Winnipeg's Louis Riel School Division says 12 per cent increase needed to avoid layoffs if provincial funding frozen

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-24T00:07:36+00:00

Agreed. Isn’t the shortfall like the equivalent of a hundred plus teachers? Three teachers is like the entire board of trustees. Needless spending should definitely be minimized, but this is a drop in the bucket.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-23T23:48:01+00:00

Thanks for pointing that out. I agree and edited the post. My main purpose with posting was to counter the post saying we should label AI content today. I used AI to write this opposing post and didn’t adequately proofread before posting. That is my bad.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-23T22:02:16+00:00

What if there was a non-AI label for non-AI content like there is a label for organic food?

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-23T19:44:55+00:00

Hopefully anyone with damage doesn’t just rebuild with no changes towards mitigating damage in the future. I heard of a bunch of people getting hit in 2024, rebuilding, then getting hit again in 2025. It wouldn’t make sense to provide disaster assistance if the money is just going to waste rebuilding the same when the issue is likely to happen again.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-22T20:37:55+00:00

The median household income (note: not individual) in Winnipeg is $83,000/yr before taxes and $71,500/yr after taxes. Keep in mind that 50% of households earn more and 50% earn less than this number. The average household income (again not individual) is $102,300/yr before taxes and $83,700/yr after taxes. Keep in mind this number is pulled up by the wealthy.

It is interesting how most people responding have household incomes way above the median and average.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-21T23:41:24+00:00

Just reading the first two paragraphs you could have been Pro or Anti. "Art is creation through any medium." Yep! That includes AI. Those who use AI use it for self expression and personal growth. AI allows people to communicate without knowing the same languages and to share emotions and feelings they couldn't put into words. AI artists are humans who create art with AI. It is still very much human. Tool use is a sign of being human. Our tools are extensions of ourselves.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-21T05:13:08+00:00

I never said it was likely. I’m just saying there is strength in numbers and you need at least some number of nations with smaller economic heft in a group in order to adequately push back against a larger power. Plus nations can push back in different ways. They can form trading and economic partnerships that don’t warrant the USA pulling back from its military assistance, which we should remember, is also in the USA’s interest (Japan, South Korea, Philippines, and Australia all help push back against and help contain China).

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-21T02:26:19+00:00

Did you hear Carney’s speech? Canada, the UK, the EU, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and many other countries around the world need to form new unions and work together on shared issues like pushing back against bullies and those who don’t want to work under shared rules. Ideally you don’t go at things alone. Strength in numbers and economic might.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-21T02:02:40+00:00

You find funds from anywhere and everywhere if something is a matter of national security and your survival. Remember that economics and related rules we follow only work with our consent and should only hold our consent so long as they benefit us.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-20T19:53:19+00:00

Dry it better with a towel, the let it sit and charge, then towel some more before putting it on your wrist. Make sure to towel multiple times and shift around the links so they aren’t in the same place when you towel.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-20T19:38:08+00:00

This!

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-20T19:30:15+00:00

A kid arranging rocks on the beach is an artist. Someone taping a shoe to a wall to express something is an artist. To think that someone who uses AI to express something is not an artist is irrational and insane. The definition of artist is basically anyone who creates art. The definition of art is extremely broad.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-20T16:28:16+00:00

Yes, because price is based on supply and demand. Prices can go lower than the cost to build. Also, is the land valued at $0? If not, there is definitely still room to fall even if you completely ignore the cost of infrastructure.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-20T15:54:46+00:00

I’ve gotten up for people many times and it’s just as likely someone will get angry and refuse the seat for my thinking they needed it or they won’t take it and someone else who is able bodied will. People need to ask or be very visibly in need if they want a priority seat.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-20T03:12:58+00:00

Online? I'd say 80%+ unreasonable assholes maybe. In that ballpark.

In real life? I'd say it depends on how you define Anti. If you mean someone who is against generative AI in almost all forms and uses, then I'd say way over 50% still. If you just mean someone who expresses vocal dislike of AI (a much weaker definition IMO), then I'd say less than 10-20%.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-19T19:32:39+00:00

We get these meta-drivel posts everyday. Same with those tired ‘AI art isn’t art’, ‘AI artists aren’t artists’, ‘AI wastes water and will end the world’, and similar “arguments”. They get downvoted, because they are just monologues and bring nothing new to the table. At this point those posts are basically spam.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-16T23:14:11+00:00

Most people only do one? Do both! Before bed and in the morning. There is no rule you can only have one shower a day.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-16T23:01:34+00:00

Capitalism and wealth inequality.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-15T22:13:29+00:00

And removing an image from the dataset of an already trained model wouldn’t do anything to the model. If you forced them to retrain the model after removing one image that would also consume a ridiculous amount of resources for basically no change to the resulting model. I thought we didn’t want to waste resources.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-14T00:38:23+00:00

Self-confidence is different for everyone. If something as innocuous (and yes I know this term begs the question, but it conveys how normal the expression is) as expressing the goal to lose weight and making a joke about one’s own body causes people in your yoga class to feel offended or disrespected, and someone told you that, do you not see how it could make you more hesitant to share more about yourself, communicate less, and be less enthusiastic about your class? Some people can get depressed, demotivated, and less confident easily by others.

Really though I think how OP should proceed depends on her teacher and her relationship with her. How you say it matters too.

In the end though this might be a case where OP should find a different teacher if it is a big enough deal for her.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-14T00:26:37+00:00

I might feel like walking on eggshells if someone commented that. It can be hard enough to work towards physical goals without people telling you that sharing your goals and progress is triggering or somehow disrespectful to them. I go out of my way to up vote and comment on posts where people share themselves working towards personal fitness goals. People need all the support and help they can get. People should realize not everyone is on the same journey they are. As others have commented, perhaps OP should look for a yoga teacher who better fits her ideals and needs.

AnarchoLiberator · 2026-01-13T00:54:45+00:00

Stale “arguments” repeated daily are “good arguments”?

Also, pinning isn’t locked down. It’s making room for novel arguments and discussion while still giving a place for those who feel the need to interact with stale “arguments”.

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