Out of curiosity, could you link to/share your research for us? The open source stuff in particular?

Calling this terrorism is ridiculous. They were trying to get in to a military base which stationed bombers actively used in the ongoing war. Reminds me of the ploughshares movement if it wasn’t sponsored by Iran.

I’m not going to argue against your conclusion, I strongly believe we do not have anything resembling human consciousness in software yet.

But Penrose was definitely not proven right (unless you’re talking about black holes), nor was the Orch OR theory about microtubules proven, nor was consciousness proven to be a quantum phenomenon. Here’s an easy, accessible article that goes over the state of the research: https://www.breezyscroll.com/science/new-quantum-evidence-is-reopening-the-debate-over-penroses-theory-of-consciousness/

This is super cool to hear! Do you know if many other major Canadian politicians are on Mastadon?

Is this hosted anywhere other than a US owned website?

Sounds like we’re going to get more details on what associate membership means pretty soon, which will be nice.

Also neat to hear about the joint wildfire prevention efforts and all the new water bombers!

Pretty much, yep!

Elo comes from chess, it was used to rank player skill against each other. You basically generate a score by comparing two at a time in head to head matchups.

It’s honestly not the best way to rank books (especially of different genres), but it was fun to goof around with for a bit!

It also creates fewer philosophical problems if you distinguish between countable and uncountable adjectives. Though, I suppose that’s a less philosophical point than you made.

I hung out with my wife, watched some t.v., played some video games, did some gardening, and surfed the internet.

After a long, busy week, it was exactly how I wanted to spend my weekend. I feel rested and recovered.

Fun question!

Interestingly enough, the founding document does not define the actual boundaries of Europe, only that you have to be in whatever “Europe” happens to be. Currently the boundaries of “Europe” are set loosely by convention, and can be changed at the discretion of the EU.

It concerns me that we don’t have any formal mutual defence clauses outside of NATO. I would certainly like France, UK, Denmark, and Norway to defend Canada, but as it stands, there is no “must.”

One of the reasons I’d love to see Canada as a full EU member is that the EU has its own mutual defence clause, which would protect Canada in the event of a US invasion and collapse of NATO support.

Would’ve loved if the article specified what research centres were closed, what exactly they were doing, and how much they cost.

I was very upset when the feds closed the Weather Radar Research Group, but these “seven research facilities” don’t have any of those specifics.

For example, it makes a big difference if the government cut a vertical farm research centre that cost $500k/year, or if it was an experimental cattle farm and cost $5 million/year. The latter, I would agree with closing.

The NDP in Manitoba are a lot less socialist than the federal NDP, Kinew’s flagship policy has been removing the provincial gas tax. His other big ones have been removing the sales tax on snack foods, a homeowner’s tax credit, small healthcare funding expansions, a subtle tax hike on the wealthy, and a new housing campaign to reduce homelessness.

I’ve appreciated the small expansions to healthcare, housing, and taxes on the wealthy, but otherwise I’ve been personally disappointed. Frankly I think the NDP are doing so well in Manitoba because they are much more conservative than in other places, and it’s what a lot of Manitoban voters want. Most people I talk to are voting for the NDP specifically because of the gax tax holiday, not any progressive value.

And a lot of the extra money has come from freezing tax brackets (rather than rising with inflation), and clawing back the basic personal amount from high earners.

That is, effectively tax hikes on the wealthy, but subtle enough that nobody got upset.

Props to him and his team on the budget!

Not the biggest issue to me personally, but this has definitely made some easy fodder for the NDP in general. I don’t think I’ve talked to a single Manitoban that supports the privatization of airports.

In addition to the wars driving up fossil fuel prices, as the article points out, the US’s tariffs are also focused most strongly on auto parts and materials. That is, effectively a car tax.

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I don’t quite understand, Scotland and Wales already aren’t part of the common market. By seceding from the UK, they might actually have an easier time joining the common market and strengthening the EU, which is the real unified power block.

Love to see it! A few years ago we finally created a land border with Denmark, too!