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Tim Stone
Tim Stone
12:16 AM
Stallman out waves bye
 
Vogel612
Vogel612
@TimStone FSF resignation is still missing ...
I wonder whether that will ever happen, though
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
12:34 AM
Hmm true
The Saudis are referring to the refinery attack as "their 9/11", so naturally all of Twitter has pointed out that was technically just, you know, 9/11
 
Memor-X
Memor-X
 
Stormblessed
Stormblessed
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A: Is Yang not precluded from conducting his "UBI experiment" as an electoral candidate?

K DogResults: Questionable, will ultimately be decided by the FEC and/or the Courts (the FEC doesn't currently have a quorum, so does not even have enough members to rule on allegations of wrongdoing or issue any punishment, so probably nothing will come of it). Yang's team obviously believes this to...

 
Memor-X
Memor-X
this is just getting more stupid
 
Stormblessed
Stormblessed
Fuck the FEC can’t make a decision either way on the Yang thing
 
Vogel612
Vogel612
@Memor-X in no way surprising, still disappointing :/
 
Stormblessed
Stormblessed
12:46 AM
No quorum
@TimStone reading the Wikipedia article on this guy...he’s crazy
> According to Stallman, the free software movement has much in common with that of Mahatma Gandhi.
 
Vogel612
Vogel612
even without the latest mess and the underlying issues in his person around that, rms israther very ... eccentric?
 
Stormblessed
Stormblessed
> Stallman discourages the use of several storage technologies such as DVD or Blu-ray video discs because the content of such media is encrypted. He considers manufacturers' use of encryption on non-secret data (to force the user to view certain promotional material) as a conspiracy.
 
Vogel612
Vogel612
he's kinda peculiar around terminology, so that word is probably used in the sense of "plot" in general
 
Memor-X
Memor-X
1:06 AM
 
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
1:56 AM
Andrew Scheer pitches sports, arts tax credits for kids' activities cbc.ca/news/politics/…
> Research by the federal Department of Finance prepared for the Liberal government shows that many families never claimed these expenses the last time they were available.
This is just Scheer bringing back another harper program that didn't really work
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
 
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
As far as I can tell Scheers plan if elected is to just roll back the clock to when harper was PM
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
2:37 AM
bye bye
 
 
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Ave
Ave
9:17 AM
@Unionhawk good riddance
MFF banned milo.
considering the 2014... incident, this is the best course of action imo
 
Nzall
Nzall
12 hours ago, by Nzall
user image
 
Ave
Ave
9:39 AM
ah
 
 
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Elva
Elva
10:50 AM
@Ave I'm not sure what the 2014 milo incident is? :o
 
Ave
Ave
@Elva it's the furfest incident
 
Elva
Elva
Hmms
 
Ave
Ave
> On December 7, 2014, a gas leak occurred at the Hyatt hotel in Rosemont. The hotel was evacuated, and 19 guests were hospitalized.[4][5] Later, an investigation found a broken glass bottle containing a concentration of chlorine powder inside the building.[6][7] 18 of the 19 people hospitalized were released soon after and the convention continued. Rosemont Police interviewed hotel guests and employees, as well as employees at local stores which sell chlorine. These interviews and subsequent investigation did not result in any known suspects or charges.[8]
 
Elva
Elva
Well that gives me enough to google it but... work >.>
 
Ave
Ave
Not the most fun thing as I've seen people plan worse things for 2019
 
Elva
Elva
10:53 AM
Yikes, that's no good. Why would any con allow him
 
Ave
Ave
@Elva I don't even know
 
 
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Tim Stone
Tim Stone
12:15 PM
lmfao, it was super weird that Giuliani was working for free but this is almost 100% the explanation because it's really shitty and dumb
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
12:45 PM
Yaaaaaay
 
Elva
Elva
@TimStone if flour... usually bleached?
is*
> Use of chlorine, bromates, and peroxides is not allowed in the European Union.[1]
Aaah... that explains why I never heard of it
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
x)
Yeah, we're…we're something
I think it addition to changing the colour it also helps to form gluten, it's essentially the aging process of flour
 
Elva
Elva
Yeah, that's what the wikipedia says
So less actual bleach and more like, artificially aged
 
Vogel612
Vogel612
still weird to use highly lethal chemicals in food processing ...
 
