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https:// jacobfilipp.com /hammer/

Project Hammer aims to drive more competition and reduce collusion in the Canadian grocery sector.

To get this done, we will:

  1. Compile a database of historical grocery prices from top grocers’ websites.
  2. Make the database available in a format that is suitable for academic analysis and for legal action.
  3. Inform changemakers of the existence of this dataset (and make it reasonably easy for them to use).
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www.bendangelo.me Failed Attempt at Creating a Video Search Engine

I’m a Toronto-based software developer specializing in Ruby on Rails / Crystal with game development experience, passionate about AI and open source. Join me as I share insights, best practices, and explore the intersections of technology, gaming, and AI.

> I detail how I created a search engine. In the end I recommend self-hosting spyglass for finding information online.

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www.tomshardware.com Google's Gemini AI caught scanning Google Drive hosted PDF files without permission — user complains feature can't be disabled

Kevin Bankston, a Senior Advisor on AI Governance, discusses this concerning Google Gemini behavior.

> Kevin Bankston, a Senior Advisor on AI Governance, discusses this concerning Google Gemini behavior.

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What's the best affordable pre-built mini server?
  • Prebuilt like a traditional server? I personally use an orange pi and it's pretty good. Just make sure to use the open source arm OS.

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  • cultmtl.com Loblaws boycott: Costco and Walmart are Canadians’ top low-cost grocery store alternatives

    A new study by Léger has assessed Canadians’ perceptions on the Loblaws boycott, which is currently underway over claims of greedflation.

    > A new study by Léger has assessed Canadians’ perceptions on the Loblaws boycott, which is currently underway over claims of greedflation.

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    > Canadian real estate prices have surged in almost every market, with a typical home price doubling in many regions. A median household in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver would need to save over 20 years for just the down payment, more than 3x the historic average. Seems absurd? The outlandish scenario was apparently a […]

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    www.blogto.com Loblaws and Sobeys are now under formal investigation for 'anticompetitive conduct'

    Canada's Competition Bureau, which has already concluded that the nation needs more supermarket players to foster a healthy market for consumers, i...

    > Canada's Competition Bureau, which has already concluded that the nation needs more supermarket players to foster a healthy market for consumers, i...

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    Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while
  • Honestly this is valid. I wouldn't take this immediately. I would wait a few years to see if there are any side effects, too much money to be made.

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  • www.theglobeandmail.com Refugee board orders deportation for trucker in horrific Humboldt Broncos crash

    Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s lawyer has said there are still numerous other legal procedures to come, and the deportation process could take months or years.

    > Jaskirat Singh Sidhu’s lawyer has said there are still numerous other legal procedures to come, and the deportation process could take months or years.

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    globalnews.ca Canada will reinstate citizenship rights to ‘lost Canadians’ - National | Globalnews.ca

    Immigration Minister Marc Miller tabled legislation Thursday that would extend citizenship to some children born outside of Canada.

    > Immigration Minister Marc Miller tabled legislation Thursday that would extend citizenship to some children born outside of Canada.

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    www.theglobeandmail.com Food Banks Canada says food insecurity is worsening across the country

    The group says food security is rising in all 10 provinces and one in four Canadians have inadequate access to food

    > The group says food security is rising in all 10 provinces and one in four Canadians have inadequate access to food

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    www.blogto.com Demolition begins for final blocks of Toronto's original Regent Park neighbourhood

    It's the end of an era for Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood, as the final blocks constructed in the late 1940s for what was Canada's largest and...

    > It's the end of an era for Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood, as the final blocks constructed in the late 1940s for what was Canada's largest and...

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/168017 >HN Discussion

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    toronto.ctvnews.ca From Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square: new signage expected by end of year

    The City of Toronto says signage for Yonge-Dundas Square was decommissioned earlier this month and signage reflecting the site's new name is expected to be installed by the end of the year.

    > The City of Toronto says signage for Yonge-Dundas Square was decommissioned earlier this month and signage reflecting the site's new name is expected to be installed by the end of the year.

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    www.toronto.ca Doors Open Toronto

    Explore Toronto's Buildings and Sites May 25 & 26, 2024, at Doors Open Toronto

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    www.blogto.com The history of what was once Toronto's grandest mansion

    The Cawthra Family immigrated from Guiseley, Yorkshire, England and arrived in Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1803. They lived in a brick house on the n...

    > The Cawthra Family immigrated from Guiseley, Yorkshire, England and arrived in Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1803. They lived in a brick house on the n...

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    proton.me How (and why) to de-Google your life and protect your privacy | Proton

    Google is one of the biggest obstacles to privacy. This article will explore how and why to de-Google yourself to reclaim and protect your digital privacy.

    > Google is one of the biggest obstacles to privacy. This article will explore how and why to de-Google yourself to reclaim and protect your digital privacy.

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    www.telegraph.co.uk Canada’s standard of living on track for worst decline in 40 years

    The authors of the study said the figures should serve as a ‘wake-up call’ for the country’s Liberal government

    > The authors of the study said the figures should serve as a ‘wake-up call’ for the country’s Liberal government

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    www.theglobeandmail.com Canadian immigration asks medical worker fleeing Gaza if he treated Hamas fighters

    Immigration lawyers say the screening questions go ‘above and beyond what is asked in a normal immigration application’

    > Immigration lawyers say the screening questions go ‘above and beyond what is asked in a normal immigration application’

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    www.indiatoday.in Hundreds of Indian students in Canada face deportation, protest against new rule

    In Prince Edward Island, a province in Canada, hundreds of Indian students are facing deportation after it changed its provincial immigration rules. Around 300 students are protesting and have threatened to go on a hunger strike if the Canadian province doesn't review its latest immigration policy.

    > In Prince Edward Island, a province in Canada, hundreds of Indian students are facing deportation after it changed its provincial immigration rules. Around 300 students are protesting and have threatened to go on a hunger strike if the Canadian province doesn't review its latest immigration policy.

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    www.blogto.com Toronto man's side hustle making calzones leads to new restaurant gig

    A Toronto man has quit his job to pursue his side gig of creating some of the cheesiest, steamiest calzones the city's ever seen full time. Longtim...

    > A Toronto man has quit his job to pursue his side gig of creating some of the cheesiest, steamiest calzones the city's ever seen full time. > Longtim...

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    Durham police say high-risk violent offender released into community poses 'significant risk'
  • Here's an article about the same guy getting released in 2014: https://www.thespec.com/news/stoney-creek-residents-fight-relocation-of-sex-offender-keith-theodore-constantin/article_589b5b81-454f-5beb-91be-2950d52dccd9.html

    Here's another article about him getting arrested again shortly after that: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/headlines/convicted-sex-offender-keith-constantin-arrested-again-1.2726024

    Here's another article about him getting released again a year later: https://www.yorkregion.com/news/schomberg-residents-on-edge-over-release-of-high-risk-offender/article_37eaeef3-e3ec-5110-bc53-706b6970e66c.html

    Obviously he got arrested again at least once at some point because here we are talking about him getting released again.

    Also from that 2nd article: "He was also convicted in 2000 of sexually assaulting a young boy and of sexually assaulting a 45-year-old blind woman in separate incidents." So this goes back even father than I what I can find just on google. Serial rapist catch-and-release for over two decades. Canada's legal system is a joke.

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