Salvo
@Salvo@aussie.zone
- Comment on REMINDER: Check your NBN speeds after the weekend upgrade 2 days ago:
I just run a speed test on my UniFi System on ABB FTTP. From 108 at 5:26am this morning to 545 this afternoon.
- Comment on Supermarkets are collecting soft plastics again, as recycling trial expands 3 days ago:
Just like many Tyre Recyclers, they made money by storing the waste “until an effect way of processing is developed”.
The current way of effectively recycling vulcanised tyres is shipping to a 3rd-World country with no environmental or OH&S where they are processed in a few different ways.
There were quite a few fly-by-night tyre recyclers who would rent a factory, fill it with tyres and then do a runner; pocketing the disposal fees. Then the Landlord would have a warehouse full of used tyres that they couldn’t do anything about.
- Comment on In Paris it’s normal to raise a family in a three-bedroom apartment. Why aren’t we building more in Australia? 5 days ago:
We grew up in a 3 bedroom house. When we were becoming teenagers. Dad built an extension which expanded one of the bedrooms to provide enough room for two growing boys and enlarged the kitchen, added a family room and extended the lounge room into a lounge and dining room.
We had one of two dinners parties in the new Dining room, but it became the defacto study as we entered High School.
In order to free up the dining table again, the second extension featured a 4th bedroom (which opened onto a private deck), dedicated study and expanded laundry.
All these extensions were a complete waste of money because my brother moved out shortly after we completed it and my younger sister moved out to live with our uncle and aunty after a heated argument with Dad over the Liberties of Man (and teenage girls).
I believe that the house is now owned by some “New Australians” (and my dad would have called them) and has two families living together.
- Comment on 'No-go' zones to be created in overhaul of Australia's environment laws 5 days ago:
Back in the 1970s and 1990s, there has been a large Street-Race culture.
There has since been a huge crack-down on this and a lot of the people who would have formerly driven like idiots in suburban streets, and then in empty housing estates and industrial parks have traded in their Commodores and Falcons for Patrols and Landcruisers. Now they tear up State Parks.
Meanwhile, there are a larger proportion of the community who just want to visit The Great Outdoors; some of them want to perform outdoor activity’s; hiking, kayaking, recreational fishing, etc. and they need an off road vehicle to get to the beginning of their adventure. Others just want to experience the ambiance of camping away from other people and they need an off-road vehicle to get there. Some people want to travel to a location just for the sake of travelling.
A soft-reader SUV is not suitable for a lot of these activities. Carrying a tinny, Roof-top-tent, kayak or mountain bike on the roof of a RAV4 or Honda CRV may be physically possible, but it probably is not be a good idea.
You are 100% right about Dirt Bikes though.
- Comment on 'No-go' zones to be created in overhaul of Australia's environment laws 6 days ago:
No Development Zones wpuld definitely be a good thing, but no access to anyone zones wouldn’t be.
The Australian Bush has been maintained and curated for at least 40,000 (probably closer to 80,000) years and closing off access to anyone is not the answer.
If you visit State and National Parks that restrict public access (such as Bunyip State which only allows Cyclists and Horseriders) you may notice that a lot of the tracks are overgrown (to a point where Cyclists and Horseriders can’t use them).
Meanwhile, other Parks that do allow 4WDing have been chewed up to a point where they are inaccessible to anything but a Unimog.
- Comment on Recently got approved for the block with this view. 1 week ago:
When we built on the side of a hill, we had a low profile roof on our two story, so as not to spoil anyone else’s view.
Then our neighbours downhill built a single storey with a ridiculously obtuse roof that blocked our view! Mongrels!
- Comment on Recently got approved for the block with this view. 1 week ago:
I’m reminded of the Crowded House song “Caravan in the Hills”.
Good luck with your new property.
Are there any covenants on the height of the building?
- Comment on Recently got approved for the block with this view. 1 week ago:
Lovely view.
