Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

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  • The door, frame, and handle are usually sold separately. You can grab them at any regular hardware store.

    Leave a 10 mm gap all around between the rough opening and the door frame, then adjust it plumb and level using a drill and a long bubble level - or ideally a laser if you’ve got one.

    Anyone can do it if they just know how, and YouTube is full of solid tutorials.














  • The headline is sensationalized and misleading. The U.S. ambassador did not threaten to “send fighter jets into Canadian airspace” as a hostile or coercive act. What he actually said was:

    If Canada backs out of or significantly reduces the F-35 purchase, the U.S. would need to adjust NORAD arrangements because Canada would no longer contribute equivalent capability to continental air defense. This could mean the U.S. buying additional F-35s to cover the gap and potentially conducting more routine patrols or intercepts in Canadian airspace to maintain the same level of shared security.


  • It’s not a problem - that’s literally the practice. You focus on something like your breath, and every time you catch yourself getting lost in thought, you just gently go back to the breath.

    The overwhelming majority of people couldn’t stop their thoughts for even 10 seconds if their life depended on it. And they don’t have to. Just notice the thoughts and start again.

    You can even meditate on the thought itself - it doesn’t have to be the breath.







  • Voting in itself isn’t necessarily the issue. It’s users being able to see those scores that feeds the echo chamber.

    It affects posting and commenting habits because people quickly learn what’s popular and what isn’t. That leads to both self-censorship and just shouting out popular views for validation without putting much critical thought into it.

    It also primes users to approach posts or comments with a strong bias - positive or negative - based on the up- or downvote count before they’ve even read a word.