#BuyCanadian Campbell's is putting Designed in Canada on some of their products (they're not the only ones).
It doesn't mean much. Just that they had some part of the design process made in Canada 🙄
I prefer Made in Canada (51% of the total costs are Canadian) or, of course, Product of Canada (98%)
Yesterday my son lost his wallet on a London bus
This morning the wallet was pushed through his letterbox, intact, with a note attached which just said. 'Mate, you left this on the bus, good luck'.
It's great to be reminded that there are good folk .
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PipeWire 1.3.83 is out! This is hopefully the last prerelease of the next 1.4 release and has some small improvements and some last minute regression fixes. More details here:
gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewir…
PipeWire 1.3.83 (2025-02-20) This is the third and hopefully last 1.4 release candidate that is (almost) API and (entirely) ABI compatible...GitLab
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The Foundation is at a crossroads. We need to raise an additional $610K to break-even, and more immediately to raise $100K to keep our bridges running.
As a neutral custodian for the specification and much more, the Foundation is key to the success of Matrix. It is time to step up for it.
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Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsThib (matrix.org)
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NDP warns privatizing high-speed rail from Toronto to Quebec could kill passenger trains in rest of Canada
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col…
The whole project already sounds like subsidizing private profit.
If this is built with public money (and there is no work around that) it should be operated for the public. This is why VIA Rail exist.
those who forgot. VIA Rail was created to take over the passenger service from both CP and CN as they were divesting from it.
There problem is that it all stopped there and here we are. The inherited rolling stock, routes, station and got crumbs for the traffic priority. All as a result of Government policy (or lack thereof).
Also CN was the Government consolidating all the bankrupt railroad into a national railroad. And then it got sold off to the private sector in 1995. Like what? Public money to make Bill Gates[1] richer?
[1] he is the largest single shareholder of CN
...there are a lot of "buts."
But: It's $3.9B, for a project that will take at least 10 yrs, and could cost $100B.
But: Political future of the Liberals is up in the air.
But—the biggest "but": This is really announcement of the choice of a consortium, made up of...
pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases…
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that Canada is developing a high-speed rail network in the Toronto-Quebec City corridor.Prime Minister of Canada
...Air Canada, CPDQ Infra (Quebec pension fund, which built Montreal's REM), and SNCF (France's rail operator).
In other words, a public-private partnership.
Which raises the question: what happens to VIA Rail, tasked with operating passenger rail across Canada?
cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col…
How I create and maintain RELEASE-NOTES for #curl: live-streamed tomorrow.
It was mostly implied from my how I do releases video, so I figured I could show a little more from how the sausage is actually made.
Should be a fairly brief one. At 10:00 CET tomorrow Friday over at twitch.tv/curlhacker as usual.
I'm Daniel Stenberg, maintainer and lead developer in the curl project. I stream curl related stuff. Release presentations, curl development and related topics.Twitch
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Security researchers have noticed a marked increase in Snake keylogger attacks against Windows users.Laura Pippig (PCWorld)
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Working at a desk all day can be back-breaking. These simple accessories can help to reduce and prevent posture-related back pain.Jon Martindale (PCWorld)
1960s Top 40 talent turned broadcasting executive Gary Stevens passed away on Monday, February 17 at the age of 84.Lance Venta (Radioinsight.com)
Following an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, presenter Janice Forsyth is stepping down from the BBC.Steve Collins (RadioToday)
The University of Bedfordshire’s Post Graduate Centre in central Luton will host a one-day conference that sheds light on the history, politics, and lasting impact of land-based 'pirate' radioRoy Martin (RadioToday)
Posty: Turn your Mastodon Archive into a beautiful, functional static HTML site!posty.1sland.social
As amusing as it is, the pillow quote is not correct though. #curl is my full-time gig since over six years now.
