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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://ift.tt/2TxGnEk via /r/funny https://ift.tt/2ELMw5x\nIt’s been days…\nMarch 9, 2019 No comments Article\nhttps://ift.tt/2TsXIhl via /r/oddlysatisfying https://ift.tt/2EMaGNc\nRefs sliding in unison.\nhttps://ift.tt/2ENWdjI via /r/gifs https://ift.tt/2Ts8jtb\nFace / Off\nhttps://ift.tt/2SV4EP8 via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2XOtIv5\nAn Aberdeenshire charity which appealed for mascara brushes to groom and comfort young and injured animals has received hundreds of donations from all over the world\nhttps://ift.tt/2SV4Aim via /r/oddlysatisfying https://ift.tt/2XOJCW8\nTomatoes Unrotting\nhttps://ift.tt/2H7e5tz via /r/worldnews https://ift.tt/2HqVCr9\nClosing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis\nhttps://ift.tt/2TEjPkk via /r/CrappyDesign https://ift.tt/2J36Swf\nLets put huge open gaps in the bin\nhttps://ift.tt/2C8xR3G via /r/BeAmazed https://ift.tt/2NRZyCB\nThis old man riding a micro cycle.\nhttps://ift.tt/2EXZIph via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2NQYGxR\nLays potato chips in the 1960’s.\nhttps://ift.tt/2GXQ055 via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2Hk6A1L\nNow for something impossible.\nhttps://ift.tt/2ELCaT8 via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/2SVvmHw\nEarly 90’s high waisted chic\nhttps://ift.tt/2NRbFjk via /r/CrappyDesign https://ift.tt/2HasDsq\nThis stairwell in one of the buildings at my university.\nNo text found via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/2XKDeze\nJust a reminder: there isn’t a single ARBY’S restaurant in Toronto, one of the largest cities in North America.\nhttps://ift.tt/2NRd9df via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2EXOst1\nA photo of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California during construction (1935)\nhttps://ift.tt/2TwforV via /r/OldSchoolCool https://ift.tt/2VQeWCj\nAn early 70s green sectional living room couch\nhttps://ift.tt/2EMTI13 via /r/DesignPorn https://ift.tt/2Tp9Ccn\nThis evergreen hotel\nhttps://ift.tt/2NTlai2 via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2EZCore\nGraphene aerogel, the lightest solid material created.\nhttps://ift.tt/2TtiBZM via /r/BeAmazed https://ift.tt/2EQk3vl\nThis kids speed is on another level\nhttps://ift.tt/2HoiAzl via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/2Hb7nm9\n‘They’re taking away our hope’: Ontario autism program changes leave families anxious about how they’ll cope\nhttps://ift.tt/2NRsH0J via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/2EYZazp\nNo, I’m a big starfish\nhttps://ift.tt/2ER4SSn via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2J0WN31\nCorgi flop\nhttps://ift.tt/2J01QAU via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2TB3RaG\nEpic escape from captivity\nhttps://ift.tt/2HlxPJ7 via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2Uv9GDK\nShe has her very own cardboard mansion!\nhttps://ift.tt/2CeMIK6 via /r/oddlysatisfying https://ift.tt/2H7K7Wh\nThat Frisbee throw\nhttps://ift.tt/1dIwbyL via /r/todayilearned https://ift.tt/2Hboapa\nTIL white button, cremini, and portobello mushrooms are not different varietals, but the same species at different maturity levels.\nhttps://ift.tt/2Uouxss via /r/woahdude https://ift.tt/2EQ9bgK\nBringing Van Gogh to life\nhttps://ift.tt/2u16Omg via /r/ProgrammerHumor https://ift.tt/2TsC1xV\nOh that turns me on.\nhttps://ift.tt/2TCtsjn via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2tTFwhU\nMy aunts cat is HUGE\nhttps://ift.tt/2tWJuGk via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2HciUlk\nWhat an amazing dad\nhttps://youtu.be/lj_X6NbrKGA via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/2TqG11X\nMy childhood movie night.\nhttps://ift.tt/2VJS8UA via /r/funny https://ift.tt/2tV7JVB\nI thought this woman was staring at me for like 5 minutes before I realized it was a magazine\nhttps://ift.tt/2u6OdFP via /r/gifs https://ift.tt/2TDQdU1\nChild unhurt after group of 14 year-old boys improvise rescue trampoline from orange barriers and yellow padding.