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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The best-selling video game of each year since 1993⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  DS I reckon. It was just MK64 but slightly more refined.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Media Discovery without Ads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  TV and movies is a lot of word of mouth for me. If I hear about something that might be interesting I’ll look more into it.

  I watch anime and a lot of the suggestions come from forums or online word of mouth.

  Videos from YouTube and Nebula play into suggestions as well.

  For music it’s pretty wild. Because I’m open to a lot of things I’ll take any source. I read a few blogs, visit a few forums, watch videos, work from ratings lists or even pick it up from being used in things. Discovered a new band this morning based on looking at upcoming gigs in my area for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Internet Archive’s legal woes mount as record labels sue for $400M⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  70-120 years old? Wouldn’t some of this be public domain now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Barnaby Joyce admits watching wrong Matildas game after pub showed July friendly⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve fallen victim to this a few times. Fox didn’t have the rights to the recent Ashes series so they just played replays of old series. Walking past it was easy to be deceived if the venue hadn’t switched over to 7.

  It was only when I came back and the score didn’t make sense that I picked up on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan Earthquake Alert App Says Sayonara to X - Unseen Japan⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Nerv and Gehirn? Nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how many users and how much traffic they lost in the process.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where can I find people to practice speaking Polish?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You could try italki. I’ve not used it myself but it’s got a good reputation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else who was blind-sided by the HECS/HELP interest rate changes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Each year it compounds. They announce it in March and apply it in June.

  So you have balance +7% now Next year you will have balance +7% - any payments taken from your tax return this year + new rate

  Hope that makes sense.

  I had a debt for over ten years and do remember seeing it index down near the start of it so it is possible, but very improbable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else who was blind-sided by the HECS/HELP interest rate changes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not interest it’s indexation. It’s tied to inflation. If you knew about it then it was easy to see coming, but obviously if you didn’t then you didn’t.

  It is possible to index negatively and reduce the balance but pretty unlikely with todays economy.

  It’s applied once per year at the start of June so any voluntary repayments are best made before the last week of May. The repayments you make through the year as wage deductions aren’t put against your balance until after you do your tax return.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gold Coast offers to host 2026 Commonwealth Games after Victoria withdrawal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well at least they’ve got all the venues from 2018. Even if half it was in Brisbane.