Salvo
@Salvo@aussie.zone
- Comment on Australian influencers warned after several accounts inadvertently promote illegal offshore bookmakers 1 week ago:
The government gets kickbacks.
Aussies can avoid illegal gambling by saving their money and not gambling at all.
- Comment on [Video] BBC cuts away during pro-Palestine musicians Kneecap. The followup act Bob Vylan invents a new chant on live TV 1 week ago:
Brainwashing can only go so far. At some point, (such as targeting civilian children) any sane soldier will crack and say “No”.
- Comment on NSW biosecurity camera set up in Brisbane? - Bytes Europe 1 week ago:
I don’t see a bio security camera.
All I see is someone’s new camping trailer. It probably already has a dual battery system preinstalled!
- Comment on Guardian Australia investigation reveals how an obscure firm is helping fracking companies influence traditional owners 2 weeks ago:
They need to do an investigation into the Astroturfing Marketing company’s who fund the “No Pylon” and “No Windfarm” groups.
(Hint; it is also the Fracking Companies)
- Comment on Be aware that buying electrical items from Ali Express might not be too clever. 2 weeks ago:
Only one? I want to buy in bulk.
- Comment on Be aware that buying electrical items from Ali Express might not be too clever. 2 weeks ago:
The difference is testing and warranty.
If you buy it local, it has to adhere to ACCC guidelines.
They will import 50, do local quality control, send back the defective ones and sell what is left at a markup.
- Comment on Apple to Australians: You’re Too Stupid to Choose Your Own Apps 2 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t have a problem with Apples message if they had actually unilaterally enforced the restrictions on App Store Apps.
The Facebook app should have been banned dozens of times and still flagrantly violates lots of App Store rules.
If I were in charge of Apple App Store policy right now, I would provide access to a third party apps but also Secure their own App Store. Purge the bad actors and develop a legitimate reputation as the only way to have a secure iPhone.
A few high media profile incidents in the 3rd Party App Stores will vindicate them.
- Comment on Utilities want control of consumer solar and batteries to help reverse price spikes they just engineered 2 weeks ago:
Commissions/Kickbacks from their appliance suppliers.
- Comment on Utilities want control of consumer solar and batteries to help reverse price spikes they just engineered 2 weeks ago:
When we built out house, we didn’t want gas; we didn’t want mains power either but the only way you can go legally off-grid is if you have a petrol-powered backup power supply (IE Generator).
Due to noise restrictions, you are not allowed to have a generator within a distance of permanent dwelling, which makes it impossible to go off-grid in suburbia, even though modern petrol generators are almost silent.
We planned with the builder for No Gas; that was a shmozzle too! The site supervisors claimed it was “Impossible” and installed a gas line anyway. When all the plumbing and wires were stolen by copper thieves, they reinstalled it! They even claimed that Electric hot water was a stupid idea (until their CEO pointed out that he had Electric Hot Water and didn’t have any problem)
This was only 7 years ago.
Nowadays, heat pumps are ubiquitous in new houses and gasless builds are encouraged.
- Comment on Majority of Australians think China will be world’s most powerful country by 2035, poll finds 2 weeks ago:
China has already successfully destroyed manufacturing in most Pacific “first world” countries by undercutting us.
The fact that US, Australian, Japanese, Korean and New Zealand manufacturers were so ready to outsource to China in the first place, just to save a few cents in the dollar is how they got us.
- Comment on Australia overtakes China in the Pacific as the U.S vacates the lane: Public perceptions of influence see Australia surge ahead as the “permanent contest” unfolds | Lowy Institute poll 2 weeks ago:
I was just quoting Jim Green, as per the Wikipedia entry for the Lowy Institute.
Some of their “polls” have been very biased, especially the recent one saying that Australians trust the NZ PM, even though no Australian has ever heard of him.
- Comment on Australia overtakes China in the Pacific as the U.S vacates the lane: Public perceptions of influence see Australia surge ahead as the “permanent contest” unfolds | Lowy Institute poll 2 weeks ago:
Especially when it is published by the this “disgraceful propaganda campaign”.
- Comment on Australia’s environment minister Murray Watt, has lobbied Unesco in a bid to overturn a recommendation that ancient rock art should not receive world heritage listing 2 weeks ago:
The Shit Lite Party proving that they can be just as evil as (what is left of) the Shit Party.
- Comment on Christopher Luxon ranked Australia's most trusted world leader in new poll 3 weeks ago:
“The Lowy Institute - an Australian geopolitics think tank”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowy_Institute
“a disgraceful propaganda campaign”
That explains everything.
- Comment on Albanese opens search for ideas to shape second-term agenda 3 weeks ago:
Fabricate and nurture a Green economy.
Local manufacturing of Solar/Wind/ Inverters/ Batteries.
Local Recycling of Batteries / Plastics /Tyres.
Local energy/ fertiliser generation by Biochar.
