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Valve removes arbitration from its Steam agreements — here’s what that means for you in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

So why would Valve do this? It may be a response to several law firms’ attempt to file “mass arbitrations,” wherein “hundreds or thousands of consumers bringing individual arbitration claims against the same company at the same time and over the same issue,” according to ClassAction.org. It’s essentially a loophole for class action waivers and arbitration clauses, though it still won’t end up in court.

Hit em right in the pocket book.

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Le 25 septembre : une journée de célébrations pour les Franco-Ontariens (lemmy.ca)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/29724681

Bonne fête des franco-ontariennes et franco-ontariens!

L’origine de cette journée remonte au 25 septembre 1975, date à laquelle le drapeau franco-ontarien a été levé pour la première fois à l’Université de Sudbury. Conçu par Gaétan Gervais et Michel Dupuis, ce drapeau est rapidement devenu un puissant symbole d’identité pour les Franco-Ontariens. Ses couleurs et ses symboles racontent l’histoire et l’environnement de cette communauté : le vert représente les forêts d’été du Nord de l’Ontario, tandis que le blanc évoque les hivers enneigés. La fleur de lys rappelle les racines françaises, et le trille blanc, fleur emblématique de l’Ontario, souligne l’appartenance à cette province.

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Le 25 septembre : une journée de célébrations pour les Franco-Ontariens (leregional.com)
 

Bonne fête des franco-ontariennes et franco-ontariens!

L’origine de cette journée remonte au 25 septembre 1975, date à laquelle le drapeau franco-ontarien a été levé pour la première fois à l’Université de Sudbury. Conçu par Gaétan Gervais et Michel Dupuis, ce drapeau est rapidement devenu un puissant symbole d’identité pour les Franco-Ontariens. Ses couleurs et ses symboles racontent l’histoire et l’environnement de cette communauté : le vert représente les forêts d’été du Nord de l’Ontario, tandis que le blanc évoque les hivers enneigés. La fleur de lys rappelle les racines françaises, et le trille blanc, fleur emblématique de l’Ontario, souligne l’appartenance à cette province.

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Le Québec est-il un traître aux minorités francophones du Canada? (english in comments) (thewalrus.ca)
 

Is Quebec a Traitor to Canada’s Francophone Minorities?

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Canada’s Leaders Must Reject Overbroad Age Verification Bill (www.eff.org)
 

Canada’s S-210 is part of a wave of proposals worldwide seeking to gate access to sexual content online. Many of the proposals have similar flaws. Canada’s S-210 is up there with the worst. Both Australia and France have paused the rollout of age verification systems, because both countries found that these systems could not sufficiently protect individuals’ data or address the issues of online harms alone. Canada should take note of these concerns.

What's up with financial sites refusing to delete your account? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The answer depends on the country. In the US, review the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. In Canada, there is the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA) regulations and also the CRA requiring the individuals and businesses retain their records for up to six years.

if there’s some sort of way around this either with a lawyer or federal form or something.

Very unlikely.

Whats your favorite color of light, why? in c/asklemmy
[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

#FF00FF

In terms of physiology, the color is stimulated in the brain when the eye reports input from short wave blue cone cells along with a sub-sensitivity of the long wave cones which respond secondarily to that same deep blue color, but with little or no input from the middle wave cones. The brain interprets that combination as some hue of magenta or purple, depending on the relative strengths of the cone responses.

In other words, our brains are like "🤷‍♂️, here's a thing"

It's time for change, it's time for Linux. | DankPods in c/videos
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Terminal is life!

But also, easy mode Linux distro for the technically challenged would be great

The next best thing in c/tenforward
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And remember: keep your stick on the ice

Grab eight fantastic Steam Deck games for just $12, saving over $190 [Humble Choice] in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
  • Sifu – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating
  • Gotham Knights – Steam Deck Playable – Mixed Rating
  • High on Life – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating
  • Blacktail – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating
  • Astral Ascent – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating
  • Diluvian Ultra – Not Steam Deck Rated (but works great!) – Very Positive Rating
  • Universe For Sale – Steam Deck Verified – Very Positive Rating
  • This Means Warp – Steam Deck Playable – Mostly Positive Rating
Explaining software development methods by flying to Mars in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It's a feature, not a bug

What is/was your distrohopping journey? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Windows 98 -> Slackware dual boot (with big ol' red grub screen) -> windows up to win 10 -> debian(laptop) win10 (pc)

Gonna try getting a new m.2 drive and dual booting soon to test playing the games I like on Linux. If all goes well, I'll be moving away from windows

Can we try something? Upvote the best captain! Not necessarily the one you liked the best. in c/tenforward
[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Emergency Command Hologram aka EMH Mark 1

I can only hope people continue to love the truly old ones for a long time. in c/tenforward
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But if you are 39 now, you were 10 when it aired.

Describe an episode in the worst possible way in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Man visits childhood home to reconcile with himself after being forced to harm coworkers.

Trying to ditch windows in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

(theres a mac version but isn’t the same)

There was a mac version. But it is hitting EOL in August

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Aux parents de limiter le temps d’écran des jeunes, selon François Legault (ici.radio-canada.ca)
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Blue Jays-Rays Opening Day starting pitchers: Berríos vs. Eflin (www.mlb.com)
 

Berríos will start for the Blue Jays on Opening Day, and Eflin will take the mound for the Rays as they host Toronto at 4:10 p.m. ET on March 28 at Tropicana Field. It will be the fourth Opening Day start for Berríos and the first for Eflin.

March 28th, I'm pumped, are you pumped?

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A small stream guards a shuttlecraft (lemmy.ca)
 
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Saw this neat guy at the hobby store today (lemmy.ca)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/rc_cars
2 comments fedilink
 

Met a couple of really neat dudes at the store looking for parts for this guy. I really liked the uniqueness of it.

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Salvaging Bill C-18: Government Upends Legislation To Bring Google Onside the Online News Act (www.michaelgeist.ca)
 

The government has announced that it has reached agreement with Google on deal that will ensure that news links are not blocked on the search engine and that the company pays $100 million to support the news sector in Canada.

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Bill C-18 Bailout: Government Announces Plans to Pay For 35% of Journalist Costs for News Outlets as It More Than Doubles Tax Credit Per Employee (www.michaelgeist.ca)
 

Of course they would, what a crapshoot.

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Password requirements are getting out of hand (lemmy.ca)
 
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My first "successful" project results (pixelfed.social)
 

I'm new to whittling and these are the first things I completed that don't look like trash.

I followed one of those "make a fox" youtube guides for the first one.

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