Evkob

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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hey! As a vegan stoner, I resent that. I use an Arch-derivative (EndeavourOS btw).

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

French people and French-Canadians both use anglicisms, just in different ways.

For example, if we take the sentence "I parked my car in the parking lot for the weekend", someone from France might say:

J'ai stationné ma voiture dans le parking pendant le weekend

whereas someone from Canada could say

J'ai parké mon char dans le stationnement pour la fin de semaine

Both have influence from English, but in different places. English loanwords in Canada tend to originate from the beginning of the 20th century (a reason why many car-related terms in Canadian French are anglicisms, such as "bumper") and in France loanwords tend to be a more recent phenomenon.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm French-Canadian. My native language is French, I spoke French at home growing up and the entirety of my education was in French.

When I've visited Paris, I had people switching to English despite me speaking exclusively in French to them.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Peanut Butter Sunday and FUUDGE are two French Canadian bands worth checking out!

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

unbiased source of news

I honestly don't think this is possible.

Who's deciding what counts as "biased" or "unbiased", and how do we ensure there's no corruption there?

How do we determine "the truth" about controversial subjects when general opinion is split?

Even if you did determine a magical method to broadcast exclusively factual information without any spin; the choice of which information gets broadcast inherently introduces bias. You can't put literally everything that happened on Earth in a day on the evening news, so you have to choose and prioritize which information to broadcast, introducing the bias.

I've always thought a better solution would be having news sources be more explicit about their biases, rather than pretending they don't have any, but I realize that just introduces more problems without necessarily fixing anything.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Here's a page on the official Transport Canada website that does indeed link to the same survey as OP.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

IIRC, Spotube streams its music from YouTube.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Most cyclists I know want more people on the bike paths.

I've never heard a driver bemoan a lack of traffic.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They're literally giving the richest family in the province 45 million in "tariff relief funds" over the next three years.

The Irvings own New Brunswick, except maybe a little patch in the north-west that's owned by the McCains. Two of the top ten richest families in Canada, living in one of the poorest provinces. Weird coincidence.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Xcode is an IDE, this version being released in March.

The Ides of March is the day Julius Caesar was assassinated.

I think that's all there is to the joke, unless I'm also missing something.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A friend of mine is very much the big tiddy goth GF stereotype, and she often shares screenshots of the messages men send her on dating apps.

Men are fucked up in general, but holy fuck do they get ridiculous if they think they remotely have a chance with a goth baddie.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If you go about it with curiosity, especially if you focus on recipes instead of ethics, you're probably good. Sharing food is such a big social thing that you get a bit ostracized from when you're vegan, so it truly is nice to share recipes with earnest people like you seem to be.

Now if only I can figure out vegan meals that would do well in my smoker!

I've never used a smoker so I'm not quite familiar with the process, but my first instinct would be trying something with seitan. I did find some recipes with just a quick search.

If you do smoke some seitan, feel free to invite me, I'll bring drinks! :P

 

I had to drive around 1500km this past weekend in a rented mini-van. I don't own a car, so that's probably more distance than I've covered in a motor vehicle in the past 5 years.

Today, back home and on my way to work, there was rather torrential rain, but I was still so thankful to be back on the bike.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Evkob@lemmy.ca to c/maplemusic@lemmy.ca
 

En honneur du quinzou aujourd'hui! (La fête nationale des acadien•nes)

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In honour of National Acadian Day today!

VIREZ-FOU 💙⭐🤍❤️

 

(Happy National Acadian Day to all Acadians!)

Craquez-vous une Alpine, mettez du 1755 ou les Hay Babies, pis faites du tapage pour laisser savoir aux Anglais qu'on est still là!

 

La parfaite toune à écouter en pleurant son ex.

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A song to listen to while mourning a failed relationship.

 

Two cappuccinos I made one after the other in my café today. This couple came in and wanted large cappuccinos, so I made them in our 16oz cups. Not my cup of tea (nor coffee) but if I can make what you want, I will! Unfortunely, my muscle memory is attuned to steaming/pouring 8oz capps, and so the first one came out somewhat more phallic than I intended 😅

The only thing worse than a shitty pour is a shitty pour in the same order as a drink you nailed.

 

Violett Pi (real name: Karl Gagnon) is a québécois artist originally from Granby. Naming himself after a flower (violets) and the irrational number π, his music reflects the beauty in the nonsensical. Inspired by bands like Nirvana and Mr. Bungle, his discography is eclectic, honest, and raw.

I had the chance to see him and his band open for one of my favourite artists a few years ago, the energy they had on stage was amazing, honestly one of the best live performances I've seen, despite a small, somewhat-timid crowd.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Evkob@lemmy.ca to c/coffee@lemmy.world
 

I'm just curious! I'd love to know what type of cafés anyone here is working at.

My current café is kinda old-school Italian style coffee-wise but much more laid back and add some hippy-granola vibes for good mesure. Our beans are roasted in-house, and pretty much all the food we sell is made in-house as well, down to the sauces, and anything we don't make ourselves is bought locally.

I've worked in two other cafés prior to this one. The first was a kinda upscale third-wave spot that mostly attracted yuppies, and the equipment far surpassed the training of any of the staff. We had pourovers on the menu and maybe 1 and a half employees actually knew how to brew with a V60.

The second was a hardline traditional Italian-style café, which, if you're familiar with the coffee culture in Canada (where I live) vs Italy, is a silly idea. A lot of people here only know Tim Horton's or Starbucks, especially in a mostly rural province like where I'm situated. You have to meet people where they're at; scoffing at people for wanting sweetener in their latte isn't likely to encourage them to jump into the coffee world in whichever way one deems proper. It'll only encourage them to stick to Timmies or Starbucks instead of checking out local cafés with actually good coffee.

 

Les Moontunes are an Acadian ensemble (although a lot if not most of their songs are in English!) with influences ranging from jazz to metal to soul to psychedelic rock. When they perform live, they do so in astronaut suits to represent their out-of-this-world sound.

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CARIBOU - Sun (youtu.be)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Evkob@lemmy.ca to c/maplemusic@lemmy.ca
 

CARIBOU is an one-man electronic band, written, performed, and produced by Dan Snaith from Dundas, Ontario. He's also released music under the names Manitoba and Daphni.

 

A great musician who faced more than his share of demons. I first saw this video 5 or so years ago, and I've been coming back to it regularly since. There's an authenticity to Stewart's singing, a pained optimism of sorts, paired with the agressive mandolin-playing. It just speaks to me.

 

(For some context, I live in Canada, beer labels are bilingually English & French here)

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