BenVimes

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[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Hey, you hacks writing this: there is no massive flow of drugs going from Canada to the USA. Stop letting the orange rapist get away with this lie.

Here's my original post again. I bolded the key part: it's Trump telling the lie, and the news organizations are credulously repeating it.

This same article doesn't provide any pushback to this claim until much later in the article, and then it only says that, "Carney said Canada accounts for only about 1% of fentanyl imports into the US," instead of calling it what it is: a lie.

This is what has my onions cheesed: that major news outlets are uncritically repeating all the fetid slop that spews from Trump's mouth. Another example was the 'Governor Trudeau' bit from a few months ago, where I saw one clip of a gormless CNN anchor nod their empty head and chuckle as Trump's lapdog displayed the most wanton disregard for civility and the truth.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Canada had "failed to cooperate" in curbing the flow of fentanyl and other drugs across the US border. The Canadian government says it is cracking down on drug gangs.

Hey, you hacks writing this: there is no massive flow of drugs going from Canada to the USA. Stop letting the orange rapist get away with this lie.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 days ago (6 children)

My own experience, as someone who is not necessarily tech illiterate, but also not an expert either:

I decided to check out some basic Linux stuff, and found a post directing newcomers to a website that was supposed to be a top-notch beginner's guide. This guide started with a history of Linux, written in the style of an early 2000s GameFAQs guide. It then jumped immediately into selecting a distro, and started describing each option with terms like "lightweight"and "robust" without explaining what those terms meant in that context - or even defining what a distro was in the first place.

As someone who has used Windows for around 3 decades, I could make some inferences to fill in the gaps. But I imagine someone with less experience with PCs would get completely lost.

Now on the flip side, I've also shared in another thread the story of how I lost interest in programming partway through my introductory university course, and mostly received positive feedback. The folks in that thread seemed happy to hear the perspective of an outsider.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The first time I tried this was with my kid's crib. I ended up forgetting it was there and I had to borrow tools from the movers instead. I got most of the way through the disassembly before finding the hidden allen key and realizing I had outsmarted myself.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I realized a while back that one of the primary goals of these LLMs is to get people to continue using them. While that's not especially notable - the same could be said of many consumer products and services - the way in which this manifests in LLMs is pretty heinous.

This need for continued use is why, for example, Google's AI was returning absolute nonsense when asked about the origins of fictitious idioms. These models are designed to return something, and to make that something pleasing to the reader, truth and utility be damned. As long as the user thinks that they're getting what they wanted, it's mission accomplished.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Our first also needed a frenotomy, and we had to go to a specialist clinic outside the hospital.

My best understanding of that situation was that they first wanted to make sure it was actually a problem over a week or two of observation. Then, the procedure was technically classified as dental surgery, so a doctor at a hospital couldn't perform it for professional/ethical/insurance reasons.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

How much support new parents get seems to vary by city (and maybe province?).

I've also had two children born in Canada in the past few years, but in different cities (and provinces). Neither gave us a baby box, but the first provided a free and unprompted hearing test right in the recovery room, while the other required us to make a seperate appointment in the weeks following the birth for that same service.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My angel is the centrefold?

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Assuming you were aiming for the French phrase for 'seafood', I think you meant 'fruit de mer.'

'Fruit de la mère' would translate to, 'fruit of the mother.'

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A few months ago, my work got everyone Copilot 365 licences. I have yet to use it, and I haven't seen anyone in my immediate vicinity using it either. So from my perspective, it's wasted money and bandwidth. I do work at a very large organization, so maybe there are people elsewhere who do use it, but it has yet to contribute anything to my work.

You want to know what would make my job easier? A password manager or unified login of some sort. I'm currently juggling nearly a dozen unique passwords, and it's mentally taxing.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If you were talking about neckties, maybe. Loosening social ties doesn't sound natural, at least to me.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This recently happened in my campaign.

We were fighting a dragon, and it kept flying around its lair, making it very hard for my Barbarian to hit it. We ultimately won, but 3 of the party of 5 died.

Later, while dividing loot, I saw that I had been carrying a Potion of Flying the whole time, and the fight probably would have gone better if I had used it.

 

I'm experiencing an issue with the Default sort for Posts setting. Here's a scenario of how the issue plays out:

  1. I adjust my Default sort for Posts setting to be Active through the Settings menu.
  2. I close the and reopen the app, and it opens to Active.
  3. I change the current sorting method to something else, e.g. TopSixHour, using the drop-down menu in the top-right of the app.
  4. I close and reopen the app, and it opens to TopSixHour. Additionally, the option for Default sort for Posts has been changed to TopSixHour in the Settings menu.

I've only noticed this since recently getting a new phone, going from a Pixel 7 to a Pixel 9. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app and that did not fix the issue.

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