Software Dev, Vancouverite. UBC Alumni.

Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined September 2022
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AI NATIVE SLACK IS JUST SLACK THE BLOAT IN SLACK IS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE, NOT PRODUCT MIDWIT HIRES LIKE TO CREATE PROJECTS AND BUSYWORK BC THEY LITERALLY CANNOT PRODUCE VALHE AI DOESNT SOLVE THIS
An AI-native slack will be an agent orchestrator that: - has hooks that makes it super simple for third party agent companies to build on top of - integrates with MS teams or slack so you don’t force customers to migrate away from the network effects of shared channels - make work comms feel more similar to email than it does slack (ephemeral) Excited for smart folks like Ando (@saraduit) and Glue (@EvanAndrewOwen) tackling this
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Canada has withstood the threat of military and cultural annexation for centuries. We kept this portion of North America as a Dominion of peace, order, and good government instead of the radical individualism and chaos of the US. We have no intention of caving now.
Trump publicly threatens Canada: "We have all the cards. Every single one. We don't want to do anything bad, but economically we have such power over Canada. I'd rather not use it ... it's not going to work out well for Canada." @atrupar (2025)
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I literally haven't seen a single poppy seller this year. Where have they all gone?
Under-covered bit of the decline in visible poppy wearing ahead of Remembrance Sunday seems to be the lack of obvious places and people selling them. I think wider coverage of places to get them next year would see a wider still take-up.
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If a startup requires you to be in the office 12 hours a day, 6+ days a week, you should run the fuck away like your life depends on it
Replying to @boneGPT
Alright, time to spill the beans on giga. Got hired back in April to lead demand gen for them. Quit after the first day. Red flags everywhere. >”when we hit $10m arr, we’re going to spend $100k on ____”(illegal stuff) >”we’re doing $____ in mrr” (Dashboards in the hq show 6x less) >bait n switch on title, start date, comp, etc. >had 2 international weddings I need them to pre-approve to take time off. They said yes. After I signed contract, they said “well you need to pick who you’re better friends with bc you can’t do both weddings now” >”I chopped off a goats head in India bc it brings good luck” >in office, 7 days/week, 12 hr days. “Pto policy is subject to change at our discretion… you are expected to always be working” >gave offer letter on Wednesday, said I need to sign by Thursday, and start job Monday morning. I had 3 days to move from atx -> sf. >first day of work, I got in early. Founder walks in my direction, I stand up, extend my hand for a handshake. He snubs me - not even an acknowledgement. I just moved my entire life & drove 26 hours across the country & not even a “welcome to the team” or a hello. Easiest decision of my life to quit after first day. I rarely root against founders, but this is the epitome of what’s wrong with tech/ai now. Offer letter for proof.
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LOCAL “HOBBY” SHOPS ABOUT TO GET GOOD???
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you people need to start wearing poppies btw
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Replying to @CentroLeaks
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100 people showing up to stop 5 single family homes from being built, where today there is only one. The boomers of greater Toronto are simply cursed, culturally. The amount that they hate young people has no limits or bounds. They will salt the earth behind them.
100 nieghbours showed up to a community meeting where they lost their minds over a proposal to turn 1 large lot single detached home into, gasps, 5 smaller lot single detached homes. If this isn't a middle finger from boomers to Gen Y then I dont know what is. newmarkettoday.ca/local-news…
I will never forgive how Jagmeet took the NDP, the party our household of hardworking first generation immigrants from the 1990s trusted to represent them; and utterly betrayed it, selling the working and middle class down a river for the sake of being LPC2.
Jagmeet, You allowed Trudeau to stay in office for much longer than he ever should have - so you could qualify for your pension. You didn't give 2 fucks about anyone or anything - other than your pension. You're selfishness and greed, ironically, has also destroyed the NDP. You're dumb as a fucking rock, had no business attaining the NDP Leaders job, and fucked up the one thing after Daddy let you leave the nest. Stop acting like you give any fucks about average people (with your BMW's, Rolex's and expensive man purses) other than to get back into the spotlight. Seek life elsewhere, Loser.
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Jagmeet, You allowed Trudeau to stay in office for much longer than he ever should have - so you could qualify for your pension. You didn't give 2 fucks about anyone or anything - other than your pension. You're selfishness and greed, ironically, has also destroyed the NDP. You're dumb as a fucking rock, had no business attaining the NDP Leaders job, and fucked up the one thing after Daddy let you leave the nest. Stop acting like you give any fucks about average people (with your BMW's, Rolex's and expensive man purses) other than to get back into the spotlight. Seek life elsewhere, Loser.
I triggered some snowflake conservatives yesterday, so let me say it louder: Billionaires are making record profits. They’re price gouging and tax dodging. If you're blaming minimum wage workers or immigrants instead of them, You're pointing your anger in the wrong direction.
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We agree with Charlie Kirk on basically nothing. Except that he deserves the right, as every human does, to speak freely without the threat of violence.
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What happened to Charlie Kirk is unconscionable, but it was literally a few months ago that two Democratic state legislators were gunned down by a right wing activist. Let’s not pretend this is one-sided
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No matter what is your politics I think we can all agree nobody deserves to be shot for no reasons at all
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Of course freaking Boomers are the ones who like the TFW program the most Most selfish generation ever, they genuinely hate young people
Support for ending the TFWP peaks among younger Canadians and Prairie residents. Opposition strongest among older Canadians and Quebec. This could become one of the most divisive debates in Canadian politics. More here: abacusdata.ca/abacus-data-po…
As a legal gun owner, this is absolutely disgusting to see. I get regularly audited by RCMP and have to go through a background check, and adhere to my rifles getting prohibited by arbitrary OICs only for people like this to give gun owners a horrible name.
Mactier Bridge Shooting: They’re illegally shooting restricted pistols and prohibited rifles (cz858) at the bridge site. Also driving around with loaded AR rifles. Why aren’t police charging them? They provided all the evidence needed for a solid case against themselves.
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The Canadian government has shut down the Air Canada flight attendants’ strike less than 12 hours after it began.
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