paperBark

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[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Lol so they go with the US big tech offering (Microsoft)...?

Did they not catch the memo from the EU, we should be moving to sovereign digital services hosted by Canada in Canada.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 hours ago
[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know enough about the why but I think it comes down to licensing incompatibility but it sure would be nice if someone who knows how this shit works could get the publicly available Canadian address data into OSM at minimum.

I'm in the same boat where a solid 90% of the time I search for a street address its not in OSM regardless of which Canadian city I'm in. Sometimes its able to find a block number on a street but not the individual address so atleast that gets me on the right side of town most of the time 🤦‍♂️

Business name searching seems to have improved for me a few updates ago and it atleast finds business names that have already been added by someone most of the time as it should. Sometimes it shows a business name on the map but it doesn't find it and I can't click on it to select it.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 2 points 12 hours ago

I wanted to double check before recommending them cause I wasn't sure if they were vegan or not, seems to me they don't list any non-vegan ingredients, BUT it does say it MAY CONTAIN crustaceans and fish at the end. So could be wrapped in the "spice" ingredient, but I'd think stuff like that would be listed separately for allergies. Or perhaps only included in other flavours made in the same plant? Like obviously a shrimp flavour would probably have them?

ANYWAYS, dropping it as a not-perfect rec but atleast something.

Indo Mie Mi Goreng noodles. Absolutely delicious and made in Indonesia. Available at a lot of major grocery chains, not just specialty ones. The pack I'm looking at is BBQ chicken flavour, but it is artificial chicken flavour. So vegan but not clean at all really. All their stuff is top notch taste though, comes with powder mix, crunchy onions or something, and then 3 different liquid sauce packs in it to mix and match.

Unfortunately NOT clean ingredients IMO, just standard instant noodle health benefits lol. And has refined palm oil in some of the sauces to boot :( now that I see the palm oil I think I may look for a new favourite too.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

image by AI; not my prompt

Annnd done with that article 🙄

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 days ago

So far, the developers have voted on the project’s name, chosen a new color scheme for branding, removed the Kayak affiliate links carried over from Organic Maps, and started moving away from several Google services.

Oof I had no idea Organic Maps was going to shit. I never really got on with Organic Maps anyways and ended up preferring OSMAnd~ after getting it figured out.

May check out coMaps once they've had a few updates to get their feet situated and see what they would do differently.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

How could their market be that large there when no one believes in vaccines in the states lol

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

"Sustainable" and "Mining" are contradictory terms. No such thing.

Its a term used to greenwash damaging industries.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Edit: Good question, here's my take.

I dislike publicly traded companies regardless of which stock market they list on; but I can see how IF one was listed on a non-US country's stock market, you could still consider it under the umbrella of that country depending on the investor breakdown. But you would need to find an investor breakdown by country because whoever the big player investors are, are the ones controlling that company now. Are any of them US based? That sucks, US company in my mind. Are there venture capitalist firms involved? Do they own a majority? It gets messy fast and always ends the same. I haven't considered it much since I dislike public companies anyways.

At this point so many decent companies have been ruined by fiduciary responsibility to investors that I just abandon hope, count them as a lost cause going to shit really fast as soon as a company goes public because they are legally beholden to their investors now, not anyone else.

Even if its listed on say the euro market or canadian market instead of US, they'll still be subject to enshittification, could have their controlling interests switch to a hostile nation (US) at any moment (edit: case in point, AstraZeneca ditching UK stock market for US), and eventually will be sold out to venture capitalists when the husk is no longer profitable.

Fuck late stage capitalism.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I sincerely hope so too, but that never seems to be enough without people being forced to take a stand via gov't policy. And our gov't caves to Trump at every opportunity (also looking at you Big Tech Tax that Carney, and EU folded on Canada Day, happy Canada Day everyone /s).

My good friend who is very well off and supposedly "boycotting the States" bought US cherries over BC cherries (one of BC's BEST products) the other day, and was surprised when I declined any, because I am actually boycotting the States. All it took was "Because they were on sale, the BC ones weren't." This is someone who makes over $100k/year by themselves, are DINK, and the price difference of $1.00/lb was enough to make them forget the boycott and go right back to buying US goods over prime, in-season BC goods, as long as they are on the shelf available.

