Grimpen

joined 2 years ago
[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Now that you say that, I did set up another RSS reader to display a Lemmy RSS. Thunderbird sports RSS, therefore…

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait, Thunderbird queue with Activity Pub or Lemmy?

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

And it's not like Putin is going to the front, or will be impoverished.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

So many great songs! Glad to see my man Boy Golden making it through to the International Lemmyvision!

The real treasure was the ~~friends we made along the way!~~ new music we were exposed to along the way! I had never heard of Angine de Poitrine before this years Lemmyvision nominations, thank you for the nominations, and the discussion!

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Came for the tunes, stayed for the discussion on normalized vs inverted Borda Count.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Putin still has minions in the EU post-Orban, but no doubt the Russian position keeps getting worse and worse.

The US no longer sends any aid to Ukraine I understand, they simply are delivering equipment that EU countries have bought on behalf of Ukraine. This was a big win for Putin, but nowhere big enough. Add in EU shell manufacturing capacity growing so fast, along with just the general revitalization of EU arms manufacturing, I think the US' support is becoming less and less critical. Given the broad support Ukraine enjoys in the US, I would expect this to reverse in a few years, so there is another clock ticking for Russia.

Honestly, putting myself in Putin's shoes, it's one of two things. First, he has so successfully insulated himself, he has no idea how things are going. Second, he's just continuing to attack because to stop would mean his ouster and likely execution.

So long as Russia continues the war, Putin has an easier time of fending off potential internal enemies. Thousands of ordinary Russians will suffer and many die, but that's a sacrifice he's willing to make to keep holding on to power.

The longer he can hold on, the more chances subverting can change for him.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 weeks ago
 

Canada needs the capacity to keep Canadians' data within Canada. It's tough to escape Google/Apple, unless there is a Blackberry resurrection.

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

I think it's more of an "ESH" (everyone sucks here) situation. Falun Gong is a cult, and their Epoch Times "newspaper" is pretty much trash, but China has engaged in an extensive transnational repression campaign, and one of their targets is Falun Gong.

This BBC article from 2023 focuses on an incident in New York, but touches on others.

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

Glad fellow Dan Mangan fans are on top of this!

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you play 1st edition, circa 1989? The original decking rules are pretty well represented in the recent Sega Shadowrun game from 1994, just a few years ago.

It's an entire solo dungeon sort of experience, while the rest of the group watches the decker and GM play a one on one game.

It was radically streamlined for 2nd edition on, but it took me a while to notice, since Deckers were always NPCs and decking was just exposition for years.

Forgive the formatting, I'm feeling fragile, probably from my advanced age.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

I've got lots of time, I'm only… oh sh1t.

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Okay, technically late, but I'm surprised no one nominated The Beaches - Last Girls At The Party (English). It's probably a little mainstream for Lemmy? Seems to be getting lots of radio play, and fairly popular (or at least Canadian popular).

I'll nominate them, if an exception can be made, even though I already nominated a couple of other songs. Otherwise, add them to the playlist and jam out. The real prize is the music we listened to along the way.

 

I (16,16,16,16,Autophage) responded to a comment asking about going to the next galaxy via a core jump. I'll call them "Interloper Kyle". Interloper Kyle asked for "no spoilers".

I described the general process for travelling to the galactic core, then jumping to the galactic core, informed them there was an animation, and that you spawned in the next galaxy with a "special surprise". They said no spoilers!

I was hanging out at the 00ει010λµ bar and my Overseer said I should've warned Interloper, that the "special surprise" isn't what they meant by "no spoilers". the settlement's assassin said that I was in the clear, that the "special surprise" is a rite of passage. About this time, Rucion walked in from their shift at the Pungent Food Cannery, so we all bailed, but it's got me thinking.

I haven't heard from Interloper Kyle, and comms message get returned "kzzzzzt". Should I have warned Interloper Kyle to pack some Repair Kits and extra Wiring Looms? Pick up an old hauler from the local Trading Post? AITAH?

 

Just getting started, and I'm noticing that the first two systems I've visited have been abandoned. Is this like Adrift? I just visited the Anomaly, and it is also eerily silent, no other players visible.

Spooky, just in time for Halloween I suppose.

Question though, is there anyway to sell surplus technology modules? Without the normal merchants in space stations, I can't think of anyway of using sentinels to farm nanites. Can't remember from Adrift.

Good luck Travellers, I'm going to go back to drift in the void…

 

Dear Canada — Hockey Films by Tim Thompson

Dear Canada, I felt compelled to make something. To stick up for, and to honour. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy, light and heart. I spent the past few weeks in my free time piecing this together. It's a love letter, made with deep gratitude for the people and places of this beautiful land. Vive le Canada 🇨🇦 ❤️ ✌️ 💪

The YouTube algorithm clocked that I was watching Canadian news, so suggested this to me. I liked it. Thank you algorithm. Montage of Canadian events and scenes. Just good ol' basic feel-good Canadiana.

