We live in a company town now. Every cent that comes in goes right back out

St Peter don’t you call me, 'cause I can’t go.

I owe my soul to the company store.

AI video.

Disappointing.

For those (like me) who weren’t familiar with the term:

A tripwire force (sometimes called a glass plate) is a strategic approach in deterrence theory whereby a small force is deployed abroad with the assumption that an attack on them will trigger a greater deployment of forces.The deployment of the small force is designed to signal the defending side’s commitment to an armed response to future aggression without triggering a security spiral.

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I’m extremely avoidant of anybody that even ask for ID.

I don’t even give them my phone number when getting a haircut.

Sending someone to a country other than their country of origin isn’t deporting, it’s expelling.

is anyone in Canada making a bourbon-like whiskey?

Yes

What if the kid lies and says they didn’t use AI?

Have them re-do the assignment in a classroom with the teacher (or any other procror) present.

Trump never admits he’s wrong about anything.

Trump is a reflection of the people who elected him (twice)

I doubt the USA will ever be able to admit that they (as a country) were ever wrong about anything.

Smith has run out of her own bad ideas, so now she is importing some from Ontario?

Crops arent only grains.

“Ugly” vegetables can’t be sold at full price because consumers won’t buy them

Touchscreens are such a safety hazard.

Not to mention impossible to use when you are wearing gloves.

But I guess those of us who experience actual winter don’t matter to the car company executives.

Whats a good alternative hassle free printer that is still open?

AFAIK, Prusa is the leader in balancing openness, quality and ease of use.

Of course, since they’re in the EU and pay their staff living wages, they are also more expensive.

Cars make you lazy.

When I was commuting, I was doing it in a vehicle full of tools and spare parts.

Does that make me lazy?

You’d be holding more than one person liable if you were holding people liable at all

Sounds good to me.

Having some corporate abstraction shield the people who make irresponsible or dangerous choices may be beneficial to those decision makers, but it is very much not good for society.

because individuals can’t be held accountable

That’s just laziness. There are individuals who can be held accountable.

Starting with the executives who signed off on these things being put on the road in the first place.

Embarrassed how we’ve treated our neighbors the last year and a half.

I hope you and your fellow citizens can channel those feelings into the action needed to fix your country.

yes, there is LITERALLY american bad actors participating, as well as providing funding

Not only Americans. Russia is also using their propaganda aperatus to target Alberta separatists as well.

Im sure they’re not happy about our “meddling” in their attempt to take over Ukraine.

Thing is, there is a quota on the number of EVs that can be imported, and these high priced models are taking up a bunch of those spots, displacing an equal number of budget models.

Please do complain to websites when you’re locked out,

Easier said than done if you can’t get to the websites contact page.

Aren’t they trying to sell things?

That’s not so easy when nobody can afford to buy.