This conversation chain is hilarious. The guy in the video does a great job, but you don’t want to watch 90 minutes - then watch the first 30 minutes at the very least without skimming. Okay, but then I see you go do long replies - how long did all of that take you in total? an hour? 90 minutes? for what? But it appears that you prefer it presented as a Coles notes version so maybe you learn differently.

To put it in simpler terms for those that still haven’t gotten it, if you were min-maxing for the long game, which one would ultimately come out on top? You must consider the cost of not only capital, but also environmental impacts and how this will affect the general economy as as a whole (agriculture for example rely on stable weather patterns). I am sure the long view is to go for the one that is long term sustainable with minimal drawbacks.

The only common ground that we can agree on is that the best we can do right now is to have a hybridized system. But we need to start transitioning where possible - and fast. The solar tech mentioned in the video has vastly improved since its inception. This isn’t going to happen overnight, nor in 5 years or 10 years. This is an ongoing project for humanity as a whole. Producing usable and store-able energy without killing ourselves in the long term is one of the biggest hurdles we have to face as humans.

Clearly this sub haven’t seen this video from Technology Connections. It breaks it all down for you step by step why the statement is true.

Swapped to Linux Mint over the weekend. No major issues. Steam works, LLMs work, web browser stuff all transferred over…it wasn’t perfect but pretty easy to figure it out with a few online searches. The best part - it actually runs better. No more f*cked up bluetooth and audio as well.

A lot of customization can be done on it, but I think for most people, Linux is fine for the vast majority of users already out of the box. Some criticism is that I think the UX can be improved and a more layman-friendly streamlined partition mounting + file security management.

All of this talk about AI bubbles and PC hardware and when the prices are going to come back down…wishful thinking. Unless there is a miracle breakthrough in compute, chips making and how AI can be accelerated by using less, the prices won’t be coming down anytime soon.

Did you know the Amazon didn’t make money for years? it survived through all of it (very likely through wall st and tech bro style funding) and now it’s a behemoth.

But let’s talk about macro scale even without looking at the supply chain of the entire chips industry. From a geopolitical standpoint, AI has become this “holy grail” to increase the speed of research. Not productivity. Research has ALWAYS been a bottleneck. Now how does that tie into geopolitics? There’s an AI race going on across the world if you haven’t been paying attention. Governments aren’t going to just roll over and let someone else beat them to it. So like the military industrial complex that gets money like its free in the US - yeah, I wouldn’t hold my breath.

What will really tank things would be if the US dollar goes through a crisis - the trajectory is possible but it wont be an over night thing. Central banks around the world are watching and coordinating to keep things stable - for now. So what can you do? It’s simple - withhold your unnecessary consumer spending and cause a crunch in liquidity. Unfortunately this will only work collectively. So good luck!

I think anyone who thinks in absolutes of saying he’s “flip flopping” is a fool and have no concept of nuance and pragmatism. Even more so after he gave that speech, especially f you didn’t catch the part where he said “such classic risk management comes at a price”.

What we’re seeing, I believe, is risk management in action. The “price” we’re paying is likely every single piece of policy that is short term (as in 5-10 years IMO) detrimental. But can be diverted course when things improve. But that’s also up to us to vote for people that are principled rather than voting by emotions. The horizon of a government should be long term and not short term.

If you’ve only read the headlines and not read the actual speech , you’re missing out on a lot of important details.

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My own personal take on top of that is: no one had a choice to be born into this world nor their initial circumstances.

I know right? It’s like as if we have no semblance of control with politicians at the helm. OR I think it’s just that people that are making the decisions of who the contracts go to have no knowledge nor are they qualified to actually make the call.

I mean…we do have this Stellantis case going on. While not the same kind of scenario, but they better have something in place to ensure they don’t just “run away” if it’s a non-Canadian own firm.

On the other hand, it’s appalling how every single government project seems to be always over budget, underdelivered and/or delayed. Then when I go look at the big government projects that’s around the world, compare to what we got, I always feel like we got scammed.

