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Open3D Engine "O3DE" 24.09 Released With Performance Improvements & More
  • I've never even heard of this before. Is it mostly a rendering library or is it a full game framework like Godot or Unity?

  • Another beluga dies at Marineland, Ontario saying little on 4-year probe into park
  • Wait they're still there? How the hell are they still there?

  • Nvidia’s RTX 5070 reportedly set to launch alongside the RTX 5090 at CES 2025
  • And thanks to the AI customers you can't afford it anyways.

  • Canadian PM urges citizens to leave Lebanon as evacuations top 1,000
  • Yeah, likewise. I'm upset about the terrorism of Hezbollah or Hamas, but Israel has quite obviously decided that two wrongs make a right and so is using this nightmare as an excuse to land-grab and settle scores, and the civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon are suffering for it.

  • To fight AI, we need 'personhood credentials,' say AI firms
  • Right now I could go create 30 sock puppet accounts to respond to this. Is that really a good thing?

    Let government offer the service of "here is a way any human can certifiably identify themselves online" and let people decide what providers they want to give that info to.

    If you want to use or run anonymous social media, that's fine.

    I don't.

  • To fight AI, we need 'personhood credentials,' say AI firms
  • I know a lot of people are cranky about digital IDs, but realistically there's no avoiding it at this point: we need real, government-backed, links-to-a-specific-human-with-a-birth-certificate unique digital IDs. Then service providers can (optionally) demand it in order to register, and can prevent you from creating multiple accounts, and can ban you from their service permanently, and can vouch for you to other services that you are indeed a Real Unique Human Being.

  • These Canadians want the ‘right to repair’ their stuff: ‘We can’t continue on the same way of consuming’
  • Old Casio watches managed to do it with just screws. We live in the future, I'm sure there's a way to fasten a phone together waterproof with just rubber gaskets and mechanical fasteners instead of glue.

  • These Canadians want the ‘right to repair’ their stuff: ‘We can’t continue on the same way of consuming’
  • The problem is that always the economically cleanest approach is to add fees, which are political suicide.

    Like, if you add a "disposal fee" to electronics, that creates incentive to build electronics that last long. But Ford chased Wynne out of Ontario Government using their e-waste fees.

    The alternative is stupid bulky bureaucracy and regulation. Which voters say they hate, but their actions speak louder.

    Carrots are politically better than sticks, but how do you offer a carrot for not doing something? Fee-and-dividend is supposed to do that, but now we're at "axe the tax" under a fee-and-dividend model.

    So maybe bureaucracy and regulation is the way to go.

    Ban glue in portable electronics assembly? I'll never forgive Apple for inventing that nonsense.

    Require that any device that is E-Waste have a big ugly "this is e-waste" label on its exterior that end users are totally allowed to remove, but replacing the "this is e-waste" panel with something clean-looking must be at least as easy as replacing the battery.

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    Democrats, Republicans and others react to Biden dropping out of presidential race
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    Judge hands Trump major legal victory, dismissing classified documents charges; Judge Aileen Cannon says special counsel doesn't have authority to prosecute the case
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    Recommendations for a good .ca domain host?
  • in the end I went with CanSpace as registrar, and I’m using CloudFlare to actually run the nameservers.

    The transfer was kind of a PITA because since the domain transferred from Google to Squarespace to Canspace to then being hosted on CF’s nameservers (but still on Canspace) the DNSSEC meant that CF couldn’t actually get it connected until like 48 hours later. Was quite worried that I’d screwed up somewhere.

  • Recommendations for a good .ca domain host?
  • in the end I went with CanSpace as registrar, and I’m using CloudFlare to actually run the nameservers.

    The transfer was kind of a PITA because since the domain transferred from Google to Squarespace to Canspace to then being hosted on CF’s nameservers (but still on Canspace) the DNSSEC meant that CF couldn’t actually get it connected until like 48 hours later. Was quite worried that I’d screwed up somewhere.

  • What are your favourite controllers?
  • Honestly the 2nd analog stick I didn't mind too much because the face-buttons made a decent D-pad for the tiny handful of shooters on the DC. The bigger flaw was the lack of 2nd shoulder-buttons.

    Also that putting a screen into a controller has always been a solution looking for a problem. It was on the DC, it was on the Wii-U, and there's a good reason they abandoned the idea to put a screen on the PS4 touchpad controller.

  • Recommendations for a good .ca domain host?

    So lemmiverse, my https://pxtl.ca domain has officially been booted off of Google Domains (welcome to the Google graveyard, Google Domains) and now has been moved into Squarespace, which is expensive.

    Anybody recommend a good cheap .ca TLD domain host? One with a decent API for dynamic DNS so I can keep my home subdomain? I have a couple of pi4 servers in the house that could be tasked with pinging an API endpoint to notify the domain host of my IP.

    thanks in advance.

    edit: in the end I went with CanSpace as registrar, and I'm using CloudFlare to actually run the nameservers.

    The transfer was kind of a PITA because since the domain transferred from Google to Squarespace to Canspace to then being hosted on CF's nameservers (but still on Canspace) the DNSSEC meant that CF couldn't actually get it connected until like 48 hours later. Was quite worried that I'd screwed up somewhere.

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    U.S. Supreme Court rules presidents have immunity from prosecution for official acts in office
  • McConnell is the only conservative ghoul I want to see live a very long life, because for all his flaws I know he hates Trump and what Trump stands for as much as anybody and I want to watch him realize what he's done.

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    U.S. Supreme Court rules presidents have immunity from prosecution for official acts in office
    toronto.citynews.ca U.S. Supreme Court rules presidents have immunity from prosecution for official acts in office

    In a scathing dissent of the ruling, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the protection afforded presidents by the court "is just as bad as it sounds, and it is baseless.”

