“New Kia cars are not being released to Ontario dealerships — and reportedly many more across the country — to sell. Instead, they’re being stored on this compound, 30 kilometres south of Kitchener, Ont. and allegedly on other similar compounds across Canada.”
It sounds like plausible deniability from what I suspect the real reason is: constraining supply to continue the perception of a shortage and maintain high prices.
Other right-wing accounts variously reacted by describing the move as Orwellian, lamenting the death of free speech and even contemplating leaving Canada for good....
That train of thought doesn’t make sense. “We need to pass this new law because [gestures at this case] existing laws already work”? If anyone were trying to drum up public support, they would want cases where people got away with it, and this ain’t it.
I might also add that if everyone is misunderstanding what you’re trying to say here, you’re either not explaining it very clearly or your theory simply doesn’t stand up.
Two things can both be true without one being caused by the other.
Current laws work
The Liberals are trying to enact laws that excessively curtail privacy, similar to those in the UK
This doesn’t mean that 2 is caused by 1 or that they have anything to do with each other at all. Not everything has to play into some grand conspiracy. If anything, this case severely undermines the Liberals’ position.
If I may make a suggestion, I would approach future discussions by pointing to this case as a good thing for privacy, since it shows we don’t need to implement draconian measures like the Liberal proposal in order to prosecute crimes. Your negative framing here is what threw others off track.
I wonder if this translates into increased listenership of “real” classical music. It isn’t a big leap from VGM to the romantic composers, for example, or even to opera.
That’s obviously a misrepresentation of the opposing point of view, whether you agree with it or not. It’s more like “Imposing a ceasefire prevents Israel from retaliating against Hamas killing 1200 civilians”.
Using loaded words like “indiscriminate” that carry a specific wartime meaning is not helpful in this case. The bombing of Dresden was indiscriminate. Israel using PGMs on specific buildings is not. Plus, the bombings aren’t even the main reason for public outcry — it’s the blockade (rightfully so).
I like how I get downvoted just for asking for a source. That article has mixed feelings about the reliability of the 20k estimate, but even if it’s only half that, it’s a lot of dead civilians.
The problem faced by the IDF is in fighting an insurgent force that deliberately embeds itself into the civilian population of a very densely-populated area with shoddy building quality. There’s basically no way to fight Hamas without innocent Palestinians getting caught in the crossfire. I do think Israel has made its point and am glad that most of the world is pushing for a ceasefire now.
A hackneyed plan that exists only to give the appearance of doing anything about the problem. They claim this “catalogue” will be ready next year. Let’s be realistic and say it’ll be two years, then it’s passed on to the provinces to actually do anything about it. These in turn sit on it for another year or two, and eventually build double digits of these houses. Problem solved, everyone!
We don’t need new house plans, and we certainly don’t need more suburban sprawl. Why not provide interest-free loans on multi-unit construction instead, something that can get built right away?
Sorry if this community isn’t the right place to ask — I got a USB webcam that works great in Teams, but lags tremendously (3-4 seconds) in Zoom. I doubt the Zoom app is introducing that lag on its own, but how would I troubleshoot this?...
The donor group is made up mostly of Canadian Muslim professionals, such as lawyers and doctors. Formed in December 2014, the group helped Justin Trudeau to his first election victory in 2015....
Just to put that into perspective, we give the CBC more than we give Canada Post, VIA Rail, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Canadian Museum of Nature ,Canadian Transportation Agency, Department for Women and Gender Equality, Library and Archives of Canada, National Film Board, National Museum of Science and Technology, COMBINED.
What kind of Gish Gallop-ass argument is this? Random museums, a rail operator, various crown corps?
I think it’s a safe bet that most Canadians consider CBC primarily a news organization. Either way, comparing their budget to organizations that can bill customers directly, like Parks Canada or Canada Post, is incredibly dishonest.
The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect, coined by Michael Crichton:
Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the “wet streets cause rain” stories. Paper’s full of them.
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.
That is the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. I’d point out it does not operate in other arenas of life. In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say. In court, there is the legal doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which means untruthful in one part, untruthful in all. But when it comes to the media, we believe against evidence that it is probably worth our time to read other parts of the paper. When, in fact, it almost certainly isn’t. The only possible explanation for our behavior is amnesia.
A Vancouver woman is asking for the courts to make an example of her neighbour, a practising lawyer she alleges has filed a baseless pseudolegal lawsuit against her in an attempt to “provoke a state of fear.”
I have a Lenovo Carbon X1 that is a few years old (7th gen), and I am running Fedora 38.5 with GNOME 44.5. The issue is that the system does not sleep properly. If I close the lid, nothing suspends properly, so if it is not on a charger or shut down it will die within several hours in my bag. Are there any distros that handle...
I have an X1 gen 9 and sleep-on-close worked just fine with Fedora for the time I used that distro (although it was KDE, not GNOME). Every other distro I tried worked as expected in that respect.
And so it begins. If mortgage rates don’t drop within the next year or two before too many people’s renewals come up, it’s going to be a bloodbath. There are probably a lot of people with upside-down loans caused by inflated car prices too.
Thanks for the explanation! That sounds incredibly exploitable. At least A/R has to be tied to actual billings, rather than pulled out of thin air ex ante.
