Bryan Breguet

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Bryan Breguet

@Prominent_Bryan

I make jokes nobody understands according to my wife. I don't provide phone chargers, don't ask.

Canada Katılım Kasım 2023

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·3h

My one issue here is the seeding. You'd need the top 16 teams to be one group. The issue is it's very different to be drawn against France then versus Switzerland and yet both would be top seed... But with 4 games and top 6 going through, it should even out

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·3h

Swiss model: 4 leagues of 12 teams. Each team plays 4 games (including one top seed vs top seed) Top 2 are qualified for the RO16 (so incentives for top teams to play until the end). 3-6 play a playoff RO32 round You get: - no across groups comparison with best 3rd or whatever - more games but not a ton more. And many of the new games after best on best at the group stage - incentives to finish high to get a bye Added bonus: - easily scalable, much easier than with the groups of 4 - you can easily make it such that one league/group is in one country

Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan

Again the solution to the "3rd placed teams going through" isn't to go all the way to 64, it's to choose a better format (Also I genuinely don't care if some 3rd placed teams to through)

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·3h

@TheMadPhantom1 Yeah exactly. This area is perfectly fine

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TheMadPhantom@TheMadPhantom1·3h

@Prominent_Bryan I’m not crazy about high rises just popping up wherever, but that’s a perfect spot. Help develop the area and walking distance to skytrain.

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·3h

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CityHallWatch@CityHallWchVAN

A four tower proposal at 375 E1st Ave is going to Council on July 14th for Onni to replace previously-approved rezoning. Three 35-storey, one 40-storey tower, six storey podium. No public hearing, no speakers allowed. Site has been sitting derelict for year (basement excavated)

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·3h

Plenty of solutions including the so-called Swiss model used in the CL

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·3h

Again the solution to the "3rd placed teams going through" isn't to go all the way to 64, it's to choose a better format (Also I genuinely don't care if some 3rd placed teams to through)

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·3h

@alexbrown17 @NVanCaroline I didn't even know you knew each other!

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Alexander Brown@alexbrown17·5h

A great B.C. afternoon among—and to celebrate—friends. Even managed to commission a piece from @NVanCaroline. Coming soon!

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·3h

@CdnElectWatch Can't believe China has never hosted. Back around 2008, I was sure we would go to China in the next decade

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Election Watcher@CdnElectWatch·5h

Infantino is thinking of all the $$$ if China gets to the World Cup. He realized that China didn't even get close with 48 teams.

The Athletic | Football@TheAthleticFC

Gianni Infantino has said FIFA will examine expanding the World Cup by a further 16 nations to a 64-team tournament ahead of its next edition in 2030. The 2030 tournament will be spread across six nations and three continents: Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay are scheduled to host one match apiece at the start of the competition, with the remaining games split between Morocco, Portugal and Spain. More from @Millar_Colin 🔗 nyti.ms/4eWizlv

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·6h

@_singhnihaal @NVanCaroline Was that in Surrey? I hear she's a Surrey girl

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Nihaal Singh@_singhnihaal·7h

Look who I ran into! @NVanCaroline

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·6h

@S_Surprenant @CestuiQueTakes Did you watch the video announcement? This isn't 4D chess

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Stéphane Surprenant@S_Surprenant·7h

@Prominent_Bryan @CestuiQueTakes Maybe that is the intention: to make this so toxic that no such effort can ever be undertake. I'm just spitballing here. They could also just be really dumb.

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Cestui Que Takes@CestuiQueTakes·1d

Less and less reason to vote CPC by the day. Pierre, you gotta go man.

Othman Mekhloufi@OthmanMekhloufi

The Conservatives just started a “boomer caucus” to advocate for seniors. Meanwhile the Liberals have a youth caucus of MPs in their 20s, many of which were handpicked by Carney to lead the future LPC.

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·6h

@perianudan @iamrobinskies @alexbrown17 Okay where the f are you right now?!?

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Daniel Perianu@perianudan·7h

@Prominent_Bryan @iamrobinskies @alexbrown17

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Alexander Brown@alexbrown17·11h

For all the supposed regional and federal divisions inside Canada’s conservative movement at present, a silver-lining is surely Harman Bhangu: World Cup Twitter troll and all-around agent of chaos. A passion that unites us all.

