BenVimes

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[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Interesting that you were still using StoCard. Some months ago the app broke for me and directed me to download Klarna. My info had been migrated over and everything.

I promptly found a new loyalty card app (SuperCards) once I saw the microloans and other unnecessary garbage in Klarna.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Couldn't have happened to a nicer company.

Anecdotally, Klarna is the company that bought StoCard, an app for scanning and storing loyalty cards, and replaced it with their own app. I personally liked StoCard and found the microloan bloat of Klarna to be unbearable.

I realize that's not as serious a charge as the predatory microloans themselves, but it does give me some measure of personal satisfaction to read about their self-inflicted wounds.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I don't know how to feel about it being an RTS, as I'm pretty bad at those.

I guess a straight slow-time game might end up too similar to the board game, though.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This is one of my favourite shitposts. Growing up with things like The Donut Man and Psalty the Singing Songbook makes this almost feel real, like it was some half-forgotten fever dream.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hey, you hacks writing this: there is no massive flow of drugs going from Canada to the USA. Stop letting the orange rapist get away with this lie.

Here's my original post again. I bolded the key part: it's Trump telling the lie, and the news organizations are credulously repeating it.

This same article doesn't provide any pushback to this claim until much later in the article, and then it only says that, "Carney said Canada accounts for only about 1% of fentanyl imports into the US," instead of calling it what it is: a lie.

This is what has my onions cheesed: that major news outlets are uncritically repeating all the fetid slop that spews from Trump's mouth. Another example was the 'Governor Trudeau' bit from a few months ago, where I saw one clip of a gormless CNN anchor nod their empty head and chuckle as Trump's lapdog displayed the most wanton disregard for civility and the truth.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

Canada had "failed to cooperate" in curbing the flow of fentanyl and other drugs across the US border. The Canadian government says it is cracking down on drug gangs.

Hey, you hacks writing this: there is no massive flow of drugs going from Canada to the USA. Stop letting the orange rapist get away with this lie.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 month ago (6 children)

My own experience, as someone who is not necessarily tech illiterate, but also not an expert either:

I decided to check out some basic Linux stuff, and found a post directing newcomers to a website that was supposed to be a top-notch beginner's guide. This guide started with a history of Linux, written in the style of an early 2000s GameFAQs guide. It then jumped immediately into selecting a distro, and started describing each option with terms like "lightweight"and "robust" without explaining what those terms meant in that context - or even defining what a distro was in the first place.

As someone who has used Windows for around 3 decades, I could make some inferences to fill in the gaps. But I imagine someone with less experience with PCs would get completely lost.

Now on the flip side, I've also shared in another thread the story of how I lost interest in programming partway through my introductory university course, and mostly received positive feedback. The folks in that thread seemed happy to hear the perspective of an outsider.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 months ago

The first time I tried this was with my kid's crib. I ended up forgetting it was there and I had to borrow tools from the movers instead. I got most of the day through the disassembly before finding the hidden allen key and realizing I had outsmarted myself.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Our first also needed a frenotomy, and we had to go to a specialist clinic outside the hospital.

My best understanding of that situation was that they first wanted to make sure it was actually a problem over a week or two of observation. Then, the procedure was technically classified as dental surgery, so a doctor at a hospital couldn't perform it for professional/ethical/insurance reasons.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

How much support new parents get seems to vary by city (and maybe province?).

I've also had two children born in Canada in the past few years, but in different cities (and provinces). Neither gave us a baby box, but the first provided a free and unprompted hearing test right in the recovery room, while the other required us to make a seperate appointment in the weeks following the birth for that same service.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My angel is the centrefold?

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Assuming you were aiming for the French phrase for 'seafood', I think you meant 'fruit de mer.'

'Fruit de la mère' would translate to, 'fruit of the mother.'

 
 

I'm experiencing an issue with the Default sort for Posts setting. Here's a scenario of how the issue plays out:

  1. I adjust my Default sort for Posts setting to be Active through the Settings menu.
  2. I close the and reopen the app, and it opens to Active.
  3. I change the current sorting method to something else, e.g. TopSixHour, using the drop-down menu in the top-right of the app.
  4. I close and reopen the app, and it opens to TopSixHour. Additionally, the option for Default sort for Posts has been changed to TopSixHour in the Settings menu.

I've only noticed this since recently getting a new phone, going from a Pixel 7 to a Pixel 9. I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app and that did not fix the issue.

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