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- Comment on Goldenrod 3 hours ago:
Europeans were the ones traveling around between continents spreading plants from one to another without regard for the consequences.
- Comment on Goldenrod 15 hours ago:
Said no American ever. There are many things to have conflicts about between nationalities, especially now, but this is a weird one. Europe is probably the continent with the most egregious history spreading invasive species.
- Comment on AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns 4 days ago:
Sounds like a you problem
- Comment on If WWIII broke out tomorrow do you honestly believe america would win? 6 days ago:
What would its goals be? Realistically, the US was probably bound for conflict with China and Russia before Trump. Now, Trump is creating a scenario where the US will have conflict with its allies and China. This is Russia’s doing.
Militarily, Russia has shown itself to be weak. The US could easily crush Russia in a conventional conflict if it wanted too, but there would be a risk of nukes popping off. Thats why Biden’s strategy was to let it bleed out in Ukraine and hope Putin got toppled internally in the fallout.
Trump creating conflict with US allies creates a scenario where they must work with China. It’s uncertain how that will go.
If the US invades another country, it will likely encounter a prolonged guerrilla conflict and be bogged down there like Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan, and Iraq. China will help the other side make it as painful as possible.
Also, this conflict is unlikely to be popular in the US and rather than pulling together like in WWII, Americans will scatter or resist. At least half the country wouldn’t support the war.
- Comment on ChatGPT Go subscription rolls out worldwide at $8, but it'll show you ads 1 week ago:
It was normalized with cable television.
- Comment on US | Verizon to stop automatic unlocking of phones as FCC ends 60-day unlock rule 1 week ago:
Don’t buy a locked phone
- Comment on Mass killings reported as security forces use live fire on Iran protesters 1 week ago:
Buy guns
- Comment on Instead of everyone leaving NATO, could everyone else just kick the US out? 1 week ago:
The US has access to all of the systems. From a security standpoint they would want to build a new organization.
- Comment on we need more users 2 weeks ago:
Please link
- Comment on Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models 2 weeks ago:
It was dumb. Forced you to always look at your keyboard.
- Comment on How TF2 Still Makes Millions (With No Updates) 3 weeks ago:
And what counts as a release these days is just some remaster of a game that was popular a decade or two ago.
- Comment on Evidence 3 weeks ago:
Cancer is something Boomers fear because many of them will die from it. Climate change isn’t anything they have to really worry about because they left it for their kids to deal with.
- Comment on The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down. 3 weeks ago:
Toilets are gross. Put the lid down.
- Comment on Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19% 3 weeks ago:
When I installed Linux, everything worked fine. When I installed Windows, my WiFi and Bluetooth wouldn’t work until I downloaded the drivers on another computer, loaded the on a USB drive and installed them.
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 3 weeks ago:
It’s called Kagi Assistant. You can choose any model. For premium models, you need to upgrade.
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 3 weeks ago:
They do offer access to ALL the LLMs. You could pay $20 to OpenAI for ChatGPT 5, or you could pay $25 to Kagi for unlimited Kagi search and access to premium models for ChatGPT, Claude, Google, Mistral, Kimi, and others.
- Comment on Do you think Google execs keep a secret un-enshittified version of their search engine and LLM? 3 weeks ago:
There is Kagi for the rest of us
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I think you qualify. You can read more here on the CanadianCitizenship subreddit about the process. Lots of people are gathering documents and submitting for proof of citizenship. It’s a good place to ask questions.
www.reddit.com/r/Canadiancitizenship/wiki/index/
The edge cases I’ve heard where you wouldn’t qualify were based on an ancestor renouncing their Canadian citizenship on the record when becoming a citizen elsewhere.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
www.genealogiequebec.com has documents for Acadia with family files based on the original parish records of Acadia and covers from 1621 to 1849.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
You’re probably Canadian, just need to submit for your certificate
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
You are likely still eligible
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
Please read the Canadian citizenship subreddit. You might be eligible still.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
From the wiki
"But my parent/grandparent/great-grandparent/etc. left Canada before January 1, 1947 (April 1, 1949 if your line goes back to Newfoundland) / naturalized as a citizen of another country / married a citizen of another country / served in the military of another country."
Yes, that’s true for many of us. That does not matter. You can still get a citizenship certificate.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
That only applies to people born after December 15, 2025, which is when the new law came into effect
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
Technically no, though you need to show some documentation of that. The most straightforward way would be through birth or baptismal records. Otherwise, some have suggested census and immigration records can work.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
Opens fine for me. You can also go to the subreddit and the FAQ is pinned or you can find it in the sidebar
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
You would be surprised. People have gotten the citizenship certificate without birth records. Recommending that you explore more here. Some people there are eager and able to help you find documents too.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
Lots of details captured here on how to apply and what forms you need www.reddit.com/r/Canadiancitizenship/wiki/index/
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
Go read the FAQ on this… you are probably reading some old info. The law changed due to the old law being ruled unconstitutional. You are most likely eligible based on what you’ve stated.
- Comment on If you have ANY Canadian ancestor, you are likely a Canadian citizen as a result of recent changes in Canadian law 3 weeks ago:
Probably the most info is in the Canadian citizenship subreddit FAQ