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There may be about 29 "Canadian" banks and credit unions, but there are hundreds of banks operating in Canada. The post I responded to contained the statement "I think we have 29 banks and credit unions combined in Canada." The important goal for …
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There are hundreds of banks here in Canada. But there are only a few that are responsible for the vast majority of banking. http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/Eng/wt-ow/Pages/wwr-er.aspx?sAll=1
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This reminds me of an ironically amusing incident. I was on a flight returning from Paris last October, and once the plane was on the ground and within cell tower range, I texted an update to my friend who was picking me up from the airport. I typ…
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While I am encouraged to learn that ApplePay might work for US customers travelling in Canada, it is far more important to me that I be able, as a Canadian citizen, to use the service here, in the US, and eventually Europe. US customers have bee…
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I don't want to judge - I am merely trying to point out an impression that danielsw's post creates, - but his disavowance of either "endorsement" or "condemnation" sounds much like the covertly racist statement that some make when they say they ha…
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This sort of thing can't come too soon. I had one of my cards compromised while vacationing in Florida - 2000 km from home. As far as I can figure out, on one occasion when I paid for a meal in a restaurant, the card was taken to the card machine at…
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danielsw: Why not simply accept other people as they are. Your "endorsement" or "condemnation" represent extremes of moralistic attitude that blatantly imply that people need to be "endorsed" or "condemned", presumably by you, rather than simply ac…
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danielsw: Nobody needs your endorsement or condemnation to be who they are any more than you need theirs to be who you are. I'm sorry to be so blunt, but it is profoundly tiresome - and chauvinistic - that anyone thinks their permission is needed …
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I have a 2012 11" Macbook Air. I almost never use any of the ports except the charging port, and I use the computer several hours each day. I have a MacMini and an iMac for work requiring peripherals. As compact and light as the Air is, I am lookin…
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Yes, the placebo effect is very real - and has good scientific research that establishes the degree to which it is effective. But remember my premise: there is only one kind of medicine, medicine that works. If a placebo works, that's fine. Th…
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And also by never in Canada. I want to eliminate carrying actual physical cards around with me. Even with the chip technology which is almost universally used here and in Europe, having a physical card in my pocket is asking for trouble. Just recent…
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Many people talk about "traditional" medicine and "alternative" medicine. I think there is only one kind of medicine. If it works it's medicine and if it doesn't it isn't medicine. Medicine that works is medicine that has been demonstrated by plent…
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Please don't get the idea that I am upset that I can't watch ABC. I can - on regular cable for now. But I don't. I watch almost no traditional network TV at all except for some news channels. I guess I am really complaining about having to read…
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"Actually, the sooner TV studios, Hollywood, etc. grasp the idea of the Internet being international and releasing content simultaneously everywhere, the sooner they'll stop losing out to the rest of the world illegally downloading content because i…
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I agree it is not Apple's fault that these complex licensing issues exist, but my original complaint was not against Apple (even though they too have made some promises they simply cannot fulfill in terms of availability of content or services - o…
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I am not mentioning any particular country because I think the problem of Balkanizing entertainment content is not specific to any one country. The person who had her iTunes account cancelled without warning was told that this is done to anyone wh…
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The real problem behind this is, as you say, entertainment content is Balkanized by the content providers - like ABC itself. (But I still wish people who make sweeping public announcements would at least try to be less ignorant.) I know someone wh…
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It's not a matter of updating, (but thanks for a suggestion offered in good faith) it's a matter of people wilfully ignoring the fact that not all Apple product users live in the U.S. I would be willing to bet that one day soon, most of the users …
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"The television network announced the change through its website on Thursday, notifying users that all Apple TV owners are now able to watch recently aired full episodes without logging in." That's a lie! I own two Apple TV's (a series 2 and a seri…
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I guess it must have been just as "confusing" for children, especially in the US South when desegregation was enacted, and the poor kids had to deal with the baffling new knowledge that African Americans henceforth would actually be considered to …