Greg

joined 2 years ago
[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago

It’s amazing how relatable ancient art can be

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Car keys/fobs

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Canada has some of the least affordable cities in North America but it also has some of the most affordable cities. If you are able to move then Canada has some very affordable options. But I appreciate that the ability to move is a luxury that many folks don’t have because of circumstances like family commitments.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago
[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Our 3yo and my misses both had ticks early this season. Deer frequently visiting our property which is lovely but the ticks on them is not as lovely. After starting garlic spray treatments we no longer see them

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don’t have it here

I assume you cashed it in with the tooth fairy?

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's legal through a US subsidiary if the funds come from US operations. The morality is questionable though

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I’m not sure you know what learned means. You’ve missed literally dozens of other countries.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Do you have access to Kanopy through your local library? It's an online streaming platform with decent content.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

What’s scary is that limiting kids access to social media sites that promote algorithmic content is controversial. Of course kids shouldn’t be on YouTube. There are great streaming alternatives that are suitable for kids, ABC’s iView in Australia, BBC’s iPlayer in the UK, etc.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But I want to become a zombie and eat brains

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

That sounds frustrating, you should buy a pair or Ray Ban sunglasses to reduce the glare from the ad screens. Never hide - Ray Ban.

 
 

This may be an unpopular opinion but we should consider moving the Canada / US border 250km north along the Detroit river. Moving the border north 250km would reduce the amount of cross border trips for the automotive industry negating a lot of the tariff issues. And I don't think the geniuses ruling the US would realize that moving the border north along this stretch would result in Canada gaining over 9000km² of land.

The reason this may be unpopular is because Canada would inherit the Detroit Red Wings.

 
 
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These raccoons were having an epic all day love making session outside my window yesterday. They're nocturnal so I guess this is the equivalent of an all-nighter and I assume the masks are a kink ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Every 30 mins they'd venture out of the dead tree's hollow and start up again. Putting the wild in wildlife. Awww, to be young again...

 

The arguments I've heard about tracking etc are misguided and don't understand the actual risks.

Firstly, posts on the fediverse are already likely being consumed by advertising platforms like Facebook & Google. It would be trivial for big tech companies to setup relays that act as scrapers.

Secondly, the value in platform's tracking individuals is for advertising. There is no mechanism for these platforms to identify you browsing the we if your instance federated with threads. Your instance won't share cookie sessions etc with threads. It doesn't increase your exposure.

Thirdly, these platforms have the know how to deal with spam and they will be incentivised to share that tech with other federated instances.

Don't get me wrong, Facebook is an evil company. But I haven't heard a decent argument as to why them joining the fediverse is a bad thing. We always have the option to defederate in the future.

Change my mind.

 

Please don’t ask why I need this.

It would be great if the food also made me sweat a lot.

It doesn't need to be something I can easily find.

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