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Article en français (La Presse)

The Liberals under Susan Holt have won the majority of seats in the New Brunswick election.

At 9 p.m., with 80 per cent of the polls reporting, the Liberals were leading 31 ridings, the Progressive Conservatives were leading in 16 and the Greens were leading in two ridings.

Just before 9 p.m., CBC projected wins for Holt and Green Party Leader David Coon, who both ran for Fredericton seats, but PC Leader Blaine Higgs lost his Quispamsis riding to Liberal Aaron Kennedy.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 139 points 3 months ago

While I'll always be wary of corporations, Valve seems to be maintaining an overall good relationship with the FOSS community (for the time being).

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 74 points 10 months ago

The government said it welcomed the "landmark decision", adding it would help ensure care is based on evidence and is in the "best interests of the child".

It's truly insulting that they even dare suggest that this is in the best interests of trans kids, or that it's based on any evidence. Puberty blockers save lives.

It follows a public consultation on the issue

Since when is public opinion relevant for the availability of healthcare? Can we have expert opinions, please?

The review followed a sharp rise in referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS)

"More people need this treatment than ever before! Better completely cut off access to it!" is such a malicious position to take. I actually don't understand how these transphobic fucks can be so callous and insensitive.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 66 points 10 months ago

When was conservatism not ignorant? Certainly not in my lifetime. It's been an ideology of anti-intellectualism for at least three decades now.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 64 points 10 months ago

I wonder how anyone in their right mind would propose the defense "we can't be held liable for what the chatbot we purposefully put on our website said". Did Air Canada's lawyers truly think this would fly?

If you don't want to be held to AI hallucinations, don't put an AI chatbot on your website, seems easy enough.

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Jake Moffatt was booking a flight to Toronto and asked the bot about the airline's bereavement rates – reduced fares provided in the event someone needs to travel due to the death of an immediate family member.

Moffatt said he was told that these fares could be claimed retroactively by completing a refund application within 90 days of the date the ticket was issued, and submitted a screenshot of his conversation with the bot as evidence supporting this claim.

The airline refused the refund because it said its policy was that bereavement fare could not, in fact, be claimed retroactively.

Air Canada argued that it could not be held liable for information provided by the bot.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 98 points 11 months ago

I'm laughing but it hurts 😭

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 146 points 11 months ago

Can someone tell me where all the trans FOSS devs/enthusiasts hang out IRL, I need friends 🥺

~Signed, a lonely trans FOSS enthusiast (not a programmer sadly, maybe I just need thigh high socks...)

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 81 points 11 months ago

Presenting the pricing as if it represents a bulk discount when it doesn't.

The only reason to do this is to trick people who can't do multiplication into buying more.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 62 points 11 months ago

These folks are threatening schools with bombs, yet somehow it's the drag queens reading age-appropriate books that are a menace to the children 🙄

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Hello! I've posted this a few weeks ago on /c/linux4noobs@programming.dev but I didn't get much of an answer, I hope it's okay to post it here as well.

I use 3 audio devices on my computer: my monitor's speakers (through HDMI), my headphones (through line-out/built-in audio) and my microphone (line-in/built-in audio). They all work fine, but when I reboot my headphones / line-out don't seem to get recognized at all.

The only solution I've found thus far is to re-install alsa-utils twice after rebooting. Upon the first reinstall, my line-out / headphones reappear but my line-in mic disappears, only to come back after the second reinstall. Technically my sound works perfectly fine after this, but it feels extremely dumb to reinstall a package twice after every reboot.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance :)

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 84 points 1 year ago

I live in a small town, this basically happens whenever I go to a social event.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 110 points 1 year ago

I can't imagine why, he sounds like exactly the type of person police departments go for.

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Bike on a beer can on a bike.

Fun fact: Radler is the Bavarian dialect word for Radfahrer (“cyclist”)

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I'll start with a couple of mine:

  • Terry Barentsen (fast-paced urban rides, mainly in NYC)

  • BCpov (MTB rides as well as some trail building stuff)

  • Shifter (informative videos on various topics relating to cycle commuting)

  • One Cyclist in Lisbon (pretty much what it says on the tin, lots of silly city cycling moments in his compilations and as well as longer rides outside Lisbon)

  • Ed Pratt's Unicycling The World series (I know it's not a bike, but it touches on a lot of just cycle touring in general)

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Antlo-Saxons (rimgo.pussthecat.org)
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Is there a specific route or trail you want to hit up this summer? A distance or fitness goal of some sort? Planning a bicycle tour? Bikepacking?

Please share, I'm curious to see what all of you are getting up to for this summer!

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Cycling communities were one of my favourite parts of reddit, and I've been unable to find any equivalents on here so I decided to start this community. Feel free to post and comment about anything related to cycling! I'd love for this place to continue in the spirit of /r/xbiking, not necessarily content-wise but definitely attitude-wise. We're all cyclists, and at the end of the day the only criteria for being a part of this community is riding a bicycle (and enjoying it!)

Please comment any suggestions you have for this space, or simply say hi and let us know what you like to do on your bike!

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