Can you boat on the water?
- Comment on Under false flags: why are Australia’s blue and red ensigns and Eureka flag being flown at rightwing rallies? 1 week ago:
It is quite funny that it is also being used by Right-Wing fascists.
It’s like how the US insult “Redneck” originally referred to members of their Teachers Union and now refers to Uneducated selfish “libertarians”.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
They deserve to be caricatured as misinformed divisive bigots who should read something other than News Corp.
- Comment on Lawyer caught using AI-generated false citations in court case penalised in Australian first 1 week ago:
It is useful for Lorem Ipsum text and that is all.
Honestly, if you are submitting anything using AI generated content, you may as just put Lorem Ipsum text instead. That way you are not wasting ridiculous amounts of electricity and potable water.
- Comment on @jack_toohey on why the housing crisis is not caused by migration 1 week ago:
This is why there have to be significant taxes on vacant rentals (including short term rentals like AirBNB).
It has to be made more expensive to keep a property vacant than to rent it out and maintain it, without increasing rent.
Rent assistance is just corporate welfare that drives up rent.
- Comment on Politicians condemn Neo-Nazis at rallies but not those standing beside them 1 week ago:
That is because there aren’t anyone shouting for the death of white people at anti-genocide protests.
And there still are Politicians condemning people, but they are usual unhinged racist politicians who are being bankrolled by Murdoch and Gina.
- Comment on Who is telling the truth? 2 weeks ago:
Murdoch is pushing the nationalist narrative that they have spent millions of dollars locally and billions of dollars internationally pushing.
It’s the same Narrative that lead to Brexit and the same Narrative that lead to Trump.
It is a narrative that needs to be rejected at every opportunity.
- Comment on From a safe to the streets: tracing how Australia’s licensed firearms end up in criminal hands 2 weeks ago:
Especially after the recent Sovereign Cooker situation in Porepunkah, you would think that they would pull their heads in.
Unfortunately, they have already invested in their Astroturfing advertising campaign and unlike “honest” advertising campaigns, you can’t just pull it for a more opportune time.
- Comment on France to sue Australian platform Kick for 'negligence' after livestream death 2 weeks ago:
The reason why Labor ended up with such a huge majority was that the Liberal (and National) Party’s platform was all about Green-bashing and Orange Man Idolatry, while the Greens were all about hippy-dippy bullshit.
Greens voters went with Labor because their own parties policies weren’t perceived as realistic enough and LNP voters went with Labor to protest the Trumpian behaviour of the LNP.
- Comment on ‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building 3 weeks ago:
Bring back council-funded Building Inspectors.
They can help the builder with the paperwork and make sure the builder is adhering to all relevant guidelines.
Having the Compliance Arm (Contract Building Inspectors) funded by the people doing the work is an obvious conflict of interest.
We are paying higher council rates that we were in the past to get less service. The least they can do is hire building inspectors who are answerable to the Council and the Industry,
- Comment on Buckling rails and lines underwater: how Australia’s ageing train networks are crumbling as the climate changes 3 weeks ago:
Lack of maintenance is causing these rails to fail.
That said, if the people with the power to authorise maintenance are CCDs, they may not authorise as much maintenance as those who admit that Climate Change is happening. In fact CCDs would have a vested interest in reducing maintenance to justify their biases.
- Comment on Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge 3 weeks ago:
We had an attempted home invasion in our street in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
The good news is that they didn’t get inside; The other good news is that everyone in the street has cameras and we all have extensive footage of the car and the individuals.
The bad news is that the car we saw on the cameras was stolen and the police can’t do anything due to lack of evidence.
In answer to the question that every Fascist is asking; they were caucasian adult males.
- Comment on Age verification fun 4 weeks ago:
The fact that you are using Jellyfin does infer your political beliefs.
Even Plex users are likely to be politically different to Jellyfin users.
