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After St. Paul's, is there anything Trudeau can say or do to save his leadership?
  • I mean he's not winning the election anyway, may as well go for it.

  • After St. Paul's, is there anything Trudeau can say or do to save his leadership?
  • I wonder what would happen if he announced tomorrow that he had a really good acid trip the other day and came to the conclusion that what the government must do is abandon the F-35 jet fighter deal, stop subsidizing oil companies, stop subsidizing car companies, stop pretending that rapid population growth is good for us, nationalize most of the telecom sector, get serious about fighting back the power of the other oligopolies that run most of the country, double the carbon tax, cut the income tax, eliminate most of the deductions that make it so complex, tax capital gains at the same rate as other income, consult with economic experts willing to design an effective regime for preventing businesses from growing too large, renew efforts for electoral reform, cancel all the bad Internet bills, fund electrified passenger rail transport, and run all government systems with 100% free software.

  • Are .ru sites safe?
  • I have no data on that. Cheaper and easier to get tlds like .world might be the most dangerous of all.

  • Subsets are a thing in biology as well.
  • Ah, so chimps are monkeys in the same way that whales are fish.

  • Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection result
  • Mark Carney, apparently. I thought he was still Governor of the Bank of England, but he went on to work for Brookfield and Bloomberg and is now being talked about as a likely successor to Trudeau. Perhaps Canada will follow a few years behind the UK. Some seemingly endless years of thorough mismanagement by the increasingly delusional Conservatives, followed by a nominally left-wing party lurching to the right to occupy the conservative but slightly less-insane position the Tories once held.

  • Subsets are a thing in biology as well.
  • Can someone explain for the non-biologists? I never heard of chimps being classified as monkeys.

  • [Very bad take] Why open source are not that important (servers and IT)
  • If it's that bad, could you maybe give people a hint as to why we'd want to watch it and what it has to do with linux?

  • Are .ru sites safe?
  • They're probably just as dangerous as .com sites.

  • Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection result
  • The problem remains: Who else have they got?

  • What's the movie genre called that mixes historical settings and modern comedy?
  • If we're including television I'm disappointed that nobody mentioned Blackadder.

    If not, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

  • What's the movie genre called that mixes historical settings and modern comedy?
  • Anachronism means something else, especially with respect to movies.

  • What's the movie genre called that mixes historical settings and modern comedy?
  • Guess I should've gone with "Academic? It doesn't even cover ancient Greece."

  • What's the movie genre called that mixes historical settings and modern comedy?
  • Academic? History of the World Part I? I guess you could say it has about as much academic rigour as the average Mel Brooks movie.

  • 'Yemen, Yemen, make us proud': Anti-Israel protesters in Toronto pledge support to Houthi militants
  • ... rather than advocating for a two-state solution comprised of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

    Oh, so those are the two states everyone keeps talking about. Thanks for explaining, National Post!

    The contrast illustrated here between the reporting on the least salubrious of the groups angry about Israel committing genocide and the reporting on Canada First, which gets a very brief mention, is certainly interesting.

  • Mozilla Did a Reddit AMA About Their 2024 Firefox Priorities… See What You Missed
  • That may be a consideration, but what's important in the words of one mozilla employee in that thread is:

    the future of the web. We work to push the industry forward and to push for decisions that enable people to shape their own online experience and that help consumers feel empowered and safe online.

  • Metacrisis: Getting Honest About the Human Predicament | Art Berman
  • Climate change is a narrow view that looks only at one part of the whole.

    I would not call that honest. Climate change is a big deal and is not a religion which demands that one acknowledge no other gods. It deserves a spot in that top-level list of big problems, whether or not "it's delusional" to think we'll do anything about it.

  • Lemmy is a failed Reddit alternative
  • I'd not yet call it failed, but it's not yet fully succeeded either. To my mind, one impediment is something that lemmy.world shares with today's reddit: If you look at the front page it's 99% memes and images. That's the first impression people get, and it probably drives away a lot of people who might want anything else. We need those people to make more text-based communities come alive, if it's to evolve into anything like the old reddit.

