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New comment by DKnoll in "Tesla Cybertruck may be unsafe for other road users: Australian safety chief"

DKnoll — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 02:00:49 +0000

Only BC, AB, MB and NS restrict body armour sales. If you live in any other province there is no restriction.

New comment by DKnoll in "For six years, man who refuses to identify himself has held in a Canadian prison"

DKnoll — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:58:07 +0000

Visitor visas still require the 10 years of work history if you are not from a visa-exempt country (like France).

New comment by DKnoll in "For six years, man who refuses to identify himself has held in a Canadian prison"

DKnoll — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:56:45 +0000

He had a fake French passport. French citizens (along with many other nationalities) do not need a visa to travel to Canada.

New comment by DKnoll in "Canada is the world’s newest tax haven (2017)"

DKnoll — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:30:14 +0000

The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research has a report on estimated losses due to tax evasion by country in 2013 (published in 2017).

https://www.wider.unu.edu/sites/default/files/wp2017-55.pdf

Anyone uninterested in reading the whole report can CTRL+F country names (there is a breakdown in the appendix).

New comment by DKnoll in "Canada is the world’s newest tax haven (2017)"

DKnoll — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:12:07 +0000

Total sales tax ranges 5-15% across all provinces, it never exceeds 15% (unless you include taxes on specific goods, like alcohol).

New comment by DKnoll in "Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract"

DKnoll — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 09:09:45 +0000

In regards to 'wrong or annoying,' was there something I could have done or said better, Dan?

New comment by DKnoll in "Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract"

DKnoll — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 04:01:13 +0000

“But the plans were on display…”

“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”

“That’s the display department.”

“With a flashlight.”

“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”

“So had the stairs.”

“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”

“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”

New comment by DKnoll in "Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract"

DKnoll — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 03:17:13 +0000

I wouldn't call sending truckloads of boxes of paperwork during discovery to opposing counsel and linking a 238-page PDF with a good ToC and summary equivalent, but I guess the internet has robbed a lot of people of basic research skills.

New comment by DKnoll in "Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract"

DKnoll — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 02:43:47 +0000

I remember it from news reports at the time. I can't find any documentation now, so it easily could have been Petaki. I can't find a transcript or video of Bush's address to the nation on the day of the blackout though.

New comment by DKnoll in "Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract"

DKnoll — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:37:58 +0000

Refer to the summary of causes on page 17, as seen in the table of contents.

New comment by DKnoll in "Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract"

DKnoll — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:27:38 +0000

> ...unlike, say, New York City or Detroit, whose residents found out the hard way that lots of their power comes from Canada.

Interesting that this myth is still alive. It started with Bush falsely claiming the 2003 blackout was Canada's fault before an investigation had even been done. Here is the actual postmortem report.

https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/oeprod/DocumentsandM...

New comment by DKnoll in "Xubuntu 19.10 vs. Lubuntu 19.10 RAM Comparison"

DKnoll — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 02:46:08 +0000

I don't mean either, I just mean the methodology isn't great.

New comment by DKnoll in "Xubuntu 19.10 vs. Lubuntu 19.10 RAM Comparison"

DKnoll — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:46:30 +0000

It would be a better comparison if both systems were on equal footing. In this demonstration the Xubuntu system has swap enabled and the Lubuntu system doesn't. The load averages should also not be taken into consideration as the Lubuntu system has only been up for ~1 minute and the Xubuntu system has been up for ~20.

New comment by DKnoll in "Microsoft Wants to Censor Xbox Live Voice Chat in Real Time"

DKnoll — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:25:27 +0000

>It's not your place to tell people what they can and cannot say.

But under your argument don't I have absolute freedom of speech?

New comment by DKnoll in "Microsoft Wants to Censor Xbox Live Voice Chat in Real Time"

DKnoll — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 05:59:33 +0000

It seems like a noble argument until you consider that the speech you'd be protecting is people calling others, often minors, various slurs. If you doubt this play a few matches of COD.

New comment by DKnoll in "Microsoft Wants to Censor Xbox Live Voice Chat in Real Time"

DKnoll — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:57:10 +0000

There already is a delay, it's just imperceptible in most cases because it's so short.

New comment by DKnoll in "Nearly 1 in 5 Americans are stashing cash at home in fear of a recession"

DKnoll — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:53:42 +0000

Oh neat. Still, even when airtight there is a stable shelf life you need to be mindful of.

New comment by DKnoll in "Nearly 1 in 5 Americans are stashing cash at home in fear of a recession"

DKnoll — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 16:26:14 +0000

Seems like they're preparing for something more realistic like the 2003 blackout and not a zombie apocalypse.

New comment by DKnoll in "Nearly 1 in 5 Americans are stashing cash at home in fear of a recession"

DKnoll — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:51:32 +0000

You're probably aware but make sure you're rotating out that gas. It will last longer in an airtight container than one with venting like most cans. Smart move though.

New comment by DKnoll in "DontDuo: Bypass 2FA with DTMF Tones"

DKnoll — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 04:08:12 +0000

I got the trial. Gave me a 201 area code number. Called it and it waited some seconds after answering, played a DTMF tone and hung up. No, I didn't test it with Duo (lol). Every time this number receives a phone call it increments a login counter on the dashboard.