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r0ertel

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  • Donald Trump tells Canada to become a state to avoid his tariffs

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  • I was thinking to host pirate sites of US movies, software, etc. Get the US companies to tell the orange buffoon to behave or better yet, move the companies to Canada.

    I really like the article's reference to manufacturing US DMCA-breaking technologies and forcing devices to host app stores in Canada where the government can declare the 30% Apple tax illegal.

  • Donald Trump tells Canada to become a state to avoid his tariffs

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  • I'm going to keep posting this every time I see a reference to US tariffs against Canada.

    https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/beauty-eh/

    The TL;DR is that tariffs would violate the NAFTA / USMCA treaty in which Canada agreed to respect US copyright law in exchange for free trade. No free trade? Canada doesn't need to respect US copyright any longer and can become a flourishing economy of products to compete with US products that are massively overpriced. Think printer ink and other stuff.

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    That's not how this works

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  • There was a time when central banks didn't exist. The half that doesn't like them can go back to that time and trade two chickens and a goat for a wagon or whatever. Go do your *coin with whomever and be happy about it.

  • A Request to the Fediverse Community

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  • I'd love to see nothing but PeerTube links in the fediverse. YouTube has become almost unusable for me.

  • We give it all (and more) away to the worst of us. There often is nothing left for ourselves at the end of the day.

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  • I'm waiting for a Roomba dishwasher where it roams around the house picking up dishes, washing them and returning them to the cabinets.

  • 'We will not hesitate': Canada prepares to hit U.S. with billions in tariffs

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  • This is pure genius. Hit them where it hurts the most while simultaneously benefiting consumers.

    I don't understand why this isn't the first option when a treaty is violated? Whybwould Canada continue to enforce their side of a now nullified agreement? How does Canada benefit from this?

  • How to deal with Mom who CANNOT learn how to use a password manager, but demands I "fix it"

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  • Have a conversation and listen to her. I'm guessing that her behaviors are driven by an emotion. Maybe she's overwhelmed by the complexity. Most people who say that they don't care about security actually prioritize ease of use over security. Unfortunately good security can be hard.

    If/when you speak to her, don't try to solve her problems during that conversation. Meet her where she's at and empathize with her. When she's done, you get to express your concerns and see her reacting. I'm guessing that you're concerned that she is putting her finances at risk. Explain your concern to her.

    Once you both come to a shared understanding, then you can come with some ideas for her to react to. Again, dig deep into her concerns, talking through them. You're going to need to let some things go. It's her life and her money and you'll be there to help in a nonjudgemental way if anything bad happens and then you can have another conversation after the dust has settled.

    I ended up with my parents having 3 passwords. One for their bank, one for their health stuff and one for everything else. The bank and health ones are long and difficult to guess, the other one is easy to remember and "good enough".

  • Instinct

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  • I'm in the same boat, but one day I just stopped talking and started listening, mostly as a social experiment on myself. Now everyone thinks that I'm really smart. It tears me up inside sometimes, but I like the outcome.

    "Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue."

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    NAS NFS user mapping

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  • Thanks for the feedback. I plan to do some reading on NFSv4 domain mapping this weekend.

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  • It's not long, but I really like the feel of Whole World Knows by Adia Victoria. It's about a girl with a secret drug problem (that the whole world knows about) as she spirals out of control. The symbolism is heavy, the syrongly religious family can't or doesn't help and it's a catchy tune.

  • What's some better vegan/vegetarian/plant based communities that aren't militant and rude?

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  • Joined/subscribed, but not vegan. I enjoy cooking and have started adding some vegan dishes to the rotation to learn some new cooking techniques on foods that I'm not familiar with cooking, like soy. I enjoy the new challenge. Also, I feel like there are probably health benefits. I'm particularly interested in awhile food based cheese substitutions. I found a fantastic vegan queso dip with 3 ingredients. The other stuff is good, too, but not really on my mind.

  • Problem Solving

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  • That's my favorite book of all time.

  • Lab grown protein: if created, would you move to it?

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  • Yeah, I'm pretty picky about the meat I do eat. It's the fat and gristle that I can't stand. After a pork chop, it looks like a dissection. I don't like to eat around bones. If I think about it too much, old probably end up vegetarian, which would probably be better for me given my other health issues. I don't think anybody ever died from eating too many vegetables.

  • Lab grown protein: if created, would you move to it?

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  • It sort of grosses me out. I don't know how to explain it.

  • Lab grown protein: if created, would you move to it?

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  • No, i'd go vegan before i'd eat cultured meat. I'm not opposed to it and it's probably better for the economy and environment, but I have a mental thing about it. Granted if I had to catch and clean my own meat, i'd also probably go vegan. Maybe I'm just squeamish about my food.

  • Lab grown protein: if created, would you move to it?

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  • I've never heard this, bit have tried to explain it to people and failed. If you're going to try to find a vegan substitute for a thing, most of the time it will fail to impress because it's not the thing that it's pretending to be. Take vegan cheese. It's probably worse for you than regular cheese because it's super processed.

    I have several meals that I make that are vegan, but don't need to be labeled as vegan because it's not a substitute. For example, I make chili with those big mushrooms because I like the taste, but I don't call it a vegan chili, I call it a mushroom chili.

  • What's the last message you received from somebody before they passed away?

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  • It's actually a little less happy. He was late stage cancer and either the chemo or cancer was affecting his thought. He was bend transferred to a hospice care facility, but only understood that he was leaving the hospital. We were on the phone and I had purchased a plane ticket and he was saying how I shouldn't have because it's much nicer to visit in the summer, but that he was getting out of the hospital and maybe we'd go to this new golf course that he had just discovered and then his favorite restaurant. I agreed and we said goodbye and he said, "I'll see you later."

    When Mom got back on the phone, she said that he was confused and that he was actually going to hospice care. It didn't really register because he seemed so normal. He had fallen into a coma shortly after getting transferred to the hospice facility and passed by the time I got there.

    He was firmly atheist, so I chuckle to think that maybe he knew something when he said those last words. I guess we'll see.

  • EU should spare carmakers from ‘punitive’ emissions fines, says Scholz | Automotive industry | The Guardian

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  • The fines don't make sense to me. If the cars are supposed to meet some specific standard but don't a fine will make it a business problem to hey to pass the cost of the fine along to the consumer. Consider the pickup trucks in the US: typically worse emissions per passenger compared to a "commuter vehicle".

    If something doesn't pass regulation, why should it be allowed to be sold at all?

  • What's the last message you received from somebody before they passed away?

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  • My dad said, "I'll see you later".