TheHolm
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- Comment on Australia cancels visa of Jewish influencer who previously called for Islam to be banned 2 days 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 2 days 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 2 days 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 days ago:
IMHO good news. if that shitty law is applied to everyone, it makes it less shitty.
- Comment on 3 days ago:
Logic? Please explain how did you come to this conclusion?
- Comment on 3 days 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 4 days 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 3 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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 5 weeks 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? 5 weeks 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. 5 weeks ago:
And even with this batteries do not save you money.
- Comment on Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done? 5 weeks ago:
All rego-s are expensive. my last one was 600 for car just above 1500kg check this.
www.nsw.gov.au/…/vehicle-registration-fees - Comment on Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done? 5 weeks ago:
“Second, under US fuel economy rules, fuel-efficiency targets are adjusted based on the size of the vehicle’s “footprint” — the area between its wheels. In practice, this means larger vehicles are allowed to consume more fuel while still meeting the target.”
So this is the problem (in US) remove that rule and cars will shrink again. Deformities often caused by unnatural pressure, and this is an example.
- Comment on Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done? 5 weeks ago:
We already to. IMHO rego is weight based.
- Comment on As of December 10th, You need to be sixteen to use Aussie.Zone 5 weeks ago:
Is there a way to check whether I sent her a message? I’m sure I did, but I can’t find it anywhere.
- Comment on Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban 1 month ago:
Because aim of this low is not to protect kids, but to erase last drops of privacy in the internet. Just another brick in the wall. Kids are just collateral.
- Comment on These charts show the effect of migration on Australia's housing story 2 months ago:
“Australia has high population growth but also a large construction sector” largest construction sector does not translate to number of houses build. All money just going to approvals and other shit which has nothing to do with building.
- Comment on Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling 11 months ago:
Get back to Earth, mate, we’re talking about today’s Australia. It will, for the foreseeable future, be run by cars and trucks. As I mentioned initially, bicycles are a hobby, not an essential. And so far, you haven’t provided any arguments to prove I’m wrong. So, the expectation that spending money on a hobby for a small minority, as opposed to something essential for the majority, is somehow justified, sounds strange to me
