kent_eh

@kent_eh@lemmy.ca

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kent_eh,

Kind of stands out to me more than the Canadian bit

After being in the US for 20 years, they can keep him.

kent_eh,

Matryoshka diaper

kent_eh, (edited )

How arrogant of those American governers to assume they can just dictate how other countries deal with people smuggling weapons into their country (even if those people claim to have done it as a casual accident).

kent_eh,

Assuming it works the way Google says it does,

There was a time when I trusted Google to be open and honest.

But that time is long in the past.

kent_eh,

Being able to operate at expert level in one area of endeavor doesn’t guarantee that you will be at that same level in all things you do.

kent_eh,

How do they attempt to argue that the existence of fossils contradicts evolution by natural selection?

The usual claim is that because fossils don’t show every single intermediary step that they can’t possibly be showing evolutionary change.

Yes, that arguement is as stupid as it seems.

kent_eh,

I feel bad for the staff who have to enforce this bull shit.

When they try, shit like this happens:

old.reddit.com/…/food_fare_staff_attacked_by_susp…

kent_eh,

because hype is an ever moving goal post.

That’s it exactly.

Nothing ever lives up to its hype because the hype is setting unachievable expectations.

kent_eh,

There were a bunch in my areas last school board elections as well.

Most lost by a large margin, but a couple actually got elected. Both have since been suspended by the boards they are on for violating multiple policies and governance oversight regulations.

kent_eh,

Plus, it’s where the future national candidates typically get their first experience in elected office.

If you want better candidates in the future “big” elections, make sure to encourage the good ones and ensure the crap ones don’t get on school boards and other local elected positions.

kent_eh,

I’m constantly yelling that at almost every goalie.

Stay in your crease. You aren’t a bloody forward, dammit. Do your job.

kent_eh,

I am constantly baffled how refusing to futute-proof the company meets the definition of “fiduciary responsibility”.

“Let’s spike today’s profits by destroying tomorrow’s profits” doesn’t seem very responsible to me.

kent_eh,

My solution is to just watch less in general.

Not like there’s a ton of new stuff worth watching at any given time anyway.

That was one of the main factors in my cutting the cord in the first place.

kent_eh,

perhaps deterrence being a goal of punishment isn’t all that effective.

It really isn’t. Most people who plan their crimes tend to have convinced themselves that their cunning plan means they won’t get caught.

And (at the other end of the criminal “mastermind” spectrum), crackheads who don’t plan their crimes are also not thinking about the possibility of getting caught.

And if you beleive you won’t be caught, the potential punishment is irrelevant to you.

kent_eh, (edited )

Prevention. Education.

Fixing the core societal issues that have been proven many times to reduce crime.

Poverty, addiction, hopelessness, desperation.

Obviously dealing with those on a societal level is not fast, easy or cheap, but it does actually work. Eventually.

kent_eh,

Does the guilt lie with the police for the murder, or with the person that put him in the path of the cops?

Both is an acceptable (and accurate) answer.

Most situations aren’t entirely binary.

kent_eh,

Maybe not totally different. Both discussions are about self-righteous people being assholes to others.

Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage (www.ghacks.net)

Microsoft’s announcement: “We are introducing a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. The Game Pass recommendation card on Settings Homepage will be shown to you if you actively play games on your PC. As a reminder – the Settings homepage will be shown only on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11...

kent_eh,

Penguin therapy for the win

Broken teeth and infected gums: 46K claims filed so far with Canadian Dental Care Plan (www.cbc.ca)

Massive cavities, mouthfuls of broken teeth, bleeding gums and abscesses — they’re just some of the serious dental issues Dr. Melvin Lee has treated in less than two weeks of providing care under Canada’s new public dental insurance plan.

kent_eh,

However, the Federal government has limited options when it comes to influencing the provincial health care programs.

Exactly. Half of the provinces (the ones with conservative governments, to the surprise of nobody) were fighting against the feds doing any sort of dental care program.

I’m plesantly surprised they were able to get even this weak program operational.

kent_eh,

People like how Trump sounds certain and sure and strong,

He’s telling them whatever lie he thinks they want to hear.

And for reasons I can’t explain, far too many people are comforted by that blatant lie. Even when it contradicts the lie he told yesterday.

kent_eh,

. I don’t doubt for a second he’s going to do away with trans protections on “day one”.

His bluster includes months worth of things he plans to do “on day one”.

But, if he actually manages to get elected, his highest priority is going to be trying to pardon himself, despite that probably not being possible. Trying to cover his own sorry ass will absorb most of his attention for many months.

Of course, he first has to get elected.

kent_eh,

Gaza should not be nuked.

I’ll even be so bold as to say nobody should be nuked.

kent_eh,

Cars are far from the only product that is actively destroying individual privacy in the name of corporate profits

Reducing the number of cars doesn’t fix the root problem.

kent_eh, (edited )

Google is laying off more employees and hiring for their roles outside of the U.S.

That is the double edge sword of remote work: if your job can be done from anywhere, it can be done by someone else in another country where wages are lower.

kent_eh,

If I can do my job entirely from the comfort of my own living room, there’s nothing that would prevent the company from hiring someone to do my job from the comfort of their own living room, in India or the Philippines."

That’s one of the reasons I went into a field of technology where the work is mostly hands-on.

Hardware maintenence, troubleshooting, installation and repair isn’t something that can effectively be done remotely.

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