[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

As an engineer, you should know that no system is perfect and there are several trade-offs and threat models to consider. And electronic voting can't be discussed in a vacuum, but measured against existing voting systems which are also full of their own kinds of issues and risks.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Beyond insane. Every time Doug Ford comes back to mind I'm triple thankful for being represented by David Eby.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Montague doesn't show up for barely anything, but in matters of catering to oil & gas lobbyists and licking the balls of Chip Wilson, the guy will consistently go all in.

Fuck ourselves for electing this guy, and this ABC majority in general.

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If you too think we need to increase our transit efficiency, support this upcoming motion by Cllr Boyle before July 23rd!

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 30 points 4 months ago

The Star reached out to dozens of people who left Toronto

Toronto, they said, has become unlivable.

Wow, incredible investigative journalism there. In other news, The Star reached out to dozens of people who left [CITY]. "[CITY], they said, has become unlivable." Very informative 👍

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 48 points 5 months ago

Decent article but senseless headline. Nobody ever positioned mandatory service as a method to make Canadians love their country...

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[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 39 points 7 months ago

The phaseout is now years ahead of schedule, in large part due to natural gas taking over much of the generation. Many coal plants were either replaced by gas plants or converted to burn natural gas instead. Electricity generated from natural gas puts out roughly half the amount of greenhouse gas emissions as compared with coal.

Ok, so fossil fuel is still the primary driver. But well, incremental improvements do matter. Zeroing out coal this year is a great milestone.

The share from renewables is growing too, even if a bit slowly.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Canada needs more people. It also needs more infrastructure.

Unfortunately Canada is doing a good job tackling #1, but a bad job tackling #2 because the financials work out to be just fine to do so.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Some good analysis on why having summer time as the permanent time would be good for safety

https://drivingintherealworld.com/turning-back-time-a-strike-against-pedestrians-literally/

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Found it on the street a few weeks ago in downtown, last used Jan-24-2024 06:57 PM. Sorry for the long delay, I went on vacation right the next day and forgot about it. Hit me up if it's yours and you want it back.

Card number is 0164 0235 7941 0194 ABCD

Proof of ownership will be telling me via DM the last digits and/or the CVN.

It has about 15 dollars on it. If the owner doesn't bother to claim it in a few days I'll just donate to someone on the streets.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 37 points 8 months ago

And you can bet that when that leak would happen, it would come along the entire search and view history for that person.

These dumbfucks have to be saved from digging their own graves as always, because I'm sure the porn they consume is the shadiest.

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[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Re: the title... Yeah no, owners of an expensive property are not only not in the "rich" class, they're likely working class as much as gig drivers and cashiers. Unless they liquidate this asset and actually go live somewhere LCOL where they can live off of the labour of others, they're still working class.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Inflation rate slowing doesn't mean grocery prices drop either, prices just increase slower... so don't celebrate on that cheese just yet

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First Oktoberfest here in YVR, not super impressed with the amount of Oktoberfest events coming but this one looks promising. Are you going? Ever been before?

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I've been going back and forth a few apps. Apple Maps and Google Maps fail me too often suggesting me to take streets without bike lanes. With OsmAnd I'm able to mark a few roads as "Avoid", but I end up marking half my city and sometimes I do need to go one block or two on those streets.

Is there an app that allows me to to plan a route explicitly prioritizing AAA lanes that works in Vancouver?

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[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago

People don’t need the government telling them which forms of caffeine are acceptable.

But they do need the government telling food companies to properly label the shit they sell

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