It's hard knowing that 1/4 to 1/3 of my fellow Albertans don't see value in being a part of Canada.
On the other hand, 3/4 to 2/3 do... So there's that!
mski
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Ah sorry about that -- Foreign Exchange rates - USD / CAD
I was heartened last week when the US pre-sales were delayed but Canada was not... However, here we are.
I wonder if FX is another factor at play here. With such volitility in the market, and almost two months until release, I can see them wanting to limit exposure to both FX and Tariffs. The easiest way to do that is to wait.
Interestingly, this tendency to wait applies to almost all business investment decisions when there is uncertainty / volitility... Leading to increased risk of recession caused by the orange man.
I got a Framework 13 a couple months ago - it's been awesome so far. I'm happy to support their business model & repairability - it's super awesome.
Sucks for you guys south of the 49th parallel who have to deal with (pay) all these ludicrous tariffs!
"I didn't ask the US to interfere in the election, I just asked them to stop doing things temporarily so that we could get a certain election outcome."
Surprisingly taxation isn't hugely different, at least for average income levels, according to the latest OECD report -- and we get publicly funded healthcare!
I suspect many of these wannabe Americans would be in for a nasty surprise when they learn that the US in fact does have reasonably comparable taxes... And limited healthcare coverage, and very poor maternal leave benefits, shorter average lifespan, lower minimum wage, the list goes on...
I for one, am proud to be Canadian! 🇨🇦
OECD (2024), Taxing Wages 2024: Tax and Gender through the Lens of the Second Earner, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/dbcbac85-en.
It was around Sept 2023: https://futurism.com/elon-musk-moved-twitter-servers-himself
You can also just search: "Elon Musk Twitter server move" and the terms "Sacramento" or "Pocket Knife" might help.
Purchased some local onions instead of onions from the US, along with a few other things. Salsa from Mexico. Was a small grocery run, but my purchases would have been 15% American previously - but 0% this time.
If everyone is doing this, the numbers do start to add up quickly to a meaningful impact.
Plasma is great for the flexibility (shortcuts), and so easy these days.
I was searching for task switcher, expose, etc. And just completely gapped on searching 'overview'. (Web searches didn't show it either, possibly because it's too simple, so nobody posts about it.)
Next up I might have to play some window tiling (e.g. like i3, sway & hyprland).
Amazing - Thanks for that!
I just switched from GNOME to Plasma in the past week, after a long time on gnome, and Plasma 6 is great. The only thing I miss so far is viewing all my windows on the desktop when I push the meta key - alt-tab seems clunky in comparison.
Any suggestions there?
Its especially dumb as a landlocked province...
I agree with you - those who don't like being part of Canada should leave... They can find out if the grass is in fact greener.