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One year after public outcry, critics say government is still dragging its feet on Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
A year after the province promised to start construction on Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, medical professionals and opposition parties say the facility is still falling apart. They’re accusing the government of cutting corners and delaying the long-awaited expansion project.
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Daniele Verducci 🧉Mar 29, 2025

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craftbot Dec 18, 2023

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Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES Dec 7, 2023

I saw a message that said I was given 10 free pings on top of the pings that I did not get while Feeld was crashing and burning. (Newsflash: it is still crashing and burning.)

The math is off, I got a total of 11 new pings (and ended up with 12 pings), but I know that I had more than one ping that was owed to me so 1 (the one ping I already had) + > 1 +10 should be > 12.

I'm imaging this is what happened behind the scenes at Feeld's HQ.

Alice: Shit! Customers are complaining that they're not getting their free pings. What shall we do?

Bob: Er... damn... it looks like the update process partially ran. It is going to be hard to know which accounts were affected.

Alice: How about we give everyone ten pings? That ought to cover it!

Bob: Brilliant. This way, we won't have to waste time figuring out what we owe to whom.

CEO: People have been complaining about not getting their free pings. What's the solution?

Bob: We're going to give everyone 10 pings. Easy-peasy.

CEO: Okay, I'll write up a little message to our customers.

CEO's message: We're sorry we haven't given you your free pings. To make up for it, you get 10 extra pings on top of those we owed you. [Clicks send.]

Alice: Er... boss.

CEO: Yes.

Alice: It is 10 pings *total* on top of the one ping we can be sure that everybody did not get. It is not 10 pings on top of what we owed them.

CEO: Can we claw back my message?

Bob: Nope.

CEO: I don't understand. We cut corners. We skipped testing. It should have improved our bottom line, but now we have a dumpster fire on our hands. How did this happen? I should be awash in bonuses now!