No questions. Just thanks.

In a world now seemingly devoid of genuine kindness and empathy, actions like these spark hope in the weary.

I am not a follower of his, but I am certainly an advocate for de-<insert mega tech company name here>ing having just finally rid myself of Micros**t, which was preceded by getting rid of almost all of the family streaming subs.

The Steamdeck is actually a great device for this simply because it is a very functional pc in desktop mode. Throw in a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, with even a generic dock and it can rival most laptops, especially with the added video capabilities it already has.

I find myself using it as a pc almost as much as a gaming device, just because it works so well for both.

Couldn’t agree with you more. I think it is vitally important Canadians as a whole continue to reflect on the mistakes and unthinkable things done in the past, to make sure we do everything we can to prevent anything like them in the future.

If we all held onto, and strived for, the Canada we remembered as kids, maybe we can carve a newer, better future for all Canadians, present citizens and those destined to become Canadian.

We need to look to the authoritarian, old school countries as examples of what happens if we aren’t vigilant. To lean into and integrate our cultural and political differences as a source of strength, not division.

In my opinion, only then can we really become true Canada.

IMO Norm’s magic was in his delivery more than his jokes. He was a master of comedic pauses that were often masked as stumbles or as if he forgot the joke and was trying to remember it.

He could drag a joke like this out for 5 minutes and have you laughing the whole time.

Truly a master of his craft. Or a natural joke teller. We will never really know. And he probably wouldn’t tell anyone even if was still here.

I miss the guy.

Is there a stock to invest in for anti-drone technology in the area?

If so, something tells me sales are about to go up!

I feel like if the supernatural exists as portrayed by popular culture, then societies around the globe must have had a coordinated and lasting effort to snuff it out at every turn and would have to meticulously continue those efforts even today.

We could debate that the crusades, Salem witch trials, burning of the library in Alexandria, etc are all proof of this effort, but how could anyone really prove it? And would knowing it is real and it is just not accessible make things any better?

Honestly, as much as the idea of controlling forces not inherently responsive to my own command is intriguing. Realistically it would add a whole new level of messed up to our already botched attempt at existence as a species.

I prefer to think of magic as simply the science we haven’t yet discovered.

What do you think someone from a few centuries ago would say about the technology we have today?

I don’t think this is as shocking as that headline wants it to be.

Other countries have proven this repeatedly, along with the fact that forced static learning and homework at young ages isn’t the way. Learning through play is far more effective.

Good luck convincing the old boots that make the decisions these days though.

I would argue it was time for the entire world to do this unanimously, the moment the first hospital was hit.

Apparently wiping out a civilization is ok if the right “interests” are in play.

With any luck!

I’m not sorry, I’m thankful. And also stealing it!

The pay rate of the lowest paid worker of any company or institution should be somehow legally and directly tied to the pay rate of the highest paid executive.

If the executive wants to make more money and gets a raise, then so do the workers.

Not sure if anyone else mentioned this, but you can just redirect traffic on your local LAN with an ad blocker like pihole ( I currently use adguardhome podman instance )

Basically, it rewrites any calls to your outside domain from within your local network, back to your local web server. As long as the site is setup with the certificate there, you’re good.

Then setup a nginx reverse proxy and you’re golden. Regular site outside LAN, internal site inside LAN.

Edit: spelling

I can’t fathom how many people are out there stressed to the max over money right now. Knowing how much it stresses me when it’s tight makes me sad it has come to this for everyone.

Not to bring politics into this, but I don’t think any of the current governmental systems or powers are equipped or willing to tackle this.

“Based on the most recent Statistics Canada data, that’s a wide range anywhere from $52,875 to $141,000.”

And

“Her definition of “middle class” is simply having enough money to survive for two weeks without a paycheque. Right now, her family doesn’t meet that threshold. “

TIL I am both upper class and maybe still middle class. That can’t be right.

My household makes more than the threshold, but only misses the definition because we drive junkers that are 10+ years old with no payments. One vehicle payment and I’m not sure what we would need to start cutting. Food?

We mortgaged a lot less for a house than most because of when we bought it too. So anyone doing it now would be in over their head.

Knowing what struggles we have, which obviously aren’t as bad, how in the hell is anyone else making it work?

Being middle class growing up was not having the nicer boat or nicer motorcycle, like the uppity crowd had.

This seems like the system is trying to keep these numbers low, so the people getting hit the hardest can at least say they are not “low class”.

We collectively need to rethink the classes to just “rich” and “not rich”. That’s the only ones that matter anymore in my opinion.

Anyone that can live a stable life without worrying constantly about the cost of everyday items should be middle class.

Any household that can thrive without the need to work is rich.

I hear you and agree, but part of me wonders if that is solely because they were always nasty people, or they are actually reacting to the awful way they get treated.

They are already probably dealing with failing health, burying most of their friends, not understanding most of what is going on in the world, feeling left behind, etc.

In their shoes I’m not sure if I could be very cheerful myself. Maybe I’ll get the opportunity to find out and hopefully I’ll not be one of the ones you mention, but who knows.

Most of us are tired from all the crap of the world already, imagine 30-40 more years of that on top of the things I just mentioned.

Absolutely, which is why cooperative corporate structure appealed to me. Everyone has there same stake in it and still maintains their own separate lives. Only things that are agreed upon as shareable would be shared.

Like bulk food, equipment, etc.

TL;DR: capitalism.

I’ve put some thought into this and I don’t have a good answer other than because of how society is designed to keep us from doing it now.

Evolutionarily speaking, we are designed to thrive in smaller communities. It’s only in the more recent part of humanity that we seem to have moved away from that. I mean, there were still cities a long time ago, but within them were what could be thought of as smaller communities.

I myself am of European descent, but currently live in a place where there is a thriving native community and realizing that I sometimes have envy of some of their ways of life is what got me thinking.

For instance, in western society becoming elderly is almost seen as a problem, like a burden that needs to be “dealt” with. For them it is a station of respect and reverence. If an Elder walks down the street, they are taught to show respect and pay heed to their wisdom and guidance. If the rest of us are lucky, we can get a seniors discount at select stores by declaring they we are among the needy.

I’ve even went as far as researching communal living, intentional communities and cooperative housing, but I keep chickening out when it comes time to pull anything into action.

The idea of finding 4-6 like-minded families to share resources with and use our individual talents and skills to help each other really appeals to me. It makes sense to build resilience against harder times.

But to answer your question, smaller communities helping each other is against the capitalist ideal and is/will be thwarted at any scale by corporations and corporate influenced governments alike at every turn. So I guess that’s the most likely reason.

Yet.

It’s the old “I don’t necessarily agree with what you are saying, but I would defend to the death your right to say it” ideal, and I’m 100% down for it.

This reads like an obvious ploy to soften the idea to his base. They hate Obama too, probably because Trump does.

What other opponent would ire them more? Also, if someone like Obama was on-board, it would be more of a challenge to the rule against it from both sides. Democrats rally behind Obama, Voting machine hackers behind Trump.

Is like a pretext to calling Obama a chicken for not doing it down the road.