Jack_Burton

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Jack_Burton ,

Really? In Canada it's law to allow employees time during the work day to go vote. That's not the case in the US?

Jack_Burton ,

Woof, that's crazy. I feel for a lot of Americans.

Jack_Burton ,

That's nuts. I hope Americans can pull up from this nosedive, even if the time to get back flying is over and all they can get is a controlled crash.

Jack_Burton ,

He's increasing it to 1.5tr in 2027 instead.

Jack_Burton ,

Danielle Smith already sorted this for you though, Albertans don't need public education anymore. All she had to do was label CO2 a "foundational nutrient for all life on Earth” and bam! No longer a pollutant. Easy-peasy.

Jack_Burton ,

Correct. Google is banking on users getting withdrawl and crawling back. They all do the same thing, like Meta products. They give you 30 days before deletion because they know most people are addicted and will recover their accounts.

Jack_Burton ,

This is where I'm leaning. I tried Matrix years ago and just couldn't get my brain around it, but it looks like it's time to revisit it.

Jack_Burton ,

Thankfully the Rock's remake seems to have been scrapped (fingers crossed it stays that way), so Big Trouble in Little China (hence my name).

I'd also say The 'Burbs (one of my favorites) but it just got a series.

Jack_Burton ,

Group voice chat?

Jack_Burton ,

I don't really understand how it's even an ad. It's for Dunkin I guess (which I just learned is not called Dunkin Donuts anymore for some reason), but they dunk-on their own employees by saying they'd be a disappointment if they work for Dunkin when they're 50. I didn't see any other labeling, is it maybe an ad for the AI company that did the de-aging? Ads exist to sell something, and I have no idea what was being sold. If anything, the only messaging I got out of it was that smart people can do better than working at Dunkin and they'd be a failure to do it for long.

Jack_Burton ,

Riker: "The line isn't centre! Your side is bigger!"

Picard:

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Jack_Burton ,

I'm doing what I can, as small an impact as it has. I've become much more aware of what I buy, use, and consume. I've begun to repair things instead of just buying new replacements, I don't buy American whenever possible, and I don't use any AI at all. I've completely cut out Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Amazon, Reddit, any streaming service and any social media except the Fediverse, and of course nothing from Musk.

However, the biggest impact I've been able to make has been getting a couple people to re-think what they consume from fascist-enabling big tech companies. Small wins.

Jack_Burton ,

He also recently mentioned about his new Netflix movie that Netflix said "it wouldn’t be terrible if you reiterated the plot three or four times in the dialogue because people are on their phones while they’re watching."

Jack_Burton ,

That suggests things will get better for the next generations. It's not looking like it's anything you'll have to worry about.

Jack_Burton ,

It's being set up so he can divorce her without his "Christian" base getting upset. He'll pull some bs about "no longer being able to live in sin after trying and failing to save her soul" in the lead up to 2028 then hook up with Kirk.

Jack_Burton ,

You don't see a problem with a few companies bending laws and bribing to create a monopoly on a human necessity making $828 million in profits period? For-profit grocery monopolies are a huge part of the problem. Food (at least basic healthy food) should be non-profit. Period.

They only made 4.2% profit. Boo-fucking-hoo. Make food access non-profit, and allow these companies to have their for-profit groceries if they want, sell stuff you can't get at the non-profits, whatever. If they bitch about not making enough money they can switch industries.

Jack_Burton ,

And add in an 'empty fee'. If a property sits empty for x amount of time, there's a significant fee added per month until it's sold or rented. Though people much smarter than me would have to figure out how to prevent rich assholes from just selling to each other to avoid the fee I suppose.

Bottom line, if you buy a place as an asset and the rental market dips below your liking, tough, rent it lower than you planned or get rid of it.

Jack_Burton ,

No one actively living in it. If it's vacant after x amount of time, it's priced too high. Lower the price to get someone in, or pay fees to keep it vacant. Basically, it should cost more than it's worth to keep if you're not going to rent it, creating incentive to price it affordably.

