[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago*

Yes he contributed to the issue because he chose to validate unfounded fear-mongering, he didn't want to spend his dwindling political capital on doing the morally right thing to do.

Doesn't change the fact that it's a pretty straightforward case to understand. The problem is not a lack of information, it's an active misinformation campaign that makes the any explanation fall into infertile grounds.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    We can have all the benefits without many of the downsides if we fixed the perverse incentives on harvesting data.

    I don't think this is going to make the perverts stop using it for pervert things; and as far as I can tell that's the main reason the general public hates these glasses, not the data harvesting angle.

    The problem never was technological.

    And I think the problem became technological when we made affordable recording POV so covertly

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Oh dang, they're Canadian? I wouldn't have guessed by the name.

    I had a glassware set from them and I was in need of an extra one… now might be a good time!

    edit: apparently based out of Toronto, but they don't advertise that at all on their website

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    As domestic steel and lumber needs new clients, I wonder what industries have a good opportunity to make use of the cheaper prices. Construction? Furniture?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    If he actually does it, then it will be there… Taking up space… I don’t think anyone is going to buy it.

    This is exactly why it isn't tone deaf. He can just issue the ask, hope that not all premiers will follow, and even the provinces that do follow, consumption will still not recover fully; he can say "hey I did all I can, Canadians just don't wanna drink it" and the US loses a negotiation leverage.

    I do think a significant amount of people will buy it, though. They US booze will come out cheap and in droves. And we have a dumber third of the country that's actually a fan of the US still

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (1 child)

    No, my dude. It's an open ended question in the sense that it purposefully asks a question about a concept which is inherently personal. That's how this goes for this kind of research.

    The whole point is to let each person define what their own version of gender expression is, and answer based on that. The fact that more (or fewer) people are choosing a charitable and supportive definition of gender expression is, that's the signal being measured.

    If this number goes down, it signals that people are increasingly holding definitions of "gender diversity expression" that are harder for them themselves to accept. No measurement is perfect, but they can still be useful. If this "flawed" question carried no information, we wouldn't be seeing trends on it.

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