pedz @ pedz @lemmy.ca

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Is this the one that goes through reservations, where we send the RCMP to steal even more land and displace the protesting natives?

Is he inspired by the CAQ in Quebec or something?

The CAQ have been juggling with the idea of a third bridge or tunnel between Québec City and Lévis because, comgestion, and in case one of the two already existing ones becomes unusable.

So we have cuts in education and health care, they can't possibly give money to social programs, BUT, there would be 10 billion somewhere to build this "third link".

Confiscate? They are getting it back at some point? Because in Montreal and North America in general, the police just treat homeless people's stuff like radioactive trash. They just clear the place with machinery and put all the stuff in a trash container.

Some homeless people here have lost ID cards and important documents because once the police decides the camp is gone, the homeless can't go back to get their stuff. It's just all going to the dump, with everything inside.

Hah. I live alone, no kids, no house, no car. And I am usually fine with that.

I live in a tower in the downtown of a big city and have a very nice view. I share a pool, a terrasse and gym on the roof. No need to maintain the pool, the concierge does that. No driveway to plow in winter, no grass to cut in summer. No house maintenance.

I have free time and disposable income. I can travel anywhere I want, pretty much when I want it. I'm on my second trip in the Carribean since the beginning of the year.

In summer I take multiple days to cycle for hundreds of kilometres to go camping/hiking in national parks and explore the great bike network of my region. I live on an island, pull my kayak with my bike and explore the waters around whenever I feel like it.

Seeing my friends with kids not being able to get a free weekend once every few months, I don't mind how things have turned out for me.

From what I have seen when she orders doordash, it's also a hassle to get something fixed (because it happens often), and half the people will not eat at the same time than others, because the order is half wrong and they will deliver the rest, eventually.

I guess if you're always ordering alone it's not a big issue, but she's always ordering multiple meals and I can't recall one time where it all went smoothly. There is always something wrong that has to be fixed, gotta contact them, get it fixed, it takes time and not everyone has their food at the same time.

From my perspective, it just sucks to order for a group with doordash. It would be better to just have one or a few people of the group to go get the food directly at the restaurant.

I really can't understand people that live in a city with restaurants close to them, and still being unable to get off their ass and walk/cycle/drive to get their food.

The only time I order food directly from restaurants is when I'm in the countryside or a rural area with friends or family, and the to and fro time would be unacceptably long if I'd go grab it myself.

Apparently I need to invest in democracy to read more.

But yeah. When I was a young adult I thought the U.S. couldn't do worse than W. Bush. Then the first Trump presidency, then another.

It's becoming pretty clear that the U.S. is not reliable and could turn on its supposed allies at any moment.

We're gonna have to put as much distance between the U.S., and us, as possible. Apparently that's what some U.S. voters want amyway.

As someone that lived on dial-up, the format and size of an image will absolutely not slow down a gigabit connection.

My sister uses doordash and there's always something wrong. Yet she insists on trying again and again, and I can't understand why.

I have never used them or Uber or others like this, and refuse to do so. They exploit their workers, they charge exorbitant fees, and when something's wrong, it's nobody's fault.

If I want food, I go get it myself. I'm my own delivery boy! And contrary to a lot of people delivering food, I will not park on a sidewalk or in a bike lane.

Lately, Firefox + uBlock Origin and YouTube on Linux is sometimes horribly slow for me. It uses all the CPU and chokes my computers. Sometimes it's even difficult to just seek in the video, as it's so sluggish.

It seems to vary depending on the type of ads. It's not "random" because a video that has this behavior will always do it, even if I restart FF, while others will be fine.

I thought it was my old computer at first, or that I was out of memory, but the same thing happens on my modern Ryzen.

Although I notice it less and less, so maybe it was a bug with YT + uBlock.

And it's only on my Linux computers. On Android, FF + uBlock works super well.

My pet peeve about ads everywhere now is on Android.

Your Android phone doesn't come with a voice recorder? Download one, with ads every time you record.

You want a different calculator? Ads!

Flashlight app? Ads!

Notepad? Ads!

And people just apparently accept ads in nearly every app, even the most basic ones.

I don't remember the Sound Recorder, or Notepad having ads. But because people are now used to ads everywhere, it's certainly coming as MS is trying to jam ads in everywhere possible in Windows too, now.

I'm so grateful for Linux. The apps I get through apt-get don't make me watch ads. Unfortunately even if based on Linux, the Android world is so infuriatingly crammed with ads.

I wish I could find a "phone" or portable device in that format, with an OS that works like "true" Linux.

I'm from a previous generation so for me it was my parents buying me Leisure Suit Larry 7 for Christmas.

If enough people voted, the Democrats would have given people free health care, stopped financing wars, torture and genocide, improve public transit, boost public education, and lowered the cost of groceries. If only enough people voted for the Democrats, they could be in power and bring change. They just need a super majority to install a welfare state and turn into pacifists. Of course!

Even if the tariffs are paused for a month, he'll constantly use this as a threat now. If not saying again that we should be the 51st state.

I was already avoiding travelling to the U.S., now I'll make sure I also avoid their products.

Even if there's no tariffs, the U.S. has proven to be an unreliable "friend" and we should continue to diversify away from them. With friends like that, you don't need enemies.

The US government already didn't care what the public supports or not. They were already financing an unpopular genocide. That orange dictator is replacing key people with idiots loyal to him and his cause. So it won't get better.

Times and times again people have defended that orange turd, saying we were misinterpreting, or he was joking, or that he couldn't do that, only for him to do it, and get away without any consequences.

If you think this is not a serious possibility, you have not been paying attention.

BuT I UsE iT AnD iT mAkEs mY JoB eAsIeR ThUs EvErYoNe ShOuLd LiKe It! So UsEfUl! It'S OnLy UsInG An UnGoDlY AmOuNt Of ElEcTrIcItY FoR EvErY QuErY dUrInG a ClImAtE ChAnGe CriSiS!

It never existed. It's always been just an illusion to keep the poor in their place.

We have billionaires and now centibillionaires but the problem is immigrants and environmental laws, obviously.

It even has an integrated UPS.

Of course. With all the power, Democrats would have stopped financing genocide. Only with absolute power can the Democrats improve public transit, provide clean water, lower the cost of groceries, tax the rich and generally fight for the people they are supposed to represent. Without absolute power, they have been forced to continue financing genocide and ignore the problems of the common people.

If only more people voted for the Democrats, Americans would have free health care, better education, and they wouldn't be owned by corporations. If only enough people voted for the Democrats, Americans would be living in a much better place. Just like when Democrats where in power the last times, it was utopia. Obama even closed Guantanamo!

I tried AliExpress a few times but I live in a tower and about half of the things I order from them are marked delivered, but I can't find them.

Sometimes the courrier even calls my apartment, I open the door downstairs, the package is marked delivered, but I can't find it.

We even have secure lockers but they don't use them.

I'd really like to order more from them but it's a gamble every time.