I've been checking for the Flatpak daily 😭

This is where you can track the issue

"If I don't personally understand it, and it might change the way I do/view things, must be a conspiracy"

Wilful ignorance

Second best is a local grocer.

Yeah I shop at my local Asian supermarket. Family run, and so much cheaper than the nearby Loblaws or even the farther No Frills.

Another shitty thing about Plexamp is there is no easy way to download your entire library in a converted format and auto download any new additions.

The developer said that "this is not the intended use of Plexamp", but the reasoning is flawed IMO

The only thing keeping me on Plex is iOS downloads supported natively.

The second Swiftfin gets that I will be switching fully to Jellyfin

Unless Plex adds something new and exciting that pushes them beyond FOSS offerings

Yeah, I have a Grandpa in the same boat - older "conservative", but is disgusted by what the party has decided to embrace: climate change denialism, fear-mongering, rage-baiting, anti-LGBTQ, anti-science, weirdly pro-Russia for some reason? etc.

Not trying to view the past with rose-coloured glasses, but even looking at the past 10 years you can see and feel a sharp directional shift of the CPC towards regression.

I am a Liberal through and through, but it would honestly be refreshing if Conservatives just wanted to debate tax policy, spending, and free market economics instead of actively spreading misinformation and hate.

We need a sort of "internet enlightenment" era where we re-calibrate humanity back towards reason and empathy.

As much as I like my Steam Deck, replacing the battery is not as easy or clean as it should be because of the glue.

Yes I know there's a reason they glued it, and yes its good that it is "user replaceable" to some extent, but I hope this pushes for easier replacement in the future.

I would imagine that the battery cell manufacturers also play a role here, although I have absolutely no way to back this up so take it with a grain of salt. Because 99% of consumer mobile devices have glued in batteries, it is likely that Li-ion manufacturers have adjusted their supply chain to accommodate and make it less expensive for device makers to buy batteries that need to be glued. So it would be reasonable to assume if more companies need to switch to easily replaceable (read: not glued), the suppliers would shift to accommodate and stay competitive.

Interesting article let's read through...

In fact, according to odds on FanDuel, the Tories are favoured to win the next election at -143 while Trudeau’s Liberals sit at +110.

Ahhhh, Toronto Sun back at it again with the hard hitting journalism. Disgusting and disingenuous crap, glad The Star avoided the Postmedia merger

O'Toole didn't want to piss off the far right viewpoint that was growing, Poilievre actively panders and encourages them.

I don't want to make general statements, but Canadaland did a podcast on the horrible injustices within the Thunder Bay Police force.

One example of some pretty messed up stuff.

For anyone looking for a chair that doesn't want to spend >$1000 or get a gaming chair, I recommend looking for an office furniture reseller in your area.

There are a lot of shops that buy used furniture from companies either going out of business or moving.

I was able to get a new Steelcase for like half the price, still had its tags and packaging. Granted this was during covid where a lot of businesses were dumping their in-office supplies, but still worth a look.

Yeah they are all super obvious, but I repeat them all even if I think most people would already know them by now.

Leave no opportunity for intentional deception (ex. Doug Ford) or innocent misunderstanding (people who just don't follow this stuff).

Yeah, the essential and irreplaceable nature of healthcare is one reason for it to be a public service.

Another reason that public healthcare is much better than private is that most healthcare services are "Credence Goods" where the person receiving the care cannot determine the value/quality of the service received.

Example: If someone gets hit by a car and needs surgery, how would they determine the surgery was the best possible surgery? If it was unsuccessful was it due to the lack of skill of the doctor, or was it because the accident was too severe and could not be solved by any living doctor on the planet?

If the value of goods cannot be determined, it is hard to fit it into economic models for competitive markets.

This is on top of the other obvious benefits:

• single payer systems driving down total costs for everyone
• maintaining standards across clinics
• a healthy population is more productive, pays more taxes, drives innovation, etc.
• a healthy person is more likely to contribute money into the economy vs. take money out of the economy (through welfare, disability, etc.) -- this is definitely not to say that welfare and disability benefits should be reduced in favour of healthcare, they are both needed. Most people would prefer to actually get treatment and get back on their feet than not get treated and be on EI or welfare until they die young.

Here is an Unlearning Economics video that goes into this more.

So the general population doesn't want privatization, healthcare workers don't want privatization, who wants privatization? 🤔..

OH YEAH, the already rich people who see it as an investment opportunity.

Wait what do you mean?

Its only all the qualified experts and scientists (AKA nerds) who think that climate change will end us all.

My uncle and some oil/gas execs say otherwise 🤔

I think we are on the same page, my comment was meant to agree with you.

All of the most common essentials (groceries, pharmacy, etc.) along with some shops/restaurants have enough patronage to justify high density / be within walking distance of most people in an urban environment. While things that are farther away (both less common essentials and non-essential) should be accessible through transit.

I can agree with that overall.

But in this specific case (the link in OP), the discussion is centred around employee/employer relations. In that context it’s employee compensation that seems more relevant to the discussion.

Employers have control over how much they pay people, so if they are complaining about “lazy people”, it feels fair to point out lowered compensation and benefits year over year if you factor in inflation.

Lemmy truly is like to old internet sometimes, obvious troll.

Early Canada saw, by and large, equal contribution across the entire population... you need me as much as I need you.

This is SO true, everyone TOTALLY contributed equally to industry and got fair compensation for their efforts: British colonists, native Canadians, Black slaves, and the Chinese immigrants who worked on our railroads. It was just so efficient for the rich to also massacre entire populations of people, force people to work, and pay either nothing or next to nothing. I totally agree with you here, you are such a scholar with a clear understanding of Canadian history 🙇. I also hear that after a hard days work the rich colonists and workers (the ones who didn't happen to die that day when building infrastructure) would all go out for a cold beer and have a jolly old time!

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The HEAVIEST of sarcasm, jesus fucking christ. I won't even continue with the rest of the post, but let's just say I might slightly disagree with you 😉

Yeah there is no possible way that everywhere a person needs to go can be within reasonable walking distance.

Wealth gap gets bigger and bigger, workers feel less and less secure in their jobs and lives, and companies try to blame the people who are making them rich.

Even worse, they inspire infighting between the working and "middle" class. A person making $100K a year is a lot closer to someone making $45K a year than the executives making many millions a year.