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Google is switching the Pixel 9 to an ultrasonic fingerprint reader
  • It might not be. If your fingerprints are physically changing, then an accurate scanner should not recognize a fingerprint that's changed after the fact. If anything you're looking for a less accurate scanner to help with this issue. But a less accurate scanner could let others in your phone too.

    A family member is a massage therapist and no fingerprint reader has managed to recognize their fingers. Not even the old capacitive types in the rear. They don't even recognize there's a fingerprint present. It's like tapping with a wiener.

  • U of T protesters clear encampment ahead of deadline

    > Student-led demonstrators who organized a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Toronto cleared the site after more than 60 days of protest, ahead of a court-ordered deadline to leave Wednesday.

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    Canada needs proportional representation federally
  • Oof, got the receipts and all. Nice job πŸ‘

  • Linux distros good for hosting Plex/jelly
  • Ignore the noise and use Ubuntu LTS. Subscribe for the free Ubuntu Pro service. This is something you do not get on Debian. Enjoy boring, trouble-free operation.

    If you're hell bent on not using Ubuntu, use Debian. Enjoy boring, trouble-free operation.

    In either case, use Docker. I don't know what the version of Docker is in Debian but in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, it's recent enough so you don't have to f around with third party repos.

  • Why work four days a week when you can work six? Greece gives it a shot.
  • I recently read that Kyriakos Mitsotakis has done quite a bit of damage to Greek labor over the years. I don't see this ending positively long term.

  • Canada needs proportional representation federally
  • We repeat that every time this chart looks like this. Which is almost every election. We even elected a guy on the promise to change it. πŸ₯Ή

  • Canada needs proportional representation federally
  • Not sure why this is down voted. This is exactly what happened. Trudeau ran on electoral reform in 2015. That was gonna be the last FPTP election, he said. Then they did some consultations with the public and said that not enough people wanted it. Shortly after, they threw the whole thing down the garbage chute.

  • German car industry urges EU to drop tariffs on China-made cars
  • Yeah propping up the organ isn't ideal. At least paying Hungarian workers benefits the EU economy.

  • Telegram says it has 'about 30 engineers'; security experts say that's a red flag
  • I see this parroted now and then. Often the people I've heard it from are the type of folks who would drastically underestimate the complexity and effort needed to make things. I've also seen and worked on codebases made by such folks and usually it ain't pretty, or maintainable, or extensible, or secure, or [insert fav cut corners here].

  • Why do you still hate Windows?
  • I find Windows significantly less convenient than Linux. It took a few years for my mindset to flip but there's just no going back. Whenever something requires me to use Windows, I reach for a Windows virtual machine. Whenever I've been forced to use a Windows or a Mac machine for work, I've reached for a Linux virtual machine.

  • EU governments hesitant on Chinese EV tariffs as trade spat escalates
  • I see they still don't understand where the National Rally vote came from.

  • Now we know how much it costs to make a $2,800 Dior bag
  • I think you're not focusing on the part that they were made in Chinese-owned slave shops in Italy, by slave labor illegally trafficked from China in order to achieve this production cost while being able to label them "Made in Italy"

  • German car industry urges EU to drop tariffs on China-made cars
  • Recall, to VAG's major shareholders, it doesn't matter where a VW is made since they would always collect and distribute the profit from its sale. To auto workers and their local communities on the other hand, it makes dramatic difference whether the VWs on their streets were made close by, or a continent away.

  • Clarence Thomas takes aim at a new target: Eliminating OSHA
  • The program for rolling back hard fought union victories is going full steam ahead.

    I suppose the American worker could wake up to the reality that the protection against utter abuse for no pay didn't just appear out of thin air and that only their fellow worker can be relied upon to stick for them.

  • Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative
  • That actually makes the most sense. So similar to how Linux was started.

  • China to see biggest millionaire exodus in 2024 as many head to U.S.
  • And between every dollar being backed by a bushel of potatoes or a dentist appointment and hyperinflation, lies a vast gap of other possibilities. For example dollars backed by future productivity that people believe will materialise which doesn't exist today. If you factor in debt and look at fiat as a form of debt it should become more obvious why you can create money today that enables people to do work which they otherwise wouldn't, without causing inflation, let alone hyperinflation, under the assumption of available real resources (labor, tools, metal, land, knowledge, etc).

  • Inflation ticked up to 2.9% in May

    > ! > > Rental prices rose 0.9 per cent in May from the previous month. That brought the yearly pace of rent increases up to 8.9 per cent, with rent being the second-largest annual contributor to inflation. > > Mortgage interest costs slowed very slightly to 0.8 per cent in May from April, and brought the annual pace of increases to 23.3 per cent.