\nhttps://ift.tt/2UrPD9n via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2TBESnK\nThis is Gertrude. She is extremely photogenic.\nhttps://ift.tt/2EJEF8j via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2UnJRW9\nDesign of buildings\nhttps://ift.tt/2u23ojb via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2tY4JHT\nBaby polar bear is a mood :)\nhttps://ift.tt/2H5ZDlH via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2HmIIdU\nLittle humming bird eggs\nhttps://ift.tt/2VLAsrA via /r/todayilearned https://ift.tt/2VNLjS4\nTIL that we don’t see pure black when we close our eyes, we see a color named Eigengrau and although there are a few theories as to what causes it nobody’s quite sure.\nhttps://ift.tt/2Trimi4 via /r/worldnews https://ift.tt/2TE7xsf\nThe Canadian government will no longer fund homeopathic therapies in Honduras. The move comes after an outcry about public funds going to support alternative therapies that have not been proven effective.\nhttps://ift.tt/2UskO4n via /r/BeAmazed https://ift.tt/2EYtzO6\nAmazing! The 1,500 year old Angel Oak tree in South Carolina.\nhttps://ift.tt/2tWs2St via /r/funny https://ift.tt/2VOMikY\nTook me a bit of time to get it right\nhttps://ift.tt/2H7Is38 via /r/oddlysatisfying https://ift.tt/2IYD1Fi\nHow I received my new credit card today\nhttps://ift.tt/2XLE3rx via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2SPl4Zr\nCroatian Firefighters deploying during a football match.\nhttps://ift.tt/2NQ2CyY via /r/todayilearned https://ift.tt/2EXeFI8\nTIL The theme tune for Mr Bean is sung in latin and says “Behold the man, who is a bean”\nhttps://ift.tt/2VKhVvS preliminary analysis from a transit consultant of why building subways costs so damn much in North America as compared to other places. It comes down to 3 main categories: sub-optimal design, bad management, and crappy politics. For various reasons, here in the 21st century our continent sucks at all of those.For those too lazy to even skim through the article but will comment anyway, here are the subheadings:1. Engineering part 1: station construction methods2. Engineering part 2: mezzanines3. Management part 1: procurement4. Management part 2: conflict resolution5. Management part 3: project management6. Management part 4: agency turf battles7. Institutions part 1: political lading with irrelevant priorities8. Institutions part 2: political incentives9. Institutions part 3: global incuriosityWhat’s not on the list are union costs, since in the first paragraph the author links to several essays he’s written debunking that talking point among others (see here and here in particular).I am going to put this in bold and hopefully skip this particular comment: according to this analyst, unions aren’t why subway construction costs so much in the US and Canada.Anyway, I liked the global overview of building transit. I also liked what it mentioned of Spanish innovations in transit building, specifically where contracts aren’t just awarded based on the lowest bid, but instead also scores the proposal by construction speed and technical points, which would ameliorate the practice of cutting corners that come back later to bite you in the ass.The second Spanish innovation I liked was that design and construction are split. The article says that it stops the construction team from being religiously devoted to the original design and leaving them free to make small changes, but in my opinion it also stops the design team from padding the design since it doesn’t matter how many frills and gewgaws they put in the plans, they’re not going to build it so they’re not going to get paid more.Anyway, this is some dorky infrastructure shit to pore over this Saturday morning but I think it’s interesting for what it is. via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/2HkMWm2\nWhy American [Subway Construction] Costs Are So High (Work-in-Progress) [Toronto and Canada mentioned several times]\nhttps://ift.tt/2VKhVvS preliminary analysis from a transit consultant of why building subways costs so damn much in North America as compared to other places. It comes down to 3 main categories: sub-optimal design, bad management, and crappy politics. For various reasons, here in the 21st century our continent sucks at all of those.For those too lazy\nhttps://ift.tt/2VSQoIV via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2TyqaxK\nlove of my life \nhttps://ift.tt/2EZgCDM via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2NU1REZ\nTiny apple tree growing a full size apple\nhttps://ift.tt/2TKeB6R via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2J2IdrU\nThe Atacama Desert (Chile) is the driest desert in the world. After rainfall, the entire desert blooms\nhttps://ift.tt/2H7H1Sj via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2VHuzM6\nMy daughter at her 8th birthday party..