n2burns

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

I know a lot of firms missed on the 2016 election, but the last two (plus the midterms) have all been within the margin of error.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

The polls are wrong more often than not.

[citation needed]

Polls are generally pretty good, especially for reliable polling firms. The problem is people don't understand what they mean, and media often does a poor job at explaining them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago

Does anyone have a link to the letters and signatories? It's really annoying when news articles like this report on "publicly available" news but don't provide the sources. My internet sleuthing isn't turning up anything either.

I'd really like to see the details of the letter and who signed on.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This report from Public Health Ontario has additional information. It shows that 84.7% were Unimmunized and 9.7% were Unknown/no proof of immunization (page 5).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair, but in that case I don't think that's "human error" but instead "negligence".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This isn't something new for HBC. From what I can see, they've has been foreign owned since at least 2006 and have claimed Canadianism hard for the last couple decades.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My dad is a veteran and he said it was hurtful to see young Canadians hating the country for its past.

This feels like it's downplaying the horrors in our history.

I don't think there's many "young Canadians hating the country for its past." I do think younger people feel shame for some of our collective past actions and guilty for how they may benefit from those actions. Personally, think reconciliation is important, and that issues like residential schools are not done and gone because they're in the past, they continue to affect people in the present, and potentially for generations to come.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The mistake at a Queensland fertility clinic has been blamed on human error.

In most cases, "human error" is just "processes weren't in place to prevent human error." We all make mistakes, but not have mechanisms in place to catch these mistakes is the problem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TekSavvy and other TPIA (Third-Party Internet Access) providers are not a reseller, presumably including Park Power. They only use incumbent last-mile infrastructure. Once it's out of your neighborhood, it's their infrastructure.

TekSavvy has expressed interest in selling (it's owned by Marc Gaudrault and was previously co-owned with his brother, Rocky), but has not been sold yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

TekSavvy is not a reseller. They only use incumbent last-mile infrastructure. Once it's out of your neighborhood, it's their infrastructure.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I have TekSavvy internet (unless you're in their small fiber network, yes you're still using Bell/Rogers/Cogeco/Telus local lines) and my cell phone is with Fizz (flanker brand of VideoTron, which also owns Freedom, which is all owned by Quebecor).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

You don't need your voting card to vote.

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