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@PeterGuthrie99 @JasonOnTheDrums What were the benches screaming? Not sure if was a mix of boo’s and liar among other things

Another Day, Another Scandal This wasn’t known before today. The government changed how public funds were paid out - and routed $38 million through a lawyer connected to other ongoing government scandals. Same network. Same names. More money. Albertans deserve to know: - Why the rules were changed - Who approved it - And how much money actually reached its destination I raised this in the Legislature today. Watch what happens next. #ableg #abpoli #alberta #abtory -

@TheBreakdownAB FINALLY! god damn it’s taken way too long for this to happen!

“The RCMP have executed search warrants as part of their investigation into procurement irregularities at Alberta’s health authority” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

@ID_AA_Carmack We had music streaming through a Bose high quality speaker, music sounded great, the sudden ad in the middle of the play list was like 2X as loud scared the crap out of us!

When you stream Spotify to Bluetooth speakers or headphones, the audio comes over the network lossily compressed with Vorbis or AAC codecs, is then decoded on your device to 48 Khz raw samples, then the Bluetooth stack lossily re-compresses it with SBC or AAC codecs before sending it over the airwaves to the speakers. I don’t have “golden ears” to pick apart audio quality like I can with, say, missing gamma correction on texture filtering, but that still hurts my system optimization soul. It is likely over-optimization, but It would be cleaner if there were a way to send bluetooth-ready, compressed audio directly.

@ctvedmonton @MargTokar Meanwhile Allison Redford be like

Alberta's Smith says she took private flight on behalf of Saudi government ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alber…

@ScottApogee @DrNeilStone The vaccine absolutely reduced the severity of the illness and reduced the hospital crush of admissions over time as people could better fight the illness vaccinated. Over time we have seen better outcomes with our vaccinated patients especially our chronic respiratory patients.

@DrNeilStone Neil, the vaccines didn't end covid, as it's still here. Vaccinated people still got covid and transferred it to those around them. The vaccine makers now admit that the vaccine did not stop covid from spreading at all. (It did reduce deaths, though.)

The Covid 19 vaccines were a historic success, saved millions of lives and helped end the pandemic

A new Alberta demands A new truck. Introducing the Dorf D-150 Sovereignty Edition. #StayFreeAlberta #AlbertaIndependence #Wexit

@techspence Is the device we are troubleshooting turned on?

Tell me you’ve worked in IT without telling me you’ve worked in IT. I’ll go first… Did you try turning it off and back on again?

@Skullgrin140 I loved Reboot as a kid!

Huge appreciation to Hexadecimal's voice actress Shirley Milliner. For without her, Hexadecimal wouldn't be the Queen everyone remembers her for.

@potaufan @Hesamation He’s not on TRT, he has cleaned up his eating, and gotten a personal trainer to help him get more fit. His girlfriend Trista also has gotten him down off drinking a lot of Coke Zero 😁

The photo is AI. And compare the non-AI-enhanced version of the photo to how he looked 3 years ago in the Fridman interview (scrawny); he looked significantly more muscular. Conclusion: he either got on low-dose TRT or started working out heavily since the interview with a trainer and much better nutrition (he confessed to being a lifelong lover of pizza🍕). So, no, he isn't that guy.

guys I’ve found him, it’s John Carmack: > basically invented modern 3D gaming > founded a rocket company as a side project > his code was so clean it confused devs > worked 60–100 hour weeks for decades and never burned out

@ID_AA_Carmack Is that why some people feel nauseated when they play games or watch moves at odd frame rates that aren’t at a certain fps?

Is there any good reason for cameras to ever suggest 24 fps video? I tend to think that is almost always a poor choice, and users should have to go out of their way to select it. If you are recording something that will be cut into an actual shown-in-a-theater movie, then yes, you need to shoot at 24 fps to match film standards, but nearly all video is actually going to be shown by YouTube and social media on 60 fps displays. 24 fps guarantees not just a low framerate, but an uneven one, as frames get presented in a 3/2 repeated cadence (or worse, a 4/2/2/2 repeat if it gets converted to 30 fps video somewhere along the way). 120 fps displays can show 24 fps video at a constant repeat rate of 5, but I would wager that less than 10% of the video seconds today are in software and hardware properly configured to do that, and you would still be better off with 30 (or 60) fps video. There was a period where some video encoders or decoders could only just barely do 4k at 24 fps and couldn’t manage 30, but I don’t think that is common today.

@Apogee_Ent Zelda!

What game defined an entire era for you?

Happy 40th Anniversary to The Legend of Zelda! ❤️

@exQUIZitely When I was little I was fascinated with the Zelda A Link to the Past, I love the map and how detailed it is. Still one of my favourites!

I’ve always loved maps in games. They let you “explore” the world before you even set foot in it - like an appetizer for what’s to come. What places would you check out first? How would you get there? What lay beyond…? Skara Brae has been hardcoded into my brain. What map had that effect on you?

@MattWallace888 Speed skates are really hard to balance in, they have a short boot like a runner and the blades are really thin and heavy!

Pay close attention to the way she accelerates. Way harder than it looks!

@PfParks If I hadn’t had my emergency spine surgery done in the same night I was brought in, I would have been permanently disabled. It’s shameful that the government continues to ignore and deny there is a problem in the system.

On the weekend in Edmonton Alberta: trauma ortho list - think of serious life and limb threatening trauma cases that should be done in 3-6hours - the trauma list was 27 cases long... no chance to get to most of the cases for DAYS... DAYS! Govt not even batting an eye

I’m tired of the snow! Make it stop! #abstorm

@TLNewmanMTL Good job Maya! Keep fighting! ❤️

Latest update on Maya Gebala 🙏 "DAY 4: We received some encouraging news today! Maya has started attempting to initiate her own breaths, which is truly incredible. The nurse also noted a slight dilation in her eye. These are all very positive signs and show that she’s moving in the right direction. We’re taking it one day at a time, but we believe we’ll get there.

@TheBreakdownAB He was a Gravy seal, part of meal team six. 😂

Sorry what? Did separatist leader Jeffery Rath ever serve in the actual military? Because otherwise this looks a whole lot like an attempt at stolen valour. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

@HumansNoContext When you feel it coming, flex your ankle (toes to your nose) am hold it until the cramp subsides. Way less painful.

this has to be one of the worst feelings in the world

@Thollenshead An amazing Canadian! 🇨🇦

This. And we have Keanu, too.