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  • detective Isaac Hanson, who found Backeberg, said he was able to locate her through her sister’s Ancestry.com account.

    “That was pretty key in locating death records, census reports, all kinds of data,” Hanson told the news station, adding: “Ultimately, we came up with an address

    I hate that about those genealogy sites: Someone else can give up your privacy for you. I found myself on one with a whole bunch of private info because some relative thought it was cool to put the whole family out there. They included kids, everyone's birthdays, maiden names, addresses, the whole shebang. All completely public for anyone to search for, without asking anyone if it was okay with them.

  • Windows 10 won't just stop working. I still see businesses rocking Windows Vista occasionally.

  • Makes snu-snu a little different.

  • "I wouldn't say I've been missing them, Bob."

  • By APMA figuring, a compact SUV model Arrow could roll off a Canadian assembly line by 2029 with a sticker price of $35,000, he added, ready to be one of the two million cars sold each year in Canada.

    2029? Too late. In my opinion, If they can't hit the market by the end of 2025, maybe 2026, they might as well walk away now.

  • Then bringing it to a blue mailbox might be your best option.

  • You don't need to answer that question. It's bullshit.

  • Nice anecdote. How about you give some data for that instead of making people tell you their anecdotal ages?

  • Can you leave sticking out of the slot?

  • That's the point of the post-it note. So they see it.

    I've done it before at an apartment, though admittedly it was many many moons ago.

  • The sticky note was just to be a flag, not the message.

  • If you don't want to take it to a mailbox, you can put it back in your own mailbox with the "return to sender - no longer at this address" on it. The mail carrier can pick it up when they deliver your mail next. If they seem to miss it, you can try putting a bright post-it note on it to make it stand out.

  • 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.

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  • That was definitely not clear.

  • I feel like there was a change in his demeanour in the last couple of years. It really showed up when he confronted that heckler on Parliament Hill. Not that the heckler didn't deserve it, or more tbh, but it just felt out of character for Singh. I mean, it was the kind of thing I would do... I really started to think he was on his way out at that point.

    I think he did a good job as the leader of the NDP, and given the fear (on the left) of the Conservatives winning and the resultant strategic voting, I don't think many could have done a better job for the NDP in this election. He certainly used his third party prop power very effectively in the last few years.

    I hope he can live in peace outside politics. He seems like a genuinely good dude.

  • I don't think those brands are familiar enough yet to put up their logos without their names.

  • "anal bum cover for 400"

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  • American football has become absolutely terrible. It feels like 50% ad time and the commentary is complete shit.

  • You can also put the dead key by the start button or some other designated place in the car to start it with RFID.

    Yeah I've had mixed success with that on my Honda. I keep spare keyfob batteries around now.

  • Vancouver @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Vancouver announced as newest PWHL franchise for 2025-26 season

    League ‘hopeful’ to add 2nd expansion team ahead of next season

    The Professional Women's Hockey League will expand to Vancouver and begin play next season, the league announced on Wednesday.

    The decision to expand to Vancouver had been rumoured for weeks, and was finally confirmed at a press conference in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday morning. The official announcement was made by a local under-11 girls' hockey team. The girls crowded around a podium, waving signs to show how badly they wanted Vancouver to get a PWHL team, before announcing the news.

    Vancouver was chosen as the seventh PWHL franchise after an eight-month process that saw expansion bids from groups in more than 20 cities.

    CanadaPolitics @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Clearing Up the Canada Tariff Misinformation (The Plain Bagel)

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40789849

    A deeper look into Canada's long-standing high tariffs on certain US imports and why they don't actually apply to most current trade.

    "If the countries took a true approach to reciprocating tariffs, then the US would simply copy Canada's tariff quota, which would mean that neither country would pay any more based on current trade balances"

    Canada @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    If I never have to see another "F🍁ck Trudeau" flag again, it will be too soon.

    Nothing says "classy" like flying that flag.

    Good L🍁ck Trudeau! (But also, don't let the door hit you on the way out...)

