OminousOrange

OminousOrange, 11 months ago

Take the initiative and be involved in my child's education!? Preposterous!

OminousOrange, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

It seems like one user (grte) essentially hits a couple news sites (primarily cbc) every morning and posts all the new stories to c/Canada.

I need to figure out how to block users...

e: Found it pretty easily in Jerboa

OminousOrange, 11 months ago

@grte is free to post what they want, and I'm not saying them posting a multitude of news stories is inherently a bad thing as it generates activity, it's just not what I, or seemingly @MacroCyclo, want to fill our feeds with.

OminousOrange, 11 months ago

I'd agree, you could say it most likely falls into the healthcare bucket. That also doesn't make me optimistic for any sort of improvement given the current state of that in this province.

OminousOrange, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

I was looking at a rail map of Saskatchewan not too long ago, and one could travel to most places in the province on rail if there were passenger service. Not surprising, given that was the primary mode of transport when most of the communities were first founded.

I doubt it would ever happen, but an actually useful passenger rail network with decent public transit at destinations would go a long way in reducing road infrastructure costs, especially in this province with a very high amount of road per capita. It's unfortunate we've spent nearly the last century completely infatuated with the automobile. One can only imagine what our towns and cities would look like if development practices weren't solely focused on ease of vehicle movement.

OminousOrange, 11 months ago

Does it have to be that way? Excuse my lack of fediverse and general networking knowledge, but couldn't a user instead retrieve the data directly from the instance a post is hosted on without their instance needing to interact with it at all?

I see how there's limited scalability in the example you provide, but I feel like it shouldn't be necessary for each instance to make their own copy of things and rather have the user get the data directly from the host instance.

OminousOrange, 11 months ago

I second the hand blender. It's just so versatile. I'll add soups and mayo to your list too.

OminousOrange, 11 months ago

I'm hooked on induction all the way. It's such a pleasant cooking experience. Precise heat control all the way from just a little warm to basically melting the pan. Boil water in a couple minutes. No indoor air pollution like with gas.

OminousOrange, 11 months ago

Oh, my friend, there's this stuff called Chicago Mix that is half cheesy popcorn (just a cheesy powder) and half carmel popcorn. It's a rather tasty blend of salty and sweet.

OminousOrange, 11 months ago

And then complains later that they didn't get a fair share of funding.

OminousOrange, 11 months ago

I'm a sucker for a good poutine. It takes some care to make a good one though. Nothing more disappointing than soggy fry soup.