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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

My celiac-ass should not have gotten excited about that sentence. For real though that doesn’t sound good

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Ottawa desperately needs one of these. Centretown is completely owned by Loblaws

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just gave up Duolingo at 1770 days for French which hurt to do. I was mostly just maintaining a streak at this point and with the news of them using AI to replace their employees (even if they retracted it), I decided to quit.

I’ve switched to Babbel now which has been really good so far

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

I remember cutting my hand pretty good on one of the old metal beyblades as a kid. I loved those things

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Definitely not sourced but I think there was some assumption that was because the feds told him to hold off

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I absolutely despise Doug but he’s (somehow) a master at images. He, unlike PP, knows that Canadians/Ontarians are in elbows up mode so that’s the role he’s going to play since it really costs him nothing. If Ontario decided tomorrow that they actually love Trump, then he’d be Trump’s best friend in the world

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago

God damn it Carney has been disappointing me immensely

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

Fair point. I wouldn’t want to subject anyone to that

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

New York should just become Southern Ontario

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

I think people can vote to kick people but that’s it really

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Honestly maybe not after a long run but sometimes when I’m really dehydrated I legit crave milk

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

While the US has problems, merely having a constitution (1) the courts meaningfully refer to (2) that demands special effort to amend isn't clearly a problem.

I can agree with that. I guess what I take more of an issue with really comes down to “American civil religion”.

Americans seem to be taught (from my outsider perspective) that the basis of which the US was founded upon is perfect and needs no changing ever. There’s so much propaganda surrounding the founding documents that even suggesting changing something is basically akin to blasphemy. Like look at the second amendment. Even suggesting that maybe it doesn’t fit into modern society is considered heresy.

That sort of thing is why I really don’t like politicians claiming that their country is “the best in the world”. You see it in Canada too, and I hate it because even if it’s true, it just sort of waves away the many improvements that can be made. There’s ALWAYS things to improve upon

 

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he's terminating all trade discussions with Canada effective immediately.

"We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period," Trump said in a social media post.

He says he's pulling back from the bilateral trade discussions because Canada plans to move ahead with its digital services tax (DST), which requires web giants pay a special tax.

Set to take effect on June 30, the DST requires U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb pay a three per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users — a policy enacted by former prime minister Justin Trudeau's government that the Parliamentary Budget Office projects will bring in billions of dollars in revenue.

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Nearly all my furniture I got for free off the street on garbage day or from family. The computer parts however

 

I swear every thread has the same 100 people in it so my upvote counter is pretty high for most people. Wondering what it’s at for other people on Lemmy. You tell me my vote count and I’ll tell you what I have for you :)

 

It's not for anything important but I host a stupid discord bot trained on my friend group's server chat history. It's pretty much just a lobotomized ChatGPT but it's a lot of fun. I'm looking to move off of OpenAI's infrastructure though to something that doesn't give money to the USA but it seems like everything is American.

Basically, I'm just looking for somewhere that I can finetune and run custom models. Does anyone know of such a place?

 

TORONTO — GameStop Canada says it has been acquired by French-Canadian entrepreneur Stephan Tetrault from the video game retailer’s struggling parent company.

Officially named Electronics Boutique Canada Inc., GameStop Canada says it will relaunch its 185 stores as EB Games Canada — a name associated with retail gaming from bygone decades.

Tetrault is the founder of Montreal-area-based toy manufacturer Imports Dragon and co-owner of American action figure-maker McFarlane Toys, and last month became a partner at Canadian chain Mastermind Toys.

U.S.-based GameStop Corp. said in February it was looking to sell its Canadian and French operations as it evaluates its international assets and doubles down on cost-cutting.

GameStop was one of the companies at the centre of the “meme stock” craze on Wall Street, which saw struggling brands’ share prices soar as retail investors made risky bets.

Its sales last year declined 27 per cent to $3.82 billion, though net income shot up to $131.3 million versus $6.7 million in 2023.

 

The original building was unfortunately gutted by a fire in March 1922 leaving only the outer walls. Architect Louis Parant was commissioned for the reconstruction who decided to build an entirely new building which included a remodelling of the Mansard roof into a new Beaux-Arts inspired model. The new building opened in 1926

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_City_Hall

 

 
 

A transformational shift in city zoning rules has taken another step forward, but some councillors worry people won't pay attention until it starts upending the look of their neighbourhoods.

The second draft of a massive rewrite of Ottawa's comprehensive zoning bylaw went through council's planning and housing committee on Monday, with only minor changes from the first.

It still axes rules that force developers to build a minimum number of parking spaces in new buildings, and only slightly walks back major increases to building heights and housing density in much of the city.

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Central Chambers was built between 1890 and 1893 and designed by John James Browne of Montreal, an example of Queen Anne Revival commercial architecture. Formerly serving as an office for the Canadian Atlantic Railway, it now houses the National Capital Commission

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Chambers_(Ottawa)

 
 

It's not the fanciest ever but it's a building I walk by often and I always stop to look at the brickwork. The amount of detail that went into these town houses is just remarkable. Sorry for the low quality images, they're the only ones I could find. (Source)

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