    Artificial Ignorance @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Grandmother gets X-rated message after Apple AI fail.

    cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/26623355

    A woman from Dunfermline has spoken of her shock after an Apple voice-to-text service mistakenly inserted a reference to sex - and an apparent insult - into a message left by a garage.

    The is what Mrs Littlejohn saw on the voicemail screen in the Phone app on her iPhone after receiving a voicemail from the garage.

    Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Who should be the cast of the dramatisation of the next four years, "For the Empire" (2030)?

    Political Discussion and Commentary @lemmy.world
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    I just had a thought from my joke post on AskLemmy: hypothetically, how would abolishing states fit into the Project 2025/Trump/Musk agenda.

    Would it be antithetical? Would it help them push the agenda? Could it be an end game?

    Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Since America's namesake Amerigo Vespucci was an immigrant, what should the United States of America be renamed to? (no wrong answers)

    Artificial Ignorance @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca
    Memes @lemmy.ml
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    United States of the Americas (and Beyond)

    Artificial Ignorance @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Tiny Steps

    I find it funny how certain wordings will trigger the AI and others won't. It also gets it right for a bunch of numbers (which I checked after seeing this error).

    Artificial Ignorance @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Linux written in C++?

    This description of C++ is misleading at best (C++ is used for "Air Travel"?), but saying its used to "make Linux" is just wrong.

    Don't Dead - Open Inside @lemmy.ohaa.xyz
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Axe Tax The (link in post)

    There are different versions on various news articles but I found this one with a search: https://www.meansandways.ca/news-articles/poilievre-takes-popular-axe-the-tax-mantra-on-the-road

    Artificial Ignorance @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Oops, forgot one!

    I was watching a video on orangutans and it made me wonder how well google would handle this question.

    Didn't get it quite right... But maybe it's a subtle dig?

    Note: I accidentally scrolled the "AI Overview" notation off before taking the first screenshot, but it is there:

    Artificial Ignorance @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Full of hot air

    Make up your mind Google AI. Is sound faster in air that is less dense or more dense?

    Honestly, there is so much wrong in the AI answers that it's hard to know where to start, but the direct contradiction of itself seems like a good start.

    Artificial Ignorance @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Trivially Stupid

    This came up after a friend was playing a trivia game. We were looking up what colour the wedges were for the different categories in Trivial Pursuit and it came up with this gem.

    Search is "trivial pursuit sports and leisure colour"

    Lemmy Support @lemmy.ml
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Is Hot sorting broken?

    I know this has been an issue in the past, but it seems to have reared its ugly head again. Sorting posts by Hot (for my subscriptions) I get almost the same results as sorting by New.

    I'll use other sorts as a workaround, but I usually like the hot sort.

    Anyone else noticing this?

    Vancouver @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    'Number of people stabbed,' suspect shot by police in downtown Vancouver: VPD

    Several videos floating around, some articles are reporting 1 dead (possibly the suspect).

    Vancouver @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Vancouver airport runway to be closed for 'a few days' after cargo plane overruns landing

    No injuries reported after plane came off runway; passengers asked to check flight status

    Vancouver @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    RCMP say they have busted 'the largest, most sophisticated drug superlab in Canada'

    More than $485 million in illicit drugs and drug ingredients seized in rural B.C. community

    Some excerpts:

    According to police, the amount of fentanyl and other materials seized would have amounted to more than 95,500,000 potentially lethal doses and worth an estimated $485 million in profit.

    The "superlab" was located in the community of Falkland, B.C., an unincorporated community about 50 kilometetres east of Kamloops.

    The Mounties say the bust is a "decisive blow" to those who organized it and that in addition to the facility in Falkland, several locations in Surrey were also searched.

    Aside from the drugs, which included 54 kilograms of fentanyl, 390 kilograms of methamphetamine and 35 kilograms of cocaine, police also seized 89 firearms, several small explosives, body armour and $500,000 in cash.

    Vancouver @lemmy.ca
    JohnnyCanuck @lemmy.ca

    Fall Colours By False Creek