Nath

@Nath@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xi Jinping says Australia and China should ‘unswervingly’ work together despite global instability⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  China wants Australia’s dirt. Australia wants China’s money.

  Everything else is just theatre.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Card payment surcharges should be banned for debit and credit payments, RBA says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think the problem is banks charging fees. In fact, I don’t really have an issue with the banks taking 1% of the sale. The issue is that merchants don’t realise that counting cash and taking it to the bank etc actually costs more than 1% anyway. Electronic payments are actually cheaper than all that, they already give you a total and handle the bank end.

  I can think of a couple of places in Perth who have gone totally cashless. They only accept Eftpos/credit cards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pensioner robbed of $1,338 is taking NAB to court for millions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t comment on this case at all, but I will say that my father in law was totally scammed out of $19k and NAB blocked the transfer. NAB literally saved my in-laws from losing nearly $20k. The scammers were very convincing, they basically got remote access to his PC and from there accessed his online banking.

  So, offset this story with a good one for NAB.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The original Ettamogah Pub in Albury, NSW⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Perth also had one, but it closed down 20 years ago. Two businesses have since occupied the building, but both have died.

  You can see how the building would have looked with the angular awnings etc. but they were made boring after the Ettamogah closed down.
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Canvas (fedi's r/place) starts in 12 days, here's the Australia flag plans this year!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. Well this went from “something to look into next week” to “Oops, it’s finished already”.
  Looks like there wasn’t much interest this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hop to it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Put the left shoes on eBay. Investigate whoever bids on them. 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Erin Patterson found guilty of three counts of murder⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oooh - and this is how I learned the news. I’ve been super busy today and just checked the site briefly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are hotels in Australia so inexpensive compared to hotels in the USA and Canada?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  San Francisco and New York are both crazy expensive. I was paying over 🇺🇸 $200 a night for a hotel in San Francisco over 10 years ago. Not sure whether any other place in the USA compares on crazy prices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popular sunscreens accused of greenwashing by Australian Consumer Commission⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oooh yeah, according to Choice, only the kids sunscreen was 50+

  But Cancer Council are running an independent test on their line. What do you think when two organizations you trust say different things?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then there’s what they’re replacing that with, which is dedicated tablets that sit in the trolley.

  I have never seen this. I’ve just got the app on the phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why the hell would you do that? Who’s going to risk dealing with police and spending a day in court over some $5 item?

  Even if you play the “whoops must have forgotten that” card and they believe you, you’ll be put onto the “Check this shopper every time” list and negate the entire advantage of the scheme.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard disagree. It’s awesome with a full shop. Scan item, put in trolley. Repeat 40-50 times. Then, tap a couple of buttons on my phone, scan a QR code at the gate and just leave. No hassle with checkouts - even self checkouts. The only bit that slows me down is putting fruit & vegies on the scale, but I get most of those elsewhere, so it isn’t too terrible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Aldis in WA have self checkouts. But they’ve only been introduced over the past couple of years. Maybe it’s the same nationally? Worth another visit to see?

  They’re pretty good ones, too - the bagging area holds four bags - which is sometimes enough for the whole shop. I don’t much love their camera right in your face, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also got picked out for a random check a few times when I first started using it. After passing that process a few times, you seem to be trusted. I haven’t been picked out in years, now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hrm. I would also be annoyed except my store is one of the ones keeping it. I have however used the service at stores that are dropping it. I’m surprised Woolies didn’t even give me a courtesy heads-up.

  I wonder what the issue with the programme is? Too much shoplifting in some stores? Not enough uptake?
  If it’s uptake, that’s on Woolies. There is almost zero material explaining the system and its advantages. They’ve done an awful job of marketing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minimum wage, parental leave and road fines: what’s changing on 1 July⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a lot of us on minimum wage. On the surface of it, 2.6 Million sounds like roughly 10% of us. But the reality is even more grim than that. The number of people working is only a sub-set of Australians. According to ABS, there are about 14,620,600 Australians working. So, 2.6 Million is about 18% of workers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trial finds age assurance can be done, as social media ban deadline looms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If Government-issued ID is used, it cannot be stored past the length of time it takes to verify

  That just reverses the circle of trust. If I can’t trust the users not to lie about their age (“trust me, bro”) in a DM, then the users can’t trust me not to keep copies/sell their private information (“trust me, bro”). That’s a super-flawed verification method.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trial finds age assurance can be done, as social media ban deadline looms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … I don’t believe I should have to tell a JP that I use aussie.zone.

  I wasn’t exactly proposing it as a solution, the amount of manual work it would generate to have millions of Australians going to JPs around the country with this for all their social media sites staggers the mind. But if it were to be implemented this way, I’m not really sure how to get around the issue of naming the explicit sites you visit. You don’t want it to be a blank “this person is verified on every site”, because that’ll be abused by everyone (and their kids) on every site. There needs to be some sort of personalisation to the verification.

