If you have an Android phone I can’t recommend Genius Scan enough. Fast, accurate, lots of features. I use it with syncthing by exporting the files to a folder that’s configured to sync the paperless input folder.

Just want to say thank you! Paperless is one of the first things I recommend to anyone considering self hosting their infra. Amazing piece of work!

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Nah it’s way simpler than that: turn on Fox. Find out what Trump is saying. Say you’ll do that.

Done and done!

“Huh weird, I tried to use and it’s not working. Welp, guess I better fix it…”

Less waffling and more shitty comms, which unfortunately has been a consistent problem with this government for years, particularly for files where Guilbeault is minister. That guy shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a microphone…

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That’s a goal, but it’s hardly the only goal.

My goal is to get a synthesis of search results across multiple engines while eliminating tracking URLs and other garbage. In short it’s a better UX for me first and foremost, and self-hosting allows me to customize that experience and also own uptime/availability. Privacy (through elimination of cookies and browser fingerprinting) is just a convenient side effect.

That said, on the topic of privacy, it’s absolutely false to say that by self-hosting you get the same effect as using the engines directly. Intermediating my access to those search engines means things like cookies and fingerprinting cannot be used to link my search history to my browsing activity.

Furthermore, in my case I host SearX on a VPS that’s independent of my broadband connection which means even IP can’t be used to correlate my activity.

Oh sure, on the like paragraph five. That’s way more than a single tweet. How do you expect anyone to read that much all in one go?!?

And the first paragraph of the article uses the word “believe”, which has a much softer connotation.

The subject line strongly implies that Canadians did the math and “expect” to need $1.7M for retirement.

When you look at the actual article, it’s simply an opinion survey reporting what people said, answers for which could be the result of anything from a rigorous financial plan all the way to a finger in the air guess.

So the headline implies a great deal more certainty in the quoted figures than is actually indicated in the article or supportable by the data.

In short: no, I stand by my claim the article headline is absolutely misleading.

Agreed. The headline is extremely misleading clickbait.

This piece is reporting on what people think they need, not what they actually need (which is highly context dependent), which by itself isn’t very interesting.

The real story is the huge divergence between what people say they need vs what they’re actually targeting, but that’s not news, we’ve known about it for decades (basically every since the defined benefit pension plan ended).

Code for, "my children are my property to do with as I see fit. "

Well, unless you decide you want to let them access gender affirming care, in which case you as a parent have no rights at all.

This was never about parental rights. It’s about using the trans community in the same way the right used the gay community in the 70s and 80s: as a moral boogieman they can use to gain power.

Oh god, I’m old…

Your first two paragraphs make the picture worse, not better.

As for your last, I’m not writing an economics thesis. It was a quick analysis to illustrate a problem no sane person disputes: streaming services have substantially driven down revenue for artists, to the point that for many it’s genuinely impossible to create their art while making a living wage.

Is it better than piracy? Sure. At least the artists are getting something (well, unless you drop below Spotify’s streaming cutoff, in which case you can get fucked). But it’s still a shitty deal and gives consumers someone else to blame as artists slowly bleed out.

The economics with the artists haven’t changed. Until they do I’ll still use them to pay artists a living wage.

Assuming each of those tracks is about 3.5 min long, that’s about 250 hours of music. Given your numbers they paid an average of 7 bucks per hour of music.

For context, 25 years ago a typical 45 minute album would fetch 15 bucks. And that’s not accounting for inflation adjustment.

I’m sure that’s totally sustainable for those artists…

That’s quite literally what bankruptcy proceedings are for.

The point is the value of their assets (i.e. the properties and associated cashflows) exceeds their liabilities (i.e. the loans) and so bankruptcy proceedings are required to figure out how to disburse the value of those assets to the debt holders.

It’s all in the framing:

1. Create a company, making sure that personal assets are insulated from corporate liabilities.
2. As a corporation, raise funding through equity and debt to support investing in offices, staff, etc, as needed to operate a new venture. Lenders assess the business to determine if it’s a good credit risk, making money if the business succeeds and taking a potential loss if it doesn’t.
3. Company goes bankrupt.
4. Company assets are liquidated and disbursed to debt holders (who knew the risks going in) to minimize their losses while owners and employees are insulated from personal liability.

Why? To encourage entrepreneurship: who would want to start a restaurant or coffee shop if they knew they would be personally liable if the business failed?

Is it possible to misuse limited liability corporations for nefarious purposes? Of course. But it’s absurd to imply they don’t serve an important social purpose.

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Given MAID wouldn’t be available for a typical case of depression, I’m not sure what your point is other than to ride a hobby horse while diminishing the suffering of people with extreme mental illness.