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  1. Comment on Canada Post strike update: Postal employees back to work in ~life

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    Canada Post is the last line of defense for rural Canadians. When you live so far apart from each other or from major cities that no other carrier will deliver your unprofitable [to the delivery...

    Canada Post is the last line of defense for rural Canadians. When you live so far apart from each other or from major cities that no other carrier will deliver your unprofitable [to the delivery company] items, Canada Post will.

    Should rural Canadians vote in a Con government, have Canada Post privatized, and see their rates go up, they'll only have themselves to blame.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Legalizing sports gambling was a huge mistake – The evidence is convincing: The betting industry is ruining lives in ~sports

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    But that's precisely what TFA proposes? Go back to gambling (amongst peers) being legal, like it was before. Gambling platforms were illegal, and TFA argues we should return to that, or like in...

    But that's precisely what TFA proposes? Go back to gambling (amongst peers) being legal, like it was before. Gambling platforms were illegal, and TFA argues we should return to that, or like in California and Texas, keep it that way.

    Returning to '92's PASPA laws, as argued by TFA, seemingly lines up exactly with your last paragraph

  3. Comment on ‘The science isn’t there’: do dating apps really help us find our soulmate? in ~life

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    I'd argue most dating apps are between not good, and actively hostile to users. But that's rather beside the point in my case; simply put, there was no other way we were going to get together....

    I'd argue most dating apps are between not good, and actively hostile to users. But that's rather beside the point in my case; simply put, there was no other way we were going to get together.

    We're very happy together, but we would not have attended a common-denominator social function. We're primarily introverts - not that we never go out, more that it's exhausting and we would have given up long before meeting. We lived ~150km apart, and only met by setting the maximum distance to the highest the app offered (150km IIRC).

    Meeting in-person was at least theoretical for you, but we kind of had to use a platform of some kind. Even if it was just to start talking and drop the app as soon as we could

  4. Comment on ‘The science isn’t there’: do dating apps really help us find our soulmate? in ~life

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    Not the parent commentor, but another Coffee Meets Bagel user. My fiancee and I are millenials (albeit at the tail end), and just say we met online to avoid naming the app. It's not that it's...

    Not the parent commentor, but another Coffee Meets Bagel user. My fiancee and I are millenials (albeit at the tail end), and just say we met online to avoid naming the app.

    It's not that it's weird to say we met via an app or online, more that the name of this particular app doesn't really roll off the tongue.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on Twitch's new sexual content guidelines updated to include 'artistic nudity' after viral topless stream in ~tech

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    There's possibly been an update, as of the 15th. This reads like you applaud Twitch for allowing artistic nudity, but per the update in TFA, Twitch has "...made a dramatic U-turn on its...

    There's possibly been an update, as of the 15th. This reads like you applaud Twitch for allowing artistic nudity, but per the update in TFA, Twitch has "...made a dramatic U-turn on its controversial decision to allow" artistic nudity - meaning it's back to banned.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Wait, should I not be drinking airline coffee? in ~transport

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    That doesn't actually sound that much better. Six months worth of catching all the shit one wouldn't want to drink, then passing all the drinking water through it sounds even less appealing. Best...

    Is the water filtered from those tanks?

    That doesn't actually sound that much better. Six months worth of catching all the shit one wouldn't want to drink, then passing all the drinking water through it sounds even less appealing. Best of all, that filter could pretty easily find itself onto a deferred maintenance list - meaning 6 months might be how long it's meant to be there, but not how long it actually is. It doesn't have to be tasty, it just has to not cause illness.

    Incidentally, that's a pretty major flaw with built-in ice makers and water dispensers with refrigerators: the filters typically get changed sometime between never and "You're supposed to do that?!".

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Let's talk about Reddit alternatives, shilling, and Tildes bans in ~talk

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    I'm unconvinced - at least half the point, best I can tell, is a financial penalty for being an asshole to the point of getting banned. Hearing from a friend that frequents SA, one can use the...

    I'm unconvinced - at least half the point, best I can tell, is a financial penalty for being an asshole to the point of getting banned. Hearing from a friend that frequents SA, one can use the same card to recreate an account post-ban - it'll just cost you $10. Such is their current going price to be an asshole.

    Using a gift card negates being tracked by name (to a point), but they certainly aren't free.

    6 votes