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  • To address your first point. Yes it applies to other software, this initiative applies to games because the "buyer purchases a license to allow the seller to remove your purchase at some indefinite time later" practices have been most prevalent in gaming.

    Extending the scope too far will bring in more opponents than allies and muddy the discussion. Getting a decisive answer here will inform laws on how other industries should be regulated in separate but parallel legislative processes.

  • In Scarborough, Canada where I grew up, shootings occur once every few years at the malls I go to, a library or neighbourbood park I've been to or like yeah even if i don't get a gun pointed at me in my life, knowing that shootings have happened in places I've been to is harrowing to know. In the US, it happens several times a year in many neighbourhoods. Compare Chicago and Toronto, cities of similar size and climate, one has 2726 per year shootings, the other has 461...

    When mass shootings happen regularly, and knowing that gun ownership is ubiquitous (rather than largely connected to presumably illicit criminal weapons), active shooter drills are as commonplace as fire drills worldwide, it's a structural fear, of course we're not paralyzingly afraid all the time, but it's built into peoples' upbringing. The effects bubble up in other areas and affect overall happiness.

  • In suburban North America... steps outside you have nothing but roads with cars going 50km/h+, no shops or cafes to walk to because of zoning laws, maybe a small park a 15 minute walk away.

    You have to have your parents take you places, you cannot go anywhere alone. In the USA you also have to worry about potential shooters because people play fast and loose with gun laws there.

  • Spent a moment at Kitsilano Beach it was unrecognizably crowded, which is great!

    Got to reconnect with friends, play some games (finally some time for Civ 6, PEAK), enjoyed a day of rest.

    It's a good day to be proud of our country and proud of each other. With this confidence we should recognize the Indigenous roots of our country and write a new chapter in reconciliation and collaboration with our diverse population across our nation.

  • Any Linux OS with Steam installed, but yes most likely the same on SteamOS.

    My experience with games on Steam:

    • 75% of games: Click to Download, click Play, nothing more needed.
    • 20% of games will work, might need to select a special Proton version or put in one command.
    • 4% of games need tweaks specific to that game, to enable multiplayer, get around certain crashes etc., OR the game works fine but multiplayer doesn't work at all due to anticheat set to block Wine users.
    • 1% of games don't work at all due to either anticheat, DRM or another problem.

    Workshop works just fine, 3rd party mods will often work, but then you'll need to get into the weeds of Wine to properly set it up, since installers are separate to the game.

  • That's what I fear. I know Carney is smarter than Orange Shitbag, and has some idea of when to fold and when to hold em'. But what he did with the DST could very well embolden Trump to say:

    • "No negotiation until you repeal Supply Management!"
    • "No negotiation until you make your crossborder water/power agreements fully in our favour!"
    • "No negotiation until you pass legislation that gives us free access to data on your citizens!"
    • "No negotiation until you sufficiently erode your environment, Indigenous and woke DEI laws!"
    • "Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
  • I had the same experience introducing Linux to other people:

    "Oh yeah, gaming just works out of the box on Linux", one install later...

    "Hey, it says 'Only for 🪟' for everything except Portal and a couple other games!"

    "Whoops, you have to go in the settings and check this very particular box, then it just works out of the box."

  • I think the state legislature and governor will be more of a hurdle to clear than council. Since in US and Canada, most municipal powers are rooted in state/provincial legislation, they have the ability to override or veto, sanction or outlaw anything the city tries to implement. Gov. Hochul is an establishment Democrat so I expect some efforts to water down the most radical policies, but aside from her characteristic flip-flopping she won't try to put herself in the way of city politics.

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