As a Canadian, its a good start, but I'm not holding my breath. I'll start buying American products again when you start putting your money where you mouth is.

The Tarrifs and cheetos need to go as a start, but you've really lost a lot of respect and trust around the world, and that's gonna take a lot to get back.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Disappointed, but not surprised. I'm going to have to just double down on boycotting more.

    We really need to make it easier to buy Canadian booze from other parts of Canada. I've been picking up a different bottle of whiskey every time I go, but there's always a piss poor selection from anywhere other than my province. I also don't drink too much, so a bottle lasts quite a while, but still.

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  • There are zero ways to use this cord correctly. Do not tell people otherwise. The proper generator connection is to, as you just said, use a proper generator inlet and interlock like you said you use. Anyone using a cord like this is using it incorrectly as there is no correct way to use it. Both the CEC and the NEC expressly forbid these. All it takes is for a child to unplug the wrong end and touch the exposed prongs and they will get shocked.

    A proper generator inlet should have the male ends in a recessed inlet box connected to either a transfer switch or an interlocked generator panel.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Worth mentioning that they are absolutely not safe as the exposed prongs are energised. They are called suicide cords for a reason. All it takes is to plug the cord into a running generator or working outlet first and the exposed terminals are now live.

    Its also worth noting that they very often kill linesmen working to desire the utility because people use them to hook up their generators without turning off their main breaker which back feeds onto the grid.

    Proper generator inlets are very readily available and if you don't want to go that route, just plug your fridge and other important devices into your generator with extension cords.

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  • I largely agree with you here. I recently left Spotify and have been growing my locally hosted music library and instead of building my own playlists I've just been tuning into whole albums. I've found that most albums (not all, some albums seem to just be thrown together) have a flow to them and are just much more enjoyable when listened together.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Canadian Electrician here. I have zero idea what a schuko is, but could you not just buy a proper cord end from a hardware store and just replace the end of the cord instead of using adaptors? We can usually get replacement cord ends at most hardware stores for only a couple dollars and they don't require much effort or electrical experience to replace.

    Often these adaptors are cheaply made anyways and sometimes burn up.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Its not just Netflix these days. Every new show seems to start their life on the chopping block. If the first season doesn't get enough views in the first few days its out then season two doesn't even get made. If it does do okay then they get to start writing a second season, which means another 2 years before we get a second season and by then we have completely forgotten the show until you read about it getting cancelled 2 weeks after season 2 came out because nobody tuned in.

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    I've been running a home server at home running CasaOS for a few months now. I use a wireguard vpn to remote in to use Jellyfin on my phone etc. Basically i want to know if there's a way i can both hide my public IP (such as using a conventional vpn for torrenting) while still being able to remote in to my server?

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