Rentlar

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Switzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway track in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Seems interesting. As far I know I think why not, as long as you place Dragging Equipment Detectors (example) before and after the installation areas. Seems a good a place as any for solar panels, especially on only occasionally frequented lines.

Three Mile Island owner seeks $1.6 billion federal loan to restart nuclear plant for Microsoft AI facility in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 hours ago

Any notion that taxpayers are taking on risk here is fanciful given that any loan will be backstopped by Constellation's entire $80-billion-plus value.

Not to worry taxpayers, despite us paying out dividends to equity holders, our $70 billion plus value means this loan is still safe and sound!

Don't worry taxpayers about us spinning off 90% of our assets to Galaxy Brain Energy, a totally independent and different energy company that we didn't just pull out of our ass. The loan is still backed by our $7 billion plus value, trust!

The Rise of the Right-Wing Tattletale | In Texas and elsewhere, new laws and policies have encouraged neighbors to report neighbors to the government. in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 hours ago

Nobody wants state-sponsored inspectors to probe your life. But random nosy "concerned citizens" reporting on behaviour the state doesn't like? Hell yeah, and even better we have no shortage of willing participants!

Why Chevron is sponsoring Hurricane Helene journalism: The oil giant wants to convince the public that its new ultra-high-pressure offshore drilling project, Anchor, is climate-friendly. in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

Everytime I see Chevron now, I'm like, "which terrible Chevron is this? The oil company? Or how the Supreme Court nuked the ability for federal agency experts to be experts?"

Microsoft Edge gets "unfair advantage", browser makers claim in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Invoke-WebRequest

To comply with the court decision, Microsoft have added a super easy to use PowerShell command to install your favourite browser!

ps> Get-Browser-That-Isnt-Microsoft-Edge -Q -Browser Firefox -NumberOfNags 0 -RevertAfterUpdate False -When Now -Why BecauseTheCourtsToldUsWeNeededTo

Oh Shit in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago

would be top on UK Spotify for one day.

Out of Our Lives Forever in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Now I don't expect you to waste time and energy on topics you don't want to talk about with that family, but I wonder if you've seen the latest batch of unsealed evidence from Jack Smith's filed motion on the 2020 election case... (key takeaways).

Up to this point, I had more or less given Trump the benefit of doubt. I had figured that riling up a base telling them it's not over is the kind of thing that could lead to violence. However, nothing so far linked directly to Trump against the most charitable interpretation of events that Trump had just let it happen with no knowledge of a plan to overthrow government, and for all intents he would have wanted to peacefully transfer power to the rightful winner of the election. The evidence here disproves that, he wanted to stay president by any means possible, was warned by Mike Pence and told repeatedly to step down. He was aware of potential consequences and when the events of Jan 6 transpired he wilfully withheld taking any action, and his "so what?" comment tells me his inaction wasn't due to shock or surprise.

DB Class V 200 in c/ausomememes@lemmy.autism.place
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 17 hours ago

Luke would have 300% of my attention.

Texas reaches over 18 million registered voters, the highest it's ever been in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 21 hours ago

AG Paxton's new rule would be that the entranceway of every polling location in Texas can only be open once every 10 minutes for 30 seconds at a time, to prevent voter fraud of course.

A pair of CN switchers roll down the Point Edward Spur in Sarnia, ON in c/trainscanada@lemmy.ca
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The high-vis vest guy being the end-of-train marker is kinda fun.

compruleter in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Oooh spookify, I like that idea.

Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) gets a first official release in c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

umu, what's this?

Jokes aside, I actually needed this since I used to run Proton just like WINE but after some version many games didn't work by just changing "wine" to "proton".

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Doug Ford’s Terrible Plan for Cycling in Toronto - Oh the Urbanity! (www.youtube.com)
 

Just put it on the side streets - Doug Ford's gaslighting compromise might work in some cities like Montreal and Vancouver but aren't well suited for Toronto and its suburbs.

