GreyEyedGhost

joined 1 year ago
[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago

Seems like a pretty sane way to handle market pressures, rather than, "I hope nothing terrible happens and my bill is suddenly thousands of dollars."

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Which gets us back to blaming the Liberals...

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Chretien did similar to G7 summit protesters decades ago. This isn't an endorsement of either act, but it certainly isn't new.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

And even with this antagonistic system, police officer isn't in the top 10 professions to die on the job.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Wow, that's a read. Conrad was outraged by Chretien thwarting his desire to be a Lord by...pointing out the laws of Canada. Renounced his citizenship out of spite after losing two law suits where he attempts to have the courts say the law doesn't apply to him. And then, after all this, loses his seat due to non-attendance, after he's been quoted as saying he wants to restart his political career (and then doesn't). Every step of the way, he touts his exceptionalism due to the large pile of cash he sits atop. And as a cute aside, gets convicted of fraud in the U.S. and is pardoned by Trump, which is pretty damning in my eyes. A true caricature of humanity.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It was about the letter after his name. If sex was illegal (and I think sex with subordinates often should be), they would have gone for that. Lying under oath is illegal, so they went for that. This wasn't some principled mission, this was to stop the guy they disagreed with using whatever would stick.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

As a straight guy, I'm also confused.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Streaming is legal in Canada, regardless of the legality if the hosts. Moreover, we have precedent in Canada that tops off your fines for illegal downloading at about $500 for all previous non-commercial infringements of any kind, which means any suits brought against Canadians are at a loss before you even have a meeting with their lawyers.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

It was sarcasm, which seems to be harder to convey in text than any number of battery advancements.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

Just watch for graphics tearing. On a completely unrelated note, why are earthquake zones so heavily populated?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Also, the battery pack for a cell phone 30 years ago was about the same volume and weight of an entire smartphone, with a capacity of about 500 mAh. They are also far cheaper if you account for inflation.

Batteries have improved incapacity by about a factor of 10 and the cost per watt-hour has reduced by about 99% in the last 30 year. All without a single advancement in the technology, apparently.

/s

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago

This is why r/OnGuardForThee was formed. Not that I've been to either in the last year.

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