I wonder if this could be used to increase the effectiveness of LIDAR in vision applications. Rather than continuously scanning the entire FOV, prioritize areas with more brightness changes. Kind of like how animal eyes have low resolution in the periphery for event detection but high resolution in the center.

The US did try to annex the province of Quebec in 1775 but retreated after failing to take Quebec city (which was the biggest city at the time and controlled access to the saint Lawrence river). That was probably the closest Quebec got to joining the USA. The other two attempts (1812 invasion and 1837 rebellions) were even less successful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Quebec_%281775%29

By default lineageOS comes with neither Google play services nor microg. The choice of what to install is left to the user.

MicroG is a bit more complicated to install since it requires package signature spoofing, which official lineage builds don't enable since it's seen as a security vulnerability.

You have to click 'Request full-text PDF' then enter an email address

Nowadays it seems to mostly be a way for "ethical" fund managers to justify the higher fees compared to simpler index funds.

Two of my relatives had Nexus 5 and the power buttons on both devices stopped functioning shortly after the warranty expired

That's one of the main plot elements of The Ministry for the Future.

That's a bit of a tautology isn't it?

That's how it's supposed to work in Canada. Most of the land is crown land managed by the government who should carefully manage it but in practice lease it to anyone as long as it brings in money.

Southern Ontario has forests?

Certainly, but it's mostly farmland now.