[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

Would love to help with this and will be reaching out to Jacob. The grocery industry in Canada has been a big shell game for so long, and I love the idea of exposing their bullshit pricing tactics however possible.

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

See this relevant article on Firefox and Mozilla’s funding.

https://slrpnk.net/post/12621021

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 months ago

I saw these a few days ago and they reminded me that I am a moderator of a sleepy little community. 😆

Thankfully the mod tools were very effective in banning the user and nuking comments.

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Sobering, to say the least.

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This is a bit of a tongue-in-cheek take, but, honestly, I can’t see how else to engage more deeply with these policy rationales.

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I’m going to ask my doctor to prescribe me a hot tub.

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I didn’t need proof myself, but I suppose it’s comforting nevertheless to have it mathematically confirmed.

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 22 points 8 months ago

The most galling part of it all for me is knowing that it’s all political theatre of the worst kind. I feel like we’re all just playing our parts while the unrelenting assholes of the UCP use the cover provided by this misdirection to further their tear down of our health care system and enrichment of their petro-buddies. The maga stuff is a perfect buffet line of sewage from which this government carefully selects their next target to generate more outrage and keep Albertans distracted. Fuckers.

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Happy to hear this, but concerned that they would even think to try this in the first place.

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Our crack (head) Premier is at it again. Red meat for the base, harm for everyone else.

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[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Looks like my childhood. Loved this cake!

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

I agree that if you’re finding it hard to go in every day it may be time for a change. The main strategy I have used is to try to get clear on what you want, what you would consider to be need-to-have vs. nice-to-have. You can do this by making lists of things you like where you are now and things you don’t. The things you like are what you want to try to replicate somewhere else.

The main thing is to try to be more about moving toward something you want, and less about moving away from something you hate. Not always possible, but good to strive for. Otherwise you could end up repeatedly changing jobs to get away from bad people and drama, which, as many others have pointed out, will always be there to some degree.

I wish you well in your search. Stress is a real killer, and sometimes we don’t know how bad it is until we’re out of that environment. Trust your gut.

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Does this genius even have the legal right to decide this on behalf of all Albertans?

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

The Girl With All the Gifts was pretty good, based on the book of the same name.

For comedy, one of my faves is Stranger Than Fiction.

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

I think you could bring it a long way back by hitting the surface with some wd40 and light sanding to remove the surface rust. You could also go over it with a soft wire brush or drill attachment if there is rust inside the etching. I’m not sure how much more rehab it might need after that, other than a resharpening to restore the edge.

I’d be careful with chemical treatments unless you know how the finish will react. I have very little experience with them, so perhaps someone more knowledgeable will have better advice there.

Good luck!

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Fucking criminals.

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

I used to be responsible for the app portfolio in a 1000+ user company, and every 3 years or so I would go back out to the market and try hard to replace Adobe, just for PDF operations. Couldn’t do it because so many products were integrated with them, often in ways we could not reproduce with other products. The best we could do would be to pay for a different product for 1/3 of the cost for Adobe, and then still end up having to carry a significant number of Adobe licenses for cases when integration failed with the other product. No-win situation, and just easier to stay with the evil we knew.

I hate them.

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I just watched That Peter Crouch Film, and it was great. It’s a wonderful documentary telling the unusual story of the titular footballer’s career and life, in and out of the sport.

I am not a football fan, but I loved this film for its great story, warmth, humour, and humanity. It’s an easy watch at just under 90 minutes. I watched it on Amazon where it is included with Prime (in Canada).

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Our Maggie (i.imgur.com)
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She is a very good girl!

[-] paddythegeek@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 year ago

The longer this goes the more it reads like the onion.

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