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@ troyunrau @lemmy.ca

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Centrist, progressive, radical optimist. Geophysicist, R&D, Planetary Scientist and general nerd in Winnipeg, Canada.

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  • The Age Verification Trap... Verifying user’s ages undermines everyone’s data protection

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  • The end of the anonymous web is nigh. We may not like it, but it's probably the only way. We used to joke in the 90s about requiring an internet driver's license before allowing people on Usenet. It might actually be happening.

  • What is the term for using positive rhetoric to cover up negative actions or behavior?

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  • Justifying. Basically you already have a behaviour in mind, but you need an excuse to execute on that behaviour.

    It can also be retroactive. You can create an excuse for your behaviour after you've already done something -- retroactive justification.

  • KDE Plasma 6.6 : still the best Linux desktop environment, in my opinion

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  • Okay, first off, I'm really impressed that Lemmy (the web interface anyway) embeds TIL.vids video player and it just works. Since it's peertube, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. (I wonder how hard it is to create a peertube instance, hmmm.)

    Next: as a former KDE dev, I love these sorts of updates. Put it on the background while I was working this morning :)

    Most interesting: hiding things from screencasting... if Plasma were ever deployed in an educational context, this will hurt the anti-cheating software that screencasts your screen during test taking. Well, they probably make you use windows in that situation anyway ;)

    Weirdest: mouse pointer stays in centre mode... bizarre. Would be fun to couple with an eye tracking camera to create a fucked up feedback loop haha.

  • Trump Punches Canadian Olympian in Bizarre AI Hockey Fantasy Post

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  • There are mechanisms. See 25th Amendment. But it's not useful: 2/3 of both houses must agree with the incompetency ruling of cabinet, which consists VP plus 50% + 1 of the cabinet. Since his cabinet is stacked by his lackeys, the only way this could occur is if Vance is performing a coup. Still need 2/3 of each house, which is harder to get than impeachment!

  • Trump Punches Canadian Olympian in Bizarre AI Hockey Fantasy Post

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  • Canadian curler can just lightly touch him with a single finger. Boop.

  • Trump Bored to Sleep During Board of "Peace" (Genocide) Launch

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  • Trump Bored to Sleep During Board of "Peace" (Genocide) Launch

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  • He'll be bored. Then he's dismantle it and keep the $1B ransom he got from each dictator to be a member, and claim it achieved all if its goals.

  • Killing of Mexican drug cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ triggers wave of violence

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  • Instability in a neighbour is the perfect excuse for a fascist expansionist "intervention". Ugh. Not that I like the cartels or anything. Mexico is stuck between a rock and hard place here.

  • Only 250 days until Halloween! [meme]

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  • This meme makes we want to read a Laundry Files book

  • "What's 100% of zero? Like, who gives a shit?" New Blood boss unimpressed by Epic sharing more revenue with devs than Steam

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  • Spicy

  • Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links

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  • Went to a strip club once and the stripper was handing out fake $69 bills with her image on it and a link to her OnlyFans...

  • Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site

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  • Definitely not in ziplock bags hidden in the nearest forest to the school, put there by your older brother...

  • Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site

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  • You might need help. If you're unwilling to seek help, then at least learn to code and, you know, read the code.

  • As we return to a pre-WW2 order, the middle powers face a challenge

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  • Was in Chile earlier this year. There is a nice museum in Santiago which is basically about the Pinochet era. Seemed to be pretty honest about the whole thing. They didn't blame the CIA at all. They did talk about the school of economics that Pinochet subscribed to. That's influence, yes, but not the same thing as orchestrating the coup.

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  • The game engine that Paradox uses in their games is named after him. For reasons

  • slow maxxing

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  • Be me. Make coffee. Forget you made it. Drink it cold later.

  • Happy Festivus!

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  • You disappoint me using a US pop culture reference. (Am I doing this right?)

  • It sure is, babe!

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  • They've already got a joint account. Basically married.

  • Only 1% of People Can Solve This

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  • Found the 1%

  • No Man's Sky @lemmy.world
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    Album

    Silent Running, by 65daysofstatic

    65daysofstatic.bandcamp.com /album/silent-running
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    Frog on the Beach, Elk Island Provincial Park

  • Mycology @mander.xyz
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    Two logs, two varieties

  • Electricians @lemmy.world
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    Random weekend photo: switch replacement

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    Flowering wild hazelnut

  • cats @lemmy.world
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    The old lady likes to watch the sunset

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    How Two Men Used the Bible to Unleash Mass Murder in the Arctic | Belcher Islands, Hudson Bay, 1941

    www.vice.com /en/article/how-two-men-used-the-bible-to-unleash-mass-murder-in-the-arctic/
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    Zucchini flowering in the late morning

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    From Mogul to Most Wanted | The rise and fall of Canada's alleged grandparent scam king | CBC

    www.cbc.ca /newsinteractives/features/montreal-grandparent-scam-network-gareth-west
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    Kitteh posing for my new phone camera 🐱

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    Lines

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    Black Swallowtail Caterpillar on Dill

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Canada wildfires smoke turns UK skies orange | BBC

    www.bbc.com /weather/articles/c4g2k9lzjeko
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    Garbage

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    Rose

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    Of the roses in our garden, this is my favourite

  • DRONES @lemmy.world
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    Lithogen's Geodevice AeroSmartMag drone magnetometer landing (M350 payload for archeology)

  • Music @lemmy.world
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    If I like: Portishead (and Beth Gibbons), any recommendations for more?

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Long lines at polling stations as Canadians turn up for advance voting | CBC News

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/long-lines-advance-voting-1.7514157
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    British Canadian Asbestos bag on display in random restaurant in Chile