JimVanDeventer

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Or the person wearing a thin jacket in -20C in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I am from around so I can’t say definitively what is Canadian about that. I meant “shat” as in the past tense of shit and a word that sounds like shattered, like the bad robot in Terminator 2 when he froze. Never the best joke if it needs explaining; I was just being a bit silly.

Or the person wearing a thin jacket in -20C in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

I am from Winnipeg. Natural selection has made us immune down to -40.

Edit: but then we just shatter. My tombstone will say “Jim shat himself to death” and there will be a statue of me wearing shorts.

‘Yahoos’: Preston Manning Claps Back at Alberta Secession Leader | The Tyee in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I didn’t have Preston Manning being in the news on my 2026 bingo card. REEEeeEefOoOoOOrm!

It's not always what it seems in c/loweffortmemes@crazypeople.online
Realtor Uses AI, Accidentally Posts Photo of Rental Property With Demonic Figure Emerging From Mirror in c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
the wok agenda in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Grindr using 1407GB.

XXX in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Welsh cat! Bapahdahbabapadahdah.

Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot caught telling businesses to break the law— New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a budget gap in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Now that you mention it, there was that story about Air Canada’s chatbot misleading a customer which ended up costing them $800. 😔

Edit: I know, legal fees and such, but there didn’t appear to be any punitive component nor incentive to change course.

Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot caught telling businesses to break the law— New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a budget gap in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (6 children)

It was costing the administration around half a million dollars.

How? Surely this was put in place as a cost cutting measure. I mean, terminate it, sure. Pay actual humans. I just have questions.

What if the Internet Goes Down? - 15 Jan, 7PM CET in c/technology@lemmy.world
Just play the piano Billy in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Sing us a song, you’re the singy man.

human rights for all in c/mop@quokk.au
[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“HOW DARE YOU… it’s fewer”.

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The best song Björk has ever made - The best song Björk will ever make (youtu.be)
 

https://youtu.be/VZDqUTd4C2M

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She's not wrong; she just doesn't seem happy about us calling her out for being a monster. (lemmy.world)
 
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Björk -Náttúra (youtu.be)
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TIL The Scanner Price Accuracy Code is a Canadian retail voluntary practice (en.m.wikipedia.org)
 

The Scanner Price Accuracy Code is a Canadian retail voluntary practice managed by the Retail Council of Canada and endorsed by the Competition Bureau. It was introduced in June 2002 as Canadian retailers were in the midst of updating their point-of-sale systems with barcode readers to "foster consumer confidence" with the new systems.

Full disclosure: I didn’t just learn about this today. I did just learn that it didn’t exist until 2002 which seems pretty late to start using barcodes.

Anyway, I have noticed a lot of stores have dropped out of the program or are bending the rules about what a posted price actually means (like if the price tag is on the shelf under the thing instead of actually on the thing). Sure, none of this is legally required — but still — don’t let them take this from you.

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Feel old yet? (lemmy.ml)
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I may have a chance to see GWAR later this year; what should I know before going? (lemmy.world)
 

Like, do I bring spare clothing or do I take transit home as is and just explain to everyone that the blood and semen I am covered in is fake and then simply answer any follow up questions the police they call have for me?

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me🥒irl (lemmy.world)
 
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Languages with upper and lower case letters should just pick one (lemmy.world)
 

The distinction doesn’t even translate to verbal communication and many languages are perfectly fine without cases. It is meaningless. Stop it!

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Does a game key card cart have to be in the Switch to play the game or is it not needed after the game has been redeemed? (lemmy.world)
 

Like, is it an eshop game at that point or some sort of worst of both worlds situation?

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This arcade stick uses the forbidden type A to type A cable (lemmy.world)
 
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Please Help with the MyHouse QR Code Thing (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world to c/doom@lemmy.world
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Does anybody have the MyHouse QR code thing that you are supposed to download? I tried for several months but the download was always at capacity and now the link is seemingly expired. Can a charitable community member just share whatever that is supposed to be with me? Thanks, y’all.

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Can I self host a VPN that sneakies through the China firewall? (lemmy.world)
 

Like, from inside China to the outside, but a bilateral solution would be fine with me, too.

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