Jack_Burton ,

Sorry to hear about what you're going through, breakups are never a good time. I truly wish you well and hope you can get back on the track you want to be on.

There would certainly have to be a system in place, and special circumstances will always happen. Bottom line, it would primarily be meant for people or corporations who buy up a house/condo/apartment complex, and let it sit vacant until the market goes up and they get the rent they want or sell it for a good profit. If it sits vacant like that for say, 6 months, fees start accruing. Ideally the fees would be high enough that keeping it vacant would be a significant deterrent, thus forcing the person or company to either sell it, maybe at a loss, or rent it lower.

For example, there's a brand new apartment building near where I live that's been majority vacant for over a year since it was built. They want $3500 a month, and no one around here can afford it. I live in a province that has a cap on rental increases, and this company clearly doesn't want to rent at the high-end of affordable rate of around $2500 a month, and only be able to increase at 5% per year. They'd rather burn the money waiting for the market to go up to sell, other rentals to match what they want, or the cap to go away.

Another example would be someone/company with a lot of money buys a house to flip. During the reno the market dips so they'd be selling at a loss. Rather than rent it and have to deal with tenant laws, they have the money to wait it out as vacant for a year or two or more until the market goes back up. There's an argument to be made to exclude the reno time (though there would need to be systems in place to prevent abuse of the timeframe), but once it's liveable they have 6 months to rent or sell it before paying a monthly vacancy fee. If after 6 months they can't afford the fee and would have to sell at a loss, that's kind of the point. Pivot away from real estate (primarily dwellings) be investment vehicles.

Jack_Burton ,

I regularly think about a quote form his show that stuck with me since I was a kid; Always remember, everyone you'll ever meet knows something you don't.

Jack_Burton ,

Haha same! I'm around 9 months in now tho so it's evened out. Now I just silently judge haha

Jack_Burton ,

I wish it was higher as well but unfortunately it's not surprising. These things seem to fall into the same average, and not just the US, it's in Canada too; one-third is rational, one-third is irrational, and one-third is apathetic.

Jack_Burton ,

Right, and let me guess; the 'sacrifice' will use disingenuous rhetoric that sounds good to idiots and people not paying attention, but really just sets up the next domino on the path to fascism.

Jack_Burton ,

It should be noted that both groups are/were comitting treason, imo. The convoy had the goal of removing the then-current government and replacing it with their own leaders (as well as imo commiting domestic terrorism against the people of Ottawa). The separatists, reportedly so far but in the likely event is true, are working with a hostile foreign government with the intent to destabilize Canada.

The Canadian gov't is dangerously close to showing the same toothlessness the US Democrats are showing. If the meetings with the Trump admin prove true, I desperately hope for prosecution.

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    Jack_Burton ,

    I don't understand the point of this. Like, you figure out how to increase traffic on certain posts/comments and there's somehow a push for this? Do they get money somehow? These people always use terminology and ceo buzzwords as if it's some big business level that people are aspiring to reach, but what's the actual point? Why would I care if my post/comment exploded? Was I just using Reddit wrong?

    Jack_Burton ,

    So it's just a grift. Makes sense, they always use grift-style buzzwords. I was about to comment on the ridiculousness of building a business solely on manipulation, but then I thought about it a bit more haha. Thanks for the explanation.

    Jack_Burton ,

    Haha yep, my exact train of thought while typing

    Jack_Burton ,

    So it's more of a circle jerk for people who can't provide anything useful and have to pretend they have value. Seems like it's just putting more effort into not working than just doing the work itself.

    Jack_Burton ,

    It's also worth noting that Proton is the only one with port forwarding.

    Jack_Burton ,

    It's insane that in Canada it takes me $400-$600 a month for 1 person to eat basic, but non-processed food. 2 meals a day, basic breakfast of eggs and a meat with maybe cheese, and a dinner of a protein and veg and maybe rice. I cook everything from scratch including bread and use everything, like bones for broth, etc. It's getting impossible for low income Canadians to even hope to eat relatively healthy, but at least the shareholders get bonuses every year...

