I read a great post where a guy bit-squatted (bought a domain that was 1 flipped bit away) Google and managed to replace the Google logo on google.com for millions of people. He did the same for facebook and ended up getting thousands of post requests with user data which normally would have failed to resolve or just timed out.
There is still plenty of unexpected fun to be had with domains.
The mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality in British Columbia says drones are endangering helicopters being used to fight wildfires near Fort Nelson, which was ordered evacuated earlier this month....
So while drones are part of the problem the bigger issue is, again, assholes who need to learn that their decisions have extreme and uncomfortable consequences. Time to set up the 'Wildfire Emergency Act" or something that lets police and firefighters hand out multi-thousand dollar tickets to people who get in the way.
Respectfully, fuck you. Should I rent instead of owning so the ratio of landlords to homeowners goes up? The fact that only 65% of residential properties are owned by the occupant that is already alarming and shows that NON occupants are using houses as investments.
If the "value" of my townhouse goes up then great, if the cost of housing stays exactly the same for the next 10 years but the cost of living drops to match wages I would be thrilled.
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones' remains....
You're paying taxes to give 2B to AI bros and 18B to oil and gas, and that STILL isn't enough. You need to pay more taxes and we need to shovel more people into this shit hole to keep the pyramid growing.
Canada's industry minister says Ottawa is "considering all measures" after the U.S. announced it would be hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other related goods....
The reason it is less expensive to manufacture in China is literal slavery. If iPhones were manufactured and assembled with no slave labour at all (mining, silicon forging, plastic manufacturing, plastic molding, metal casting, board manufacturing, assembly, and shipping) it would cost 2 or 3 times as much.
Breaking reliance on slave labour means moving away from disposable electronics and towards devices that last for 10+ years. But no one wants to use the same phone or computer for more than a couple years and even fewer people want to work in a manufacturing environment.
In the final report of a three-part series on Gardiner Gridlock, CTV Toronto asks what more can be done to alleviate the impact of the construction that has been a tipping point for Toronto traffic.
Lisa Lawler had no reason to suspect Const. Boris Borissov but now her opinion of police has changed — she’s convinced other grieving families have been victims of similar thefts
Police are not there to help you, they exist to protect governments and businesses.
Call them to report your car is stolen, that's a theft of tens of thousands of dollars, and they will tell you to call your insurance company. Now go to the bank and snatch a $100 bill from a teller, there will be cops there to arrest you in minutes.
Nurse practitioners could help fill the void, advocates for the profession say, if more provinces would adopt policies to integrate them into primary care and pay them fairly for their work. Some physicians’ organizations have pushed back against that approach, arguing that NPs don’t have as much training or education as...
In Ontario, the average wait time for the thousands of prospective patients on the province's list looking to be connected to a family doctor is, according to the government, around 90 days....
The two hemispheres are electrically connected to each other and to an AC power supply, the ring is connected to the same AC supply but 180 degrees out of phase. Particles are charged and then injected into the trap, they are then alternately attracted to the ring and hemispheres causing them to oscillate and become trapped! As...
Hey folks, I just got Bazzite OS KDE up and running on my PC. Being a Linux newbie, I'd love some tips, tricks, and app suggestions if you have any. 😅 Switching from Windows has been a bit of a maze with all the distros out there, so any pointers would be awesome!...
It's easy to forget the steps you took to do something on your computer, especially several months later when you're trying to upgrade. Sometimes when you try several different ways of solving a problem, it's easy to forget which method was successful the next day!
It's a very good idea to take notes about the software you've installed and configuration changes you've made. When editing configuration files, it's also a very good idea to include comments in the file explaining the reason for the changes and the date they were made.
Taking good notes will save your as so many times. Good notes are as important as good backups.
Bullshit. The cell provider is the only entity with the ability to transfer a number to a new sim, they are 100% responsible and liable for the transaction.
And since many services only offer 2FA via SMS, there is even more reason that cell providers should smarten the fuck up and put some proper verification measures in place.
Anthony Housefather, an outspoken Jewish MP from Montreal, toyed with leaving his party to join the Conservatives after most of Trudeau’s Liberals voted in favor of a non-binding motion in the House of Commons that took direct aim at Israel. It’s the latest example of how the conflict is straining center-left politics across...
And so, yet again, we learn that all our politicians are one small decision away from being conservatives. The only choice we have is how our money will be wasted, AI tech bros? OIl subsidies? Bailing out Air Canada? Why is "healthcare" never an option?
