Cool nice shit costs money sometimes. You can’t really consider this device from a regular value standpoint. Its unique.

They also give you 24 games within the price of the device. At say $5-$10 a pop, its decent value for the games alone.

And you can tell where someone is from in Quebec with how they pronounce “ARRÊT”

Having received warnings from the OQLF for stuff, they have always been courteous, patient and open to accommodations. Honestly, if you don’t throw a hissy fit it always works out fine and any penalty is easily avoidable.

The unfortunate reality is they have to investigate every complaint even if it’s spurious.

They also have cool guides on vocabulary for stuff you might only have english words for. People need to move on from 1976 lol.

The only people who stand to benefit slacking on enforcement are big American companies who want to save a tiny expense. The same who are pressuring us in current trade talks. So no, I don’t accept this constant malicious framing of reasonable enforcement of the law.

In Eastern Ontario you’ll see these signs along the highway that spell some safety message. They’ll have sometimes 2 or 3 in a row to fully tell you the thing in english. Then you’ll get the same signs again explaining it in french.

Yup its exactly this. And with supply shortages, itll take a while to filter down in price unfortunately.

Unsure of the source, but literally not a single one of these is remotely palatable politically.

This is hilariously cringe and also a self own.

Why? Its a phone that supports Graphene where Google isn’t trying to kill it?

Exactly, the Cloud Act is a threat to everyone’s privacy and national security.

“GrapheneOS has supported Pixels because Google’s Tensor chips provide the necessary security features, but not all Qualcomm chips offer the same capabilities. Only Qualcomm’s most expensive 8-series processors are comparable from a security standpoint, and those only go in expensive flagship smartphones.”

The price has to do with cpu types. As long as those particular chips remain expensive and top shelf, it won’t reach more budget devices. Its not a malicious choice.

Lenovo is just always killing it. Guess I’m getting one of these next.

Damn straight. Upgrade Interac, nationalize it if needed.

Yeah, I think the future is bright. We need to cut out Microsoft, Google and Oracle from public service use. Hold Amazon accountable for its labour violations. Remove our data from US owned or located datacenters. Ban Facebook for its criminal activities. Force Netflix and other streamers to pay into our culture production funds and create/promote more Canadian/French Language content. We need to become food independent from the US. No way we should die from eating their bullshit.

We’ve allowed our sovereignty to be eroded by these companies who do whatever the fuck they want with no consequences.

And quite frankly, I think the Auto Industry in Ontario can die and then be replaced with military industries: small arms, drones and missiles. Enough fucking around.

I was terrified with what I heard the Liberals were ready to fold on to get a deal. I am beyond happy we are in a situation of walking away. There is nothing to gain caving on anything anymore. The US will not follow through on their agreements anyway. Give them nothing.

I think we need to focus on hard divesting from the US and focusing on our sovereignty. Cut out Microsoft, Oracle and Google from government use. Ban Facebook for its constant criminal behaviour. Remove all our data from US located or US owned datacenters. Slam Amazon on its appalling labour practices. Make Netflix pay into our culture like all media providers.

Have our laws and values respected on our soil. No more soft ball to American corporations.

In a sense, its the system functioning as it should. If you have a healthy democratic society with good principals, juries should acquit people for things that may be crimes but are perfectly reasonable and justified.

The US military base in Bahrain was there for much longer than the administration. While it may have been sufficient for operations in Iraq, it makes absolutely no sense to supply an aircraft carrier operating outside the Persian Gulf from within the Persian Gulf… I don’t understand how any planners thought this made sense. They knew Iran could shut off or severely endanger passage of the Hormuz straight.

How could the base resupply the Lincoln even if it wasn’t destroyed? Did the US really have no logistical capabilities in the Arabian Sea? They have facilities in Djibouti and Oman.

I think we are letting Hegseth’s stupidity take the fall for a clear diplomatic or military planning failure.

Meta is absolutely aware its algo is pushing content from sexual predators for other sexual predators. I’ve been flagging some stuff for months and Meta’s system repeatedly refuses to do anything about it. It’s sickening. I was really close to start letter writing different politicians in my area to get it banned in Canada.

Its genuinely the worst platform I have ever seen in my life. The worse subreddits or 4chan pages were not this blatant.

I don’t think people understand how bad Facebook has gotten. It is full to the brim of criminal activities of all kinds.

I feel gig work locks you into a cycle of poverty and dependence. It’s not transferable experience and it usually locks you into car ownership. Not sustainable for getting into the workforce.

Lots of people end up on welfare and in social housing under similar situations. We stigmatize those people so much that it never enters public discourse in the same way.

People who are unhoused tend to have even more severe difficulties resulting in that situation.

Yeah its been the same people with too much disposable income or margin for a while. The whole scheme is selling “clout” for a few hundred a pop.