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I was wondering if there was really a good reason for CloudFlare to be used? I understand Lemmy.ca has dedicated hardware in a datacenter. Seems odd to pipe all our data through a US company as we are in a trade war.

I’m Canadian And Love Visiting The U.S., But I Refuse To Travel There Again Until Trump Is Gone in c/canada

[–] Ashwag 5 points 1 month ago

I was planning a trip to PA and Las Vegas in 2025.

Now those have been changed to France and Amsterdam. It'll cost me much more, however I'm not going to America for the foreseeable future.

More Canadian alcohol to be sold at a store near you | CBC News in c/canada

[–] Ashwag 4 points 1 month ago

This is very exciting! I have no idea why we keep buying California Reds in Ontario when we can be drinking either Canadian wines or even old world reds from Italy or France.

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Regional workers picket ahead of potential strike (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by Ashwag to c/waterloo

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Waterloo driver dead after a three-vehicle crash north of Guelph (www.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by Ashwag to c/waterloo

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We now have pixelfed.ca for Instagram, however PeerTube? (self.buycanadian)

submitted 2 months ago by Ashwag to c/buycanadian

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So as we're all trying to cut America out of our lives at this instance, one of my soft spots is YouTube. I spend likely too much time there following different creators.

I know there are some peertube instances that exist, however looking through them they all seem very very specific to their niche. Does anyone know of a PeerTube instance that is both Canadian and 'General' content?

Canadian hosting in c/buycanadian

[–] Ashwag 1 points 2 months ago

They're colocation in a BC datacenter. So likely not what you're looking for unless you have hardware to use, and just are looking for rack space.

Doug Ford announces Ontario ban on American liquor in response to U.S. tariffs in c/ontario

[–] Ashwag 7 points 2 months ago

Despite the Doug hate, with this being done in conjunction with other provinces it will result in billions of dollars in lost trade with the states which is what we should be excited for.

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Two men dead, six others injured after semi truck hits a group of motorcyclists (nationalpost.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Ashwag to c/canada

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Guelph, Ont. man loses $28K to online cryptocurrency scam featuring video of Prime Minister (kitchener.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by Ashwag to c/waterloo

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55-storey tower proposed for downtown Kitchener site in c/waterloo

[–] Ashwag 2 points 2 years ago

More housing is more housing.

lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead - Lemmy.ca in c/fediverselore

[–] Ashwag 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I'm curious at the scaling problems. 1000 active users isn't that many. Especially if this is touted as being the next reddit. There are many subreddits with orders of magnitude more active users.

lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead - Lemmy.ca in c/fediverselore

[–] Ashwag 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm crazy however if this is the instance run by developers. Is $30-100/month really impossible to handle? I figured this would be their more exciting time.

Fedi-tips's classic "don't use the Lemmy (software)" post due to the Lemmy devs being communist in c/fediverselore

[–] Ashwag 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The software is distinct from the opinions of the developer in my opinion... I mean I'm not a communist however I enjoyed playing Tetris...

If the hot weather keeps up, Ontario is ‘at risk’ of power shortages this summer, report finds in c/ontario

[–] Ashwag 1 points 2 years ago

I've long wondered if I should have a generator in the garage.. I guess I'll find out soon enough.