Full press release here:

https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=oSbL0CW69H8

When asked about a perceived ignorance in computers, the judge proclaimed, “I’m not ignorant about computers! In fact, just last week I finished Space Quest, and I’m now getting through Leisure Suit Larry!” The judge’s report, written using WordPerfect 5.1, is expected to be released soon.

One thing I find confusing is the notification bell icon. I notice that even if I check it, it still registers the same number of notifications that it had done previously. This number never seems to go down. What’s with that?

Interesting article with some unexpected nuance.

Great move on the part of the BBC. Given all the issues on Twitter, hopefully the CBC will also make a move to Mastodon. I recall when Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, closed comments on Twitter due to abusive garbage, that I wrote her office and suggested Mastodon. Alas, they did not follow through. But hopefully this move from the BBC will inspire some of our Canadian institutions (particularly the CBC) to reconsider and to make the move to the fediverse.

This is great. I’ve started training for a half-marathon, that will be in October. I’ve been vegan a few years, and before that a vegetarian for a few decades (I’m 58 now). One thing I’ve also done recently is eliminate salt from my cooking and also eliminate high salt prepared foods (including bread and prepared sauces) from my diet. And I’ve stepped up my intake of leafy greens and carrots and beets and whatnot (previously my focus was on starch and protein foods (rice/grains/beans/lentils etc). So, my blood pressure is now normal. But, there is a lot of propaganda about needing salt (and “electrolytes”) for long distance running. Meh. I’ve been fine so far. But I figure I’ll bring some celery sticks with me for the run in October.

Yeah. So far as I know, Vancouver’s SkyTrain was not developed under a P3, and, as the article states, it functions reasonably well.

Good riddance to the OLP. I remember how they acted when it looked like the ONDP might win the 2018 election. They basically attacked the ONDP and advocated that people vote “strategically” to stop them from winning. Here’s a tweet from that time attacking both the ONDP and labour: https://twitter.com/OntLiberal/status/1001542343076536320

To answer my own question, I find that lemmur does not work on my phone. So, Jerboa it is.

I’m new here. I love Lemmy. It took me a bit to get it working right (issues with the language settings), but now that it is working, I think it’s great. I currently use it on my laptop, but I’m also considering an app for my phone. I found two here on F-Droid, those being Jerboa and lemmur. Does anyone have any opinions on which is the better app?

Agreed that generally taking the lane is to force cars to notice you and not encourage them to pass when it isn’t safe. For instance, in Toronto there’s a lot of construction happening, so sometimes there will be two lanes that merge into one for a short bit because of the construction (Bloor around Parliament/Sherbourne is an example). In those circumstances, I’ll clearly take the lane. But when it’s a regular two lane road at a traffic stop, I won’t, because there’s enough room for a car and bike to be side by side in these circumstances. Yes, I realize it’s perfectly legal for me to take the lane, but, just as I appreciate cars that give me space, I also feel it’s a good practice to give cars space as well. To be clear, I’m not excusing the reckless and criminal behaviour of the car driver. The actions of the car driver were criminal and he should face the full force of law.

Yikes. It appears the driver was in a rush and hoping to get around the cyclist, but bumped into the cyclist’s rear wheel while trying to swerve around him. However, that may be a too charitable interpretation. The cyclist was far from the curb, clearly in plain view, so the car should have known that swerving past was futile (thus the best thing to do is suck it up and wait and not try to pass). Being blocked by the cyclist (intentionally, it seems), it appears the car driver honked his horn and assumed the cyclist would get out of the way, and then moved to pass. The car driver is clearly at fault here. But, as a cyclist myself, I do wonder sometimes at cyclists who intentionally block cars.

Despite knowing this province’s rules, Toronto cycling advocate Alison Stewart says she regularly crosses early with the pedestrian signals.

“It’s much safer. It keeps me in front of car traffic, and gives me the chance to be seen as I cross,” said Stewart, director of advocacy and public policy for Cycle Toronto.

As a cyclist myself, I do agree with this. However, the article also mentioned the scramble intersection at Yonge and Dundas, and in that circumstance, I feel that cyclists should dismount and walk along with the other pedestrians. I feel that way because there are those crossing diagonally, and cyclists weaving in and out between walking pedestrians simply is not good. But, generally, if it’s just a regular crossing (and not a scramble) then yes, cyclists should be able to go early along with the pedestrians.

Assuming the workers ratify the tentative agreement, then yes, a strike has been averted.

No loss for me. I don’t give a rat’s ass about AI chatbots. And I myself have excluded Google from my online activities. I use Debian Linux. My phone has LineageOS without Google Play Services – instead I use apps from f-droid, including OsmAnd~ for mapping. I never use Google search (I rely on DuckDuckGo). Any YouTube videos I may wish to view I use either FreeTube or Invidious (the latter via the Firefox addon LibRedirect). For translation, it’s LibreTranslate. If I wish to see news articles I’ll go directly to media sites such as The Star, The Globe and Mail, CBC, or via the news search on DuckDuckGo. Anyone who is still allowing themselves to be a product of Google is misguided, as far as I’m concerned.

We could go full lemming: https://openclipart.org/detail/120943/lemming

apt remove <blah>, or, and even better,

apt purge <blah>

Okay, yes, this is where the issue was. Undetermined was enabled, but English was not. Enabling both of these options has fixed it. Thanks so much!

Fabulous!

I’ve tried that and the behaviour is still the same. Likewise, I’ve tried Chromium (Debian version of Chrome) rather than Firefox, and the behaviour is still the same.

Also, the only way of responding to your comment is via my Inbox. Responding to a comment via the thread does not work. Often I can’t see the comments (except through my Inbox, or if I log out).