Harman Bhangu@HarmanBhanguBC

@Prominent_Bryan

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·7h

@perianudan @iamrobinskies @alexbrown17 Your team was eliminated in the playoffs, you don't get to deport me

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Daniel Perianu@perianudan·7h

@Prominent_Bryan @iamrobinskies @alexbrown17 I’m not an MLA, but I’ll chime in here. DEPORT!

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·8h

@iamrobinskies @alexbrown17 It should be normal

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Robin Skies@iamrobinskies·10h

@alexbrown17 BC Poli is special because a sitting MLA will bully you in public and everyone will think it's normal and have a laugh.

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·9h

Yeah I still think they started using this 'mistaken identity' not in line with the actual written rules. I said the same after the US game Anyway, let's change the rules so that simulation is a reviewable offense all the time, not only when the error cost a yellow to the other team

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Lee Haber@leehaber·10h

@CdnElectWatch @Prominent_Bryan Correct, apparently it can be from either team. However, it has to apply to the same offence. I would argue a mistaken yellow for a foul and diving are two different offences.

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·1d

I don't understand why the Swiss players are mad at the referee instead of Embolo Yes it's incredibly unlucky what happened (like VAR literally couldn't have intervened if the ref hadn't given a yellow originally... And he almost didn't give a single yellow to the Argentinian players tonight) but at the end of the day Switzerland is out because Embolo is a dumbass and ruined the momentum and domination the Swiss team had At 11 vs 11, my country wins this game, I'm sure of it So be mad at the dumbass player who did an insane dive while already being on a yellow. Not the ref

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·11h

@Christo39775311 @Deus_xmac That's not even factually true as Quebec gets a rebate of 16% (long story). But just pointing this out

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t4x~@Christo39775311·11h

@Deus_xmac @Prominent_Bryan All Canadian citizens pay the same federal tax rates.

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·1d

Look at this table from Trevor Tombe Alberta represents 15% of federal revenue but receives only 10% of fed spending! So Alberta contributes 60% more than they receive! While Quebec receives 30% more than they contribute

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·11h

@JefferyPetts @GeoffRuss3 Are you seriously arguing that what Howard wrote wasn't stupid?

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Dakota Jeffery-Petts 🍁@JefferyPetts·15h

@Prominent_Bryan @GeoffRuss3 One word, my friend: Comeuppance

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Geoff Russ 🍁@GeoffRuss3·16h

Switzerland lost 3-1 the same day after he posted this.

Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan

Might be the most delusional thing I've read in a long time. Not surprised given the author (who just lost a slam dunk leadership race in BC...)

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·11h

@Legally_LVS Nah, I don't trust my Mexican rescue dog, she's a real menace when she wants to be lol

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Liam 5@Legally_LVS·13h

@Prominent_Bryan Did you let it

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·13h

I was walking my dogs and we saw a rooster (yes a rooster on the sidewalk in Vancouver) One of my dogs really wanted to fight it

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·14h

@ray_hoang30 It seems that there won't be any actual profits for a while though. So the deal might not be terrible

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Raymond Hoang@ray_hoang30·14h

Even ignoring sunk costs, isn't it just cheaper to leave it closed for 2 years, rather than giving up 50% of profits over 15 years?

Marc Lévesque@MarcLevesqueEco

This is the correct way to look at it from an economic perspective. A lot of examples of the sunk cost fallacy going around. The construction costs are spent and not recoverable. no matter what the arrangement is. Therefore, they should not enter into the decision.

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Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan·15h

@kevlap017 Yes

Kevin Laprise🔌🤔@kevlap017·15h

@Prominent_Bryan To make like prototypes or models you mean? Haven't considered that. It's a way to quickly showcase something conceptually before scaling up manufacturing in a specialized plant. Like how people practice plane piloting with virtual machines before actual machines.

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Kevin Laprise🔌🤔@kevlap017·15h

I feel like 3d printing was oversold to us as revolutionary tech, but for the most part people just print useless plastic crap. The only legit application I know of is medical 3d printers printing organs or something for transplants and grafts.

3D Printing Doctor@3dpdoctor

Everything That Went Wrong With My 3D Prints 😭🫣

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@TheMadPhantom1 @alexbrown17 @NVanCaroline @CdnElectWatch @_singhnihaal @S_Surprenant @CestuiQueTakes @perianudan