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TheFeatureCreature

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  • Microsoft is putting AI actions into the Windows File Explorer

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  • Don't get me wrong - this is awful and is just another misstep in a long line of missteps by Microsoft.

    But I also can't help but chuckle at this. It is so clear that "AI" as it has been developed today is hitting a peak of what it can do. These corporations are desperate to shove it in every product they possibly can to drive sales and valuations to make shareholders wet and yet the only things they ever advertise AI being capable of are crap like summaries, background removal, background insertion, grammar/typo checking, list making, web searching, etc. Most of it being crap that I have never once heard of a person being even remotely interested in... and why would they be? Why would someone want to edit their photos to add a different sky, new people, etc to create memories that never happened?

  • "They even took the grips off the handlebars": London cyclist locks new bike to railing... thieves steal wheels, drivetrain and just about anything else that could be stripped + more on the live blog

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  • You basically need 2 bikes if you're a cyclist:

    A clean and modern bike you ride for pleasure or between secure locations.

    And a beat up clunker that is disposable and/or looks unappetising to thieves that you can leave in public spaces.

  • MEC announces new Canadian ownership -Press Release

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  • Still not a great company these days, but at least it's back in Canadian hands again.

  • ‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game

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  • Buying a game post-launch:

    • Better prices; often on sale.
    • Fixed and patched up.
    • Extra content often included.
    • DRM often removed.

    No brainer, imo.

  • Hudson’s Bay to sell name, stripes, brands to Canadian Tire for $30 million

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  • At least the name and brand is back in Canadian hands again.

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  • Sorry, but I have to say it. What the heck does this have to do with technology? This is just US politics again.

  • TIL that Nazi Germany had a program called Lebensborn where ideal German men and women would produce a baby and then all three would go their separate ways.

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  • And then sending those "perfect" children off to die in their many wars.

  • TIL that Nazi Germany had a program called Lebensborn where ideal German men and women would produce a baby and then all three would go their separate ways.

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  • what are your thoughts on Bidirectional brain-computer interfaces ?

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  • The guaranteed abuse of this technology far FAR outweighs the benefits, imo.

    A better solution to combat those disorders would be to prevent their formation in the first place with early detection and improved medical sciences and procedures.

    The human brain is one of the last places we have left that isn't entirely owned and controlled by some corporation or state agency. I do not trust any government to regulate it properly and I do not trust a single corporation to develop it with good intentions. It would be abused instantly as shareholders pitch tents in their pants over selling it to law enforcement and advertisers.

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  • Totally unsurprising. Calgary is a car-centric urban sprawl of the worst sort. Entire urban districts are completely cut off and surrounded by either large stroads or actual highways. There are some houses near my grandparents place that literally live on a highway exit ramp. My sister came with us once while we were visiting and I took her for a drive around the city - she was in awe at how poorly planned the city is, and we are both from Vancouver which is a circus even on the best days.

    $1mil isn't even going to make a dent in this. Not even make a scratch. It won't even pay for 1/8th of the initial investigation to determine where to best place the scratch. Calgary has sunk billions into horrible urban planning decisions and they continue to do so every day. That entire city is one giant web of stroads.

  • Canada FM says her country has been 'over reliant on the US for too long' as Canadian trade with Europe surges

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  • One really nice thing to come out of this election is that Joly is sticking around. Her personality and handling of the Trump admin has been fantastic.

  • Lutnick casts doubt on trade deal with "socialist regime" of Canada, ahead of Carney-Trump meeting.

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  • I don't think they ever will, at least not as the US exists today. I can see a possible future in which the US fractures and Balkanises and then, the better off of those future-countries would maybe see a rejection of traditional US beliefs, values, and ways of thinking.

    But I can't see that happening in the US today because keeping the people ignorant, gullible, and under a broken electoral system is highly beneficial to the ruling elite.

  • Now that US food isn't being tested for safety, why are we still allowing it to be sold?

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  • Food imported into Canada still has to pass our regulations and inspections. We don't let it slide just because the US government does.

  • Trump still would like to add Canada and Greenland but says attack on Canada ‘highly unlikely’

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  • He wants to follow through with these plans to appease his cult but he cannot (at least not militarily) as the blowback would effectively end his regime and possibly the US as a whole.

    So his plan has been to topple Canada's economy through economic pressure but that has been backfiring too. Canada may only have a tiny fraction of the population the US has but we do a huge amount of trade with them, have a lot of resources they require, host a lot of their manufacturing, and we hold a lot of their treasury bonds and national debt. There is no way for the US to have a trade war with Canada without walking away with catastrophic losses across numerous industries and a highly devalued US dollar.

    We have already seen that, when under real pressure, Trump will fold. Most notably, he's done it with Canada under Carney and with China. So for now these threats are just hot air to appease his base and to act as a distraction while he plunders the country's coffers. But we need to treat him and his threats seriously as we would any other threat to sovereignty because one day these won't be just threats. The US is lead by a senile fascist tyrant whose mental health degrades by the day; he should be treated with extreme caution at all times.

  • End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

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  • The general populace isn't going to switch to Linux. They're just not.

    The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10

  • Poilievre to run for Alberta seat after MP Damien Kurek agrees to step down

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  • So afraid of losing that he is given a seat that he has no chance of being defeated in.

    That's pathetic.

  • Conservative MP gives up seat for Pierre Poilievre to run in byelection

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  • It's a riding in deep-blue Alberta. Not going to happen.

  • Spring is here, show me your bikes!

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  • I've always thought of fat-tire bikes as being the Dodge Ram pickups of the bicycle world. They absolutely have their place and their uses but a lot of people get them because they look cool and "tough".

    The amount of fatbikes I see in my city, being ridden on on the road and paved paths, is mindboggling. Even more mindboggling is the incredible road noise coming from their tires as I pass them as their riders struggle to move the damn things without high levels of electric assist. I have also seen several riders fall off their fatbikes as they try to take sharp corners.

    There is a place for fatbikes but I don't think a busy urban city is that place.

  • Dont Ever Listen To Those Who Claim "Voting is Pointless"

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  • The Bloc isn't going anywhere and the NDP will likely gain seats back next election with a fresh leader, especially if they pick a charismatic one.

  • List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs

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  • Affinity Photo is an excellent Photoshop alternative. I switched a while ago and have used it for all of my major projects since.