johnefrancis 2w ago • 100%
The NSA has many kinks. Watching people watch porn, precious bodily fluids/anti-flouride porn, that kind of thing. Good for them.
johnefrancis 2w ago • 86%
the NSA or other intelligence org invented it and provides ongoing funding to collect an enormous library of SHA256 hashes to aid in reducing the decryption space of SHA256 so they can watch people watching porn.
johnefrancis 2w ago • 100%
part of the idea is that clicking every ad presented destroys the ad system's ability to do meaningful targetting. I'm happy about that. Without the data collection and analysis performed by Google, Amazon, and Meta, advertising through them is less attractive to advertisors.
Most of the advertisors are lying garbage too. I have no sympathy for them.
johnefrancis 2w ago • 100%
AdNauseum. Built on uBlock Origin.
Block all the ads so you never seem them, but click them all so the advertisor pays.
johnefrancis 3w ago • 100%
China, India have tiny attempts and smaller successes at influence compared to the thousands of corporate lobbyists that meet with Canadian politicians every year.
What about the influence of the construction industry? Property developers outright own provincial and municipal politics in Ontario. Big tech?
Oil?!?
How about all the huge military and consulting companies that place 50% of the labour in govt workplaces and suck a 25% margin off each one?
Most of those aren't domestically owned either.
johnefrancis 4w ago • 100%
Get back to woooooooooorrrrkkkkkk!!!!!
johnefrancis 1mo ago • 100%
enjoy the recessions that come with balanced budgets and surpluses... everyone will be sending in extra taxes to balance that budget.
johnefrancis 1mo ago • 94%
The Canadian govt is the primary creator of Canadian dollars.
When the federal govt runs a deficit of say $1B, that's a surplus of $1B in the private sector. $1B more spent into industry than collected in taxes. Good times for the private sector.
When the federal govt runs a surplus of $1B, that is a deficit of $1B in the private sector. $1B more collected in taxes than spent. This is an absolute disaster for the economy.
When you consider the above, you can see how ridiculous it is for the federal govt to run a balanced budget or surplus. A balanced budget is a strongly recessionary position, choking off economic growth in the private sector.
johnefrancis 1mo ago • 92%
spam, spam, spam, eggs, spam, spam, unspam, and spam
johnefrancis 1mo ago • 100%
instead of a long complicated process to pre-empt corruption, just have an automatic and detailed post-award review for corruption. Corruption discovered in the review is referred for criminal prosecution.
After the first 500 or so corporate CEOs and executives are jailed, the rest will get the point. Offer your best price, compete with your competitors, sell your offer on its merits in the open bid, and stay away from the bid evaluators and other potential or actual bidders.
johnefrancis 1mo ago • 96%
you never want your heart, liver and cervical spine going into your shoulder...
johnefrancis 1mo ago • 100%
it's to stop attempts to leave and commit terrorism from lawless jurisdictions. I think it's fairly new and related to the short period of time when ISIS held territory in Syria & Iraq. Odd to see it used for the US, but why not.
johnefrancis 2mo ago • 100%
just wait until Poilievre's CPC takes away even more union rights.
johnefrancis 2mo ago • 60%
from every possible thing that can happen to you while smoking...
cancer while smoking COVID while smoking caught in fascist riots while smoking hit by bus while smoking bear attack while smoking container dropped from a plane while smoking etc
Smoking puts you out in the world which increases a lot of risks you wouldn't otherwise have.
johnefrancis 2mo ago • 100%
I'm hoping for a What We Do In The Shadows / Star Trek crossover.
Baron Afanas and Saru surely have some weird dreams? The Baron also faces a series of extreme transformations.
johnefrancis 2mo ago • 94%
anon's Dad is dropping shrooms
johnefrancis 2mo ago • 100%
I was lucky enough to witness his jumps in 1988. Later, driving down the highway in Calgary, we pulled up behind the Jamaican bobsled team, with their sled, riding in the back of a pickup. Took a picture. Mostly forgot about it.
It was neat at the time, but had no idea how famous they would both become.
johnefrancis 2mo ago • 100%
OP says it has regular Marvel characters ☹️
Is there a C-Suite series?
johnefrancis 2mo ago • 100%
commuting times in peak traffic to Centertown, Market, Gatineau are bad everywhere. Barrhaven has the advantage of several options for heading North, depends where you are going.
johnefrancis 2mo ago • 100%
Cut our taxes! Don't make ugly utilitarian structures! Typical ignorant whinging.
I hope they mount a nice speed camera on it.
Mastodon.social is down. Pretty rare. What do now?
not many details at this point.
not many details at this point.
Found this in a science community, neat to see that some wild ideas come out of the concrete blocks
The new speed camera has finally arrived after ~3 years. The mounting went up earlier this spring, and the camera gear and additional signage has been installed in recent days. It was quickly vandalized with paint, but I see the crew was out working on it today.
Some have suggested the name of "East Paris, Ontario".