@EdwinG @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca ya I think I'll just assume it'll change the IP. and deal with it accordingly. better safe than sorry!

@dbattistella yyyeees.

Truly the most minor of consequences for genocide!

@Sanderde those investments are good, but they are long term and vague.

I think unfortunately we went from being amongst progressive countries to being an indisputable laggard. Our autonindustry and our consumers will suffer because of it.

Underwhelming to say the least.

@negative12dollarbill it's coming fast!

@Sanderde the network in Ontario wasn't terrible in 2022 and there are a lot of "coming soon" spots in plugshare, so that's good but it's pretty clear the advantage provinces with public utilities have. The surprise for me was Manitoba. Nothing from Manitoba Hydro in 2022. Perhaps that will change under Kinew's leadership.

@SCampbell a pound of prevention etc etc

@Kierkegaanks @SCampbell great point!

@Sanderde Yes. Purely Political factors.

Ford, Carney, Harper, Trudeau, Notley, Moe, etc etc... all slow walking EV adoption for the benefit of their party donations.

As well as oil companies that put in a 'network' and then let them literally rot (*cough* Petro Canada *cough*).

The exceptions are BC Hydro and Quebec Hydro (aka ”Electric Circuit”) that have excellent networks even before the 3rd-party providers.

BCH: https://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/electric-vehicles/public-charging/fast-charging-network.html

QH/EC: https://www.lecircuitelectrique.com/en/finding-a-station

@skolima Thanks for the correction, thought it was just over half. About 40% of Canada's land mass is above the Arctic Circle... 0.3% of Canadians live in the northern territories as a whole, many are below the Arctic circle.

the point is: the 'cold weather' argument is nonsense/propaganda.

@EdwinG ya, exactly. It doesn't make sense. I dunno. It's weird that it got a new outside IP address 6 hours after the initial power outage (and at least an hour after the last time I power-cycled it).. *and then* it started giving out private IPs after that.

black box….

Norway, population 5.6 Million. 1/3rd above the Arctic Circle, and heavily dependent on oil and gas from the North Sea.

And yet, their new-car sales were at 94% EV in January.

98 diesel cars, 7 petrol(gasoline), 29 hybrids.

The rest were EVs.

7 gas cars is wild!

But please tell me again that EVs don't work in the cold etc etc…
#BCPoli #CanPoli #EV #Electric #Cars
https://electrek.co/2026/02/03/even-after-cutting-ev-incentives-norway-only-sold-98-diesel-cars-in-january/

I actually wonder if the reason the Telus router wasn't giving out DHCP addresses when it first returned from the power outage is because of some sort of mismatch on its end with the old and new IP addresses. According to my DynDNS provider, the IP updated 6 hours after the power came back on... after I had gone to bed... presumably at that point the router started handing out local addresses again.

able to look back again and it turns out the outside IP did actually get changed when the Telus router rebooted at some point. So at least that explains the outage. Things should return to normal now once DNS catches up.

The power outage yesterday kind of messed up my home network… mostly the Telus router.

It refused to give out addresses even after multiple unplugs/ reboots. That of course sent most of my devices into purgatory until it magically decided to deliver IPs again this morning.

#footiMac is up but incoming connections don’t seem to be happening reliably so @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca is unavailable until I figure out the problem. The outside IP hasn’t changed and port forwards are still there so… *shrug*.

ISPs…

Ancestral indigenous names returning!
in #Tofino #Tlaoquiaht

North Chesterman Beach
named after two 19th century settlers:

n̓an̓aquuʔa (“nah-nah-kuu-ah” - needle fish)

Kennedy Lake
largest lake on Vancouver Island named after first Governor of Colony of Vancouver Island.

haʔuukmin (“ha-uuk-min” - feasting bowl)

Meares Island
after Captain John Meares HMRN

wančas hiłḥuuʔis (“wa-na-chas hilth-huu-is” - whale flukes when diving and ‘below the mountain’)

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/tofino-council-supports-first-nation-bid-for-three-more-name-changes-11781625