Thanks!

Thank you!

Imagine I’m an idiot, do you have a link or description for where to find those? I looked for them some time ago and found nothing. 🥹

Where do you get installation media for Windows LTSC?

Today they’re smashing it at the rate of installation per year.

OK, so people can use the definition instead. In fact it might be more useful.

Are you telling me the hullabaloo wasn’t about antisemitism per se?

Don’t get used to it. Pipsqueak is coming with the ax.

The only thing that would have made this perfect would be a rose and a candle next to the raccoon. #DeadRaccoonTO

It’s a trap.

- A message from Canada

I vomit in my mouth every time I see these dumbasses.

Try to come up with a reasonable process for transitioning between the thresholds or stop pretending you’re interested in anything but proving your point.

Agreed. I’ve grown up with the development of the WWW and where we are today is completely different than where we used to be in the 90s and 2000s. The consolidation, universal access and the profit maximization via rage farming has put societies globally in an unprecedentedly precarious position. This isn’t your uncle’s Internet anymore. It’s a hyper-personalized engagement-maximizing corporate experience for all but a small fraction of people who were lucky enough to escape it. Anyone feeling I’m overreacting should spend an hour with their old account on Facebook.

To the “can’t enforce this because it can be circumvented” argument - this is missing the point of most laws. The intention is to apply to the majority, not to be foolproof. Getting most to stop a harmful behavior already gets us most of the benefits. We can never stop everyone.

Number of users is an obvious example. There are others.

This is straight up standard right wing propaganda. A much simpler explanation is that the platforms are feeding people false realities for profit. Rage gets the most engagement. Right wing propaganda works extremely well for that and as an added benefit it produces cohorts who vote in the interest of the platform owners. It’s a twofer.

From the article:

In return for the promise of two chickens in every pot, and deporting millions of migrants, the majority of voters were prepared to look the other way on what used to be core American values. They shrugged off the rule of law, freedom of the press, support for democracy at home and abroad, and basic civility in the nation’s public discourse.

From FDR:

“Democracy has disappeared in several other great nations, not because the people of those nations disliked democracy, but because they had grown tired of unemployment and insecurity, of seeing their children hungry while they sat helpless in the face of government confusion and government weakness through lack of leadership,”

…

“Finally, in desperation, they chose to sacrifice liberty in the hope of getting something to eat.”

If we’re to fight disinformation, we don’t need to get anywhere close to banning it altogether. Killing app access from the app stores is going to cut off almost all access to it. The point wouldn’t be to go after everyone who’s smart enough to sideload an app or use VPN to circumvent a block. It’s to remove it from the daily media diet of most Canadians.

Well if it’s respectful…

GTA, Montreal, GVA, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, etc.