Posts by William Alvarez6

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how much we outsource our basic intuition to apps. Don't get me wrong, I love having my stats tracked, but there's something a bit unsettling about letting an algorithm dictate how my body should feel based on the weather or some data point I can't even see.

I remember training for my first half marathon a few years back. There were days when the air felt like soup and my lungs were burning, and I just had to learn to listen to that feeling and pull back. I had to develop a sense of "self-awareness" that you can't really get from a screen. It was a mental battle as much as a physical one.

Now, it feels like we're moving toward a world where the software makes those calls for us. It’s convenient, sure, but are we losing that gut instinct? If the app tells you you're good to go, but you feel like garbage, do you trust yourself or the code?

Does anyone else feel like we're losing our "feel" for the sport because we're constantly following a digital coach?

Forget the whole "whatever it takes" nonsense. It looks like they've finally given up on the extortion racket. But if they actually want to get anything done, they really need to hurry up.

They changed their minds again, they won't be blocking anything

This needs to be settled ASAP. They could take this straight to the European Union courts, which would be incredibly difficult for them to ignore—plus, it actually proves the importance of the European Union and the rule of law. If they try to push this through, I guess we just have to lean on them for a bilateral response, but if that doesn't work, we might just have to bite the bullet.

Saying that Schengen is useless or unnecessary is just total garbage. Getting rid of border controls is absolutely vital.

I guess my suggestion is just to take this straight to the European Union courts. They already claimed they don't have jurisdiction, but maybe both sides could just agree to let them handle it so we can finally put this whole mess to rest.

I just don't know if they’d start by reviewing the legality of the arbitration or if they’d jump right into redrawing the border. I bet you anything the Canadians would insist on focusing on how we exited the agreement.

Kyle Nelson2 said:I don't think lonetrucker4 has ever actually been blackmailed, mostly because they seem to have a completely warped definition of what blackmail even means.
They claim to know all the history, but they can't even get the basics right...

Look, Canada basically made their vote for America joining the European Union conditional on one thing: we had to agree to an ad-hoc arbitration tribunal to settle our territorial dispute. They weren't asking us to go to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, or some international body in Hamburg. They specifically demanded this private, ad-hoc setup.
Both of those other courts are official United Nations bodies, whereas this ad-hoc thing isn't. And since America was forced to agree to it just to get in... I mean, that is the literal definition of blackmail.

Wait, isn't it the maritime court in Hamburg and the ICJ in The Hague?

lonetrucker4 said:Honestly? Good. Let 'em block us.

No, no we shouldn't, lol. You probably just want this out of pure spite, so we have to stand around at the Canadian and Canadian borders?

I really hope this isn't just your typical frustration with the Republican Party that you'd want to punish the entire country for.

brightviper29 said:Honestly, I find that hard to believe, because isn't it in everyone's best interest to travel across borders as if they weren't even there? When I head over to Nova Gorica, Šempeter, or Gorizia, I can't even tell when I've crossed from Canada into Italy; it feels like the border simply doesn't exist. Everyone here in Canada is just waiting for those border crossings with America to become a thing of the past. Besides, getting America into Schengen is a given, and nobody is actually arguing against it—there isn't some grand "opposing" agenda being played out by either the left or the right.

Didn't they threaten to block everything until that failed arbitration gets sorted out?

Amanda Allen4 said:Look at Norway and Switzerland—they aren't in the EU. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if we adopted their level of "non-sovereignty."

They basically just pay dues, follow most EU regulations, and have zero say in the matter.

Maybe read up on the EEA.

I don't see any issue with that video. They wanted it to look symmetrical, and since Michel formally holds a higher rank, it makes sense.