princessnorah
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- Comment on Balatro yet again subject to mods’ poor understanding of “gambling” 1 day ago:
YouTube no longer allows any reference to gambling sites or applications “not certified by Google.”
It’s literally on the Play Store, rated at M.
- Comment on China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery 1 day ago:
So is HDMI? Smaller connectors aren’t always better, and it’s not like it’s SCART size or something.
- Comment on Where will my vote go? 4 days ago:
Except, that’s not really the definition of a protest vote. An actual protest vote is drawing a massive dick on your ballot.
- Comment on Where will my vote go? 4 days ago:
Are 4th or even 3rd preferences ever counted?
What? Yes, they are counted incredibly often, if not always. For an example, here’s the preference flow for the Division of Melbourne in 2022:
They were still counted even when Adam Bandt won in the fourth round. If you don’t think the parties look at the rest of that flow, at which voters they might need to court to win next time, at what candidates might stand the best chance in a seat, than you’re stark-raving mad.
…but I just wish Australian politics wasn’t about picking a tribe that you’re going to line up behind and was more focused on policy and representation.
I think the Murdoch media, and by extension Fairfax now, and every other major outlet, pushes a narrative about that sort of tribalism. But out in the real world, from what I’ve seen, that’s just not the case. The biggest example of this is media and polling pushing a two-party preferred system when we live in a preferential one. Major media isn’t daring to talk about the fairly likely outcome that we end up with a minority government. Something I personally feel is the best outcome for representing Australia equally.
- Comment on Where will my vote go? 4 days ago:
Of course you can develop your own decision on how to vote but this sounds frustratingly similar to the protest voters from the US election.
It is quite literally impossible for those protest voters to exist under our voting system in Australia. Both because we have mandatory, as well as preferential, voting.
- Comment on IT'S ON: Albanese to call May 3 federal election tomorrow morning 1 week ago:
I think saying, essentially “Labor is to the left of the LNP” is kind of a given, and a moot point then. Albo’s Labor have been pushing further right than ever before. A dose of minority government would do them well.
- Comment on IT'S ON: Albanese to call May 3 federal election tomorrow morning 1 week ago:
I feel the exact opposite tbh, that Labor is closer to the Liberals (not the Coalition as a whole) than the Greens.
- Comment on Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. 2 weeks ago:
I think in that regard, Lemmy is a forum software just like vBulletin or Discourse is. However, I would really like to see a flat forum with federation.
- Comment on Close to 500k Australians could have missed out on savings at the pharmacy [from the PBS Safety Net] 2 weeks ago:
The thing is, that prescription history is still saved as far as I’m aware, you just don’t have access to it without a MyHealthRecord. That’s, no offence, kind of the misconception a lot of folks had about MHR. All that data is collected about you either way and already had been for years.
The other thing about it people got shitty about is that when a child turns 14 their parent loses access to their MHR. However, that’s just in line with the rest of our medicare rules that mean a 14yo can access healthcare privately and independently.
- Comment on Close to 500k Australians could have missed out on savings at the pharmacy [from the PBS Safety Net] 2 weeks ago:
The way the form is set out, it’s supposed to be hand written, with fields about the medicine, the pharmacist that dispensed it, the date, and it’s cost. Instead most pharmacists will just use the copy of the prescription label that gets printed out, because that includes all the above details. Here’s the form in question: www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/pb240
You also have seperate forms for the actual application, which must be done by a pharmacist: www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/pb241
As well as a whole form to claim a refund if you didn’t get a medication for the safety net cost (either free for concession, or the reduced concession charge for general patients): www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/pb132
If the system were digitised none of these forms would need to exist. Keeping in mind that this data already is in a centralised system. I can go to myhealthrecord and see a list of all the scripts I’ve had filled and when. The only info it’s missing is how much I’ve paid, as pharmacies often subsidise the rate a bit. I pay $6.90 for my scripts instead of $7.70, and the safety net is based off real cost you’ve paid.
Anyway, sorry for the info dump, just something I’ve been frustrated with since I started interacting with this system.
- Comment on Close to 500k Australians could have missed out on savings at the pharmacy [from the PBS Safety Net] 2 weeks ago:
This is so true. I use a single pharmacy, which offer to handle all of the paperwork, so I don’t miss out. But if there’s a shortage of something and they’re out, I just miss out on that script fill by going elsewhere. I could grab a sticker from that pharmacy and take it back to mine but that’s too much mental load honestly.
- Comment on Pets hate the vet clinic and groomer because they smell the combined terror/anger of a thousand other animals who've been poked and prodded in that room 2 weeks ago:
Hell, even I can smell that there’s been a million other dogs through there, I can’t even imagine what it’s like with a way more sensitive snout!