Unintended consequences? Of what? Living like it’s 2010, before the slow build up of mass enshittification of everything that’s on the internet since then? Sure. I’d rather have kids playing some video games - ones that likely will teach them some skills rather than doom scrolling and being fed algorithmic AI slop.

I can agree with some points, but disagree with a lot of the other things.

Black mail and scams are not new. Just that the internet has enabled it on turbo speed. The culprit we know is social media algorithms aimed initially to maximize engagement and now completely refined to twist reality. It’s funny because during the time I commented and now, Australia banned anyone younger than 16 y/o from all social media. I can agree with this - I have no idea right now as how they will implement this flawlessly though. Companies that are structured for maximum “engagement” should be regulated. Look at theme parks and they have age and height restrictions on certain rides for safety - for the sake of mental health in youth, social media should be regulated in the same manner and attitude. But do video games fall into the same category - at what point are they considered more social media than game? All of these will have to be clearly defined - which I have no faith in politicians to be able to do so. As for the elderly, I can only say, the world changes fast and we must always be vigilant - especially in the age of AI. Fake phone calls, fake videos - what about all that? Even before the internet and social media people were already getting scammed - remember the Nigerian prince in your emails? There just wasn’t enough political will to truly fix the problem. The government is playing whack-a-mole by legislating it via invasion of privacy - I predict this is going to be a policy failure.

Our government can’t even keep the big telecoms in line to stop spam calls, what makes you think that they will even be able to stop some sophisticated scam? We can’t even manage to tax media companies properly. But sure, let’s all give government even more mass surveillance tools. Also, the weakest link in cyber security these days isn’t the computer itself - it’s you/the person.

If this ever becomes a thing, I’d want the spirit of this law written out in plain language on what this can and can’t be used for - especially in court. Also a sunset clause that this topic will be review every couple of years. Anything short of that is just asking for it to be abused.

“Those that trade privacy for security deserve neither.”

How about they start addressing the actual problem rather than half-measures from think tanks. If it was truly about children, they should be passing policies from a macro standpoint that encourage people to have a family and kids. Right now, it’s economically grim and has been sliding that way for many decades. The rise of fascist and surveillance state policies is only going to make it worse. Say bye-bye to your birthrate and we’re right back where we started again with the gov trying to pump the numbers via mass immigration.

What does all this have to do with this bill? The intent may be framed as protecting/preventing kids from adult material, but it’s also about making it desirable to have kids because “big brother is watching you/protecting you” (SMH here on how stupid this all is). These legislators are out of touch. We as a society need to address the root of the problem - why do we have a CSAM problem in the first place? It’s a horrific thing to have, and to be honest, those that turn to it likely have a mental illness.

As for kids accessing adult material online - why is the government being a nanny state? This is the parent’s job.

I have zero confidence that they can keep everyone’s data private and safe given how many breaches there are.

I think we’re arguing over a subset of people who might not even be enough to move the needle unless it’s a very special riding with a specific type of immigrant make up. Early voting and mail-in ballots can 100% be done overseas and over online as long there is an embassy or trade office in said countries. How do I know? I’ve done it. Even without a steady address, you can vote literally at the embassy/office and they will mail it in for you which can bypass foreign country public postal services.

As for the postal service strikes, that’s another issue altogether.

It’s not idealistic - it’s called put some effort in making your vote count - or don’t. I mean look at the stats of voter turnout even on a regular schedule. Abysmal.

This comment itself speaks volumes about how people perceive their right to vote. I’m going to make another assumption that these people who go on vacation likely also moan about how the government ‘isn’t working for them’ and how they’re being ‘taxed unfairly’ so their vote ‘wouldn’t matter’. Voting is the most basic, minimal civic duty that comes around once in a while in a democratic style society.

