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‘100 calls per month’: Why U.S. doctors are looking to move to Canada - National | Globalnews.ca in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours ago

https://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/US/CA

On average, you'd make 19% less money. But you'd spend 35% less on health care. Oh, and you'll be 63% less likely to be murdered.

I want to go to a Calgary Roughnecks game, but they seem to use Ticketmaster for online ticket purchases. Any idea if it's possible to purchase tickets in-person? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

OMFG, I totally forgot that Ticketmaster is an American company, on top of just being awful and worth avoiding. I'd love to get a Ticketmaster boycott going!

Immersion-breaking in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Archers weren't always on top of a wall. There might have been friendly infantry in front of them, and the archers firing above them into an advancing foe. You'd want someone who can see the range giving the order to 'loose' when the range was right, and then you'll want to make sure they stop shooting so they don't hit your own side. Can't have the archers firing at everything that moves all the time.

Sens v. Sabres game thread in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Oh, wtf. Well thanks Sabres!

Are people getting laid off yet? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Still getting laid here.

Sens v. Sabres game thread in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Sabres beat the Jets a few games ago too. Seems so embarrassing.

I'd love for this community to be more lively in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Hey, always happy to hear from new fans!

I unfortunately don't have the ability to watch games live ever since caststreams was shut down. I mostly watch condensed replays on dtmts.com.

@[email protected] "This morning, I'm excited to announce that I've accepted Rogers Media's purchase offer to acquire the instance." in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

I raged, then I laughed.

Conservatives drop second election candidate in one day in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Another Vezina season for Hellebuyck!

World-renowned Canadian doctor says NYU cancelled her talk for being ‘anti-government’ | Globalnews.ca in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well that's just asking to be sent to an El Salvadorian prison!

US Government says Quebec's french law is an illegal barrier to american business. ''We will not compromise on French. This isn't negotiable" Quebec premier responds. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oui oui! Je suis an ananas!!

From a Lufthansa mail titled ”you are eligible for an upgrade" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I've seen this same email and UI from WestJet when I booked a flight over Christmas. Was incredibly insulted by it as well, especially by the Subject line making it sound like they're just upgrading you if you open the email.

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Kraken with an interesting OT strategy (lemmy.ca)
 
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Let's stop playing around and talk about ditching something big: Visa and Mastercard (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
155 comments fedilink
 

Visa and Mastercard are American companies, and they essentially tax everybody by taking a percentage of purchase prices for themselves. Not exactly a small percentage either, 1.2% to 2.65%. Ever wonder why so many merchants say they don't accept American Express? That's because they charge quite a bit more to merchantes, 50% more than Visa or Mastercard. Anyway, we're letting American companies tax us and we love them because we get rewards when we use cards. But it's just a shell game because we pay more up front because businesses need to charge more to make up for payment processing charges. They get to sit in the middle and rake in the money.

Now the alternative in Canada is Interac. Interac charges a set amount per transcation. How much? 2 to 5.5 cents. Unless you're going through Apple or Google Pay, and then it's a percentage again.

Interac is also Canadian.

Want to stick it to Trump? Stop using credit cards (and Google Pay or Apple Pay) and switch to Interac. Want to make Canada better? Stop using credit cards and switch to Interac. Is it going to be inconvenient? Yes. Online shopping will be much harder but I have seen online Interac payments before and we can ask our favourite Canadian merchants to accept Interac online.

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Need an alternate to Adams Dark Roast Peanut Butter (lemmy.ca)
 

This has been the best peanut butter I've ever had, but it's a product of the USA. I just love the taste the dark roast adds. I've never seen any other brands that do the same thing. Any suggestions out there?

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Alternate frontends returning error code 520 (old.lemmy.ca)
 

All frontends other than the default at lemmy.ca seem to be down, giving a Cloudflare 520 error message.

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Is she an old girl? not a lot of muscle on her butt. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 

https://lemmy.world/comment/14790780

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Which type of sword is the greatest? (lemmy.ca)
 

https://swordscomic.com/comic/XII/

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Cars are too damn reflective (lemmy.ca)
 

Working at the office today and from all angles cars are reflecting sunlight into my eyes. Just realized that bicycle parking wouldn't be causing this slight inconvenience to me. Fuck cars.

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100 Years - Five for Fighting (open.spotify.com)
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Went to the hardware store (lemmy.ca)
 

Discovered that one of my lights was getting dimmer because halogen bulbs were burning out. This is a new house and I thought it was already an LED fixture. Got 3 new LED bulbs to make that area nice and bright.

Also discovered the house has metal studs when I went to mount the TV. bought some metal anchors. Never worked with metal studs before. Hope it turns out.

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The Winnipeg Jets have had the best start to a season in NHL history! (lemmy.ca)
 
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Scott Arniel becomes the first head coach in NHL history to record a winning streak of at least eight games from the start of his tenure with a franchise. (x.com)
 

Its been a pretty fun start to the season. Just really don't want the streak to end to the Leafs, but I'm kinda expecting it.

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Calgary water restrictions end as feeder main comes back online (www.cbc.ca)
 

'Today is the day we have all been waiting for,' says city director.

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