\nThis was originally my response to someone who asked (once again) if s/he should buy or rent in Toronto.This link is her question and the thread, including redditor responses and my thoughts————————————————My response (based both on professional experience as a past senior immigrarion official and as someone who now owns a business and employs low-wage immigrant workers):When deciding whether or not to buy in Toronto vs. continuing to rent, it’s tough to say what is or isn’t the right answer. You have many things to balance. You need to evaluate everything with a long term view,Personally, I bought in 2016 in part because of long-term future population projections.The Ministry of Finance for the gov’t of Ontario makes fairly scientific and rigorous population predictions. They do so because despite the instant-media world we now live in, they have to make sound financial government investments and decisions which can support future projected populations. They’re not able to do so unless they come up with as objective as possible projections for future population changes. Unlike population forecasts by media pundits, the forecasts by the Ministry of Finance are not sensational for selling advertising space or for generating clicks. They are the best that we have in any given moment.Here is the gov’t of Ontario’s last population projection for TorontoThe Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is projected to be the fastest growing region of the province, with its population increasing by 2.8 million, or 40.8 per cent, to reach almost 9.7 million by 2041. The GTA’s share of provincial population is projected to rise from 48.3 per cent in 2017 to 52.3 per cent in 2041.Now for anecdotes:I used to be a high-level immigration official. I personally made decisions in over 50,000 immigration applications in immigration offices across 6 provinces, and in immigration visa section within 5 of our Canadian Embassies abroad for many years. I have personally witnessed and have been involved in not only the overall thought process of immigrants from around the world, but I’ve had a closer view than most of how they implement that thought process.In many countries in the world, a person doesn’t feel like they’ve “made it in life” unless they own. The reason isn’t as complicated as we think. Most countries don’t have the type of Social Services System that Canada does. Therefore, people elsewhere have a sense of urgency to become as self-sufficient as possible. Rental properties in other countries (unlike in Canada) are shit-holes, and landlords take advantage of people. This means that people have it imprinted in their minds from an early age that they must never fall prey to, or be at the mercy of a landlord. To do so is the equivalent of losing their self-sufficiency, and having nothing to fall back on in times of need.Therefore, when they immigrate here, they bring that notion of “I must find a way to buy something as fast as possible, and at all costs, even if it means never eating in a restaurant for 10 years, or having to only wear 3 shirts and 1 pair of pants”.When we think of the “immigrant-effect” on housing, we incorrectly think it all must be rich Chinese. No. That’s a small part of the overall picture (In Toronto it’s not nearly as huge as people think it is). Rather, a combination of upsizing (on the part of Canadians), of first-time Canadian buyers looking for fewer and fewer available properties, or those using R-E as an investment vehicle (on the part of Canadians, and on the part of some foreigners) to