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The Ontario cell phone emergency alert system continues to be used for the sole purpose of waking me up at 4am to tell me about family custody disputes 1000km away from me.
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Jun 5, 2021 00:33
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I think you're supposed to hop into your socialist batmobile and roll out
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Jun 5, 2021 01:16
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one day there's going to be a real public safety emergency and no one is going to know what the gently caress
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Jun 5, 2021 01:26
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the closest we've ever gotten to the stated use case for the system was the two times they reminded us there was a stay at home order because of the plague
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Jun 5, 2021 01:28
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infernal machines posted:the closest we've ever gotten to the stated use case for the system was the two times they reminded us there was a stay at home order because of the plague Which came, what, 6 or 7 months into it the first time they remembered to use it?
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Jun 5, 2021 01:32
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Entropic posted:The Ontario cell phone emergency alert system continues to be used for the sole purpose of waking me up at 4am to tell me about family custody disputes 1000km away from me. in this case the abductor was a total stranger
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Jun 5, 2021 01:33
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infernal machines posted:the closest we've ever gotten to the stated use case for the system was the two times they reminded us there was a stay at home order because of the plague the tornado warning was bang-on i'm rarely awake at 4 and wouldn't be where i'd see anything useful anyway, but if you work at a diner or a gas station or whatever, i can totally see you maybe being useful just not in the case where there's an eyewitness on the scene who saw you carrying someone else's kid about 50 yards away
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Jun 5, 2021 01:35
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surprisingly few tornadoes in toronto e: i'm generally only awake at 4am when an alert that bypasses my do not disturb setting goes off twice in 20 minutes infernal machines has issued a correction as of 01:39 on Jun 5, 2021 |
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Jun 5, 2021 01:36
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the first time they used it ever, it was peel police deciding they could put out an apb in the form of an amber alert to find a suspect, the alert went out after they found the girl he had kidnapped (dead), and when they caught him, they shot him and called it a suicide* *technically they said he suffered a self inflicted gunshot wound they didn't discover until after his arrest, no mention of a gun, and he died later in hospital infernal machines has issued a correction as of 01:45 on Jun 5, 2021 |
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Jun 5, 2021 01:40
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flakeloaf posted:in this case the abductor was a total stranger that's got to be a first. Ok, weird, reading up on it I kind of want to know what wtf now. A 70 year old woman randomly kidnapped a baby?
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Jun 5, 2021 01:43
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how else is a 70 year old going to get a baby?
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Jun 5, 2021 01:44
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flakeloaf posted:in this case the abductor was a total stranger doesn't change the fact that the alert level they're using for these is meant for imminent danger, not amber alerts.
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Jun 5, 2021 02:52
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that's the only level they know how to use remember the time they blasted out several alerts to inform everyone that absolutely nothing happened at the pickering nuclear plant?
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Jun 5, 2021 03:04
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Hey man you best be happy the Everything Is Fine alarm is going off.
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Jun 5, 2021 03:18
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ontario emergency alerts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vIjBtdEQRE
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Jun 5, 2021 03:26
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Custody battle gone wrong? Wake everyone in a thousand kilometer radius up at 4 am, ruin their sleep, and cause accidents the next day from drivers not getting enough sleep. Some guy is rolling around in RCMP uniform shooting people? Eh, they can check the Twitter for that
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Jun 5, 2021 05:07
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Terror Sweat posted:
I mean he'll just get paid leave, so
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Jun 5, 2021 05:19
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Fashionable Jorts posted:Oof. These colonizers are victims because the other colonizers colonized a little harder than they did! Cultures that displaced another culture can themselves be displaced. Beneficiaries of injustice on one level can be victims of injustice on another. What the hell is up with the Quebec hostility in this thread anyway?
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Jun 5, 2021 05:58
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PhilippAchtel posted:
it's the Canada thread?
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Jun 5, 2021 06:15
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I really like Quebec, lots of francophone (ok mostly nbers tho) friends. I do take exception to literally saying "hey francophones have it just as bad, if not worse than indigenous people" on the literal day we dug up a mass grave. I don't think that is unreasonable.
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Jun 5, 2021 08:25
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I loved the articles defending the incorrect use of the alert system and admonishing anyone who rightly complained about it DND is useless if poo poo can still get through, Airplane Mode is where it's at
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Jun 5, 2021 09:16
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If they used the system properly (where the alerts they are currently using for Amber Alerts are for things like imminent attack or extreme emergencies), I'd be totally fine with it overriding do not disturb settings. The problem now is they're going to desensitize people to alerts (or have them turn their phones on airplane mode instead). I for sure didn't even bother reading the alert when it woke me up, if it had been a genuine emergency I would have had no idea.
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Jun 5, 2021 10:16
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i keep my phone on silent pretty much all the time so i never hear the terrible sound, i just get a pop up on my screen which im fine with.
