yardratianSoma

joined 3 weeks ago
[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

I've switched to OpenTracks, and short of the (imo) needless social media functions, it's great!

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

"Detachment 201: the Executive Innovation Corps"

Lol, as if AI technology in the military hasn't been in the public zietgiest for at least the past 40 years

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 days ago

Funny, I'm trying to think of the amount of times my 8 year old daughter asked me to switch to windows because Linux has too many issues, and I've got nothing.

The real copium is thinking Linux is poverty, just to feel good about windows.

Quality copypasta!

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

ngl, as long as you have the ability to regulate how much activity you are doing outdoors, it's actually pretty nice. I do wish I lived closer to the beach though.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

cheap and easy? I tried running it myself and ran into several hurdles, and gave up. How did you host it? VPS? Docker? Bare-metal?

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

no mention of tox chat, eh? Open source, p2p private chat, what's not to like?

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Author admits smartphones are ubiquitous, and doesn't at all consider, in a hypothetical situation where everyone unanimously agreed to stop using them, where all this e-waste will go?

Also, how do you disillusion the millions of people that use them religiously?

I get the sentiment, but only a significant technologically literate society would really appreciate the need for greater control over their devices and actually possess the skills needed to modify and configure them.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Greed isn't limited to any one economic system, I fear.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"“There is no point in building infrastructure we may or may not need for 30 years’ time,” Metrolinx deputy chief capital officer Richard Walker said in a November 2024 town hall."

More like, we should have had this infrastructure 30 years ago, so then the 401 might have not been so fucking busy.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

I do think that if a family member were to drop unconscious, I would drive regardless, but not having the potential legal trouble afterwards is a nice thing to have, in case the cops got involved or something.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

thanks for the perspective. I think I will keep it. I just hate all the costs associated with driving, and I don't even drive, and have to pay this and that.

And yeah, I have been in situations where I needed to drive, like helping a buddy drive a uhaul, or when another buddy passed out, I drove him to the hospital just in case he dropped behind the wheel.

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Renewal, it expires after a certain time, I think 5 years where I live, Ontario.

 

I let my folks know that I'm getting rid of my drivers licence, because I don't plan on driving for at least the next 5 years.

My parents then said things like, "you're moving backwards in life", or "what will you do if you need to transport someone in an emergency?", to which I responded, "Taxi, or ambulance".

Am I a fool? Should I retain my licence for emergencies? I'm broke ATM, but should start working again soon, and my licence is expiring in a few weeks (and my wallet fell in a river a week ago, so I don't have the card anyways, not even kidding), so I'd rather not pay the $90 to keep it, if I don't have to.

What about you? Do you still keep a license handy for situations, or no? Is living car and license free possible in Canada?

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