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🇹🇼🇨🇦 | cs @westernu '26 🐎 | doing kinda hard things until they get kinda easier

Calgary انضم Şubat 2026
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Grant Slatton
Grant Slatton@GrantSlatton·
met a guy who pathologically fits everyone to a status hierarchy very funny to watch the gears turn as he tries to do the status algebra in unfamiliar domains how does the 37th ranked chess player in California stack up to senior staff engineer at Jane Street? etc
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Hunter
Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@amaldorai @_mgriisser @GrantSlatton I recall that the only Cypriot GM transferred to Greece so there are no GMs there anymore, so to me it's more likely the Californian is stronger
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hope hopes hoping
hope hopes hoping@hopes_revenge·
last night newt somehow hurt himself while playing . he was obviously in a lot of pain we immediately took him to the emergency vet where he eventually got X-rays confirming a likely musculoskeletal injury but no visible fracture etc . poor baby is obviously still in a lot of pain — hunched back/tail tuck, not wanting to move, shaking , etc. we are on bedrest trying to manage his pain and discomfort as best we can very sad time here. please say a little prayer for Newton
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MR ABIDDE
MR ABIDDE@Mr_Abidde·
@Teslimatttt Can you tell the difference between the males and females?😂
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Teslimat
Teslimat@Teslimatttt·
Are Viltrumites dumb or why don't they mate with them to create a stronger hybrid?
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Hunter
Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@TripHazard11 @SpaghettiKozak @aisjbdiaja @Nacilepxd yes but the US public and Iranian public being angry at the same amount has different outcomes, e. g. the US is very unlikely to be willing to kill the same number of protestors that the Iranian government is willing to
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Sanfilzands
Sanfilzands@Sanfilzands·
@SpareShadez GUYS WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE IN THIS HOUSE ANSWER GENUINELY
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Hunter
Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@meltingdiodes @yacineMTB if you want to take the "free market service" idea to the extremes, then kids should be allowed to freely access porn, which clearly is not ok. the real iffy part is doing age verification without it being a privacy nightmare.
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EC ⌜e/λ⌟
EC ⌜e/λ⌟@meltingdiodes·
@yacineMTB i'm torn. govt telling citizens what free market services they can/can't access = bad. otoh, parents are STUPID and allowing their kids brains to rot
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kache
kache@yacineMTB·
If Mark Carney bans social media for people under 18 I will vote liberal forever
Maxime Bernier@MaximeBernier

Last week in Montreal, the Liberal Party of Canada passed a resolution setting the legal age for access to social media for Canadians at 16. For now, this is a non-binding resolution. But make no mistake. Mark Carney has already stated that a "social media age of majority is under consideration" as part of his government's online harms legislation. These same Liberals who are currently defending Bill C-8, a veritable "digital guillotine", allowing Ottawa to cut off your Internet access without a warrant or trial; now want to decide at what age your children are mature enough to speak online. This is not about protecting children, but rather about control. The Liberals' plan to force tech companies to verify the age of every Canadian user means: mass surveillance, mass data collection, and the end of online privacy. They want to force you to provide official identification simply to open a social media account. They want to create a national database cataloguing every Canadian's digital identity. And they want the government, not parents, to decide what your children can see, say, and do online. We don't want an authoritarian and paternalistic state. We will never support an age restriction on access to social media. It is important to understand that the Criminal Code contains several clauses prohibiting harming children online. Perhaps more resources need to be allocated to law enforcement to enforce the criminal code and protect children. We do not need more laws. Furthermore, while the Criminal Code can deter and punish those who harm children online, no law can effectively replace the attention, guidance, and supervision of parents. Parents are their children's first line of defense. They have the right and the duty to protect them by putting safeguards in place regarding their access to the Internet, including social media. At the People's Party of Canada, we believe in a very simple principle: PARENTS raise children. That is not the role of governments. The solution to online harms is not a blanket government ban that punishes all young people. The solution lies in parental responsibility, digital literacy, and holding big tech accountable, not in giving Ottawa more power to spy on Canadians.