re-rent, and purchases from NORMAL (not rich) immigrants are all affecting Toronto’s R-E prices, and will continue to do so.It’s this last point that is interesting: The purchase of property by normal, but NOT rich immigrants.I now work in the private sector, but what I’ve seen in the private sector aligns very well with what I used to see as an immigration official.I had a 24 year old employee, almost fresh off the boat from South Asia, with no special education. He worked for me for minimum wage. He and his 23 year old wife (who immigrated with her family 5 years earlier, but who is unemployed) just had a child. They now have a family of 3 to support on his minimum wage. They rented in Jane and Finch for $1200 / month. But because their lower-middle class parents (on both sides), their siblings (on both sides), and even aunts and uncles (on both sides) could not culturally bear to witness a 24 year old father shamefully keep his family in rental accomodation, (and thus what they equated in their minds as falling behind in life by the minute), they all pooled their money together to give him $500,000 cash. Like holy fuck! They used it to buy a brand new condo. Their only expenses are now utilities and condo fees.And now guess what this newly housed young minimum-wage couple is doing? Every month, they’re also socking away money (even if it’s $100/month) to also be able to eventually contribute to the family pooling of funds to do the exact same thing for their siblings and/or future nieces/nephews.This happens all the time, and is never captured in the statistics which try to explain our strange housing trends. They’re not captured in the stats because neither a bank, nor the government (CHMC) will ever see them.Likewise, there are tons of intergenerational families (grandparents, parents, 2 or more adult children) who will also pool intergenerational funds together to purchase a house so all can live under the same roof. They may even all earn minimum wage. But they still manage to do this.In Canada, and in Canadian culture, we don’t do this, so it’s very very difficult for us to understand as a concept. And it’s even more difficult for us to understand its enormous long-term effect on real-estate, especially Toronto. Whole swaths of the city are purchased in this way.Back to the Ministry of Finance statistics…I spent years dealing with population growth statistics in a professional capacity (As a senior immigration official, I was in the business of building Canada, and these stats were key in the process). In Toronto, about 1/3 of the city’s growth comes from people elswhere in Ontario and Canada. But 2/3 comes from immigrants. More often than not, those immigrants have a “buy at all costs” mentality. If 2/3 of the 2.8 million new residents to Toronto (from now until 2041) are immigrants, and if statistics continue to show that our housing starts are not nearly enough to house those people, there will be a demand for housing like we have never seen in the history of Canada (It will be among one of the highest demands with one of the greatest shortages in North American history).We’re already starting to see the beginning of this trend. And prices (both for rentals and for purchases) are reflecting this.Now, there are a zillion other economic factors which can play with the housing market over the long term. You may find you want sell in the future when we’re going through a cyclical down. We may see an Armageddon-style world depression. We may see a Trump-style government get elected in Canada and scare the shit out of any immigrant who may want to move to Canada (never say never). We may see a war. We may see Toronto get so expensive that no business or low wage service workers can afford to operate and work here, leaving Toronto gutted of basic business services and as bad as Detroit. Or we may see the rest of the world develop to the point that staying at home in other provinces or in other countries is more attractive than moving to Toronto. Who knows.But all things being equal, if we don’t run into some sort of economic wall (with normal ups and downs that can be rode out over the long term), we’re likely going to see GTA property stay high over the long term (if not go even higher).And that’s why I bought, despite knowing there could be hiccups along the way.Just my 2 cents. :)———————————————————-TL/DR (Edit): Stats show us that housing start numbers are not (and likely will not) be enough to keep up with GTA growth. 