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mig39

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Luso-Canadian Big time nerd in Fort McMurray, AB.

https://miguel.click for my YouTube channel.

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mig39··on NetBSD adds a new text editor called atto
Also used by Moodle, the open source LMS: https://docs.moodle.org/400/en/Atto_editor
mig39··on I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy
I drive a Mitsubishi PHEV. And it enforces this by not letting you drive on battery until you fill at least 20L of new fuel. So you're forced to use a portion of the tank at least every 90 days.
mig39··on Finland investigate Google over destruction of 250k trees
Not to excuse things, but was this an industrial monoculture tree farm that they replaced with a data centre? This isn't "wild" forest, is it?
mig39··on NetBSD adds a new text editor called atto
Is this the same editor that is used in the open-source Moodle LMS?

https://docs.moodle.org/400/en/Atto_editor https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-editor_atto

mig39··on SS United States to be sunk as largest artificial reef
Hasn't this been the plan for years now?
mig39··on Investor-owned utilities charge 23% more for electricity than public providers
Alberta's electricity system is Canada's example of this. "de-regulation" meant the separation of generation, distribution and retail. Decades after this was supposed to lower the price of electricity, it's done the opposite. Big corporations are now guaranteed a profit at each layer of the system. There is no competition, because why would they compete if they're guaranteed a profit?

So the result is Albertans pay more than most other Canadians for electricity. Even if the actual rate is low (which it isn't), the cost of electricity is usually only 10% of my bill. The rest is "transmission" "distribution" etc. It's insanely expensive compared to next door in British Columbia.

mig39··on Ofcom concedes defeat in 4chan case
I think both the UK and France have had nuclear weapons programs since the 50s and 60s. Are you thinking about the "Northwood declaration" ? Where they both said they would coordinate their nuclear responses?
mig39··on Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in Poland
In the comment you're replying to, "their diesel will only last 6 months" is a reference to Red Storm Rising. I don't think the commentator literally meant diesel. But whatever's happening inside Russia is forcing their hand. Either they act now, or their window shuts.
mig39··on Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UI
I have no idea what that is, but I'm interested. What is LVMH?
mig39··on Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UI
They are literally in the start menu.
mig39··on Apple Keynote now showing ads in its UI
They're a premium brand, not a luxury brand. That's an important distinction.

Dell, HP, etc. all have premium products as well as their economy ones. Apple just doesn't do cheap and economy products.

When that gold plated Apple Watch came out, you could feel the discomfort. That's luxury brand territory.

Even the most expensive Apple Watch isn't in that "luxury" category anymore.

mig39··on The Auditor's Opinion
This is supposedly his obituary:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/mark-stephens-obit...

mig39··on Toronto-Based VPN Provider Plans to Quit Canada over Lawful-Access Bill
How does Mullvad do it? They also have Canadian servers.
mig39··on Big Oil asks Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits before trial
The argument is about State's Rights essentially. Can a state file a claim against a corporation that only has a small footprint in the state?

Where are those State's Rights people on this?

mig39··on Socialism's Positive Rating Tops 40% for First Time
I live in Canada, where even our right-wing parties are in favour of public education and free health care. I guess that makes us all socialists.
mig39··on Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees
Canada's first amendment is about a completely different topic :-)
mig39··on Key symbols we lost to time, pt. 2: The Mac side
The Canadian keyboards are so Canada: supposed to appeal to either English or French users, but just pisses them off. English speakers go for the US layout, and French speakers go for a European layout.

I remember some of our early Chromebooks had Canadian keyboards, and students and teachers revolted.

mig39··on Fed hikes rates as inflation worries push up bond yields
I think they're referring to the obsession that some people have to trans issues.
mig39··on The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week
>safari is NOT capable of PWAs... > They deliberately hobble PWAs and make them very difficult to install.

Hit the share button, "Add to Home Screen" is very difficult to install?

mig39··on The Beauty of Roundabouts
The big difference is that when you have a collision at a 4-way or 2-way stop, it is almost always a "T-Bone" collision, where all the energy hits at a right angle. These collisions kill, especially at speed.

A similar collision on a roundabout is almost always a "glancing" blow, at an angle, and rarely causes injury or death.

Roundabouts force you to slow down when approaching. Stop signs can be ignored. Roundabouts can't.

mig39··on iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
mig39··on I haven't lost a customer service fight in seven months
Crazy having to fight with insurance providers to get basic health care.
mig39··on How I advertise malicious software on Google Ads
I've sent in corrections to Apple Maps in Portugal (shopping mall is 1km away from the location on Apple Maps) and Canada (speed camera does not exist). Both were taken care of within a couple of days.
mig39··on Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
I think the proxy must be on the same machine, otherwise why are they suggesting editing the /etc/hosts file?
mig39··on Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982
I visited this ZX Spectrum museum in this summer: https://loadzx.com/en/

So strange to stumble upon this blast from the 80s in a small town in the middle of Portugal. But I think this reinforces the fact that the Spectrum was to Europe what the C64 was to North America.

Anyway, wonderful memories in there!

mig39··on U.S. sanctions against the A/I Collective
Biggest antifa "rally" in history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
mig39··on How does IKEA come up with names for its products?
The Fräck mirror was named after the commonly used faux swear word on Battlestar Galactica, where one of the characters used a similar mirror:

https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/fraeck-mirror-stainless-steel-3...

mig39··on Why Are There Statues of Beavers on Top of This Oxford Street Shop?
I think a lot of is that traplines are a property right that will go away if they aren't inherited. So people use them because they inherited them.
mig39··on As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program
It's a disk image, because in the old days, you'd install apps by dragging them from a floppy or CD to the Applications folder.
mig39··on I'd not buy a LG monitor
how did you convert them? Was it a software or hardware thing?
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