@dutchkimble @schizoidman Likely true. It may be justifiable in a commercial setting but in a home? Just how many HD streams would you need to run to suck up that much bandwidth?
I get regular calls from my ISP to upgrade to a 1.5GB package (we have #Fibe in this neighborhood). No thanks - the 150Mb I'm paying for is more than enough (but then, our kids have moved out so perhaps I'm not a typical household).

@Blaster_M @ardi60 I'm a long time #Thunderbird user - and it always defaults newest at the top if that's what you want. Just click the Date header to sort that way (click it again to reverse). And yes, it will remember it next time you launch it.
Can't say if the new install defaults are that way (it's been years) but it's trivial to change.

@FaceDeer @koncertejo @cmnybo ... not to be confused with #IceCatNV the Product Content company, who are definitely looking into #AI
https://icecat.com/generative-ai-for-product-content/

@FaceDeer @koncertejo @cmnybo There's been a fork for years minus any tracking etc, called #IceCat. I don't see anything to suggest they're looking at #AI any time soon.
https://icecatbrowser.org/about.html

@Nouveau_Burnswick @xmunk You had to be there (in @fordnation's neighbourhood), and it was hard to find even them. Close to double that now, I hear.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4771646/buck-a-beer-ontario/ #onpoli

@gvlx @BaroqueInMind @pluralistic @technology @ajsadauskas The @internetarchive would be happy to accept your donation (I give regularly). Their scope is global, though based in the #UnitedStates, and they're not affiliated with #government or any #Capitalist #corporation. As well as their continuous #WaybackMachine web scraping they also have #Video and #Text archives plus some niche things like the #CoverArt archive.
https://archive.org/donate

@ajsadauskas @pluralistic @technology There's always @internetarchive . If you want a place to preserve your videos, and you don't require #monetization, upload them.
The #WaybackMachine might already capture your videos, but you don't need to take the chance, and their Video library is better curated.
https://archive.org/details/movies

@kevincox @veeesix So, why won't they release their business case showing that? They're banding about figures of $1M savings over a year, or maybe three years (depending on source) but nothing to back it up. A rather piddly sum given the size of their budget.
Did they even do a proper business case for it? It smells too much like this is just a payoff to his business buddies, and the fact that they'll be putting largely #unionized #ServiceOntario workers out of work is just gravy.
#onpoli

@CanadaPlus @RandomCanuck Even worse, they might contract it out to some corporate development firm, and spend big bucks for an inferiour app like they did with #ArriveCan.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9429380/arrivecan-contract-illogical-inefficient-trudeau/ #cdnpoli #fediverse #Canada

@sik0fewl Just scanning the net and discovered that #Telus has backed down after customer complaints - they're back to burying the interchange fee in their charges. Of course, customers aren't really saving money as a result - it's back to everyone pays.
#CanadianTire has successfully made credit card customers pay for years by giving less #CashBack on their points cards (Canadian Tire money) for credit card payments. No one else seems to get away with this though.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/telus-credit-card-fee-1.6882341

@sik0fewl Nice to see a bit of movement on this but it's clear that the #FinanceIndustry in #Canada is still calling the shots given its limited scope.
High interchange fees are basically a tax on the poor. Everyone pays but high net worth individuals are the ones offered #CashBack or Points cards so get some of it back.
They're even horning in on essential costs as I wrote about a few years back http://galbraith-was-right.sheamuspatt.ca/2014/01/credit-card-issuers-elbowing-in-on-more.html
#cdnpoli

@OminousOrange @mooniyaw You can thank #JeanCretien for getting #Corporate money out of politics (at least, by direct donations). Surprisingly, #StephenHarper reduced personal contributions even further (a way of owning the #Libs as at the time their party was much better at attricting lots of small doners).
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/pms-donation-plan-stuns-party/article25428665/ #cdnpoli

@leftwingmememachine @otter don't you mean [email protected]?