anachronist

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[–] anachronist@midwest.social 3 points 2 hours ago

Both CEOs are horrible but the new one is a former McKinsey consultant with a background in finance and the silicon-valley C-suite. According to statements she put out her strategy is: layoffs and AI.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s just a suggestion.

Quebec is also where I learned the phrase "No cop, no stop."

But I think they were arrested for not saying arrêt.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

Some of them are flying the Confederate flag in Alberta!

Historically Europe (and the British Empire) sided with the confederacy because they saw a united USA as a potential industrial rival, whereas the south was more of a resource colony. Interestingly there was a major class divide in Europe where the working classes were anti-slavery and therefore anti-confederate wheras the upper classes saw the confederate cause being in their interest. There's a book about this called A Cause for All Nations by Don Doyle.

My understanding is that nowadays the confederate flag is used by people outside the USA who are on the fascist end of the spectrum for whom Nazi or fascist symbols are too extreme (or just illegal) in their countries.

 

Is it weird to be an American interested in Canadian news?

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

If they said they didn't find any, then everyone would know it was a whitewash. So they decided to "find" a small amount and then pat themselves on the back.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Reality is about to get all melty and people are gonna have six fingers.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago

He ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. That's for sure. I think the world is gonna roll him. The ice is getting pretty thin, the water's warm. Do you think he can swim?

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 16 points 1 month ago

I think I'm beginning to understand how Trudeau keeps winning.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Probably had CTE TBH.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is it really possible to sign away a right to sue a company, especially hidden in an EULA?

Yes it is. It is called "forced arbitration" and pretty much every contract you are compelled to sign has it.

In any kind of just society with a fair legal system it would not be legal. But that doesn't describe us or our legal system.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

My guess is you're seeing the computer go into a reject loop until a human operator finally takes over.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Russia's nuclear sabre rattling isn't credible because their nuclear arsenal is not dispersed. Dispersal is the key to a nuclear exchange and it's why both sides spend so many billions on submarines and stratobombers. Since the cold war Russia's nuclear assets have been sitting grouped at bases around the country. If Putin wants to be credible he has to first order the planes in the air and the submarines to sea. But the submarine he sent to Cuba was accompanied by a tug "just in case."

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 46 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I always heard "Canada is three mining companies standing on eachother's shoulders in a trechcoat."

Although that one applies equally to Australia.

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