Rentlar

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It should be noted, how much will that affect the lifespan of those GPUs running double-dutyx8?

AI's still replaceable but it will emulate human-like burnout.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 34 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You get $60, and you also get to be stuck in traffic for another 10 minutes or more a day! You'll spend hundreds more a year in gas and insurance! You'll get to breathe in more emissions and lose months to years of your life from direct and indirect environmental effects! It's simply all worth it for $60.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Based on your explanation of secure core, are you sure it's not a case of the middle server being temporarily unavailable?

Also this morning there was a major Amazon Web Services outage so there's a possibility of it having downstream effects.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 28 points 14 hours ago

Good idea to remember not to click zips or exes if you're expecting a torrent file.

Luckily this malware was relatively benign, changing bitcoin addresses to malicious ones in the clipboard, so if you don't use crypto then you're fine against this attack. No one's funds have made it into the attacker's wallet yet.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 103 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Trump posting a video dropping bombs from his asshole on the protests shows that he does, in fact, care a lot about the protest so he is doing as ridiculous of a thing as he can to counteract it...

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

Yep, I filled out the I-M-Not-Going form, and I have not had any troubles with US customs and Immigration.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unlucky me has them memorized.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Ol' Charles visited us in May. He's our King of Canada but he's kind of mid.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I heard this perfectly in my head to the theme tune.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago

One theory says that when 3.5% of a population nonviolently protest against a government, the government will fall... Past performance doesn't guarantee future results but Americans are only 5 million to the 12 million threshold given by this theory.

It also makes the presidency look weak, which is important because the alt-right's flood the zone strategy to divide and conquer people's attention makes the government look hopeless to oppose, which lends them more power and legitimacy than what the billionaires and Supreme Court has given them.

At my local one (not in the USA) a prominent third party leader was there, and along with dancing and singing, various speakers' messages were telling us to get involved with challenging laws we don't like, aiming to pass laws that we do want, and look for potential open positions in government to run a campaign for. Generally it was encouraging people to get involved politically.

Also remember that the last election had a delta of 2.3 million votes. Yes, the American election system is absolutely messed up but it's important to note that 7 million people coming together to these events protesting is in itself significant. It is changing people's minds. It is encouraging more people to join mutual aid efforts like those food-cart buyout cyclists. Even if 98% of people just go out, wave and dance a bit, then go home, that still would be 140,000 people across the country actively looking to do more to make a difference in their region, and honestly it is likely more than 2% considering all these people with signs and costumes.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 day ago (30 children)

How about someone start a community called outsideUSnews, nonUSApolitics etc.? Where every country other than USA's news and politics are discussed.

 

Ben goes over why consumers, companies and governments share blame for why appliances aren't built to last like they used to. He uses his own insights from the industry as well as from an interview with an unnamed engineer who formerly designed some of these products.

 

Non-credible Inspiration: https://www.theverge.com/policy/798491/frog-portland-trump-national-guard (Archive version)

When Donald Trump’s administration issued orders to send the National Guard into Portland, Oregon, a person in a frog balloon suit showed up at the city’s ICE facility, where protesters had gathered. After the frog humped the air in front of a throng of federal law enforcement — many dressed in head-to-toe camo with military-grade helmets, gas masks, and riot shields — the feds slowly began to retreat. What else could they do? A soldier knows what to do when they encounter another soldier. But an air-humping frog?

 

xpost from: https://lemmy.ca/post/52816658

Local hospitals saved $1.66 million after 48 residents moved into Dunn House, says doctor

When Dr. Andrew Boozary and his team at Toronto’s University Health Network looked deeper into the issue, they discovered that about 100 patients accounted for more than 4,500 emergency department visits in one year.

A month-long hospital stay costs the public health system more than $60,000, he said, compared to $15,000 a month to keep a person in a provincial jail and about $6,000 to house someone in a shelter.

Preliminary data shared with The Canadian Press show the residents experienced a 52 per cent drop in emergency department visits and a 79 per cent drop in the total length of hospital stays.

"It's just staggering," Boozary said. "And it's just incredibly encouraging and validating for how we need to rethink and act on homelessness across the country."

 

"My Dinner with Skinner"

 

Taken at Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

A new defence-sector partnership announced between Canada and Sweden, to help reduce our reliance on the American MIC.

 

🇫🇮: Yksi sadasta suomalaiset ovat allekirjoittaneet Euroopan kansalaisten aloitteen!

 

Ross is targeting 1.4M or more signatures, keep recruiting for more signatures until the end of July.

Direct Link to Initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

 

Still important to track how much of a buffer we can get before the end of the month.

Direct Link to Initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

 

Concepts of a plan for a trade deal. No deal imminent or expected before the G7.

 

Since they know the idea of travelling to the US is unpopular among Canadians right now, Porter seems to be trying the "asking for a New York friend" route in their advertising. This is the 2nd one I've seen.

Porter airlines Invite an NYC friend sale

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