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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can understand being frustrated and angry with the Democrats for essentially being a status quo party that favors their corporate benefactors.

What boggles my mind is thinking that voting Republican would make any of that better, when in fact it seems pretty clear that it is going to make everything much, much worse.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago

What rights do you really have when there is a Supreme Court that will allow them to be trampled?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The problem is that nowhere is safe now. I'm Canadian, and I wish I had somewhere to go. And just imagine how the poor sods in Palestine, Ukraine, and so many other suffering countries, are feeling right now.

I wouldn't be surprised if Vladimir Putin's armies weren't occupying large swaths of Eastern Europe by the end of this term.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Okay, but at the moment (3 am EST) Trump is also leading by 4% of the total votes. The electoral college may be fucked up, but the society is more fucked up.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

See: the Japanese dish of fermented (some would say "rotten") soybeans called natto. Even a lot of Japanese people find it disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago (4 children)

But given infinite time, could OP spell "infinity" correctly?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Back when the X-Files was ruling the airwaves, in the 90s, there was a companion show called Millennium. The first season was a bit weak, focusing on serial killers and gore. Second season went completely off the rails in the best way possible. The third season was a lackluster attempt to regain a wider audience.

I would recommend watching the second season for sure. It has religious satire (you will know exactly who they are skewering when you see it), the occult, end of days, mixed in with humor and solid human drama. The season finale, when they thought that they weren't going to be renewed, is extraordinary.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Parental leave is 40 weeks in Canada, which can be shared between the two parents. That is paid at 55% of the household income.

Individual contracts can be more, of course, but not less.

I've never taken it, so I don't know the details.

[–] [email protected] 110 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

Just in case anyone is wondering how true this is, about 10 years ago, an Australian TV anchor decided to keep wearing the same suit and see how long it took people to notice.

After a year, no one had mentioned it.

That said, I agree with the man's statement that it would overwhelmingly be women who criticized other women for wearing the same clothes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I have done pair programming with a junior partner, and I found it extremely beneficial. Taking the time to talk out my ideas and logic invariably helped make them clearer in my mind and realize pitfalls much sooner than I otherwise would have.

I had to explain things clearly and logically, and he was bright enough to ask good questions and point out typos as I was coding.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

One of the teachers at my high school was a Catholic priest. He had been accused of molesting a young boy when he was in a parish so the bishop, in his wisdom, moved him to an all boys boarding school.

He was later found guilty of molesting the original boy and the parish, as well as a boy at my school. From what I know now, he was definitely grooming one of my classmates, so there were probably many more victims.

He was given 3 years probation, and died a year or two ago, more than 40 years since I had him as a teacher.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

In Ontario, any organization that receives provincial money must reach a certain accessibility level on its website, or risk having its funding removed.

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