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@KennyJamess @JD_HockeyTalks @yegwave Lol, I have winters, put a nice studded set on the wife's, but me... Mine only go on when the roads get realllllly bad. Haven't run them in like 3 years.

@JD_HockeyTalks @yegwave Be a responsible adult and buy the yourself? I couldn’t imagine being a grown ass adult with a vehicle and not being able to afford winter tires

Edmonton city council is discussing bringing back calcium chloride, a de‑icing chemical that melts snow and ice more aggressively than standard salt.

@KennyJamess @yegwave How about just talking to the province and raising the bar on driver training and testing requirements.

@yegwave Yea please fuck no Dear edmonton city council How about we just make winter ties mandatory in winter It’s not that hard

@DataBased890 @KevinPham69420 @yegwave Yes it does. 1. A quick Google will tell you that and 2. Last time they used it I had a brand new bolted on in Aug chrome bumper, was rust spotty by Halloween

@SarahRyanYEG @WoWLazerkatz It's a glorified dump truck with a belly blade. 😇

@WoWLazerkatz Um yes, actually it is. It drops sand out the back and has a plow blade in the middle.

You know the roads are bad when a snow plow gets stuck :o This poor driver was having a tough go in Argyll this afternoon. #yeg #yegtraffic

@BelligerentMod @it_unprofession Lol have you watched the College Humor skit "woman's winter"

Don't tell me. An office - worse, HR - chick walked back there once and got chilly. She then turned it into a sexism issue about how men try to freeze women out of the workplace. Which is even more ironic as men actually have to adhere to a dress code in corp America while women do not.

Facilities just sent me an email asking why the server room temperature is set to 62°F. They said it's "excessive" and they want to raise it to 68°F to save on cooling costs. I replied with a six-paragraph email explaining "thermal load balancing," "equipment MTBF degradation," and "catastrophic failure risk." I cited a "study" that showed every degree above 65°F reduces server lifespan by 15%. There is no study. I made that up. But I CC'd the CFO and said if Facilities wants to take ownership of a potential $200K hardware replacement due to overheating, they're welcome to adjust the temperature. Facilities backed off immediately. Here's the truth: the servers would be fine at 70°F. Data centers run hotter than that all the time. But I like the server room at 62°F. It's the only place in the building where I can go to cool off and get some peace and quiet. Plus, now I have an email chain proving that I "advocated for infrastructure longevity" while others wanted to "cut corners." Technical decisions are rarely about what's right. They're about who's willing to use more jargon.

@IronGlasscock @Septum @mikemillercyber @it_unprofession Yup, my "office" was in a small server room for 3 years, my hearing is degrading and I used that as justification to get an office that isn't the server room.

@Septum @mikemillercyber @it_unprofession Enjoy being deaf.

And they're back

#yegtraffic traffic lights just went out St Albert trail at 136 Ave and 137th Ave

@RightAngle24 @yegwave Grey nuns isn't a AHS facility, it's Covenant Health,

@yegwave The whole AHS is plotting to take down UCP by any means necessary!!! This is madness!!! Prayers to the family!! Just unbelievable

An Edmonton man who died in a hospital waiting room reportedly begged for help, and each time he approached the desk, he was told to sit down and wait. He lay on the floor, asking repeatedly, and staff allegedly told him to move for the privacy of other patients. He was pacing, dry heaving, and tapping his chest—clearly in distress. A follower of YEGWAVE who reached out to us witnessed this and says they never want to see the inside of that ER again.

Looks like an empty School bus rear-ended somebody and they're just waiting for the school bus to get out of there

137th Ave westbound around 116th Street I'm not there yet but I can see EMS and it's backed up almost all the way to 97th Street #yegtraffic

@FrenchsCA I'm confused how is it Canadian mustard seed... Yet imported?

@thelefthand9 @RockyRanges @yegwave No traffic control device required

@RockyRanges @yegwave No such thing. Unless indicated "slower traffic keep right" you can occupy all lanes on a highway. Also the car was passing the semi until dippity goofball in the truck tried to be slick.

Scene of a truck on the QE2 near Edmonton overtaking a vehicle via the median, hitting the car it was passing and damaging the divider, nearly causing a crash.

@pilpil66 @GlobalEdmonton We used to have a law that a tow operator couldn't offer services unless called, it was removed somewhat recently, maybe to make room for this.

@GlobalEdmonton About time!

Effective Aug. 8, 200-metre exclusion zones will exist around collision scenes and tow trucks that enter without being invited by emergency officials or drivers will be fined $1,000. #yeg #yegtraffic globalnews.ca/news/11320956/…

@BuntingBrock @nellohead I work in IT too, my work machine is on 24/7 I only reboot for critical updates. I have a home server on 24/7. My home workstation is off when I'm not using it, just cause I don't want the lights on when I'm sleeping

@nellohead As someone who works in IT I will say restarting is entirely unnecessary unless there is an actual problem.

As someone who works in IT I want to make this very clear and it helps a lot of problems out WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR COMPUTER, TURN IT OFF!!!! DO NOT LEAVE IT ON FOR 5+ DAYS!!

@Butters2025x @BTW100 @yegwave Unless signage is present, they don't.

Scene of an accident involving an Edmonton Police unmarked vehicle.

@downspouters @libre20_ @1_2_question @yegwave I think the thought is for most things right is rights, 4 way stop if everyone gets there at the same time, person on the right goes first, traffic circles yield to everyone on your left. Unmarked T intersections are right is right as well, not straight through gets right of way.

@libre20_ @1_2_question @yegwave With that thought you would only have one lane. The inside lane would never get out using that philosophy.

@nnalrihS @1_2_question @yegwave Well, no, depends on signage. Unless there's signage saying the outside lane has to exit at certain points, legally you can go around all day long in the outside lane, as long as you yield to vehicles on the left.

@1_2_question @yegwave No it wasn’t. The other car had to exit.

@VoteJaffer How about those neighborhood renewal projects that almost nobody wants, hell a street near my house is getting repaved and it was practically fine, no heaves, very few tar lines... No good reason.

We shouldn't be spending tens of millions on new bikes lanes - while basic services are declining and taxes are skyrocketing. It’s time to hit pause. Sign the petition today ➡️ votejaffer.ca/petitions #yeg #yegvote #yegmedia #yegtraffic #forallofedmonton

@Rogers "we think you have a 3G phone, so we're turning it off, call us on your disabled phone to fix it" also Rogers "thanks for calling our special number to fix your phone, we've under staffed it so call back later, ps none of our other support lines can help you. *Click*" 😡