For those folks looking for programmable #sensors or #controllers or other devices that are easily customized, I recommend Phidgets. A 🇨🇦 company, based in #Calgary, #Alberta, that has been around for about 20 years.
I have used it for sensor projects (heat and humidity) and a fun #RFID project.
Huge library of projects available in a lot of languages (C, C#, Python, Java, and more).
Lots of online support. Most devices are backwards compatible, but there have been new standards (e.g. RFID) which require reader up grades. Well made, inexpenaive.
"Corporate renewable energy investment is down 99% in Alberta, which once led the country in new renewable deals
The report puts the blame squarely on government policies and directives that have restricted renewable energy development and introduced significant uncertainty into Alberta’s private electricity market. The Alberta government did not respond to The Narwhal’s request for comment by publication time."
Hi! =) I'm new to the Fediverse. I'm an Artist (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) & I create all Original Black and White Art (such as Face Paintings, Abstract Paintings & Poetry Paintings on Canvas). Here's one of my Face Paintings. ♡
This is an Original Black and White Abstract Face Painting on Canvas by Calgary, Alberta, Canada Artist - LYNDA BLACK. For more of her Art or the make a purchase - you can visit her Website + Art Shop at : https://www.lyndablack.ca/ All orders have Free Shipping within Canada.
Hi! =) I'm an Artist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada who creates all Original Black and White Art (such as FACE PAINTINGS, ABSTRACT PAINTINGS, & POETRY PAINTINGS on Canvas - as well as Handmade PLUSH ART DOLLS). I've just re-opened my Website + Art Shop for the New Year & I'm excited to announce the release of my '110 Art Cards in a Box' !! =)
Here are my '110 Art Cards in a Box' - a Collection of 110 Semi-Gloss Black and White Abstract Art Cards that come in a Solid High Gloss Box. Professionally printed overseas and sealed in plastic - they are perfect for gift giving! They are currently available for purchase from my Website + Art Shop at : www.LYNDABLACK.ca
I need some help from people in Calgary, Alberta. Our son will be doing a 4-month work term there starting in January. I thought it would be fun to get him a gift card/certificate to an independent take-out restaurant. He loves shawarma (and Lebanese food in general), but I’m sure would be open to trying other interesting food options. Any recommendations for places I can contact to get a gift card for him for Christmas?
In the midst of a global uprising against police brutality and systemic racism, No Visible Trauma examines a deeply troubled police department and reveals the devastating consequences of unchecked police brutality. Despite its relatively low crime rates, recent years have seen the Calgary Police Service shoot and kill more people than officers in any other Canadian city, and more than either the New York or Chicago police departments in 2018. Five years in the making, the film unravels the intertwined stories of three individuals who were the victims of extreme violence at the hands of police officers. From the kidnapping and beating of a young immigrant from Ghana, to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a “wellness check”, the film exposes a criminal justice system that fails to hold police officers accountable for their actions.
Directors: Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal
Writers: Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal
This doc focuses on CalgaryPD but the issues raised are happening across AB, in BC, Mantitoba, Ontario & many more places across Canada. Canadian cops keep getting away with crimes & human rights abuses, daily, in Canada. Systemic racism is still a major problem across the country - no matter how much our governments try to whitewash their PR.
When the AI bubble pops, what will remain? Cheap GPUs at firesale prices, skilled applied statisticians looking for work, and open source models that already do impressive things, but will grow far more impressive after being optimized:
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Even though he's the darkest of clouds, Trump has some deeply weird silver linings, formed out of a combination of his self-owning isolationism and blunt aggression.
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A sepia-tinted slum scene. In the foreground is a gleaming Cooper Mini in the livery of London estate agents Foxton's; one of the shanties behind it has a Foxton's 'SOLD' sign bolted to it. Over the whole scene rises an ethereal portrait of Margaret Thatcher, dating from her prime ministership.
Here's a surprising stat: from 1845-1960, UK house prices pretty much kept pace with inflation - a house you'd bought 20 years ago could only be sold for more-or-less what you paid for it (technically, houses rose about 0.25% ahead of consumer prices).
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A sepia-tinted slum scene. In the foreground is a gleaming Cooper Mini in the livery of London estate agents Foxton's; one of the shanties behind it has a Foxton's 'SOLD' sign bolted to it. Over the whole scene rises an ethereal portrait of Margaret Thatcher, dating from her prime ministership.
A field of utility scale solar. Behind the mountains on the horizon line loom two logos: the original EFF 'clenched fist and lightning bolt' logo and the first Earth Day logo. They are reflected in the solar panels. Behind them roils hellish red-shot smoke.
A massive goliath figure in a loincloth, holding a club and sitting on a boulder; his head has been replaced with the head of Benjamin Franklin taken from a US $100 bill. He is peering down at a Synology NAS box, festooned with Enshittification poop emojis, with angry eyebrows and black grawlix bars over their mouths.