[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Nvidia acquired 3DFX so it's been coming for a while

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If you're not using some sort of automatic updates, you're not too seriously trying to make your life as trivial as possible. 😂 Just use fixed major version tags where possible in order to avoid surprise breakage.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Oh no comparison, but many of the people who vote for PP wouldn't vote for Jagmeet or whoever replaces him.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Makes sense and form that perspective you're absolutely right. I wish people understood it's better for them when someone else in the working class is paid more. But for that to be commonplace, the idea that people aren't necessarily paid what they deserve has to take hold.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Surely an efficiency drive would have some sort of structured/analytical approach to it?

LOL

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

Which is how downsizing should happen if corporations take workers' interest into account and there's no imminent threat of bankruptcy. The union is there to force the corporation to do that.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago

For anyone who wouldn't spare a click:

The study found the flashing light was far superior on the straight road, allowing detection of the rider from three times the distance of the steady light. This equated to detection 82m sooner, on average.

Also, ooof:

In addition, participants from this study commented that the steady light looked like a motorcyclist from a distance, while the flashing light enabled them to identify the road user as a cyclist sooner.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago

Are there studies on whether flashing patterns are better for night time visibility than steady? I think flashing patterns at least in part were introduced with the very first battery powered lights because batteries had low capacity and LEDs consumed more power. Steady light on a 2x NiMH lasted just several hours. Things are different these days. Most lights have high density LiIon cells and efficient LEDs making steady operation practical, especially at the rear.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
  • distancing NDP from Trudeau government

Oh yeah, that makes sense in addition to pressuring him to resign. That said, if Trudeau doesn't resign and parliament comes back in session, it's gonna look real funny when PP calls Jagmeet out on his promise to bring down the government and he doesn't.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

PP would like that, wouldn't he.

But WTF is Jagmeet playing at? The NDP is tied with the LPC at best and trailing them by a few points at worst. They're in the 15-20% territory. And that's without the NDP having a universally unpopular leader. He can't save Canada from an unabashedly corporate government in the face of Poilievre. A government that'll likely kill Jagmeet's signature achievements. Such a move should be the end of his leadership, but more importantly it would be bad for Canadians. I hope he's just posturing and just pushing Trudeau to resign, which he should absolutely do in my opinion.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

@altran1502@lemmy.world nice for showing up in here!

Thanks for your work. Keep on keeping on and we'll keep on supporting!

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Personally I do Subscribed + Scaled. Scaled surfaces new stuff from smaller communities with fewer votes. Subscribed ensures it doesn't bring in too much noise. I keep a large Subscribed list with many communities I'm interested in hearing about, but don't necessarily check regularly.

I also regularly switch to All + Top Day / Scaled / Hot / etc. to see what's going on that isn't in my Sub list. If I see something I'd like to see regularly, I subscribe.

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Lebanese army says that a soldier was killed in an Israeli strike on a military post in southern Lebanon, adding that soldiers fired back at the source of the fire.

It is the first time the army has fired back at Israeli forces since the conflict began a year ago, a Lebanese security source tells Reuters.

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Folks with vaginas, I'm conducting some family comparative analysis and I'd like to know how many standard pieces of toilet paper do you use when wiping after a pee. I posted some comments with options to upvote if you like.

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“Get an application and drop it off (at) one of these companies and start working, you need to start working if you’re healthy — bottom line — if you’re unhealthy, I’ll take care of you the rest of my life, your life, we’ll take care of you,” the premier said.

“But if you’re healthy, get off your A-S-S and start working like everyone else is.”

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The Toronto District School Board is holding a special meeting on Wednesday evening to discuss a field trip to a protest in support of an Indigenous community last week. According to videos on social media, pro-Palestinian slogans were chanted at the protest.

#onpoli #cdnpoli

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Is that a thing at all? I doubt it but thought I'd check just in case.

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Personal use numbers:

  • Ubuntu: 27.7%
  • Debian: 9.8%
  • Other Linux: 8.4%
  • Arch: 8%
  • Red Hat: 2.3%
  • Fedora: 4.8%
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/29275922

in 1986, mountain bikes were making their mark in Canada, as cyclists swapped out their 10-speeds for more rugged rides. This CBC news segment from The National explores the early days of the mountain biking craze, featuring enthusiasts like Ian K., who traded his Volkswagen-like commuter for an $800 mountain bike, likening it to driving a Porsche. While the trend was just beginning, the piece questions whether mountain biking would remain a luxury niche or become a mainstream activity as prices dropped and mass availability rose. Originally aired on May 26, 1986.

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in 1986, mountain bikes were making their mark in Canada, as cyclists swapped out their 10-speeds for more rugged rides. This CBC news segment from The National explores the early days of the mountain biking craze, featuring enthusiasts like Ian K., who traded his Volkswagen-like commuter for an $800 mountain bike, likening it to driving a Porsche. While the trend was just beginning, the piece questions whether mountain biking would remain a luxury niche or become a mainstream activity as prices dropped and mass availability rose. Originally aired on May 26, 1986.

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In the absence of these important policy proposals, there is evidently some apprehension among Canadians. Half (46%) say they are “fearful” of the CPC forming government, while fewer (35%) anticipate it with hope. A majority (54%) suspect Poilievre and the CPC have a “hidden agenda” that won’t be revealed until after the party wins the elections.

There is also some doubt that a Poilievre-led government can balance the budget and lower income taxes as promised, even if most view them to be “good things”. More than two-in-five (45%) say neither will happen.

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Over the years, Live Nation has also been buying up independent local venues. The company currently owns several concert halls in Canada: the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver; Midway in Edmonton; and Budweiser Stage, Danforth Music Hall, History, RBC Echo Beach, Velvet Underground, and most recently, The Opera House in Toronto.

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