I’m not an admin, so I can’t stop you from doing that. I’m not sure why you’re asking for my permission.

As someone who is good at reading between the lines of Japanese news reporting, here’s my translation of a Japanese news source on what is being discussed in tariff negotiations:

アメリカ側は日本車の安全基準を見直すことなど要求を並べてきましたが、日本車にかかる関税25％を引き下げるつもりがあるのかなど、日本との交渉の方針は確認できなかったということです。

(Translation: The American side lined up requests to review Japanese automobile safety standards, but there was no confirmation of whether there was intent to drop the 25% automobile tariffs, and no indication of where the negotiations with Japan would lead.)

また日本への輸出を拡大したい農産物の品目に牛肉やコメ、魚介類、じゃがいもなどを列挙し、関税以外の障壁や制約を取り除くことも求めてきました。

(Additionally, the US negotiators rattled off a list of products they requested to expand their exports to Japan of as well as to remove regulations/non-tariff barriers. This included beef, rice, seafood and potatoes.)

赤沢大臣はこうした指摘に「優先順位をつけて示してほしい」と述べたということです。

(In response to these pointers, Minister Akazawa stated “We would like these requests ranked by priority”.)

So all in all, the US side seems to spend their time listing a bunch of grievances, the Japan side lending an ear to their concerns, but not sure where the give-and-take part of the negotiations is here.

Sorry, left my donut at home. Gotta go back and get it.

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You should read this on why seemingly arbitrary, but nuanced moderation is needed to have a friendly space online.

There exist instances that have more of a free-speech “focus”, but despite that most instances cannot tolerate intolerance, harassment, trolling, illegal or borderline illegal stuff. There is generally more tolerance for disagreement on Lemmy than other forums, where unpopular takes are heavily downvoted instead of removed.

A common sequence of events that happens with trolls or flamebaiters:

• Troll says something unpopular, but not rule breaking (comment downvoted but not removed by mods)
• Several other people respond/rebut
• Troll continues a long back-and-forth argument that gets nowhere, or resorts to ad hominems, slurs or personal attacks (rule-breaking)
• comments get reported
• Mods remove the entire thread including the initial comment, and give out a community ban
• Troll decries censorship of the initial not rule-breaking comment, when it was the follow up that was the problem.

So yeah, it’s to keep out the jerks. Behave well, think of others as you speak, then you will find yourself able to say more than in places with professed free-speech absolutism. If you don’t like that, start your own instance so that no one can moderate you in your own space, and watch the jerks, trolls and spammers roll in after a while.

Reddit… Let’s not go there, 'tis a silly place.

The commenters on average feel more real on Lemmy, so i’ve been here 2 years plus and hardly needed to look back.

We have great examples from a certain country, to show that “allowing unlimited money in politics = free speech” is bad. There will be disingenuous ‘slippery slope’ arguments to it but the types of campaigns that this rule is meant to stop is clearly defined and limited.

Flirting with the law here… this photo is legal because it is blank, but just an FYI for anyone here that it is illegal to take or publish photos or videos of a marked ballot under Election Law in Canada.

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Yep. Unionization or not we need more working class solidarity.

Nice, subscribed now. Hello from Vancouver!

The “next year” promise of the year…

Hello and welcome!

For administration, you have Group Policy, Active Directory, SAM, and various other things to read up on. Like others have said you can do everything in PowerShell but commands are super verbose. Microsoft does keep thorough documentation on it at least.

In terms of helping people with issues, you have the Windows Registry (kind of like dconf for GNOME), Backup Restore, Updates (most IT spend most of the time after fixing not working stuff, is convincing people to update their computers). If you can think on your feet, you’ll be able to solve 90% of most workers’ issues with some digging even if you didn’t know Windows more than your average computer guy.

In terms of app development, tweaking and troubleshooting, there are a myriad of frameworks, like MFC, .NET, Electron, Microsoft Access databases somehow turned into a vital business application, etc.

Most app developers learn one of the various systems, then end up sticking with it causing Microsoft to support a hodge podge of 20+ year old native frameworks, while others import whatever newfangled crossplatform wrapper of the day is popular. So good luck if learning this is your goal.

OOP noted just one agitator. This is the point of not being afraid to go out, there are far more of us then there are bad actors and shit stirrers. It’s important to call them out, don’t let them hide, but disengaging from their activities is the way to go rather than taking the bait.

You’ll be fine, Americans are welcome in Canada, though MAGA and gaudy stars&stripes apparel would be better left at home. We do appreciate your support both in spirit and action, and supporting tourism here instead of the US is a direct contribution in favour of Canada.

One othet thing: Many drivers with a non-Quebec plate get treated with a little more suspicion from police and ridicule from drivers when you mess up driving and parking rules (but the animosity is more against Ontario drivers than anywhere else). This has long been the case so nothing to do with current events.

You should make sure you have your documents and stuff in order for when you return to the US, since your CBP has been known to give a tough time even to people with the legal right to enter.

Get their names, bring it to the court, hold the Republican regime in contempt!

AI can’t detect birth certificates but you what it can do… Racism ^TM

Sidenote: with the current DoJ policy being no records = terrorists lacking complete profile

“The lack of a criminal record does not indicate they pose a limited threat,” according to Cerna’s declaration. “The lack of specific information about each individual actually highlights the risk they pose. It demonstrates that they are terrorists with regard to whom we lack a complete profile.”

The AI will have an easy job ‘filling in the missing details’ for the government.

Well, I do remember being worried about whether I could ever be within 2 metres of anyone else ever again…

That said, I have learned really that it takes an event that kills millions spread all over the world at essentially the same time for people and our legislatures to act. I thought nothing would ever get us to do anything seriously about the climate crisis but when we all stayed home for a bit we actually managed to reverse the upward trend in emissions for a time.

It was Good Friday (stat. holiday) so I think a number of people figured this was the best day to go.