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Yep, next election will essentially be a carbon tax election. And so far it's looking like a clear conservative win, where "axe the tax" is the only policy given.

I've [tried] having discussions about the carbon tax on a fact-basis with my parents and they will not even acknowledge the carbon rebate as a thing that exists. Won't even look it up either, since their idea of the carbon tax being a general revenue tax that is funneled together with most other taxes and not refunded is such a simple, easier belief to have than to need to consider the merit of the program on factual grounds. Pretty quickly came to the conclusion that conversing with people who do this is pointless; they have their beliefs and do not want to acknowledge reality. It's too complicated and a simple view of ignorance is preferable.

It's not like there are no genuine points to be had against the carbon tax either.

• It is charged before sales tax, making it not truly revenue neutral.
• The existence of the carbon tax will cause a realized financial disadvantage for most Canadian families when considering the greater economic impact beyond simple tax paid vs rebate received (true despite 4 in 5 Canadians receiving more from the rebate than they pay in carbon tax).
• Taxing the carbon emitted by home heating fuels is more problematic than other fuels like gasoline, etc, since families cannot reduce their carbon emissions from heating as easily; in most of Canada heating your home is a necessity for survival and switching to a less carbon-intensive energy source is a large undertaking.

All to say, there are some genuine discussions to be had on the merit of our carbon tax and the specifics as to how it is implemented. Those above points are not de facto hits against carbon tax, they are just points that can be debated in good faith.

Using the economic impact example; what is the economic impact of inaction. What alternative carbon emission reduction plan do you have that could work better? (Spoiler: >!They do not have one, it is repeal and not replace.!<) Carbon pricing has been evaluated time and time again to be the most effective way to reduce carbon emissions with the lowest economic impact.

Regarding home heating, (assuming a province going by the federal system) 10% of the carbon tax is going to programs to subsidize carbon reduction. This includes heat pump subsidies for low income families.

But, there are very few people who will even allow a discussion to progress to this point, as they do not even understand the program and would rather resort to a simplistic emotional response than acknowledge the program as it exists in reality.

And get fucked if you cannot drive for one reason or another in a car-dependent city/sprawling amalgamated mess.

Glorious? This thing is disgusting lol. A cultural abomination.

Maybe dependent on the sport? I can only speak for hockey, but I always remember slapshots measured in km/h. Makes sense if imperial is used on US-centric sports tho. Do we really need to add more branches to this chart 😮‍💨

No, in a way it's just another Android TV box. But it only has Google's spyware crap in it instead of that plus all the sketchy malware that's been found on no-name Android TV boxes. Plus it has (still) pretty high-end specs compared to most other third party players, so you can throw full phat UHD remuxes with Dolby Vision and full quality lossless Atmos at it without it chugging. The AI video upscale is one of the only upscaling solutions that is actually worth using (depending on personal taste).

That's all from my research, I haven't actually bought one either bcus its a bit expensive for me too. If you're up for a bit more work and want to save a good bit, consider the DIY Kodi box that another poster mentioned. Something like LibreELEC if you've got a Raspberry Pi lying around somewhere, or just install Kodi on an old PC or laptop if you have one laying around for a HTPC.

That's a very good choice too if you're fine with some tinkering. Dolby Vision on the shield is what had me considering the Shield, but I read something about proper Dolby Vision support in the new release of Kodi (can't confirm).

Consider leaving the TV disconnected from the internet and using it as a dumb TV connected to a good third-party device like an Nvidia Shield (those are a still probably the best mass market player devices despite being a few years old. Nothing official, but there is a good chance a refresh could be coming soon).

And considering they didn't feel the need to mention ethnicity.

Nah, I'm being nitpicky. All good.

True, but even if Steam were to offer a x% lower cut on sales for Linux users if the developer makes a Linux-native build, it'd still not entice many to build and maintain a native port if they are only saving x% off a tiny y% of users. Other poster's point being that incentives like this would actually become enticing to companies when Linux market share (Proton users) increases.

Doubtful Steam is gonna offer a share cut on all sales when it runs on Proton for the 2% of userbase using Linux, and from that only a minority would care whether or not it's native anyway.

Oh, we weren't talking abou...fuck I gotta get off the internet for a while.

Hell, even Dell who came up with the standard chose to switch to soldered memory on the brand new XPS laptops instead of using their own CAMM standard ^because ^money.