Showroom7561

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Young people no longer own computers.

The PC gaming industry disagrees, though. The half the user base on Steam is < 29 years of age and younger (and they don't count ages younger than 18).

Even still, gaming on Linux has exploded, and Xbox has been enshittified beyond recognition, so M$ is losing on all fronts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Mobile is the key here.

Wait, does Microsoft still have a mobile OS??

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm a single user, but switched over four PCs in my home to Linux 🤗

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

When you start as a good person, you likely end up a good politician (with ethics and values that benefit your people).

Most politicians start as bad people, and just become worse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Hey! No walking over 2km/h! 🚫

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Trying to ban a celebration of love. 🤡🤡🤡

These politicians should have become comedians, or floormats, or anything useful.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I believe it’s only done to blame others, if there’ll be a democratic government in the next decade they’ll point and jeer “Look at how many pandemic, medical and environmental deaths there are now, while under maga we had none!”

It's more insidious than that. Imagine the next democratic government inheriting this mess. They re-open science, education, and oversight departments, who discover shock that things are really bad. MAGA will say, "See, things are bad under YOUR leadership! Can't blame us!".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I think you misspelled "politicians" and "domestic terrorists".

Foreign terrorists don't have to do anything, not even on social media.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

LOL. I don't think most places even have a legal designation for EUCs, so "anything goes!" 😱

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

A number of states and cities are banning gas-powered leaf blowers due to pollution, noise and health risk concerns.

🧐 Cars are next, right? Riiiight????

[–] [email protected] 123 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (13 children)

Closing your eyes and ignoring a problem like it doesn't exist is something that children, and Republicans, seem to do an awful lot!

Can't have hurricanes if you aren't monitoring them!

Can't have COVID deaths if you stop counting!

Can't have Government corruption if you terminate any oversight!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even English "nursery rhymes" are passively threatening and morbid when you think about it.

 

If you ride in during the summer (who doesn't???), there may be times when you're putting bug repellent spray on.

DEET-based products harm synthetic fabric, so opt for a DEET-free bug spray if you don't want any surprises.

I've used picaridin-based products, and they seem to work as good, if not better, than DEET.

 

It's infuriating to create a "strong password" with letters, numbers, upper and lowercase, symbols, and non-repeating text... but it has to be only 8 to 16 characters long.

That's not a "strong" password, random characters or not.

Is there a limitation that somehow prevents these sites from allowing more than 16 characters?

I'm talking government websites, not just forums. It seems crazy to me.

 

Inside it says that I must reply within 10 days if there are any changes to my info. Failure to do so could result in the cancellation of a medical supplies grant.

Fortunately, the info is correct, but holy hell, I can't imagine the BS that someone would have to go through if they "failed" to reply because of this delay.

 

Chrome is one of the first things I disable on my Android devices, and I hate the idea of signing up for any accounts just to access local files.

But Canon welcomed me with a big surprise, and a fuck you, too!

 

This was a display at a local Foodbasics. Andy brand lettuce... product of the USA, and the shelves were empty, so people were buying it.

And why not? Because they see the "shop local, support local" with a maple leaf, and assume that the store has made it easier for them to shop Canadian.

ALWAYS check labels for a country of origin. PRODUCT of the USA is by far the one you need to avoid "at all cost" with MADE in the USA second.

Even American items on sale are not worth buying, because every dollar you send to the States, is a dollar they will use to kill Canada with.

 

I've been using Fossify Phone since Simple Phone went south, but it's been such an inconsistent experience.

Calls will come in, and the notification panel will disappear, so I can't actually take the call.

Then while I'm on a call, the UI that allows me to control the call will go away, so I can't hang up, mute, etc... basically has it navigating the call list again. Trying to click on the dial pad button during a call brings me to a list of contacts.

Stock dialers have always been flawless, but I really don't want to use spyware.

I don't need any fancy features, but it needs to be reliable.

Any suggestions?

 

This happened last week, but I'm still pretty pissed about it.

This driver went through a red light at full speed as I was already in the intersection.

When I review the video of the incident, they had a red light for FIVE SECONDS before running it. The sun was NOT in their eyes, and it would have been very clear that I was riding through (high-viz everything).

It's infuriating to read about cyclists being disproportionately punished, while this kind of behaviour by motorists is normalized.

Had I been on an ebike, I would have been smoked 100%. My cautious start off the light is the only reason why I wasn't in their path.

Unfortunately, due to their high rate of speed and the angle of the plates, I couldn't even report this to police.

 

Even though I don't live in the city, I enjoy supporting Toronto bike shops because they carry brands that my local shops don't.

I've purchased several items from Urbane, and just saw that they are having a sale for their 28th anniversary. Cool!

One of the items I was looking at was the Apidura packable musette bag.

Urbane lists it at $81, but on sale for $60. This didn't seem right, because I've seen it for around that price at other shops, so I looked again:

  • La Bicicletta Toronto: $56 (regular price).
  • Dismount Bike Shop (Toronto): $66 (regular price).
  • Cyclesmith (Halifax and Dartmouth): $56 (regular price).
  • The Cyclepath (Toronto): $66 (regular price).

Look, I can appreciate that "sales" can drive sales, but I know they've done this with other items, and have done it in the past during other sale events.

Is there any reasonable explanation why they would want to damage trust like this? I want to support them, but I don't want to be ripped off in the process.

EDIT: formatting

 

I thought something was up when a package no longer covered enough for a single pizza.

The larger packs were also <$4.50, and now they are $6 - $6.50.

 

I keep seeing this in edits, but where can you view this "Lyft-owned street-level imagery"??

Even searching for it comes up with nothing.

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