    I mean obviously there are lots of people who do mostly want to see memes and that's fine, but I think it's getting to the point where it might be useful to have an option that filters out all posts that are just a title and an image.

  • SSH as a sudo replacement
  • Sure, the project is already bloated with so much complexity that what's the harm in adding a little more? If you're genuinely confused about it, see the entire rest of the Internet for details.

  • SSH as a sudo replacement
  • It has some advantages. It can be configured with simple text files and normal filesystem permissions. The sshd code is mature and has a proven record of good security. It doesn't add yet another thing to systemd that has no business being part of systemd.

  • From Mozilla: Help us uncover Firefox 3rd party installer
  • "3rd party websites put you at risk of downloading an old version or a build with the wrong locale leading a bad user experience"

    *wonder whether my downloads of apks from ftp.mozilla.org count as unknown since when I install them they should have no way to track where the download came from

    *click the (hidden behind a url shortener) join campaign link

    "Firefox Gayriresmî Yükleyici Kampanyası"

    They have already removed that link, it looks like. But I guess we need to wait to see what is actually going on.

  • how to fix Skyrim game balance, the complicated way

    Here are some mods I can recommend that directly affect game balance, feel free to suggest more. For the most part I've listed only things that directly affect the basic variables in simple ways, not including survival mode stuff, combat overhauls, perk tree changes, the paraglider, and many other things that obviously do also affect game balance but aren't only about that.

    *Skyrim Skill Uncapper for SE and AE - Adjust rate of level up for each skill individually. I like level-ups to be way slower than the base game, like 10 times slower, but with skills where tedious grinding is already the only way to train them left closer to normal but contributing less to character level advancement. Enjoy being level 1 for a meaningful amount of time.

    *Armor Rating Overhaul - Makes early-game armour not completely useless. Getting some should be the priority it normally is in such games. The base game armor rating algorithm seems weirdly broken, any of this mod's options is better.

    *Yet Another Difficulty Mod - Adjust damage dealt/damage taken, optionally changing it automatically as you advance. In my current game it's set to start with 1.0/2.0 at level 1 and smoothly progress to 0.5/5.0 at level 30 (compared to 0.25/3.0 for default legendary mode) and so far that seems good.

    *Extra Encounters Reborn - Encounter more problems when wandering around the world.

    *High Level Enemies - Make those you encounter more dangerous. Many of the people and animals who live only to murder passing strangers scale to higher levels than previously possible.

    *NPC Regen Nerfed - Taking away their infinite magicka supply makes things a little easier.

    *Simple No Health Regen - If you don't go full survival mode, maybe at least have no health regen.

    *Smart NPC Potions - They might use two or three healing potions during a fight. Also they might poison you.

    *Maxsu Combat Escape - When fights are actually difficult you might want to be able to run away without that stupid ogre continuing to be angry at you forever from the far side of a mountain.

    *Simply Better Movement Speeds - My current choice of movement speed mod.

    *Encounter Zones Unlocked - Probably helps if you're going to have a playthrough that goes on for a while.

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    Squardle - Wordle squared?

    Squardle is the best one. There's something of a learning curve. It looks intimidating at first. Once you get the hang of it though, it's just right.

    It's given me a few minutes of word game entertainment every morning for the past year. I may not know much, but I know all the five-letter words now.

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    Why didn't anyone tell me that Papyrus Tweaks NG is mandatory once you have too many other mods?

    Why didn't anyone tell me that Papyrus Tweaks NG is mandatory once you have too many other mods?

    Too many being probably about four hundred in my case. Script lag was getting ridiculous and then it started locking up, and now suddenly with that one addition, it's smooth and solid again. With that I guess my personal version of Skyrim is pretty much done, or at least ready for play testing.

