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- Comment on put that in your pipe and smoke it 1 week ago:
Ah! Thanks for the correction. I should’ve done a side-search to check before posting.
- Comment on put that in your pipe and smoke it 1 week ago:
It is a plant, just of a sort that has turned to parasitism I suppose for its nutrients. I believe they are part of a larger family of plants named saprophytes.
- Comment on fireflies 1 week ago:
Same for ladybird beetles (ladybugs)! They love undisturbed autumn leaves and are natural pest control, so you should give them any opportunity possible to over-winter their eggs in your yard :)
- Comment on Live: Zelenskyy regrets fiery White House talks as Trump demands immediate ceasefire 1 week ago:
This article seems to imply that it was Zelenskyy, NOT Trump and Vance, who really were the unreasonable ones here. The sheer arrogance in saying ‘You should thank us more!’ … Zelenskyy was right, the US has an entire ocean between them and this conflict, so they are being extremely cavalier about the threat Russia presents.
- Comment on Over 230,000 Canadians Want Elon Musk’s Citizenship Revoked 1 week ago:
A good start, let’s get it over 1 million and make Polliviere take a position on record if he supports retaining a guy who calls Canada “not a real country” yet holds citizenship here… what a farce.
- Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 2 weeks ago:
“He who saves his country has committed no crime.” -Donald Trump (reading a post-it note handed to him by Felon Musk, quoting Napoleon, or something)
- Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet 3 weeks ago:
Absolutely – I hate how we’ve been raised to think of time in monetary terms; I have to remind myself on days off that “No, I do not need to do anything it’s my day off! I can sleep in… no need to be productive …”
- Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet 3 weeks ago:
Imagine the reduction in e-waste if everyone in high school took a short course in how to use a soldering iron, solder-sucker/braid and heat-gun to replace common bits in consumer electronics. So many things could be saved that get thrown out only due to a bad microswitch or cracked solder joint to a USB or headphone connector …
- Comment on Working below minimum wage to save the planet 3 weeks ago:
True. It isn’t always about a cost/labour analysis. Sometimes I want to repair something to learn how to do it. Sometimes I want to repair something because even though ‘my time is valuable’, I hate the idea of throwing out something I know will rot in the landfill for a thousand years. Sometimes I’m just attached to the thing and afraid I won’t find a replacement that is as good (which is often the case).
I hate our throwaway culture, it’s good to know how to fix things even if it isn’t technically ‘cost effective’ to do so.
- Comment on We're in the endgame now 3 weeks ago:
Oh, they know exactly what they’re doing. They are attempting (and apparently succeeding) to bulldoze their way through an administrative coup.
- Comment on When will we have auto turrets mounted on plane engines to stop birdstrikes? 4 weeks ago:
Easy, use dry ice bullets!
- Comment on Deepfake videos are getting shockingly good | TechCrunch 4 weeks ago:
With modern face recognition, … If you want anonymity then don’t include your face (or signature) in the video.
Duh, good point :)
Web of trust – it’s always been so hard to make easy enough to use for the non-technical public, sadly… but yeah that might be the only/best way to really give attestation.
- Comment on Deepfake videos are getting shockingly good | TechCrunch 4 weeks ago:
This is scary indeed. We may someday soon need something like an active tattoo on our face, or clothing, with a pattern that changes each second based on a private/public key pair, so videos can;t be easily faked of our own likeness with a valid visual signature.
That could actually work – a QR code that updates at regular intervals, encoding an ever-changing signature. It could be validated to certify the video of a person was genuine.
Of course that would also mean any authenticated video can never be truly anonymous :(
- Comment on Simple Sabotage Field Manual by the United States. Office of Strategic Services four friends in the US. 5 weeks ago:
There are multiple PDF copies on archive.org as well, which are somewhat more readable.
- Comment on Europeans watching US/CA relations implode 5 weeks ago:
…a few years ago two hens from our neighbour across the road decided to visit us daily for about a month… one of them even decided our garden beside the kitchen window was a great place to lay her eggs. They both loved eating the slugs in the yard too. Double-win :)
- Comment on Bill proposed to outlaw downloading Chinese AI models. 5 weeks ago:
Streisand Effect engage!
- Comment on Europeans watching US/CA relations implode 5 weeks ago:
Am Canadian, I have wondered this as well – could we ask the UK and rest of Commonwealth to help us out if things get too bad? I hope so… but I don’t think there is any obligation to come to our defense ala NATO if things get shooty.
- Comment on Europeans watching US/CA relations implode 5 weeks ago:
That’s OK, Canada has enough eggs on its own I think.
If not, I guess it’s finally time to get a few chickens! We’ve been meaning to anyhow.
- Comment on "Please fill out this survey about how we didn't hire you." 1 month ago:
“Here is the feedback you requested, blah blah blah blah …
As you have contracted my expertise for improving your HR process, and we both acknowledge that my time is valuable, my invoice is attached below for (x) hours charged at (y/hr), payable upon receipt of this feedback. Failure to respond in a timely manner to the negative constitutes legally-binding agreement of payment. Payment in full is due within 30 business days.”
Yeah I know it wouldn’t stick, but might be fun to make them at least waste some time to respond or refute.
- Comment on (They're not allowed to legally anymore) 1 month ago:
So are any CDC staff working on ways to get word out on threats outside of the officially-gagged channels?
I would rather they don’t lose their jobs by doing so, but civil disobedience is absolutely called for here.
- Comment on Steven Spielberg Says He Fought to Stop E.T. Sequel From Being Made 1 month ago:
Don’t worry, once he’s dead and can’t stop it Hollywood will thoroughly sh*t over this IP as well with prequels, sequels and spinoffs. They’re very patient if there’s potential for a cash grab.
Wasn’t it Terry Pr⍺tchett who specifically put in his will that all of his unfinished works (on hard drives) were to be crushed with a steamroller?
- Comment on Anyone else suddenly itching to blast Nazis in Wolfenstein for no reason at all? 1 month ago:
Let the mods flow in (as in game mods, not moderators…)
- Comment on fight fire with napalm 1 month ago:
Gotta say I love those big Himalayan bkackberries, though… despite the lacerations harvesting them!
- Comment on TikTok Starts Working Again After Trump Says He Will Stall a Ban 1 month ago:
Guess the cheque cleared
- Comment on fight fire with napalm 1 month ago:
Is this Vancouver island? If it is, add english broom, morning glory and kiwi vine :p
- Comment on Mike Johnson re-elected House speaker as GOP mutiny threat dissolves 2 months ago:
Of course. Because anyone still holding office in the GOP implicitly endorses the current insanity.
- Comment on Cassette Video - Video on (Audio) Cassettes! 2 months ago:
Neat!
I’m old enough to remember the PXL2000, always wanted one but was too poor as a teenager. (Not the tech used in OP’s video link from what I can tell but reminded me of that device).
- Comment on Anon has marital problems 2 months ago:
So… if anon took those papers and just taped them back together, would they still be legally binding if submitted?
Would this depend on the jurisdiction/country? I’ve never thought seriously about whether tearing up signed legal documents constitutes a refutation after they’re signed. And thankfully never been in a situation where this question would arise. Also assuming ‘tearing up’ wasn’t enough to prevent taping them back into a mostly-complete state.
- Comment on Four pianos. Four. 2 months ago:
:( Please tell me they aren’t all headed for the dump :(
It’s hard to find homes for old pianos since so many people live in smaller spaces now, and yes, they’re so big and heavy. But the beautiful workmanship on old ones… seems a shame.
- Comment on Evil 2 months ago:
Hmm, hard to argue with that :P