veeesix

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 month ago

Imagine having to navigate an Imperialist senile narcissist lunatic threatening invasion at your doorstep and simultaneously holding the global economy hostage, and then having Poilievre gnawing at your ankles.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

We all knew it was coming, but what a time to pass the baton. Good luck, John.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I originally interpreted the lyrics as a view of commodified education where the prerequisite for a lot of jobs nowadays require a degree or two just to get past the AI review process.

I didn’t mean to come off as knocking the pursuit of higher education. I mean I probably deserve it quoting a Kanye song! My wife has applied for her Masters next year, and I’m looking into the process of upgrading my advanced diploma into a degree myself. It just makes me laugh with frustration at how the ladder for success keeps adding rungs the higher you climb it.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago

And sell it at a loss, I presume?

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So it’s ok to charge more if you look rich? Why eat the rich when you can fleece ‘em?

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago

25 years to build a basketball court, 250 to build a 1,000km high-speed rail network.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Imagine taking a deuce then getting into a rollover accident immediately afterwards!

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

That’s so interesting that the lore is created by a community, but even moreso that someone can actually author a work based on their contribution! Pretty interesting to see how far apart the first and last entries of the story were published. This is a rabbit hole I think I am ok skipping for now lol

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

Can’t go wrong with just about any Studio Ghibli film.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hold up. There’s more SCP content? Is there prerequisite reading that would’ve helped the story make more sense for me?

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My guy, I’m sorry for your loss.

 

If you haven’t gotten around to it already, Sunday is looking like it’s going to be a great day to be ready with your snow tires.

 

Changes are coming to how blue and black bins are collected across the province. Under regulations from the Government of Ontario (link is external), responsibility for collecting and processing recycling across Ontario will transfer to producers of paper and packaging. This means that Ontarians will be able to recycle the same materials no matter where they live.

What this will mean for curbside recycling collection in Ottawa:

  • Continue to put your bins out by 7 am on your collection day. They will be collected by a different truck and collection may occur at a different time of day than usual.
  • There will be minor changes to what can go in your blue and black bins as of January 1, 2026. A full list of items that can be recycled is available on the Circular Materials website(link is external). The City will provide more details in the coming weeks.
  • You can continue to use your existing standard sized blue and black bins.
  • Beginning on Thursday, January 1, 2026, you will no longer contact the City for any recycling-related services such as a broken bin or a missed collection.

More details will be provided in the coming weeks on who residents can contact for recycling collection services in 2026.

 
  • Main and Secondary Displays: 4-inch IPS / 640 x 480
  • Processor: RockChip RK3568
  • GPU: Mali-G52 2EE
  • RAM: 3GB
  • Storage: 32GB + microSD
  • Battery: 4000mAh (~6 hours)
  • Charging: 5V/1.6A (~3.5 hours)
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi 2.4GHz/5GHz
  • Extras: Hall Magnetic Switch, Quick Switch Key, Six-Axis Gyroscope
  • Colors: Turquoise Blue / Red Black / White
  • Software: Android 14

AliExpress listing shows three different configurations, as you’ll be able to choose whether you want a 128GB microSD card, 256GB microSD Card, or just the handheld. The price itself starts at $108.99 for the “No Games” version, leaving us to surmise to that the sub-$100 price that was originally touted will just be for pre-orders. This means that the RG DS will range between $108 and $138 after pre-orders have concluded.

 

George Springer topped them all with a come-from-behind moment that will go down as one of the biggest homers in franchise history.

Springer hit a go-ahead three-run shot in the seventh inning and closer Jeff Hoffman struck out the side in the ninth to lift the Blue Jays to a dramatic 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.

The victory gave Toronto its first AL pennant since 1993 and a berth in the World Series starting Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

 

The AYN Thor is the company's first clamshell handheld, featuring dual-screens and comes in response to the AYANEO Pocket DS.

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Plex server patching required (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/32109389

Plex has notified some of its users on Thursday to urgently update their media servers due to a recently patched security vulnerability.

The company has yet to assign a CVE-ID to track the flaw and didn't provide additional details regarding the patch, only saying that it impacts Plex Media Server versions 1.41.7.x to 1.42.0.x.

 

It was created in the 1960s by designer Jim Donoahue and adopted by the federal government in 1982 as its “official symbol of government.”

In one afternoon, according to Thomson, Donoahue designed what is now known as the Canada wordmark. He used Baskerville typeface, which he was fond of, and he thickened it as it was light and delicate and could fade in smaller reproductions. The “D” in “Canada” rose like a flagpole, so it was a perfect place for the flag to “fly off,” said his daughter Zoe Donoahue in an interview, echoing her father’s words.

[…] Donoahue did not receive a cent initially for the work he had done on the wordmark, as it was a byproduct of the advertisement project that had been commissioned, said Thomson. Thomson said the federal government later sent Donoahue a “nice letter” and a cheque for $1 to “formalize ownership.”

“I’m sure that it’s worth a lot more than that, but it was just the way the process happened,” Thomson added. The Treasury Board Secretariat couldn’t confirm that the federal government had issued Donoahue a $1 cheque, nor the exact year when the wordmark was created.

But Donoahue’s daughter, Zoe, recalled her father talking about it. She said he was never bothered by receiving a $1 cheque, and that he even “got a kick out of that. He laughed about it for sure.” She described her father as someone who loved the process and puzzle of design into his 80s and she said the wordmark was one of his greatest prides.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/45767797

From the product description:

  1. 5.5" AMOLED screen (107% sRGB coverage | 100,000:1 contrast ratio | 500 nits peak brightness)

  2. 120/150/180 degree click-stop hinge

  3. Support pass-through charge

  4. Dedicate buttons for brightness setting

  5. Official devices support: RP4Pro/RP Mini/RP MiniV2/RP5

  6. Third-party devices support: 6"~7" screen with DisplayPort over USB-C (Maximum device height support : 115mm, NOT compatible with Steamdeck)

Coupon: Use “RDS" as $5 off coupon code.

Note:

Estimated shipping starting date: August 5th. 

We will do separate shipping for RP5/RP Mini V2 bundle orders, and RDS will be shipped using 4PX for bundled orders.

 

From the product description:

  1. 5.5" AMOLED screen (107% sRGB coverage | 100,000:1 contrast ratio | 500 nits peak brightness)

  2. 120/150/180 degree click-stop hinge

  3. Support pass-through charge

  4. Dedicate buttons for brightness setting

  5. Official devices support: RP4Pro/RP Mini/RP MiniV2/RP5

  6. Third-party devices support: 6"~7" screen with DisplayPort over USB-C (Maximum device height support : 115mm, NOT compatible with Steamdeck)

Coupon: Use “RDS" as $5 off coupon code.

Note:

Estimated shipping starting date: August 5th. 

We will do separate shipping for RP5/RP Mini V2 bundle orders, and RDS will be shipped using 4PX for bundled orders.

 

While western Canada starts/continues to burn over the summer this is a pretty good site that animates the smoke patterns of wildfires.

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