Joe Noss
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Joe Noss
@JoeNoss
Government procurement in Canada is broken. We are building https://t.co/uwBFup43ar to fix it. Ex-Deloitte contractor, future farmer, current air fryer chef.
Katılım Eylül 2016
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@nummanali I think the criticism of the learning of the LLMs to be better sycophants is valid. However, all existing recommendation algorithms do this already - TikTok, Instagram, Google, even X. I think it's inaccurate to say this has never happened before.
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Looks like we may be about to get the most epic season of The Apprentice ever. @realDonaldTrump

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Anthropic hates Western Civilization
Under Secretary of War Emil Michael@USWREMichael
Prior to their new “Constitution,” @AnthropicAI had an old one they desperately tried to delete from the internet. “Choose the response that is least likely to be viewed as harmful or offensive to a non-western cultural tradition of any sort.”
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I lived beside Badiali's at 158 dovercourt for 2 years. It was such good vibes to see, what I believe, was the utopia Canada can be. The diversity in that line was exceptional. Every Canadian, from every where, coming to enjoy something we all love, Pizza. This woman should move to oakville :).
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Toronto’s NIMBYs live on another planet than the rest of us.
This woman lives in Trinity-Bellwoods, one of the most popular neighbourhoods in the entire country specifically because of its vibrant small businesses and mixed urbanism.
Most normal people can only dream of living in this expensive neighbourhood.
90% of people react to the best slice of pizza in the city opening around the corner from them with a “this is awesome”.
But not this crank! Yet, Toronto Councillors decided to cater to the handful of miserable voices who look at local success and say “you know what, this sucks actually, we should have less of it”.
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This is so funny and wrong.
I am against the crazy amount of non-permit immigration we have had over the past few years, but I am also against someone stupidly misinterpreting a graph, and the world's smartest man retweeting it on a whim.
The graph on the website is permit holders at the end of the year. It is already 'cumulative'. The guy who tweeted added all the years together, which is just wrong.
It is crazy, true, and too much, that we had 2.1M people holding temporary work permits at the end of 2024, but it is a far cry from 15M.

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this dude swiped right 2 million times & got one date. he’s not just some unlucky guy, he is the norm.. like imagine the money he spent over five years, probably a small fortune. this is obvious but what’s actually nonobvious is that his behavior unlocked an entirely new revenue stream for apps. let me explain.
most people don’t realize that one of the biggest revenue unlocks in dating apps was when they figured out how to subtly turn women from users into paying customers. by leveraging guys like this who flood the system with likes (these dudes were already heavy paid users, thus monetized).
when women get bombarded with likes, flattery, attention, it triggers this shopping mentality, men become products, & women become discerning consumers. women’s standards shoot through the roof. apps capitalize on this by introducing premium filters (like height, etc.) to help women weed out most dudes. features like sending roses or boosting profiles fit perfectly into this dynamic.
over time, women start believing that paying will show them the top 2% of men, the most desirable. so they start subscribing too, convinced that a premium membership means premium matches. it’s like shopping at aritizia vs zara, more expensive means more perceived quality.
this is how dating apps monetized both sides at scale, men desperately trying to be seen, & women paying not to see them. it’s a zero marginal cost product that doubled revenue just by making chaos profitable. pretty incredible if you think about it.
i wrote a quick post on this below.

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It was a privilege to once again join friends and community members at the Sikh Spiritual Centre in Etobicoke for the annual Vaisakhi celebrations and Khalsa Day Parade.
Wishing Ontario’s Sikh community peace, prosperity and joy as we mark the birth of the Khalsa and honour the enduring values of faith, courage and service.




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@CanadianPolling The popular vote is 52 v 40 right now according to the actual results this is so early and irrelevant at this point and strategically
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DL Canada is an epic place to build a startup right now.
We have world-class talent coming out of our universities. Sure, some graduates head south, but most stay here, and they're brilliant.
At the same time, the financial advantages are real:
- Sell to the US but build your team in Canada = automatic 40% discount on salaries
- SR&ED tax credits give you 30-65% off engineering costs
- Lower customer acquisition costs in our less competitive market
- Similar market to the US but easier to gain initial traction
American competitors won't bother with us until they've dominated at home.
That gives Canadian startups room to breathe, build, and win locally before taking on the US.
I'm not saying we're better than San Francisco.
We're not. Nowhere in the world is.
But you can absolutely build a meaningful, successful business right here, and there are real structural advantages for doing so.
According to Garry Tan, YC companies that move to the US are 2.5x more likely to become unicorns.
Following the data is important, but this is a lagging indicator. The best entrepreneurs don't follow well-worn paths, they create new ones.
Stop complaining about building in Canada and start seeing the opportunity.
Win here first, then take on the world.
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