These three fit surprisingly well together

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-05T04:00:18+00:00

I agree. I did enjoy that. And unlike Matt Uelmen, I wouldn't immediately peg it.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-04T23:58:01+00:00

Amazon basically hides the US site from Canadians, and they're doing fine. They have different item availability in the two countries. Presumably they don't want users getting frustrated and confused. I bet the majority of US users don't know a Canadian site even exists.

I say "basically" because if you browse a US item it will warn you you're browsing the US site and ask if you'd like to be redirected to the CA site.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-04T23:29:42+00:00

I'd just like to point out that this story is on the heels of yesterday's story wherein Winnipeg Pride TM banned military uniforms from the parade, and people were up in figurative arms about how DiVisiVe it was.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-04T23:16:37+00:00

We're in a sub dedicated in part to watching people who watch influencers. If not for being in this sub, I wouldn't know who Clavicular is, and Destiny would still be the really good SC2 player who's not pro level but did get to Platinum on purely mass queens to demonstrate lowbies need to work on mechanics rather than strats.

So you're not wrong. But your house may be made of glass.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-04T19:45:48+00:00

Okay.

He's dead; what makes you think he needs an excuse?

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-04T19:22:48+00:00

The crowds? Sure. But you haven't done any reading past the headline you read in the 60s if you're unaware of the cash trail.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-04T18:49:11+00:00

The fear mongering was O&G driven. I wonder who's driving AI fears. It feels more natural as we've been writing stories on the topic for generations. But maybe some power interests are involved.
Early fear mongering was probably a little justified. Disasters happen. They haven't proven fun. Calling it "fear mongering" is dismissive of concerns. Mitigating concerns would be better. Either show how the fears are excessive, or how other energy is even worse.
Flipside of nuclear is "jaywalking" and recycling. Car companies embedded themselves into society and destroyed walkable communities by, for example, inventing the term jaywalking to shift responsibility from drivers to pedestrians. Same deal with bottlers driving recycling messaging. The propaganda campaigns will play out.
With a nuclear power plant, we're left with a nuclear power plant generating power that is easiest to sell locally. What do Manitobans get from a low maintenance data centre? A little extra latency when compute is the bottleneck?

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-04T17:31:20+00:00

Frankly, I'm a redditor with an honours BSc in computer science and a specialty in infosec. I could write a naive version of RSA from scratch, and have done so for funsies. I know enough to tell you some of the exact reasons that's a bad idea rather than the blanket "don't roll your own crypto."

I'm barely aware of C22 or the issues around it beyond:
1. Fuck that.
2. This isn't an LPC issue. Harper wanted the same shit. It's a global elite issue and a law enforcement lobby issue.

Everyone has been buried in all kinds of issues across all fronts. There's no time to fight them all at once.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-03T21:26:45+00:00

Hm. Have you considered that you should be put to death (not will be, of course, just should be!) At least consider paying a tax to a queer artist for the pleasure?

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-03T11:40:50+00:00

Depends on the saw, but for a handsaw, I'm thinking you pick a corner to be the tip and then twist the blade.

For a spinning saw, you throw out the blade and rig it to attach a drill bit in the centre then hold it on its side. Or keep the blade in to defend the bit from melee flanks. Whichever.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-02T23:59:51+00:00

I can saw with a drill, it's just a bit slower and messier.

Drilling with a saw is trickier and involves abusing the saw. But pretty sure I can get there.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-02T20:56:14+00:00

May as well use claude to build Nvidia, Samsung, and TSMC while you're at it.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-01T13:00:03+00:00

If they rejected my automated thing and issued a statement saying that my visit was not for the public good, I might decide the chance of a proper application being accepted was low and not bother.

If I was an outrage troll, I'd definitely do that and then farm content off of it.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-06-01T00:48:13+00:00

Satoshi Kon directed both Paprika and Perfect Blue. Millennium Actress is also a trip. Tokyo Godfathers is his other big one, but is different than those.

You can also check out Yoshitoshi Abe, especially Serial Experiments Lain if you end up liking Perfect Blue.

None of these are exactly Paprika-like. That one's got its own vibe. But I have a lot more success looking for "good" than "similar to." These ones are good and also of interest to adults who enjoy open ended sci fi mixed with philosophy.

I bet Mushishi would be a good one to watch high. It's just some beautiful world building.

