This post and article just looks like rage / click bait. Can we stop spreading crap like this?

If I do the math of what a six day international trip to multiple locations on the other side of the planet would cost me, then account for the fact that there were 53 people on the plane (many who staff to be paid), RCMP security was required, yes the Prime Minister and officials probably stay in better accommodations and eat better food than I do, and this trip was completed for an official purpose, then this doesn’t really look like an outrageous expense at all.

The article is ridiculous. It complains about $2,500 in official gifts, and quotes someone from a “Canadian taxpayers federation” about how inflation in Canada is so high the PM flies to Singapore for food. Boom, got’em. Sick burn. So is the article about official trip expenses or about inflation?

It pisses me off because this type of rhetoric does nothing to address real problems. It dishonestly manufactures rage and distrust without proposing real solutions or progress.

Big thumbs down.

No idea. I’ve been slowly setting myself up to move abroad as the things that are important to me either don’t exist in Canada or are disappearing year after year.

This comment isn’t meant to be flippant. I personally believe walkable cities, decent public transit, and decent public services are an important part of preventing social decay. Canada generally doesn’t have much of this left. Seeing public healthcare slip away (not just increasing privatization but even just degradation in quality of public care) feels like the last straw for me.

I’m excited to explore new places later this year. Nowhere is perfect but certainly there are places with a better balance of positives, or so I suspect.

Background:

I use Obsidian for journaling and knowledge management. Each page is saved as an individual .txt file rather than in some database which ensures continuity of my data even if I switch applications one day.

I sync the files between my devices using Syncthing. Some of my notes are collaborative with others: by sorting my notes into specific folders and syncing select folders to select devices I have a notes library with a mix of personal and shared notes.

Syncthing is good at managing file conflicts. It surfaces the conflict and lets you select which file should remain. It also has options for very good versioning control.

Answer:

So, to your question, I would love to contribute to Syncthing to provide an optional capability to merge content from two conflicting .txt files rather than selecting one or the other. This would greatly improve the collaborative experience when using Syncthing to manage notes in Obsidian or similar applications.

I think there are a not-insignificant number of people who could get value from this. Syncthing is written in GO, and I’ve never contributed to an open source project before. I’m looking forward to giving it a shot but if someone else starts first that’s just fine with me. :)