This is not true.

When you spend Canadian dollars at a business owned by a Canadian, you're sending that owner and the Canadian government your money, in exchange for their goods or services, normally at a surplus of value for them. You are 'helping' them; you are 'investing' in the Canadian economy. You are justifying the existence of their business and the jobs of the people who work there.

Especially insofar as you're making this choice versus American options, you are putting money into the hands of Canadians rather than Americans. This is the underlying concept behind boycotts and voting with your dollars or feet.

Maybe, but often there's more to the story. I recall when "Israel attacked a hospital in Gaza" became "Hamas launched a rocket at their own hospital" a few days later, when more facts were known.

Oh yeah totally forgot about that. It’s a good thing Israel didn’t then go on and bomb every single hospital in Gaza and do stuff like massacre 15 paramedics in ambulances or anything like that.

Are you glad to have people spending their lives on jobs that don't contribute to society, just because the business is already profitable? Wouldn't it be better to have those people move into whatever job would contribute more to society? Have you considered that allowing people to remain in jobs that contribute less than they could in other jobs is the reason why your per-capita production lags the US?

The goal of the economy should be to move people quickly to where they can do the most good for society. Note that this has little to do with how hard these folks are working, how smart they are, or how 'worthy' they are. The point is just to have people doing the most useful work.

I am amazed to learn from you that usefulness and profit generation are interchangeable terms.

I’m guessing that by that logic, narcos and casino owners should be celebrated, and running a charity should be a crime.

Great point, thanks god we’re eliminating the majority of the creative arts industry with dogshit ai slop so people with actual talent can be redeployed to DoorDash or whatever (I guess until driverless cars can take that over?)

There is not always a lot more to do. If your business is making typewriters then what? Or you mine coal that nobody wants to use anymore?

These companies could spin up entirely new lines of business, but why? It's much better for someone else to start that business and hire the best people for it.

There is no reason why businesses must continue growing, or even existing - even if they are run well and profitably. The universe changes, and business come and go to align with that.

If you're on a "zero-hours contract" with one company, are you allowed to be employed by or on contracts with other companies as well?

What are the consequences of not being available to work when called in on short notice?

In the US we do basically the same thing, but we just call it a part-time job. Very common to be working for 2, 3 or even more different companies on a part-time basis. Is that the case in the UK as well, or is that not a thing?

We have "part time" as well, but it's different from zero hours. Part timers are usually (AFAIK) salaried employees that work a fixed <1 FTE (but not zero) and paid pro rata, with the usual statutory benefits such as holiday entitlement, pension, etc. You _could_ work multiple PT positions, if you could get them to line up and your employment contracts say it's fine.

Zero hours, to my understanding, is different: I'm not sure what statutory benefits you're entitled to, but yes, I believe you can be signed up to many zero hour contracts and it's up to you whether you take a job with (in theory) no repercussions if you choose not to.

Heavy means more fuel to ship it. Maybe still a net-win, I don't know.

How much trouble is it? I found with gardening that it was fun for a while, but not fun enough for me to sustain itself as a hobby for it's own sake. And the time investment was not worth the crop.

I'd love to grow mushrooms if, once you get past initial learning, it's very low-effort.

It's a bit of trouble but not onerous. I'm temporarily relocated for about a year and haven't restarted b/c I don't have all the equipment here with me, but will likely restart here before long.

There are some sterile procedures you need to follow, pretty easy.

You need sterilized/pasteurized grain spawn and substrate. You can just buy those from a vendor (eg North Spore) to start. (Once you DIY it though it's much cheaper) Biggest challenge is getting

You need spores. You can order those online (syringes are the way to go to start). Once you know how to culture them you can easily get them anywhere. Put a mushroom cap on a piece of aluminum foil and let it sit for a week. Pick it up and there are your spores.

Takes 2-3 months end to end for any particular batch.

It's not a matter of "can't be bothered." Engineers are constantly fixing things and rolling out new features. "Error budgets" are an acknowledgement of the tradeoff between these two things, and making a conscious choice about the balance between them, according to the business requirements of the application in question.

Keep in mind that "fixing things" is essentially a Sisyphean task - no matter how much you do there's always more you can do. Just like adding features. You have to have some kind of guideline on when enough is enough.

Hidden / disappearing controls are so irritating!

Where's the button? Where's the button? I know it must be here somewhere... (accidentally hovering mouse over something) OH THERE IT IS!!

It's not "accepting" - it's actual wanting. Many people want surveillance. Many people want age verification.

A vague answer that says nothing and can't be proven. Thank you for wasting our time.