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  • I'm sure the AI will make it run even faster.

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  • Compared to i3 it is, but I admit that's not a fair comparison as i3 is going for a very specific style that is cheap to implement.

  • I'm sure the AI will make it run even faster.

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  • As an Arch user I hate these memes. Guys, the only difference between distros is effectively the versions of packages you're getting, and what the default packages and configs are. In Ubuntu you are completely free to have a very minimal i3 setup (I did for several years!) while in Arch you can use some bloated Gnome UI. This "Arch is fast and Ubuntu is slow" really isn't true if you compare Arch-Gnome vs Ubuntu-Gnome, or Arch-i3 vs Ubuntu-i3.

  • What's old is new again.

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  • I was looking to see if anyone would post this. This one made me seriously naseous when I watched it.

  • What would the next pres of USA have to do to gain back trust for America? Hold a televised event saying the last person was just a fuck up?

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  • It won't happen in my lifetime because your guardrails failed at all levels, including voters. A vile president is supported by hypocrite judges, confirmed by a spineless legislature, voted in by amoral voters. 20 years ago Republicans were the "family values" party. There were issues with that, but it was a given they wouldn't threaten allies, meme themselves as Christ, celebrate war crimes, promote gambling, be pedophiles, be brazenly corrupt, etc. Then they, and their voters, shed their morals like snakes molting. Even if somehow they started acting like right and wrong were real concepts again, I won't trust them to not shed that again when it's convenient.

  • Swoomp

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  • Pretty sure MS would name theirs "Internet Manager 6 Extreme Copilot".

  • Exclusive: Carney's pitch to unlock trillions in global investment

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  • Ehh, there's actually good risk reasons why funds, like the Canada Pension Plan, should be investing worldwide. Basically, if a crisis hits us in particular and all your investments are here, then then all your investments suffer. Meanwhile, because the economy is suffering, some people may opt to retire early so your withdrawals also increase. Whereas if your investments are distributed worldwide then you're less exposed to any individual crisis. Canada's economy might suffer as the US kills free trade, etc. but your investment in Australia continues generating returns.

    I would also be worried about cronyism & connections interfering with the funds if your investments are more local. I imagine business leaders in Canada would have better success in influencing a local fund to make an unfair investment (good for the business, bad for the pensioners) than foreign business leaders might have. Plus it's a lot easier to say 'no' to a bad investment the more options you have.

  • Ukraine said it captured a Russian position using only ground robots and drones, no infantry, for the first time

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  • This, but also if you aren't putting your soldiers at risk then war becomes more palatable (and thus more likely). For example, I doubt Trump would have attacked Iran if he had been quoted 1000+ American causalties in the first week.

  • Woman who stole $70K in grandparent scam should get house arrest, lawyers argue

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  • While prison is expensive, you're not accounting that the risk of prison can be effective at disincentivizing future crimes which also have a cost to society. So yeah, confining this scammer in prison is expensive, but if it scares off others from scamming then prison could end up net beneficial.

    I will add that I'm not at all against programs trying to rehabilitate criminals, especially as those programs can both help the prisoner and society (by reducing repeat crimes); but I do believe that there is value in making the punishment for crime unpleasant for the criminal, which I don't think house arrest accomplishes.

  • The job market is so bad, workers now think they have worse odds of finding a role than during the pandemic

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  • I do think this is underappreciated advice though. In 2015 after I finished my Bachelors I wasn't having any luck with job searching, so I started printing my resume and hand-delivering it to the companies instead of responding online. My resume sat on the desk of my future manager for a few weeks until he eventually decided to go through with interviewing me. If I had only applied online I suspect my application would have been looked at only once, and I probably wouldn't have been hired.

  • Mozilla accuses Microsoft of sabotaging Firefox with Windows and Copilot tactics

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  • That's fair. I wouldn't reject money from Google but instead build up an endowment with it for when it eventually disappears. If you can recover your market share (maybe by investing in your browser - the peformance is lagging) then you can also demand more money from Google to set them as default. Finally, Mozilla is a non-profit and I wouldn't be opposed to them just asking for donations, like most non-profits.

  • Mozilla accuses Microsoft of sabotaging Firefox with Windows and Copilot tactics

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  • I had an ad in my Firefox settings for "Solo AI Website Creator". It's a product from Mozilla for using AI to build your website. Note that it's not open source, and you must rely on them to host your website (no export functionality, and recurring fees outside a basic free tier).

    I agree with you, I wish Mozilla would focus solely on their mission instead of trying to build all these side projects people don't want.

  • Canada in the European Union? Poll suggests broad openness to the idea

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  • Economic - Because of shipping costs & distance it would be harder to buy / sell with European based firms, so there'd be less benefits to the economic single market.

    Social - Because of distance and time zones it would be more costly to move, both in terms of $ (can't drive to Europe), and in terms of social costs due to huge timezone shift from friends and family.

    Political - Some benefits, but also Europe's needs / wants aren't as aligned with ours. For example, due to geography it's in our best interests to maintain a good trading relationship with the Americans (which isn't ideal, but it's the reality). The Europeans aren't as incentivized to ensure we have the best trade agreement if it hurts their interests - remember that any member can block some of these treaties.

    It's probably best for us to get as close as we can so long as it doesn't interfere with us negotiating our own trade ties with other nations (particularly the US). That's really the one item where it could be a net-negative.

  • I guess he finally snapped

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  • He's saying "Praise be to Allah" sarcastically, which I'm interpreting as "I'm threating to do terrible harm to your country if you don't submit, and even your god can't help you." Or who knows - maybe he thinks he's being diplomatic? He doesn't think so it's hard to derive intent.

  • Microsoft wants Edge to automatically open by default every time you turn on your Windows 11 PC

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  • Wasn't MS just saying that they were going to work to de-shittify Windows? Evidently the same decision makers for the previous shit are still in charge.

  • AMD says it will buy Intel, completing the strangest reversal in chip history

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  • I'm annoyed because I only saw it on my feed today. Luckily I was about 2 sentences in before I checked the date.

  • Canada officialy hits NATO 2% GDP target

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  • I mean to be fair, other countries, including the US, consider their coast guards to be part of their militaries. This doesn't seem deceptive to me. As for money spent on bases and pay raises, that seems like it should count.

  • Warning: Eyebuydirect.ca isnt Canadian!! They're from Texas.

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  • Warning: Eyebuydirect.ca isnt Canadian!! They're from Texas.

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  • Afaik to register a .ca you either need to either be a Canadian, a permanent resident, some sort of legal entity in Canada (so say Amazon Canada), or the monarch. So this company should have some kind of Canadian presence if they own a .ca.

  • Is an individual's debt rescinded when they passed away?

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    700+ self-hosted Git instances battered in 0-day attacks with no fix imminent

    www.theregister.com /2025/12/10/gogs_0day_under_active_exploitation/
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    Canadian Man Stuck in Triangle of E-Commerce Fraud – Krebs on Security

    krebsonsecurity.com /2024/01/canadian-man-stuck-in-triangle-of-e-commerce-fraud/
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    Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $234 million to Canadian media

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/online-news-act-google-meta-1.6954656
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    Exclusive: Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage

    www.reuters.com /technology/metas-canada-news-ban-fails-dent-facebook-usage-2023-08-29/