OMG. A lot of people are missing the big detail. Land-based means above land, because the Concord could only go supersonic over the ocean.

Because of the sonic boom it produced.

I guess that's the trade-off. Ultimate and PC are cheaper but COD is on a 1-year delay, which is a good trade if you don't care for COD.

And to the point of Purolator, while I can see it as a way to get around the postal union (itself bad) I can't really accept the framing that a business 91% by a crown corporation is circumventing public ownership. It's nearly entirely publicly owned, by definition.

- We never had postal banking. No historical buy-in.
- Modern banking is very digital. Having locations is less important.
- Big history of credit unions and caisses in Canada (non-government alt to banks)
- Many modern fin-tech alternatives to the big banks are available too.

The first two points are related to the fact it is an unsubsidized crown corp, looking for cash flows. As for the last one, I do not think it's the golden solution everyone makes it out to be because the Canadian context is very different.

People are getting cute with like "Well, this federal department also posted a loss." Ok but it's never made money, before. Canada Post *used to be* self-sustaining. It hasn't been due to mismanagement and big changes in the shipping business. What does a mostly subsidized Post cost and look like?

I feel like something that gets missed about Canada Post is that they *used* to turn a profit. I can appreciate all the talk it being a public service but we didn't used to pay for it via taxes and we might have too and that's gonna cost, unless we rethink *how* Canada Post should be operating.

Maybe they are talking about it, Ken, but you just can't hear them.

(Civilian) Infrastructure Week starts Thursday.

I hate this. So much.

It pairs well with CATS which had a 1.1 version with patch notes.

We have Trader Joe's at home and it's called Farm Boy.

https://www.theonion.info/

The new logo is a wonderfully layered troll.

The Infowars takeover by The Onion is back on and uh-huh, they got someone to help run it...

As Alfredo Foucault once wrote

Turns out letting LLMs loose on Reddit, one of the more sarcastic websites on Earth, one that regularly stumps humans, was not a good idea.

bugs bunny and daffy duck are standing next to a sign that says duck rabbit on it ALT: bugs bunny and daffy duck are standing next to a sign that says duck rabbit on it

strait of hormuz update

A flatscreen display on a "smart" water fountain, demanding to be reconnected to the internet.

In 1999, I was playing a decker in Shadowrun, and tried to distract a guard by hacking a water fountain to overflow, and my GM said "why would a water fountain be on the network? That's fucking stupid. No you can't try."

Well it's 2026 and I just want you to know, Phil, that I FUCKING CALLED IT!

The only nice thing about this situation is that all the parties involved despise each other.

I’m happy for this. That doesn’t stop this from being a wild still to see in a Folding Ideas video.

I don't hate the idea of AI. I like the idea of a natural language interface for tech. Machine learning can do cool stuff. But I also think on-machine AI/ML is much more interesting and was part of why I was interested in Apple's original AI pitch (which never materialized).

We've all compromised on our computing sovereignty for convenience, from web hosts to cloud syncing, but AI really insists that you forfeit more than any other recent tech : give up your RAM, you money every month, your cheap devices, your copyright, your consent, your reasoning.

Both the construction of data centres and their exploitation makes it harder to just own a device that can do what you need it to do without a web connection. You are expected to always be connected, always be paying a fee and essentially rent your computing; never own it.

A lot has been said of AI's disregard for copyright and consent, and a lot's been written of components and devices getting pricier. But I think an aspect that's much less expanded upon is how AI/Data Centres work to undermine individuals' ability to own their own computing power.

Also, *private citizen* Justin Trudeau with *recording artist* girlfriend? At a music festival? Let the man have his midlife crisis.

So… *A* Science Centre will be in proximity of *A* station.

That's more last year. Actually I think they're on the ups right now as they're helping the US with how to deal with Iranian drone attacks.

No wait, I mentally blocked out the hockey stuff. Yes, I should add us back.

I both omitted us because the brunt of it was last year (even if the impacts are ongoing), and I folded us into NATO since most of the saga this January was about Greenland sovereignty and a potential NATO response.