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Re:Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6% on Friday January 16, 2026 @09:19PM (#46654670)
The is is literally just the fringe influencing politics. The majority of Albertans do not support this.
Current provincial government doing all it can to reduce social assistance programs. They exist but not like how they use to.
The government in Alberta is heavily supported by private industry.
Re:Apollo is dead. Long live Apollo on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:05AM (#36546450)
Harmonic on Android
Re:iOS 14 is available today on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @05:42PM (#24498321)
No, once you upgrade with iOS, you're stuck on it as an user
Are you planning on expanding to Android?
Re:Ask HN: Programs that wasted you 100 hours? on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @10:24AM (#22866339)
PeopleSoft's PeopleTools and nVision might be one of the worst out there. Randomly hangs and crashes
Re:Air Canada agents reveal overselling practices on Monday February 11, 2019 @10:48AM (#19135237)
There was a story a little while back that claims that customers may not actually get those credits. Basically, this guy only got it because the media picked up on it. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-canada-reneges-on-compe...
Re:Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing on Friday February 01, 2019 @10:34AM (#19054897)
This cancellation via phone seems to be a common practice with all subscription newspapers.
Re:To Cover China, There’s No Substitute for WeChat on Friday January 18, 2019 @03:51PM (#18942947)
> It seems incredible that people would want to use such a restrictive service when much more open ones exist, but the others routinely have their service degraded by the government so they aren't a viable option.

Do those other options actually exist within China? I thought they were blocked and that's why WeChat is dominate.

Re:New Google Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and Home Hub on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:09PM (#18186854)
Google handles the updates for Android One. I have a Xiaomi Mi A1 in addition to a Pixel and it seems to get updated on time. Occasionally, faster than the Pixel even for security updates.
Re:Ask HN: Favorite note-taking software? on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @01:35PM (#17603242)
All these people using markdown with images are self hosting the images.
Re:Essential Phone, available now on Thursday August 17, 2017 @04:00PM (#15040312)
Most Android phones use Qualcomm chips, so if Qualcomm doesn't provide long term support. Neither does any company that uses their chips.
Re:High End CPUs – Intel vs. AMD on Friday August 11, 2017 @10:31AM (#14989986)
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ryzen-Se...

"AMD was also able to confirm this issue is not present with AMD Epyc or AMD ThreadRipper processors".

I thought they couldn't purchase from Samsung because Apple bought out the supply.
I thought it's because they don't release the blobs/binaries for the camera. So when you another ROM, you have to use generic post-processing for the camera
Re:Reserving your Model 3 on Monday March 21, 2016 @06:02PM (#11332495)
It's called an "authorization hold" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_hold
Re:CRS-6 Falcon 9 landing barge touchdown [video] on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @11:18AM (#9381514)
Refreshing it seems to fix it