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@johnsoncontrols How small do your Absorption Chillers go? 2 tons? johnsoncontrols.com/hvac-equipment…

@ABRegionalRail They're currently designed for the 100th busiest hour in the year...

Should #Alberta roads be designed for peak demand or average demand? There are defined times when people travel, passenger rail can accommodate a significant amount of peak demand, reducing average demand, and therefore defer or eliminate the need for road expansion or new ones.

@e_backstrom Do you know who the "Whyte" in Whyte Ave is?

@patrickaturley You should be able to claim travel expenses though: mileage (or kms), meals, lodging, etc

@MinchinWeb True. But only if you those expenses are exclusively for the business activity. So like I can't write off some fraction of my laptop if I also use that laptop for my actual job.

When you get paid an honoraria for speaking at an academic conference, are you supposed to report that as self-employment income, file a Sch C, and pay SE taxes? I'm not sure how else I'm support to report it, but it also seems wrong...

@e_backstrom There are two existing rail corridors between Edmonton and Calgary -- open.alberta.ca/publications/a… The missing (existing) link is from YEG to Edmonton city center.

One thing this non-expert can point out is that Calgary-Banff will use an existing rail corridor. The cost of a new rail corridor between Edmonton & Calgary would be much, much more than adding track to the existing CPR line.

Quick math: 130 km for $1.5B is $11.5M/km. Edmonton-Calgary rail would be ~ 295 km. At $11.5M/km, 295 km would be $3.4B. Feels low considering the cost of urban LRT projects but those are heavily engineered. Any infrastructure costing experts out there with thoughts?

@jmayer Does this have Windows support? (I build my blog on both Windows and Linux...)

@jmayer Invoke (pyinvoke.org) comes to mind.

@jerbotnet AutoCAD has been priced like this for a long time. Basically, it you're not making $$$ off it (and or your boss is paying for it), you're not using it.

And from the comments of their new pay per use model. #b3d

It just gets worse, and worse, and worse. SOoOooo grateful for open source tools like @blender, @Krita_Painting, @GIMP_Official, etc. Of course, mega bonus points to be able to run this all on an open source operating system too (#linux)... but I digress....

@gburron @VassyKapelos 1% is probably double the current (property) tax bill...

Budget vows to build 'for the long term' as it promises child care cash, projects massive deficits | CBC News cbc.ca/news/politics/…

The Nintendo Gaming Bundle Giveaway | Boing Boing Store store.boingboing.net/giveaways/the-… via @BoingBoing

@nnja Thanks for putting on the Intermediate Python class today! Much appreciated!

@e_backstrom @EPCOR Aug 21/92 -- I remember it snowing on my birthday as a young boy...

The record keeping got a little spotty towards the end! Kudos to @EPCOR for keeping this beautiful piece of #AB labour history.

Amazing discovery on Edmonton's first snow of the year: a chalk record of first snows going back to 1957 found in the amazing Rossdale Power Plant. #yegwx #yeghistory #yegheritage

Check out my #GitHubContributions history over time. pbs.twimg.com/media/DfDVdoPW…

I have a few solutions to manage my browser tab groups, but I think I just found something better. Thx @tferriss for the heads up. *note : screenshot is slightly staged, as my #linux desktop allows me to drop/hide these on multiple workspaces. one-tab.com

@TalkPython @EliRibble Ramps seems to be just for Mac. Did you use something else for Windows?

@BigchainDB Yes, although I guess I'm more active on GitHub than here!

And a big thank you to our external contributor @MinchinWeb!

@eliribble : on @TalkPython No 23 you mentioned a Python library for creating "taskbar apps" on Windows. What's the library called?

@maebert #jrnl v2.0 has been in the works for a long time now... Anything I can do to help get it out the door?