I want to get some cool stickers to decorate my laptop but i've never known where to find them. can y'all give me some tips? I have heard that you can get a lot of cool ones at conventions, but with the nearest convention center being a four hour drive I would rather not. The two websites I know with cool stickers are ...
Linear TV in Canada is losing many more channels as Corus Entertainment in Toronto shuts down Disney XD, Disney JR, Nickelodeon, and ABC Spark. The French-language La Chaîne Disney is also being cut, but the main Disney Channel is sticking around. ...
American car companies refuse to make the cars people want and instead try to tell people what they want, and then cry foul when people buy imports that have what they want.
"Employees were complaining about low morale. So we threw them a mandatory after work pizza party for team building! It was a real hit, almost everyone showed up!"
Bill Gates’ ex-wife says she felt “unbelievable sadness” about allegations in the Epstein files that her former husband plotted to slip her antibiotics for a sexually transmitted infection he contracted following “sex with Russian girls.” ...
So weird, someone just told me I was willing to die on a hill for my opinion when they were getting downvoted to oblivion for their opinion, and holding to it.
I.e., figuratively, they were on their hill taking shots from all sides, unwilling to yield, and yelling down to me - with my similarly opinioned compatriots - that I was willing to die on my hill. It was so bizarre and I was thinking about how they didn't understand the meaning of the phrase, and then I came across this post.
This may not be the case here, but idioms like this can sound particularly weird when they're in a language that isn't your first language. This one doesn't sound weird to me except when used in the wrong way lol.
So just to be clear, the phrase isn't just about having differing opinions, nor actually putting your life on the line. It is about steadfastly holding to an unpopular (currently, or in the immediate context) opinion in the face of adversity. The more unpopular it is, the bigger the hill it seems to be, with fewer people defending it. In the military context the idiom derives from, hills were strategic goals and holding hills gave advantages. The harder a hill was to defend and hold, the more willing you needed to be to die to defend it (literally). In the idiomatic sense, "dying" might be more like getting yelled at from all sides - or downvoted in a huge way...
You said you have a few opinions you would be willing to die for. That's probably a bit more extreme than this phrase is intended for.
Yeah, I was just more commenting on their use of the "hill to die on" thing than the quality or value of their argument. Like there wasn't anything I was doing to indicate it was a hill I was willing to die on, certainly not any more than they were.
That said, it wasn't just downvoting, several other people also jumped in to argue with them, and honestly they just seemed to be acting antagonistic for no reason.
And while downvotes aren't always an indicator of a weak argument, they certainly can be.
It's missing key information, and without that information the title doesn't make sense, and kind of isn't as interesting. Now read your comment as if I wrote it back to you.
Also, the original article had a perfectly fine title. It's pretty standard when posting to keep the title of the original article you're linking to instead of editorializing it, unless you're specifically going to fix something and note that.
but one analyst is warning against using such serious language during a time where Canada needs to stand united.
We need to stand united - with the people who want to separate? So what, we're supposed to tilt our heads, shrug, and say, "boys will be boys, donchaknow!"
Fuck off data analyst John Santos. Get bent.
Whether the word treason truly applies to the Alberta Prosperity Project’s meetings with the U.S. administration isn’t clear, but project co-founder Jeffrey Rath has called the characterization "defamatory."
"It's a childish temper tantrum on behalf of a spoiled NDP politician.”
Oh boo hoo, you treasonist, motherfucking bastard. You went to an antagonistic foreign state to talk about breaking up our fucking country. What did you think people would call it. I hope you rot in prison, asshole.
More people would try playing an instrument if they could borrow one to try it out. I already play several, but I'm running out of money and space for more. It'd also be nice to pop down to the library and check out the one I'm currently obsessing over to see if I want one permanently. Hell, I'd donate ones I hardly ever use to ...
Rebekah Jones, a geographer, data scientist, and climate activist, has made a massive, humorous claim about President Donald Trump, and her tweet is going viral on social media. ...
