That's such a cool photo
I'm going to turn off this regularly scheduled post for the time being. It seems to be creating more noise than anything helpful.
What is George being swaddled by? I assume it's a blanket, but it could be an animal friend? 😄
It might be cool to have separate posts to discuss each of these in more detail. Building off of some of these ideas:
Get rid of mm/dd/yyyy
I almost always use yyyy-mm-dd because it's the least confusing, while also sorting digital files nicely. I'd prefer if that became the default.
Switch to ISO A4 paper size.
I'm curious what this process would be like. For most end users, there is little difference between receiving a piece of paper that is letter size vs A4. I would use it myself in my printer for anything I'd need to print out. Is it a matter of advocating for stores and suppliers to carry it?
Switch to the UK keyboard layout.
I'd love to hear some discussion on this one, but I'm also worried that people will have very strong feelings about what layout will be best. There are a lot of alternate layouts out there 😄
Switch the roads to left side driving.
This one I'm not sure about since a lot of other allies drive on the right side too, including a number of vehicle exporters. This would provide little benefit to us other than to spite the US.
Establish independent vehicle testing.
I would expand this to all kinds of certifications and testing, and tie it to a mutual agreement with the EU. We could benefit from the stronger protections established in the EU, while cutting down on repeat work.
Use metric for colloquial measurements.
Maybe we can share some infographics around from time to time to help people learn their heights and weights in metric.
...
I don't have much else to add for the rest :)
YouTube began as an angel-funded enterprise working from a makeshift office in a garage. In November 2005, venture firm Sequoia Capital invested an initial $3.5 million,[20] and Roelof Botha (a partner of the firm and former CFO of PayPal) joined the YouTube board of directors. In April 2006, Sequoia and Artis Capital Management invested an additional $8 million in the company, which had experienced significant growth in its first few months.
Oh that's a good point
Maybe it's a farm or greenhouse with plants in different stages of growth?
I appreciate whoever took the time to find enough berries and pre-berries, and then arranged them so nicely
That is fair, but Canadians can also subscribe to !world@lemmy.world and similar communities in order to learn about it. This community is intended for content about Canada specifically.
You are free to post a text post discussion to discuss this topic in the context of Canada / Canadian international policy, but I'll likely remove this post as it is being reported by users as being off topic
Thank you for compiling the links :)
Hello, please try to keep the original headline in the title. Or for example:
From the Globe and Mail: "Viktor Orbán’s defeat is a roadmap to beating Donald Trump"
These are neat! You could post this in !buycanadian@lemmy.ca and !imadethis@lemmy.zip
Hello everyone!
This is the nomination thread for Canada's submission to Lemmyvision 3! Lemmyvision is an annual song contest held on the threadiverse, where regional communities / instances submit local songs to the global competition.
Please comment your nominations in this thread for them to be considered. This post will be pinned to the instance briefly, but you can continue nominating songs until Saturday April 25th 2026. You will be able to find this post in !canada@lemmy.ca
When you make a nomination, please include the following information:
English', 'French', 'Inuktitut', etc.). We are able to submit multiple songs, one from each language category. However, it must be one of the official, Indigenous, or regional languages of Canada.About Lemmyvision
Please see this post for official information: https://jlai.lu/post/35451902
Song Lists:
What we've done in previous years:
If you have a helpful resource, such as a compilation of Canadian artists in the past year, let me know and I can edit it into this post.
Looking forward to all the submissions!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/62817221
After taking a lot longer than I was expecting to, I'm pleased to announce the results of the census we ran earlier this year!
This year, the results are on our website instead of being copied into a post here. I'm hoping that this is better since the website charts are interactive, with additional details if you click/tap on something. They also support dark and light mode. The full results contain discussion on how we processed the results, any assumptions we made, and all of our recommendations for how to improve this process for next time.
fedecan.ca/en/announcements/2026-04-03_censusResults
If you have any issues with the site, let us know and we will take a look.
I can also add screenshots in the comments so that people reading the comments don't have to search through the article for context.
A few sample charts
Section 1.5: Internet Speed
Section 1.8: Most common pets
Yes, the 200 cherry shrimp were all from one response.
Section 2.01: Age Distribution
Section 2.08: Education
Section 2.10: Desktop Operating System
The question on specific distro / version had a pretty low sample size, but you can find that too on the article.
Section 3.1.08: Most popular desktop UIs
Section 3.1.10: Most Popular Mobile Apps
Section 3.1.13: How often people use centralized forums/threaded platforms
Section 3.2.05: What people post on Pixelfed
Section 3.2.06: What people follow on Pixelfed
Section 3.3.04: Donations (of time or money)
Section 4.4: Favourite genre of music
After taking a lot longer than I was expecting to, I'm pleased to announce the results of the census we ran earlier this year!
This year, the results are on our website instead of being copied into a post here. I'm hoping that this is better since the website charts are interactive, with additional details if you click/tap on something. They also support dark and light mode. The full results contain discussion on how we processed the results, any assumptions we made, and all of our recommendations for how to improve this process for next time.
fedecan.ca/en/announcements/2026-04-03_censusResults
If you have any issues with the site, let us know and we will take a look.
I can also add screenshots in the comments so that people reading the comments don't have to search through the article for context.
Section 1.5: Internet Speed
Section 1.8: Most common pets
Yes, the 200 cherry shrimp were all from one response.
Section 2.01: Age Distribution
Section 2.08: Education
Section 2.10: Desktop Operating System
The question on specific distro / version had a pretty low sample size, but you can find that too on the article.
Section 3.1.08: Most popular desktop UIs
Section 3.1.10: Most Popular Mobile Apps
Section 3.1.13: How often people use centralized forums/threaded platforms
Section 3.2.05: What people post on Pixelfed
Section 3.2.06: What people follow on Pixelfed
Section 3.3.04: Donations (of time or money)
Section 4.4: Favourite genre of music
Explanation and article: https://boilingsteam.com/cachy-os-is-now-the-most-popular-distro-on-proton-db/
If anyone is actually worried about this
The conjunctiva is a thin membrane that covers the inside of the eyelids and the white part of the eye (sclera), making a continuous sealed area that nothing can escape from except the front.
Also the area behind/around the eye is cushioned by fat and muscle so there's no room for it. Your eyes don't bounce around for a reason.
When the eyelash randomly disappears, I assume your eyelids managed to sweep it into the middle and pick it up when they opened again. If you gently brush your eyelashes, the loose one might fall out. Unfortunately mine are a real pain to get out so they don't just disappear :')