Seconds are SI. Makes perfect sense to use kiloseconds, milliseconds. Hours are not SI but they are convenient.

Not sure what point you’re tryna make.

Late 40s. My parents never really got comfortable with Celsius or distance in km for any context.

It’s a bit out of date, and definitely varies by individual, but broadly, yes.

Like I’ll weigh myself in kg and give height in cm but most people won’t understand it outside a medical context.

And most cooking is in grams or Celsius, except my oven, which is F.

IMO it’s one of those bell curve meme things, with ‘everything is a file’ on both ends. I’ve come back around to it.

I’ve had sushi where the chef played a torch over it for a few seconds. Very good.

Shutting down the St. Lawrence seaway would probably not be difficult for a determined insurgency.

The strait of Hormuz might be pennies compared to that.

I hope this awakens something in you.

“I don’t think you can be in a tit for tat with someone that’s 13 times larger than you are”

Agreed. Which is why we need asymmetric measures that make the USA hurt a lot more than us. Specifically, make their billionaires squeal like piggies. Tax US cloud services, streaming services, and app services. Cap the profits that their app stores can charge. Clamp down on what advertising is acceptable. Force them to open APIs.

Right to repair legislation. Force them to open app store competition.

Level the playing field for Canadian software companies and developers.

We can’t compete with them dollar for dollar. So compete with them penny for dollar.

While they’re at it, rename the Bald Eagle the Canada Eagle. We have more of them anyway.

I can see that. My feet take a few days of careful husbanding before they develop the callouses for a new pair of sandals, and there’s gonna be some sore spots. It helps to stick a bandaid over the sore spots to give them a chance to toughen up.

I can well imagine that some people might take longer or develop blisters more easily, preventing the skin from getting to that point. Dry skin is a good hypothesis.

Socks are a totally decent option. If it’s not going to happen, don’t try to force it. /nod

I’ve tried that, I find the socks make them too likely to slip when I walk. Don’t understand it.

(edit: correcting phone typos)

Claimed to be a former Teamster, doubt many Greeks in that union.

Buckwheat pillow is really nice.

Our union negotiates our pay scales, which i am eternally grateful for. I have a lot of trouble with conflict, and job hunting is actual torture.

Nelson Naturals makes a toothpaste that we use. It’s a bit pricy, but it’s Canadian, and it’s sent in refillable jars.

Very irnportant when using one hand!

Stick em in the freezer for billionaire bread later.

Yeah. What’s worse, is that you can see how it would play out. Suppose, for instance, that we had a wildly successful public program that “solved” homelessness. Imagine that it’s wildly cheaper than the current system! People experiencing housing insecurity get rapid intervention, which prevents a big backlog of people with mental illness on the streets.

Then, give it 20 years. Suddenly, we’re spending all this money on these moochers, giving them “free” housing and treatment. MILLIONS of TAXPAYER DOLLARS being spent!!!1! on these LAYABOUTS who REFUSE TO WORK! Funding is cut.

A few years after that… East Hastings Street is an open-air drug market again and people are afraid to walk down it, and now we’re spending ten times as much money on medical care, property protection, and police clearings. A ton of people who would have been productive citizens, now in a death spiral. So, not paying taxes. =p

Part of the problem is that the first group, untreated, can turn into the second group. Which is why early intervention and support are so important, and a lot cheaper.

When it gets bad, it can take a long time for a policy change to really start working. :(

Well… use certbot’s new dns persistence mode. That may be a few years before it gets in. May be in backports, haven’t checked.

It’s just that they’re two distinct subspecies of hummingbird with overlapping ranges. It’s not just a colour variation that they made up, the comic accurately portrays the two different types. Which is a nice touch.

Rufous hummingbirds are particularly aggressive and show up in the spring. Anna’s hummingbirds tend to stay (here) through the winter and rely on feeders.

The green one is an Anna’s, and the brown one is a Rufous. So I think part of the joke is that the brown one is being a dick. :)