I don’t think you are accurately accounting for the popularity of politicians who align themselves with MAGA policies in Canada

Haha do what works for you. I was able to get into them after a long car trip where I forced myself to listen to an audiobook. After finishing it it got easier and easier the more I did it. Now I barely read physical books.

Not off topic at all. I have never heard of it but it sounds interesting. Thanks for the tip

Haha I get that. I was the same way for a long time but gave them another shot a year or so ago and now I’m hooked. They are so much more convenient than physical books

Nice, it sounds like you’re learning stuff just fine. I recommended it elsewhere in the comments here but if you’re looking for audiobook sources I suggest checking out libro.fm. They give half of your purchase price to a local bookstore of your choice and you can download the files in multiple formats with no DRM.

Libro.fm seems to be a solid paid service. They give half of your purchase price to a local bookstore of your choice and you can download the files in multiple formats with no DRM.

Set up audiobookshelf via docker. I like using portainer to manage docker containers because it has a GUI. Command line stuff is more difficult if you don’t have the background experience to go with it. I think doing it all in a GUI feels more comfortable for most people.

Docker can also be kind of intimidating if you are just wading into the self hosting world but it really is much simpler to use once you get the hang of it. Portainer helps a ton with that. Audiobookshelf would be great to start with both imo because it’s a pretty basic set up. You have to define a storage location for your library and config files and that’s about all it takes to get it up and running.

I recently got into all this and remember well what it was like to feel out of my element so feel free to ask questions if you have any. I’m no expert but I’m happy to share what I can.

No problem. I have been using it for a while and I really like it. There’s nothing stopping you from doing it the old fashioned way if you find you don’t like portainer but once you familiarize yourself with it I think you’ll be hooked on the concept.

Use portainer for managing docker containers. I prefer a GUI as well and portainer makes the whole process much more comfortable for me.

Thank you for the detailed response. I appreciate your contribution to the discussion.

I think our experiences of politics in our respective countries are pretty similar. I live in the only US state that borders Alberta. Our state politics are much less MAGA like than the national politics, there’s a certain amount of disdain for DC here no matter who is in charge there, but discourse has still been dominated by conservatives of late. They do have trouble getting all of the national party’s talking points to fully take root with many here though.

I don’t mean to pivot to discussing the US. I just brought it up as a way to say that I think I understand your description of the situation in Alberta. I hope you guys continue to have better luck keeping the crazy at bay than we have. I watched Carney’s speech in Davos and I thought he laid out a solid vision of a path forward for Canada. Do you think it was well received in Alberta?

Fair enough, but like I said, I’m just trying to discuss this specific article which is only concerned with Alberta.

No, but this article is, so I’m not sure what your point is

What are you referring to when you say basic brute force protection?

From the outside looking in, conservatives in Canada seem to follow along with MAGA on a lot of culture war issues. However, I would think the separation would make it easier to see what’s going on in the US and give at least some of them pause. You’d have to be a special kind of person to see what’s happening and think “that is exactly what I want for my country”.

So Canadians of Lemmy, what do you think? Are conservative Albertans that far gone?

Weird, I was just at an aquarium yesterday and spent a good amount of time being fascinated by both the mantis shrimp and the flame scallops and now here this post is. That phenomenon has a name doesn’t it?