People aren't too bright 'round these parts.
OminousOrange
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I would also argue the bridge is ever changing as well. It has different vehicles crossing it, every tire wears the surface, the materials expand and contract with temperature, the structure weathers continuously.
Just because one doesn't notice, doesn't mean something doesn't change.
Philosophically, it really all boils down to the only thing that exists is the present. The past doesn't exist, the future doesn't exist. The only thing that is real is what is happening in this very moment.
The river is not the same as when you crossed it this morning, neither is the bridge. It is only as it exists now, and it will never exist in this same way at any other time.
The metaphor is that the river is always changing. The water is different water, and the water is continuously shaping the earth around and beneath it.
Don't let them fool you. Meta is a data broker masquerading as a social media company.
Just as you will never cross the same river twice, you, and those around you, are ever changing. You are a completely different person in a completely different world than existed that 17 years ago.
There could be thousands of people in that shower if they were pondering in the rain!
Separating from Canada is the stupidest thing a province like Saskatchewan or Alberta could do. Both provinces have significant overseas exports, yet both are land locked.
I'm disappointed that this is still a conversation, though this bill does seem somewhat sensical.
The privacy of what? An odometer reading?
It is until tire manufacturers get an incentive to sell decreased wear tires, likely at the expense of other features. Along with people putting off tire replacement even longer, this would just be asking for a significant decrease in road safety.
One would've thought the organization that stands for open source software to be quite democratic. Seems that may not be the case.
I feel the global economy won't be too bad off. Likely some collateral damage, but the United States on the other hand...
This is fairly common in older cities. Combined sanitary and storm sewers were the norm not too long ago, and separating them, especially in a very flat place, isn't easy.
It should be understood that these events are fairly infrequent and only happen when the combined sewer system is overwhelmed by an intense storm. By the nature of these sewers, the discharge is quite diluted if an overflow happens, and it's not someone just opening a valve and letting pure sewage run into the river.
The city has come a very long way in separating the systems since that 1992 letter that is referenced. Installing a new storm sewer can be quite complicated and require some creative engineering with the constraints of existing infrastructure and property, and only limited elevation to work with. For systems not yet separated, there are control weirs and sometimes huge pumping systems to help pump stormwater to decrease the chance of discharge.
It's easy to construe this as deliberate sewage discharge to skirt regulation or save on treatment or something, but it's a very complex issue and the city is doing what they can with the money they have. Perhaps more urgency is needed, but that bill would be put on the residents of Winnipeg. At the moment, the bigger impact on reducing nutrient load is upgrades to the NE Treatment plant, as the article mentions. I'm sure residents would prefer their tax dollars spent on the most effective measures.