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TheFeatureCreature

@ TheFeatureCreature @lemmy.ca

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  • Facebook is just socially accepted malware.

  • Trump ends trade talks with Canada over tax on US tech firms

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  • Trade negotiations with Trump are pointless anyway. It was himself that ripped up his own trade agreement and pissed all over Canada.

  • AI willing to let humans die, blackmail to avoid shutdown, report finds

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  • Say it with me now:

    LLMs are not artificial intelligence.

  • Four Years After the BC Heat Dome, What Have We Learned?

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  • Seeing as you don't live here in BC and apparently didn't read the article, I don't think you understand just how bad this heat dome event was.

    BC is on Canada's pacific coast and its largest urban centre is within a coastal temperate rainforest. Our usual summer temperatures range from 25-32c ish, sometimes a bit higher. During the heat dome of 2021, it was 40-45c+ within the city. The town of Lytton, northeast of Vancouver, blew past temperature records with a recorded temp of 50c. For a brief period of time, a little town in Canada had one of the highest temperatures on Earth before it was essentially destroyed by forest fires that consumed much of the province and blanketed everyone else with smoke.

    Over 600 people died during this heat event with more being attributed to it each year as investigations conclude.

  • Robotaxi Drives Double the Speed Limit, Hits Speed Bumps at Full Speed… Tesla Influencers Describe It as “Excellent.”

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  • Looking forward to the headlines: "Tesla Robotaxi passengers need medical attention after Robotaxi hits speed bump at 70mph"

  • Irish people travelling to US told to delete comments criticising Trump to avoid detention

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  • Waiting for the first country that has the balls to issue a full nation-wide travel advisory against the US.

  • Tesla In 'Self-Drive Mode' Hit By Train After Turning Onto Train Tracks

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  • Tesla's self-driving is pretty shite but they seem to have a particular problem with railway crossings, as also pointed out in the article. Of all of the obstacles for the self-driving system to fail to detect, the several thousand tons of moving steel is probably one of the worst outcomes.

  • Almost half of Canadians oppose hiking tariffs on Chinese goods to secure U.S. relief, poll finds

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  • To secure "relief" ie: To return to the previous trade agreement that Trump himself signed off on.

    To desire nothing but a return what-once-was is incredibly shortsighted. This isn't about getting relief from tariffs is that those tariffs should never have happened in the first place. The US violated our trade agreement and, to this day, still changes its mind on what it wants almost daily. They have also made continuous threats towards our sovereignty with threats of invasion and war as well as flagrant disrespect towards our elected leader(s) and citizens.

    The Canada-US relationship is over. It's done. Trying to make more deals with them is a foolish waste of time at best and a threat to our national security at worst.

  • Protected Bike Lanes Attract Four Times as Many Cyclists

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  • Cyclist here.

    We love being able to get around without the risk of being murdered or permanently disfigured by people driving cars. We will intentionally go out of our way to ride on protected routes even if it means extending our travel times.

    Drivers disagree. They demand that we ride in traffic where we will slow them down, make them angry, and make them want to murder us.

  • Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

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  • And yet we are surrounded by the bones of companies and projects that were killed by private equity.

    This is the end of Nexus Mods. It might not be today, it might not be tomorrow, but the cord will be cut the moment it's not suitable for the new overlords.

  • The Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible

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    • Costs $499 or
    • Made in USA

    Pick one. You can't have both.

  • Spaniards packing water pistols blame impact of mass tourism for housing crunch

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  • Yup. If you've ever lived in or near a tourist destination then you can probably understand why these people are upset.

    People are getting ousted from their homes (usually gradually but sometimes abruptly too) in favour of people that don't even live there. It may be as small as a tourist trap displacing a local neighbourhood or as big as short-term rentals and a tourism economy pushing out the lower classes in an entire city.

  • Should Lemmy (or a user) consider potentially adding a profanity counter bot similar to Reddit's u/profanitycounter?

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  • Please no. One of the parts of Reddit I really hate is the amount of useless bots that clog up the comments.

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    Puffin. Oil, sand on canvas

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  • Birb! Well done.

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  • When you're new to driving and not totally comfortable with it yet - most of your brainpower will be focused on controlling and handling the vehicle and taking your attention away from that to check signage is terrifying.

    This goes away with practice and experience. Eventually controlling the car will become muscle memory and you can devote your brainpower to broader observation of your surroundings and signage. Start with calm back roads, quiet residential streets, and gentle intersections. Preferably an area with a mix of things like stop signs, uncontrolled intersections, hill stops, school/play zones, crosswalks, and so on.

    It can be kinda fun too as you can explore neighbourhoods you've never been to before.

  • Walmart Expands Rollout of Generative AI Search on App

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  • You couldn't pay me to put the Walmart app on my phone, AI or not.

  • Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want?

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  • Firstly: Designing an appealing sports/luxury car is expensive and many companies hire skilled professionals from known design firms to help accomplish this. The design often comes first and much of the car is constructed to fit the aesthetic and theme. Cheaper vehicles are more utilitarian with a more "that'll do" attitude instead of being designed with artistic intention.

    Secondly: Almost ever car maker has their own luxury brand or subsidiary. Selling cheap luxury/sports cars would undermine their own brand's prestige and market segregation. There is a reason why dedicated luxury brands will not make budget-friendly vehicles unless legally forced to.

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  • LGR is a classic. He's a great, honest guy and runs a good channel with good content. Financed by views and memberships/Patrons; I don't think he does any sponsorship deals at all.

    He's an old-school kind of Youtuber that sticks to what he does and doesn't overreach or grow too fast like so many channels do.

  • Danielle Smith falsely claims Canada has ‘the lowest living standards in the world’

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  • No, that would be the people that vote for them every single election.