- Comment on Road safety data shows pedestrian deaths have increased by almost 50 per cent since 2021 4 weeks ago:
After COVID-19 lockdowns, Drivers have become more self-righteous and militant. People have also purchased 4WDs so we can get away from all the other self-righteous and militant arseholes on the road.
At the same time, their cars have received “Advanced Driver Assistance Systems” that are a gimmick at best and a false security blanket at worse.
Finally, due to our quirky Tax benefits and ANCAP ratings system, a 3495kg Light Truck has a cheaper TCO and better safety rating than a 700kg subcompact hatch or 1100kg compact 4WD.
- Comment on Benjamin Netanyahu says Anthony Albanese 'betrayed' Israel 4 weeks ago:
But France does also have a longer historical reputation for defending Liberty.
Australia has a self-image of giving everyone a Fair Go, but has a history of Genocide, Racism and Imperialism.
For us to recognise Palestine is for us to also recognise that we have also been utter bastards to Aboriginal Australians and all the non-Anglo Immigrants that have been victimised by Australian Society over the last 237 years.
- Comment on Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate whether energy retailers are misleading consumers with plans that promise savings yet actually provide poor value 4 weeks ago:
I would like them to be held to the prices advertised on Victorian Energy Compare.
If they expect us to sign a 12 month contract. They need to provide a 12 month price guarantee.
- Comment on Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive 4 weeks ago:
The original vehicle that you don’t need to drive is Mass Transit.
There is no such thing as a safe Self Driving Car.
- Comment on Stop the free ride: all motorists should pay their way, whatever vehicle they drive 4 weeks ago:
The problem with Kei class cars isn’t a problem with the Kei class cars, it is a problem with other vehicles (and Drivers) on the road.
The reason Kei cars are failing ADRs on vehicle collision testing is because the ADRs (and ANCAP) takes into account the GVM 3495kg inadequacy light trucks that are being driven by unprofessional drivers who think that Driver Assistance means self-driving.
A Jimny in a collision with a Commodore or Falcon would have been non-fatal but when a day-drinking soccer mum in a Silverado drives over a Suzuki Swift or cyclist because it didn’t register on her ADAS system, there is carnage.
- Comment on Scott Farquhar thinks Australia should let AI train for free on creative content. He overlooks one key point 4 weeks ago:
The other choices are to buy albums from record stores, or acquire digital music from the High Seas.
iTunes and Apple Music is still one of the lowest-friction ways to purchase music; while downloaded Apple Music has DRM, iTunes Purchases don’t.
I have a playlist in iTunes of Apple Music that I want to buy. When I do have some disposable money, I purchase it. I then make sure it is downloaded to a computer so it is backed up in case that record label has a dispute with Apple. Burning to CD is a waste of plastic.
- Comment on Scott Farquhar thinks Australia should let AI train for free on creative content. He overlooks one key point 4 weeks ago:
By making people building AI models to pay their fair share.
Considering that they are developing something that will be taking away future profits from existing (and future) creators, they must pay proportionate licensing fees. If their business model cants sustain the payment of their licensing fees, they do not have a sustainable model. In which case they can GAGTGF.
- Comment on Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas 5 weeks ago:
One of our local candidates was exposed as a NDIS fraud leading up to the election. He didn’t get in, but that electorate had always been a safe Labor seat.
Even after the exposé, his party still decided to run with him because the didn’t have anyone more honest that they could put up
- Comment on Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed 5 weeks ago:
The AlGoRyThMs are what is inducing the social damage.
Even games of chance (like Poker Machines and) would be less destructive if they were fairer and less engaging.
- Comment on Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed 5 weeks ago:
There will be a big curtaining of Apple, Microsoft, Google and Adobe if Facebook, TikTok and Twitter (and YouTube) have their algorithmic feeds outlawed.
It would probably cause the AI bubble to burst too so our OSs, Applications and Search Engines (and Government) would become usable again.