  And before anyone proposes it: I have zero interest in you sending me your personal ID. We are not equipped to store that level of sensitive information, and this is a side-hobby. We don’t take the site anywhere near seriously enough to take that sort of responsibility on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trial finds age assurance can be done, as social media ban deadline looms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At first I laughed, but in honesty I can’t think of many better verification methods.

  My concern with it is the cost and requirement for non-drinkers to acquire alcohol. It’s pretty insensitive to ask a recovering alcoholic or a Muslim for example to go into a pub and buy a beer. Maybe have it as one possible verification method?

  You could also get a a piece of paper notarised by a JP.
  ‘The individual known on Aussie.zone as Gorgritch_Umie_Killa has presented identification to me that demonstrates to my satisfaction that they are over 18’ (signed and stamped).

  But neither of these methods are technical solutions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trial finds age assurance can be done, as social media ban deadline looms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Adhere to the regulations, whatever the fuck they end up being

  I’ll send everyone a DM: “Hey, are you over 18? Yep? cool.”

  I have verified that all our users are over 18. 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Antoinette Lattouf wins unlawful termination case against ABC⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is kinda relevant. If you are hired to do a job for five days. And you are paid the agreed amount for those five days, even if you are told you don’t need to come to work days 4 & 5, are you actually that hard done by? What damages are you seeking?

  I mean - the court answered this question: Justice Rangiah said the “appropriate award of compensation” for non-economic loss was $70,000.
  The ABC recognised they did her wrong. My biggest concern with Aunty’s response is this “We extend our sincere apologies to Ms Lattouf and wish her well in her future endeavours.”

  That sounds like a ‘we will not be hiring you again’ to me. After recognising they shouldn’t have taken her off the air. I think they should have her back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trial finds age assurance can be done, as social media ban deadline looms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh this again. I had forgotten about it. According to the bill’s definition of “Social Media”, we (aussie.zone) meet it. Which means we need to somehow adhere to whatever the government deems necessary to confirm our userbase’s ages. Thing is: I can’t see any instance outside the country caring about this law. Why should they?

  I genuinely have no idea from a technical standpoint how you’d enforce this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Antoinette Lattouf wins unlawful termination case against ABC⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a really interesting case. I’m a little surprised at the result, to be honest. While I agree with it (she was absolutely taken off the air for her political opinions), I also concede that the ABC did in fact pay her to the end of her 5-day contract.

  Hopefully the next time a bunch of special interest people put pressure on the ABC, they’ll have more of a spine about it. Honestly, what possible power did 100-150 or so people have over the ABC that the’d fold so easily? It boggles the brain. Oh no! 0.0008% of Australians really don’t like an employee! Let’s get rid of her!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Sovereign citizens' sentenced to prison term in Western Australia for defiance of court order⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s taken all day, but I’ve managed to listen to this in the background at work in between stuff.
  I finally got to the end, and realise there’s a part 2! Oh man. I’m not entirely positive I can take another hour of talking about these loonies.

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIrcWtuLkdA

  So far, the tl;dw is “These people are wrong. None of their bullshit actually works, and some have lost homes or ended up in prison over their idiot ideas”.

  Which brings us full-circle to this article of two guys being imprisoned over their mistaken belief of being outside the law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Sovereign citizens' sentenced to prison term in Western Australia for defiance of court order⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My employer is a corporate identity that is giving me instructions all the time. I often even follow them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia’s first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool, how long ago was this?

  A couple of years ago at a University Open Day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australia’s first lab-grown meat will be on menus within weeks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have tried a tiny sample of what was meant to be a hamburger pattie/mince thing. It was not big enough to really judge - but it gave an idea.

  It tasted different, the texture was definitely different to what you know. But it wasn’t bad. I think we’d get used to it. They said they were nowhere near making a steak be similar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Leading tax expert calls out ‘confected outrage’ of wealthy Australians over Labor’s $3m super plan⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember that whole thing 15-20 years ago about “Occupy” and taxing the 1% etc?

  This whole thing affects the top 0.3% of the population. 99.7% of us won’t be affected by it. There should be very wide popular support for this.

  Hell, I wish I were affected by this policy. This is an awesome problem to have!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Academic warns failure to pass Labor's superannuation tax changes could quash chance for broader reform⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless you are a teenager, you’ll be retiring far sooner than 50 years. Less than 20, for me (hopefully).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Academic warns failure to pass Labor's superannuation tax changes could quash chance for broader reform⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Three million?! Who the hell has that much?

  At that point, 5% interest will give you an annual salary of $150k. You can comfortably live off that and never touch the Three Million!