    Jack_Burton ,

    Surprised I didn't see this quote yet:

    “Ultimately, arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
    ― Edward Snowden

    Jack_Burton ,

    Why did you type *******? You could just type a made up pass to use as the example, like "hunter2"

    Jack_Burton ,

    I have a constitutional right to privacy

    Not anymore you don't

    Jack_Burton ,

    If a right can be violated without repercussion, you never actually had it to begin with. We're seeing the same up in Canada with the Conservative's use of the not-withstanding clause. Basically, "you have rights until they get in the way of what we're doing".

    Jack_Burton ,

    “If I had taken the GPUs that just came online in Q1 and Q2 in terms of GPUs and allocated them all to Azure, the KPI would have been over 40,” she said.

    "If I had bet on black instead of red I would have won"

    Jack_Burton ,

    The ability to solve your own problems.

    IMO, critical thinking is the single most important skill a human can learn. Teach a man to fish and all that.

    Jack_Burton ,

    Our current party is currently lead by a former international banker who is now PM. We don't have a "leader". And by all metrics (I'm assuming you're an American from your use of the 'Royal We' in this case, since everything is about America to you) "We" are smarter, and not a few years behind.

    Let me use the 'Royal We' from our country. "We" say, fuck you you fucking hoser and get bent. America bends, Canada won't.

    Jack_Burton ,

    Yep. In my experience the real trick is to find the value in advice, regardless of who/what/why (as I give this advice haha). For example, we're trained to call out hypocrites but really, hypocrisy shouldn't be immediately discounted just because it's hypocrisy. A drug addict can absolutely tell someone they shouldn't do drugs. Hypocritical? Yep. Good advice from someone who really knows? Also yep.

    Critical thinking is the single most important skill a human can learn.

    Jack_Burton ,

    I've started rewatching Forever Knight (1992). I love these syndicated 90's shows and this one has absolutely everything you need to know in the title alone. He's a vampire, so he lives Forever, he was a 13th century Knight, being a vampire he can only come out at Night (pun!) so his life is Forever in Night, and he's now a 20th century cop, so arguably he will Forever be a Knight. This is absolutely a "book you can judge by its cover", it's exactly what you expect it to be, and it's the single greatest show title in the history of syndicated TV.

    Jack_Burton ,

    Good old DVD. You'll adjust quick, it's a big part of its charm.

    Jack_Burton ,

    Every attempt since at this material has been utter dogshit.

    C'mon, the show was peak 90's syndication TV. Highlander, Xena, Forever Knight, Brisco County, the golden age of flipping through channels and stopping when you see one.

    Jack_Burton ,

    "Profits". It's all just Three-card Monte but "legal" since the laws don't apply to the rich.

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    Jack_Burton ,

    Same, completely big-tech-free now and it feels great. I moved to Linux roughly around the same time, I'm curious how your Linux journey is going?

    Jack_Burton ,

    Others have answered so I'll just add, if you have any old smartphone kicking around odds are you can slap LineageOS on it as an alternative if you can't afford a Pixel for Graphene.

    Jack_Burton ,

    A lot of effort was put into lining up the TV, soundbar, and table just to not align with the wall divisions. I hate it.

    Jack_Burton ,

    I'd be curious to see the overlap of people who both can't afford to buy it outright and also have a room big enough for an 83inch screen. Also,

    “At the end of your subscription, you can apply for a free upgrade, keep paying monthly, or return your device,”

    So, once you've paid through the subscription you get the option to just keep renting? It's not even rent-to-own?

    Jack_Burton ,

    Calling the democrats dumb like they don't know exactly what they're doing too is why the US is collapsing. They're not dumb, they're complicit. Always have been. The other side of the coin is still the same coin.

    Jack_Burton ,

    I've been on Cachy for a while now and it's great. It has a gaming option at install for drivers and all that. Endeavour is really great, just might be a bit advanced for new users.