Limp Bizkit’s fraud lawsuit [against the UMG] rattles music industry: ‘These accusations are massive’
  • pbjamm pbjamm 6d ago 100%

    I mean who hasnt made an innocent $200m rounding error?

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  • [Breaking Points] Harris Momentum Stalls As 2024 Race Remains Neck and Neck
  • pbjamm pbjamm 6d ago 100%

    they are letting perfection be the enemy of good.

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  • I tried my brother's disney plus...
  • pbjamm pbjamm 6d ago 100%

    I have D+ here in Canada and have never seen an ad. It is actually a pretty good deal here as it includes STAR (hulu equivalent). I only watch it on my TV but I dont think it would be any different on mobile as it is still the D+ app.

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  • 8/10/2024 BC Polls by 388Canada
  • pbjamm pbjamm 2w ago 100%

    I did my part

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  • 23 doctors from Metro Vancouver sign letter questioning B.C. Conservative policies
  • pbjamm pbjamm 2w ago 100%

    All sensible people are questioning BC Conservative policies.

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  • Eric Schmidt: ‘We’re not going to hit the climate goals. I’d rather bet on AI solving the problem.’ With "alien intelligence"!
  • pbjamm pbjamm 2w ago 100%

    Need to factor in the carbon cost of constructing a new vehicle vs running a less efficient one for longer. Disposal and possible recycling of old vehicles, also not free. Upgrades to the charging grid and construction of charging locations for all those new vehicles. Brakes and tires also cause significant pollution and are still an issue no matter the power unit of the car.

    Then compare all that to building trams and light rail in metro areas instead of building cities to accommodate cars, roads and parking lots instead of humans.

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  • “F*cking absurd”: $82 turkey at Loblaw-owned store has shoppers stunned
  • pbjamm pbjamm 2w ago 100%

    I bought a Butterball yesterday at my local YIG and it was $5.49/kg

    Not the best price I have ever seen, but not terrible.

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  • A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in the U.S. State of Texas. That’s Just the Start.
  • pbjamm pbjamm 2w ago 100%

    I read that as "incinerate" and thought it a little harsh. Only a little though.

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  • 2/10/2024 BC Polls by 388Canada
  • pbjamm pbjamm 3w ago 100%

    well that is depressing.

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  • My move to Linux
  • pbjamm pbjamm 3w ago 100%

    Installing Steam is easy-peasy and well worth it. The only issues I have had so far with Proton is that the convoluted file structure makes it hard to remember where to put manually installed gamed mods for BeamNG.

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  • Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible
  • pbjamm pbjamm 3w ago 100%

    old.reddit is the only usable version.

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  • Doug Ford says he wants to build a tunnel under Hwy. 401
  • pbjamm pbjamm 3w ago 100%

    What about the last mile?!

    I dont know about Toronto, but in every other big city I have driven in, walking a mile from my parking spot to my destination was pretty normal.

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  • Amazon Joins the MPA as its Newest Anti-Piracy Member Since Netflix in 2019.
  • pbjamm pbjamm 4w ago 100%

    Fallout was the first time they showed me ads and made their service less convenient than piracy. Now I dont even bother. If they have something I am interested in I DL it. I still have a subscription since it comes with my item delivery service.

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  • Premier Danielle Smith announces plan to change Alberta Bill of Rights
  • pbjamm pbjamm 4w ago 100%

    Having lived through the Trump years in the USA I do not grok how anyone can think it a proper way to run a government. It was not even the proper way to run a trash fire.

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  • My first experience with Canadian Health Care (BC Health)
  • pbjamm pbjamm 1mo ago 100%

    If this visit had cost me less that us$500 I would be shocked. Most likely answer is us$500-$1000.

    When my wife had back surgery a few years ago the MRI alone cost us$600, the surgery with all of its various charges was over us$3k. I hope none of you have any idea how horrible it is waiting for a loved one to have surgery AND having to discuss payment/credit options with the staff on top of it. You are not thinking clearly and the numbers mean nothing because you dont have any choice but to agree. Then you feel horrible(r) because you are thinking about money instead of only if they will be OK.

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  • My first experience with Canadian Health Care (BC Health)
  • pbjamm pbjamm 1mo ago 100%

    smooth sailing once it moved into my bladder. before that the pain was enough to make me vomit.

    Would not wish it on anyone. maybe Henry Kissinger but even then only maybe.

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  • My family and I moved from the US to Canada in the summer of 2023 and last week was the first time I had to make use my Services Card. I went to the ER in excruciating pain, had blood and urine labs done, a shot of pain killers then waited around (a long time) for a CT scan. The doctor said it might be a new record, but I had been bumped a few times by suspected stroke patients that came in, so totally understandable. Several hours later with a prescription slip in hand I exited the hospital. Easy as pie. For anyone who has never had the displeasure of experiencing an American hospital you can not understand how much simpler and less stressful and cheap the Canadian system is. I dont know what it would have cost me in the USA, [probably whatever my insurance deductible was](https://www.policygenius.com/health-insurance/how-emergency-rooms-work/), but it certainly was not $0. That state of not knowing what all this is going to cost you, and how you will afford it, makes an already awful experience even worse. Not being harassed for money on the way out, never once discussing the cost of something with the DR was truly eye opening. TL:DR Thanks BC Health. You are not perfect but you are amazing. Anyone promoting American style health care here in Canada has either never experienced that gong show or is independently wealthy enough not to have to think about the costs. (kidney stone for anyone who is curious. it was horrible)

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    Woman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has died
  • pbjamm pbjamm 1mo ago 100%

    The article is not clear. Is the $71k price listed the cost of the surgery itself or surgery + hospital stay?

    If it is just surgery then it is a very unfair comparison since the ICU stay would have been needed in either case, and at least some of the days in the ward for recovery.

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