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What smartphones are people using nowadays? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

sus developer

Linky?

The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

According to the article, nope. Same as the Fairphone 4.

Over 50 per cent of users may shun social media by 2025 as misinformation, toxicity grow in c/[email protected]
Is it just my circle, or has it been a challenge getting into the Christmas/holiday spirit the last couple of years? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I lost my sister suddenly 2 days before Christmas in 2008. The joy came back — after a fair amount of therapy and contemplation — and over time, life grew around the gaping hole.

A couple of quotes that I keep near me:

Yet, in a bizarre, backwards way, death is the light by which the shadow of all of life’s meaning is measured. Without death, everything would feel inconsequential, all experience arbitrary, all metrics and values suddenly zero.

Mark Manson

When you dull pain and hide it from yourself, you dull your joys as well.

Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate (Tawny Man #3)

All the best for this holiday season, and all the ones that follow.

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Is it just my circle, or has it been a challenge getting into the Christmas/holiday spirit the last couple of years? (lemmy.ca)
 

Sure, the first year (or two) of COVID were wretched, but most of those barriers have since cleared — yet I'm still struggling. I've noticed the same with a number of people within my family and neighbourhood.

How are others feeling? Are you struggling, yet succeeding? If so, how are you breaking through?

Canada faces declining EV interest, report shows, despite push to boost sales in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which bike?

What game do you play to just chill? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I don't exactly experience a tonne of chill while playing FTL

CRTC allows smaller internet companies to sell service over telecoms' fibre networks in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

TekSavvy, which was also looking for a seller earlier this year, says it's "not currently for sale."

https://mobilesyrup.com/2023/11/08/teksavvy-calls-out-crtc-for-its-flawed-internet-decision/

TekSavvy calls out CRTC for its 'flawed' internet decision in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've long argued that it should be illegal for incumbents to sell retail connections for less than wholesale prices, but here we are

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TekSavvy calls out CRTC for its 'flawed' internet decision (mobilesyrup.com)
 

Tucked into the bottom:

TekSavvy, which was also looking for a seller earlier this year, says it's "not currently for sale."

CRTC allows smaller internet companies to sell service over telecoms' fibre networks in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Heard that rumour, too, but it remains to be seen. I'm holding out hope

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CRTC allows smaller internet companies to sell service over telecoms' fibre networks (www.cbc.ca)
 

Regulator says its review found a significant competitive decline in Ontario and Quebec

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CRTC's wholesale internet rate decision could impact Bell's fibre internet build plans (mobilesyrup.com)
 

CEO Mirko Bibic said the decision could lead Bell to slow down its expansion plans in 2024