JohnnyCanuck
@JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca
- Comment on If unused Chip Dip gets thrown out or composted then it was never actually chip dip. 5 days ago:
I bet you’re a double dipper.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I used to have a Dell stick PC that I traveled with to hook up to TV’s in hotels and apartments to stream Netfli, youtube, plex, etc. Worked great for its size and I would hook up a mini wireless mouse and keyboard to control it.
Look up Stick PC or PC on a stick. You can get windows or Linux variants and I imagine you can change the OS if you work at it.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 1 week ago:
Check out meetup.com for any particular hobbies you’re into.
- Comment on Should I apologize to this person? 2 weeks ago:
And National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is wrong?
Holy shit that’s the stupidest thing I’ve read all day. It has nothing to do with your petty personal demons. Go educate yourself and/or delete your account on Lemmy.ca.
Here’s a start: canada.ca/…/national-day-truth-reconciliation.htm…
- Comment on How To Swap Couplings? 2 weeks ago:
Here’s another one that does both male and female on small connectors youtu.be/59gWZS92zgc
- Comment on How To Swap Couplings? 2 weeks ago:
Cut off the connector you don’t need, you can leave some wire in case you ever need it for some reason, or you can cut out close and just toss it.
Cut off the one you do need, with lots of slack, and then splice on to the freshly cut wires (hopefully with solder and heat shrink.)
Connect it up and move on, hopefully you’ll never need to think about it again.
If you still really don’t want to do that, you can try pushing the pins out. This might help: youtu.be/0G7iIwfuaJ8 and this youtu.be/BbXX32X-Hkc
The paste might be dielectric grease to keep moisture out.
- Comment on What did Musk and Trump fall out over? 2 weeks ago:
Unfortunately, by that metaphor, the world is constipated.
- Comment on The Houthis Almost Shot Down an F-35—and Washington Is Panicked 5 weeks ago:
It’s stealth to radar, not infrared. It has other countermeasures for infrared missiles.
- Comment on The Houthis Almost Shot Down an F-35—and Washington Is Panicked 5 weeks ago:
Wait. The fancy jet didn’t get hit, right? A missile was fired at it and it successfully evaded said missile? So what, exactly, is being called into question here?
- Comment on Being called a loser for liking animation while the entire world is falling for AI slop is beyond. 5 weeks ago:
Lol that’s cute. I did a Monty Python sketch for my future wife (not on the first date) and she was highly amused.
- Comment on Being called a loser for liking animation while the entire world is falling for AI slop is beyond. 5 weeks ago:
Helllloooo Nurse! Always loved that show. I’ll have to check out the reboot.
- Comment on We should name the recent stock market crash the Fool's Fallout 5 weeks ago:
Yeah I was trying to avoid something that included his name directly to keep it out of the lexicon as much as possible.
- Submitted 5 weeks ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 8 comments
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Makes snu-snu a little different.
- Comment on Mouse pointers with drop shadows have their visual click zones and actual ones misaligned. 1 month ago:
I don’t really get what you’re saying. Maybe a picture would help? Having worked with mouse pointers for three decades, I’m pretty sure it’s either correct, or if you disagree then what you’re choosing as the click pixel is arbitrary, and pointer style and implementation dependent. In any case, the user will generally learn the specific click behaviour very quickly, usually without even thinking about it.
- Comment on 4 fundamental forces 1 month ago:
That was definitely not clear.
- Comment on What is this font from/called? 1 month ago:
Damn you beat me to it. I found this by doing some image manipulation and using a font analyzer: whatfontis.com/ENVG_Upright-Retro-Inspired-Headli…
- Comment on USA Unable to Make Drones Without Components From China 2 months ago:
Well we can compensate by automating everything to keep the costs down, literal no brainer.
- Comment on USA Unable to Make Drones Without Components From China 2 months ago:
Oh come on, are you trying to say there’s a better way to bring manufacturing of specific high end parts to the United States than blanket tariffs on everything?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
verbally told me to only declare anything over $10K.
Sounds like a trap to me.
