JohnnyCanuck

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[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

Doesn't seem to be a link to an article on the browser or Voyager for me.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago
[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

Oops, I sharted again, I played with a fart, Got lost in the shame, no diaper baby!

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

Photos and videos often look a little dim and washed out on my phone, but this one is particularly affected. Did you convert from raw to jpg to post, without doing any adjustments? Darktable is free open source software that can help with this, though you might need to watch a tutorial. I only mention it because the photo has the potential to really pop.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

A couch and a cell phone.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Opinions are like butholes. Everyone has one, and if you present yours to others, expect them to engage.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 days ago

Has the accuracy of the snapshots actually changed based on this edit? After all, if it's factual information being presented...

Yes! Quite literally, yes. They're supposed to be an archive of what is on other sites. It doesn't matter if the original site was, right, wrong, complete, incomplete, accurate, inaccurate, factual, unfactual, etc. If they change things, they're editorializing and are no longer an archive, they're new content - which is not the purpose people use them for.

I do agree that it raises the issue of what other modifications there may be,

That's literally the point. It doesn't matter how much you "understand the reasoning" (though you also think it's childish and don't agree with the actions). You can use it if you want to, no one is stopping you. The point is Wikipedia can't trust it as a source of archived data and has every right to ban it.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's inappropriate, childish, and unprofessional. It makes them untrustworthy for citations. There are better ways of handling it.

If altering snapshots for a grudge isn't your definition of "behaving poorly" for a site archiving the state of the Internet, then you must not think they have to be an accurate source of information. If they're not an accurate source of information, then Wikipedia has no obligation to allow them to be used in citations, and they should remove such citations.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 53 points 2 days ago (6 children)

It sounds like archive.today is behaving poorly. As far as I know, Wikipedia isn't exactly "big money". If you know different on either front, can you please explain. Otherwise your comments are meaningless.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't worry, they got a formal reprimand.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It isn't clear from the article how they knew which account was associated with the individual such that they could proactively contact the RCMP after the shooting.

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

"John Steele, the founder and publisher of award-winning science magazine Nautilus"

 

I didn't make up the highfalutin text on the sign behind him.

https://www.conservative.ca/cpc/workers-not-wef/

 
 
 
 

Hi folks,

I just created an Coinbase account to receive (small amounts of) Bitcoin from another service. I would have looked into it more before doing so, but it was actually the only option, so I just dove in. However, from what I can tell, I don't necessarily need to keep anything in my Coinbase account, and if I ever plan on doing anything else (buying, selling, making payments) with crypto, I'm curious if Coinbase is the right place to do it.

I've only done the most basic of research. I know more about blockchain and ledgers than I do about wallets and exchanges, and that still isn't a lot.

So:

  • I need a Coinbase account to receive BTC, but I don't need to keep it there
  • I don't need to do anything with that BTC immediately - let's call it small amounts of play money, for now
  • Since BTC is down right now (in my view) I might consider buying a bit, or potentially other cryptocurrency(ies)
  • I like the diversification of holding a bit of crypto even though I don't totally trust the whole system nor its value
  • I travel and I can foresee potentially using crypto to make payments or withdraw cash as that pops up sometimes

Does it cost anything to move my BTC out of Coinbase? Are there better places to keep it that would make it worth it? Is Coinbase safe? Is it a terrible company? Would other places be safer, easier, harder? What am I not thinking of?

 

Sent to me by a friend, don't judge the misspelling of "strait" lol.

 

As opposed to "It tastes awful. And it works."

I saw an ad for it tonight and the "And" completely threw me. I could have sworn it was always "but"...

 

xAI, the company that developed Grok, responds to CBC: 'Legacy Media Lies'

 

"I'm disappointed that I came to Canada — a Canada that it is very, very difficult to find Canadians who are passionate about the American-Canadian relationship." - Pete Hoekstra

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