Albbi

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Snowbird selloff: Canadians are parting ways with U.S. properties in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 10 points 5 hours ago

A lot of Canadians bought houses in Arizona during the 2008 financial crisis. Selling them just before Trump got elected would have been a great investment. Still a pretty good profit selling now.

ligma in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 3 points 6 hours ago

I think the screw was to manipulate the fingers. It could grasp things after all.

F**k Amazon in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 40 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Oh, I had no idea Goodreads was owned by Amazon. Thanks! I'll definitely make a switch.

Frostrail | Reveal trailer in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 2 points 23 hours ago

Yay, another survival crafter!

Call susan Collins and ask her for insider trading tips. in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's not 'free money'. They're stealing that money from everybody else who is in the stock market. So if you have investments, they're stealing from you.

FVC: The Liberals won zero seats in all of SK in the last two federal elections—despite getting thousands of votes. FPTP keeps SK Liberal voices locked out. It's time Mark Carney and the LPC backed PR in c/fairvote
[–] Albbi 1 points 1 day ago

Um, 50k votes doesn't sound like much in a province of over a million people.

More than 1,000 classic RPGs, strategy games, and horror greats are wildly cheap in GOG's "Classics" PC sale, and are we OK with Skyrim officially being labeled an "old game?" in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

America is fucked in c/[email protected]
The sound of Windows 95 about to disappoint you added to Library of Congress significant sound archive in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 2 points 1 day ago

Probably, but I find user interfaces now don't really have you go hunting through multiple dropdown menus, so it doesn't hit the same.

Trump Admin Considering Giving $10,000 To Each Person In Greenland To Annex The Island in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just FYI, loose and lose have different meanings. Kinda like desert and dessert.

The sound of Windows 95 about to disappoint you added to Library of Congress significant sound archive in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I had one 'Yeah' from Yeah! for going through my start menu, and a different Yeah for when a program was selected. It was awesome.

America is fucked in c/[email protected]
[–] Albbi 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Now I want a kinky bicycle. I just have a straight one.

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Artax - The Oatmeal (s3.amazonaws.com)
 

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/artax

I saw the thumbnail and thought "Oh no, I can't handle this!"

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Kraken with an interesting OT strategy (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Albbi to c/hockey
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Let's stop playing around and talk about ditching something big: Visa and Mastercard (self.buycanadian)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Albbi to c/buycanadian
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Visa and Mastercard are American companies, and they essentially tax everybody by taking a percentage of purchase prices for themselves. Not exactly a small percentage either, 1.2% to 2.65%. Ever wonder why so many merchants say they don't accept American Express? That's because they charge quite a bit more to merchantes, 50% more than Visa or Mastercard. Anyway, we're letting American companies tax us and we love them because we get rewards when we use cards. But it's just a shell game because we pay more up front because businesses need to charge more to make up for payment processing charges. They get to sit in the middle and rake in the money.

Now the alternative in Canada is Interac. Interac charges a set amount per transcation. How much? 2 to 5.5 cents. Unless you're going through Apple or Google Pay, and then it's a percentage again.

Interac is also Canadian.

Want to stick it to Trump? Stop using credit cards (and Google Pay or Apple Pay) and switch to Interac. Want to make Canada better? Stop using credit cards and switch to Interac. Is it going to be inconvenient? Yes. Online shopping will be much harder but I have seen online Interac payments before and we can ask our favourite Canadian merchants to accept Interac online.

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Need an alternate to Adams Dark Roast Peanut Butter (self.buycanadian)
submitted 1 month ago by Albbi to c/buycanadian
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This has been the best peanut butter I've ever had, but it's a product of the USA. I just love the taste the dark roast adds. I've never seen any other brands that do the same thing. Any suggestions out there?

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Author Brandon Sanderson Says His Novels Won't Work for Streaming, Cites Shadow and Bone and Wheel of Time (www.cbr.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Albbi to c/[email protected]
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Alternate frontends returning error code 520 (old.lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago by Albbi to c/lemmy_ca_support
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All frontends other than the default at lemmy.ca seem to be down, giving a Cloudflare 520 error message.

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Is she an old girl? not a lot of muscle on her butt. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Albbi to c/nocontext
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https://lemmy.world/comment/14790780

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Which type of sword is the greatest? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 months ago by Albbi to c/[email protected]
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https://swordscomic.com/comic/XII/

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Cars are too damn reflective (lemmy.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by Albbi to c/[email protected]
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Working at the office today and from all angles cars are reflecting sunlight into my eyes. Just realized that bicycle parking wouldn't be causing this slight inconvenience to me. Fuck cars.

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100 Years - Five for Fighting (open.spotify.com)
submitted 4 months ago by Albbi to c/[email protected]
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Went to the hardware store (self.dull_mens_club)
submitted 4 months ago by Albbi to c/[email protected]
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Discovered that one of my lights was getting dimmer because halogen bulbs were burning out. This is a new house and I thought it was already an LED fixture. Got 3 new LED bulbs to make that area nice and bright.

Also discovered the house has metal studs when I went to mount the TV. bought some metal anchors. Never worked with metal studs before. Hope it turns out.

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'Not overly thrilled': Jacob Trouba speaks on trade to Ducks (www.sportsnet.ca)
submitted 4 months ago by Albbi to c/[email protected]
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I think Anaheim was one of the places my wife and I were interested in," Trouba said

He's so whipped. Haha. Doesn't even know if Anaheim was a place "they" were interested in.

And I'll never forgive him for the way he forced himself out under unfavorable terms, and for that awful play that cost the Jets the 2019 game 5 vs St Louis.

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