Albbi

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Seen any good shows lately? in c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 minutes ago

Taskmaster season 19 has been great! I think my favourite season was 15 though. "Brace, brace!"

With the flash floods in Texas killing dozens, where do we think Ted Cruz is planning his next vacation? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago

I hear North Korea has a nice new resort he could stay at.

This is a lovely gesture, but also it's pretty sad (and very North American?) that if your car dies at the store you can't get home without relying on the tenuous kindness of strangers in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Thanks. Yeah, I think cargo bikes are awesome, but breakdowns can happen to anybody.

This is a lovely gesture, but also it's pretty sad (and very North American?) that if your car dies at the store you can't get home without relying on the tenuous kindness of strangers in c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

And if your cargo bike got a flat while you were at the grocery store? It's nice to have friendly neighbours to help out.

While the USA under Trump charges extra for non-Americans visiting the national parks, Canada under Carney makes its national parks free to all visitors. in c/buycanadian@lemmy.ca
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Kananaskis is a provincial park and Banff is a national park. You need a Kananaskis pass for Kananaskis and a National Park Pass for Banff.

(After fighting Jake Paul on Saturday) Julio Cesar Chavez Jr arrested by ICE, facing immediate deportation in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gotta use up that budget somehow!

Nikolaj Ehlers signs six-year, $51M deal with Hurricanes in c/hockey@lemmy.ca
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's a great player, but he's also very fragile. Not easy to replace but I don't think he'd be the best bet going forward.

The driver for my mouse occupies over 1 gb in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

I've been using the Logitech MX Master 3 mouse for a while now and the software has been alright. Lets me use my mouse across my desktop and laptop at the same time. It's been alright, but I go to check out my button mapping settings recently and saw "AI prompt builder" and sighed at how stupid that is. I really really want hope the adding of AI to everything is a fad like Pogs, but I somehow doubt it.

The driver for my mouse occupies over 1 gb in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Please don't be Logitech, please don't be Logitech...

Damnit.

What's a perfectly bad name for a cat? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

Haha, I hope it was a drooler!

What's a perfectly bad name for a cat? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Schrödinger

Non-Americans, what's it like when you're sick and need to go to the doctor? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

Canadian here. My son just had an ear infection that was lasting 3 days. On the 3rd morning we called our doctors office to have it checked. They were able to squeeze us in at noon. Took him, and they couldn't tell if it was viral or bacterial, so suggested we wait and see if it clears. Didn't clear after another 2 days, but it was the weekend now. Called 811 and they contacted a medical center to make us an appointment in the morning. Next morning (Sunday now) office called us, made an appointment and saw him again. This time we got a prescription for some antibiotics.

I've taken a course about anti-microbial resistance and I understand that doctors are instructed not to go with antibiotics first thing so it didn't really bother me to go back a second time. It was nice they it was easy to be seen again even if it wasn't with the family doctor.

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Where I get my ideas from - The Oatmeal (theoatmeal.com)
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Podcast episode featuring Tim Russ - Go Fact Yourself episode 170 (maximumfun.org)
 

This is my favourite podcast. It features two contestants who are minor celebrities and asks them for three topics outside their field of work in which they are experts in, and then crafts a trivia quiz for them. Finally they bring in an expert to evaluate their responses, and the show is able to get some amazing experts who are a joy to listen to and usually the response from the contestent meeting the expert is incredibly wholesome.

This episode features Tim Russ so I thought the TenForward community might like it. There also some additional Star Trek trivia and personalities even during the part of the episode that features the other contestant Amber Nelson.

Tim Russ's three topics are - Astronomy, Alien invasion movies of the 1950s and 60s, and World War II. You can find out more about why Tim was intereted in these topics.

Also noteable quote from the episide: "I think Tim might be the center of the universe!"

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Jets earn first Presidents' Trophy in franchise history (www.tsn.ca)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Albbi@lemmy.ca to c/hockey@lemmy.ca
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There's been a lot of up and down with this team. Coaching changes and forced trades that have actually turned out pretty well. Very proud of the team for being the best in the NHL.

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Artax - The Oatmeal (s3.amazonaws.com)
 

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/artax

I saw the thumbnail and thought "Oh no, I can't handle this!"

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Kraken with an interesting OT strategy (lemmy.ca)
 
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Let's stop playing around and talk about ditching something big: Visa and Mastercard (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Albbi@lemmy.ca to c/buycanadian@lemmy.ca
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Visa and Mastercard are American companies, and they essentially tax everybody by taking a percentage of purchase prices for themselves. Not exactly a small percentage either, 1.2% to 2.65%. Ever wonder why so many merchants say they don't accept American Express? That's because they charge quite a bit more to merchantes, 50% more than Visa or Mastercard. Anyway, we're letting American companies tax us and we love them because we get rewards when we use cards. But it's just a shell game because we pay more up front because businesses need to charge more to make up for payment processing charges. They get to sit in the middle and rake in the money.

Now the alternative in Canada is Interac. Interac charges a set amount per transcation. How much? 2 to 5.5 cents. Unless you're going through Apple or Google Pay, and then it's a percentage again.

Interac is also Canadian.

Want to stick it to Trump? Stop using credit cards (and Google Pay or Apple Pay) and switch to Interac. Want to make Canada better? Stop using credit cards and switch to Interac. Is it going to be inconvenient? Yes. Online shopping will be much harder but I have seen online Interac payments before and we can ask our favourite Canadian merchants to accept Interac online.

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Need an alternate to Adams Dark Roast Peanut Butter (lemmy.ca)
 

This has been the best peanut butter I've ever had, but it's a product of the USA. I just love the taste the dark roast adds. I've never seen any other brands that do the same thing. Any suggestions out there?

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Alternate frontends returning error code 520 (old.lemmy.ca)
 

All frontends other than the default at lemmy.ca seem to be down, giving a Cloudflare 520 error message.

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Which type of sword is the greatest? (lemmy.ca)
 

https://swordscomic.com/comic/XII/

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Cars are too damn reflective (lemmy.ca)
 

Working at the office today and from all angles cars are reflecting sunlight into my eyes. Just realized that bicycle parking wouldn't be causing this slight inconvenience to me. Fuck cars.

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The Winnipeg Jets have had the best start to a season in NHL history! (lemmy.ca)
 
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Scott Arniel becomes the first head coach in NHL history to record a winning streak of at least eight games from the start of his tenure with a franchise. (x.com)
 

Its been a pretty fun start to the season. Just really don't want the streak to end to the Leafs, but I'm kinda expecting it.

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