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that never happened, allowing the company to turn a profit on its fledgling carbon capture and storage project, according to a new report by Greenpeace Canada....
Lets say that you're married but you want to cheat on your wife. That's not good, you don't want to upset your wife and I don't want you to upset your wife. So I'm gonna do you a favour, I'll not cheat on my wife and sell you the credit! Now when you cheat on your wife it's ok, because you have a credit that negates it! Zero sum, no harm!
And you know what, I wouldn't want anyone to upset their wife so out of the goodness of my heart I will not cheat on my wife as much as I can so that I can sell the credits to other men, that way it's ok if they cheat on their wives. They don't have to worry about upsetting anyone and my good behaviour is rewarded with money!
And all I had to do was nothing, then sell the credit for it...
I get how it's supposed to work but who is keeping track of how many times I was going to cheat but then did not? Who says I even have a wife? Who says I REALLY was going to burn all that coal but then decided not to? Giving credits for not doing a thing is just too easy to abuse.
Rant in a totally different direction. Carbon Capture Is Not Sustainable!
Unless you can capture 1 ton of carbon using less energy than is extracted by burning 1 ton of carbon, you can not capture carbon. Carbon capture will ONLY work if the energy you use to capture the carbon does not add more carbon to the atmosphere (nuclear, wind, solar) but having to run a supplementary power generation tech just to negate the effects of your primary tech is just stupid, fossil fuels no longer a viable option.
Not by half. Look up the rate at which we emit carbon and the sequestering abilities of a forest. You would have to cover every square inch of land with bamboo to break even.
We burn carbon based fuels because the reaction between carbon and oxygen releases energy that can be used to generate electricity. It would take EXACTLY as much energy to turn the released CO2 back into oil/coal/carbon except that this is not a perfect world, there are losses at every step. The only way to lower CO2 levels is to globally stop burning fossil fuels for heating and electrical loads (hydrocarbons are needed for a bunch of very specific chemical processes).
Interesting problem here. So I self host jellyfin, happy to share my (owned) movies with my family. Well, my mother has asked me to digitize her collection too and have me host it. Originally, fine, you give your movies to me, I host them, same thing....
With five million square feet of available space across 47 office towers, downtown Toronto is becoming a tenant’s paradise - and an investor’s potential nightmare
The rule of law is a political ideal that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders.
This happens when there is a leaky valve in the truck hydraulics. Nothing happens when there is a full bin on the truck, but with an empty bin or no bin the leak is enough to lift the mechanism.
Poor maintenance, have the company/truck owner held responsible.
I don't drink and drive (a wobbly bike ride at 2am feels great), I just think it's funny that transit is always pushed as an option in Canada when we almost don't have it.
The federal govt should be putting $18B into public transit instead of oil and gas.
I still have a burned in distrust for everything after W2k. Why does the look have to change at all? Most user's can't find the browser if someone moves the icon let alone change the colour scheme, shape of the start menu and location of settings.
W7 was the last version where I felt like a normal user could have full control. I could do updates once a week without having to worry about setting safe hours. Settings weren't duplicated and scattered across multiple locations and UI styles. As far as I remember there were very few un-uninstallable features, it was the OS and what ever the user wanted. No McAffee demo, Candy Crush, OneDrive, XBox, Spotify, etc.
When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains ( inti.io )
B.C. mayor says drones endangering wildfire heli pilots, pleads for patience ( www.nelsonstar.com )
The mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality in British Columbia says drones are endangering helicopters being used to fight wildfires near Fort Nelson, which was ordered evacuated earlier this month....
Here’s a website that shows the alternatives to the big 3: Bell, Rogers and Telus.
https://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html?lat=48.474131&lng=-109.995117&zoom=4&type=Roadmap&layers=o&pid=0&ds=0
How Canada’s media manufactures sympathy for the landlord class ( breachmedia.ca )
In Canada, bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach ( www.reuters.com )
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones' remains....
Minister suggests Canada is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs following U.S. move ( www.cbc.ca )
Canada's industry minister says Ottawa is "considering all measures" after the U.S. announced it would be hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other related goods....
Indiana judge rules tacos and burritos are, in fact, sandwiches ( www.nbcnews.com )
Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/5dJlk
'Needs to be done faster': Calls grow for Gardiner construction to pick up the pace ( www.cp24.com )
In the final report of a three-part series on Gardiner Gridlock, CTV Toronto asks what more can be done to alleviate the impact of the construction that has been a tipping point for Toronto traffic.
