MisterFrog

@MisterFrog@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the Labour police state⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for sending this through, I don’t think this guy is Australian though. Definitely not grown up here anyway.

  What a fucking shit guy though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the original commenter means that Google got off with a tap on the wrist

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the Labour police state⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We’re they being serious? If so, please do share their name.

  Also, do you mean 2GB?

  Whole different line up on KGB radio I’d imagine haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to petty lane⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I get this is a joke, but speed limits shouldn’t be set by politicians (which I’m hearing apparently is/was a thing?). Politicians have a role to play in getting regulations standards re-written by people who understand the decades of research on this.

  Speeding is mostly a design issue, but I still expect people actually follow the rules.

  Strong Towns, NotJustBikes, City Beautiful, Practical Engineering, among others have made great videos on this topic.

  A lot of people justify speeding, and it’s kinda dumb, if you ask me.

  Just because you “feel” it’s safe, doesn’t mean it actually is.

  Plus, there’s a fantastic way to reduce road deaths, just have fewer cars, switch to public transport, but that takes a long time to implement if the political will doesn’t exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to petty lane⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Engineers should absolutely include traffic calming features to get people to naturally slow down, but everyone should drive the limit.

  Speed kills, kinetic energy is not linear.

  Cars are tonnes of metal hurtling down the road. Thousands upon thousands die every year, and since the increased prevalence of massive US style trucks fatalities have RISEN, undoing decades of progress. (Both in the US, and elsewhere)

  People driving 20 over the limit are arseholes (or have been influenced by car centric infrastructure and culture). Change my mind.

  Speeding is never okay. Just that lots of people have convinced themselves it’s no big deal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You know which voice to use. We all know which voice to use.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  🫡

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australian police beat an opposition politician so badly that she might lose an eye -- simply for being at an anti-genocide protest.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that is makes a difference to the morality, but it was an opposition candidate for The Greens in the PM’s seat, not a current sitting pollie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just one more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my apologies, I thought we were talking about the number of lanes.

  Yeah the traffic here looks photoshopped, though, I’d be willing to bet there are times where this freeway almost looks like this*

  *Statement based on vibes, not actual evidence

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just one more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  maps.app.goo.gl/5Bbb8EnScBd7Ffk46

  Go count them for yourself (or just search Katy Freeway into Google maps and turn on satellite view if you don’t want to click this link)

  The number of lanes is insane

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Should be at least streamed to a server not controlled by the police, including things like charge levels so they can’t claim “oh whoops, it ran out of charge!”. A specific organisation within the judiciary, perhaps?

  This way they’re gonna need to get far more creative in concealing video.

  And if you’re found to do something that is concealing evidence, well that’s a crime by itself

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Surely Trump could have ignored them, as an official act of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As neglected as the 7 button on a microwave⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is only the case for cheaper models. There are models with inverters that actually run at lower power.

  I am like original commenter, I gotta turn down the power because my microwave is a deadly lazer (1200 W)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit assemble⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everytime there’s piss on the seat or the floor I just think: who the fuck are these people and do they do this in their own house?

  Like, go use the urinal, why you gotta ruin the seat?

  And if it’s an accident, at least wipe up after yourself!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Absolute unit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably whoever was writing this in plain text didn’t know about the superscript numbers in unicode ³.

  Somehow I’ve seen it written as cum multiple times in my line of, and never registered it haha

  Context is a hell of a drug

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good luck, mom⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is great, meane she’s giving the game stakes too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tips off the cops⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gentleman vs Gentleperson

  Seems like a legit substitution to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tips off the cops⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like using “gentle people”.

  Would the gentle person care for some more wine?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The percentages of respondents in surveys on infidelity from France are a bit of a cultural difference (from Australian perspective, anyway)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m so glad that it was completely caught on camera so there’s no wriggling out of it. It was deliberate at close range.

  US officials have some answering to do to us.

  Though, we all know we won’t get shit, as their vassals.

  Maybe we’ll do some more war crimes on their behalf, you know, as a treat. Then lock up the whistleblower 👍👍👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If DFAT still don’t update their travel advice after this…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Correct Grindr Response⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you, this detail had me scratching my head. D≈1.56" makes so much more sense.

  Not knowing the difference between circumference and thickness? Instant turn off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Owned (stocks)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I took it as more of a PSA

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨faen⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a native English/German speaker, this sign just makes so much sense. Very onomatopoeic. I love it

  Driving Bump just doesn’t hit as hard (what I assume the literal translation is, roughly)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aggressive negotiations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A better suggestion for Chinese is Pleco, but you have to download an app for that (if one is learning Chinese, one would already have this)

  I’m keen to find something else for universal unicode character recognition, but haven’t extensively searched.

  If you have any suggestions, feel free

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just got charged for reading it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Your country had better have a state owned grid, with a state run retailer, else this is still the same sort of shit, just without hidden fees.

  Sincerely, an annoyed Victorian/Australian that wishes their electricity was just managed by the state.

  There may be no hidden fees where I’m from, but when there’s a private company with a monopoly, what’s the difference?

  Capitalism/privatisation is such a scam

  :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aggressive negotiations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like the original commenter didn’t really provide what I think you’re looking for.

  The service you’re likely looking for is something like this: shapecatcher.com

  If you’re a learner of Chinese (or Japanese, I think? I assume they use this character also) then this character is very basic so would quickly come to mind (大 dà: “big”).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  🇦🇺 heh, amateurs… But seriously this is ridiculous, and straight up anti-democtatic. Single member first past the post is the worst voting system out there.

  Inb4 they make mulit-member electorates winner-take-all (all seats to the party who got the plurality of votes).

  This is THE fight USA. In my opinion, your ridiculous voting systems is probably why it’s so easy to suppress you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Speak American⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  🇩🇪🇩🇰🇳🇴 Traditional?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the worst spelling you've seen?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you just use all of unicode in the US for baby names?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they keep not complying, which is my understanding of what apple has been doing, they should absolutely be bankrupted. Or something drastic.

  A warning, which will make other companies self-Police, bringing down the cost of enforcement.

  Countries are so permissive of corporate bad behaviour it’s not even funny.