2.8 million more people will move to the GTA by 2042, of which 2/3 will be immigrants, and past tendencies show immigrants, even not well to-do ones, overall find ways to buy versus rent, Unless there is a multi-decade catastrophic economic event against Canada or Toronto as a whole, this will likely only push housing prices higher. via /r/PersonalFinanceCanada https://ift.tt/2VLKFV9\nThis was a comment I made in another thread why professional experience led me to think it was better for me to buy than rent in Toronto. Was surprised it was received so well. So thought I’d share it.\nThis was originally my response to someone who asked (once again) if s/he should buy or rent in Toronto.This link is her question and the thread, including redditor responses and my thoughts————————————————My response (based both on professional experience as a past senior immigrarion official and as someone who now owns a business and employs low-wage\nIf it’s built in, do humans have anything comparable? via /r/askscience https://ift.tt/2TsWnY7\nDo birds, spiders, and bees learn how to build nests, webs, or hives or is it built in?\nNo text found via /r/quotes https://ift.tt/2Cbms3f\n“Paul Manafort getting such little jail time for such serious crimes lays out for the world how it’s almost impossible for rich people to go to jail for the same amount of time as someone who is lower income. In our current broken system justice isn’t blind it’s bought.” ~ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\nhttps://ift.tt/2NPiAtn via /r/gifs https://ift.tt/2Tp1xV2\nCheese challenge gone wrong\nhttps://ift.tt/2Tqum3i via /r/csharp https://ift.tt/2IZfcgA\n.NET Internals Cookbook Part 4 — Type members\nhttps://ift.tt/2EM04xN via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2Ts40Os\nThis is what a 160,000 m³ MkIII containment tank for liquefied natural gas looks like on a cargo ship\nhttps://ift.tt/2HktwxL via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/2IZbh3y\nTwo Prehistoric worms which became alive and began to eat after 32, 000 years and the other after 41, 700 years.\nhttps://ift.tt/2TDXQdf via /r/woahdude https://ift.tt/2TAEKoq\nhttps://twitter.com/m_layton/status/1103832468396933120?s=19 via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/2tVxe99\nMike Layton: For 7 years I’ve faught for a tiny change to Toronto water budget to make large industrial water polluters pay the full cost to clean effluent. Last year lost on a tie. This year….PASSED.\nhttps://ift.tt/2H830bs via /r/todayilearned https://ift.tt/2HmpapL\nTIL research shows that cats recognize their owner’s voices but choose to ignore them\nhttps://ift.tt/2SOfczD via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/2XJNibL\nSome species of porcupinefish use a neurotoxin which is 1200 times stronger than cyanide, but they have a nice smile\nhttps://ift.tt/2MgmCIE via /r/oddlysatisfying https://ift.tt/2IWkvxg\nThe creation of a marble sculpture\nhttps://ift.tt/2HlvspO via /r/mildlyinteresting https://ift.tt/2H5j1z7\nHotel I stayed at was formerly a train station and had an actual train inside it, with rooms inside each car.\nhttps://ift.tt/2ENb1iw via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/2TqOmCY\nDundas Square Stage Area in 1983 [Photo by Avard Woolaver]\nWas tired with manually parsing command line arguments and couldn’t find an existing one that suited the zero configuration style I like, so I created yet another one.https://ift.tt/2Torq7g let me know what you think and i if it suits you. via /r/dotnet https://ift.tt/2tWhini\nCreated yet another command line parser for .NET\nNo text found via /r/quotes https://ift.tt/2NPXs5W\n“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” ― Marcus Aurelius\nhttps://ift.tt/2J01cDl via /r/DesignPorn https://ift.tt/2TJw2EB\nThis hunting show logo and title layout.