Cyclists blame "utterly ridiculous bike prices" for brands' ongoing struggles ( road.cc )
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/19380579...
A Toronto cop stole her dead sister’s credit card. The wait for justice was ‘maddening’ ( www.thestar.com )
Lisa Lawler had no reason to suspect Const. Boris Borissov but now her opinion of police has changed — she’s convinced other grieving families have been victims of similar thefts
Could nurse practitioners fill the primary care gap? ( www.theglobeandmail.com )
Nurse practitioners could help fill the void, advocates for the profession say, if more provinces would adopt policies to integrate them into primary care and pay them fairly for their work. Some physicians’ organizations have pushed back against that approach, arguing that NPs don’t have as much training or education as...
Conservatives want to bring back the smoking rooms in Tim Hortons ultimately, and fuck the planet. ( lemmy.world )
Thousands of Canadians are on doctor wait-lists. Are they effective? ( www.cbc.ca )
In Ontario, the average wait time for the thousands of prospective patients on the province's list looking to be connected to a family doctor is, according to the government, around 90 days....
DIY Paul Ion (Particle) Trap [oc] ( i.imgur.com )
The two hemispheres are electrically connected to each other and to an AC power supply, the ring is connected to the same AC supply but 180 degrees out of phase. Particles are charged and then injected into the trap, they are then alternately attracted to the ring and hemispheres causing them to oscillate and become trapped! As...
superfile - A pretty fancy and modern terminal file manager ( raw.githubusercontent.com )
https://github.com/MHNightCat/superfile
Tips/tricks for beginners
Hey folks, I just got Bazzite OS KDE up and running on my PC. Being a Linux newbie, I'd love some tips, tricks, and app suggestions if you have any. 😅 Switching from Windows has been a bit of a maze with all the distros out there, so any pointers would be awesome!...
Grocery giants paid for friendly Liberal, Tory policy with decades of donations ( breachmedia.ca )
B.C. court rules 'SIM swap' theft victim can't sue phone company
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sim-swap-scam-court-decision-bc-1.7198205
The Maxx - 30 years later ( archive.org )
I wish there was a remastered animation.
A Justin Trudeau Ally Nearly Quit the Party Over its Israel Policy ( www.politico.com )
Anthony Housefather, an outspoken Jewish MP from Montreal, toyed with leaving his party to join the Conservatives after most of Trudeau’s Liberals voted in favor of a non-binding motion in the House of Commons that took direct aim at Israel. It’s the latest example of how the conflict is straining center-left politics across...
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for carbon that was never captured, report finds ( www.cbc.ca )
Shell sold millions of carbon credits for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that never happened, allowing the company to turn a profit on its fledgling carbon capture and storage project, according to a new report by Greenpeace Canada....
How do you handle family requests that you disagree with?
Interesting problem here. So I self host jellyfin, happy to share my (owned) movies with my family. Well, my mother has asked me to digitize her collection too and have me host it. Originally, fine, you give your movies to me, I host them, same thing....
TD May Face US$2 Billion Money Laundering Fine, Third-Largest Ever: Analysts - Better Dwelling ( betterdwelling.com )
Handgun violence: Taking aim at which gun control strategies work and don’t work ( www.thestar.com )
Downtown Toronto faces a crush of rising office vacancies that could threaten building valuations ( www.theglobeandmail.com )
With five million square feet of available space across 47 office towers, downtown Toronto is becoming a tenant’s paradise - and an investor’s potential nightmare
'Canada is a rule-of-law country'; Trudeau says of charges in B.C. Sikh activist's killing ( www.cbc.ca )
Truck hits recently renovated Queen and Dufferin bridge, road closures in area. ( www.cbc.ca )
The bridge had just gone through extensive renovations and updates with construction finished late summer of 2023....
Toronto-area drivers stopped by OPP will have to give breath sample ( www.cbc.ca )
Is the Loblaw boycott privileged? Here's why some people aren't shopping around ( www.cbc.ca )
How TD Bank got caught up in the global drug war, helping to launder hundreds of millions of dollars ( www.theglobeandmail.com )
US regulators have found evidence that TD's anti-money laundering fraud detection is insufficient...
Windows 7 with Aero Glass, in my opinion, was the last version of windows that actually felt warm and comfortable to use. 8, 10 and 11 all feel so cold, sterile and boring. ( i.redd.it )
cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/2823044...