I'm annoyed because I only saw it on my feed today. Luckily I was about 2 sentences in before I checked the date.
I mean to be fair, other countries, including the US, consider their coast guards to be part of their militaries. This doesn't seem deceptive to me. As for money spent on bases and pay raises, that seems like it should count.
https://www.cira.ca/en/resources/documents/domains/canadian-presence-requirements-registrants/
It does look like having a trademark can also suffice.
Afaik to register a .ca you either need to either be a Canadian, a permanent resident, some sort of legal entity in Canada (so say Amazon Canada), or the monarch. So this company should have some kind of Canadian presence if they own a .ca.
What you are saying may be true where you live, but you shouldn't confidently (and incorrectly) speculate on laws elsewhere. Where I live, a couple living together are considered married after 2 / 1 years (provincial / federal definitions). No need for a ceremony, no need to call each other "wife" or "husband". It just happens. https://beyond.ubc.ca/what-bc-couples-need-to-know-about-common-law-spouse-entitlements/
Seriously this. Oil is a global commodity. Iran was being dumb for allowing oil to ship to friendly countries, because them using that oil frees up other oil for the US and reduces the one leverage Iran has that Trump cares about. But I guess it doesn't matter - Trump is rescuing them from their mistake.
Actually Polymarket never pays out. Every bet is matched with someone holding the opposite bet (and prices to make a bet shift accordingly to market demand for each side). Polymarket just rakes in fees, but they never lose money regardless of how a bet goes.
I can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
And then they can sue the hosting company Valve uses for distributing the assets without a license, and the ISPs that transmit the assets without a license, and the speaker manufacturers for playing the assets without a license, and ...
It's not clear in this image but I saw it in the plans the NYTimes posted for their article - but why does it need a gun range? I'm not familiar with American gun culture, but is it typical for government facilities like prisons to provide gun ranges for prison guards to practice?
Wasn't MS just saying that they were going to work to de-shittify Windows? Evidently the same decision makers for the previous shit are still in charge.