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post-it 8 hours ago

Now is especially a good time for Canada to do it. Cory Doctorow had a fantastic CBC interview about this. Scrapping anti-tampering protections would harm anti-Canadian tech companies while also building rapport with American farmers who would be able to use Canadian software on their tractors.

throwaway27448 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Something tells me that the best tractor software would be free, not nationalized.

post-it 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, free, and created in Canada by developers not burdened by American red tape.

throwaway27448 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I have a hard time imagining that canada has expertise in tractor software. Let's rein our nationalist tendencies in to something that approaches common sense

dghlsakjg an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Canada has the highest percentage of people with higher education. There's no qualifier for that sentence. Canada is the only country on earth where a majority of people over 25 have tertiary education.

It also has a massive agricultural sector. You know how Canada is known as an oil and gas powerhouse? Agriculture is more than double the size of o+g in Canada.

I think the most well educated country on earth, with a massive, highly automated, agricultural sector might be able to reason about tractor software.

realo 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hum... i can understand your throwaway status.

You are certainly aware that we , in Canada, have expertise in software that is quite a bit more advanced than tractor software.

throwaway27448 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I want the best for canada. I have canadian friends and relatives. I don't want to be cruel. Let's be kind to each other. :hands-making-heart-emoji:

GlacierFox 3 hours ago | parent [-]

What's going on here? You're responding like an unhinged AI.

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post-it 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you think we live in fucking igloos bud?

linksnapzz 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm not your buddy, guy!