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Cake day: November 10th, 2023

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  • I mean, but we pretty much do know? The difference between Linux and Windows / MacOS is Linux is open source and can be checked and audited by anyone. If an exploit exists, it will be visible publicly and just needs to be spotted by those knowledgeable enough. Windows and MacOS are more than likely audited too but by private companies under NDA, so then it’s left up to Microsoft or Apple to decide what exploits are fixed.


  • Super pissed off FPTP is still a thing. My riding was quite interesting this year. Polls showed a safe conservative win with NDP slightly behind and liberals at barely anything. What actually happened was a huge number of liberal votes compared to what was expected and less conservative and NDP votes as a result. The conservatives won with only ~38% of the vote vs the over 50% they were showing in the polls. I can almost garuntee that if we had ranked choice, either NDP or liberals would have won. It’s very frustrating as I’m certain a lot of the left leaning voters were focusing on a national level and not a local one.




  • Not the original commentor, but the people I’ve discussed this with usually say one of 4 things. These aren’t necessarily my views, just what I’ve heard from others:

    1. The government is too easy on crime and we grant people bail who are dangerous to release.
    2. Gun control is a waste of time and money and isn’t tackling the real issue as nearly all gun crime isn’t committed by legal gun owners.
    3. More housing needs to be made (note that both major parties seem to agree on this).
    4. More infrastructure needs to be built to capitalize on our oil and natural resources exports.


  • MooseAtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldSometimes we create our own problems.
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    15 days ago

    If anyone is curious as to why we don’t run the world off solar, from what I understand the big issue is power grid frequency. Unlike a turbine, solar has no intertia. If you take away light the power drop is instant. With turbines, they keep spinning due to their weight. This is especially important since if a large load is suddenly energized, the turbine might slow down but still won’t stop immediately. Maybe in the future giant electric powered flywheels or pumpgen systems can take up the slack. Nuclear would likely also help since those are essentially giant steam turbine generators. Good video with some more info here.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7G4ipM2qjfw&t=589