Elva
Elva
(yes, I am aware that 'bleached' in general just means... whitened? ish, sorta.)
@Vogel612 yeah, like sodium and chlorine!
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
12:51 PM
Hey it's fine to use chemicals to whiten the flour because it turns out it's actually the E.Coli that will kill you
!!!
 
Elva
Elva
Well, from what I read with chicken which is in america also chlorinated, the flour/chicken is handled waaay less proper. Leading to it being contaminated with e.coli because, well, it'll be cleaned anyway so no big deal.
Narrator voice: Except it is, in fact, a big deal
 
MBraedley
MBraedley
1:03 PM
@TimStone I need to get me a YubiKey or similar. I am using Authy for one time codes, which helps, but I think a YubiKey would be more helpful.
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Yeah, there's always some concern with Authy since it can transfer your seed across devices, which is convenient but also kind of weakens it as a second factor I guess.
Using YubiKey/whatever else is super easy for stuff that supports it correctly, now that the NFC works with both Android and iPhone it's a pretty easy sell
 
MBraedley
MBraedley
@Elva There was a Vox article or something (may have been old media) which basically laid out the case that the US and Canada should be doing more to ensure that E. Coli never becomes a problem for pork and poultry.
@TimStone Yeah, and where I store the seed to most of my logins on my NAS, the back-up functionality isn't the most important part. The Chrome extension, though, is nice, but I could get that through LastPass, which is doing basically the same thing as Authy.
 
Stormblessed
Stormblessed
1:52 PM
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
oh fuck yeah
this is truly the content I crave
I got a fundraising email from Martin Sheen one time, that was cool
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@TimStone Everybody knows the real hotness is three-factor authentication:
@Unionhawk Oh, I read that yesterday.
As someone who really enjoyed The West Wing, yeah they're pretty right.
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
2:14 PM
Hello, I'm martin sheen, you might remember me from TV show steeped in the politics of the 90s and early 2000s. You know who else is those things? Joe Biden give money
like and subscribe
 
Elva
Elva
2:50 PM
unsubscribes
 
MBraedley
MBraedley
3:17 PM
@Unionhawk How do you expect me to take you seriously when you can't even make a proper Simpsons reference?
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
lmao, we're saying that the Saudi missile defense didn't work because they were all pointed south towards Yemen instead of having some pointed toward noted newcomer to the agitator game checks notes Iran
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
3:39 PM
@TimStone I'm pretty sure for the past couple decades, the Saudis have been compensating for their incompetence with American dollars and hey why fix it if it ain't broke.
 
Stormblessed
Stormblessed
3:53 PM
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
Ooo, I want to see the vote tally animation on that.
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
my guess is they didn't bother running the stv
or taking votes
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
> moderator candidates: 2
> moderator positions available: 2
well yeah, but thatsthejoke.jpg
 
Unionhawk
Unionhawk
Based on the beginning and end times
but technically speaking, I believe it would run with an election threshold of exactly 50%, elect 1, transfer excess, then elect 2
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Everyone: How about better public transit?
Hyundai: Okay, so…walking cars, maybe?
 
MBraedley
MBraedley
4:17 PM
@TimStone The article has a rendering of someone who is wheelchair bound getting in a taxi... from the steps of a NYC brownstone house. That seems like the worst possible living arrangement for someone in a wheelchair.
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
> South Korean carmaker Hyundai has revealed its concept for a vehicle with robotic legs that could save lives as a first responder in natural disaster zones.
 
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
Halifax Mac and Cheese Festival leaves sour taste for attendees cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/…
cc @MBraedley
I guess the mac and cheese festival was a complete and utter disaster
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
Honestly, makes a fairly good all right adequate amount of sense as a natural disaster emergency rescue vehicle. Not for everyday use though.
 
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
That costs $10. I'm glad I didn't go.
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@Wipqozn wow
I get bigger poke bowls for cheaper just down the street.
 
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
4:19 PM
> Philip Suos, the founder and managing director of the Mac and Cheese Festival, said in an email that organizers were anticipating about 7,500 people to attend the event over three days, but over 45,000 ended up going — six times more than expected.
@Yuuki Yeah it's ridiculous
> Suos did not respond to CBC News' request for an interview, nor did he answer follow-up questions about the number of vendors that took part and if he has gotten any complaints from customers.
That's the organizer. He's also disabled commenting on facebook and what not. aka he fucked up, and doesn't want to own up to it. I guess they've organized multiple such events in Ontario, too?
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@Wipqozn How did they run the numbers to be so wildly off base?
 
