[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 days ago

Yes I agree. To me this sends the message ``best case you keep the money, worst cause you have to pay it back." No true penalty.

[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 33 points 6 days ago

The $38.9 million fine Cineplex has now been handed is equivalent to the amount it collected from consumers through the $1.50 online booking fee between June 2022 and December 2023.

This is already way harsher than corporations usually get but I can't help but wish it was more that all they got because they come out with no actual loss.

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A step in the right direction. I've always found it very upsetting that before tip machines, the standard 15% tip was on the subtotal and now it's always calculated on the total. We are double screwed in that over 15% has been pushed lately and the ``15%" is not the 15% that we used to have.

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[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 91 points 1 month ago

Finally. Hopefully removed from Civ V as well.

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[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 51 points 3 months ago

Great read. Even in STEM research as a grad student I'm very tired of every saying "let's try machine learning on this problem" to get something that works marginally better than some conventional models but requiring huge amounts of computation and data.

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REM delayed again... this time with no new target date.

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[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 34 points 5 months ago

Qwant is a privacy-focused search engine that puts your needs first while protecting your personal data. By blocking trackers and advertisements, Qwant helps your search results remain unbiased and comprehensive. Just like Firefox, they are committed to protecting your privacy and preserving the decentralized nature of the web, where people have control over their online experiences.

Except starting this week, Qwant has started blocking me for using an adblocker. I've had to block Javascript to get around it.

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I've ordered a bunch this year. Some stuff I've gotten that I like:

  • Carbon bottle cages
  • Top tube bags
  • Hand pumps. I ordered 2, one of them worked.. but still significantly cheaper than a brand-name one. Also got a handheld pressure gauge for checking the pressure after pumping on the road
  • Glasses—Maybe dangerous in a crash.

Some stuff I'm waiting on:

  • Cycling computer (iGPSport BSC200). Wanted super basic functionality and am expecting it to be crap. Just a bit concerned with the data handling in terms of privacy.
  • Velocity, cadence, HR sensors. WAY cheaper than from Garmin/Wahoo, we'll see if they work well.

What are your favorites? Or just cheap accessories in general?

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Hi all,

I've a gen 3 Domane AL 2 (Disk). Currently I have road tires (32mm Conti GP5000 TL) on my (stock) wheels. I see some people near me selling brand new Bontrager Paradime SL at C$200 for the pair (the same wheels I have, but from a Checkpoint model).

Could I buy these to add gravel tires, and then just swap the wheels as necessary? Anyone have any experience with this? Not sure if tolerances are tight enough that I wouldn't have to adjust the derailleur and brakes each time I do the switch. I would of course buy the same rotors and the same cassette.

Bit more details: I wanted to upgrade bikes next year (thinking Domane AL 5) and put gravel tires on my AL 2 for a secondary gravel + commuting bike. But honestly not sure if it'd be worth upgrading because, at least for the moment, I'm not super limited on my bike; more gears of a 105 groupset would be nice, but perhaps not worth a C$2600. Could be much cheaper and potentially quick and easy to just swap wheels to have my "second bike".

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More BS for consumers who are now being treated even more like thieves when they shop

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Wow, 12 months for some of the lines, this is crazy. In the push to get people out of their cars, this will not help.

[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 50 points 7 months ago

I'm sure most users will just agree and there won't be much ewaste...

[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 45 points 8 months ago

Well it'll still take then time to lock down the loopholes so Apple will get to milk the cow a bit longer.

[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 79 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

While not a full-scale overhaul of the federal voting system as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once promised, within the two-party confidence-and-supply agreement are a series of electoral reform proposals aimed at expanding "the ability for people to vote."

Specifically, the Liberals and New Democrats agreed to explore:

  • Allowing an "expanded" three-day voting period during general elections;
  • Allowing voters to cast their ballots at any polling place within their riding; and
  • Improving the mail-in ballot process with both accessibility and maintaining integrity in mind.

...

Expanding the amount of days Canadians have to cast their ballot may be the most significant proposal currently under negotiation.

Overall not super interesting. These are good proposals of course, but not exactly the kind of electoral reform that I think most of us are looking for. Maybe that will change but I'm not feeling particularly hopeful.

[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 160 points 9 months ago

Cool that average FPS is better but:

The impressive FPS deltas aside, it should be mentioned that, with the exception of Arch Linux, average frame times (measured as 1% lows, in this case) on Linux were generally behind what Windows managed by up to 20%

I feel like worse 1% lows makes this title misleading. Hopefully with time this gap will close.

[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 47 points 10 months ago

I dont see the problem

[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 39 points 11 months ago

I feel like the title should really indicate that it is Canadians' perception on Canada's international reputation a bit better. Interesting to poll Canadians on how non Canadians perceive Canada and title it this way.

[-] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 78 points 1 year ago

Go Canada, but I think this might show how much more of a depressing state the rest of the world is in

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