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cf100clunkon Reviving Teletext for Ham Radio

I'm familiar with the author's past work on ieee.org and have a sense that he likes to write to/for both hobbyist and professional camps:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/u/stephen-cass

cf100clunkon Schlitz Is Gone, but First It's Getting One Last Hurrah

''The beer that made Milt Famy walk us''

https://www.realnothings.com/famous%20jokes/miltfamyjoke.htm

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

Interesting that you use the term ''ask'' when the person did not ask any question when making the broad ethnic slur.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

Courts have determined that in these processes consultation must occur even at early times as this.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

> They are already separate first nations not joined to Canada or Alberta

They are part of Canada.

Treaties 6, 7, and 8 clearly ceded indigenous lands to the Crown, and the Indian Act spells out the relationship between First Nations and Canada. Further, the Constitution Act, 1982, contains Section 25 of the Charter Of Rights And Freedoms articulating ''Aboriginal And Treaty Rights''

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

Since you are comparing Canada and the U.S.A., let's look at some popular phrasing from each's Constitutions:

U.S.A. ''life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness''

Canada ''peace, order, and good government''

Those are fundamental to the identity of each nation's people. Are they core beliefs of the majority of their citizens? Probably. Are Canadians ready to fight a civil war over Alberta separatism? Not at this point, even slightly.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

A huge amount of academic research into ''western alienation'' has been, and continues to be, researched at Canadian universities. The concept is bedrock to studies of Canadian history and political science.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

Wow, I'm not sure where you're going with that. Read up on the ''Brandy Parlit'' debates and you'll see that genocide of indigenous people was never at play in early Quebec. The relationship between European colonists in New France/Lower Canada/Quebec and First Nations has always been frought, but not genocidal.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

> One of the "separatist" leaders is hiding from the law in Texas

Which one is that?

One of the separatist leaders was found guilty of misappropriating more than 1.3 million CAD from his elderly aunt and uncle’s bank accounts:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/dennis-modry-misappropriated-...

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

I'm not following your comment. How do you envision what you're suggesting, in real world terms?

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

A related issue is whether, or to what extent, a seceded entity can itself be subject to secession. This concern came up in Quebec when Cree and other groups suggested they'd drop out of post-separation Quebec and ''rejoin'' Canada. Quebec separatists were outraged at the thought of First Nations and pro-Federalist geographical areas turning their new entity into ''Swiss cheese''. It is highly likely that Alberta separatists would face the same challenges and take an equally dim view.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

I've put up some basic numbers in another comment that foreshadow what a futile exercise this is likely to be for the separatists.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

Some numbers to consider:

~465,000 legally verified signatories to the federalist petition to declare Alberta permanently part of Canada

~360,000 status First Nations persons within Alberta

~330,000 legally unverified signatories to the separatist petition to hold a referendum to separate from Canada

First Nations have successfully argued in court that as consultations with them are required by the Canadian Constitution, no such consultations had even been suggested by separatists.

Apart from the fact that the Alberta population is ~4 million, it is difficult to see how separatists can figure they'd win a referendum to separate.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

> 95% of Alberta is unceded First Nations land

That is wrong. You were probably thinking of British Columbia, where no such grand Treaties were ever enacted.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

One such referendum, in 1995, was preceded by decades of discussion in Quebec of the pros and cons that triggered a 1980 referendum.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

Not a vote to separate. Quebec only tried to win a referendum giving the Province the authority from voters to approach the federal government with negotiations to achieve separation. Its more than a pedantic difference.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

As far as I know, First Nations lands in Alberta are indeed ''ceded'' under Treaties 6, 7, and 8 with the Crown. British Columbia is a province with a huge proportion of unceded land, but not Alberta.

cf100clunkon Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada

> I don't get it. They're having a referendum on whether or not to have a referendum?

Exactly. Albertans are scratching their heads, wondering what on earth Premier Smith is trying to accomplish. Utterly ridiculous ''solution'' to some internal problems within her party, I'm guessing.

cf100clunkon Plan to declare Dominion Voting Systems machines national security risks fails

Background report by Reuters:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trump-officials-tri...

cf100clunkon Deno 2.8

Deno is a JavaScript and TypeScript runtime, for those who don't recognize the name. Here's a review of Deno 2.6 vs competitors Bun 1.3 and Node.js 25:

https://www.devtoolreviews.com/reviews/bun-vs-node-vs-deno-2...

cf100clunkon I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of

Hug of death? Error code 522 on downloads.

cf100clunkon I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of

I hope so, and also that it is a plain black-and-white list.

cf100clunkon Trump Mobile Phone Is Finally Released–With a Major Blunder

https://archive.ph/x4YdX

cf100clunkon GrapheneOS now has official production support for Pixel 10a

There are some differences between the 9a and 10a that might influence purchase decisions. Tom's Hardware did a side-by-side of the Pixel 9a vs 10a (albeit not running GrapheneOS):

https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/pixel-1...

cf100clunkon The CLOUD Act gap in Canadian defence infrastructure

Grey text on black. What a shame, as I'd really like to read the site's payload without fiddling with it.

cf100clunkon I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation

I've looked again on Aliexpress and all I see there are accessories for the Doogee U10. Anyway, there seems to be quite a bit of that stuff for the U10.