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submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world

On their long journey that leads them

Towards the light,

Winston Smith shall be their guide.

They′re trying so hard to believe

That two and two always makes five.

(That two and two makes five.)

.

Reason won't concuss the irrevocable truth.

And if there′s contradiction,

Keep the faith, burn the proof.

.

To protect ourselves from the

Superstitions of priests and moralists and the

Trickery of evangelists;

Let us be done with the idea

Of moral law.

.

Where do your values come from?

From inside yourself?

Or from some self-appointed moral cognoscentes

Who disguised their own ideas

As universal concepts?

.

God is dead.

.

Where do your values come from?

From inside yourself?

Or from some self-appointed moral cognoscentes

Who disguised their own ideas

As universal truth?

.

(Tried so hard to believe)

(Two and two make five)

.

Reason won't concuss the irrevocable truth.

And if there's contradiction,

Keep the faith, burn the proof.

.

God is dead.

.

Where do your values come from?

From inside yourself?

Or from some self-appointed moral cognoscentes

Who disguised their own ideas

As universal truth?

[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 points 21 hours ago

Interesting, telecom in CA sounds like everything in the USA.

I don't actually need an internet connection when it comes to my personal, outside-of-work life. In fact, I would kind of prefer to be disconnected for the most part.

So what you describe actually sounds pretty good to me. I have hundreds of books, solar power, and a guitar. I don't need the internet except for doing any sort of work. In that case, I will drive to whatever town center is closest. That's what I do now, I don't have any internet connection unless I'm at a cafe or something.

[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 2 points 21 hours ago

In terms of relative geographical location, Canada is infinitely easier for me. These three are on completely different continents.

Canada also has less work permit requirements than any of the three I mentioned. At least in my situation.

Norway has also completely closed their immigration stuff last I checked a few months ago.

[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago

Thought that might be where you were headed with it. It's definitely on my mind, but I mentioned elsewhere that I have a pretty deep personal reason to be close-ish to Washington State.

If I had complete free-choice and the means to go anywhere, it'd be Finland, Norway or Iceland.

[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago

As in, further north? east? Not CA at all?

Curious what makes you say it in a slightly cryptic way.

[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 2 points 23 hours ago

Haha, good distinction. There's "the king of dumping on you" and the "king of fun" kinda snow.

I know Whistler is pretty much THE ski spot in the entire world.

[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 2 points 23 hours ago

The only issue with Ontario is that I have some personal reasons for wanting to be somewhat close-ish to Washington State. I have considered it, though. I used to work with some devs up there, but my company canned them before I could get transferred...

Which one is the snow king, Ontario or BC?

[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 points 23 hours ago

Yea, the rich folk thing is exactly why I would expect to have issues. They do that to places, New Zealand is another good example. I am definitely not rich, though. Kinda curious, are there "vanlife" type people up there? I live in a RAV4 right now, used to live in a skoolie. I won't take away any of your houses, I just need a water/food source and maybe a gym.

I like the sound of this Smithers town. And looking at the map, there are a bunch of peaks in the area, definitely my style. Zooming out a bit, it seems that whole general area right there is right up my alley and on a major road.

Thanks for the offer and the infos, I may just hit you up for some more insight at some point! Especially since you've sorta done what I want to do, although you had the benefit of being from CA originally.

I'll do my best to stand next to a crowd of them

Good idea on the fibre map!

I've experienced cold-as-shit, but I'm not sure I've experienced proper cold yet. Lowest was -8F (-22C) and even then it only lasted for the coldest part of that night and went just above 0F (-17C) as the sun came out.

I lived in Vermont at the time, house was heated by an oil furnace. The furnace died 2 days before this happened and didn't get replaced until a week after 🥲

Do you want to live and work in Canada temporarily (while orange man in power) or looking to eventually get permanent residency?

Preferably permanent eventually. I've been done with this country long before the fat cyst got political. Up until now, I've had the national parks and forests to keep me sane. That's slowly fading, though.

If I could find a tech job in the US, then that'd be sweet to get transferred like that, but it's been rough here in that regard. I'm also fairly stubborn in who I work for. I've been treated very badly in the past, and most of the companies I could work for that have Canadian offices are not on my list of "OK to work for", at least that I'm aware of. Besides, I'd still be under the ultimate leadership of an American Capitalist. If I can, a Canadian company would be awesome, but we'll see.

Thanks for the direct link and insight on the lawyer, I'll definitely dig through it!

Damn, the housing bits I didn't really know about, which means that expensive is probably an understatement.

It's almost sounding like I may need to consider anywhere else in CA. I do love remote, though. I really love remote areas. The sound of nature does wonders for my tinnitus and focus.

[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

lmao, I replied way too fast! Thanks again for the other infos.

On the topic of temperature, the only nice weather in the entire country is southern vancouver island. Vancouver is ok but it's wet. It's cold in the rest of canada.

I meant more the temperature of how I would be received. I absolutely love cold and shoveling snow, weirdly enough. Lived in Vermont for almost 10 years.

Maple syrup in coffee? Bro that's unhinged lmao

Don't knock it 'til you try it! Gotta be black coffee though, no other sweeteners or cream.

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Hiya,

Depressed southern neighbor here looking for some advice. I'm sure you can guess where I'm going with this, so let's not mince words: what's some advice on getting to the Vancouver area, obtaining a visa, and a job, etc.? I'm not really looking for nitty gritty details on legal processes and what not, I can find that info documented in various places online (unless you just have a really good link chocked full of info for me). I'm more so looking for some insight from the denizens of the area that know it well.

I'm a millenial that's been in tech my whole life. I know it's a massive field, but because I've been on linux terminals since I was a wee lad I know how to do... well almost everything that has a job title for it and even at an older age I can pickup new languages and systems with relative ease. Besides that, I'm also an electrician, mechanic, and musician. I've been loosely looking for jobs, but so far what I've seen seems to be in the city and I need to refine my search. I generally prefer to be closer to the forest, or the mountains (glacier snowboarding is on my bucket list, before they all melt), but I wouldn't turn down the city if it came down to that.

What are some not-so-populated areas of the west coast that still have at least a semblance of infrastructure? I don't really care about nightlife, I just want to do tech things and mind my own business without everything that's happening around me right now (I'm currently in the epicenter of the southern maga dipshits).

I'm curious, too... what's the temperature like as far as Canadians accepting educated, healthy, non-fascist US citizens? In other words, do you think there might be some bias against me just because of where I currently reside? Take note how I don't call myself American, because my ancestry is not indigenous to this land. I just happened to be born here.

Any advice on places to checkout/avoid, companies to checkout/avoid, etc. would be awesome and I appreciate it.

And just in case it's a requirement, you should also know that I put a spoonful of Maple Syrup in my coffee every morning, nothing else. It's a magical thing! Started doing that many moons ago and I'll never take coffee any other way now.

ETA: After a couple of comments and staring at the map, I probably should have said British Columbia rather than specifying Vancouver, that's my bad. Seems to me like the remote areas up there may be more my speed.

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