[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

Its a city vs province control issue.

Cities are of the mindset that they should be able to make decisions on how their infrastructure moves people around the city.

The province (particularly the current government) likes to remind cities that they exist because the province chooses to allow them to exist.

Also the roads in danger of having bike lanes removed happen to be the roads the premier, his family, and his friends commute on.

[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

In essance it lets you put every single smart thing/sensor/connection into a single place for manipulation.

It can be to avoid getting out of the couch to turn on a switch. (In my case pausing music and dimming lights when the TV turns on)

It can also be watering your veggie garden based on a combination of soil moisture and daily forecast.

It can also be having a button linked to your car screen and your watch that opens the garage door; but only if your child isn't napping in the room directly above the garage, and someone is detected to be at or near home.

It can also be automating your toddler's evening cool down routine for bed (slowly dimming lights, turning on sound machine, playing lullabies).

It can also play "The Wiggles - Bin Night" at 18h15 the night you need to take out your garbage, then follow up with a voice to text of what bins need to go out.

It can also be a morning automation tool to start the coffee machine and play the news and music.

It can also turn up/down the thermostat when it detects you leaving work, but cross referencing if there is an activity in the calendar with a different location first to analogously estimate if you aren't coming home. Then start the thermostat after you leave that location with a time lag based on the method of transportation used to get an ETA (did I travel by car, bike, or bus? Determine then get an ETA)

[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago

100 years ago there was rabbit overpopulation. The pelts got turned into something akin to a pullover sweater with hood.

[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

It's not the same as Québec because they joined in 1867.

The big point is that the "borders at the time of joining confederation" would give them the whole slice. Thiugh I agree it is unlikely they get the whole slice, and the entire thing would be a protracted international legal battle with border disputes for decades.

[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

That image is the district of Alberta. Alberta joined confederation looking like it does now by combining woth the district of Athabaska.

1905 – The provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are created out of the districts of Athabaska, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Assiniboia; the District of Keewatin is transferred to the newly defined Northwest Territories

[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago

Neat how this doesn't happen to ambulances or fire trucks.

[-] No_Maines_Land@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

One of my hard drives started randomly disconnecting.

I tried all the cables, but got nothing. I don't have time to fix it before leaving for work, so I've set up a rightly reset and I'll hope for the best. Angry family texts incoming!

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