Pandering to the idea of ‘because it’s holiday time’ isn’t a valid reason - its a scapegoat excuse. The real reason that this budget passed the way it did is because the current way MP’s campaign require loads of money (a problem in itself), and a good number of them have nothing to show for it while party coffers are looking really empty.

Yikes. Enshittification every turn of the way huh.

I’m sure people have counter talking points that point fingers at government run companies that are money pits, yet there are many that have historically run a profit only to get used as a government piggy bank during con/neo-liberal years and then left to die. ICBC in BC is a prime example.

If privatization always ran a profit, then why can’t the Canadian government make it happen? What makes private capital human beings so capable that our collective powers can’t? Something stinks.

I have no problem if he’s trying to sell things on his channel. As a matter of fact, trying to sort through the best, economical of something these days have become a nightmare. Try searching online for the ‘best’ of anything and you’re bombarded with so many choices. He’s done the heavy lifting for you already.

Keep it up with the quality content and promoting good products!

Now excuse my ignorance here, but does the act actually say they explicitly can’t generate revenue outside of its mandate? From a cursory search I do not believe so. Which then they cannot reasonably claim they couldn’t. The Liberals knew Canada Post was in trouble during 2020, and now they’ve thrown a 37 year old minister at the problem? I’m in the same age range and it seems like all he can come up with is read the spreadsheets and decide to slash services because they’re ‘insolvent’ and losing 10 million a day after giving it 1 billion to ‘fix’ their issues. I’m sorry, but they’ve tried nothing but throw money at it and are already out of ideas. I mean what’s the Canadian government going to do if Canada Post goes out of its way to generate more revenue to keep it in the black? How is that in any way ‘bad’ if its benefits Canadians as a whole?

Canada Post’s union has been trying to tell its management there are other ways to generate revenue (I do not think they’ve publicly said how yet) but it’s C-suite is bullheaded from what I can tell. Hired to run the company, but not hired to do extraordinary work despite a 500k / year salary CEO. Their management should be on the hook more than the union and the rest of us Canadians paying for this so called ‘essential’ service.

Lol…leave? Leaving billions on the table overnight? Yeah, I would call the duopoly’s bluff. You said it yourself, someone else will fill the void to take advantage of market conditions and provide the good/service that was there before. It just means Liberals and Cons lean corporate heavy.

Canada Post rested on its laurels for far too long and did not manage to make any big headways to improve from the management level - they like to keep blaming the government mandate - what a scapegoat. Their management needs a hard look. Our public dollars are being wasted on these people because they can’t even think beyond just mail/parcel services.

If only Joel Lightbound and the C-suite of Canada Post knew that! Alas, they’re incompetent and taking the easy way out of simply slashing services and layoffs instead of expanding goods and services to attempt to fill up the gap. Enshittification anyone? Liberals have become Con-lite and just drags out the timeline towards total privatization.

Even the new budget caters towards the private sector. Gee, without a good competitive Canada Post that delivers to all Canadians, small businesses are arguably less competitive now compared to companies that are paying for private delivery services. The Liberals can’t have it both ways saying they back businesses while slashing the services that these businesses may use to be competitive relative to mega-cap companies.

Canada on a whole from the federal level down to the municipal level is anti-business. Starting up a business often requires a deep pocket with red tape every step of the way. If the Liberals want to really galvanize collective action from Canadians, they need to be providing business centric services that are easy to access, affordable and competitive. Where’s the business starter kit from the government? Oh wait, there isn’t one. Better spend a few grand and loads of time on a business degree huh?

Don’t know why this has so much downvotes, but clearly people do love to hate something they don’t understand.

The M series chips that Apple has is hands down amazing. Low power usage, fast, and doesn’t heat up like any other PC chip. This translates to low fan noise, no laptop/surface burn, long battery life. It’s also somewhat of a contender for light local AI use. To put the cherry on top, the build quality supersedes any other brands on the market by scale and price. One would be foolish to not get a Mac laptop if you don’t want to dabble with Linux.