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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Ant
Likely a reference to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Ant
Likely a reference to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ant_and_the_Grasshopper
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‘We need to act’ on men’s health, minister says as government seeks feedback - National | Globalnews.ca
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I think you are misunderstanding the goal of this. The article says that men "are less likely to ask doctors for help with a range of symptoms". Addressing this is a part of addressing toxic masculinity and historic inequities, and a part of the broader work of finding the appropriate healthcare intervention for each person instead of the traditional one size fits all approach.
I would rather that men go to doctors for health advice instead of trying to fix it on their own, or worse, going to online influencers for advice. Figuring out why that happens is a step towards changing it for the better. If this work actually produces results, it will be good for both men and women.
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YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_thrusts
See the History section here for some controversies. From what I remember, there is disagreement on whether he asked for the name to be changed or if institutions changed it first
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RCMP investigating after fraudulent QR codes found on 75 Kelowna parking meters | Globalnews.ca
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In Vancouver, I almost always see both a physical machine and the app/website options.
It might even be helpful to do away with QR codes altogether and slowly teach people to not scan random QR codes when paying.
A sign saying "Watch out for scams, do not scan any QR codes" + a visual 🚫 symbol would make it a lot harder for these scams to work
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YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows
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There is disagreement and outdated advice on what to do / not to do. First aid is time-sensitive so having a discussion about updated guidelines can be helpful :)
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Questionaire Design Matters: How you could get contradictory polling results on the same topic by asking a series of leading questions and asking the key question in a certain way
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I'm sorry, here it is: https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/yes-prime-minister-questionnaire-design-matters
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Watch a live visualization of OpenStreetMap edits in real time
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I keep meaning to check this when it is daytime in North America. Europeans are contributing a lot :)
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RCMP investigating after fraudulent QR codes found on 75 Kelowna parking meters | Globalnews.ca
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That sounds rough for people who don't have a smartphone, if you forget it somewhere, if it's out of power, etc
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Donʼt buy fancy wall art city maps, make your own with this free script [powered by OpenStreetMap]
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PNGs by default, I'm not sure if vectors are possible yet but it seems like it would be easy to implement
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New anti-bot rules
Would it be possible to slowly build a whitelist for users that you confirm are legitimate?
For context, I subscribe to web comics through RSS feeds, and sometimes I'll sit down to look through the feed and then schedule out posts for the few good ones. I can totally keep it to the 2 posts per day limit, but I'm worried that I might forget one day in the future. It's hard to keep track of community specific posting rules 😅
I totally understand if the extra posts get removed, this is more about not getting banned by an automated system.
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Vancouver - What are your plans for this weekend / next week? [week 13]
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Good luck! 😄
Is the outhouse for something, or is the goal just to build an outhouse?
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Mapping Underground Structures with 3D Scans
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Thanks!
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New anti-bot rules
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Can you reach out to admins on any instance that the accounts are made on? Vote manipulation should be an easy instant ban. Putting together a list of accounts would help the instance admins figure out a pattern.
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YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows
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There should be a link, unless its not loading correctly for you?
Here if is
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Vancouver - What are your plans for this weekend / next week? [week 12]
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Nice! That seems to be a common sentiment, I'll have to see it soon
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Donʼt buy fancy wall art city maps, make your own with this free script [powered by OpenStreetMap]
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Did you try it with venv? That might reduce the chance of interference with your system
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Ski mountaineering is making its Winter Olympics debut at Milano Cortina 2026
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IMO both should be in the games.
I didn't know as much about skimo before, but after watching an event I do see it as a serious sport. It might also be a thing for military/search and rescue type tasks, but I can't find a good source for that
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Ski mountaineering is making its Winter Olympics debut at Milano Cortina 2026
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Definitely! The description makes it sound silly, but the actual sport is fun to watch
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Ski mountaineering is making its Winter Olympics debut at Milano Cortina 2026
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Definitely!
Olympic events seem to standardize the events as much as possible for easy and accurate judging. I'll have to check out some non-olympic competitions for this sport to see what they are like. Since yea, I also want to see people making those calls and finding interesting ways to get around obstacles in a forest or other complex setting.
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Heliboard + Google Swipe Lib + FUTO Voice input
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I had the same issue, I set it to 110% on my phone. It would be cool if someone put together a guide on common configurations to help it match other apps.