ImplyingImplications @ ImplyingImplications @lemmy.ca

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Pretty much anything related to statistics and probability. People have gut feelings because our minds are really good at finding patterns, but we're also really good at making up patterns that don't exist.

The one people probably have most experience with is the gambler's fallacy. After losing more than expected, people think they'll now be more likely to win.

I also like the Monty Hall problem and the birthday problem.

The prime minister also made a series of new commitments to Trump, including a promise to appoint a new fentanyl "czar." And he promised to list Mexican cartels, one of the top purveyors of fentanyl and other drugs in Canada and the U.S., as terrorists under Canadian law.

I can almost hear how that conversation went.
"YOU HAVE TO APPOINT A FENTANYL CZAR"
"uhhh alright"
"AND DECLARE MEXICAN CARTELS TERRORISTS" "sure thing, Donald, can you remove the tariffs now?" "ONLY UNTIL I COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE"

Currently it's down to half an A press.

Content creators live to serve the algorithms of their respective platforms and will do anything to be promoted by it. It's thought that images with anything "offensive" in it will be ignored by the algorithm so content creators have started censoring themselves just in case. I'm not sure if there's any hard evidence, but it's not totally unfounded. YouTube announced they scan the audio of content and determine what level of monetization it's allowed to have based on the severity of cursing in it.

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It's probably just that people in those countries prefer their erotic comics to be short and to the point. The chart even has a bar for "speechless" so I don't think language density has much to do with page count. There's also a bar for "translated" which seems to show translators pick shorter comics, which is interesting.

American alcohol is on the list of immediate tarrifs as well as orange juice, peanut butter, clothing, and cosmetics. There will be further tarrifs on dairy, beef, poultry, fruits and vegetables, steel, aluminum, cars, trucks, busses, and boats after a 21 day delay to give time for Canadian companies to adjust supply chains.

Tarrifs are simple, easy, and can be implemented immediately by the Prime Minister alone. All the other things listed in that comment are fine ideas, but require parliment pass laws, which is going to take time since we're approaching an election. I don't think it's appropriate to wait months before even starting the debate in parliment about what we should do.

There's also no guarantee any of those ideas would even pass into law. I doubt many politicians are keen on tearing up patent and copyright protection so Canadian companies can rip off American innovations.

Tim Hortons isn't Canadian but New York Fries is. What a country!

The government has also put out a press release on their website.

The first phase of our response will include tariffs on $30 billion in goods imported from the U.S., effective February 4, 2025, when the U.S tariffs are applied. The list includes products such as orange juice, peanut butter, wine, spirits, beer, coffee, appliances, apparel, footwear, motorcycles, cosmetics, and pulp and paper. A detailed list of these goods will be made available shortly.

Minister LeBlanc also announced that the government intends to impose tariffs on an additional list of imported U.S. goods worth $125 billion. A full list of these goods will be made available for a 21-day public comment period prior to implementation, and will include products such as passenger vehicles and trucks, including electric vehicles, steel and aluminum products, certain fruits and vegetables, aerospace products, beef, pork, dairy, trucks and buses, recreational vehicles, and recreational boats.

Ah, remember when you could buy computer parts without them being covered in RGB glowing lights?

The question is why do laws that aren't enforced exist. Gambling and porn bans are rarely enforced but exist mostly for virtue signaling. I wasn't talking about speed limits.

On top of what others said there's also just virtue signaling, like banning pornography or gambling.

Classified info can't be shared on Twitter?? What is even the point!?

Apparently putting all your eggs into the "Fuck Trudeau" basket fails when Trudeau is no longer your opponent.

Yes. The graphics card in particular is one of the best on the market and the same one I have. It's also a decent price when converted to Canadian Dollars.

That's literally Sovereign Citizen rhetoric and will earn you a spot on !insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world.

Pens for $100. Reminds me of the Mitch Hedberg joke. "I bought an expensive pen because I was tired of not caring when I lost it."

While it's nice that they immediately regretted their decision after learning the Proud Boys are a white supremacy extremist group, it's also terrifying they had no idea the Proud Boys are a white supremacy extremist group. How do these people exist?

What if space drugs are like catnip and it gets the aliens high but does nothing for humans?