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apple watch will measure it, though i have no idea how accurate it is. to do it properly you need to undergo a supervised test in a lab with the right equipment.

"Bad news: Eating local, organic won't shrink your carbon footprint" https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/local-organic-carbon-footpri...

"That awkward moment when Zuck takes your company's name: meta.inc" https://twitter.com/awilkinson/status/1453790072701001728?s=...

This is incorrect. The poppy is actually trademarked in Canada: https://www.legion.ca/remembrance/the-poppy/the-poppy-tradem...

you have proven my point

If we can eat foods that don't cause the death and suffering of other creatures, then that is objectively better than eating foods that DO cause the death and suffering of others. …

Hurting animals unnecessarily is unethical. And since we don't need to eat meat to survive or even to be healthy, then we are just killing and hurting other beings for our own plea…

It's nice that he can do this with his child, but it's probably not realistic for most people, especially those who work 9-5. Also, add another child to the mix and suddenly things…

https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definit...

Amusingly, they literally show someone serving coffee with an endorsement from a coffee shop on their Canadian sign-up page for food & beverage services. https://squareup.com/ca/en…

Not sure if you're a parent, but presumably if you were, you'd know there are days when no amount of planning can make things go smoothly. Sometimes kids just refuse to cooperate. …

Fair or not, Canadians find this hilarious because Ontario premier Doug Ford is reputed to have been a hash dealer in his younger years. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toront…

Should really change the title of this one. Folks are going to be outraged until they realize the quote is from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who seems committed to destroyin…

Good read about how, as far back as the 50's, the beverage industry used the "Keep America Beautiful" campaign to shift blame and responsibility for pollution onto consumers: https…

Is there a web framework that has things like login/logout, user profile management, Stripe payments with plan upgrades and transactional email all built in and easy to configure? …

Overselling wouldn't seem as egregious if they didn't then go ahead and do stuff like this: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/air-canada-reneges-on-...

Don't be afraid to learn new things. I started my IT career almost 20 years ago doing Struts and later Spring MVC. I felt a bit stuck in the enterprise java realm, but I branched o…

do fish feel pain? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fish-feel-pain...

fish are intelligent creatures. debating the best way to kill a sentient being so that it produces the best "taste" seems the epitome of our selfish consumer-minded culture. we nee…