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    Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.
    mullvad.net Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.

    Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens. When the scandal was revealed, it turned out that American tech companies and security services had been involved in the bill, generally known as ‘Chat Control’ – and that the ...

    Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.

    Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens. When the scandal was revealed, it turned out that American tech companies and security services had been involved in the bill, generally known as ‘Chat Control’ – and that the whole thing had been directed by completely different interests. Now comes the next attempt.

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    The Road to Digital Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
    www.cigionline.org The Road to Digital Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

    This legislative triad would grant the government sweeping new powers to censor and censure, undermining privacy rights.

    The Road to Digital Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

    This legislative triad would grant the government sweeping new powers to censor and censure, undermining privacy rights.

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    Update available! This version is very old.

    > Update available! This version is very old.

    Xscreensaver has apparently been checking for updates and is disappointed that it hasn't had one for 14 months because Debian is too stable. Can anyone recommend a linux screensaver which would work with xfce and can be trusted to never do that?

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    SKYBLIVION Development Diary 5
    yewtu.be Our Next Chapter On Road To Release | SKYBLIVION Development Diary 5

    Oblivion remade in the Skyrim engine. Thats our goal. With our planned 2025 release date we’re showcasing gameplay systems, a part of the world map, a new city, Ayleid dungeons and much more. Despite our progress, we can’t do this alone: we hope with your support to finish the final steps in comple...

    Our Next Chapter On Road To Release | SKYBLIVION Development Diary 5

    > > > Oblivion remade in the Skyrim engine. Thats our goal. With our planned 2025 release date we’re showcasing gameplay systems, a part of the world map, a new city, Ayleid dungeons and much more. > >

    > > > Despite our progress, we can’t do this alone: we hope with your support to finish the final steps in completing Skyblivion. Does that sound like something you can do? Then please visit our website to apply: https://www.skyblivion.com/volunteer/ > >

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    nexusmods.com is blaming their current outage on Fallout:

    nexusmods.com is blaming their current outage on Fallout:

    > We are experiencing much more traffic than usual due to the popularity of the Fallout TV series [...] this extra traffic could cause a degraded experience across the website and our applications.

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    > you’re invited to a special program that lets redditors purchase stock

    I loaded a page on reddit due to a search result and found out that I'm among the chosen few. Message sent yesterday. They must've gotten fewer takers than expected on the first round of invites if they're now offering shares to people who haven't posted, commented, voted, or done anything else on the site for the past 8 months.

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    Help @CountBinface@mastodon.world become Mayor of London.
    gofundme.com Help Count Binface run for Mayor of London 2024!, organized by Count Binface

    Hello! My name is Count Binface, intergalactic space warrior, democrac… Count Binface needs your support for Help Count Binface run for Mayor of London 2024!

    Help Count Binface run for Mayor of London 2024!, organized by Count Binface

    > > > Count Binface, intergalactic space warrior, democracy-lover, and croissant-price-cap crusader. > >

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    Site Blocking and Age Verification for Twitter, Instagram, Snap and Twitch?: Age Verification Lobby Confirms it Wants Bill S-210 to Cover All Social Media Sites - Michael Geist
    www.michaelgeist.ca Site Blocking and Age Verification for Twitter, Instagram, Snap and Twitch?: Age Verification Lobby Confirms it Wants Bill S-210 to Cover All Social Media Sites - Michael Geist

    Bill S-210 - the Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act - burst onto the public scene late last year as a majority of the House voted for the bill at second reading, sending it to the Public Safety committee for review. The bill, which is the brainchild of Senator Julie Miville-Du...

