DrainKikoLake

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[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 2 points 55 minutes ago

... what about it?

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

My 10-year-old loves Minecraft and Terraria. Do you play any video games? Which ones do you like?

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 hours ago

The Princess Bride!

Any other answer is... inconceivable

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

The lack of continuity and consequences really started to bother me in TNG (especially after I started watching DS9 with its actual story arcs). Like with "Genesis" -- the entire crew turns into animals and/or cavemen, it's heavily implied that Worf literally mauls another crewman to death, and the entire thing wraps up with "Huh, that was weird. Oh well, let's go get drinks at Ten Forward." Don't get me wrong, I'll take any episode that features my boy Reg Barclay, but the happy-go-lucky episodic model seemed particularly egregious in this case.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/35041212

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The Chrysalids https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chrysalids

~~The Giver https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver~~ I missed that one in your list, whoops!

I read both of these in school around that age; they may be good options for you.

 
[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago
[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 6 points 18 hours ago

That guide is helpful. Thanks!

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  • The Inner Light
  • The Visitor

Welcome to Star Trek! We cry here.

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

I remember when our family would go bowling, my parents made us all change our clothes as soon as we got home because of the cigarette reek. I'm so glad those days are gone.

 

"The U.S. Travel Association says Canada is the top source of international visitors to the United States and just a 10 per cent reduction in Canadian travel could result in $2.1 billion US in lost spending – New York is one of the most visited states."

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

In the United States, an executive order is a directive by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government. [...] Like both legislative statutes and the regulations promulgated by government agencies, executive orders are subject to judicial review and may be overturned if the orders lack support by statute or the Constitution. Some policy initiatives require approval by the legislative branch, but executive orders have significant influence over the internal affairs of government, deciding how and to what degree legislation will be enforced, dealing with emergencies, waging wars, and in general fine-tuning policy choices in the implementation of broad statutes. As the head of state and head of government of the United States, as well as commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces, only the president of the United States can issue an executive order.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order

 

I ran across this post on the CBC that names a few apps to help people find Canadian products: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/buying-canadian-shopping-apps-barcode-scanners-1.7463039

  • Shop Canadian
  • Buy Beaver
  • O SCANada
  • Maple Scan

I'm curious if anyone has tried any of these and how useful (or not!) you've found them.

 

"With so much interest in buying small Canadian companies, I figured I would share her products as an alternative. Your support would change her life. All products have a maple leaf!"

The response was immediate and enormous, she says, with order requests through her website increasing by almost 4,000 per cent, according to Williams.

 

Banks will also be prohibited from charging NSF fees more than once within a period of two business days and in cases where the overdraft is less than $10.

To avoid bank account holders accidentally incurring an NSF charge, banks will also have to send an alert giving account holders at least three-hours' notice that a payment exceeds their bank balance. If the account holder deposits money to cover the payment within that period, banks cannot charge the fee.

 

This is my most ambitious project to date, the Faith CAL by Helen Shrimpton (with a few modifications).

What big or small blankets are you working on?

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