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The answer is: English has a Germanic grammar, not a Latin grammar.

This can be confusing since we have so much Latin syntax layered on top of that.

I’d add India and Ethiopia off the top of my head….

It might be really weird, but it’s what my friends who live in Tehran do. There’s also this odd relationship with Afghani Persians and with non-Persian Iranians.

They’ll still claim Iran as their nation though. I’ve always found it odd, because with most other groups it’s what you’d find with the diaspora, although the Irish in Northern Ireland call themselves Itish, the Welsh call themselves Welsh, the Scottish call themselves Scottish, even though they’re all officially part of the UK — kind of a similar thing here. And like how someone from Georgia US or Kentucky identifies themselves by their state and not their nation first.

Even as a musician I’ve done very little gig work; most is arranged well in advance through venue and event operators. Most stages these days don’t want the hassle of managing gigs. Even busking is usually a “pay to get slots on the calendar at this location a year in advance” type of thing these days.

Post signs in your local community center and other physical locations where people usually visit. Ask your friends if they need a dog walker. Ask them if they know anyone who does. Use whatever is locally popular as a classified system. Ask local gyms if you can advertise the service with them for people who might want their pets exercised while they work out. Same for restaurants and pubs/bars.

Social networking was a thing before social media and gig proxies. It’s all about finding the people.

The answers to your primary and secondary questions: it’s political.

Iran calls itself “west Asia” specifically to be contrarian to the Western vernacular. That, and “middle east” is a Roman thing (as is Asia) and Iranians are still a bit put out by the Persian empire falling to Greece and Rome. Most Iranians identify as Persian and consider Iran a Western political entity they’re stuck with but that doesn’t define them.

You know how there’s people in the southern US that live as though the Confederates never lost and they want to hold on to their history and culture? Persians are much more that way.

That’s what some limited tests have suggested. A tablespoon of apple cider vinegar mixed with a tablespoon of olive or avocado oil apparently does even better.

But do your own research; I’m not a GI researcher or registered dietitian, and this is stuff that can affect your health.

Yeah; seeing Iceland and Budapest as options, I think: “Budapest: relatively cheap, lots of culture. Iceland: trendy and cool, but only if you like waterfalls and darkness and windswept vistas with pretty much no trees. And REALLY expensive.” The people are great in both places. There’s LOTS of tourists everywhere in Iceland in the summer, and the entire population of the island would vanish in Budapest in the winter. So it depends on what you like and when you’re going/for how long.

While generative AI can’t become sentient, people can very much offload throught and information handling to the glorified autocorrect.

And once it starts training solely on its own work, technological advancement may stagnate, as most people will be totally happy cooking this world to be told what they should do and think.

We’re getting to the point where the haves are placid and the have nots are powerless.

It’s not really about the algorithms; it’s about the evolutionary cul-de-sac humanity is shoving itself into.

Maybe eventually we’ll find our way out, or have another civilization collapse allowing the planet to recover and us start over again without fully eliminating ourselves.

Where does your aunt live in Canada?

Asking because pretty much every major population area, someone is saying either the weather sucks or the people suck or both.

And “moving to Canada” is not saying much — with 3.5 time zones and pretty much every climate from balmy to “the ice melts and the sun comes out in June”, and with city populations ranging from 3.5 million to 25 people, it really does depend on what you’re looking for and where your aunt lives.

That said, you can get the same change of scenery by moving from Sydney to Melbourne. Oz isn’t all the same (in climate or people) either.

It’s more complicated than that; they’ve shifted from domestic concentration camps to foreign concentration camps — so the first thing you’d have to deal with is international diplomacy.

Along with the other things here, it took until 1869 for someone to come up with a specific “panda” taxonomy. Before that there were a number of different animals that all got grouped together, some of which looked nothing alike when studied up close, but were experienced in similar ways when moving through wilderness areas.

Kind of like dragons.

In my area there are people with farms who have a kiosk at the end of their road where they stock what they have available — eggs, flowers, cheese, pottery, etc. and a suggested price list, plus a secure drop box.

Seems to work out OK for them. Not sure I’d want to try that in a more populated area, but I HAVE also seen neighborhood libraries in urban areas that seem to survive (box at the end of the walk containing books to share; you can take a book and return it to any of the boxes in the area, and are encouraged to add new ones).

So much for moving to Canada.

In Canada, we believe in the responsibility of both the person and the society around them. Someone might make a mistake and do something wrong, and be held to account for that. But the system that allowed them to make that mistake also comes under scrutiny. It’s why we don’t have concealed carry up here and why firearms and alcohol possession laws are much stricter than in the US.

Funny thing to me is that your attitude doesn’t really match to an era in history; it maps to an age of a developing person. I’ve heard those questions from people in their teens and twenties for the past 40 years. Usually by the mid 30s they realize it’s not so simple. Some people realize it much earlier, a few never seem to learn.

Yes; the question is: how high up is the ledge?

I’d argue that at this point, even though “86” means to remove, “86 47” has been interpreted in a very specific way, kind of like a mob boss telling someone to “take care of him.”

It might? As long as you’ve got documentation.

You’ll have multiple issues there; none insurmountable.

First, moving to Canada. Do you have citizenship or Canadian ancestors? Are you a persecuted minority from a war torn nation? You already indicated you aren’t entering the country based on wealth or needed skills.

Second: working in Canada. Once you’ve moved here, you’ll need to get a work permit, a social insurance number, and get registered to pay personal and business taxes.

Which brings us to the next bit: you’ll need to register a business and pay the licensing fees. If you’re planning to farm, you’ll need permits and inspections and a business plan for that as well.

By this point you’re likely down to around $100k remaining. You MIGHT be able to find a decent trailer to buy for that price. But then you have to park it somewhere. Where I live, a couple of acres will run you around $5million CAD. But there’s lots of places out in the middle of nowhere where you can get a couple of acres for around $30k. That comes with no services however; you’ll need to bring everything you need from electricity and water to Internet and food. And likely you’ll need to pay someone with a skidder to build you a road to that acreage. And you’ll be in a place with very few people, -40 temps in the winter and hottemps in the summer with mosquitoes and black flies in swarms. And likely you’ll be outside a fire district, so the next wildfire that sweeps through will wipe you out.

I figure everyone reading that who is interested is already online on a device that can provide definitions and detailed video instructions on how to do it. Much better than I could.

Same, but I spatchcock mine. Massively speeds up the cooking time.

To rich businessmen, a hacker has a certain reputation on the golf course.

Oh, and thanks for making me feel old :D

But “cracker” was never really a synonym for hacker. Crackers were people who cracked copy protection on games and distributed warez. After the movie “hackers” came out and redefined the term in popular culture, traditional software hackers attempted to reclaim the term by expanding the definition of cracker, but it never caught on.