'm still kind of against the "300m from other pot shops" rule, but c'est la vie.

mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: A big “Fuck Off” by the content industry and Netflix to users worldwide

When has it ever not been like this? They aren't going to change for a while longer.

mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: The Golden Generation: Why China’s super-rich send their children abroad

Which would explain why the majority of their board was appointed directly by the provincial government.

mccoolman | 10 years ago | on: Background Data and Battery Usage of Facebook’s iOS App

Last week my SO was freaking out because she kept getting ads for things she had conversations about in person, but never looked up on her phone. A few days ago I asked her why we had a plastic bag from Games Workshop (we've never shopped there and the bag came from a Craigslist purchase we had made). Her phone was sitting on the table, and a few hours later she showed me an ad for Games Workshop on her news feed. This was on Android, and the Messenger app includes permission to use the mic at any time.

It might be audio being always on, or it might be more than that. They aren't above it.