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Canada faces down 'bullying' from Facebook owner Meta as it pursues Australian-style news content laws

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  • That's the goal here too. If Google and Meta have to pay to link to Canadian news content they are only going to do it for a few mainstream media sources like Post Media because handling the payments for all of the smaller independent sources would be an accounting nightmare.

    There is also a Microsoft subplot here. One of our senators was just on social media stating that Microsoft won't have to pay because they fall short of the threshold. He encourages more people to switch to bing so that they will be forced to pay. The whole thing reads like a sponsored post.

    • Framework Sold Out of 3 Batches of Laptop 16 in Less Than 3 Hours.

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  • The GPU is also upgradable. Given Framework's track record the likelihood that you will be able to upgrade it to an 8000 or 9000 series AMD GPU or even an Nvidia or ARC GPU down the line is damn near 100%.

    I wouldn't even be surprised if they released an adapter that lets you plug your old GPU into a standard PCIe slot afterwards.

    • Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?

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  • Aspartame was classified as a Group 2B carcinogen, which basically means that in high doses in animal studies there is some evidence that it causes cancer.

    Its one of the most studied chemicals in human history, so its easy to find studies that say one thing or another. But we've been studying its effects for nearly 60 years and the conclusion from both the US and EU is that it does not affect metabolism and does not cause cancer under normal circumstances. Based on the current guidelines the safe average daily intake for an adult is between 15-20 12 oz cans of diet soda per day.

    Things more cancerous(Group 1/2A) than Aspartame include:

    • eating red meat
    • drinking hot liquids
    • working night shifts
    • alcohol
    • painting

    • Game of Thrones was nearly "destroyed" by pirates illegally streaming HBO content

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  • Those 24/7 Top Gear streams on justin.tv before they shut down and rebranded as Twitch turned me into a lifelong fan.

    I have a prime subscription in part because is gives me access to both Top Gear and TGT.

    • Canada excluded from Google's expansion of AI chatbot Bard

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  • "Reposting" as in linking to their content? Most other companies pay Google for that service.

    How are those companies going to drive views to their site? Do you think Microsoft and Meta are going to play ball? They aren't. Do you expect Lemmy instances to pay whenever someone uploads a Canadian news article?

    Our country is a literal South Park meme right now. We're just waiting on the bubble gum and Bennigans coupons.

    This is borderline fascist legislation. Restricting the flow of information on the internet so that Canadians are forced to turn to traditional mainstream media for their news. It was never about money.