The Queen’s face and name has been on everything for decades. There are Canadians in their 70s who never knew anything different. That’s just the way things were. It was tradition. That’s how I saw it anyways. Anyone who complained about it was just complaining about a symbolic action we’ve all been doing for generations. Nobody is actually swearing their life to the queen–it’s just a tradition. Then she died.

Now some random old guy’s face and name is going to be on everything. If we’re going to change everything anyways, then why not change it to something different? The argument that was seen as a small complaint before now makes a lot of sense. If we’re changing the words to our oath anyways, then why not change them to words we can all agree on?

some mf named like cum-sock

Excuse me? My family BUILT this country!

We gotta convince the non-canadians this is how maple syrup is made

It’s like mandating all cars need to have an ignition interlock because some people drive drunk.

I saw one commentator explain that when you buy a business it could be for various reasons, but it really seems that Elon had no reasons at all.

You can buy it for its infrastructure, but Elon downsized most of Twitter’s infrastructure. It could be for the staff, but Elon fired most of the staff. It can be for the code, but Elon wants a total rewrite. It could be for brand recognition, but Elon changed the name and logo.

At this point, the only thing left is users who are forced to see his posts. He spent $44 billion on followers.

I’ve never worked on this stuff but I’ve looked it up before. Essentially, theatres get a DCP but it’s unplayable without a Key Delivery Message (KDM).

My understanding is that theatres order these and pay a fee for each one. The KDM is only valid to unlock a specific DCP, on a specific projector, on a specific date and time. It won’t work if any of these checks are off meaning you can’t check that it works until the theatre is filled with patrons who paid to see your movie, as the KDM will only decrypt the movie seconds before playtime. If there’s some glitch, a theatre manager needs to call a hotline for a new KDM.

I think you’re talking about SSSniperWolf and JacksFilms. It’s particularly interesting because it’s not just two people arguing. SSSniperWolf very clearly violated YouTube TOS as well as possibly California law. YouTube’s response essentially protected her because she’s YouTube royalty, pulling in 1 million+ views on all her videos, which are all her “reacting” to tiktok videos.

It’s beyond “drama”. It’s a giant tech/media company playing favourites with creators who break not only TOS, but copyright law, and US law. It shows they’ll look the other way over any infraction so long as you make them enough money.

This perfectly describes Japan. The nation of advanced robotics and businesses that still communicate by fax.

You can tell because it suggests Linux isn’t for gamers but Valve has its own game console that runs on Linux. It’d be pretty stupid if a game console couldn’t run games.

“You are very warm. I’ll eat you last”

The “Canadian Tuxedo”, wearing jeans with a jean jacket, was popularized by an American. In 1951, Bing Crosby attended an upscale event in Vancouver that had a three-piece suit dress code while wearing denim-on-denim. He was allowed in due to his celebrity status, but it ended up creating jokes that Canadians think the look is high class.

The business in this case being what? What good or service is being provided? Landlords didn’t create the land, nor did they build the residence, nor did they improve its value by building a community around it. They are benefiting off of the work of others simply because they “own” it. The most common arguments I hear in support of landlords are:

1. Landlords take care of maintenance. Maintenance costs don’t increase 20% a year. If rent was simply maintenance costs it would be a fraction of what it currently is
2. Landlords allow people who cannot afford a home a place to stay. Why do you think they can’t afford a home? It’s like saying without scalpers people wouldn’t be able to see concerts because the tickets are instantly purchased by bots.

Your Honor, I object!
And why is that, Mr. Reede?
Because it’s devastating to my case!
Overruled.
Good call!

If Trump stayed home on Jan 6 he’d still be on the ballot. Actions have consequences.

Why pay for video games when

1. Lots of free video games exist, and
2. The paid video games can be pirated

The answers are;

1. The free games and the paid games are not identical. There are differences between Genshin Impact and Breath of the Wild. However, both games are great, and both have their own userbase.
2. If the game price is reasonable, it is more convenient to buy the game than pirate it.

You can swap video games with literally any digital product, including porn.

git good

On top of economic concerns there’s also infrastructure concerns. Small towns don’t have metro stations, or massive power grids, or skyscrapers. These things are far too expensive to maintain for how little use a small population would get out of it. So what happens if a metropolitan city suddenly has the population of a small town? All the infrastructure of that city is now way too big and expensive to maintain. The city would need to spend a lot of time and money downgrading their infrastructure. It’s much better for populations to increase or decrease gradually rather than a huge sudden change.

I worked with a lady who did this all the time. She’d over hear words and just start using them at work and even with clients. She offered people “dime bags” assuming it meant “a small bag”. She heard someone call a charcuterie board a “coochie board” and thought it was cute so kept saying it. She called her husband “Big D” because his name starts with D and the default icon her phone gave him was a capital D and she thought it was a cute nickname.

After three days of controversy and headlines around the world, the Legault government has backed away from the idea of banning the “Bonjour-Hi” greeting.

North America includes Mexico, not to mention all the native populations that exist.