Notices by Christopher :coffefied: (christopher@mastodon.coffee)

@hannu_ikonen

The "free internet" never went away; BBS's, IRC & open source projects are examples that its still out there.

What they did was exploit people's laziness.

The general population will always choose convenience, even if they willing know it will trap them in an algorithmic, corporate tracking, manosphere.

@evan

Doubt it, for pollical and security reasons.

Plus, this is China. Knowing them, their either using low paid slave labor, cutting corners on safety, or using materials that wouldn't be considered "environmentally friendly" to get prices this low.

@hannu_ikonen

Like a tale of two cities... Costco shareholders vote to keep DEI.

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/costco-shareholders-vote-against-proposal-report-diversity-programs-2025-01-23/

@evan

The only thing I could think of is Firebird. I don't know if it has all the features you're looking for, but give it a shot.

https://www.firebirdsql.org/

@sand

No, those are just Americans. It's hard to sneak a television across the border. No matter what you say, the border guards won't believe you had that television the whole time. :blobcatgiggle:

@sand

I'm surprised its still going. They only created it to try to stem the flow of Canadians going state side when the dollar was even with the U.S.

@atomicpoet

Looks like they just used the DOOM Engine to make this game. How could they screw it up that badly? :blobfoxconfused:

@freemo

Knowing Nixon, he probably recorded it, he did record a lot of things in the Oval Office. :blobcatgiggle:

That said, while Nixon himself didn't criminalizing cannabis or heroin, he did create the DEA for the sole purpose to heavily enforce existing drug laws (aka War on Drugs), but by the time the DEA officially started, Watergate had happened and Nixon was getting drunk, yelling at paintings, so the enforcement lingered until Regan came along in 1980.

@gnate @Oggie

@evan

Hopefully.🤞🏻

None of these years I would consider "best years"

@evan

This is tough. :blobcatnotlike:

@evan

I'm curious, who quoted in saying that?

Oh hell NO @evan! You live here in Canada, you know full well Bell, Rogers & Telus would find ways to harvest data from the Fediverse and member accounts it supports for profit.

@jimcarroll
@atomicpoet

It may be for the best, Elon is looking for a fight with government agencies so he can spin it as "fighting big government over free speech".

The fact that no regulatory body has taken direct action on all of his shenanigans is probably driving him up the wall.

@apps

It various. I do see notifications in the morning waiting for me. Other times notification only pops up if I open the app. And other times it will notify me as intended.

I'm guessing it has something to do with battery optimization in settings?