Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Just another appreciation comment here. Thank you! Glad it was just temporary, and hope it doesn't cause you too much stress.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Not that it's a competition, but we have 1.2 million hectares burned in British Columbia this year, vs. the 180 thousand for all of EU. I just found the scale remarkable. We just have so much less dense population in BC that the number of people affected in the EU is drastically different. Stay safe everyone.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
This happened to my friends. They bought tickets, the flight got cancelled, they never got informed, they continued to get regular flight reminders, including a week before the "flight" and a reminder the night before to check in. They chose not to check in online, went to the airport, and were told at the check in desk that the flight didn't exist. Not just the flight, the route. The route they were flying no longer existed, and they still got notifications. Ridiculous.
Oh, and the kicker... they got emails afterwards asking them to rate the flight!
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Agreed, but also eye-witness testimony is notoriously inaccurate.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
PP trying to frame income/property-value disparity as a purely Canadian problem that has only happened under Trudeau is just pure fallacy. It's happening in countries all over the world and it has been growing under every government in Canada for decades.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Usenet requires paying for a service though, right?
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
The confirmation on exit (back button when on the main screen) is why I stayed with this instead of the other apps I've tried!
But agreed, having something like that as an option makes sense.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Canada in general made me happier. Not necessarily the companies specifically. As much as we can complain about our health care issue here in Canada, the social safety net here is significantly better. And I had "good" insurance coverage in the states. It was a constant fear of getting sick or injured and ending up in the wrong hospital and not getting covered (or any number of other reasons). Add to that the social pressure to spend money on everything in the states. Everyone I knew down there was in debt up to their eyeballs, no matter how much they made. It was ridiculous.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
I understand where you're coming from, but we're taking about having a really high paying job in the US or a high paying job in Canada. The types of jobs getting H1-B visas are high paying tech jobs.
Things are also more expensive than you might think in the US. And there always seems to be a lot of social pressure to spend more money in the US - more so than Canada in my experience. So in a lot of ways, you could be better off in some places even if you have a lower paying job.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Nice, maybe I'll try to create a Lemmy.ca account again at some point. My first attempt a while back disappeared into the ether.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Yes, but, money isn't everything. I once left a high paying job in the US to come back to Canada, get paid less, and be way happier.
Working for a US company and living in Canada is a good way to go, but is harder to swing if you are not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
Plus it sounds like the people they're talking about in this scenario may have their H1-B revoked and they wouldn't have a job or a visa to stay in the US at all. Canada, even with a lower paying job seems like a good option.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Watch your cornhole, bud
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Whoa... TruckBC. Now my feed feels like home.
This is pretty nuts! I've been in the dark all day so this is the first I'm hearing of it. That's some epic damage.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
My guess is someone at the credit card company screwed up. May have even been someone new.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Recumbent bike enters the chat...
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
I think the idea here is that it's a man-made reservoir and they're not worried about maintaining an ecosystem.
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
Cool, thanks!
I saw some articles this morning saying the aurora might be visible starting last (Friday) night, and maybe through the weekend. Just wondering if anyone had success to help me decide if I'll try to see them tonight (since it will have to be quite late.)
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
I see the issue is closed, does that mean another request for this sub will work?
Johnnypneumoniac 1y ago • 100%
The RIF way!
One fun post to try to make up for the downers...
"The school board says Beattie has decided to take medical leave. According to school board chair Maya Russell the board does not have the ability to remove a trustee in this case under the School Act, but are requesting she resign immediately." Does she think she will be able to come back to her job after this?
I've noticed this in many places in the Lemmyverse in my first few days here. When first signing up almost all the instances were listed as having 2 or less active users. The biggest was Lemmy.ml at something around 1000. Then I've seen those numbers listed in other places including a post yesterday that is supposed to help bring redditors to Lemmy. These numbers will just get most people to turn around and not even consider Lemmy as an alternative. I saw a GIF today showing the growth of user accounts on Lemmy instances and Lemmy.ml (for example) was over 30000 and many of the other servers were in the 100s, approaching 1000. That's a HUGE difference and indicates a community that is 10 times (or more) more active than the initial numbers presented indicate. Any thoughts? Am I out to lunch?
As I'm posting things, I'd like to avoid reposting stuff. But it's hard to tell if right now if I am, especially in more active communities, because I have to scroll through the existing posts manually.
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