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mig39
·18 days ago·discuss
A nuclear reactor in the Alberta Oil sands would take care of a large amount of the CO2 produced in the production of crude.
mig39
·23 days ago·discuss
The article praises the UI, but isn't Windows 2000 using the Windows 95/98 UI with a different kernel?
mig39
·23 days ago·discuss
I live in Alberta. No rats here. Also the ticks here don't spread Lyme disease.
mig39
·2 months ago·discuss
The new TPS reports!
mig39
·2 months ago·discuss
Do you mean the ICRC?
mig39
·2 months ago·discuss
I think you'll need to look at the constitution of Canada (section 35) and the legally-binding treaties that have been signed with indigenous Canadians. There's no "tribal" territory. It's all treaty territory.
mig39
·2 months ago·discuss
Albertan here. I want to remain in Canada. I will leave Alberta if it separates.

This is being driven by a vocal conspiracy-minded maple-MAGA base that got our current premiere her job.

A majority of Albertans are against any talk of separation.
mig39
·2 months ago·discuss
I spend summers in Central Portugal after enduring the winter of Canada's North. Sometimes my Canadian friends want to spend a couple of days in Portugal and ask me what's for a good place to visit, or a good attraction to go to, etc. I always answer the same:

I have no idea. I don't go as a tourist. I go to live in my family's home town for 6 or 7 weeks and not think about work. I don't have any recommendations for a checklist. I avoid the touristy places if I can.

I then turn it around on them. If someone was visiting Canada for 2 or 3 days, where do you tell them to go? I dunno.
mig39
·2 months ago·discuss
This is why rats are illegal in Alberta. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_control_in_Alberta
mig39
·2 months ago·discuss
My understanding is that when Elections Alberta shares the voter list with legit users (ie: sitting members of the legislature), it includes unique fictitious entries in the data. That way if there is a leak of the data, they can trace the source of the leak. Which they apparently have done.

I guess it's a form of a canary trap.

It reminds me of mapmakers including fake towns or other features in their maps, in case someone leaked them.
mig39
·3 months ago·discuss
Coming to Canada soon, though in a limited way:

https://nationalpost.com/news/massive-risk-chinese-evs-are-t...

Hopefully this means competition with the other EV manufacturers in Canada too.
mig39
·3 months ago·discuss
Archive link: https://archive.is/k4Pxr
mig39
·3 months ago·discuss
I'm Backblaze user -- multiple machines, multiple accounts. I'm going to be dropping Backblaze over this change, that I'm only learning about from this thread.

Any suggestions for alternatives?
mig39
·3 months ago·discuss
I didn't know about Webminal until today. Going to try it with some college students this afternoon!
mig39
·3 months ago·discuss
Base model M4 Mac Mini -- takes 2 seconds to load Word (and ready to type) without it being cached. Less than 1 second if I quit it completely, and launch again, which I assume is because it's cached in RAM.
mig39
·3 months ago·discuss
Neither are earthworms.
mig39
·4 months ago·discuss
That could explain one accidental shootdown. It cannot conceivably explain three.
mig39
·4 months ago·discuss
If you read the article, you'd know most of the information came from Bellingcat and ABC.
mig39
·4 months ago·discuss
I think it means that the entire site, including the school and several other buildings, were all hit at the sae time:

> Wes Bryant, a national security analyst who served in the US Air Force, also confirmed it was a Tomahawk missile.

> Bryant added that the evidence for multiple strikes on the entire IRGC compound "is indicative of a deliberate and precise" US operation.

> N R Jenzen Jones, director of Armament Research Services, previously told BBC Verify it was unlikely an Iranian missile had caused the significant blast damage seen at the school because they carry "relatively small explosive warheads".
mig39
·4 months ago·discuss
You didn't read the link, did you? This is addressed in the article.