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    finance.yahoo.com Gen Z are desperate to be eco-friendly but LinkedIn says they’re so underskilled they actually pose a β€˜risk’ to climate progress

    At the current rate of progress businesses risk failing their net-zero targets because of inexperienced Gen Zers, LinkedIn's new report warns.

    Gen Z are desperate to be eco-friendly but LinkedIn says they’re so underskilled they actually pose a β€˜risk’ to climate progress

    Came upon this beautiful piece of corporate propaganda.

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    www.ctvnews.ca NDP says it's considering options about support for much-criticized Senate porn bill

    Federal New Democrats won't say how they intend to vote on a bill that aims to keep minors from accessing sexually explicit material online, while the Conservatives say they're prepared to work on amending the controversial legislation.

    NDP says it's considering options about support for much-criticized Senate porn bill

    Meanwhile the LPC oppose the bill while the CPC would work to amend it.

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    toronto.citynews.ca Veteran politician Carolyn Parrish wins Mississauga mayoral byelection

    The polls have officially closed in Mississauga as the city waits to find out who will be their next mayor.

    Veteran politician Carolyn Parrish wins Mississauga mayoral byelection

    Turnout was around 25%, which isn't surprising in a by-election.

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    www.cp24.com 'Just devastating': New data confirms Gardiner Expressway construction eroding commercial travel times

    Commercial travel times on the Gardiner have increased a whopping 250 per cent during the morning rush hour since the latest round of expressway repairs began two months ago, new fleet tracking data reveal.

    'Just devastating': New data confirms Gardiner Expressway construction eroding commercial travel times
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    Canada's 2024 wildfire season expected to be even worse than last year's

    I don't have a better source than NatPo. If anyone's aware of a better one, post it.

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    Mississauga @lemmy.ca Avid Amoeba @lemmy.ca

    The south section of Mississauga Road.

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    Clean your physical connectors!

    Have some new old stock SATA drives vomiting at you?

    [ 234.811385] ata1.00: status: { DRDY } [ 234.811392] ata1: hard resetting link [ 240.139340] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 244.855349] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16) [ 244.855375] ata1: hard resetting link [ 250.199443] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 254.875508] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16) [ 254.875533] ata1: hard resetting link [ 260.211562] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) [ 289.919779] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16) [ 289.919810] ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 3.0 Gbps [ 289.919816] ata1: hard resetting link [ 294.963876] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16) [ 294.963904] ata1: reset failed, giving up [ 294.963909] ata1.00: disable device

    Grab your contact cleaner and clean their SATA connectors!

    I just bought a new 1TB Crucial MX500 made in god knows what year and installed it in a virgin SATA port of a M710q made in 2016 and I got the vomit you see above every time I loaded the drive. Reseated all the connectors. More vomit. Scratched my head a couple of times reaching for the trash bin and I had a brainwave that there might be oxidation from sitting naked with the elements. Took out the DeoxIt Gold, dabbed all the connectors on the SATA path, cycled them a few times, powered on and loaded the drive. No more vomit.

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    DF64 Gen 2 on sale 30% off in Canada

    coffeeaddicts.ca DF64 Gen 2 Single Dose Coffee Grinder With DLC Burrs

    The second generation of the DF64 incorporates all the learnings from the first generation as well as the DF64V and DF83. the DF64 Gen 2 features an improved 250W motor, a plasma generator to reduce static and built-in anti-popcorn lid.

    DF64 Gen 2 Single Dose Coffee Grinder With DLC Burrs

    Coffee Addicts have their DF64 Gen 2 for CAD $420 at the moment. Still in-stock at the time of writing. I was considering a DF54 but at this price I couldn't not jump on the 64.

    E: Seems like many other distributors have the discount now.

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    9to5google.com Google widely rolling out new April OTA for Pixel 7, Fold, and 8 owners [U]

    Google released new Android 14 QPR2 builds with the April 2024 patch for the Pixel 7/Pro, 7a, Fold, and 8/Pro, though there no update...

    Google widely rolling out new April OTA for Pixel 7, Fold, and 8 owners [U]

    Received this today. I thought it was some emergency security fix given the odd update time.

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    www.collingwoodtoday.ca Tech industry warns budget's capital gains proposals could cause 'irreparable harm'

    TORONTO β€” The federal budget is being met with disdain from Canada's innovation industry, including tech darling Shopify, which called the capital gains measures in the fiscal plan a potential cause of "irreparable harm.

    Tech industry warns budget's capital gains proposals could cause 'irreparable harm'

    Sounds like the tax is on point!

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