yannic

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[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

I think they're surprised because he's a banker with a track record of seeing things in the long term.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Yes. A few bad apples spoil the bunch.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No port forwarding, which is needed for ensuring your Linux ISO files are getting out there.

They used to be the perfect choice.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm all for what you're suggesting about software, but the training and I.T costs alone make me question the savings.

Information technologists adept at supporting users of Microsoft products are a dime a dozen. Anything outside of that, and you're paying the big bucks and/or have a much smaller hiring pool.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He's asking them to propose ways of cutting spending. Spending is different from funding. They can cut operational funding and still get earmarked funding for certain projects that wouldn't have otherwise got off the ground.

Government loves to make funding announcements that turn out to have 'small print'.

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

I specifically remember seeing "Product of India" on jars of their pickles. I guess that's only the cucumbers themselves?

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Your friend is a vampire.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Shasta gold.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago
[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On that note, as someone from a commonwealth nation, I was deeply appalled during the height of the pandemic when kettles couldn't be purchased here as they weren't considered 'essential items'.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Canadians write cheques. Americans deposit checks.

[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There was so much fear mongering about that tax.

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