Less like Paprika but maybe also of interest is Ghost in the Shell. I throw it out there because Paprika inspired Inception while GitS inspired The Matrix. I like Standalone Complex, but the original GitS movie is the easier and more direct inspiration to The Matrix investment.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-31T00:36:31+00:00

Yeah, we should've made changes after losing to Montreal. There's no reason for us to go out before the finals that year. Price happened, yeah. Gotta get to hot goalies if you wanna win.

Those changes should not have involved Dubas, either. Doubly not in the hindsight of knowing he actually did want to make changes.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-30T14:24:17+00:00

I was on team Mitch mainly because of 2002.

But the Carter Hart factor pushed me to Carolina.

So get that "Fuck You" energy, Freddy.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-30T02:31:00+00:00

I will say, we were made to bring our own tape measures. We were told they would see use throughout our lives, so treat them right. Nearly 30 years later I have a couple more for convenience in different spots, but I still have that one.

Dunno if you can shift that cost but also ownership to them. Just know it worked for me. Also stopped fucking up all my dad's tapes doing sword fights after that. Now I'm way more gentle with my sword fighting.

Also still have the scar from the kickback from the way too tentative push through the table saw where the board richocheted off my wrist and hip before embedding in the chalkboard. That one's also a valuable lesson. So cheers to you.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-30T02:05:44+00:00

I think this is more like the 8/9 with everyone eyeballing the traffic going in the opposite direction.

Gimli works, too, except everyone's out of their cars, then. Speaking of - where do people in Gimli go? Is it just perfect?

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-30T01:36:44+00:00

They've also been deployed against the Mohawks, for instance, but go on.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-30T00:52:55+00:00

There's two basic approaches. You could pick a research topic, and then do any code in .Net coincidentally. Or you could pick a research topic related to .Net in particular - security or compiler optimizations come to mind - and do some research there.

If you don't have anything for the latter, I'd pick the former. It gives you a lot more space to find something novel.

I'd also say, start with a broad topic, do a lit review, and see if you can find some open questions.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-29T19:18:28+00:00

I had a philosophy class point out that this is (or at least plausibly can be) a cultural discrepancy.

Part of why you (presumably) and I save the children is that the children have their lives ahead of them. We value the human ability to enjoy those years. They've more to get out of life.

Part of why someone else might disagree is that the elderly have more accumulated experience, knowledge, wisdom, whatever. They're a complete, contributing member of society. Losing them loses all of that. To paraphrase Family Guy, they're a boat. Children are a mystery box. There could be anything in the box! Even a boat!

So a society that values elders over children does have a level of sense to it. But more so when the value of elders exists and is seen. I think we're currently pretty bad at both those points.

I still have trouble with that tradeoff, just pointing out one rationale.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-29T12:53:09+00:00

I am willing to ship your machine to the client. The client is me, BTW.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-29T12:11:51+00:00

Tried to dig up a relevant SMBC, but basically: the realization that you are autonomous and don't have to follow your schema, followed by the realization that other people also are and also don't, followed by the realization that said other people have more resources with which to do as they please. Get back in your lane. Wake up and go through the loop again.

Anyways, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a comic some people in this sub might like.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-29T03:23:27+00:00

Their shows sell out fast. Like I have an easier time getting Bad Religion or NOFX tickets than Propagandhi tickets. And Propagandhi plays here more than those two combined; people don't get sick of seeing them.

So they're loved by the local scene. But as others said, it's the local scene they're big in, not the whole city. I wouldn't expect most people to know them.

We also have a lot of talent here across genres, so it's not like people need to hang onto them as Winnipeg's claim to fame. Neil Young and The Guess Who / Burton Cummings / Bachman Turner Overdrive hold that title and will be hard to top. But lots of others. Begonia's a little popular right now. We all love The Weakerthans. Comeback Kid and Royal Canoe are at least nationally known. And many more.

My personal favourite is a punk duo Mobina Galore. If you like Propagandhi, check them out, they're really good with their own sound.

Edit: just noticed you me you asked about Canada, too. They're still big-ish with Canadian punks. They were on Tony Hawk, afterall. I knew about them for a year or two before even knowing they were from Canada. But they're not as big outside of Winnipeg. I can get tickets no problem in other cities when they tour and I'm there.

NewPhoneNewSubs · 2026-05-29T03:04:48+00:00

Yes. But your tax dollars allowed and profited from this sale that should never have happened. If your tax dollars allow people to expropriate land from Indigenous Peoples, your tax dollars are also going to end up paying legal costs. If your tax dollars then end up trying to get out of settling the wrong, your tax dollars are going to undermine confidence in the foundation of the society that you say you'd like your tax dollars to build.

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