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Tim Walz: Radically Nice | The Daily Showography (YouTube) (www.youtube.com)
 

People think vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is nice. But is he... too nice? From his dangerously folksy upbringing, to the National Guard, to teaching America's future enemies in China, Tim Walz's "nice" act isn't fooling anyone. This is the Dailyshowography of Tim Walz.

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25and.Me - Summaries of ramifications of implementing the Republican agenda (25and.me)
 

This is a site that has summarized and cited points from the Project2025 document (with assistance from Google's Gemini AI algorithm along with manual fact-checking) categorized by topic.

If you want a concise and accessible set of reasons on why a Trump/Republican presidency would be bad for the US, to help explain important issues to friends and family without sounding like a conspiracy theorist or a political savant, this resource may help.

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Rail reform is go, says Britain’s transport secretary - IRJ (www.railjournal.com)
 

Shadow Great British Railways created as legislation to end private operating contracts makes progress.

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Canadian e-petition to Stop Killing Games Reminder (collection closing soon) (www.ourcommons.ca)
 

Hey everyone, just a reminder in case you hadn't seen it or forgot from months ago, the Canadian official e-petition is at this link as part of the Stopkillinggames.com campaign. Maybe we can get some clarity from our government on what our rights as consumers are when buying access to video games.

Signature collection ends at 9:30am ET/6:30am PT on Thursday 5 Sept 2024.

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Le gouvernement du Canada lance une consultation sur le droit à la réparation en vue de mieux répondre aux besoins des consommateurs (www.canada.ca)
 

L'enquête par ISDE Canada sera ouverte jusqu'au 26 septembre 2024.

Les Canadiens peuvent envoyer leurs commentaires à l’adresse suivante : https://form.simplesurvey.com/f/s/RTR?lang=FR

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Government of Canada launches consultation on right to repair to better meet Canadian consumers’ needs (www.canada.ca)
 

I figured that right to repair is a topic many of us are interested in. The survey below by ISED Canada, a department of the Government of Canada, is open until September 26, 2024.

Canadians can provide their input at the following link: https://ised-isde.survey-sondage.ca/f/s/RTR

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How long it takes 200 people to reach the front of the line with 5 modes of transport (mastodon.social)
 

Video shared from a Mastodon user.

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Clipboard Copy Paste History Function I Accidentally Encountered with Fcitx (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml
5 comments fedilink
 

Some Lemmy user at one point had asked about a "multi-paste" feature, if there was a way to use keyboard shortcuts to display multiple clipboard items and copy/paste them out at will (this user mentioned similar to RTS games they like to play). ~~If someone can find that post, can you notify them and direct them here, please? I'm having trouble locating it but I recollect that it was within the last 3 months.~~ Edit: I found the post!

Somehow this was stuck in my mind when I accidentally pressed a keyboard shortcut, that showed my last 5 copied items. This isn't exactly what the user was looking for but I thought I'd publicize it here.

If you use Fcitx (because you need multi-language input) from the fcitx5 packages, then you may already have installed the clipboard add-on. You can use fcitx with just one keyboard layout. By default, it's activated by Ctrl+semicolon and shows the 5 last entries, but the number can be configured.

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Canada Rail Lockout - Federal labour minister to deliver update on rail shutdown (www.cbc.ca)
 

CN and CPKC locked out employees across Canada on Thursday 22 Aug 2024, due to a labour dispute between them and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.

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US Pentagon Planning an Extended Drone Lightshow Festival To Entertain Taiwanese Populace (lemmy.ca)
 

https://www.wired.com/story/china-taiwan-pentagon-drone-hellscape/

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Train Simulator "Take The A-Train 9" to release construction pack, new edition in November 2024 [Japanese News Source] (railf.jp)
 

The edition is called: "Take The A Train 9 Version 5.0 Final Edition Complete Pack DX+"

Train Construction Pack Steam Page

Unfortunately, the ridiculously titled combo pack's Steam page appears to be region locked to Japan, the DVD version is also Japan/Japanese only.

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