\nhttps://ift.tt/2VNirt3 via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2tY8n4F\nSki Trail Sign In Summer VS in Winter\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQhjqCd7Eec via /r/Documentaries https://ift.tt/2XFoVMm\nCollapse – (2009) “Michael Rupert, who exposed the CIA’s drug smuggling operation explains the collapse of Civilization. Rotten Tomatoes – 83%”\nhttps://ift.tt/2Hjl4id via /r/QuotesPorn https://ift.tt/2HjAuDe\n“People are taking the piss out of you everyday…” BANKSY [2262 x1453] [OC]\nhttps://ift.tt/2XHpDZo via /r/mildlyinteresting https://ift.tt/2STQyxO\nSomeone crocheted this tree\nhttps://ift.tt/2EV1tTV via /r/DesignPorn https://ift.tt/2VDq6dk\nhttps://ift.tt/2H4ucrW via /r/woodworking https://ift.tt/2NPraIE\nThought you may appreciate this knifeblock I just finished! Took waaaay too long!! Hahaha\nhttps://ift.tt/2EQRzlh via /r/funny https://ift.tt/2H5pjyL\nCanadian gangs are getting outta hand!\nhttps://ift.tt/2IWUnCn via /r/gifs https://ift.tt/2Tvpk4W\nLightning bolts filmed at 28,500 fps over the ocean\nhttps://ift.tt/2EDfgNC via /r/mildlyinteresting https://ift.tt/2TgNTmC\nThese intricate old keyholes\nhttps://ift.tt/2TwjRe5 via /r/oddlysatisfying https://ift.tt/2tVgS0a\nThe color of this building\nhttps://ift.tt/2UoCWMx via /r/DesignPorn https://ift.tt/2C7hOmA\nPoignant environmental poster\nhttps://ift.tt/2H7fqR4 via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2NKvjNS\nLightning captured at 28,500 fps over the ocean\nhttps://ift.tt/2IYlm0u via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/2TvywGp\nThe nervous system. That is us. The rest of the body is an organic spacesuit worn by this creature to live on this particular rock revolving around a star.\nhttps://ift.tt/2NMbGoL via /r/funny https://ift.tt/2H4rxOM\nI came home to this today.\nhttps://ift.tt/2SNOUO1 via /r/woahdude https://ift.tt/2C6JrfE\nThe pool in the resort I used to work at in NC\nhttps://ift.tt/2SNDDxb via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2XJy9XR\nFaculty of Fine Arts students in Alexandria, Egypt.\nThere was a post a few weeks ago about a new feature introduced by Tangerine called “recipes”, which lets you set up savings goal in different ways than just “save X every X period”.I still do not have access to this feature when I log into my Tangerine account, and moreover I can’t find any documentation or news about the feature other than this reddit post.Did it just disappear? via /r/PersonalFinanceCanada https://ift.tt/2tQotx4\nWhat happened to Tangerine Recipes?\nThere was a post a few weeks ago about a new feature introduced by Tangerine called “recipes”, which lets you set up savings goal in different ways than just “save X every X period”.I still do not have access to this feature when I log into my Tangerine account, and moreover I can’t find any\nhttps://ift.tt/2Hh7kom via /r/news https://ift.tt/2TsI2tX\nWhole Foods cuts workers’ hours after Amazon introduces minimum wage\nhttps://ift.tt/2VGVVSB via /r/Damnthatsinteresting https://ift.tt/2ERHNjS\nThis is a hidden staircase leading to a secret room inside a 19th Century Victorian home.\nhttps://ift.tt/2C2if1J via /r/gifs https://ift.tt/2UoDJNe\nRabbit eating berries is slightly unnerving\nhttps://ift.tt/2H4ucrW via /r/woodworking https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/comments/ay3eeb/thought_you_may_appreciate_this_knifeblock_i_just/?utm_source=ifttt\nhttps://youtu.be/wh0sN4J5p9Q via /r/Frontend https://www.reddit.com/r/Frontend/comments/ay0yae/css_login_page_design_with_password_field/?utm_source=ifttt\nCSS Login Page Design With Password Field Visibility – UI Login Page Design\nhttps://ift.tt/2VF8qOD via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/2J6fcv8\nTIL The Toronto Public Library gives you free access to do-it-yourself legal forms like wills, bills of sale, etc. via LawDepot\nhttps://ift.tt/2XId8g8 via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2SIBvqp\nHuman Tears under a microscope\nhttps://ift.tt/2IV4tE1 via /r/interestingasfuck https://ift.tt/2Ts4aVj\nMelting a jawbreaker\nhttps://ift.tt/2HfqF9j via /r/funny https://ift.tt/2tQVVU2\nThey had us in the first half\nhttps://ift.tt/2GZK2DW via /r/funny https://ift.tt/2SNQQpI\nI finally get it."