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submitted 1 year ago by yjk@lemmy.ca to c/ubc@lemmy.ca

He begins November 1, 2023. Thoughts?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit-Antoine_Bacon

[-] yjk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Just for reference, how much would Google and Meta stand to pay if they didn't ban Canadians from reading Canadian news?

[-] yjk@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

While we're at it, can we ban amp links and other url tracking in general?

No punishment for doing it, but maybe have a bot to remind people.

To clarify, I'm not engaging in whataboutism, I think both of them should be banned (though maybe sometimes affiliate links have their place).

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submitted 1 year ago by yjk@lemmy.ca to c/ubc@lemmy.ca

What are your experiences with trying to get help through Science Advising/using the Academic Calendar to get answers? Personally I've never used Science Advising and found all of my info through the Academic Calendar. Inspired by the linked reddit post.

[-] yjk@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

I don't mean to be nitpicking but if the rule is zero-tolerance I think we should clear up the edge cases. I hope you don't take this the wrong way.

  • What happens when the original title is misleading or clickbait? Personally I like how HN handles things in this case (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).
  • How about if you want to ask a question about a news article as the main focus of the post, but also want to include context about the article?
  • Or if you're making the post to discuss a related topic, and include multiple articles?
  • On that note, what even counts as a news article? What if I post a link to a reddit thread about a news article?
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submitted 1 year ago by yjk@lemmy.ca to c/ubc@lemmy.ca
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submitted 1 year ago by yjk@lemmy.ca to c/ubc@lemmy.ca

Was going to post a reply on reddit but realised that maybe you guys have thoughts on this situation.

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submitted 1 year ago by yjk@lemmy.ca to c/ubc@lemmy.ca

Will not repeat the body text. I'll crosspost questions here that I answer or might be answerable by lemmy's population (mostly CS program questions).

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submitted 1 year ago by yjk@lemmy.ca to c/ubc@lemmy.ca

Title. With the ubc subreddit opening back up again it'll probably be much harder to enough of a network effect going unless we have some coordination with the reddit mods.

Personally I'm trying to transition away from user-hostile software and minimize my exposure to proprietary software in general. The reddit API changes didn't affect me personally but I don't want to support the company by continuing to use it. How about you guys?

yjk

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