new_otters_raft
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This is an alt account used for testing and scheduling posts. I have retired the previous accounts I used for this purpose ( otters_raft@lemmy.ca and otters_raft@piefed.ca )
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World News@lemmy.world•Which Trump-Supporting States Will Feel Canada’s Tariff Fury? | The WalrusEnglish
13·11 days agoAs the article noted, it’s more effective if it is targeted.
Hitting them all would create solidarity. Hitting the trump supporting ones will create internal tension.
new_otters_raft@piefed.caOPto
Technology@lemmy.world•You can't buy anything on these food delivery and shopping sites. Here's why that's the point | Simulated shopping sites offer the thrill of buying without spending a centEnglish
5·27 days agoI went through a similar line of thinking when deciding whether to post this. I’m hoping this last bit is true for anyone that is affected by this, maybe it can be an off-ramp towards finding more positive sources of happiness:
Some people, she says, are realizing through these sites that their shopping habits aren’t serving them — and are looking for ways to consume less and make more intentional choices.
Is there more light pollution in that spot? That could be why you aren’t seeing as much as before, if the light polution got worse since then
It was a nice time otherwise.
You are in this comic strip too :)
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Technology@lemmy.world•Decimen Lets You Send Files Through Light, Not a NetworkEnglish
0·2 months agoThat’s my bad for writing it poorly. I meant to say that about the premise of not needing internet, since someone who has internet on both devices might have better ways to transfer the files.
Someone would need to plan ahead and install the PWA (or some compatible tool) in order for this to work
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Technology@lemmy.world•Decimen Lets You Send Files Through Light, Not a NetworkEnglish
7·2 months agoI wouldn’t use this day to day, but what I found cool was:
- it doesn’t require cables or any additional equipment (including routers, cell towers)
- it can’t be detected by anything, assuming you toss a blanket over the transfer
The downside is that if you wanted to get it truly offline, you would need to have
thean app installed on both devices ahead of time, if I understood it correctly. (Edit: bolded bits are new)It did lead to some fun discussion in this thread :)
new_otters_raft@piefed.caOPto
Technology@lemmy.world•Delivery robots keep crashing into bus sheltersEnglish
1·5 months agoYou don’t actually care about that.
Disabled people are not your fucking pawns
I didn’t intend for it to sound like that, and reading my comment again I see that I should have expanded on it further. I’m hoping my posting history can show where I stand on issues like this.
What I should have said was that delivery services can be helpful for the elderly or those with disabilities, and that legislation on delivery services can help us improve access to those without the harms of these current robots.
For what it’s worth, we don’t have these robots where I am, so I didn’t know how bad it was. In person, I’ve only seen a few that were sitting around our university plaza last fall. I looked online, and it looks like we don’t currently have any here. I will keep what you’ve mentioned in mind when talking about these bots moving forward, especially if our local politicians are going to be deciding on them in the near future.
To expand on where my thinking was coming from, I have read first person accounts from people who can’t leave their homes easily, and also how existing delivery programs are helpful but don’t have the capacity to meet everyone that needs it: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/seniors-grocery-app-delivery-anjel-vancouver-1.4938035
Often with these discussions, automation is brought up as a way to bridge the gaps that current public funding can’t fulfill.
I also recently read about how some cities have a thriving bike/scooter sharing program, while others are suffering from mismanagement, excessive prices, and chaos; and how it came down to whether the programs were started as a public project or if they were led by tech companies. So in my earlier comment, I was tying information to this story and saying that regulated and/or publicly managed delivery options might be a better thing to focus energy on
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Technology@lemmy.world•Delivery robots keep crashing into bus sheltersEnglish
11·5 months agoThese bots can be helpful for the elderly or those with disabilities. It’s probably more effective to legislate them at the municipal level.
new_otters_raft@piefed.caOPto
Public Health@mander.xyz•Fishing crews in the Atlantic keep accidentally dredging up chemical weaponsEnglish
2·7 months agoI was also hoping that the article would explain why. I was guessing that with certain chemicals, it might dilute it enough to become harmless.
But instead, the closest I found was this, which cited cost as the reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submerged_munitions
I’d like to see a comparison of the long term economic costs of these accidents with just dealing with them early on. Or even entombing them the way we do nuclear waste.
I also found this article and map
https://nonproliferation.org/chemical-weapon-munitions-dumped-at-sea/

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MealtimeVideos Cafe@lemmy.cafe•Why do office chairs have 5 legs? | Rabbit Hole [20:17]English
1·7 months agoSorry about that, done!
new_otters_raft@piefed.caOPtoData is Beautiful@mander.xyz•Questionaire Design Matters: How you could get contradictory polling results on the same topic by asking a series of leading questions and asking the key question in a certain wayEnglish
5·7 months agoI’m sorry, here it is: https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/yes-prime-minister-questionnaire-design-matters
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You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blowsEnglish
2·7 months agoI’ve seen students/applicants there make the same joke 😄
The history
https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/about/cumming-school-medicine/history
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You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blowsEnglish
3·7 months agoThere should be a link, unless its not loading correctly for you?
Here if is
new_otters_raft@piefed.caOPto
Android@lemdro.id•Heliboard + Google Swipe Lib + FUTO Voice inputEnglish
2·7 months agoNot yet, here is the open issue
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Android@lemdro.id•Heliboard + Google Swipe Lib + FUTO Voice inputEnglish
2·7 months agoI had the same issue, I set it to 110% on my phone. It would be cool if someone put together a guide on common configurations to help it match other apps.
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Comic Strips@lemmy.world•Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AntEnglish
37·7 months agoLikely a reference to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper
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You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blowsEnglish
5·7 months agoThere is disagreement and outdated advice on what to do / not to do. First aid is time-sensitive so having a discussion about updated guidelines can be helpful :)
Would it be possible to slowly build a whitelist for users that you confirm are legitimate?
For context, I subscribe to web comics through RSS feeds, and sometimes I’ll sit down to look through the feed and then schedule out posts for the few good ones. I can totally keep it to the 2 posts per day limit, but I’m worried that I might forget one day in the future. It’s hard to keep track of community specific posting rules 😅
I totally understand if the extra posts get removed, this is more about not getting banned by an automated system.
Can you reach out to admins on any instance that the accounts are made on? Vote manipulation should be an easy instant ban. Putting together a list of accounts would help the instance admins figure out a pattern.
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You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blowsEnglish
19·7 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_thrusts
See the History section here for some controversies. From what I remember, there is disagreement on whether he asked for the name to be changed or if institutions changed it first






















Oh fair enough, I read the title as “which states (the trump supporting states)”, but it does sound like “which of the trump supporting states”
In which case, I agree with the sentiment of the original comment that it should be all of the trump supporting states