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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • need a laneway across Alberta

    They’ll get so little land that the trans-canada highway will probably suffice. I do not agree in rewarding the colonizers who genocidally settled North America from the Clovis people, but the current administration has arbitrarily decided on that, so that’s the law – it’s theirs, apparently, and more importantly, it’s not available for the people of Marlaina Smith to try and take with them.

    Ultimately, they trade in their passports and get a plane ticket. That’s the only deal they deserve.

    I’d GLADLY accept a People Swap, thogh, where we take in wonderful Minnesotans in exchange for the stupidest of our demented flatlander contingent.



  • Their leader is an international banker.

    … in a trade war. Stupid like a fox.

    They definitely are not smarter than we are

    We do present differently, though.

    Do we think that more than 46% of us read above a 6th-grade level? Yes, at 87% ‘scoring PIAAC level 2 or higher’, so that’s one metric. Most tertiary education? We’re doing a little better there, too (65% vs 51%). Electing pedos? Still eking ahead; and I’m calling that an intelligence test.

    But you can surely find areas where Canadians don’t score highly, and that’s going to be okay. We don’t need to be the winner.





  • You’re not alone.

    The industry itself has become pointlessly layered like some origami hell. As a former OS security guy I can say it’s not in a good state with all the supply-chain risks.

    At the same time, many ‘help’ articles are karma-farming ‘splogs’ of low quality and/or just slop that they’re not really useful. When something’s missing, it feels to our imposter syndrome like it’s a skills issue.

    Simplify your life. Ditch and avoid anything with containers or bizarre architectures that feels too intricate. Decide what you need and run those on really reliable options. Auto patching is your friend (but choose a distro and package format where it’s atomic and rolls back easily).

    You don’t need to come home only to work. This is supposed to be FUN for some of us. Don’t chase the Joneses, but just do what you want.

    Once you’ve simplified, get in the habit of going outside. You’ll feel a lot better about it.