    U.S. Supreme Court rules presidents have immunity from prosecution for official acts in office
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    Donated Canadian-built armoured vehicles break down often, Ukrainian commander says - CBC
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    How to watch the Trump-Biden U.S. presidential debate in Canada: Live stream, TV channels, debate rules and more
    ca.news.yahoo.com How to watch the Trump-Biden U.S. presidential debate in Canada: Live stream, TV channels, debate rules and more

    We all have our reasons for tuning in, but thankfully there are also quite a few different ways to watch Donald Trump and Joe Biden make history.

    How to watch the Trump-Biden U.S. presidential debate in Canada: Live stream, TV channels, debate rules and more
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    Fork it! It's time for a Mastodon hard fork
  • I have my own shopping list of Mastodon features that i watched languish in PRs on GitHub. I like Rochko, but he completely failed to meet the moment of Twitter's explosion and make the massive flood of excitement about Mastodon into the real permanent gains that were up for grabs.

    Most of my wish list have nothing to do with safety because I'm a straight cis white guy and so my experience of Mastodon is that its userbase is painfully anodyne.

    But the point stands that a hard fork with a focus on development velocity is long overdue.

  • ASUS warns of critical remote authentication bypass on 7 routers
  • The other two are in AP mode and are not running as routers.

  • ASUS warns of critical remote authentication bypass on 7 routers
  • Merlin has the problem that it doesn't have something like like aimesh where you can auto synch the config between all your routers. I've got a network of three Asus routers and they work great and I can admin them like they're one router, and I'd hate to have to give that to up.

  • ASUS warns of critical remote authentication bypass on 7 routers
  • Never turn on remote admin. You don't need to admin your router from outside of your house.

  • Health-care system is 'broken,' Niagara woman says after dad dies suddenly in emergency room
  • Don't worry, Ontario voters are still overwhelmingly supporting the pcpo, I'm sure things will get better.

  • Are you mad at me?
  • May as well just say "only when you ask me that" and get to where you were going eventually anyways.

  • UNBEATABLE - Trailer
  • The animation and aesthetic is amazing and I like the music but ... what's the gameplay? I confess I got a little disappointed when it shifted to platformer perspective.

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    Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city
    www.thestar.com Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

    More than 1 million Palestinians have fled the city since the assault began, scattering around southern and central Gaza.

    Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city
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    Another Michigan dairy worker has bird flu, the third US case this year
    www.thestar.com Another Michigan dairy worker has bird flu, the third US case this year

    Another Michigan farmworker has been diagnosed with bird flu, the third human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows, health officials said Thursday.

    Another Michigan dairy worker has bird flu, the third US case this year
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    Donald Trump guilty on all counts in hush-money trial
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    Slovakian prime minister in life-threatening condition after being shot, his Facebook profile says
    www.thestar.com Slovakia’s prime minister is expected to survive assassination attempt, deputy says

    The prime minister had been greeting supporters at an event when the attempted assassination took place, shocking the small country and reverberating across Europe weeks before an election.

    Slovakia’s prime minister is expected to survive assassination attempt, deputy says
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    First case of human contracting bird flu from a dairy cow confirmed by officials: ‘The virus has jumped’
    www.thestar.com First case of human contracting bird flu from a dairy cow confirmed by officials: ‘The virus has jumped’

    A Texas dairy farm worker reported feeling sick in late March. Officials have now confirmed they caught bird flu — from a cow.

    First case of human contracting bird flu from a dairy cow confirmed by officials: ‘The virus has jumped’
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    Baltimore bridge collapses after ship strikes it, rescuers search for several people - CBC
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    Marineland will reportedly close for good after years of abuse allegations
    www.blogto.com Marineland will reportedly close for good after years of abuse allegations

    Multiple sources report that controversial zoo and amusement park Marineland will close permanently, stating that the aquatic-themed attraction in ...

    Marineland will reportedly close for good after years of abuse allegations
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    Marineland will reportedly close for good after years of abuse allegations
    www.blogto.com Marineland will reportedly close for good after years of abuse allegations

    Multiple sources report that controversial zoo and amusement park Marineland will close permanently, stating that the aquatic-themed attraction in ...

    Marineland will reportedly close for good after years of abuse allegations
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    Trump to face 1st criminal trial on April 15, sees bond requirement lowered in civil case; If Trump can now put up $175M within 10 days, he can forestall seizure of assets in civil case (AP via CBC)
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    Trump liable for $354.9M in civil fraud case, New York judge rules — CBC.ca
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    Under a new deal, Manulife Financial Corp. says its coverage of certain prescription drugs will only apply at Loblaw Cos. Ltd. pharmacies. -- Global News
    globalnews.ca Manulife, Loblaw reach deal on specialty drugs. Why some experts are concerned - National | Globalnews.ca

    The new arrangement, details of which were shared with plan holders earlier this month, affects around 260 medications under the insurance company's Specialty Drug Care program.

    Manulife, Loblaw reach deal on specialty drugs. Why some experts are concerned - National | Globalnews.ca

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/14382889

    > (note, Title copied from Global's Twitter post on the article, which more clearly explains the concern, unlike the Headline).

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    Under a new deal, Manulife Financial Corp. says its coverage of certain prescription drugs will only apply at Loblaw Cos. Ltd. pharmacies. -- Global News
    globalnews.ca Manulife, Loblaw reach deal on specialty drugs. Why some experts are concerned - National | Globalnews.ca

    The new arrangement, details of which were shared with plan holders earlier this month, affects around 260 medications under the insurance company's Specialty Drug Care program.

    Manulife, Loblaw reach deal on specialty drugs. Why some experts are concerned - National | Globalnews.ca

    (note, Title copied from Global's Twitter post on the article, which more clearly explains the concern, unlike the Headline).

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