It seems that a lot of new people have learned about these platforms from a popular post on Reddit. We currently see 78 notifications (and counting) and a pile of applications on piefed.ca too many registration applications for me to keep this up to date. ...
Shoppers is the worst. They are terrible to their pharmacists, customers and other employees. If you're wondering why there are so many small pharmacies that have started up its because shoppers was so terrible to their pharmacists łand wouldn't allow them to provide good, personal care) that pharmacists left and started their own businesses (at great risk) so they could provide proper care to their customers. And in a lot of cases the customers followed.
Instead of taking this as a sign they should do better, shoppers just put more pressure on their low paid pharmacists to gouge customers and extract every dollar they can out of the insurance system and customers.
“Old stock white Canadians, and that’s us, and we don’t have to apologize for this room being filled with white people. This used to be what Alberta was. We’re not apologizing for being ourselves... If we have control over immigration, we can control who comes here.”
Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre
He also said, “the replacement theory is real.” (i.e. the federal government intends to replace "white Canadians" with other races through immigration.) And he claimed Justin Trudeau said this explicitly. (I'm pretty sure he did not...)
There's far too little done to warn people about the dangers of radon.
We build basements, including living spaces, in areas that have high radon concentration, and nobody is informed of the dangers. (Southern Ontario, I'm looking at you.)
Okay. As long as this doesn't result in prices going higher...
This is the important bit though: "There will be other affordability measures announced on Monday, including steps to fix structural problems with Canada’s food supply chain, and improve competition."
I have different technical questions I want to ask. I went to Stack Overflow and they blocked registration with a VPN. It's really fucking annoying. I can buy a residential IP to bypass this, but I'd rather just not use these enshitified platforms that are so hostile to VPNs. ...
Including a vehicle that was intercepted on Nov. 6, 2025, at the Calexico West Port of Entry. CBP says an X-ray scan of the vehicle showed anomalies, and officers found 17.28 pounds of fentanyl powder, 90.94 pounds of cocaine and 165.39 pounds of heroin concealed within the spare tire, rear fenders, center console and firewall of a Dodge truck.
The narcotics had an estimated street value of $2,480,714.
That was a terrible "save you a click". That was from a single bust of $2.5million
Including a vehicle that was intercepted on Nov. 6, 2025, at the Calexico West Port of Entry. CBP says an X-ray scan of the vehicle showed anomalies, and officers found 17.28 pounds of fentanyl powder, 90.94 pounds of cocaine and 165.39 pounds of heroin concealed within the spare tire, rear fenders, center console and firewall of a Dodge truck.
The narcotics had an estimated street value of $2,480,714.
A windows 11 error message stating: "Terminal is currently not available in your account. Make sure you are signed in to the store and try again. Here's the error code, in case you need it: 0x803F8001"
Well to be fair, there's probably a lot of people who have no fucking clue what sudo is, but are getting instructions from stack overflow err, AI. Not that this warning would necessarily stop them, but there was an attempt.
The reality of Discord and its alternatives
There is no truer adage to me than nothings is perfect. And when it comes to anything related to Discord it’s no different. ...
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Most food animals are smarter than a baby.
Easily demonstrated by many measures: ...
An ice dance duo skated to AI music at the Olympics | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Sad but true
Seen on the door of a Fortune Teller
I don't think they're very good at their job.
Where do I find cool stickers?
I want to get some cool stickers to decorate my laptop but i've never known where to find them. can y'all give me some tips? I have heard that you can get a lot of cool ones at conventions, but with the nearest convention center being a four hour drive I would rather not. The two websites I know with cool stickers are ...
Corus Entertainment shutting down several popular channels in Canada | National ( dailyhive.com )
Linear TV in Canada is losing many more channels as Corus Entertainment in Toronto shuts down Disney XD, Disney JR, Nickelodeon, and ABC Spark. The French-language La Chaîne Disney is also being cut, but the main Disney Channel is sticking around. ...
The Chinese government bans all new investment in Israel ( www.ynetnews.com )
cross-posted from: ...
