dellish

@dellish@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU disease agency considers quitting Elon Musk’s X over disinfo⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They have a concept of quitting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who was our worst Prime Minister and why? Any notable state leaders we need to add?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even better, the state government STILL subsidies these private companies that now own once-public property. I am so fucking sick of every bill I get being about $200 before counting any usage I may have had. This is simply not sustainable, and would be easily fixable if all utilities were state-owned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aurora forecast in the southern parts of Australia for the next three nights⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In this part of the country?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What has he done to deserve this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At least be consistent with it too! I don’t know what it’s like in the States but internationally we don’t get 7/16" bolts or whatever, we get 10-gauge or 8-gauge etc. What the fuck does that mean?? And wiring too: no 8mm wire, no no let’s have 6AWG. Jesus christ it’s like they enjoy making life difficult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What has he done to deserve this?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  True! We used to use pounds, shillings, pence as our currency and I’m very glad I never needed to deal with that shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over 100 staff at Just Cause developers Avalanche have unionised⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool, is there a chance they will make a good Just Cause game again then? I loved JC2 but was so severely disappointed with JC3 that I never played them again. Stupid loading times, a world that felt empty and constant popups telling me xXxBlazeIt420xXx had beaten my score at something I didn’t care about absolutely ruined it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moon⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So… Asteroid that would have burned up in the atmosphere will miss us instead. I guess that’s good news?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mona: Court rules women’s-only exhibit must allow male visitors⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps women should take on The Melbourne Club next and see how quickly men change their mind on the subject?

  I understand the guy’s argument in this case seems to be the fact he bought a ticket at the same price as a woman but was excluded from one of the exhibits, but the overarching point of sexual discrimination works both ways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want to be among those who deeply thoroughly understands & can accurately predict the path of future eclipses because this is amazing.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  BTW the book was by Peter Duffett-Smith if that helps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want to be among those who deeply thoroughly understands & can accurately predict the path of future eclipses because this is amazing.⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was a kid my parents bought me a book called “practical astronomy with your calculator” that went over all the workings and formulae for calculating eclipses, moon phases, locations of the planets and heaps more. If you want to get into it I highly recommend this book or something similar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A German state is ditching Windows and Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or more noticably all the southern hemisphere penguins

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨text don't call⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not what they’re talking about. Some people/businesses have a “smart” caller ID so the business name shows up instead of their number, even if you’ve never heard of or been contacted by them before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨While everyone is watching the world stage and some are predicting WWIII, isn't there a good chance that the USA is getting close to some kind of civil war?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that the Behind The Bastards Robert Evans? Love his work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1.1 History⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The moon is a decent fraction if the Earth’s mass. It has been a while since I calculated it but I recall the “shared gravitation centre” is actually outside the Earth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself”⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, no, no, it’s not Elon who’s out of touch. It’s the advertisers who are wrong! Just wait until all of Earth, apparently, hears of how these big mean advertisers killed the wondrous and righteous place named X. There will be outrage!.. so thinks Elon anyway. What a deluded moron.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Bing search engine claims Australia doesn't exist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well… they used to at least :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨De omnibus dubitandum⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Domus? Nominative? This is motion towards isn’t it, boy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Bing search engine claims Australia doesn't exist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, in 1975. We’ve been a bit of a puppet ever since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Bing search engine claims Australia doesn't exist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re well aware. Famous Australians like Russell Crowe and Phar Lap would back up this claim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's Bing search engine claims Australia doesn't exist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Australians wish! New Zealand tends to get things right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That and what we generally think of as “Vikings” were actually Danes, which is an insult to Swedes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gordi has to deal with this all day.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably gets a higher score too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cruise Self-Driving License Revoked After It Withheld Pedestrian Injury Footage, DMV Says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why we have “guilt by omission”