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Hunter
Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@fictitiousfruit @oinkeeboinky @justalexoki most ppl can probably get to like 2000+ by dedicating 1-2 yrs of their life but it's basically impossible to get to the pro level if you only start playing seriously as an adult (pro as in you can live off of it as a profession via coaching & playing tournaments)
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fictitious
fictitious@fictitiousfruit·
To be fair to your original point though, some of the best chess players i met were in federal prison. When you have no actual responsibilities and nothing to do you can get really good at whatever you want. So I guess it’s less about rich or poor and more about patience and will. Two qualities that will definitely carry you far regardless.
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soham
soham@soham_btw·
@justalexoki the only conscious and self-aware person on earth rn is me, sorry
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Hunter
Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@fictitiousfruit @oinkeeboinky @justalexoki some countries subsidize chess stuff & introduce it in school, etc to encourage more people to pursue it as a career, e. g India and some post-Soviet countries; they output a good number of GMs, but in these cases they still can't afford to be too poor (for the reasons you gave)
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fictitious
fictitious@fictitiousfruit·
@oinkeeboinky @justalexoki You can argue those things came first and made it possible to give everything to a game. Poor people don’t have the luxury of being good at chess; they have priorities like working and keeping food on the table.
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Hunter
Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@oinkeeboinky @justalexoki the average chess grandmaster more than likely has well off parents who could afford coaching for them as a kid. there are exceptions of course, but that is the norm, especially in the US.
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Yaw
Yaw@oinkeeboinky·
@justalexoki But have you asked, how many are homeless? or in severe poverty? it surely does help them but not by alot
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Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@SpaghettiKozak @aisjbdiaja @Nacilepxd the US can probably bear the costs longer than Iran can, as in they'd run out of money & resources sooner. but in terms of the people being unhappy, the US wouldn't be able to last as long
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Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau@JustinTrudeau·
Hungarians voted for change and a renewed commitment to democratic institutions after years of erosion under Viktor Orbán. A powerful and positive signal to democracies around the world that citizens can reclaim institutions and restore respect for rights.
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Hunter
Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@tekbog i think claude works worse when i call it slurs but i have no quantifiers for this
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Kelly LA
Kelly LA@Itisabadword·
@Bret_Sears @JustinTrudeau Yup now the are going to become a globalists cesspool. They will start bringing in mass amounts of migration and destroy the country.
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Hunter
Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@TrueSlazac @NotSoFluffyCat1 I feel like stein's associations with putin would have to pull her more auth or is that not how it works
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Tim
Tim@NotSoFluffyCat1·
Heute wird Ungarn endlich wieder besser 🫶🇭🇺♥️!
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marz
marz@marzcarn·
@hunterchen_7 @e_victoriann @actsmaniac although 53-35 is a large margin, hungary's electoral system isn't fully proportional and caused the defeat to be disproportionately worse for fidesz (i'm not defending orbán here, he literally made the electoral system worse by gerrymandering constituencies)
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space cadet 🇪🇺🌐🇩🇪
If Orban is removed by a normal election then maybe Hungary was classed too low in democracy indices
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𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚
It's very funny seeing all the people that dunked on Ezra's "Charlie Kirk did Politics the Right Way" defend this piece that's based off of the same principle.
The Tennessee Holler@TheTNHoller

EZRA KLEIN: “Hasan Piker is not the enemy… @hasanthehun isn’t a “Jew hater.” — He’s an anti-Zionist… The Israel young people know is not the Israel that older people remember.” nytimes.com/2026/04/12/opi…

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Hunter
Hunter@hunterchen_7·
@Mattxduchak @dravidavastgote @schitcoin madrid had safe injection sites before vancouver (2000 vs 2003). i agree that canada is very progressive, i just don't think i necessarily agree with "most progressive in the world"
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Matty 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Matty 🇨🇦🇺🇦@Mattxduchak·
@hunterchen_7 @dravidavastgote @schitcoin You also didn’t look at safe injection sites Even most recently. Spain called out the US out months after Canada did. Spain did lead in denying the US Air Force access and recalling its ambassador from Israel. But since WW2 Canada has been consistently on the progressive edge.
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