    Site Blocking and Age Verification for Twitter, Instagram, Snap and Twitch?: Age Verification Lobby Confirms it Wants Bill S-210 to Cover All Social Media Sites - Michael Geist

    > > > The bill, which is the brainchild of Senator Julie Miville-Duchêne, was supported by the Conservatives, Bloc and NDP with a smattering of votes from backbench Liberal MPs (the cabinet voted against, signalling it is not supported by the government). The bill raises significant concerns with the prospect of government-backed censorship, mandated age verification to use search engines or social media, and a framework for court-ordered website blocking > >

    This bill passed second reading in the House of Commons. It is a serious threat. The age verification lobby is making its push, trying to bring this arrant nonsense to Canada before we and the rest of the world realise how little good and how much harm it can do.

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    I agree with Pierre Poilievre: The next election should be about the carbon tax.

    I agree with Pierre Poilievre: The next election should be about the carbon tax.

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    Enhancer for YouTube is gone
    discourse.mozilla.org Enhancer for YouTube is gone

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/enhancer-for-youtube/ What is the reason this add-on was removed? It used to be spotlighted at https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/enhancer-for-youtube/

    Enhancer for YouTube is gone

    Yet another popular extension has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. It seems that its author might have requested its removal, but if so then even in that case the longstanding Mozilla policy of telling its users absolutely nothing about what happened applies.

    It happened a month ago but it took me this long to notice since the feature I like best only recently stopped working. It's the sort of thing that requires periodic updates to keep up with changes to the youtube UI.

    Does anyone know of another extension that can automatically resize the youtube player to fill the browser window? Or, for that matter, the invidious one?

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    Chanterelle - a Savage World to Explore
    www.nexusmods.com Chanterelle - a Savage World to Explore

    A world Skyrim sized made to be used with Campfire/Hunterborn/Frostfall. Huge, no civilization. To expand Skyrim with wildlands. Two full worldspaces to explore. Portals from Falkreath hold and The Re

    I've spent most of my gaming time for the past year gradually applying more and more mods to Skyrim, and finally got around to trying Chanterelle last week.

    It doesn't have much in the way of quests or npc dialogue, but everything it does have is top quality. Lots of wilderness to explore, a couple of dungeons to crawl. Somehow the landscapes feel more realistic than most of Skyrim. Recommended for those who enjoy walking around in the woods. There are many wonders to discover. Next new game I'm going to try starting there.

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    Backported Extended ESL Support
    www.nexusmods.com Backported Extended ESL Support

    Adds support for the extended plugin (ESL) range introduced in game version 1.6.1130 to versions 1.5.97, 1.6.659, and anything in between.

    Backported Extended ESL Support

    It allows older versions of Skyrim to handle files with the new plugin version number. Removes any temptation I might've had to install the update any time soon.

    If you reverted to 1.6.640 for example and it was still crashing (as some reported) it's probably because they snuck a new .esl file in that you didn't notice, and this mod should fix that as well.

    Even if we never get another Elder Scrolls game worthy of its legacy, Skyrim modding will continue.

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    Skyrim Special Edition Update Incoming
    forums.nexusmods.com Skyrim Special Edition Update Incoming

    As you might know, Bethesda's own modding service - Bethesda.net - has been offline since 29 November for maintenance. This has meant that the in-game mod browser and Creation Club content were not available for Skyrim Special Edition players on Steam, Epic and Xbox Game Pass (GOG users are not a...

    Skyrim Special Edition Update Incoming

    In the unending quest to extract money from the mod scene, an update has arrived. Make sure to take a backup before you next launch the game from Steam. There's already a new release of SKSE but who knows what else might be freshly broken.

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    Skyrim's Got Talent - Improve As a Bard
    www.nexusmods.com Skyrim's Got Talent - Improve As a Bard

    Play instruments, get better, NPCs react to your skill dynamically, many new songs, lots of easter eggs, simple implementation. A compact, yet powerful Bard Gameplay Overhaul.

    Skyrim's Got Talent - Improve As a Bard

    I've only just started my career as a bard, but playing the flute badly any time I want to is the most fun I've had in Skyrim for years. I don't know how much more there is to this mod, but I'm already sure it's among the best.

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