U.S. Dealers In Full Panic Mode After Canada Green-Lights Chinese Cars ( www.thedrive.com )
If you catch them studdering, run.
Where is this place?
Bill Gates’ Ex Responds to Alleged STD Drug Plot in Epstein Files ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Bill Gates’ ex-wife says she felt “unbelievable sadness” about allegations in the Epstein files that her former husband plotted to slip her antibiotics for a sexually transmitted infection he contracted following “sex with Russian girls.” ...
"A hill I'm willing to die on" is a weird phrase for what it means.
There are a lot of opinions I'll likely have until I die, but comparatively few that I'm willing to die for.
Electric hydrofoil ferry completes record 160-mile voyage using standard fast chargers ( interestingengineering.com )
Electric hydrofoil ferry completes record 160-mile voyage using standard fast chargers
B.C. premier doubles down on calling Alberta separatist movement seeking U.S. support 'treason' ( www.cbc.ca )
Analyst warns Eby's language could push some 'separatist-curious' Albertans to become fully separatist ...
We need libraries, but instead of books, you borrow musical instruments.
More people would try playing an instrument if they could borrow one to try it out. I already play several, but I'm running out of money and space for more. It'd also be nice to pop down to the library and check out the one I'm currently obsessing over to see if I want one permanently. Hell, I'd donate ones I hardly ever use to ...
Trump allegedly shits pants
Rebekah Jones, a geographer, data scientist, and climate activist, has made a massive, humorous claim about President Donald Trump, and her tweet is going viral on social media. ...
Trump wants to build 250ft Washington DC arch that dwarfs Lincoln Memorial – report ( www.theguardian.com )
Donald Trump reportedly wants the arch he is planning to build in Washington DC to dwarf the Lincoln Memorial. ...
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Welcome new users to piefed.ca and lemmy.ca!
It seems that a lot of new people have learned about these platforms from a popular post on Reddit. We currently see 78 notifications (and counting) and a pile of applications on piefed.ca too many registration applications for me to keep this up to date. ...
Anyone else feel like Shoppers pharmacies are aggressively trying to charge extra fees?
Curious also if this is Canada-wide or just in Ontario: ...
Canada separatists accused of ‘treason’ after secret talks with US state department ( www.theguardian.com )
[Pillsbury Pizza Pops] contaminated with E. coli tied to 7 hospitalizations [in Canada], data shows ( globalnews.ca )
What are some free Android games that are really good?
ICE agents leave Ace of Spades ‘death cards’ on detained immigrants’ cars ( www.cpr.org )
cross-posted from: ...
Radon gas may be giving more Canadians lung cancer. Scientists are racing to save lives ( www.cbc.ca )
No one wants to imagine their home could threaten their health, but when radon seeps in, that’s exactly what happens. ...
Federal government to introduce grocery rebate: sources ( www.cbc.ca )
Is sh.itjust.works working with Voyager?
sh.itjust.works seems fine in a web browser, but it doesnt load for me on Voyager. Am I the only one with this problem?
Trump-appointed judge 'quickly' blocks admin from destroying evidence in new DHS killing ( www.rawstory.com )
Where can I go on lemmy to find things like the video of the recent shooting or other important events that are not just news headlines and memes?
What if brains are eggs?
What if our brains are just eggs that are waiting to hatch when we die? A soul hatching by exiting the brain.
Is there an alternative to Stack Overflow?
I have different technical questions I want to ask. I went to Stack Overflow and they blocked registration with a VPN. It's really fucking annoying. I can buy a residential IP to bypass this, but I'd rather just not use these enshitified platforms that are so hostile to VPNs. ...
Papers, please
Be healed!
San Diego port seizes nearly 33,000 pounds of dangerous drugs, worth $111 million ( www.10news.com )
Lesbian icon Brandi Carlile to perform 'America the Beautiful' at Super Bowl LX in California ( www.scenemag.co.uk )
PP lately being all like
What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS