The problem is that our governments are shit planners. They’ve allocated funds poorly, failed to train enough healthcare workers, failed to expand transit, financialized housing, and basically just paid attention to the next election cycle.

The article kinda mentions that, but doesn’t go into it. Recently, politicians used immigration as a stopgap to cover for our terrible productivity and aging demographics (don’t forget post secondary funding!).

Do you trust the current crop of politicians to suddenly find competence and be able to pull off a smooth doubling of our population when they screwed up the 30% increase of the past free decades?

I don’t.

We all have our reasons for being here. The politics is definitely depressing, but it’s something a lot of Lemmites have in common.

You’re right that it’d be nice if there was more going on.

We’ve neglected our infrastructure for decades. Both the physical stuff like housing, transit, community centers, and sewers; but also the human side, like doctors, nurses, and skilled trades.

Once we get ourselves to the point where everyone has a doc, people can get around easily, and schools have enough space/teachers, we’ll be ready to invite a significant number of people in.

hero dogs

that last one is nightmare fuel

Overwatch License

Modification of the source code is only allowed if your competitive rank in Overwatch is higher than the maintainer’s.

The website showing the aisle number is amazing.

most of the people here will actually argue in favor of it

On Lemmy? This is the place that’s jazzed for GrapheneOS releases so they can degoogle their phone. We go on and on about private messenger apps, Proton, running non-corporate OSes, and privacy. Most of us are here because we don’t like the shitty direction Reddit is taking.

I think you can make the argument that generally people are ambivalent about privacy, but Lemmy is a definite exception to that rule.

No plan is a plan.

The CPC under Poilievre is choosing to deny climate change. The subsequent disasters and disruptions will be addressed on an ad hoc basis while legacy industries continues to make money.

It’s a shitty plan, but it’s a choice they are making.

How does this compare to the US polls in 2016 and 2024? I thought the Democrats were polling high, but Trump received more votes than expected on election day. IIRC one of the theories was that people didn’t want to tell pollsters their voting intentions.

Edit: Why the downvotes? I’m asking a general question about the accuracy of polling and the media coverage of previous elections.

I don’t really care which government body builds new housing, so long as it gets built, but I’m pretty sure affordable housing is CMHC’s mandate. 🤷‍♂️

The Wikipedia article doesn’t mention that. They administer most (all?) of the hOuSiNg AfFoRdAbIliTy programs announced by the feds over the past 20 years, so I think they’re doing fine financially.

Nope, never happened. My party destroyed the whole damn dark forces army all by themselves and left the city.

Damn, I hate that. I spend a bunch of time on a scenario, but get the balance wrong on the combat portion and the players just cruise through the encounter.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC; French: Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement, SCHL) is Canada’s federal crown corporation responsible for administering the National Housing Act, with the mandate to improve housing by living conditions in the country.

Originally established after World War II to help returning war veterans find housing, it has since seen its mandate expand to the mandate of improving access to housing overall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Mortgage_and_Housing_Corporation?wprov=sfla1

We’re negative doomscrollers, true. But most people seem pretty polite, at least in my experience.

CMHC: am I a joke to you?

After introducing this new licensing pathway, the CPSO registered 351 U.S. physicians between 2023 and the end of 2024, a spokesperson said.

So far this year, CPSO has received registration applications from 240 physicians who are U.S. educated. Most of them are currently practicing in the U.S., the spokesperson said.

This. There has been a huge investment in the tooling around JS. Using TypeScript, you get the benefit of that ecosystem with a decent language.

It isn’t perfect, but it’s perfectly cromulent.

Huh. Now you mention it, I don’t remember seeing androids in Shadowrun either.