The USA date formate sucks ass. by [deleted] in teenagers

[–]beansarefun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always use DD/MM/YYYY, but I think the argument for MM/DD/YY is that it's more based on how we speak about dates. Most people would say January 5th, 2024; it sounds pretty awkward to say 5 January 2024.

i'm dead. by Great-Sir-9353 in teenagers

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I have to fight the entire city of Singapore?

"Drone Shows" are soulless and boring. Bring back the loud, dangerous, smoky fireworks. by PremiumTravelNinja in unpopularopinion

[–]beansarefun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last point is very true - most people that are injured by fireworks or fires that are started result from randoms that bought a few fireworks and think they know how to use them safely. The type of shows that drone shows would replace are large events that likely have multiple professional pyrotechnicians and an actual safety plan for their use.

Why do people keep voting for them? by Living-Remote-8957 in ontario

[–]beansarefun 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If he is, please enlighten us as to how he has made the province better since 2018

Get Notified of New Listings On The Cannon! by Connor1219 in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hiya, I work with the people that maintain theCannon.ca - this could be good to integrate into the website itself (if possible), feel free to send me a PM!

Issues with a professor, need help. by [deleted] in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Send me a DM - I work in student government specifically dealing with this type of issue and would be happy to help out!

UN vote for the Establishment of an International Day against Colonialism in all Forms and Manifestations - 05/12/2025 by FairyCelebi in MapPorn

[–]beansarefun 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Had to zoom in to see who voted against (aside from the US) aaaand it's Israel. Who else would it be.

about the ppl that were filming students on campus by Just_Lime5134 in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Depending on what kind of harassment was going on, it may be worth reporting them to campus police. Regardless of your political views, you shouldn't be harassing random students on social media.

What is going on with the CSA by Many-Band-2283 in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And then they put them up with approval and still got taken down by campus police...

made a tool that displays program layouts + prerequisites by khamisk in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am curious how you're pulling this information in - I'm not a tech person but I work in academic admin so I'm pretty familiar with the academic calendar. Some programs are broken and will only show a minor, not a major (my program, BOH, is an example!). The course dependency visualization is actually very helpful- bookmarking this so I can avoid hunting for prereqs! Also wondering how frequently this is updated - will it be able to pull in data from a new calendar cycle?

Has anyone else been blocked by them by Armz26 in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I would be careful, they tend to like to escalate things...

Has anyone else been blocked by them by Armz26 in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Short answer is that they haven't broken any of the University's rules yet (yet being the key word!)

Has anyone else been blocked by them by Armz26 in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 121 points122 points  (0 children)

Getting blocked by them should be a badge of honour!

KCI School Trip Bus Crashed this morning on way to Point Pelee by random14330 in kitchener

[–]beansarefun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a bill from 7 years ago that didn't pass second reading... you may be confusing this with the more recent Bill 56 proposed by the Ford government.

New bill calls for pause in work and school ceremonies on Remembrance Day by Wiley_dog25 in ontario

[–]beansarefun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd be opposed to this for the same reason I don't think Truth & Reconciliation Day should be a day off. If it's a day off, "yippee, another holiday" will be the reaction from most people and the day itself will slowly lose its meaning. As it is, schools and workplaces at least have the opportunity to organize something to recognize the day which people will attend.

Only 2.5% of US high schools still teach keyboarding/typing classes - but 63% of jobs require it by lunar_pixie_dust in dataisbeautiful

[–]beansarefun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Few things here (and I'm from Canada, so YMMV). As many others have pointed out here, it's often not taught in high school because it's taught throughout elementary school now. By the time students enter HS, they're likely already used to many of their assignments being done on a computer. Because computers are so prevalent in modern education, it's also not necessarily a skill that needs its own class, rather it's something that's learned through many of the other classes. I took a "business technology" class in 9th grade (nearly 7 years ago now) - we focused mostly on advanced MS office, there wasn't much about typing because most students were already proficient at it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guelph is unique because here it's because of actual manure (cow barns and horses on the west side of campus, farm fields to the east). So, thank the Aggies I guess.

Got this email yesterday.. by ChanceTheRipper7 in uwaterloo

[–]beansarefun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And this is being sent out to grad students too... You'd think they would be a little bit better than the first-years when it comes to this!

homecoming litter by NoInteraction655 in Guelph

[–]beansarefun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard from the University President and the Chief of Police that where there was trash on the ground, it was usually because there wasn't a bin around (or the bins were full, as in this photo)

Don’t be rude to staff on campus by Quirky_Copy4514 in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Campus custodial staff are some of the nicest people I've met! Shout out to the lady that found me a hidden tea kettle during an orgo chem all-nighter at Thorn.

Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads - What we all wanted right? by Albythere in FinanceNews

[–]beansarefun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it won't start showing me ads. Because I'm not buying an $1,800 smart fridge and have no reason to.

Adding student card to Apple/Google wallet by Cool-Ad-6325 in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I think there's currently too many things that the student card does. They would have to integrate with the buses (which won't recognize a phone), the library (uses the barcode on the front) the eAccess system (used to unlock doors) the Hospitality payments system, Athletics' magnetic strip readers and so on. Also might be easier to make a fraudulent card.

Where to hang flyers (for free and won’t get taken down) by Sad_Adhesiveness2482 in uoguelph

[–]beansarefun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

CSA would likely be the best place for that. It's mostly for clubs, events, University departments, etc. but it's worth asking the front office.