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Yes. This has been repeated endless times and is widely acknowledged as a mistake by the Germans. But only from an efficiency (target) POV as those reactors were always going to be shut down. So what is the value of raising it, yet again? They aren’t recommissioning them..
If only there was some actual way to impeach the current US President. And for a conviction. But alas. 🤷🏾
PRIs were comparable I suppose. But not the same type of system (i.e equipment would be non compatible etc). @markrprior.mrp.net would probably remember details.. I remember unis (regional ones) having 48kbit links..
We had ISDN BRI (128Kbit) and ISDN PRI (1.544 Mbit). And Telstra Megalinks (2Mbit)
I heard the media reporting this and genuinely wondered for a minute if I had a stroke or Albanese had. Next I am expecting Albanese to say that some genuinely good people were at the Nuremberg Rallies. Kristallnacht. And in the Wehrmacht.
Been a long time since i’ve had to think about a T1! And even a T3.. We didn’t have either in Australia..
One of the world's largest food brands is splitting apart a decade after a messy mega-merger staged by Warren Buffett.
Little odd to think I have brain cells that know what C lines and I lines are and I haven’t needed to know that for 2 decades..
I was listening to the debate in the Senate and it was hilariously bad hearing the exchanges between Pocock and Farrell. “Why do we need more FOI or even the same amount? We are the most transparent government ever. We have over a million hours of APS time spent on FOI!”
Someone sent me this and it’s really weird to think this is what we had and it was 30 years ago.. #IRC #Efnet youtu.be/6UbKenFipjo?...
There’s no need to over analyse it. I gnash my teeth a little because there’s a part of me that wonders why I can’t even get close.
You are literally famous for this with a group of ladies in a book club at Corrimal Library. No other context other than “I know a guy who..”
Yes. They did that federally in the US in 2024. In the TSCA.
It isn’t exactly legal (here). I am looking into exactly this though! There’s a bunch of 150-200W panels that are basically free. Why not using them as fencing panels..
Doing basic math this is A$185/400W or A$460/kW for the panels alone. In Australia a 6.6kW system installed is around $4,000 at the entry level. Around 50% more for a quality install.
I know this is meant to be a funny but you can in fact put a mounting frame up and put them next to your house - there’s no technical requirement they have to be installed on a roof..
Consider the risk premium by doing all the PV electrical work yourself (illegal in Australia) and then forgoing any insurance coverage. You could save even more money by not having home insurance at all.. 🤷🏾🤪
The US does not allow “brand new brake pads” to be manufactured with asbestos. So in this they are the same as Australia. They do allow them to be imported though (unlike Australia). 🤷🏾
Asbestos is still “allowed” to be used in brake pads in Australia where it’s already present in classic vehicles. There is no ban that requires them to be removed. So clearly Australia is as much of a third world country as the US.. 🤷🏾
Hey Google: “Who is Nate Silver?”
If your vibe was.. “How to defraud people and also sow dissension in democracy for a variety of State actors” then possibly but it seems extremely unlikely to be true..
I just wanted to get my storage containers and get out. I didn’t want to have this conversation in Bunnings of all places. 🤷🏾
They are not in fact doing this, sadly - they are just being applied over time to extract money from people. A mathematical inevitability. So I’d suggest blocking is still the best course of action in the long term.
Just last week in Australia, a bunch of blokes were quoting from it all over the place.. 🤷🏾🤦🏾🤪
Overheard in Bunnings today: (Staff member): “We will just get AI to fill the shelves. It will work out how quickly stuff is being sold and will order as much as needed and then refill the shelves.” I LOLed and got a look..
While this is clearly a good thing to do, it’s a lot funnier (or not funny at all depending on if you are in Austria or Germany) if the book in question is Mein Kampf and you follow this advice.
Literally nothing stops you recording this and releasing it. Plagiarism is only real if a lawyer finds out. 🤷🏾🤪
When you play against Tony Soprano.. 🤷🏾
“midichlorians are woke”
She does have an ongoing lawsuit against the Commonwealth government so presumably this is merely signaling/positioning for that.. 🤷🏾
NEXTDC is looking for investors in a $15 billion JV to develop 850MW of hyperscale DCs in Western Sydney. S4 (Horsley) - 300MW S7 (Eastern Creek) - 550MW #DataCentres
“AI to assess major projects, cut approval times in NSW” The NSW government will bring #AI into the controversial process to approve major housing developments which bypass local councils. Will be “up and running” by the end of 2025. What could go wrong? 🤷🏾🤦🏾 Source: www.afr.com/politics/ai-...
Perhaps you could enlist David Duchovny and.. solve it?
You can block abusive people (one time cost) but you can’t rebuild engagement if you never allow it in the first place. And it isn’t even about echo chambers.. it’s “social” media, not “broadcast” media unless that’s the model you’re choosing.. 🤷🏾
Working class man? Really? So they know Barnsey is a Scot who migrated here. And Jane Barnes was born in Bangkok. These are not smart people. 🤦🏾🤪
Alternately: - Gollum going to Mt Doom stalked by Frodo/Sam - Orcs going to war but Delta force (Merry+Pippen) gets local guerrilla forces up against them. etc..
To deport folk back to England? 🤷🏾
Still $2.80 a punnet at Woolies. Apparently down to 20c a punnet wholesale now..
It helps a lot to read the books before watching the TV show WRT the expanse. Not sure that’s the case for LOTR.
