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submitted 1 year ago by BedSharkPal@kbin.social to c/ottawa@lemmy.ca

While advocates of the active use program are in support of the driveway's closure, some residents are leaning more towards Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's stance.

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Scent dogs may represent a cheaper, faster and more effective way to detect COVID-19, and could be a key tool in future pandemics, a new review of recent research suggests. The review, published in the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, found that scent dogs are as effective, or even more effective, than conventional COVID-19 tests such as RT-PCR.

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Raising rates will lower prices to some extent. So it should help somewhat. The issue is that's it's a very very blunt instrument. It just happens to be one of the only tools the BoC has to use. Ideally the feds would have stepped in at some poi t in the last 15 years to stop this madness...

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

I mean yeah. Once other "financial assets" become more attractive (bonds at 5.5%?) maybe less parasitical activity will happen in the housing market. The whole thing started going off the rails when rates dropped to essentially nothing.

If you think current home owners have it bad, imagine anyone trying to get in the market now. Not only are mortgages 3X the price, but the houses are 2X the price they were before. The entire thing is completely unsustainable, and yet the Feds have done fuck all. Well no, actually they have made it worse every single step of the way (see the first time home buyers savings account for the latest idiotic idea).

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

It's at the point where it's clear no single measure will solve this issue. What is absolutely infuriating is that NOTHING is being done. Actually scratch that, they are actively making things worse with crap like the "First Home Savings Account".

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

Just keep kicking the can down the road until there's literally no other option...

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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how cells that let us hear can repair themselves after being damaged, an insight that could benefit efforts to treat and prevent hearing loss.

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 70 points 1 year ago

I would argue we also don't want to be in a place where we rely on any one individual. Thankfully @ernest seems to understand that as well.

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 67 points 1 year ago

We must go lower!

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submitted 1 year ago by BedSharkPal@kbin.social to c/ottawa@lemmy.ca

Guy deserved to see the show after pulling off the reverse Andy Dufresne IMO.

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submitted 1 year ago by BedSharkPal@kbin.social to c/ottawa@lemmy.ca

Today was #Ottawa's 111th smoky hour this year which puts 2023 in 1st place for the most in any year since records began. #OttWeather #YowWx #ONWx #YOW

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A new drug developed by QIMR Berghofer could transform the treatment of COVID-19 by potentially protecting against infection by any SARS-CoV-2 variant and reversing the persistent inflammation that is a major driver of debilitating long COVID.

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submitted 1 year ago by BedSharkPal@kbin.social to c/ottawa@lemmy.ca

Shopify CEO promises to fight the request, calling the action ‘low-key overreach.’ Expert says data includes ‘everything the CRA needs to audit these businesses.’

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Not a great look for Shopify IMO.
Why would you want to facilitate tax evasion?

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

You have to make wayyyyy too many assumptions for this to be a useful comparison.

There's a lot of people who live in places with electricity generated mostly or entirely through renewables for instance.

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

Strong disagree. The biggest part of Reddit is the comments. If you want more comments you need more people. If you want more people you need enough content to keep them engaged.

I'm 100% for posting links from Reddit over here to drive engagement.

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submitted 1 year ago by BedSharkPal@kbin.social to c/ottawa@lemmy.ca

Am I that out of touch? "Festival City"?

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago

Do we know if there have been any releases since the influx of users? Or are they just focusing on backend stuff still?

There's still a lot of long hanging fruit *COUGHcollapsingthreads that would be great to have addressed sooner rather than later.

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago

I hate everything about this. I came here to escape the Corporations damnit!

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Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.

[-] BedSharkPal@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

I barely know what this guy is up to these days. It's such a departure from the last guy. I love it.

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