By “declaring” I’m not necessarily saying an itemized list of every tiny item you bought, especially if you’re under any limits. But I would be prepared to show all of it if asked. All it takes is one border guard having a bad day to make a difference.
And expressly going to another country to buy a product outside the limits and then sneak it back in to avoid duties is entirely different than some souvenir trinkets and candy.
If you declare the laptop, the border guard might just wave you through without making you pay the duty. If you don’t, and they catch you in a lie, good luck.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
As I and others have mentioned elsewhere, you’re taking a risk doing this, as if you get caught it will cost you more.
One other thing to keep in mind is warranties if anything goes wrong with the item. If you are trying to make it look like you brought the item with you, you’ll be getting rid of all the documentation and packaging that proves you purchased it. That includes receipts. Warranties often require proof of purchase, so you may be throwing away your warranty by doing this.
Also, keep in mind that models and model numbers are often different in Canada. I’ve had phones that were identical to the US model but had a different model number. I’ve also had phones where they sold the European version in Canada (again with its own model number) and so it was basically a different phone from what you’d get in the States for the same model name (different CPU, different supported communication protocols.)
Often our model numbers will get a “CA” added to the end making it obvious. Sometimes it won’t be obvious, but won’t match model numbers you can easily find info for online. My current laptop model number is undiscoverable online because it is so rare. There are similar ones for which the info mostly matches my computer, but I’m not always able to find good info.
It’s kind of funny watching Americans talk about this now as it was something we Canadians used to talk about all the time… Strategies for buying goods in the US to save money.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I really don’t like the way this is worded. It sounds like you’re saying that going across the border and buying a “personal” item and not declaring it is just fine.
Yes it is perfectly legal to go across the border and buy something and bring it back (assuming we’re talking about legal goods here, not drugs or contraband items, obviously.)
But you must declare those items. If you get caught pretending it was an item you brought with you but you actually purchased across the border, you may be fined. When you are asked a bunch of questions by the border guard, they’re looking for signs you’re lying. If they get a whiff you’re lying or uncomfortable, they’ll start digging. If they catch you trying to avoid paying the duties on a laptop, not only will you have to pay the duties, you may have to pay a fine on top of that, not to mention every future border crossing you make may be more difficult. If they catch you trying to cheat they are way more likely to implement a fine and put a note on your file.
There are (for now) certain amounts of money you can spend when you cross the border, which changes based on how long you’ve been gone, for which you won’t be charged duties - but you still have to accurately declare what you’ve spent!
- Comment on China now faces 245% Trump tariff 2 months ago:
“fun” like the pejorative “fun”, right?
- Comment on The plural of Kleenex should be Kleenices. 2 months ago:
Kleeni (long i)
- Comment on Microsoft mulls more job cuts, this time focused on managers and non-coders, not just low performers. 2 months ago:
Yes, but I’m saying the algorithm for layoffs factors in “performance”, which can be factored from past bonus allocations.
The algorithm isn’t going to lay off 150’s, but might preferentially select 100’s.
I don’t have inside info, I’m just making assumptions that the data has to come from somewhere.
- Comment on Microsoft mulls more job cuts, this time focused on managers and non-coders, not just low performers. 2 months ago:
Sort of. Managers still get in a room and decide how the bonus pool should be distributed by ranking people.
Having a more aggressive manager is important for getting a better bonus.
I could see this factoring into layoff decisions.
- Comment on Framework temporarily pausing some laptop sales in the US due to tariffs. 2 months ago:
Does this mean the other products they ship aren’t hit with tariffs? Are they somehow wholly made in the US vs the ones that were dropped?
- Comment on PLA in screw hole preventing me from unscrewing the hotend (SV06) 2 months ago:
Instructions unclear, penis stuck in hot end.
- Comment on Do you think Social Media is just exaggerated as being placed of being the source of all problems? 2 months ago:
- Comment on A Trump H-1B crackdown could hit Big Tech hard, with Amazon suffering most. 2 months ago:
I was going to say this is good for Canada, but part of the draw to bring engineers here is the path to the H1B. If there is no H1B end-game, maybe they won’t bring them to Canada either.
That said, we have some sizeable offices already established here, so maybe there is still incentive.
