[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

If it is a successful model, it would be our moral duty to fund it.

Maybe start with corporate handouts. Just a fraction of a few billions every year we give to oil and automakers could fill the funding gap.

And lets pretend that the government already runs 100% efficiently and there's no more fat to cut, then i would gladly pay more taxes to fix the opiod crisis.

That money spent has trickle down effects. Fewer crazy people on public transit, our parks would nicer, we could actually have public bathrooms opened all year round without fear of them being used as injection sites

Frame it as those benefits, and i'm sure most canadians would cough up an extra $20

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I was talking to someone about this very same postal issue, and his example was DHL. "Privatization turned them around! They're now an international company!!!"

Why the fuck does canada post need to be competing internationally? Just deliver the mail and have a gov't presence in small towns to provide other services.

Just spend the money to service canadians... It doesnt have to be profitable nor an international competitor

Also, DHL sucks...

Had privatization ever worked out? Like, ever?

Yes. It works out really nicely for our oligarchs.

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

Make Xperia Compact great again!!!

Modern phones do not fit in my pants pockets anymore... Wtf

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We are Canadian! (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

"The Rant" guy is back. And this time, promoting Canada instead of sub-par beer.

Way better than the original rant.

Literally crying while watching this.

Fun fact: it's Jeff Douglas from CBC Radio

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as the title says, i checked the "Open links in a new tab" option, but posts still open in the same tab. anyone else having this problem?

using firefox on debian linux, if that matters...

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 173 points 6 months ago

Steam singlehandedly stopped piracy overnight for me.

Developers were getting $0 from me before steam, and thousands of $$$ from me after steam.

The 30% cut is well worth it for developers, plus all the other services steam provides. Kids have no idea how buying, installing, modding, patching games used to be like.

You cant compare this to the apple app store

Name another platform that has gone 20 years without completely enshittifying itself.

We can start shitting on steam when they turn evil

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Has there been a major spike in user registrations or any other metric? I've never seen something "go viral" like this on lemmy before.

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 131 points 1 year ago

If buying isnt owning then piracy isnt stealing

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 131 points 1 year ago

Libraries would need more funding to operate extended hours...

Then people would complain about gov't spending and taxes. Then we would privatize the libraries

This is why we cant have nice things

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 82 points 1 year ago

I'm not a developer, but I use AI tools at work (mostly LLMs).

You need to treat AI like a junior intern.... You give it a task, but you still need to check the output and use critical thinking. You cant just take some work from an intern, blindly incorporate it into your presentation, and then blame the intern if the work is shoddy....

AI should be a time saver for certain tasks. It cannot (currently) replace a good worker.

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 111 points 1 year ago

Thats ok... Idiotic hiring practices will filter out the worst companies

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

My niece has an old iphone with no SIM/phone number. Only wifi internet access.

Looking for an app for both of us to be able to chat

She cant chat with me over signal because no phonee number. She chats with the rest of the family over imessage, but i have an android phone

Is there an app available for both android and iphone to let me chat with her?

Thanks

Edit: willing to self-host for extra privacy. My nieces and nephews are all young children so i definitely want to encourage/educate them to get off corporate controlled communications channels

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 93 points 2 years ago

Wtf. I paid for the apps to avoid exactly this....

Too many people think the "free" in free software means "without monetary cost". Development costs money. If nobody pays, it gets sold

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 111 points 2 years ago

I'm not a dog breed expert, but...

The other day an agressive dog that looked like a pitbull, suddenly lunged at me barking loudly... It was about 10ft away from me but still scared the shit out of me

The owner yanked the dog back on its leash and i thought, "FML, the only thing that saved me from a deadly mauling was a 3/4 inch wide piece of nylon with a metal clip the guy bought off amazon for $5"

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 93 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The worst question from newbies is: "whats the best debian-based distro?"

DEBIAN IS THE BEST DEBIAN-BASED DISTRO. JUST USE DEBIAN

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