This is what I do: daniel.haxx.se/job.html
Documentation and ramblings of Daniel Stenberg, founder and lead developer of curl.daniel.haxx.se
The #Libreoffice Youtube channel is posting a lot of interesting talks from the "Libreoffice and #Opensource Conference 2024"
Some of them:
#LuxChat for Governments: youtube.com/watch?v=JXdMKaEXq0…
#OpenDesk on #OpenCode: youtube.com/watch?v=rVhAltODe-…
#Education: youtube.com/watch?v=V4fkWfuFXf…
#Encrypted and #Signed Documents (UI, with #OpenPGP or #x509): youtube.com/watch?v=W-qFr8tL-L…
A talk from the LibreOffice and Open Source Conference 2024 in Luxembourg, with Patrick Weber. More details: https://events.documentfoundation.org/libreoffic...YouTube
Apple has officially taken the wraps off of the all-new iPhone 16e. The device features an all-new design paired with...Chance Miller (9to5Mac)
Bless you, MapQuest.
Le Chat combines the power of advanced AI with extensive information sourced from the web and high quality journalistic sources, helping you rediscover theAccessible Android
Unless anyone thinks that we are overreacting to the felon and the musketeers: {edit} I just realized of course the White House didn't alt-text the image. It's a Time Magazine-like cover called Trump with an image of the felon with a gold crown and his stupid grin with a backdrop of NY City skyline. It is subtitled "Long Live The King."
Check out these private browser alternatives:
➡️ tuta.com/blog/best-private-bro…
Which one is your favorite?
When it comes to most secure browsers Firefox is the best alternative to Chrome on our list - and, no, incognito mode doesn't cut it.Tuta
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La situation en Ukraine est préoccupante, et je suis ici pour écouter ce que le Président a à nous dire sur le sujet..
Je mets aussi en garde contre l'ingérence politique en France, incarnée ce matin par la présence d'un parti pro-Trump et pro-Poutine à notre réunion.
Je vous explique ⤵
Burger King has found fast-food success worldwide, but it's made no shortage of mistakes. Here are 14 of the chain restaurant's biggest missteps.Jay Wilson (The Daily Meal)
Ginger ale has long been considered an at-home remedy for nausea, but it turns out that this, and all sorts of other assumptions, may be totally untrue.Jay Wilson (The Daily Meal)
Take a walk down memory lane as we look at some of the most popular restaurants you probably ate at while shopping with friends at the mall.Madalyn Mackarey (The Daily Meal)
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Berlin, 20 February 2025 – LibreOffice 24.8.5, the fifth minor release of the LibreOffice 24.8 family of the free open source, volunteer-supported office suite for Windows (Intel, AMD and ARM), MacOS (Apple and Intel) and Linux, is available on our d…Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
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I recently drove a car whose whole control and entertainment system was a gigantic iPad-like thing mounted to the dash. It caused me to have a realisation about the #Ui and #UX of touch screens.
There is no way to touch a touchscreen without it treating that touch as intentional. What I mean is: without taking my eyes off the road, I can grope across the dashboard, find a knob or button—by touching it—without activating any function. Touching the volume button or temperature knob doesn’t DO anything until I do it with more force and intentionality. Not so for a #touchscreen.
My mobile #phone (an #iPhone 13) has no dead space in its face. There’s no part of the phone face I can touch without it assuming I meant to do that and I wanted to activate whatever was under my finger. Old iPhones that had physical home buttons also had dead space to either side: a safe space to hold the phone without DOING anything.
Computer keyboard have little raised pips on the F and J keys so you can find them by touch without looking. I do this all the time. But I don’t type the letters F or J. Touch screens have no such affordances.
I look at the #blackberry keyboard in this photo and I see a raised space bar. It’s an #affordance that lets you orient your fingers, and orient how you hold the phone, without looking.
I miss buttons.
mobilesyrup.com/2025/02/15/bla…
Let's all close our eyes and go back to 2009 so we can feel the thrill of typing our first email on the go.Brad Bennett (MobileSyrup)
Hubert Figuière
in reply to Stéphanie • • •it's so dishonest.
I have seen a few other with "Designed in Canada". Including Canadian founded brands that got bought
Rick Scott 🏳️⚧️
in reply to Stéphanie • • •loooool whaaaaaaaaat 🤣
@hub I thought you were making an Apple "Designed in California" joke before I saw this 😂
Hubert Figuière
in reply to Rick Scott 🏳️⚧️ • • •