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QuiznessDesk, Tuesday, June 02
Which was the first self-governing country in the world to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections?
Table Mountain overlooks which of the following cities? Cape Town, Toronto or Rio de Janeiro?
Which animal lives in a drey?
Which country will celebrate its semiquincentennial in July?
Where was New Zealand’s first capital?
What name was given to films in the 1930s, 40s and 50s that were made as a companion to a main feature in a double-bill programm … ⌘ Read more

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Toronto Man Posed as Pilot To Rack Up Hundreds of Free Flights, Prosecutors Say
A Toronto man posed as a pilot for years in order to fool airlines into giving him hundreds of free flights, prosecutors have alleged, in a case that has prompted comparisons to the Hollywood thriller Catch Me If You Can. From a report: Authorities in Hawaii announced this week that Dallas Pokornik, 33, had been charge … ⌘ Read more

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Microplastics From Washing Clothes Could Be Hurting Your Tomatoes
A new study from Cornell and University of Toronto researchers has found that polyester microfibers shed from synthetic clothing during laundry can interfere with cherry tomato plant development [non-paywalled source] when these particles accumulate in agricultural soil. Plants grown in contaminated soil were 11% less likely to emerge, gre … ⌘ Read more

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Toronto Man Outruns Streetcars To Show Up Sluggish Transit Network
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Mac Bauer is fast, but the city’s trams, weighing more than 100,000lbs and traveling at a maximum speed of nearly 45mph, should be far faster than him. And yet as of late December, in head-to-head races against streetcars, the 32-year-old remains undefeated in his quest to highlight how sl … ⌘ Read more

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Researchers’ autonomous system makes it easier to transport cargo on the moon
Autonomy algorithms developed by researchers at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) could one day make cargo transport on the moon safer and more efficient for astronauts. ⌘ Read more

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It turns out my ISP supports ipv6. After 4-5 months with only ipv4, I thought to ask customer support, and they told me how to turn it on. (I’m pretty happy with ebox so far. Low-priced fibre with no issues so far. Though all my traffic goes through Montreal, 500km away from me in Toronto, which adds a few ms to network latency.)

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How effective is wage theft enforcement in Ontario?
Five years after being charged with not complying with Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Toronto businessman Anchuan Jiang is facing new claims of wage theft and orders to pay employees. CBC’s Sarah MacMillan looks into the province’s Employment Standards Act and where it needs improving. ⌘ Read more

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Thousands of academic workers at York University go on strike
Some students at Toronto’s York University are worried about falling behind on their school work after a union representing 3,000 academic workers said the university didn’t meet their demand to “address the affordability crisis” and the workers went on strike. Dozens of union members including contract faculty, teaching and graduate assistants, research assistants and part-tim … ⌘ Read more

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Here’s how Toronto’s new one-fare program works
GTA commuters will now be reimbursed their single-ride TTC fare when transferring to and from GO Transit as part of the city’s one-fare program. As CBC’s Patrick Swadden reports, the province has committed to funding the new program until March 2026. ⌘ Read more

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How these 4 Black leaders in academia are paving the way for future generations
Black women are often underrepresented in leadership positions in higher education but these four leaders at the University of Toronto hope to continue to be part of changing that. CBC’s Dwight Drummond sits down with them to discuss their achievements, hardships and what they hope to instill in the upcoming generation. ⌘ Read more

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In-reply-to » Free Public WiFi: https://computer.rip/2023-07-29-Free-Public-WiFi.html

@movq@www.uninformativ.de @mckinley@twtxt.net I believe the resurgence in availability of municipal WiFi is largely driven by the surveillance capabilities it offers. Every person who has WiFi enabled on their phone can be tracked throughout the city as their phones ping various base stations; a lot of folks aren’t aware of just how much information can be slurped out of a phone that isn’t locked down just from its WiFi pings. I know this happens in Toronto, and I was familiar with a startup in Massachusetts that based its business model on this very concept. I can only assume it’s widespread in the US if not throughout the Western world.

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