[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 95 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Google kills Chromecast and replaces it with something that it will also kill and replace in a few years"

I made the mistake of buying Google Homes years ago. They got badly nerfed last year — Google removed the ability to read recipes out loud, which is the main thing I used it for. They also crippled the API so that I can no longer add tasks to Todoist. I'm never buying another Google product.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 91 points 2 weeks ago

This seems like a good spot for a reminder that Thomas Jefferson edited his own copy of the bible to remove all of the magical/religious elements and left only the philosophical lessons.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 87 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sort of, but not really. From the Reddit ToS (emphasis mine). Basically, you own your content but allow Reddit to use it however they want without crediting you. Only a corporate lawyer would call that arrangement "ownership", but I digress...


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[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 93 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not watching some rando groyper's clickbait. What is the reason?

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 97 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The overwhelming majority of webservers run Linux ~~(it's not even close, like high 90 percent range)~~ Edit: Upon double-checking it's more like mid-80s, but the point stands

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 93 points 1 month ago

This is the same guy who loves Iain Banks' Culture novels while somehow remaining oblivious to their strongly leftist and anti-capitalist stance, and just sees "cool spaceships go pew pew". He's a complete moron.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 96 points 1 month ago

Umm ackshually it isn't in real-time, it happened 300 million years ago /pedant

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 88 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Norway and the US are using hacks. Whenever there's a shortage of something, a farmer in Bumfucksville, Iowa or fisherman in Bømføkstad, Norway finds some immense reserve of it.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 84 points 3 months ago

The one on my ThinkPad started working when I upgraded to KDE 6 / Wayland. I was pretty happy about that.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 85 points 3 months ago

TBH I'm surprised that they waited until 800 days into their 3-day invasion to do this. I'd have thought they would fabricate something before they invaded.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 89 points 11 months ago

Good thing there's a neutral zone in between.

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submitted 1 year ago by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/newbrunswick@lemmy.ca

The turmoil within New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative Party was deepening Friday morning as another minister quit Premier Blaine Higgs's cabinet and four former top party officials demanded the premier resign.

Portland-Simonds MLA Trevor Holder, the longest-serving MLA in the legislature, announced in an open letter he was quitting as minister of post-secondary education, training and labour.

"Under the leadership of Premier Higgs, caucus has been less about consensus and more about him getting his own way," Holder wrote.

Oof, Holder is a very long-time MLA. This one's gotta hurt.

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submitted 1 year ago by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/newbrunswick@lemmy.ca

This warms my heart. Thank you to PC party leadership for finally standing against this hateful man. Better late than never.

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submitted 1 year ago by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/rush@lemmy.ca

I'll start: here's a song from fellow Canadian Lawrence Gowan, featuring Alex Lifeson on guitar. It sounds like it could have been on Presto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WVSD-p86fM

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submitted 1 year ago by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/newbrunswick@lemmy.ca

And a conservative Christian group based in British Columbia says the debate is a test case for its efforts to roll back school LGBTQ policies across the country.

"Provinces across the country are paying attention to what's going on in New Brunswick because these decisions will affect the rest of the country," said Tanya Gaw, the founder of Action4Canada, which has been flooding New Brunswick MLAs with emails.

"I believe that this program needs to be eradicated from the school system nationwide," Gaw said in an interview.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/policy-713-nationwide-attention-1.6876528

Amazing, NB leading the way back into the middle ages! I hope these right-wing nutjobs get the definitive kick to the curb that they need in order to finally disappear into the mists of history.

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submitted 1 year ago by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/rush@lemmy.ca

Lots of bands cite Rush as an influence, but some show it overtly in their songs. The guys in Dream Theater for example are huge Rush fans, and one of their songs that most exemplifies it is The Count of Tuscany. Check out this instrumental version of the track – the intro is pure Rush, from the "swoosh" effect to the drum fill all the way across the toms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAlHlky5ovg

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cygnus@lemmy.ca to c/rush@lemmy.ca

I'm not affiliated in any way – I just stumbled upon this person's channel. They've got lots of nice upsampled videos with HQ audio.

https://www.youtube.com/@StickHits

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