Jack_Burton @ Jack_Burton @lemmy.ca

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That's the thing though, let them. They won't get 177k signatures and the petition will fail. Instead, now there's a good chance that this one will get more than 177k, which means the separatists get their referendum. Whether voting yes means leave or yes means stay, leaving is still up for a vote with either petition.

Just don't sign it, we've already won so why risk losing it when we don't have to? This new language is just baiting Albertans to get a referendum on something that wouldn't pass the petition stage to begin with.

Literally, all Albertans have to do is just not sign the damn thing and there won't even be a referendum.

Electoral reform and the NDP coming out swinging, leaning hard into social programs with a sharp and charismatic leader.

It's not about which one passes though, they both lead to the same place. It doesn't matter what choice of words is used for the question to go on the ballot, we don't want it to be an option at all. The real question both petitions ask is "do you want to have a vote to stay or leave?" If the petition (either one) doesn't get enough signatures, it won't be on the ballot at all, and there's no vote at all.

Look at it this way: separatists want to vote to leave, so they want a referendum. This new guy says "I flipped it on em, get enough signatures now and the question won't be do you want to leave? It'll be do you want to stay?" They both have the same result, it's on the ballot for referendum with the same question worded differently. The separatists get what they want, a referendum.

That's assuming more Albertans bother voting at all than separatists. The best outcome is separation isn't even a question on the ballot. Just don't sign the petition at all and it won't be.

But we don't want a referendum. If no one signs, it doesn't pass to get on the ballot. Whether the ballot says "do you want to stay?" Or "do you want to leave?" it's the same question. Both petitions lead to the same place - a referendum.

The question right now isn't whether or not you want to separate, it's whether or not you want a referendum to put it up for a vote. If you want AB to stay, just don't sign the petition. An actual referendum would be the worst thing AB can have, regardless of how the question is worded.

But AB is already a part of Canada. If no one signs it, it stays that way. If enough sign it, it triggers a referendum and thus, a risk.

Regardless of which petition got in, the real question for either is "sign if you want a referendum". If you don't want AB to leave, just don't sign.

Unfortunately I suspect the damage is already done and a lot of Albertans are under the impression they should to sign the "stay" petition to save AB, which just gives the separatists exactly what they want - a referendum.

Ah, I didn't realize that bit. So realistically, just don't sign it.

So if either petition gets enough signatures it triggers a referendum?

I also know that chatgpt can be better than an asinine conversation with people I work with.

I think that's the point op is trying to make. AI may have some legit uses, but it simply can't replace conversation and human connection, and it really is strange when a person uses it to replace human interaction. It's like only eating junk food. Sure, you feel full, but you're not getting what you need.

I'm not saying I think it's wrong to be introverted and not want to engage with others, just that using AI to bridge the gap between yourself and others when you do engage can come across as weird, thoughtless, and potentially flat out insulting.

Common Side Effects was wonderful. Assuming "releases of 2025" refers to new shows this year, I'm also enjoying Murderbot and thought Dope Thief was pretty good.

If only more people treated it like Cassandra instead.

Socializing is more than only talking about what you want to talk about. Also, especially in a work setting with people of different tastes and backgrounds, sometimes something as seemingly asinine as this topic is the only thing a handful of people can find common ground with. Small talk is called small talk for a reason, Conan and Dave never engaged in small talk.

Ditched a science victory as well. What's left? Religious? Maybe but unlikely. Domination? Even the US can't do that. Diplomatic? Not a fucking chance. So...points I guess?

Ditched a science victory as well. What's left? Religious? Maybe but unlikely. Domination? Even the US can't do that. Diplomatic? Not a fucking chance. So...points I guess?

Especially in today’s sociopoliticalathic climate

And the songs a banger!

Haha but what does it mean?? Is it using ai to search?

Thank you! Yep dumped Amazon, Meta, (never had anything Musk), and Google. All I have left is Microsoft for big tech, so Linux is my new focus.

That's the problem, I'm freelance and barely scraping by haha. I'd love to grab something to try out but it ain't gonna happen right now. My laptop is a Samsung galaxy book3 ultra which I slapped Mint on a while back and had issues and went back with a cracked windows 11. Apparently linux and the galaxy book line don't play well. But, I'm very tempted to try another distro on it first, like bazzite. Probably be the smart thing before touching my main PC.

LiveUSB

I had no idea this was a thing! So I can basically put a Linux distibution on a USB, boot into bios and run Linux without installing anything over my existing hdd? Researching a virtual machine has been on my radar, is that basically what this is?