lordriffington
@lordriffington@aussie.zone
- Comment on “We cannot support it:” Polestar follows Tesla out of car lobby over Toyota led campaign 9 months ago:
Nokia dragged their feet on smart phones and paid the price. The fact that they went with Microsoft when they did start making smart phones almost certainly didn’t help matters, but they were already way behind at that point.
- Comment on Peter Dutton calls for boycott of Woolworths after Australia Day merchandise dropped 11 months ago:
It’s an absolutely perfect example of how petty he and his ilk are.
- Comment on Google reviews are a complete waste of time, aren't they? 11 months ago:
I take reviews on any site (especially Google/maps) with a huge grain of salt. I mostly only go straight to the negative reviews though. If they’re all petty shit, then it’s usually a good sign. I also like to see if the business/owner has responded. If they’re posting snarky responses to negative reviews, then I’m inclined to think that this isn’t a business that I want to deal with.
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 1 year ago:
I’ll preface this by saying that I haven’t played it in probably at least two decades, but I used to love Wacky Wheels. I believe it’s on Steam now, too.
- Comment on Why cyclists should NOT get the same fines as motorists | Car Culture 6 - Motonormativity 1 year ago:
That would be a 23 kg bike. That’s crazy heavy. It’s more than double most bikes’ weight, and triple the weight of a racing bike.
It’s actually not that crazy. E-bikes tend to be at least that heavy. Mine is 30kg.
- Comment on Alan Joyce to leave Qantas after tumultuous week to make room for 'renewal' 1 year ago:
The replacement’s job isn’t to fix the problems, just to make it seem like they’re doing something.
- Comment on Media Discovery without Ads 1 year ago:
Mostly it’s through recommendations from friends, or when I frequently see people talking about a particular show in a community. For example, I discovered Hacks thanks to people in the Frasier subreddit frequently talking about how amazing Jean Smart (who was in several episodes of Frasier) is in it (she really is.)
- Comment on Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it? 1 year ago:
The “Can it run Crysis” thing was purely about the fact that it was one of (if not the most) resource-intensive games out at the time. I remember it being a big jump in terms of both visual quality and the requirements to run it well.
- Comment on Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it? 1 year ago:
I haven’t liked a Need for Speed game since the original Most Wanted (and that was the first one since Porsche Unleashed.) I’ve played a few since and some were okay, but none of them have grabbed me the way the old NFS games did. I spent more time playing any of the first five NFS games individually than I have playing all of them in total since MW.
- Comment on Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it? 1 year ago:
The Last of Us is definitely about the story. If you’re not invested in that, you’re probably not going to enjoy it. There’s nothing much in the gameplay that sets it apart from similar games.
- Comment on Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it? 1 year ago:
What made me quit Mirror’s Edge was the combat. I was in it for the parkour; I didn’t really like the combat and kept being forced to fight people. Because of that, I didn’t get far enough in the game to get sick of the mechanics.
- Comment on Is there a game that you've been very patient for, which turned out to be dissappointing when you finally started playing it? 1 year ago:
I haven’t played Wasteland 2, but I quite enjoyed Wasteland 3. I’ve played it through a couple of times. Might be worth giving it a go?
- Comment on I'll be voting yes for the most simple and pure of reasons. 1 year ago:
One should always properly research the issue and come to a decision based on logic and humanity. That said, starting from the assumption that she is wrong is generally a sound strategy.
- Comment on Coalition attacks rooftop solar inverters in new scare campaign against renewables 1 year ago:
Obviously they’re going to build nuclear reactors that don’t have any computers at all. Totally hacker-proof!
- Comment on Australian public school funding falls behind private schools as states fail to meet targets 1 year ago:
Will you sacrifice the quality of your kids education for the greater good?
History, cause we have seen all this before, says you won’t.
Your question implies that I wouldn’t believe they could get a good enough education at a public school (which frankly says more about you.) If I were to have another child and needed to send them to school, I would absolutely send them to a public school, even if I could afford the “best” private schools.
So while I reject your assertion that it’s as cut and dried as ‘private school=better,’ the answer is yes. I would.
- Comment on Australian public school funding falls behind private schools as states fail to meet targets 1 year ago:
Yeah, and if parents want their kids to go to the private schools, let the damn parents pay for it. Not the government. The entire point is for the lion’s share of government funding to go to schools open to all (or at least all students within a catchment area) and who are bound to adhere to the same rules as every other government-funded school.
Private schools are already charging extra. Let them charge more. The only change is that those parents who do want to send their kids to private school will either have to pay the extra or accept that their kids will have to go to a public school.
The fundamental issue of education is that if a school can choose its students, it will be a better school.
It ultimately comes down to funding. Pretty much all of those ‘better’ public schools have more money than the others, mostly due to being in higher income areas and having parents who are able to contribute more, give to fundraisers, etc.
- Comment on Australian public school funding falls behind private schools as states fail to meet targets 1 year ago:
I’m not knowledgeable enough to be able to say whether the burden of funding for schools should be on states or the federal government, though at least with the states holding the majority of the burden it means that federal LNP governments aren’t totally fucking up education for everyone.
That said, the only acceptable funding model (regardless of where the money comes from) is a base rate per student no matter what school they’re in, then additional funding for public schools only.
- Comment on Man charged for alleged harassment of Yumi Stynes, who has received threats over sex education book 1 year ago:
Even better, we could all buy copies of the book and send them to him with a personalised note thanking him for bringing the book to our attention so we could buy copies for all the teens we know.
- Comment on Gas lobby forced to pull ad for misleading viewers over “50 pct cleaner” claims 1 year ago:
Better yet; they have to have MORE prominent advertising with the retraction. At least a ratio of 1.5:1 for every ad they played on TV or radio and every billboard/print ad, etc. If they have to spend more than the initial ad outlay, maybe it’ll make them think twice.
Anything less is pointless. They can put out retractions, but the damage is already done for most of the people who heard/saw/read the original ad. Obviously it should involve a financial penalty as well (beyond the cost of running the retraction ads.)