paperBark

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[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 0 points 4 days ago

I'm glad they went with Chinese ships. We need more ships now, not more make-work projects for Irving to fuck up for the next decade and then under deliver

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 9 points 5 days ago

Agree, Canada is a better visit.

There's also even alternatives to the grand canyon outside the states too!

Copper Canyon in Mexico is 4 times larger and you support Mexico with your tourism dollars instead of Amerikkka.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

The point about independent instances of Jitsi reminded me how dumb it is that every single university with a CS program doesn't host their own Jitsi instance instead of paying for enterprise licenses on teams et al... most already do their own moodle if I'm not mistaken so shouldn't be a stretch.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Ya fuckin' pointless

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe a diesel electric ship? Idk

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Looks cool, going to read more about the lore and give it a shot if I can come up with a character 🤙

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Sounds dumb but idk cause its paywalled 🤷‍♂️ anytime industry lobbyists are involved its probably a bad idea though

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The problem is they keep you tech illiterate rather than teaching you how to better use technology.

Well put IMO

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

Ya US prison labour system just hiding in the corner

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

STOP SELLING OUT FFS.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago

Okay... And US equipment likely has the same backdoors for Trumps Gov. How about you guys make an affordable inverter and solar equipment that actually helps the green adoption rather than hindering it, without going full capitalism mode making everything as expensive as possible?

Strange how in NA any time we get a solar subsidy or grant for homeowners or anything like that suddenly the already 20x marked up equipment goes up in price the EXACT amount of the subsidy or grant 🙄

I think i'll just go with the Chinese equipment and rip out any networking antennas inside. None of this IOT stuff should be networked anyways unless its on a isolated vlan atleast.

[–] paperBark@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Excellent citizen science! I wonder how the performance compares to say commercial tree wound paint and no treatment as a control?

I've always just glued my deep cuts together with normal super glue since the liquid bandaid brand stuff is identical, just really marked up.

Never seen the spray like that before but seems like a great format for scrapes and stuff that can't be glued together like stitches. Definitely going to pick some up!

 

Many of CO-OP's house brand products including their toilet paper and paper towels are Made in Canada.

Western Family paper products seem to be as well, although I prefer co-op gold for this application.

Not sure if any other house brands are as well? FRANK stuff at Canadiantire is good quality but I don't have any to check the place of manufacture.

 

Who are some of your favourite Canadian authors? Remember to share the author's website if available, instead of an Amazon link. Your local library may have a lot of Canadian books too!

I saw a Silverwing book by Kenneth Oppel at a clearance sale and that took me on a nostalgia train. Looked him up and I didn't realize he's quite a prolific Canadian author!

Not sure if its all YA/easy reading, but that's what I grew up with. Both the Silverwing series and Airborn are top notch for that sorta thing and still hold up well for a re-read occassionally.

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Unnecessary BackgroundWell I've begun shopping for a reasonably-priced concert ukulele in anticipation of completing Bernadette Teaches Music's #30dayUKEchallenge. I'm already finding my little soprano (that I bought without research) to be a bit uncomfortably small. After watching a size comparison, I suppose I should have started with a concert instead. But, it will be a good excuse to reward myself for finally sticking with an instrument for an entire program after years of on and off interest. (Recently I've been finding (micro)rewarding progress is helpful with ADHD)

I suppose I should have expected most of the major brands to be USA based since Hawaii was colonized afterall.

Here's a list of Non-USA owned brands that I found in a preliminary search.

  • Ibanez

    • Country of Manufacture: I spy Made in China on all 3 uke models
    • Country of Ownership: Japan
  • Aria

    • Country of Manufacture: China and Indonesia, Japan for platinum line (no ukes)
    • Country of Ownership: Japan
  • Cordoba

    • Country of Manufacture: China
    • Country of Ownership: ~~Spain~~ Japan, owned by Yamaha now
  • Your Local Luthier

    • Country of Manufacture: Canada
    • Country of Ownership: Canada
    • Edit: Added this in for those who can afford it/are skilled enough to justify a handmade one!

Disclaimer: Always check the CoM for a specific model you are interested in if you want to make sure.

Would love suggestions for other quality brands too if you know of any others!

 

Just a little reminder.

Pisses me off to no end that they use the Canadian identity for marketing when they sold out decades ago.

Also their coffee and food has been shit for a long time too, coincidence? I think not.

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I just wanted to shout out Egli Farm. I found them while doing my Christmas shopping this year and everything my partner and I have gotten has been great quality at fair prices. The sheepskin bucket hat was a big hit at Christmas since it enables year round bucket-hattery in Canada lol

They have hundreds of Made in Canada wool and sheepskin products including clothing, footwear, homegoods, raw wool and sheepskin supplies, etc. Seems like they contract some of the more processing-intense type products out to Stanfields but they're in Canada too 🤙

Family-owned in Ontario since 1952!

P.S. if you end up ordering something leave a note on the order suggesting they switch to a .ca TLD so its easier for people tell they're Canadian

 

I'm running out of spooky stories. Help me out, what are some of your favourite spooky story podcasts?

I like narrative story style podcasts and dislike the style where there are multiple people bantering off-topic before discussing a spooky topic.

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