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The right-to-repair movement is growing as wins stack up in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Me too. It's worth it.

The word "Luigi" is now flagged by automod for violence on Reddit in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

This is why alternatives are important.

Failed Attempt at Creating a Video Search Engine in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Searxng has it's own issues like scaling and getting good results. It can still be a good option.

‘Save the Children Convoy’ Finally Ends, Leaving Farmer With Piles of Garbage, Rancid Food and Unpaid Bills in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How is this getting upvoted? Totally ridiculous statement.

How (and why) to de-Google your life and protect your privacy | Proton in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the info

How (and why) to de-Google your life and protect your privacy | Proton in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

100%. They'll eventually turn evil. I self-host as much as I can.

What's the best affordable pre-built mini server? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Prebuilt like a traditional server? I personally use an orange pi and it's pretty good. Just make sure to use the open source arm OS.

Amazon, Walmart, and Target finally realize their colossal pricing mistake—now they’re slashing costs to win back customers in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just don't shop there

Loblaws boycott: Costco and Walmart are Canadians’ top low-cost grocery store alternatives in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

Walmart sells Classico pasta sauce for $2.97 in my area or 4/$10. Or I could go to zerhs and buy 1 for $7.99..

Ridiculous markup.

Canadian Home Prices "Need" To Be High To Pay For Retirements: PM - Better Dwelling in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 year ago (15 children)

If you need to have a home to afford to retire;

And most young people will never own a home;

How do we expect this to play out?

Linux is still not ready to replace Windows in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Have you tried popos?

Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] lautan@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Honestly this is valid. I wouldn't take this immediately. I would wait a few years to see if there are any side effects, too much money to be made.

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Food Banks Canada says food insecurity is worsening across the country (www.theglobeandmail.com)
 

The group says food security is rising in all 10 provinces and one in four Canadians have inadequate access to food

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Demolition begins for final blocks of Toronto's original Regent Park neighbourhood (www.blogto.com)
 

It's the end of an era for Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood, as the final blocks constructed in the late 1940s for what was Canada's largest and...

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Abusing url handling in iTerm2 and Hyper for code execution (vin01.github.io)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/168017

HN Discussion

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From Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square: new signage expected by end of year (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
 

The City of Toronto says signage for Yonge-Dundas Square was decommissioned earlier this month and signage reflecting the site's new name is expected to be installed by the end of the year.

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Doors Open Toronto This Weekend May 25th, 26th (www.toronto.ca)
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The history of what was once Toronto's grandest mansion (www.blogto.com)
 

The Cawthra Family immigrated from Guiseley, Yorkshire, England and arrived in Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1803. They lived in a brick house on the n...

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How (and why) to de-Google your life and protect your privacy | Proton (proton.me)
 

Google is one of the biggest obstacles to privacy. This article will explore how and why to de-Google yourself to reclaim and protect your digital privacy.

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3 teen girls expected to plead guilty in swarming death of Kenneth Lee in Toronto, court hears (www.cbc.ca)
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Canada’s standard of living on track for worst decline in 40 years (www.telegraph.co.uk)
 

The authors of the study said the figures should serve as a ‘wake-up call’ for the country’s Liberal government

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Canadian immigration asks medical worker fleeing Gaza if he treated Hamas fighters (www.theglobeandmail.com)
 

Immigration lawyers say the screening questions go ‘above and beyond what is asked in a normal immigration application’

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Hundreds of Indian students in Canada face deportation, protest against new rule (www.indiatoday.in)
 

In Prince Edward Island, a province in Canada, hundreds of Indian students are facing deportation after it changed its provincial immigration rules. Around 300 students are protesting and have threatened to go on a hunger strike if the Canadian province doesn't review its latest immigration policy.

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Toronto man's side hustle making calzones leads to new restaurant gig (www.blogto.com)
 

A Toronto man has quit his job to pursue his side gig of creating some of the cheesiest, steamiest calzones the city's ever seen full time. Longtim...

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