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swordgeek

@swordgeek@mstdn.ca

Canadian. Albertan. Calgarian.
Compassionate.
Post-capitalist.
Ally.
Friend.

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ned, to random
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On the one hand, Danielle Smith is timing the re-instatement of the Provincial Fuel Tax at the same time that the Carbon Tax is raised, so she can blame all price increases on the Federal government instead of the Provincial government.

What is most disturbing of all however, is the fact that the CPC and the UCP are constantly telling us that multi-billion dollar oil corporations should not pay their own taxes, but should pass the buck to us and make us consumers pay their taxes for them!! /1

swordgeek,
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@zenheathen @zazzoo @pinhman @ned Even better: Guilt your customers into donating to your cause-at-the-counter, and then donate that money for a tax writeoff.

nixCraft, to linux
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Of course, a well-crafted .vimrc is critical. How else would you maintain that aura of superiority vital for deflecting questions from less-enlightened coworkers? Everyone knows you must have a perfect Vim configuration file before writing any production code.

swordgeek,
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@nixCraft

In order of importance (and superiority):

.bashrc
.profile
.vimrc
$LESS
.toprc

arstechnica, to random
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Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts

Williams team leader may only be shocked because he hasn't worked IT.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/formula-1-chief-appalled-to-find-team-using-excel-to-manage-20000-car-parts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

swordgeek,
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@arstechnica I'm baffled by the idea that "the solution to the problem of Excel is The Cloud."

A simple relational database (MariaDB or PostGres) would be an ideal solution, and could be easily matched to a shiny front-end.

In other words, Cloud isn't a solution, it's a mechanism.

ned, to random
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J.K. Rowling also writes under a pen name of "Robert Galbraith", publishing over half a dozen titles under that name, most of which have TV adaptations.

Robert Galbraith Heath was the American Psychiatrist who pioneered Gay Conversion Therapy to convert homosexuals through electro-shock therapy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Galbraith_Heath

swordgeek,
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@freemo @ned @toxomat Wikipedia says it was "...a name she took from Robert F. Kennedy, a personal hero, and Ella Galbraith, a name she invented for herself in childhood."

Maybe, maybe not.

swordgeek,
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@ned @Infoseepage Also, you may not be aware that Jason Kenney's brother who has been banned from practicing his gay conversion 'therapy' in BC and Ontario, has now set up shop in Calgary.

christianselig, to random
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Right outside the warranty period my beloved mouse started needing you to click really hard for it to function ;_;

Comfy mouse though, will probably rebuy

swordgeek,
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@christianselig Tip it onto its nose and tap firmly on your desk a bunch of times. There might just be dirt in the contact.

thetyee, to random
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Presenting the Alberta budget: It is a budget of broken promises, misleading numbers and fanciful thinking — all resting on the quicksand of fossil fuel revenue.

Graham Thomson writes.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/01/Alberta-Budget-Broken-Tax-Cut-Promise/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

swordgeek,
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@thetyee I call it a budget of lies, destruction, grift, and bullshit.

thetyee, to random
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The federal Liberal and NDP parties have reached a deal on a national pharmacare program. 💊

Alberta’s UCP government insisted it wanted no part of the plan.

Never mind the details haven’t even been made public yet. David Climenhaga writes.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/27/Singh-Trudeau-Celebrate-Pharmacare-Smith-Says-No-Way/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

swordgeek,
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@thetyee wait a minute, Danielle Smith is dismissing out-of-hand a plan to make life better for most Albertans, particularly the middle and lower income people?

I'm shocked. SHOCKED I say!

ned, (edited ) to random
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Ever heard of customer retention? Employee retention is far more important.

(sadly this exchange is purely imaginary)

swordgeek,
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@ned While true, I've never met an HR manager in my life who would say this.

HR's job is to keep the company out of trouble when dealing with staff - which often involves finding safe ways to fire them.

browngraham243, to random
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pierre-poilievre-danielle-smith-transgender-1.7106283

swordgeek,
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@browngraham243 "Pollievre supports Marlaina Smith's plan to exterminate trans youth; hopes to expand the slaughter to the rest of Canada."

nixCraft, to random
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On January 24, 1984, Macintosh computers were introduced by Apple. Happy Birthday 🎂 Today, Mac is one of the few certified #Unix machines you can buy easily. Do you use a Mac?

swordgeek,
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@nixCraft I use a Mac at work. I hate it. Even though it has a lovely (mostly) command line that I do much of my work from, I would still MUCH rather have a Windows machine. (and probably a Linux VM on it.)

The hardware is great. The Unix underpinnings are great. The user interface is still stuck in 1984.

