What did you end up doing afterwards? I'm interested in becoming an electrician out of interest, for the practical skills, and the fact it seems there would be work wherever I find myself in the future. I just don't want it to be my final stop necessarily. I'm curious what kind of things the trade can lead too.
You can't determine what knowledge will be useful or valuable to someone in the future. Archaeologists have poured over receipts and shopping lists from ancient Egypt that were thrown away. It's why the Internet Archive backs up all the random webpages they do. There's no justification for mass destruction of books, especially since it's being done to train broadly useless LLMs.
Of course they won't be releasing these books later on. These companies want to hoard this text data so their competitors can't access it. It would also be illegally distributing copyrighted work. Aside from destructive scanning being faster, the fact that a book is destroyed makes the digital copy "transformative" and therefore legal if it isn't further copied or distributed. A judge ruled on this recently. I don't mean to advocate for copyright enforcement, but that's the reality here.
I think China has a national repository of AI training data that companies can access if they contribute to it as well. Doing the same thing in the West would at least blunt some of the harm the AI craze is causing, but that would have made too much sense.
Would it be possible for the government to make it's own social media platform to take the place of the banned corporate options? A ban by itself wouldn't be as effective. I also think social media has good things to offer children if the profit motive and market competition is removed. I feel like this would have more buy-in with more people.
I get what you were saying for sure. Maybe I was being pedantic, but I was thinking it's worth repeating so people make an informed decision about these things.
A reasonable solution if it comes to it would be to get a cheap android phone only for banking and whatever else doesn't work on non digital ID platforms.
Unfortunately, I think most of the new military spending that brings our total to the 2% of GDP target is going to American manufacturers. I get the feeling that Carney doesn't want to upset the status quo too much, despite the talk. I think he still counts on a path back to the way things were, just maybe on a longer timeline.
You're not wrong, but if it has the bandwidth for stereo 24 bit 96kHz lossless digital then why does it matter? The main problem is it gets the clock rate or whatever from the signal itself making it susceptible to jitter, but I think modern devices mitigate that.
I've was recently looking into different ways to get audio from a secondary media PC into an Audio Interface. I decided I wanted to keep the signal digital to use the higher quality DAC in the Audio Interface and decided TOSLINK would be the way to go. It seems like TOSLINK would be a good one size fits all solution for connecting a PC, game consoles, AV receivers, and HDMI splitters because they all seem to still include TOSLINK out ports.
I'm aware of the drawbacks, namely lower bandwidth and jitter. From what I read as long as you're just doing stereo audio like I plan to, TOSLINK can handle an uncompressed signal no problem. For the jitter, it seems modern devices with TOSLINK inputs have ways of mitigating jitter.
You seem knowledgable on the subject. Is what I wrote above accurate or is there something I'm missing when it comes to TOSLINK audio?
I recently learned that the TOSLINK (S/PDIF) optical ports with the little door that I've seen on every game console and AV receiver my whole life and never thought about or used is from 1983. The same port is now used for professional digital audio with a different protocol too.
The intended purpose of equalization payments is to ensure every Canadian gets a comparable level of government services regardless of where they live. The 'have' provinces contribute money to the 'have-not' provinces.
Quebec has a big economy, but also a large population. They receive equalization payments because they have a smaller per capita GDP than Alberta, roughly speaking. I'm not current on the exact formula that's used for equalization payments. The money goes into Quebec's coffers. Quebec makes budget decisions based on their balance sheet, including funding tuition subsidies and social proprams. Payments don't end up in one place or another, it's income that's used like all other government income.
The fact that Alberta raises more money per capita than the national average and makes equalization payments means they should have a roughly equal ability to fund tuition subsidies or social programs for its population. The reason this doesn't happen is down to the budget decisions of the Alberta government.
Alberta received equalization payments for a long time, until the 1960s I believe. Depending on what the future holds, they may receive them again in the future. Especially if they don't diversify from the oil and gas industry. The point of the equalization system is to share Canda's wealth in an equitable way. Being against it is sort of like someone who complains about their taxes going to healthcare because they don't go to the hospital. It's short sighted and selfish.
I don't have any data at hand, but I know there is a substantial number of Canadians from outside Alberta that have gone there over the years to work in their industries and make the Alberta economy what it is. Why shouldn't some of that wealth be shared with the rest of Canada that provided that part of the work force?
Finally, I agree that Quebec can be difficult to work with and acts selfishly at times; putting their own interests above those of the rest of the country. However, I think this is a completely separate matter than the topic of equalization payments.
I think another piece of the puzzle is making sure a sizeable chunk of the earnings from extraction projects are captured by the government and set aside for remediation, as well as in something akin to Norway's Soverign Wealth fund. It's a shame that we didn't end up in the same boat as Norway given how long we've been exploiting our oil sands. Money like that could be put to use solving all sorts of environmental problems.
Very well put. I wonder if our government will ever consider foreign media ownership in Canada as a national security problem, because I think it's high time they do. The media in the United States has been a huge contributor to the slide into the current shit show down there, and similar corporations own most of our outlets. I hope routing out foreign ownership is something that happens sooner than later, but I won't hold my breath.
This also has me thinking what motivation conservatives actually have for defunding the CBC. Is it their love of the free market, or some greater plot to follow in the foot steps of the US?
What did you end up doing afterwards? I'm interested in becoming an electrician out of interest, for the practical skills, and the fact it seems there would be work wherever I find myself in the future. I just don't want it to be my final stop necessarily. I'm curious what kind of things the trade can lead too.
