madame_gaymes

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[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 9 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Ahh, what about a cross-section of a deepdish? Show the world the sexy bits.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 18 points 13 hours ago (9 children)

I dunno, might create some controversy. What are the toppings?

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submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/music@lemmy.world
 

On their long journey that leads them

Towards the light,

Winston Smith shall be their guide.

They′re trying so hard to believe

That two and two always makes five.

(That two and two makes five.)

.

Reason won't concuss the irrevocable truth.

And if there′s contradiction,

Keep the faith, burn the proof.

.

To protect ourselves from the

Superstitions of priests and moralists and the

Trickery of evangelists;

Let us be done with the idea

Of moral law.

.

Where do your values come from?

From inside yourself?

Or from some self-appointed moral cognoscentes

Who disguised their own ideas

As universal concepts?

.

God is dead.

.

Where do your values come from?

From inside yourself?

Or from some self-appointed moral cognoscentes

Who disguised their own ideas

As universal truth?

.

(Tried so hard to believe)

(Two and two make five)

.

Reason won't concuss the irrevocable truth.

And if there's contradiction,

Keep the faith, burn the proof.

.

God is dead.

.

Where do your values come from?

From inside yourself?

Or from some self-appointed moral cognoscentes

Who disguised their own ideas

As universal truth?

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 points 18 hours ago

Indeed, you are not wrong. Such is the state of many, many things.

I admit it's easy enough to say, "let's get rid of it", but without a solution it's meaningless to say and is just an ideology.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 1 points 21 hours ago

Interesting, telecom in CA sounds like everything in the USA.

I don't actually need an internet connection when it comes to my personal, outside-of-work life. In fact, I would kind of prefer to be disconnected for the most part.

So what you describe actually sounds pretty good to me. I have hundreds of books, solar power, and a guitar. I don't need the internet except for doing any sort of work. In that case, I will drive to whatever town center is closest. That's what I do now, I don't have any internet connection unless I'm at a cafe or something.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 2 points 21 hours ago

In terms of relative geographical location, Canada is infinitely easier for me. These three are on completely different continents.

Canada also has less work permit requirements than any of the three I mentioned. At least in my situation.

Norway has also completely closed their immigration stuff last I checked a few months ago.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Thought that might be where you were headed with it. It's definitely on my mind, but I mentioned elsewhere that I have a pretty deep personal reason to be close-ish to Washington State.

If I had complete free-choice and the means to go anywhere, it'd be Finland, Norway or Iceland.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 17 points 23 hours ago

Looks like a WikiHow graphic on how to do it, that's crazy

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 2 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

As in, further north? east? Not CA at all?

Curious what makes you say it in a slightly cryptic way.

Haha, good distinction. There's "the king of dumping on you" and the "king of fun" kinda snow.

I know Whistler is pretty much THE ski spot in the entire world.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When a lot of Canadians say they hate the US (including myself) we are more so saying that we hate the government

I'm just so used to how the southern confederates act towards things like this. They'll vilify an entire country like China, and then practically tar and feather any Korean that walks by because of it. Crazy shit.

As for businesses, I have started to use co-op a lot more especially for gas.

Are you speaking of this? https://canada.coop/en/

Looks like they have stuff pretty much all over CA, and even possibly some jobs to look into as well. Thanks for that tip! Co-ops are something I really miss about the western states. They're practically illegal on the east.

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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by madame_gaymes@programming.dev to c/canada@lemmy.ca
 

Hiya,

Depressed southern neighbor here looking for some advice. I'm sure you can guess where I'm going with this, so let's not mince words: what's some advice on getting to the Vancouver area, obtaining a visa, and a job, etc.? I'm not really looking for nitty gritty details on legal processes and what not, I can find that info documented in various places online (unless you just have a really good link chocked full of info for me). I'm more so looking for some insight from the denizens of the area that know it well.

I'm a millenial that's been in tech my whole life. I know it's a massive field, but because I've been on linux terminals since I was a wee lad I know how to do... well almost everything that has a job title for it and even at an older age I can pickup new languages and systems with relative ease. Besides that, I'm also an electrician, mechanic, and musician. I've been loosely looking for jobs, but so far what I've seen seems to be in the city and I need to refine my search. I generally prefer to be closer to the forest, or the mountains (glacier snowboarding is on my bucket list, before they all melt), but I wouldn't turn down the city if it came down to that.

What are some not-so-populated areas of the west coast that still have at least a semblance of infrastructure? I don't really care about nightlife, I just want to do tech things and mind my own business without everything that's happening around me right now (I'm currently in the epicenter of the southern maga dipshits).

I'm curious, too... what's the temperature like as far as Canadians accepting educated, healthy, non-fascist US citizens? In other words, do you think there might be some bias against me just because of where I currently reside? Take note how I don't call myself American, because my ancestry is not indigenous to this land. I just happened to be born here.

Any advice on places to checkout/avoid, companies to checkout/avoid, etc. would be awesome and I appreciate it.

And just in case it's a requirement, you should also know that I put a spoonful of Maple Syrup in my coffee every morning, nothing else. It's a magical thing! Started doing that many moons ago and I'll never take coffee any other way now.

ETA: After a couple of comments and staring at the map, I probably should have said British Columbia rather than specifying Vancouver, that's my bad. Seems to me like the remote areas up there may be more my speed.

 

I love their music and lyrics, but I also hate how accurate they've always been.

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