I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.
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Note: I’m moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I’ll share more info :)
This post was reported for potential astroturfing, likely because of the very long name (and the broken about page)
It looks like a real organization:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gun-regulations-domestic-violence-1.7311594
Others who have endorsed the recommendations include gun-control advocates PolySeSouvient, Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns,
Bulleted lists, a weird positive tone, unnecessarily professional, a summary or “but you should check with an authority figure” sentence at the end
I wasn’t sure which article to link, there are many opinion articles with their own takes on it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin_NS-31
Here’s the Wikipedia
Feel free to promote it in !newcommunities@lemmy.world and !communitypromo@lemmy.ca
Welcome 😊
I agree, at our current moderation capacity it would lead to inconsistent moderation and arguments about where the ‘quality threshold’ is
Encouraging people to post better quality sources through comments might be better than fully restricting the posts?
I’ve prepped one here. @Bitswap@lemmy.world, how does this look? I simplified the rules somewhat by combining related rules. Also I don’t think the astronomy picture of the day was working so I removed it and kept the link
A community to discuss space & astronomy through a STEM lens
Please keep politics to a minimum. When science is the focus, intersection with politics may be tolerated as long as the discussion is constructive and science remains the focus. As a general rule, political content posted directly to the instance’s local communities is discouraged and may be removed. You can of course engage in political discussions in non-local communities.
Thanks! Bitswap made the post, so we should be good to go now
!whitelistsilver
I don’t see any other comments in that thread, but I’ll do it in both anyway 😄
I think it’s a mix of the two. There are legitimate reasons, and commercial reasons
Synology does not manufacture its own hard drives but instead certifies and rebrands drives from Toshiba and Seagate, leaving out only Western Digital among the world’s largest manufacturers.
They’re disabling features
Synology, maker of network-attached storage (NAS) devices, will seemingly remove advanced features from its Plus devices that are not using hard drives provided by, or certified by, Synology itself, starting with its 2025 lineup.
What you might lose from using non-Synology-approved hard drives could include pool creation and support for any issues. De-duplication, lifespan analysis, and automatic HDD firmware updates could also disappear on non-approved drives, Synology’s press release suggests.
What is the 48.4% for Reddit, since it isn’t decentralized at all?
I shouldn’t laugh, poor little dude 😄
Looks great, feel free to promote on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca as well!
Answering the question:
Different groups or different people may choose to use different acronyms. The downvotes are likely from the implication that this is an annual change or ‘flavour’.
Here is a discussion about this (as well other variations in terminology for ethnicity, homeless/unhoused, and more) from a UManitoba linguistics professor: https://theconversation.com/bipoc-or-ibpoc-lgbtq-or-lgbtq2s-who-decides-which-terms-we-should-use-159188
Tagging @Whitebrow@lemmy.world as well since they had a related question
I get comments on months old posts, I’m fine with it since it will help future users
If the person is looking for a discussion (ex. They need help with the software I posted about), then it’s usually better they make a new post
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It’s actually possible to create local only communities, which would restrict access to users on lemmy.ca. While that doesn’t completely do what you’re looking for since Canadians on other instances won’t be able to see it, it might help somewhat?
This depends a lot on location. Some parts of Vancouver/ Toronto are expensive, some cities are cheaper
I’ll wait for someone else to answer this.
It could be helpful for roles in or adjacent to government, but it’s not required for most jobs and especially in tech. If you live in a French speaking region, then it will be helpful for day to day life
Here are the positions of each of the federal parties on some key issues this election.
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2025/federal-party-platforms/#intro
It might also help to know how our government is structured
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/government
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/distribution-of-powers
It depends on the city and where you work. Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal have decent public transit
You sound reasonable and so I wouldn’t worry.
For what it’s worth, you’ll sometimes hear people compare America’s “melting pot” to Canada’s “mixed salad” or “patchwork quilt”. How true that is in practice is up for discussion, but the idea is that Canada has many parts coming together to make a whole, while still being distinguishable by the unique elements. There isn’t the expectation for newcomers to shed their old culture and become purely " “Canadian” ".