You can't determine what knowledge will be useful or valuable to someone in the future. Archaeologists have poured over receipts and shopping lists from ancient Egypt that were thrown away. It's why the Internet Archive backs up all the random webpages they do. There's no justification for mass destruction of books, especially since it's being done to train broadly useless LLMs.
Of course they won't be releasing these books later on. These companies want to hoard this text data so their competitors can't access it. It would also be illegally distributing copyrighted work. Aside from destructive scanning being faster, the fact that a book is destroyed makes the digital copy "transformative" and therefore legal if it isn't further copied or distributed. A judge ruled on this recently. I don't mean to advocate for copyright enforcement, but that's the reality here.
I think China has a national repository of AI training data that companies can access if they contribute to it as well. Doing the same thing in the West would at least blunt some of the harm the AI craze is causing, but that would have made too much sense.
Would it be possible for the government to make it's own social media platform to take the place of the banned corporate options? A ban by itself wouldn't be as effective. I also think social media has good things to offer children if the profit motive and market competition is removed. I feel like this would have more buy-in with more people.
I get what you were saying for sure. Maybe I was being pedantic, but I was thinking it's worth repeating so people make an informed decision about these things.
You could still end up like Gary Bowser getting wages garnished for life by Nintendo, or in prison.
A reasonable solution if it comes to it would be to get a cheap android phone only for banking and whatever else doesn't work on non digital ID platforms.
Semi related note: Is there any reason not to buy the cheaper SSD brands like kingspec and team group?
Unfortunately, I think most of the new military spending that brings our total to the 2% of GDP target is going to American manufacturers. I get the feeling that Carney doesn't want to upset the status quo too much, despite the talk. I think he still counts on a path back to the way things were, just maybe on a longer timeline.
You're not wrong, but if it has the bandwidth for stereo 24 bit 96kHz lossless digital then why does it matter? The main problem is it gets the clock rate or whatever from the signal itself making it susceptible to jitter, but I think modern devices mitigate that.
I've was recently looking into different ways to get audio from a secondary media PC into an Audio Interface. I decided I wanted to keep the signal digital to use the higher quality DAC in the Audio Interface and decided TOSLINK would be the way to go. It seems like TOSLINK would be a good one size fits all solution for connecting a PC, game consoles, AV receivers, and HDMI splitters because they all seem to still include TOSLINK out ports.
I'm aware of the drawbacks, namely lower bandwidth and jitter. From what I read as long as you're just doing stereo audio like I plan to, TOSLINK can handle an uncompressed signal no problem. For the jitter, it seems modern devices with TOSLINK inputs have ways of mitigating jitter.
You seem knowledgable on the subject. Is what I wrote above accurate or is there something I'm missing when it comes to TOSLINK audio?
See for yourself! (mild movie gore)
I recently learned that the TOSLINK (S/PDIF) optical ports with the little door that I've seen on every game console and AV receiver my whole life and never thought about or used is from 1983. The same port is now used for professional digital audio with a different protocol too.
Hopefully we'll get names of the people making the perfectly timed geopolitics bets?
Can't forget CN Rail!
The intended purpose of equalization payments is to ensure every Canadian gets a comparable level of government services regardless of where they live. The 'have' provinces contribute money to the 'have-not' provinces.
Quebec has a big economy, but also a large population. They receive equalization payments because they have a smaller per capita GDP than Alberta, roughly speaking. I'm not current on the exact formula that's used for equalization payments. The money goes into Quebec's coffers. Quebec makes budget decisions based on their balance sheet, including funding tuition subsidies and social proprams. Payments don't end up in one place or another, it's income that's used like all other government income.
The fact that Alberta raises more money per capita than the national average and makes equalization payments means they should have a roughly equal ability to fund tuition subsidies or social programs for its population. The reason this doesn't happen is down to the budget decisions of the Alberta government.
Alberta received equalization payments for a long time, until the 1960s I believe. Depending on what the future holds, they may receive them again in the future. Especially if they don't diversify from the oil and gas industry. The point of the equalization system is to share Canda's wealth in an equitable way. Being against it is sort of like someone who complains about their taxes going to healthcare because they don't go to the hospital. It's short sighted and selfish.
I don't have any data at hand, but I know there is a substantial number of Canadians from outside Alberta that have gone there over the years to work in their industries and make the Alberta economy what it is. Why shouldn't some of that wealth be shared with the rest of Canada that provided that part of the work force?
Finally, I agree that Quebec can be difficult to work with and acts selfishly at times; putting their own interests above those of the rest of the country. However, I think this is a completely separate matter than the topic of equalization payments.
Edit: typo
Just add an arbitrary point system like they give reviewers on Google Maps and people will be beating down the door to do this.
I think another piece of the puzzle is making sure a sizeable chunk of the earnings from extraction projects are captured by the government and set aside for remediation, as well as in something akin to Norway's Soverign Wealth fund. It's a shame that we didn't end up in the same boat as Norway given how long we've been exploiting our oil sands. Money like that could be put to use solving all sorts of environmental problems.
Bypass paywall:
https://archive.is/InQpF
Very well put. I wonder if our government will ever consider foreign media ownership in Canada as a national security problem, because I think it's high time they do. The media in the United States has been a huge contributor to the slide into the current shit show down there, and similar corporations own most of our outlets. I hope routing out foreign ownership is something that happens sooner than later, but I won't hold my breath.
This also has me thinking what motivation conservatives actually have for defunding the CBC. Is it their love of the free market, or some greater plot to follow in the foot steps of the US?
Bypass paywall:
https://archive.is/TN2Io