[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 15 points 17 hours ago

Trudeau and the Liberals seem to be laying the red carpet for career whiner Poilievre to walk in to the leader position next year.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago

Some cats are just obsessed with cardboard... they'd feel more comfortable in the box a $1000 cat bed comes in than the bed itself.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Exactly. Though for anyone that doesn't have a speed limiter and towing a 53ft trailer are best advised to pass trucks at a brisk pace, as it's dangerous for smaller cars and light pickups to stay in the drivers' blindspots.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Have we as Canadians considered: Rogers owns too much of our shit?

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

The usual scenario I see is the difference in load weight and the ability to maneuver around curves and hills causes the "elephant race". Taking 2 minutes to pass is still passing, neither truck driver is wrong to do that.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago

Since it looks like you're on a meme posting spree, I just want to wish you a warm welcome back!

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You are most welcome.

There is only one bone I have to pick with people who make "slower traffic keep right", "the left lane is for passing", and "the flow of traffic" type of comments. That is in the case of a commercial vehicle travelling 65mph passing another travelling 63mph. This is a perfectly valid use of the passing lanes on a highway, unless signs or local rules indicate otherwise (e.g. no trucks this lane). In this case, 65mph is the flow of traffic in that area and everyone behind should be aware that they are travelling faster than the flow of traffic until the pass has completed.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Exactly. Similar to how others responded to a similar comment to yours, there isn't much slipstream savings without getting into the danger zone of around 30m (100ft), which you can't get with 3 second gaps at speed.

But you do get more fuel savings from driving at that slower speed, and from coasting and accelerating lightly/cruising. It perplexes me why people alternate gunning it with braking so much on the highway.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 115 points 1 day ago

Trick is to not give a fuck about how fast other people are going, and cruise at 65mph (105km/h) at a safe distance behind a combination tractor trailer.

You can drive without much stress, because impatient drivers don't like to be in that spot behind a truck so you are less likely to be cut off. You'll have plenty of time to react to anything in front, and also be safe in knowing that if there is a pileup ahead, a clear path will be smashed through for you.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

Plaid Cymru, Greens and Reform party each having 4 seats despite having a 2000% gap in votes is kind of hilarious.

Even if I'm happy with the result and changing the system would afford far-right crazies a little bit more power, we still need to change the FPTP system.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

Pretty standard move in Parliamentary Politics.

I bet Truss, Sunak and their ilk with find lots of work as talking heads on American and British conservative shows.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 days ago

Ree Smog is out! I repeat, Ree Smog is out!

Yes, despite many leftists decrying Labour's centreward shift, I think this is a good result. This result was helped by that shift in no small part.

Starmer is very well spoken and his morning after speech does well to inspire confidence.

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submitted 3 weeks ago by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/freecad@lemmy.ml

The contest from last month had established five finalists:

The first row is the new logo that will be used going forward and in version 1.0 of the program!

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Link is a 1h42m video interview between Louis Rossmann, FUTO and Immich developers with a introduction to Immich by Louis.

Immich is an open source self-hosted in-development tool to manage image libraries from a central server, and sync/distribute them across your devices, as an alternative to Google Photos. Also see: https://immich.app

The important news here is that FUTO has funded full time development on Immich for 3 years.

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submitted 1 month ago by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/steamedhams@lemmy.ca

Principal Skinner is voiced with Superintendent Chalmers' lines and vice versa.

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submitted 1 month ago by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/bestoflemmy@lemmy.world

Context, a thread on rising fast food costs and comparing local joints in terms of value: https://lemmy.world/comment/10015048

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Inspired by: https://lemmy.world/post/15297575

From the article:

The B-2 is being divested in FY 2025 due to a ground accident/damage presumed to be uneconomical to repair

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/australia@aussie.zone

This petition is part of the Stopkillinggames.com campaign led by Scott Ross (Accursed Farms), to end in Australia the practice of software licensors to render purchased software completely unusable at arbitrary points in time.

This petition closes relatively soon so please get the word out to your fellow mates.

Thank you!

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/games@sh.itjust.works

Petition E-4965 is the one that is posted to stopkillinggames.com, Ross Scott (Accursed Farms)'s campaign to end the practice of bricking games people have purchased, whenever the publisher doesn't want to support it anymore.

It is open for signing by Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents, until September 5th 2024.

Please spread the word to your Canadian friends and family who take interest in games, and please add your name to it to support this campaign to help preserve games in some form in perpetuity.

Thank you!

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Photo taken on a rainy February afternoon.

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submitted 2 months ago by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

In 1974, Ivan Illich wrote that the typical American male spent 25% of his waking life either driving a car or working for the income required to pay for one. 50 years later, is this true? And, which cities consume the most -- and least -- of our time with driving?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Including their brandname chains:

  • Atlantic Cash & Carry
  • Atlantic Superstore
  • Axep
  • Bloor Street Market
  • Dominion
  • Les Entrepôts Presto
  • Extra Foods
  • Fortinos
  • Freshmart
  • L'Intermarché
  • Loblaws / Loblaw GreatFood / Loblaws CityMarket
  • Lucky Dollar Foods
  • Maxi / Maxi & Cie
  • NG Cash & Carry
  • No Frills
  • Provigo
  • Real Canadian Superstore
  • Shop Easy Foods
  • Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix
  • SuperValu
  • T & T Supermarket
  • Valu-mart
  • Wholesale Club / Club Entrepôt
  • Your Independent Grocer / Independent CityMarket
  • Zehrs Markets

Yes there are other big oligopoly chains like metro, Sobeys/Safeway, Pattison, but I think it's best to start with one major chain to see how much coordinated action can affect them.

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