TheHolm
@TheHolm@aussie.zone
- Comment on Bunnings wins fight to use AI facial recognition tech to combat store crime, opening door for other retailers 6 days ago:
Buying Online, and some other small hardware stores still around. If you are building anything bigger, specialized retailers will give you much better price.
- Comment on Bunnings wins fight to use AI facial recognition tech to combat store crime, opening door for other retailers 1 week ago:
One more reason to not go there again, they sells only overpriced shit now.
- Comment on Bunnings wins fight to use AI facial recognition tech to combat store crime, opening door for other retailers 1 week ago:
Masks will not safe you from been recognised. may be a wig and a big sunglasses would.
- Comment on Old Bureau of Meteorology website still getting thousands of clicks 1 week ago:
Old site was so much better new mess. Rain radar in new one is prime example how you should not build UI.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Paywalled article
- Comment on I'm trying to identity a dinosaur theme park/attraction on the Gold Coast in the 80s 2 weeks ago:
you missed a bird in the middle.
- Comment on I'm trying to identity a dinosaur theme park/attraction on the Gold Coast in the 80s 2 weeks ago:
My google-fu failed on this. But it sounds like fun, especially in 80.
- Comment on Australia cancels visa of Jewish influencer who previously called for Islam to be banned 3 weeks ago:
Your comment does not make sense. The application of the law is as important as the law itself. In this case, we see it being applied on both sides. So, the shortcomings of the law are partly compensated by how it’s practised.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Just explain you thinking process please? May be you just do not understand my comment? If that date triggers some small minority now is it racist?
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
I just fail to see how you come to this conclusion based on my post. Please explain.
Racism is ok then, when it “affects only a very small percentage of the population.”
- Comment on Australia cancels visa of Jewish influencer who previously called for Islam to be banned 3 weeks ago:
IMHO good news. if that shitty law is applied to everyone, it makes it less shitty.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Logic? Please explain how did you come to this conclusion?
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
It affects only a very small percentage of the population. For the majority, that date means nothing outside its official meaning. And no matter what day you pick, someone will be offended. Just move on; it does not matter in the grand scale of things. But I would agree that putting it on the day when the federation was formed would make more sense, but January 1st is already used.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Wow, tracing people online. :-) I hate racism, promoting one race over other is racism no mater what. All this jumping around First nation only creates more hate toward them, it is not helping at all. Want to help, help people in disadvantage no matter what race they are. If it will go predominately to aboriginals, fine, it means they need it more.
- Comment on March for Australia admins encouraged people to join White Australia Party 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, racism only breeds more racism. When the government is trying to embed racism into the constitution via a referendum, it sends a clear signal to guys like this that it is OK. Stop dividing ourselves by race. It will only lead to division.
- Comment on Australia’s strongest gun reform since the Port Arthur massacre has become law. Here’s what you need to know 4 weeks ago:
You will be arrested for accessing material on the manufacture to make a gun. Next time you shop in Burnings be careful. As an example if you are get a drill bit suitable for metal - you are criminal.
- Comment on Melbourne goes from among the most to least expensive capital cities 4 weeks ago:
Ok. Under young I meant < 35 yo. Anyone <21 are just kids, no one expect them to make long term financial decisions. By 35 you should set on the trade and have decent salary. My observation comes from observing “young” guys in IT. Shiny iPhones, but no though about house.
- Comment on Melbourne goes from among the most to least expensive capital cities 4 weeks ago:
If there were no landlords, who would pay for these houses? As has been stated many times, people cannot afford to buy a house with their own money. Landlords give them a chance to get a place to live by investing their money. The problem is that the housing crisis is mostly a creation of current policies. Too many restrictions, policies, and commissions. All of these are sucking money. It is hard to afford to build a house, even if you already own the land. Building something cheaper is not possible because it will not comply with current regulations. F$%it, Australia is not same as it was before, we can’t afford licensed plumbers, and shit build by the code. We need to give people a chance to build houses, and then the crisis will go away. (But this will drive property prices down, so the government will never allow that.)
- Comment on Melbourne goes from among the most to least expensive capital cities 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, I do not know. Twenty years ago, when I bought my house, I had a choice: continue to rent or buy a house in a place from which I had to commute 1.5 hours one way to get to work. I chose to buy a house. I guess many people are not willing to make such a sacrifice. But the relative cost of houses has gone up. Back then, I paid four times my pre-tax yearly salary for it. These days, it would be eight times, so we can’t really compare. But when I look at young people whining about not being able to buy a house while changing their iPhones every year and driving new, expensive cars, it raises a question.
- Comment on Melbourne goes from among the most to least expensive capital cities 4 weeks ago:
may be they should pay their own mortgage? It is should be cheaper than rent if you assume that landlord is not contributing.
- Comment on Melbourne goes from among the most to least expensive capital cities 4 weeks ago:
And this will kill all small landlords, and we will end-up in situation like UK where single company can own all rental in a city. Dare to say something they do not like, you have to move.
- Comment on Australian electric car market to get influx of new models as cheaper EVs hit the road 1 month ago:
Ahh, give me my full electric wagon ( or at lease people mover). Until electric cars are cheaper than petrol adoption will be sluggish. Buying electric at this moment does not make economic sense.
- Comment on Ten mistakes marred firewall upgrade at Australian telco 1 month ago:
I’m not joking about “mass destruction”. If adversary take control and bringing down telco of size of Optus will cause massive damage. Strict policies there are for reason.
Australia democracy ends where corp start. There is no democracy inside any corp. Just dictatorship of different level malevolency. - Comment on Ten mistakes marred firewall upgrade at Australian telco 1 month ago:
They are managing weapon of mass destruction. Security must be paranoid there. But it seems there are too many managers and not enough engineers if they use traffic volumes to monitor network heath. And I bet it will be some poor engineer who going to be blamed for the fault. Not faulty procedures created by other people.
- Comment on Ten mistakes marred firewall upgrade at Australian telco 1 month ago:
Ooops. Fixed
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- Comment on It took years to come up with a plan to cut road deaths, and just 11 days to kill it 1 month ago:
Very often you do not need “higher volumes of cargo.” And you still need trucks to get cargo from train to final destination. Rail is dead for a reason.
- Comment on It took years to come up with a plan to cut road deaths, and just 11 days to kill it 1 month ago:
Rail is bloody expensive to build and to maintain. Not to mention that you still need trucks to deliver from train station to the destination. Trucks makes much more sense.
- Comment on Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done? 1 month ago:
I did not realize that rego is state specific. IMHO NSW has most sane method.
In NSW your hatchback will cost $270 and 3 tonne SUV $949. www.nsw.gov.au/…/vehicle-registration-fees - Comment on Rumors of the demise of the Home Battery Program much exaggerated. 1 month ago:
And even with this batteries do not save you money.
