Also, when poor people stop being cooler than rich people :D
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BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Buy Canadian@lemmy.ca•Your guide to finding a new Office Suite service and supporting open-sourced or Canadian companies!English2·3 days agoFreeOffice is listed here, but their paid product, Softmaker Office is not. They still offer a non-subscription Desktop Office Suite here: https://www.softmaker.com/en/shop/softmaker-office
Disclaimer: I’m a user of the product. I have no affiliation with the company.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgtoFacepalm@lemmy.world•"No nation is older than 250"English361·3 days agoChina, also: your dynasty is closing in on 300 years, huh? Good luck!
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Buy European@feddit.uk•TLDR - What you can do to make your computing more EuropeanEnglish2·12 days agoCool. Your site is a great resource!
I just ordered a new SSD from them and received it in two days. Thanks for the recommendation.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Buy European@feddit.uk•TLDR - What you can do to make your computing more EuropeanEnglish1·13 days agoHi again. You can actually buy Softmaker Office versions outright (a non-subscription purchase), but they seem to have made the option harder to find these days: https://www.softmaker.com/en/shop/softmaker-office
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Buy European@feddit.uk•TLDR - What you can do to make your computing more EuropeanEnglish3·14 days agoSince we’re in Buy European, I’m going to plug Softmaker Office. I bought it to replace MS Office at work and no one seems to have noticed. I used see formatting issues in word docs when using LibreOffice.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgOPto Buy Canadian@lemmy.ca•Canadian Retailers ListEnglish1·15 days agoCool! Thanks! I’ll add these after work.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgOPto Buy Canadian@lemmy.ca•Canadian Retailers ListEnglish1·15 days agoThat’s a strange error for Github! Glad it’s working for you again.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgOPto Buy Canadian@lemmy.ca•Canadian Retailers ListEnglish4·15 days agoYeah, ours has been holding a close-out sale for more than a month now. They just put the store in about three years ago. Makes you wonder about the management.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How Do You Go About Buying Stuff Online While Avoiding Amazon?English2·15 days agoJust did!
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How Do You Go About Buying Stuff Online While Avoiding Amazon?English6·15 days agoHey, yeah, definitely.
It’s https://github.com/Visiblink/CanadianRetailers
I just started it when all the tariffy-goodness began, so it’s bound to see additions whenever I (or anyone who wants to add to it) shop for things.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How Do You Go About Buying Stuff Online While Avoiding Amazon?English11·16 days agoA lot of searching. Then I add good alternatives to a “buy Canadian” list I keep at Github. That makes it a lot easier the next time around.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•How Do You Go About Buying Stuff Online While Avoiding Amazon?English17·16 days agoShowrooming Amazon. How Ironic. I love it!
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Trump announces 25% tariffs on all foreign-made vehiclesEnglish18·1 month agoIt’s time to start negotiating the renewal of the Canada-Mexico free trade agreement without inviting the US.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto links2gang@lemmy.sdf.org•Search engines that work in Links2?English1·1 month agosearxng instances work.
Try maapl.net!
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Buy Canadian@lemmy.ca•Sign in Safeway in Smithers, BCEnglish5·1 month agoElbows up, Smithers!
(You can read that in the voice of Mr. Burns if you like.)
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgto Buy Canadian@lemmy.ca•Gen Z consumers say Buy Canadian movement is unaffordableEnglish6·1 month agoI do understand the avoid big grocery stores and shop local comments, but No Frills is unionized where I live. I shop there for that reason and have told the management that.
I shop local too, but the two local markets are non-union and I’ve been told that one of them doesn’t treat employees well.
So the choices are too complicated to be covered by any blanket statement.
BackYardIncendiary@lemmy.sdf.orgOPto Hockey@lemmy.ca•Longest game in Canadian university hockey history is on now. Update: over.English3·1 month agoJust ended… the goal was reviewed due to possible goaltender interference.
Understood. Thanks!