MBraedley
MBraedley
@Wipqozn So there's a reason the beer and whiskey festivals sell tickets and then it's (generally) all you can eat drink: crowd control and vendors can better anticipate demand.
I'm pretty sure vendors all get the same base cut of the tickets sold, and then extras based on volume given out.
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@Wipqozn Also, "leaves sour taste"? Come on, have some editorial dignity: "Halifax Mac and Cheese Festival curdles attendees' expectations"
You can't just slap on "leaves sour taste" for every food festival, that's incredibly lazy headline writing.
 
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
@Yuuki YOU'RE HIRED
Also, the part that really rubs me is they refused to give people refunds on the tickets they couldn't use.
Since like, places didn't have stock. Including no vegan or gluten free options, which I guess they advertised.
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
I know there's gluten-free noodles so therefore gluten-free mac exists but what's vegan cheese made out of?
Vegan cheese
Vegan cheese is a non-dairy or plant cheese analogue aimed at vegans and other people who want to avoid animal products. As with plant milk, vegan cheese can be made from seeds, such as sesame and sunflower; nuts, such as cashew, pine nut, and almond; and soybeans, peanuts, coconut oil, nutritional yeast, tapioca, and rice, among other ingredients. Vegan cheese is cholesterol-free and may be a good source of protein. == History == Non-dairy cheese became commercially available in the 1980s, but at that time and into the 1990s, the vegan cheeses available weren’t as good quality as regular cheese...
 
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
4:28 PM
@Yuuki Love
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@Wipqozn I have suddenly realized that I have missed my calling in life as a headline writer.
cc @GodEmperorDune @Wipqozn @Ash
 
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
4:54 PM
CBC News: Scheer vows to boost federal contributions to Registered Education Savings Plans.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/andrew-scheer-resp-contributions-1.5286528
> In response to the Conservative policy, the Liberal war room pointed to research prepared by Statistics Canada that suggests the program disproportionately benefits wealthier families.
 
MBraedley
MBraedley
Yeah, if they want to make higher education more affordable, they should give everyone, say, $500 if they contributed at least $50 to an RESP. Make it a flat rate and it'll level the playing field a bit.
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@Wipqozn say what, having a special tax-exempt savings account disproportionately benefits wealthy people because they have the disposable income to put into savings? where on earth have i heard that before
hmm can't put my finger to it, i must be crazy
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Why do they let Chris Cillizza keep writing?
Is it just to torture us?
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
pressure people to vote sean spicer in a dancing contest to own the libs?
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
I don't even understand who the elites are supposed to be in this case
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
5:08 PM
Or why I'm supposed to believe that martyrdom even works. Our collective attention span is approximately two seconds. At most, it would enable Spicer to do a griftlicious GoFundMe before falling back out of the public eye.
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@puzzlepiece87 The Alt-Right and the Furious: GoFundMe Grift
(Side note: clearly over-aged actors and poor acting aside, Tokyo Drift was the best F&F movie. #fitemeirl)
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
6:01 PM
lol yes why would you answer like that
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
6:42 PM
@Yuuki I'm only mildly positive on F&F, but I pick Hobbs & Shaw as best F&F movie. Did you see it?
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
@puzzlepiece87 Not yet.
Tokyo Drift is the best F&F movie because it's only the movie that's completely about racing.
Every other one has secret government agencies, conspiracies, etc.
I mean, there's also an underlying theme of a foreigner/immigrant finding a new home and culture, but they don't really do anything with it because it's a F&F movie and that's not what you're here for.
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
@Yuuki I guess that depends if you consider Shaw technically killing Han in the movie but not really. Also the Yakuza, a little bit
 
Yuuki
Yuuki
I mean, they show up but they kinda sorta don't really interact with the plot other than "hey we run the races".
Nobody's infiltrating the Yakuza or trying to take down some higher-up in the gang.
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
I'll accept that
 
puzzlepiece87
puzzlepiece87
6:58 PM
Hobbs & Shaw is not at all about racing, but it takes the two funniest members of the ensemble cast and frees them of the burden of all the actors who don't do comedy.
F&F never takes itself too seriously, but not all of its cast can do humor well.
And there are still plenty of cars to ogle.
 
 
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Tim Stone
Tim Stone
8:46 PM
 

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