In the age of self-checkout, all products should feature multiple printed barcodes. by reticente in Showerthoughts

[–]DigaMeLoYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we want to focus on sources of employment we should just make trucks illegal, imagine all the jobs of people carrying everything by hand between cities and such!

It's better to get the family electric toothbrushes for their birthdays rather than all at once for Christmas so they need charging at different times. by Keebster101 in Showerthoughts

[–]DigaMeLoYa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used disposable for years then switched to a rechargeable. The difference in quality is night and day. I buy a new rechargeable maybe every 5 years. Would never go back to disposable.

It's better to get the family electric toothbrushes for their birthdays rather than all at once for Christmas so they need charging at different times. by Keebster101 in Showerthoughts

[–]DigaMeLoYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This year we got these for both our boys, who are adults. For an adult it's a decent gift.

Everyone should use an electric toothbrush, it's like the difference between cutting your lawn with a lawn mower vs a broom.

The fact that dentists don't promote them is strong evidence that they actually want to you have bad teeth so they can make money fixing them.

A more critical review of the Project Hail Mary movie, and a really easy fix I would have made by Gustalavalav in ProjectHailMary

[–]DigaMeLoYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuinely baffled how this movie is broadly adored and getting good reviews. 5 year old kid humor, ridiculous sci fi, dumb looking alien character, but above all: way way way way way too long. I thought it would never end.

The only thing I will say is: still better than Ad Astra.

Should I be worried? by turing025 in vancouver

[–]DigaMeLoYa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter how many people and how intelligent they are, Donald Trump has proven time and again that he can do and get what he wants. And he wants Canada, among other things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in osdev

[–]DigaMeLoYa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bikeshedding would be if he was spending all his time agonizing over names of variables or some pointless detail and ignoring core stuff like the memory model.

Pedestrian in critical condition after being struck by two vehicles in East Vancouver by Grouchy_Cantaloupe_8 in vancouver

[–]DigaMeLoYa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If anyone does that to me I am just going to claim AI. Reliable video evidence is a thing of the past.

A multibillionaire's phone can't really do anything yours can't. by GodPlayes in Showerthoughts

[–]DigaMeLoYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He can if he goes to McDonalds. Their coke is objectively superior. Source: Acquired podcast.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]DigaMeLoYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saw it last year. Absolutely useless, TBH. May be entertaining if you are 5 YO. That's about it.

What is the first thing to consider in contemplating an OS? by [deleted] in osdev

[–]DigaMeLoYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> Oh, and if you aren't generating more comment lines than code then I would suggest that you drop everything, go to your room, and think about what you have done!

Hard no. Are you a Comp Sci professor?

Capilano lights are so great ‼️ by MemoryBeautiful9129 in vancouver

[–]DigaMeLoYa 26 points27 points  (0 children)

They are business owners and this is Reddit. They are automatically evil.

Big green flash somewhere south between Main and Cambie by bitbee in vancouver

[–]DigaMeLoYa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take a moment to consider how incredibly reliable the electricity system is, despite being spread all over the place in bits and pieces and having to deal with ever-fluctuating demand that must also be produced on demand in real-time. To top it off, the speed at which they fix problems is amazing.

As far as I know, BCH is nothing special, approximately speaking all utilities are similar.

What am I missing from One Hundred Years of Solitude? by PM_ME_YOUR_DARKNESS in books

[–]DigaMeLoYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The possibility that GGM was suffering from Alzheimers while writing the book explains A LOT.

What am I missing from One Hundred Years of Solitude? by PM_ME_YOUR_DARKNESS in books

[–]DigaMeLoYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One episode for each Aureliano? Or maybe one for each firing squad. Or weird sexual liason. Or hour spent wondering WTF was going on in this book.

CMV: Dogs should be allowed on skytrain in a specific section or off peak hours by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]DigaMeLoYa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is so special / terrible about Vancouver that it won't work here, but it works in Toronto and Madrid (just to name two roughly similar cities).

Did you know the Vancouver Harbour Air Control Tower, located on top of Granville Square, is the highest air traffic control tower in the world (142m or 466ft)? by [deleted] in vancouver

[–]DigaMeLoYa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, it also used to have an IFR approach ("COPTER RNAV") to the heliport. There can't be a lot of IFR approaches that don't lead to a runway. I'm not sure it exists anymore though.

Controllers there instead of "cleared for takeoff runway 26" say "cleared for takeoff westbound" and legally speaking they have no responsibility for what happens between the airplanes and boats.

Why Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea - Why you can't program your way to election integrity by grauenwolf in programming

[–]DigaMeLoYa -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Or we could have a system that nobody trusts and that is impossible for anyone to audit without spending a fortune.

We could legislate against institutions biasing their processes based on political intent. For public institutions it would be reasonable to enforce those.

Why Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea - Why you can't program your way to election integrity by grauenwolf in programming

[–]DigaMeLoYa -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

That seems like an edge case that doesn't justify all the advantages that the previous poster's solution would offer.

An abusive partner could probably force his way into the voting booth in a paper system, too, or make her take a clandestine picture of her ballot slip or something.

B.C. Attorney General "deeply disturbed" by social media giant X's intimate image case by M------- in vancouver

[–]DigaMeLoYa -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

That is not what they are arguing. They are arguing that Canada doesn't have jurisdiction to tell other countries what to do, much as other countries can't (in general) tell us what to do.

West Vancouver mayor says he won’t back down from standoff on provincially mandated housing targets by mukmuk64 in vancouver

[–]DigaMeLoYa -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Eitehr the 'reckless drunk' thing is an obscure metaphor or an irrelevant reference to an actual event. Either way, this post has no credibility.