I’m a month in as my daily driver, and much the same experience as you. I’ll be sticking with it despite a few shortcomings.

Regarding the sleep power consumption, I’m interested to know what you find. Im plugging it in overnight in the meantime.

Regarding the USBC ports, does the mismatched functionality reset with a reboot? I’m finding that my HP USB-C dock sometimes brings a port down, particularly if I plug and unplug multiple times while sleeping, and then switching ports (or even just flipping the connector) can fix it. A reboot always fixes it all though. I updated my dock firmware and so far it is much improved so maybe it’s more about my dock.

What if you rent a bare metal server in a data center? Or rent a VPS from a basic provider that expects you to do your own firewalling? Or run your home lab docker host on the same vlan as other less trusted hosts?

It would be nice if there was a reliable way to run a firewall on the same host that’s running docker.

You may say these are obscure use cases and that they are Wrong and Bad. Maybe you’re right, but personally I think it’s an unfortunate gap in expected functionality, if for no other reason than defense-in-depth.

Thanks for your comments! I’ve fixed the RSS file now I think.

Arpeggi on iOS is the best I’ve found. Available via TestFlight invite only. I plan to switch to Android in the next year, so I’m always interested to hear what clients people like over there too.

Thanks for posting this. It’s such an obviously good idea. I’ve just emailed my MP to lodge my support.

Yes

I use Navidrome and highly recommend it. Nice Canadian developer.

I also use GitLab.

One option is for you to mirror Navidrome on GitLab. I will happily use your mirror instead of GitHub.

Another option is to reach out to the Navidrome dev and propose moving to GitLab. If you open an issue to that effect, I would add a comment with my support.

Can you elaborate on this?

I manage several businesses with merchant accounts, and our fees on Interac debit are far far lower than credit cards. Credit card fees are really rough on small businesses, especially for premium cards (Visa Infinite, etc).

This is surprising to me. I can’t think of a single instance ever where I encountered a store payment terminal in Canada that didn’t accept Interac debit. Do you have an example?

• Public Myth is near my office and is manufacturing athletic and leisure clothing in East Van and Richmond, with a focus on sustainable materials. Most of their stuff is not really my style but I did pick up a nice bamboo t-shirt for $29 and I like it a lot.
• Earth’s Own Barista Oat Milk is my new milk for coffee and cappuccinos. I used to buy Oatly but Earth’s Own is made in Burnaby and always on sale at London Drugs.
• Murdock Mysteries is a show I’ve been enjoying on CBC Gem. Slightly goofy period drama with elements of steampunk, anachronistic technology. It reminds me of Doctor Who a bit.
• Still Standing also on Gem, where comedian Jonny Harris goes to a small town for 4 days interviewing locals, culminating in a standup routine about the town. Super well done, great way to “visit” these towns and also pretty fun to watch one about a town you already know. There are 10 seasons of this show!
• Men I Trust montreal-based band released a great new album last week. Play it or buy it on bandcamp so they actually see some of the money.
• RobotShop.ca is a Canada-based website for hobby electronics, sensors, drones, IoT, kits, screens, devboards, components, etc, etc. Basically a Canadian version of Adafruit or Sparkfun. I’ve purchased from them about 6 times now.

Here’s my list for hobby electronics, industrial electronics, and components:

• https://www.e-sonic.com/ - Canadian components distributor (like Digikey, Mouser, etc.)
• https://www.qfautomation.com/ - Industrial PLCs etc
• https://www.electro5.com/en/ - Industrial PLCs etc
• Pishop.ca, based in Ottawa
• Canakit.com (supplier of raspberry pi and related things), based in North Van (sadly, no local pickups though)
• https://bc-robotics.com/ Nanaimo based electronics retailer
• https://www.solarbotics.com/ Calgary based retailer and manufacturer
• https://jtsoutdoorfabrics.com/ - Ontario based seller of outdoor notions like buckles webbing etc cheap prices.
• https://www.circuittest.com/ - Burnaby-based brand of power supplies, etc. Not made in Canada, but they test them for CSA/UL here and distribute them under their own brand.
• https://mroelectronics.com/shop/ - Cable, antenna, RF stuff
• https://leeselectronic.com/en/ - Vancouver store with tons of components, etc.
• https://www.rpelectronics.com/ - Vancouver-area store
• https://shop.interiorelectronics.com/ - Several locations in BC, components, etc.

I bought some of the Green Beaver toothpaste without flouride, and also a bottle of X-PUR Opti-Rinse Mouthwash which is also Canadian, and has flouride.

Both available at London Drugs.

On June 6, 2022, Zebra Technologies announced they had completed their acquisition of the Matrox Imaging division.

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