settinmoon

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[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I use a roll reverser app on my macbook to get around this problem. You can configure touchpad to be natural and mouse to be traditional

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

What this guy did is irrelevant to the question whether he should be honoured in parliament due to his past as a member of the SS. Because he was not found guilty of war crimes that's why he's allowed to live peacefully here in Canada till this day. However, to be honoured in the parliament there has to be evidence of him done overwhelming good. Not committing war crimes as a former Nazi does not meet that threshold for him to be there.

You don't need to convince me that not all members of the Nazi party are necessarily evil, I never said they are and I don't care. The question at hand here is whether the individual should be honoured by Canada as a nation.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The problem I see here stems from the fact that the parliament is supposed to represent all Canadians. Honouring a former member of the SS is inconsiderate to those who have suffered from Nazism as well as their descendants here in Canada. Maybe it's appropriate to honour him in Ukraine as someone who contributed to Ukrainian independence because many there sees Nazism as a lesser evil than Soviet oppression. However I don't think that's good enough of a reason for it to be considered appropriate here in Canada.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

It depends on your threat model. Do you think Google knowing your video watching preference is dangerous? For me I don't care if Google knows my music and video preferences in general. If I'm watching things that I don't want Google to know I use Newpipe on a VPN. But sensitive document uploaded to Google drive? Not anymore.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I haven't looked into their code yet but that's an interesting thought. I wonder if you can fork their code and operate an instance where private messages are disabled.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I do understand the reaction. I have relatives in China that believe the HK protestors are foreign spies and a threat to national security that needs to be hunted down. They also thinks the political interference scandal is all made up by the Canadian government. If that's the information you hear day in and day out then it's natural that you believe in it and become upset when your reality is getting challenged.

I also agree with you on the last part. It doesn't make sense for Trudeau to take on India for no reason at this point in time when India is crucial to the West in the Indo-Pacific strategy. Unless the matter is serious he has nothing to gain and everything to lose.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Fellow Canadian here. Aside from the obvious troll farms I'm wondering shouldn't Indians be more concerned of these kind of conduct than others? If the world turns a blind eye imagine in the future if the Indian state label you as a "terrorist" for saying something they don't like, you are not even safe even if you managed to get out of the country.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

In 10 years the West would probably consider India to be too powerful and needs to be contained just like China is today. This may eventually push India to form a close alliance with China and Russia (assuming those two hasn't collapsed) and the West will have a much bigger problem to deal with than the China Russia alliance today. This is very similar to how China was used as a counterweight to the Soviets during the cold war, and now is forced to ally with Russia to counter western containment measures.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Canadian currently living in the US here. The problem is that these high skill jobs usually pays close to double in the US after taking forex into account. More than enough to pay for the extra cost for healthcare. Not to mention our healthcare system back home isn't in it's best shape at the moment. If some of these folks don't like their red state politics, they can easily move to a blue state instead of Canada where they're likely to get a massive pay cut.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I second this. Got an open box pixel 6 pro this year for $400, still blows most non-flagship current year phones out of the water.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

When I quit mainstream social media platforms half of my friend added me on signal and the other half agreed to just text me. Would I miss out on some group events? Maybe, but I don't need to be in every one of them. If I want any sort of group gathering I'd just organize one.

Your cousin just sounds miserable and it's really her loss for judging people by a tool of communication.

[–] settinmoon@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Because it works, has okay configurations out of the box, and I just don't really care enough about the points mentioned in this article to make the switch. I only use it for cases where I don't expect privacy like government websites. As soon as you open an account there they got all your info anyway.

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