- Comment on The movie cars is crazy 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Australia has had record flu cases this year – and that’s before winter arrives. What’s going on? 1 month ago:
Everyone I know wants to get vaccinated, has been vaccinated.
There is a lot of disinformation about COVID and Flu vaccines at the moment and it is surprising how many people are in denial.
But then I look at Seppo-land and the LNP and think “not that surprising after all”.
- Comment on European countries and Australia top the world for per capita solar and wind generation capacity 1 month ago:
Probably the same reason why the Ammonia Plant in Brisbane closed down (and had to reopen to prevent transport industry from crashing due to the AdBlue shortage).
- Comment on European countries and Australia top the world for per capita solar and wind generation capacity 1 month ago:
We need to have local manufacturing of Solar Panels and Home Batteries.
Not do economic or political reasons; purely for environmental reasons.
The problem is that environmentalism is disrupting manufacturing.
- Comment on USDA Reverses Course, Commits to Restore Purged Climate Webpages in Response to Farmers’ Lawsuit 1 month ago:
Time to watch Glass Onion again.
- Comment on Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier 1 month ago:
The majority of them have a GVM of 3495kg, which is just below the threshold of requiring an upgraded licence.
I am pretty sure they do get kitted out above the GVM without a legal GVM upgrade.
I would love to see a VicRoads blitz on GVMs of large vehicles and Caravans.
- Comment on Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier 1 month ago:
The petrol V8 is comparatively economical when you drive sedately. The problem is that the majority of people who buy vehicles with big Petrol V8’s appreciate the sound (much to the chagrin of their neighbours). It doesn’t have to work hard to work hard.
The Toyotas (and Suzukis) are reliable, the problem is that the L4 in the Prado (and the much smaller one in the Jimny) need to be driven hard to work hard.
The pained screams of an underpowered 4 cylinder engine is much less pleasant than the rumble of a V8 (or even the roar of a V8 or the symphony of a perfectly tuned V6).
- Comment on Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier 1 month ago:
Different vehicles for different purposes.
My brother had a V8 VB commodore and his mate had a L6 VC commodore. The big V8 was much more economical on the highways, while the inline 6 was much better when stuck in traffic.
I used to have an L4 Grand Vitara and an A V6 Alfa Romeo. They had the same economy.
My mate recently purchased a V8 petrol Y62 Patrol for towing his camper instead of a L4 diesel LC250 Prado to tow his camper. He reasoned that the cheaper upfront cost would offset the increased fuel bill.
What he found was it was more economical when touring, but it was also cheaper around town as well, as long as he used his right foot and his brain to control the accelerator and didn’t use his testicles to control the accelerator.
- Comment on Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier 1 month ago:
As a Jimny owner and driver, you don’t need a giant 4WD, even if you do go OffRoad.
I do struggle occasionally when arseholes in giant light-trucks have chewed up the track before me and left huge, impassable ruts.
- Comment on Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier 1 month ago:
ICE Cars are getting bigger (and heavier). EVs are significantly heavier again.
The combination of passive safety systems (like impact bars, SRS and crumple-zones) improve your chances of survivability when interacting with a larger vehicle at the expense of weight.
The problem as that this has resulted in a rat-race of bigger and bigger (and less manageable) vehicles.
To deal with such large vehicles, Driver Assistance Systems need to be integrated, which adds more weight and increases driver complacency.
- Comment on Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier 1 month ago:
Impreza wagons are technically wagons, but more closely resemble a Hot Hatch.
Pretty much every subcompact wagon is really a hatch.
- Comment on Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier 1 month ago:
Not to mention heavy!
My little Jimny has a (comparatively) high grille and it will do some nasty damage to anyone who I neglect to see, but it only has 1200kg of mass. Still enough make people have a bad day and not the most ergonomic thing to lean against when it is moving. The Driver Assistance Systems are not great, but enough to stop me from making too many stupid mistakes.
These huge American behemoths weigh 3-4 times as much, have even worse visibility and the nose is shaped like a giant tenderising mallet. The driver assistance systems are just as bad, but meet a checklist of features that give the drivers as false sense of complacency and ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from AMCAP.
- Comment on Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier 1 month ago:
I wonder how much of her denial was Denial and how much was avoiding guilt.
Driver Assistance Systems are there to assist a competent driver, not to empower an incompetent driver. If the second party is using these features as a crutch to compensate, or excuse their shitty driving, they need to be charged with reckless driving and needs to have the book thrown at them.
- Comment on Voters, ‘left media’ to blame for Coalition wipeout: Rinehart 2 months ago:
I’m pretty sure that all the other parties would welcome the Liberals leaning into the mythical Culture Wars.
It would make it so much easier to eradicate them from our political landscape.
- Comment on Voters, ‘left media’ to blame for Coalition wipeout: Rinehart 2 months ago:
She is right, it is the Voters that they saw through the lies and bullshit that her extreme Right-Wing media was spouting.