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Jun 5, 2021 11:38
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:I loved the articles defending the incorrect use of the alert system and admonishing anyone who rightly complained about it I have an ancient flip phone and I never get any alerts 
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Jun 5, 2021 13:06
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mediaphage posted:i keep my phone on silent pretty much all the time so i never hear the terrible sound, i just get a pop up on my screen which i’m fine with. I don't know why but I have never once received one of these warning messages. Something about my mobile account that makes me invisible to it (I've had several phones now that haven't gotten one). My gf will get the alert, but I won't. And honestly, I'm fine with it. Getting texts at 4am saying "watch out for a white guy in a pickup truck" is the least useful information when you live in Alberta, and I already treat Covid more seriously than this government ever has.
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Jun 5, 2021 15:56
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Rutibex posted:I have an ancient flip phone and I never get any alerts I have a modern hingeless phone and public mobile splits "you pay us now" texts in two because of ancient length limits on your stupid ancient flip phone you are holding me back!!
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Jun 5, 2021 16:29
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pokeyman posted:I have a modern hingeless phone and public mobile splits "you pay us now" texts in two because of ancient length limits on your stupid ancient flip phone Nah, that's your phone companys system being poorly designed. I can send a 3000 character text from my smartphone to my friends smartphone, and he receives one 3000 character text, instead of 20 smaller ones.
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Jun 5, 2021 16:39
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enki42 posted:If they used the system properly (where the alerts they are currently using for Amber Alerts are for things like imminent attack or extreme emergencies), I'd be totally fine with it overriding do not disturb settings. The problem now is they're going to desensitize people to alerts (or have them turn their phones on airplane mode instead). I for sure didn't even bother reading the alert when it woke me up, if it had been a genuine emergency I would have had no idea. Thing about custody battle alerts from Ontario is I am literally halfway across the country- the kid hasn't even been missing long enough to make it this far! Even if you are a continent away from even being in the correct locus to offer assistance, rest assured that distance not enough to excuse you from caring!
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Jun 5, 2021 16:45
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Fashionable Jorts posted:Nah, that's your phone companys system being poorly designed. I can send a 3000 character text from my smartphone to my friends smartphone, and he receives one 3000 character text, instead of 20 smaller ones. but if I ask public mobile to stop then I'll never hear anything. this way I can yell at someone who might yell back at me also I begrudgingly appreciate their simple, lowest common denominator solution that doesn't rely on checking receiving phone type and maybe getting it wrong
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Jun 5, 2021 16:52
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Public mobile owns, 30 bucks a month for 4 gigs and unlimited everything else hell yeah. Long distance minutes that never expire
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Jun 5, 2021 17:10
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I upgraded my internet connection!!!!
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Jun 5, 2021 17:27
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bvj191jgl7bBsqF5m posted:I upgraded my internet connection!!!! your av is still glitched tho
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Jun 5, 2021 17:35
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:Thing about custody battle alerts from Ontario is I am literally halfway across the country- the kid hasn't even been missing long enough to make it this far! Even if you are a continent away from even being in the correct locus to offer assistance, rest assured that distance not enough to excuse you from caring! what if the missing kid was stuffed into a ballistic missile, he could be anywhere on earth in a matter of minutes. what then smart guy
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Jun 5, 2021 17:46
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a ballistic missile launch in canada would actually be a really good reason to use the emergency alert system
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Jun 5, 2021 17:49
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Rutibex posted:what if the missing kid was stuffed into a ballistic missile, he could be anywhere on earth in a matter of minutes. what then smart guy Wow they really upped the stakes for the Balloon Boy sequel.
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Jun 5, 2021 17:56
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https://twitter.com/habman1969/status/1400592031110545408 Jets fans are losing their poo poo that people are actually upset about the possibly life-altering injury this guy did 100% on purpose Head injuries, concussions etc. literally gently caress you up forever, they can completely change a person's personality, attitude, everything. There's a lot of "everybody makes mistakes  but telling his family their son's a cruel fuckup, now that is just beyond the pale  " which is like cmon guys, admit it's indefensible, quit feigning outrage or sublimating your anger about the suspension into concern trolling for his family's wellbeing  Hockey is too violent, it's not part of the game, so on and so on. gently caress the Jets, can't wait for the team to move again.
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Jun 5, 2021 19:04
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infernal machines posted:the closest we've ever gotten to the stated use case for the system was the two times they reminded us there was a stay at home order because of the plague also that time they accidentally said that the pickering reactor was going to chernobyl the entire gta
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Jun 5, 2021 19:33
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Finding it hard to muster up any sympathy for chud athletes paid millions of dollars to play in a game
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Jun 5, 2021 19:35
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2021 is weird man. join us for the Shoppers Drug Mart radio show about weed.
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Jun 5, 2021 19:52
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linoleum floors posted:Finding it hard to muster up any sympathy for chud athletes paid millions of dollars to play in a game That's strange, I actually find it easy to feel bad for somebody when they get injured by somebody else on purpose while playing sports. Maybe there is something wrong with my brain!
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