- Comment on Calendar Options *other* than Tuta / Proton 5 weeks ago:
Oh yea, Baikal is incredibly light and they do publish an arm docker image. You could absolutely tun a bunch of other services off the same SBC if it’s a RPi4 or stronger.
- Comment on Calendar Options *other* than Tuta / Proton 5 weeks ago:
I don’t think it’s E2EE, because it uses open standards, bur you could self-host (including on a VPS if that’s easier) a Baikal server. It does contact sync as well, using the CalDAV and CardDAV standards.
- Comment on Labor says Dutton has questions to answer over timing of share purchases 1 month ago:
So you’ll put Labor below One Nation?
- Comment on Prime ministers' heads severed and stolen from bronze statues in Ballarat 1 month ago:
I’m not accusing anyone, I’m in favour of both this and last year’s actions in support of ending Invasion Day. If anyone thinks that some statue’s being desecrated as a form of protest is too far, they’re part of the bloody problem. We’re so uncomfortable being inconvenienced in any way, shape or form in this country.
- Comment on What is everyone using as a HTPC? 1 month ago:
Bingo. And if you don’t use apps with ads, like only using jellyfin, you get none at all.
- Comment on Warp Five: The Lower Decks Cast on the Cerritos' Future 1 month ago:
BNW?
- Comment on Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices over security risk 1 month ago:
Apple Intelligence isn’t in the same league. It’s entirely local-only, except for when it specifically asks/offers to use ChatGPT for certain things. Even Siri has been local-only for some time on most devices (notably not homepods).
- Comment on Metadata 101: Understanding the basics of media metadata 2 months ago:
I don’t get why for a protest? They’re usually public events, so if you’re identifiable you’re at risk. Let alone that, as the article states, it’s pretty easy to scrub metadata from digital files.
- Comment on It's time to stop using SMS, here's why! 2 months ago:
The alternative being to lick Google’s boots?
- Comment on Australia (Act) Day (annual repost) 2 months ago:
I personally am of the belief that some citizens of this country like it on the 26/01 precisely because it hurts some of our citizens.
The one person I saw in the Melbourne CBD yesterday wrapped in an Australian flag was also wearing a Donald Trump MAGA hat, for whatever that’s worth.
- Comment on Prime ministers' heads severed and stolen from bronze statues in Ballarat 2 months ago:
Yes, there are likely to be many people that are offended by the date being changed. But personally I don’t think we should base the future of our nation on the likes of Peter Dutton and his ilk.
- Comment on Today could be a day for soul-searching. Instead we cling to a distant monarchy in denial of our racist past | Paul Daley 2 months ago:
No one is asking you to feel guilty. We’re asking you to acknowledge the past, and to acknowledge the privilege that brings you. To use that to help forge a path of reconciliation forward together as a nation.
- Comment on Prime ministers' heads severed and stolen from bronze statues in Ballarat 2 months ago:
You’re right, I messed that one up, but honestly who actually cares? I certainly don’t.
Why not have a day that we can all celebrate.
- Comment on Prime ministers' heads severed and stolen from bronze statues in Ballarat 2 months ago:
I really think that your and @Tau@aussie.zone’s have some really outdated beliefs here. At what point, after trying “respectably” to have their voices heard, are indigenous mob supposed to rise up?
As well, do you even know about your own history, and the history of this so-called country? Invasion Day celebrates the anniversary of Cook’s invasion of these lands. That is why his statues have been targeted around this date, because that is what is being celebrated on this day.
As a trans woman, I am always going to stand in solidarity with other minority groups. Always was, always will be.
- Comment on Prime ministers' heads severed and stolen from bronze statues in Ballarat 2 months ago:
Many indigenous activists consider the national apology to be an entirely empty gesture.
- Comment on Prime ministers' heads severed and stolen from bronze statues in Ballarat 2 months ago:
Definitely not. Invasion day is tomorrow, and the term “the colony/commonwealth will fall” is used by first nations activists. Recall back to last year when the Captain Cook statue was toppled in St. Kilda.
- Comment on Nonstop Wildfires Are Straining the Global Arsenal to Fight Them 2 months ago:
I’m merely hoping that the collective intelligence of 8 billion aided by AI and whatnot…
Okay, two things. Firstly, AI is causing a massive acceleration in the damage we’re doing to the climate. It is incredibly power-hungry to train those models. Secondly, AI is, in fact, incredibly bloody stupid. It is not “intelligent”, and in essence is just a rebranding of what AI should be for marketing purposes. It’s not capable of novel ideas, nor does it try to be.
Please for the love of all that is good in this world could people educate themselves on how terrible AI actually is.
- Comment on What time can you mow the lawn on a Sunday? Here's a state-by-state breakdown of weekend noise restrictions 2 months ago:
There’s no way I’m turning the aircon fully off on a 30° night with another 40+ day predicted for the following. I do also have a medical need though.