18+ amyfou, to movies
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    swordgeek,
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    @uxmark @amyfou

    • Princess Bride
    • Brazil
    • Casablanca
    • Apollo 13
    swordgeek,
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    @amyfou @uxmark That's OK, I've resolved to saw my own arm off before I watch Moulin Rouge again. :MeetMe_TearsOfJoy:

    swordgeek,
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    @amyfou @uxmark It definitely isn't. It's on my fairly short 'absolutely despised' movie list. Still, many people in my life love it, so I guesss that's why people are different.

    swordgeek,
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    @amyfou @uxmark Ooh, can I put Meet The Parents on that list? I don't think anyone woukd call it perfect, but a lot if people found it funny. Not me.

    ned, to random
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    The American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Webster's Dictionary for Students, and Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary are being pulled from Florida school libraries under Governor DeSantis's "Don't Say Gay" laws.

    And I must once again remind all Albertans that Premier Danielle Smith says she greatly admires Governor DeSantis and wants Alberta to follow his lead.

    swordgeek,
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    @ned I like to think that the school district in question is actually trying to draw attention to the issue, rather than rolling over and quietly removing books based on complaints.

    Unfortunately, I predict the libraries may never reopen, regardless of the intent.

    ned, to random
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    So I said, "What the entire fuck".

    That implies the existence of fractional fucks. It's better to say, "what the absolute fuck".

    That would imply the existence of positive and negative fucks.

    How about "what the actual fuck"?

    That depends if you'd consider the possibility of imaginary fucks.

    One must therefore conclude fuckery is isomorphic with the complex field.

    I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you all to leave the bar.

    swordgeek,
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    @ned After (mumble) decades of marriage, I can categorically confirm the existence of imaginary fucks.

    glynmoody, to Disney
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    's 'Steamboat Willie' YouTube claim is back, this time for audio - https://mashable.com/article/disney-steamboat-willie-brock-baker-youtube-demonetized-again "Disney has once again demonetized a third-party Steamboat Willie video, after previously remonetizing it and dropping its copyright claim against it. This time taking issue with the video's audio."

    swordgeek,
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    @glynmoody Perhaps a lawsuit against Disney and Google for acting in bad faith; with the amount set to $1 TRILLION dollars. Each.

    Yes, that's that's more than they have. That's more than they're worth.

    Companies who are deliberately and actively harming human society should be destroyed.

    whitedove, to Israel

    Deal Now. All for All

    2023-12-23
    At a demonstration in Tel Aviv calling for a ceasefire, hostage deal, impeachment of the government and equal rights from the river to the sea.

    @israel @palestine

    swordgeek,
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    @TruthSandwich @globalpilgrim @drgs100 @whitedove @israel @palestine that's exacrly why Netanyahu has been supporting Hamas and undermining the Palestinian Authority for years.

    The plan has always been to Encourage Hamas to attack and 'retaliate' tenfold. Israel is carrying out a methodical genocide. They have stated repeatedly they will never stop.

    It's actually possible to condemn Hamas without supporting Israel's genocide.

    flexghost, to random
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    Joe Rogan goes from saying Biden said the biggest problem america had in the Revolutionary War is not having enough airports—which disqualifies him from being a leader

    …to being fact checked by his own producer

    …to finding that Trump actually said it

    …to saying it’s alright when Trump does it

    …to agreeing with “that’s the thing about the media these days: you have to look it up”

    If you watch this smoothbrain regularly you are not part of the problem: you are the problem

    Video of Joe Rovid and some dummy being dummies on the dummycast

    swordgeek,
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    @flexghost Sadly, his amoral backers are complicit and not sufffering for it.

    Remember when Spotify cancelled his podcast? No? That's because they didn't, and won't, as long as he makes money for them.

    georgetakei, to random

    Why can't these haters just let people be? https://www.comicsands.com/anti-trans-washington-volleyball-scholarship-2666691133.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

    swordgeek,
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    @georgetakei I really want to hear from the university that backtracked on her scholarship.

    Also, every time I see Riley Gaines' name, I mentally add 'one time second-rate college-level athlete." It's clear that part of her outrage stems from the fact that she couldn't make it any farther as a competitive swimmer.

    ZachWeinersmith, to random
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    Offhand thought from regularly reading the reddit comics page.

    Are GenZ more comfortable with men-are-like-this/women-are-like-that jokes than millennial were? Or maybe it's just that today's webcomics are more mainstream-oriented?

    swordgeek,
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    @ZachWeinersmith Are people even making new webcomics? I'm not sure I could name a 'new' webcomic, and at the comic shows, it's the old guard - Alina Pete, Jeph Jacques, and so on.

    ZachWeinersmith, to random
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    Has there ever been a good movie about Hanukah? Comedy, drama, anything?

    swordgeek,
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    @ZachWeinersmith Die Hard.

    georgetakei, to random

    Dark Brandon FTW!

    swordgeek,
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    @freemo @georgetakei curious what you object to with Biden.

    jeffowski, to random
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    swordgeek,
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    @jeffowski And if you want to find local art right now, following is a great start. Lots of artists sharing their works, many of whom are also selling.

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