observantTrapezium

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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • Thanks for your thoughts. I have to say I’ve been feeling those vibes for a long time now, but due to laziness haven’t done much about them.

    Flinks is absolutely insane. I was shocked when I was setting it up and realized it actually needed password and second factor. And I’m also so confused by the necessity of this as almost all banks already provide access delegation to the CRA and other government services.

    I’m similarly annoyed by their new gambling venture. I don’t care if people want to gamble, but it makes me uncomfortable that my financial institution has a stake in this industry (although, counter point, the house always wins), and I just wish it were boring and out of the way as it seems to have been some years ago. But is Questrade any better, and if it actually is, is it not likely to enshittify too over the coming few years? I’ll definitely think about that before moving.






  • Wouldn’t it be better to spend this hour getting into home mode, idk, at home? And what’s so great about commuting to work for an hour in the morning, so you could wind up and get into work mode?

    Work commute is time you aren’t really free to do what you want, yet you generally don’t get paid for.






  • I don’t want to make fun of you because I think you’re young and hurting. But honey… Turkey is by far more (small-c) conservative than Canada, and even if Erdoğan gets the boot tomorrow, he’s not going to be replaced by an Avi Lewis. This iteration of the EU will never ever admit Turkey. Maybe in the very distant future there will be a political union with a European core that will include Turkey and possibly Canada.







  • Effectively, they are getting paid by you, landlords factors that fee into the rent. But I get the point that the market favours landlords where you live and you might not have the privilege to ask for accommodations like communicating over SMS. This WhatsApp situation is fucked up, that your basic life functionality depends on a single unaccountable commercial entity.

    My practical advice would be to buy an eSIM with a new number, there are very cheap options (like one used for travel) and you would practically need it just one time to get a verification code.