[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That doesn't line up with my experience. Canada banned single-use bags in 2023, and I notice a lot less reusable bags discarded on the street than the single-use ones before the ban.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

iPhone SE doesn't come out every year, and Apple doesn't have a foldable.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

The article doesn't say anything about pensions. Are you confusing UPS with USPS?

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In addition to what @Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world said, if you look at the fleurs-de-lis wikipedia article, there's a whole section titled "Religion and art".

There is an argument that, "The Fleurdelisé is more cultural than religious," but separating those two is extremely difficult. IMHO, it's pretty ethnocentric to think symbols like that have become so ingrained in our culture that they are no longer religious, while assuming symbols like hijab are purely religious.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

None of those are Chinese EVs. I was pointing out that the "anique import loophole" doesn't apply to Chinese EVs (at least for another couple decades).

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Nurse Practitioner. I know "Nurse" is in the name, but they are completely separate jobs.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

Just because the software is open source doesn't means a product running it is going to be free. Heck, even some FOSS projects have financial contributors who get perks like software support, access to pre-released software, and input into feature development.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

Most banks default to 10% tax deducted at source. Clients can tell the bank to take more or less, but you're right, she should be getting back almost of it (if not all of it) when she files.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago

Of course there's other browsers! There's Opera...uhh that now based on Chromium. Oh, how about Edge...that's Chromium based too now. I know, there's the KHTML engine!...no, that's been officially discontinued.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Wouldn’t this, in the end, make cars have to shift to a lower gear, thus keeping about the same RPM, and thus eating about the same amount of fuel

That's not how cars work, they definitely don't use the same fuel in different gears at the same RPM. See this Wikipedia article for a discussion of speed vs fuel economy.

And as pointed out by the the FAQ, that's doesn't not factor in acceleration:

Will driving at 20mph mean I use more fuel?

No. Fuel consumption is mainly influenced by the way we drive – driving at a consistent speed is better than stopping and starting. Accelerating up to 30mph can take twice as much energy as speeding up to 20mph.

A default 20 mph limit and a smooth driving style, can help avoid unnecessary speeding up and slowing down, saving fuel.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

It's that expensive to own a car everywhere. In Canada, it's projected to be >$1K/mo (CAA has a calculator if you want to project your own costs).

The US is no better.

The craziest part, as TechAltar points out in that video, is that society as a whole subsidizes car ownership and if owners actual saw the whole cost through registration fees and gas taxes, that cost would probably be 50% higher.

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