Gersart
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@gersart
industrial and domestic heritage reinterpreted through multimedia and digital media art to understand my relationship to Canada’s past. MFA, MSc, BFA.
New proposed renewables zone map would trigger “visual assessment” review for large areas of Southeast Alberta, including areas 35km from Cypress Hills towards Irvine (where there are already 200 turbines approved), Dinosaur Park, incl areas of CFB Suffield. #medhat
Duane you should take a drive near High River. Many reasons to oppose solar panels - they don’t work well - child labour mining of minerals -deforestation for mines - made in China - hailstorms damage - snow covers - impacts wildlife and birds - heats up the area around solar panels Nothing good comes from solar panels. Even deserts are finding it has caused the eco system harm.
An Art Deco masterpiece in the Southmoreland neighborhood of Kansas City, built in 1929. I don't think I've ever seen so much Art Deco jammed on one storefront before!
Bought a prison laptop on eBay. Thought it should be just some generic laptop with a clear shell, turns out it's actually a bit more than that.
Parts pairing needs to end NOW. It is not sufficient to simply require Apple to pair all parts, or to pair used parts. Even if it agrees to pair all parts in all cases, Apple still has centralized administrative control of all devices they have produced, and all devices still have a dependency on Apple “flipping a switch”. The troubling nature of parts pairing goes even deeper — it is now inherent in the design of its products. If I were to swap the screens of current MacBooks, both would lose TrueTone, among other features, and resolution would require a connection to Apple (assuming they would choose to resolve it). So not only is it necessary that we require Apple to pair all parts, but it is also necessary to require Apple to redesign all products so that a dependency on Apple is no longer necessary and that parts work correctly by default — the artificial flaws they impose (lack of True Tone, etc.) need to be removed, and the dependency on Apple must be erased from the design. Keep in mind, you have property rights. Those rights make it legal to do what you want with the devices you own. It is not appropriate, nor legal, for a company like Apple to have administrative control over devices that aren’t theirs. The devices must be redesigned to remove that control. A hypothetically "victorious scenario" in which Apple states that it will “pair all devices when asked” does not constitute removal of that control. Every new Apple device produced is effectively damaged, and an affront to our rights, because it has been designed with a dependency on Apple. Every passing day that parts pairing is in effect represents tens or hundreds of thousands of brand new damaged devices being manufactured and sold. Parts pairing needs to end NOW. #righttoreuse #righttorepair *Image property of Hugh Jeffreys