 

Considering that MAGA are the ones cheering at "jokes" about annexation, and the chaos around the Trump Tariffs, what are the chances she's going there to give a robust defence of Canada vs. debase herself in service of a foreign power?


Edited to use a screenshot because disappointingly, apparently I overestimated my fellow Canadian's ability to view a page on the modern internet without accidentally giving out their credit card number. Since I think it's important to include sources, I am still providing the link here.

It's even more disappointing that you are all more concerned about screenshots versus the Premier of a Canadian province going to a MAGA adjacent event while they "joke" about annexation.

Source: https://donate.prageru.com/event/east-coast-gala-2025/e618826

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Grimpen@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
 

I have a copypasta that I've been using to suggest that my fellow Canucks open a Mastodon account, along with suggestions with good CanCon follows.

I'd like to hear anyone's suggestions for further Canadian news or just prolific posters that I might have missed.

It does open with a listing of Canadian Mastodon instances, which I think is secondary. It only matters for a Canadian focused Live feed, which does help with discovery. Still, if there is a Canadian instance I missed I'll add.

I know there is some irony in talking about Canadian Mastodon on Canadian Lemmy without promoting Canadian Lemmy, but I think Mastodon is better for just following news sources. Lemmy is more for discussion and has a little bit more of a barrier to entry.

Edit: Updated 2025-03-07 based on feedback.


Consider making an account on a Canadian Mastodon instance. Mastodon is a decentralized open-source social media platform similar to X/Twitter. There are several Canadian based general interest "instances" where you can make an account: Mstdn.ca, TheCanadian.Social, CoSocial.ca or SocialBC.ca.

There is no one company fine-tuning an algorithm to entertain you, sell you crypto, and radicalise you, so you'll need to do some work on setting up your feed. Check out Fedi.Directory, Interesting Accounts to Follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse and Fedi.Tips- An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse.

For some Canadian themed news sources, I recommend the following Mastodon follows:

Following #Hashtags is also a good way to stay in the loop on a topic. For now, I'd suggest #Canada and #CdnPoli .

There are also Canadian instances and other Federated services, but Mastodon is probably a good gateway. If you would like to explore the Canadian Fediverse further, join the discussion over at Lemmy.ca or Sh.itJust.Works (kind of like Reddit) or check out the scenery at Pixelfed.ca (kind of like Instagram).

Even if it isn't your primary social media, at least you'll have a backstop of news and a way to connect without the algorithms manipulating what to show you. Hope to see you out there.

 

Peter Navarro wants to increase pressure on country that Donald Trump has threatened to annex

 

The Cursed Expedition was one of my favourite expeditions, so of course I'm redoing it.

The constant drain of the Anomaly Suppressor and the harassment of the Boundary Horrors lends an incessant pressure. That first dash to the ship with an underpowered Boltgun and no Elixirs at hand is reminiscent of a Permadeath start.

I think the slightly reduced targets of the Redux version make it a little less grindy.

And of course, the trash talk…

Artemis is gone? Run it in! She's just in another level of the simulation, you bastards!

That's uncalled for! You leave them out of this!

Some sweet vengeance

 

A bit odd perhaps, at least Ii haven't run into this.

Planets in uncharted systems have no structures. However if you use a portal to travel to a planet in an uncharted system, a Portal will generate. I spent a good deal of time trying to portal to this world, and some other worlds in the same system. I've double-checked the glyphs several times. In all cases I get the address error, approximating. I'll end up in a different system around the same distance from the core every time.

I swear I've done this to generate a portal on uncharted worlds before. Did I not have enough coffee today? Has this been "patched"? As it is I portalled to a bunch of other systems anyways, so got a functional portal base for this galaxy. On to the next.

Glyphs 3207-FA00-6FFA

 

Not as big as some of the others I've found, but I'm pretty sure these are the tallest Moving Castles/Towers I've seen in Euclid (Galaxy 00, the first galaxy).

If you can get to a Euclid portal, you have a couple of choices for walkers to help you explore.

Glyphs: 21FD-030C-790D

 

Doing the Galaxy tour, and got distracted (again) passing through #34 (hex 21) Ehbogdenbu. Saw a prime candidate for synthetic creatures and discovered the biggest walking tower I've encountered in the wild! 6.8m tall. It's a bit out of the way I suppose, but they are a wonder to behold.

The planet has aggressive sentinels, so I built a base. It should simplify pacifying the local sentinels.

The darker walker isn't native to the planet, that's the mysterious pet I picked up somewhere, but it is pretty much the same height.

Hex address 107E-0700-7007.

Currently named "Bastion Walker 6.8" but open to suggestions.

Traveller for scale

Two walking towers

 

I picked up this tall boi just before the Adrift Redux expedition, and I was going to remember where I picked him up but… I didn't. Flipped back through my discoveries, no sign. It's the tallest of these big synthetic creatures I've discovered. I'm certain it's the tallest creature I've discovered, but it's not in my wonders either (which make me curious to backtrack to find the tallest that is in my wonders).

I wish you could export your discoveries to a CSV file, or something that let you search through and sort more effectively, but is there any easy way to figure out where a pets origin world was?

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