And this is Alberta we're talking about with the booze. 30% of the population wants to secede (actual figure as of yesterday) and form little AmeriKKKa on the prairie and the other 70% (hyperbole) wants to stay in Canada but still hates LGBTQ people and the environment thanks to years of rightwing brainwashing and undermining the education system in AB. I literally CANNOT talk to family members in AB anymore it has gotten so bad, they are so brainwashed. Like that side of the family does not exist anymore.

Danielle Smith is pushing another secession referendum right now! One of the ONLY Canadian politicians who went to Mar-A-Lago to swear fealty to Trump before he was sworn in lol. She should be charged with fucking treason and hung.

If anything, I'd bet >50% of Albertans would rather choose US over Canadian wines a lot of the time, since Canadian wines primarily come from BC, Ontario, and Québec, all of whom they hate because sadly, they are too stupid (by design with the rampant education undermining) to understand how the Equalization system works, (or the pension system, or literally *insert any other gov't program here *).

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

No I count who owns and profits from the company, not where it originally started before being sold.

It sucks that buying successful businesses and ruining them is par for the course for capitalism but here we are.

Edit: to be fair I have no issue with Chinese EVs or Volvo, but I wouldnt count it as a European car maker anymore.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You can make your own for much cheaper; fuck capitalism.

IIRC all it is is a bit of dish soap watered down and a dash of Isopropyl alcohol. I picked up a gallon jug of Isopropyl online specifically for refilling our powerwash bottle.

yup here's wikihow

  • 4 tbsp dishsoap (concentrated since dawn brand is)
  • 2 tbsp rubbing alcohol
  • top the bottle with water and shake.

Edit: bonus is drastically cutting the plastic waste that comes with powerwash refills

 

Many of CO-OP's house brand products including their toilet paper and paper towels are Made in Canada.

Western Family paper products seem to be as well, although I prefer co-op gold for this application.

Not sure if any other house brands are as well? FRANK stuff at Canadiantire is good quality but I don't have any to check the place of manufacture.

 

Who are some of your favourite Canadian authors? Remember to share the author's website if available, instead of an Amazon link. Your local library may have a lot of Canadian books too!

I saw a Silverwing book by Kenneth Oppel at a clearance sale and that took me on a nostalgia train. Looked him up and I didn't realize he's quite a prolific Canadian author!

Not sure if its all YA/easy reading, but that's what I grew up with. Both the Silverwing series and Airborn are top notch for that sorta thing and still hold up well for a re-read occassionally.

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Unnecessary BackgroundWell I've begun shopping for a reasonably-priced concert ukulele in anticipation of completing Bernadette Teaches Music's #30dayUKEchallenge. I'm already finding my little soprano (that I bought without research) to be a bit uncomfortably small. After watching a size comparison, I suppose I should have started with a concert instead. But, it will be a good excuse to reward myself for finally sticking with an instrument for an entire program after years of on and off interest. (Recently I've been finding (micro)rewarding progress is helpful with ADHD)

I suppose I should have expected most of the major brands to be USA based since Hawaii was colonized afterall.

Here's a list of Non-USA owned brands that I found in a preliminary search.

  • Ibanez

    • Country of Manufacture: I spy Made in China on all 3 uke models
    • Country of Ownership: Japan
  • Aria

    • Country of Manufacture: China and Indonesia, Japan for platinum line (no ukes)
    • Country of Ownership: Japan
  • Cordoba

    • Country of Manufacture: China
    • Country of Ownership: ~~Spain~~ Japan, owned by Yamaha now
  • Your Local Luthier

    • Country of Manufacture: Canada
    • Country of Ownership: Canada
    • Edit: Added this in for those who can afford it/are skilled enough to justify a handmade one!

Disclaimer: Always check the CoM for a specific model you are interested in if you want to make sure.

Would love suggestions for other quality brands too if you know of any others!

 

Just a little reminder.

Pisses me off to no end that they use the Canadian identity for marketing when they sold out decades ago.

Also their coffee and food has been shit for a long time too, coincidence? I think not.

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I just wanted to shout out Egli Farm. I found them while doing my Christmas shopping this year and everything my partner and I have gotten has been great quality at fair prices. The sheepskin bucket hat was a big hit at Christmas since it enables year round bucket-hattery in Canada lol

They have hundreds of Made in Canada wool and sheepskin products including clothing, footwear, homegoods, raw wool and sheepskin supplies, etc. Seems like they contract some of the more processing-intense type products out to Stanfields but they're in Canada too 🤙

Family-owned in Ontario since 1952!

P.S. if you end up ordering something leave a note on the order suggesting they switch to a .ca TLD so its easier for people tell they're Canadian

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