dj_rock

Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @01:08AM (#50348633)

Yes. Like that William H Gates III from Seattle.

Re:MPs moving to restrict gambling ads in Canada amid mounting harms on Thursday October 22, 2026 @02:55PM (#50199523)

The best there is. The best there was. The best there ever will be.

Re:Hello Toronto – Waymo Is En Route on Saturday October 17, 2026 @10:03AM (#50131277)

I think you mean Doug Ford. It would take a lot of coke for Rob Ford to drive these days, but maybe we shouldn't put it past him.

Re:ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists' signatures to fake New Yorker c... on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @04:58PM (#49984045)

Take it to the complaints department...

Re:Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave on Saturday September 26, 2026 @12:29PM (#49858083)

Come at the king you best not miss...

Five dead after Amazon cargo plane overruns runway at Miami Airport

Posted by dj_rock on Monday September 07, 2026 @10:20AM
from the abcnews.com dept.

https://abcnews.com/US/cargo-plane-overruns-runway-miami-international-airport-faa/story?id=136242081

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Re:Americans Without Degrees Are Having One of the Best Job Markets in... on Sunday September 06, 2026 @11:25PM (#49593539)

In Canada they are.

Re:Simplifying and Refactoring Introductory Calculus on Saturday August 15, 2026 @11:54AM (#49311617)

James Stewart made a lot of money off his textbook.

Here is an article about the interesting house he designed:

https://torontolife.com/real-estate/look-inside-integral-hou...

Meta to build its first $13B data centre in Canada

Posted by dj_rock on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @09:22PM
from the ctvnews.ca dept.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/meta-to-build-its-first-13-billion-data-centre-in-canada/

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Trump's Canada trade war hits Jack Daniel's/Jim Beam with devastating $143M loss

Posted by dj_rock on Sunday April 26, 2026 @11:13AM
from the fastcompany.com dept.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91531349/trumps-canada-trade-war-hits-jack-daniels-jim-beam-devastating-143-million-loss

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Re:Five men control AI. Who should control them? on Friday April 17, 2026 @02:39PM (#47809144)

"Insider is supported by Anthropic"

Tech exec pitches $500k exit tax for educated Canadians

Posted by dj_rock on Monday April 13, 2026 @09:41AM
from the nationalpost.com dept.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-newman-tech-exec-pitches-liberal-convention-on-500k-exit-tax-for-educated-canadians

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Re:Jennifer Aniston and Friends Cost Us 377GB and Broke Ext4 Hardlinks on Friday April 10, 2026 @10:00AM (#47718295)

We were on a break...of your filesystem!

Re:Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs on Saturday April 04, 2026 @10:29AM (#47639370)

And yet he's only about 500B richer than the second richest person in the world:

https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/

Canada's population shrank last year – a first for the country, StatsCan says

Posted by dj_rock on Thursday March 19, 2026 @02:15PM
from the cbc.ca dept.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-population-decline-first-time-9.7133643

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Trump's Canada Trade War Hits Jack Daniel's and Jim Beam with 'Devastating' Loss

Posted by dj_rock on Monday March 09, 2026 @11:57AM
from the inc.com dept.

https://www.inc.com/leila-sheridan/trumps-canada-trade-war-hits-jack-daniels-and-jim-beam-with-a-devastating-143-million-loss/91313385

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Re:Science Fiction Is Dying. Long Live Post Sci-Fi? on Sunday March 08, 2026 @12:58AM (#47294905)

Project Hail Mary is getting a major movie release in a couple weeks.

Re:Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 3... on Sunday March 01, 2026 @10:46AM (#47207749)

The Catholic Church exerted strong influence in Quebec until the 1950s. Of course since then Quebec has become the most secular region in North America.