Oh if that’s that case we should ignore NY and just do it.

Ontario also has this law in place just waiting for Quebec and New York to make the move too.

It would be nice if codeberg supported the FUNDING.yml and had their own way to donate to the open source projects I like.

Who said his mind changed? This “news” is just Ford advising Carney he should do something.

100% written by an LLM. They always use this tone and it’s infuriating.

100%. I always ask people to look at their tax return. Does your money come from your labour/work, or from the things you own? If you aren’t living off of the things you own, then you are working class.

Computer says no.

Canada is very welcoming and people are friendly. After living abroad for a decade I can say it pretty confidently. Nowhere is perfect but the level of racism in Canada is very low compared to the things I’ve seen in Europe and Asia.

Not sure how it is where you’re from but don’t get caught thinking because Canada is safe that you can be careless with your stuff, don’t let your guard down with personal belongings. Don’t leave your things unattended in cafes or shops, don’t leave your mobile phone on the table, and especially don’t leave anything in your car if rent a car. Canada is safe but there is still a lot of petty theft… you won’t get mugged but someone might try to swipe your backpack at a cafe when you aren’t looking.

Gating should be done either by ZKP (zero-knowledge proofs, which don’t expose any information to any party other than “I’m at least x years old” – look this up if this is a new concept to you) or device-side by standardizing and streamlining child safety locks.

100%. If a government is truly serious about the issue, then verification can be solved quite easily with ZKPs in a way that preserves privacy.

Such databases already exist in the government, in order to provide services to everyone like healthcare, pension, elections, etc…

I don’t feel it’s elaborate at all. I like these solutions because they are actually quite simple. It’s just signing and verifying requests using asymmetric key cryptography, techniques which are known to be robust and secure. The government never knows which web services you are verifying for, and the web services never know your identity or any more information than they need to. They don’t even learn your precise age, just that you’re over 16/18/21 whatever.

If you mean I have to install Claude’s software on my own computer, no thanks.

I’ve noticed this too, it’s hilarious(ly bad).

Especially with image generation, which we were using to make some quick avatars for a D&D game. “Draw a picture of an elf.” Generates images of elves that all have one weird earring. “Draw a picture of an elf without an earing.” Great now the elves have even more earrings.

Even worse, the ones I’ve evaluated (like Claude) constantly fail to even compile because, for example, they mix usages of different SDK versions. When instructed to use version 3 of some package, it will add the right version as a dependency but then still code with missing or deprecated APIs from the previous version that are obviously unavailable.

More time (and money, and electricity) is wasted trying to prompt it towards correct code than simply writing it yourself and then at the end of the day you have a smoking turd that no one even understands.

LLMs are a dead end.

He did say he’s anti-woke

If you’ve ever tried to drive across London (UK)… it takes 1 hour to get across the city by tube. 2 hours by car. Transit isn’t always slow!

The new REM in Montreal can go highway speeds, too, and usually crosses the bridge faster than the cars especially during peak times.

Honestly, in a denser city focused on transit and not cars, and without shit zoning laws, these aren’t really problems for most people.

You should have a supermarket, school and other essentials within walking distance of your home. Even the vet, hairdresser, etc. That’s what a human, livable city is like.

Mass transit can get you close enough. Walking 10-15 minutes to your destination is good for your health. Especially for seniors. We wouldn’t have such an obesity crisis if people got up and moved more. Humans are built for walking.

Who the heck is hauling lumber every day/week? It’s cheaper to rent a van/truck for the couple days a year than it is to own and maintain a car. I bet the lumber yard has a delivery service.

If you have 5 kids and need a car to take them places, great, cars still exist. If you have mobility issues, cars still exist. If you live in the countryside, cars still exist. But I think these cases should be exceptions to the rule. Most of those 50k people who are just commuting to work every day could be taking public transit and contributing to a more livable city.

This is just how he tries to make deals. Spook people into freaking out and hastily agreeing to a bad deal. This is one of those moments where I’m glad it’s Carney at the helm. I don’t need him to be perfect I just need him to steer our country through this mess so we can come out the other side intact.

If there is an other side.

Ten years ago, twenty years ago, Tim’s was always rubbish. The coffee is battery acid and the food is unfit for human consumption. I can’t remember a time when it wasn’t shit.

I don’t get the point of these stupid articles. Canada needs to spend a lot more on military. A lot more. The only question is whether tagging it to GDP is enough or we need to do more.

We just need to be smarter about how we spend it. Canada has a huge territory with a small population, so efficiency is key.