FlareHeart

joined 2 years ago
[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Wouldn't it be slander? Since it was verbally spoken Slander would apply. Libel is regarding written statements.

Either way, I agree with you. It was a disgraceful thing to say and should have consequences.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I haven't needed one since I somehow managed to uninstall the new one and downgraded it to the Windows 7 version of the photo viewer, but ImageGlass looks nice!

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you can sign up for one online, so I think you still can.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You can initiate a mail forward. It costs money (not much) but it would allow anything specifically addressed to your name at your old address to be forwarded to the new address. I'm not sure how long the strike would be, so the costs could add up over time, but hopefully it's not too onerous for you.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

This is the result of treating housing as an investment instead of a human right.

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

They do have to rebook, but if the alternate flights are all full, then they can't materialize another flight out of nothing. Which is why the refund or credit is another option.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

My rental prohibits the connection of EV's to the standard outlets due to fears of fire.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It honestly makes more sense to have an "EV charge station" mandate. If people have access to chargers, the car purchases will follow. Currently I have no reason to buy an EV because I live in a rental (unable to install a charger) with the only nearby public charger being a Tesla supercharger (and I refuse to give that creep any of my money). So if I bought an EV, where would I charge it?

Don't get me wrong, I'd like to make the switch, but having to rely on problematic public chargers that are not nearby or potentially nonfunctional makes it a dealbreaker.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The idea that the "best" product is one that we have to rely on another country to not only build, but to maintain, fix, update software/firmware...No thank you.

The Gripens that come with the knowledge transfer (and jobs creation) of building, maintaining, and fixing them ourselves? That's a way higher value than anyone in government seems to realize.

Why would we want to rely on the country that has threatened our sovereignty for our fighters?! Is our government really that dumb?

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

We also need to bolster our testing. Last I heard we only check for 2 strains of Lyme disease but there is a third that we need to add to our to testing to ensure we are adequately taking care of those who are infected.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Ya, yikes indeed. Measles is no joke. It can also cause immune amnesia, which is terrifying too.

[–] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes, I understand that it didn't prevent us from catching it or spreading it. It did however, reduce the length of time we were sick. Which meant that since we were her primary carers, that she wasn't without us for as long. Since it DID reduce the length of time and severity of our illness.

As far as all of the other gripes you seem to have around Covid, yes, I agree it wasn't handled perfectly, but since we were dealing with a completely unfamiliar disease, we were working with what information was available at the time.

I don't deny that in hindsight things could have been done better. But we should be judging the actions based on the context of the information at the time. Can we learn from the past and do better in the future? Absolutely. But I'm not going to hold every single Liberal at fault for the decisions of Trudeau.

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