[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 0 points 19 hours ago

There is zero incentive for businesses to negotiate in goods faith...

There. That is ALL that needs be said.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Good.

Bring it on! Let them sue, let them lose, and let them be forced to pay damages to the students.

I fucking hope the students can raise the money to make this a big case that destroys the University's leadership.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah, same thought here. Even more revealing (damning?) Is the fact that it was written by 'staff.'

I see this style more and more, and they always serm to be written by generic 'staff.'

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 36 points 6 days ago

Honestly, the first thing that came to mind when I saw the picture was that her son made her a crown, and she was proudly rockin' it.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca

So after a hard winter of riding, the preload adjuster snapped off on my old Dart 3 fork.

The plug itself is still usable to hold the spring in place, but there is now a clear opening for water, dirt, and whatnot to get into the spring side of my shocks.

They do well enough for the riding I do, so I'd just as soon not get new forks. If I could find a replacement adjuster I'd be a happy camper, but alas - Rockshox/SRAM doesn't have decade-old parts available that I can see.

Any other leads you good folks could offer?

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 69 points 4 weeks ago

I wish we could really press the main point here: Google is willfully foisting their LLM on the public, and presenting it as a useful tool. It is not, which makes them guilty of neglicence and fraud.

Pichai needs to end up in jail and Google broken up into at least ten companies.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 month ago

Stop. Threatening.

Start. Sentencing.

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submitted 2 months ago by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/calgary@lemmy.ca

Just looking to start up some chat about the event. Would love to hear how the Gina Carano panel went!

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submitted 2 months ago by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/calgary@lemmy.ca

Greater transparency cited as reason for pulling back curtain on previously unreported cash

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 50 points 2 months ago

Fisker said it hired a Chief Restructuring Officer in the hopes of staving off bankruptcy.

Ah yes. No better way to reduce costs than hiring another C*O.

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submitted 2 months ago by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

The party member behind 2021 petition for a leadership review, Bert Chen, vehemently denies allegations

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 57 points 3 months ago

...nearly 5,000-page filing...

Really? They generated more content than the entire Harry Potter series to say "He can't get the money."

Sounds like they're trying to get their own $464M out of the deal.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 208 points 4 months ago

Fuck Oprah.

Her sanctimonious bullshit brought us Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, and Jenny McCarthy.

Her 'listening platform' has probably lead directly to the deaths of tens of thousands of people.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 85 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm surprised nobody has discussed the most obvious "marketing" use of this data: Differential pricing.

Someone walks up to the machine. Based on the image seen by the machine, they determine which product is most likely to sell, and bump that product's price up by a quarter or 50 cents.

If they're not doing it now, they're preparing to do it in the near future.

EDIT If you watch Invenda's marketing videos, they talk about how the 'optical sensor' provides a 'bespoke purchasing experience.'

Sounds exactly like dynamic pricing is their model.

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submitted 4 months ago by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/canadaguns@lemmy.ca

Apparently you can apply online for your (R)PAL now. Great to hear and very convenient since I just passed my exams today, but it's a very new process, and I'm curious about how smooth it goes vs. the old paper submission.

Has anyone tried it? If so, what was the delay in getting your license?

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 50 points 5 months ago

Good on Danielle, for really stepping up her game.

Previously she was letting people die from lack of healthcare and support, but she's finally stepped up to the plate and announced that she's willing to commit murder.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/macos@lemmy.world

This is killing me.

We have a snippet of code on a web page. Users copy the code to a text editor, make a small change, then copy the modified version and paste it into a terminal window.

And it fails to run.

I've confirmed this happens with both Textedit and Notes, and also that copying from the web page and pasting directly into a terminal works fine (although without the necessary code changes).

It's something in the text editor copy; and there's no way to either "copy as plaintext" or "paste without formatting" into a terminal.

Does anyone know how I can work around this?

EDIT Apparently some (but not all) spaces (octal 040) are being converted to octal "302 240". I can't figure out how to stop it!

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submitted 5 months ago by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/support@lemmy.world

I created this post on my local server, calling for what I thought was reasonable action against a self-proclaimed threat to Canada.

Someone in the community disagreed (fine), and reported the post on their hosting instance (lemmy.world), which led to an immediate deletion of the post (on that single instance only).

Think is, I really don't feel that it was warranted - and neither do most of the community members over on lemmy.ca.

I realize that instances are autonomous, but is there an appeal process to potentially have this reinstated?

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

Yesterday I created a post on a regional community on lemmy.ca.

Fairly quickly thereafter, I got a DM saying that the post had been removed because someone who disagreed with me complained. Oddly though, the DM came from a @Automod@lemmy.world - not the server hosting the community.

Furthermore, I still see the post when I go looking - and there has been a bit of discussion about it.

So my questions:

(a) Can a post be removed from a specific federated instance without being removed from the original instance? (b) Is there an appeal process for removed posts? I'm sorry that the guy got all butthurt, but my post was sincere, measured, and (I think) reasonable. If it offended someone, they should discuss it.

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submitted 5 months ago by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/alberta@lemmy.ca

Just a reminder that #DanielleSmith and the #UCP are welcoming #tuckercarlson for a visit this month. It would be a shame if this man was denied entry into Canada because he is a danger to Canada.

IS he a danger to Canada? Well, he's openly called for the US to invade and depose our democratically elected government.

There's a change.org petition to deny him entry:

CSIS has a non-emergency reporting system, or you can phone them at 613-993-9620.

And the CBSA suspicious person reporting form is here.

[-] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 57 points 6 months ago

Are they only cancelling this now, three days before NYE? Did they have entertainment and bookings lined up, or did they just quietly do nothing?

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

"New Kia cars are not being released to Ontario dealerships — and reportedly many more across the country — to sell. Instead, they’re being stored on this compound, 30 kilometres south of Kitchener, Ont. and allegedly on other similar compounds across Canada."

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submitted 6 months ago by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

A charge sheet from the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket shows Law was charged Monday with 14 counts of second-degree murder, in addition to the 14 counts of counselling or aiding suicide that he was already facing.

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submitted 6 months ago by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/calgary@lemmy.ca
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