The CRT doesn’t have investigative powers. That would probably fall to some ombudsman, though I don’t know which one.

The choices are always “accept” and “maybe later”

Moved from the USA over 25 years ago. Never moving back, though I visit. I sum it up like this: “Canada: better than the States—and no better than that.”

We sadly keep using the wrong yardstick. Or metre. I do like that we have metric.

Depends on your goal. If you want maximum sound attenuation, you can’t really beat cheap foamies, which are rated up to about 40 dB. If only about 20 dB is good enough for your needs and you want the comfort, custom molded ear plugs are great.

1. Granville Island should be car-free, full stop;
2. I actually don’t find that specific crossing very bad;
3. This is still funny as hell.

I get the frustration, but AI has shown again and again that it repeats and magnifies human biases rather than blunting them. Non-AI algorithms designed by humans tend to make things worse even than that, like California’s “three strikes” law.

As someone from New Mexico, I’m just happy to be included (Americans often assume it’s a country outside the USA)

We are the first generation to get legally scammed out of any pensions, so yes, a lot of us will retire by overdose

That is an extremely WTF definition of “other” but I guess he means D&D is the only RPG?? What an idiot.

Wait, it doesn’t count because BitD is “just a D&D homebrew”? According to whom?

Finally some good fucking news

Those is hate speech. He should not be allowed in the country.

I’m hard pressed to imagine a worse suicide method. Huge potential for harm to others, permanent disfigurement and lifelong pain, and unlikely to succeed. I guess that’s the joke, but, damn

For directories, it’s permission to cd into it. Read is whether you can list files, and write is remove, rename, or create new files. Don’t ask questions about the secret sticky bit

A little ways back in the line, for privately owning a general-purpose computing device

ISO 8601 ALL DAY EVERY DAY BABY

Nice to see good news on this, however qualified.

Sonars are not just a little “ping” noise underwater. They can carry enough energy to kill. It’s not subtle.

Because I have no idea either!

Is there any consumer protection Canada isn’t complete shit at?