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Canada @lemmy.ca

Sorry, speed cameras aren’t the problem

  • We don't notice technologies that quietly solve the problem they were intended to solve. I've never seen a rage post about light switches. Or wrenches. Or locks. Or pencils.

    AI, and a lot of the technologies we complain about, are business models that prioritize value to the producer over value to the buyer or user. They aren't technology per se, so much as a shoddy product wrapped in unrealistic promises.

  • We should be investing in journalism that serves the public interest, not slashing its funding. We should be expanding access to local news, not pulling the plug. And we should expect our elected leaders to keep their promises, especially when it comes to protecting the foundations of our democracy.

    Didn't the Liberals direct CBC to open more local offices and improve regional reporting?

  • I feel like video rolling onto the scene was the beginning of the end. I don't like video as a medium, so that's an easy place for me to draw the line. Before Youtube&co link zines and blogs would link to other readable stuff. Sometimes it had pictures, but it was complex and thought out (usually). Over time, as monetization become more of a thing, Youtube became more of a thing, along with influencers and unskipable ads. And here we are.

  • Developers wanted to build and deploy apps to end user machines. The round trip for page loads was lousy for usability.

    Java applets were too shitty. Flash was too janky and hard to work with. So Mozilla started adding JavaScript as a hack. It filled a need.

    a barrier-to-entry that makes it difficult to develop new browsers,

    It definitely adds a barrier to entry, but JavaScript was really perfected in chromium, which is a different codebase from the folks who proposed and built js to begin with.

    I'm not saying JavaScript is good, but it fills a need.

  • This seems like a fairly consistent story we hear about the RCMP. It seems like there's a regular release of studies showing mismanagement, a toxic culture, and favoritism. The two that stand out are the missing women enquiry in Vancouver (which included the RCMP and Vancouver Police), and the Nova Scotia mass shooter enquiry.

    This one doesn't include incompetence, poor training, or sexual harassment though.

  • Canada @lemmy.ca

    Ontario woman's law licence suspended, plans to challenge allegations involving clients seeking refugee status

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    Linking immigration to services and infrastructure!?

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    Immigration caps are contributing to lower asking rents in Canada, CMHC says

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    Mr. Robertson, tell Toronto a deal is a deal

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    Cabinet ministers told to find ‘ambitious’ savings by end of summer

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    Austria took the stigma out of social housing. Here's what Canada could learn

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    Canada dropped the Digital Services Tax because of dairy supply management

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    Opinion: Canada, prepare for a decade of thrift and lower living standards

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    Ontario quietly signs new affordable housing deal with feds

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    TD’s new CEO Raymond Chun faces the mountainous task of rebuilding trust in the bank

    Technology @lemmy.world

    “How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets.

    Canada @lemmy.ca

    Canada has a measles problem

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    Finance Minister Champagne suggests Ottawa won’t present budget this year