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Most of us will leave behind a large ‘digital legacy’ when we die. Here’s how to plan what happens to it

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    • Most of us will leave behind a large ‘digital legacy’ when we die. Here’s how to plan what happens to it

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  • Nobody wanted my grandparents collected crap. Or their photos. Or their books. I tried giving them away. I tried consignment. I tried posting them on Facebook. Most ended up in a landfill.

    • It's not us — it's them. Why it's time to end the affair with the U.S.

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  • I fully expect the US to invade the oil sands Alberta if their independence referendum gets anything close to 50%.

    • Most of us will leave behind a large ‘digital legacy’ when we die. Here’s how to plan what happens to it

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  • Keep in mind that your descendents probably won't care about a huge majority of what you leave them. Photos annotated with a date, time, people in them, and an explanation, maybe, but generally my generation hasn't given a shit about the tonnes of books, music, photos, furniture, knick knacks, and antiquities bequeathed to us. It would be bizarre if our kids didn't maintain that tradition.

    • It's not us — it's them. Why it's time to end the affair with the U.S.

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  • Shore says she's devastated that she can no longer rely on her country to defend democracy. As a scholar who has studied the arc of fascism in Eastern Europe, she saw the red flags waving well ahead of many others.

    Doesn't the US have a pretty well documented record of undermining/destabilizing/overthrowing governments to further its own interests?

    I think it's fair to say that the current US president no longer regards Canada as an ally, but I'm not sure they could ever be relied on to defend democracy.

    • What's more offensive, liquorice, or eating mayo raw?

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  • Dip the liquorice in raw mayo.

    • Apache2 attack helicopter

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  • Carve the compiled objects onto bricks and mail them to Richard Stallman, taunting him through a bullhorn as you do so.

    I have nothing against Stallman, but I love this.

    • The technology to end traffic deaths exists. Why aren’t we using it?

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    • Alberta purchased children’s pain medication from Turkey at a price 6 times greater than what the provincial health authority normally pays

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  • I don't have a problem with paying a premium for necessary painkillers, but

    Only a fraction of the medicine, most of which arrived after the shortage had eased, was ever distributed to hospitals and pharmacies. In May of 2023, health officials ordered staff to stop using the imported acetaminophen in neonatal intensive care units after deeming it a risk to patients when administered through feeding tubes. Within two months, there was a hospital-wide transition back to using standard children’s medications.

    Paying a premium for painkillers that could not be administered, and did not arrive on time is nonsensical.

    And that's before we get to the allegations of corruption.

    • Health P.E.I. spending thousands of dollars a month on private employment agencies, contracts reveal

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  • Health P.E.I. provided CBC News with documents showing the yearly salary for the chief medical officer, if hired permanently through the health authority, would be about $394,000. Adding pension, CPP and EI costs brings the total to about $450,000.

    That means the interim contract costs about $75,000 more than if it had hired that chief medical officer directly.

    Indeed.

    • Analysis: Mark Carney's to-do list is short but steep

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  • Releasing the mandate letters feels like political theatre. However, as someone who is very concerned about power/influence being centralized in the PMO, the following is nice to hear:

    On one level, Carney's decision to outline seven broad priorities, instead of publicly charging each minister with a checklist of tasks, might give members of cabinet more room to manoeuvre — to devise and drive their own ideas and initiatives. After outlining the seven priorities of the government, Carney asks each minister to "identify" both "how specifically you can contribute to these missions" and "the key goals and measures of success on which to evaluate the results you will achieve."

    I've been ambivalent about Carney so far, but this is a good (public) move.

    • “How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets.

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  • I'm pretty sure it's Whirlpool, but I think they repackage devices built by other companies.

    • “How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets.

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  • I don't want my fridge to play a melody, but it might help if it oinks.

    • Google says Android 16's new desktop mode builds on 'the foundation of Samsung DeX'

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  • That's what I'm hoping for. I doubt I'll use it, but I really liked the idea.

    • Hint Hint

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  • New favourite NPC!

    • The technology to end traffic deaths exists. Why aren’t we using it?

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  • Have you considered more trains?

    • The most popular Canadian politics channel has been deleted by YouTube, following inquiries from CBC's investigations team. The channel mass-produced AI-generated videos.

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  • Damn. That channel sounds like the nightmare scenario for a partisan channel in a media illiterate environment: generated videos of celebrities; partisan; and information free.

    It's worrying that this wasn't taken down earlier.

    • “How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets.

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  • I enjoy technology that feels like it has a little personality.

    • “How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets.

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  • I've disabled notifications for everything except certain contacts. I was all about news notifications for a while, but that was obnoxious.

    • The secret to faster hip and knee surgeries? Fixing referrals, study says - National | Globalnews.ca

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  • Every time a doctor refers me to a specialist, they're like "this specialist is great" and then they expound on some metric that's undoubtedly really good. But I honestly just want to be seen as quickly as possible and get my life back on track.

    If sharing a single waitlist is the key to making that happen, I'm all for it. Especially if it avoids creeping privatization.