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[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Agreed it could save a ton of money. However, Westhills Development still owns the land, so the city could purchase the building, and when the contract is up for renewal in 25 years, Westhills Development could theoretically bulldoze the building and redevelop.

Sounds like some shitty backdoor deal made under previous mayor's administration and his cronies. Pretty typical in Langford.

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

It was supposed to be the "universal language". According to Wikipedia, up to 100,000 people speak it globally.

If I remember correctly, it was adopted by the League of Nations, a precursor to NATO, in the early 1900's.

Here's the article if you're interested. I didn't really read through it to fact check myself cause I'm poopin' on break, but there you go.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto

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[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

There's no way that barrel chested mfer is 160 pounds

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[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Friend, I am no Linux shill, but I switched to Mint last week on my secondary laptop, and let me tell you, it's kinda cash and pretty easy.

I had to verify the integrity and authenticity of the Mint download itself, but it's straightforward and tells you how to do that. Once you're done, you install the OS just like you would with Windows.

Full disclosure, I don't use the laptop for much, so no fiddling needed for me.

Edit: I guess I am shilling it, but I mean I'm not a Linux fanboy

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Male deer don't fuck around.

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Where I live, this comes as no surprise. I've found rats crawling inside the engine bays of mine and my partner's vehicles the last couple weeks.

Apparently putting a few bounce sheets in the engine bay can deter them. Just remember to keep the sheets away from heat, and don't leave them in there if you go for a drive.

My girlfriend rubbed some cat toys on our cats and put it under her hood for a couple nights. No sign of rats going back in since!

If anyone has any other tips for fending them off, drop it below.

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Hi all,

As the title states, I'm interested in making the switch from Windows to Linux. I know absolutely nothing about Linux, other than that fact that there are distros that exist under Linux, and Linux itself isn't an OS, or so I think.

I have 2 laptops and my main home office PC, which I use for my job and gaming.

My plan is to switch one of my laptops to a Linux distro, and test it out. This laptops only purpose is web browsing, so I figure getting Linux set up to do something as simple as opening a browser is something I am capable of.

Down the road, once I've sort of learned on this laptop, I may work my way up to using other distros and dual booting my main PC. Who knows, maybe I'll even switch over completely prior to Windows 11 rolling out.

I've heard getting games to work with Linux can sometimes be a hassle, and can require some fiddling, so I won't be doing gaming on a Linux distro until I feel quite comfortable.

So with the above context, I'm looking for recommendations on a distro I should use, any guides that any of you may have found helpful, and generally any insight on things I may need to be aware of.

I am fairly tech savvy (probably not compared to most of you), and am not afraid of tinkering with things until they work. Any help would be muchly appreciated, and if this isn't the correct place to post, please let me know and point me in the right direction.

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 weeks ago

Ashamed this piece of shit is Canadian..

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 74 points 1 month ago

Queer and insincere, even.

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 months ago

We're so fucking back

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 months ago

Kid nearly lopped an arm off another kid with a samurai sword. Guess he was bullied and he lost his shit one day. Kid with the sword got help, and the kid who got cut didn't lose an arm.

If I lived in a country with lax gun control, this would have been a much different situation.

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 94 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For the first 2 points: Don't use "Western democracies". This is a US problem. Canada has much stronger labour and home protections.

3rd point: Getting banned online is a "you" problem. Your government has nothing to do with why your shitty opinions get you banned or muted. The fact that you even have the ability to complain about your government online is a luxury many other governments don't afford to their people.

4th point: Whining about cereal variety makes the entire argument hold less water. Who the fuck cares about brands of cereal. Buy your cereal or don't, but shut the fuck up about it. This is an empty complaint about capitalism.

5th point: Fair enough.

I don't directly mean you, OP. Unless you made the meme... In which case I do mean directly you.

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 62 points 8 months ago

We're no better here. Lemmy has its own brand of cringe.

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fully left Reddit. Hate that they killed Sync so bounced. Don't miss it at all.

The flip side is Lemmy is meh. Every damn post is Linux shilling. We get it. Lemmy users like Linux. At least Sync works on this site.

Ultimately, I guess I just don't care about either site. I just want something to mindlessly browse for a few minutes every day when I'm shitting, and Lemmy is fine.

[-] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It seems like it. I see a lot of people posting that they were using X app but sync is better.

I agree sync is an amazing app, both formerly for Reddit, and now for Lemmy, but huge kudos to the developers of existing Lemmy apps for working hard to make the mobile experience as good as possible for us Reddit refugees. I used connect until sync came out, and noticed it was frequently updated. I'd highly recommend everyone support their favourite app developer(s) in whatever way possible. Thanks Kuro!!

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