I’m going to replace my host os on my shitty laptop with Linux specifically puppy Linux or alpine Linux from scratch and I need to know how will I get started and make it easier for myself, I use a HP notebook 540
EDIT: I am thrilled with so many awesome responses! I’m taking notes and looking into all the recommendations. Again, thank you so much for taking the time to help me out (and many others, i’m sure), i’m glad i asked!...
The Conservatives have a 16-point lead. Three-quarters of the country think it's time for a change. But Justin Trudeau is vowing to fight Pierre Poilievre in the next election.
The procurement department has stated that Boeing's off-the-shelf reconnaissance plane is the only one available that meets Royal Canadian Air Force requirements.
Buying P-8s makes a lot of sense - they’re already operated by many other countries and are new enough to have a long life ahead of them but have been around enough to be a proven platform.
Pretty much. I’m not a big fan of Boeing, especially after ruining McDonnell-Douglas, but the P-8 seems like a genuinely good plane, and other operators seem happy with it. Plus I can’t imagine how much of a shitshow it would have been if we’d given this to Bombardier (C-series, anyone?)
Kia is holding imported cars on locked compounds, rather than sell or deliver them. (www.cbc.ca)
“New Kia cars are not being released to Ontario dealerships — and reportedly many more across the country — to sell. Instead, they’re being stored on this compound, 30 kilometres south of Kitchener, Ont. and allegedly on other similar compounds across Canada.”
Right-Wing Trolls Are Freaking Out After Learning They Can Get Sued For Calling People 'Groomers' On The Internet (pressprogress.ca)
Other right-wing accounts variously reacted by describing the move as Orwellian, lamenting the death of free speech and even contemplating leaving Canada for good....
Facebook Is Being Overrun With Stolen, AI-Generated Images That People Think Are Real (www.404media.co)
we are witnessing a true renaissance of video game music. More than ever VGM is being recognized as an art in its own right. Symphonic game concerts are being sold out within days. (nitter.net)
Violent incident sees staffer slammed ‘against the wall’ at N.S. politician’s office | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Criticism and some approval of Canada's ceasefire vote (www.cbc.ca)
Ottawa to launch pre-approved home design catalogue, bring back post-war effort (www.cbc.ca)
The federal government intends to resurrect a post-war effort to ramp up housing construction across Canada — but with a 21st-century twist....
Switched my Parents to Linux
I’m visiting my parents for the holidays and convinced them to let me switch them to Linux....
Canadian Army needs to spend $220 million to replace gear donated to Ukraine, says general (ottawacitizen.com)
USB webcam lagging only in Zoom?
Sorry if this community isn’t the right place to ask — I got a USB webcam that works great in Teams, but lags tremendously (3-4 seconds) in Zoom. I doubt the Zoom app is introducing that lag on its own, but how would I troubleshoot this?...
‘The Day Before’ Developer Shuts Down Four Days After Launch (www.forbes.com)
Kernel 6.6.6 is out 😈 (cdn.kernel.org)
This is the update metalhead nerds have been waiting for.
Group representing Canadian Muslim donors pulls back from Liberal Party over stance on Gaza (www.cbc.ca)
The donor group is made up mostly of Canadian Muslim professionals, such as lawyers and doctors. Formed in December 2014, the group helped Justin Trudeau to his first election victory in 2015....
CBC/Radio-Canada to cut 10 per cent of workforce, end some programming as it faces $125M budget shortfall (www.cbc.ca)
Tech news doesn't understand ad blockers or Chrome extensions (www.spacebar.news)
Steam Linux Marketshare Surges To Nearly 2% In November (www.phoronix.com)
store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/
Im here to nod/mod (fanaticus.social)
Vancouver lawyer who sued over condo deck divider accused of pseudolegal 'paper terrorism' | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
A Vancouver woman is asking for the courts to make an example of her neighbour, a practising lawyer she alleges has filed a baseless pseudolegal lawsuit against her in an attempt to “provoke a state of fear.”
Best distro for Lenovo Carbon X1
I have a Lenovo Carbon X1 that is a few years old (7th gen), and I am running Fedora 38.5 with GNOME 44.5. The issue is that the system does not sleep properly. If I close the lid, nothing suspends properly, so if it is not on a charger or shut down it will die within several hours in my bag. Are there any distros that handle...
Happy 40th birthday, Turbo Pascal! (blog.marcocantu.com)
November 28, 2023 - Turbo Pascal turns 40...
Bad loans piling up at big banks as TD, Royal and CIBC reveal quarterly numbers (www.cbc.ca)
Using Linux for the first time
I’m going to replace my host os on my shitty laptop with Linux specifically puppy Linux or alpine Linux from scratch and I need to know how will I get started and make it easier for myself, I use a HP notebook 540
Noob question: what to arrange before switching to linux
EDIT: I am thrilled with so many awesome responses! I’m taking notes and looking into all the recommendations. Again, thank you so much for taking the time to help me out (and many others, i’m sure), i’m glad i asked!...
Poll says three in four want Trudeau to go, but Trudeau insists he’ll stay (globalnews.ca)
The Conservatives have a 16-point lead. Three-quarters of the country think it's time for a change. But Justin Trudeau is vowing to fight Pierre Poilievre in the next election.
Boeing poised for sole-sourced military patrol plane deal worth billions: report (globalnews.ca)
The procurement department has stated that Boeing's off-the-shelf reconnaissance plane is the only one available that meets Royal Canadian Air Force requirements.
[hyprland] first time using Wayland. It's a learning experience, but I'm enjoying myself (lemmy.blahaj.zone)