At some point you have to ask how “regulators” do their job - which is apparently not “independently”. 🤷🏾🤦🏾
They appear twice if you count the big and small versions of the alphabet. Why is there only a big and small but no medium? Or a variety of sizes? 🤷🏾
You were talking about content here @oysta.au ? Bluesky absolutely has it.
“and” why does the Guardian subeditor feel the need to repeat themselves? 🤷🏾
Is it special in some way because Sanders has.. the votes to get something passed? The special Senate committee has special Senate powers? To compel RFK Jr (confirmed by the Senate) to do.. anything?
So you’re saying he does have *implicit* power over this granted by the Constitution? - NYT Pitchbot
It’s a tow truck. That removes the scratches by removing the entire car. 🤷🏾
If it is a bit this person stays in character *all* the time.
I refuse to believe this is a real person. However all the evidence suggests this is actually a real person who posts their actual takes on the Internet. Where everyone can read them. For free.
You are talking about one of the dumbest people in Australia. Have some respect. Use smaller words?
Why not? Why can’t dozens, perhaps even tens of dozens conduct a peaceful protest that everyone ignores? 🤷🏾🤔🤪
“What steaming platform does Grandma watch?” “Cthulhulu”
Worth a read and it also took me down a rabbit hole to find out: - second black person in space (after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez - also born in 1942!) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaldo... - second African American chosen to be an astronaut after en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
What if it turns out this is 2 years after he actually died and was replaced by a fancy puppet + CG(A)I? 🤷🏾 I’m not saying this is breaking news or anything but..
There’s some additional info from NASA here www.nasa.gov/history/guy-...
We have gotten to Helensburg to pick up some Mexican blankets and partner has forgotten her bag and wallet at home (?). So now I have zero cash left in my wallet. I’m amazed I actually had enough to start with ($150) but that cash has been in my wallet for more than two years. Maybe three.
Indeed. I’ve watched chippies do framing and it’s easy for them to go wild because minimal effort. As someone who denails timber to reuse it, it’s a huge pain to pull out a cluster of three nails when one would have done the job.. 🤦🏾
Please be a little careful with this. My mum had to calm down an angry cab driver who thought I was taking the piss because I could say “I don’t know to speak/understand Hindi” in my one perfect sentence of Hindi. She had to assure him I really knew no Hindi despite me saying it perfectly.
In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen
If you are shipping TO the US then basically, personal items (gifts) attract no tax. CBP aren’t idiots though. If you’re clearly a commercial shipper then it will end up being treated as such.
There are entire businesses that exist now just to pickup and dispose of couches.. www.1800gotjunk.com.au/au_en/locati...
So. Many. Staples. I’ve painstakingly removed every staple with a flat head screwdriver. It is horrifically manual and requires muscle and attention to detail (not a lot of skill). This is why couches just go to the dump intact.. and end up in landfill. In NSW that $250 or so..
I normally stick to electrical things but I am pulling apart a Natuzzi leather couch. Partner wanted to save the Italian leather for some craft/project work. Rather than cut it off, I’ve manually disassembled it.. I’ve learned quite a bit about how couches are constructed..
As someone who disassembles many things to see how they are put together and to understand how recycle-able things can be (and where the value or reuse is) it never ceases to surprise me how little effort is put into design to make this easier/better.
The animal rescue world requires you to have truly huge reserves of compassion but also being really careful with it because it feels like burnout is always on the horizon.
Because partner does (cat) animal rescue stuff I get to hear the strangest and saddest stories involving animals. Yesterday it was “we are fostering and putting up a 15yo (new record!) cat for adoption because the owner of the cat was killed by her son” 👀😬😢
An aside: journalism exists in an attention economy where demand drives editorial decision making. If you find something you enjoyed, learned from and that moved you, share and share widely -- even four days late. I, and others, don't get to keep doing this stuff if no one reads it.
Could you please explain this process? - Missouri Republicans “break the law” - You sue (which court?) to prove they did.. - The court decides.. - The remedy? - The punishment? - Who pays for each side? - Can they appeal elsewhere? Or is it purely state based legal jurisdiction? 🤷🏾
Our country is being destroyed. But hey, look at these eight Maine Coon kittens.
TBF Adam, that would because they’re indigenous and probably talking about the Dreaming.
Hearing that the good news is the USA may be about to get its first female President. The bad news is that it is Ivanka Trump? 🤷🏾🤪 #TrumpDead?
I'm starting a fortune telling business. Not sure how it will turn out
*cough* It’s actually Sprite Zero. No actual lemons were harmed. It’s all artificial colours and flavours..
How much could a second pipeline cost? $10?
Cryosolar panels are real...
It is a pity that a cheap(er) heating system will not reduce the cost of electricity bills because electricity is never used for.. heating? 🤔🤷🏾 And another POV is to have cheap coal fired electricity but much more expensive insurance bills? 🤔🤷🏾
If you can think of the smallest unit of measurement - BA probably cares at least this much about gold members. Which is more than zero.. All the best with the legal approach.
I am sorry but to think BA cares about silver members as “loyal” is sadly funny. You need to make gold for this to be remotely true. Premier is where BA actually cares.. 🤷🏾😬
Absolutely no idea and probably a) not much b) not for sale for sentimental reasons? 🤷🏾
I was just reading about this and the Iran Khodro company! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Kh...
It wasn’t in original condition (he did it now has a Corolla engine?) and the odometer stopped working some time ago but he estimated it probably had 750,000 km (!) on it. Sent me down the rabbit hole of an Australian manufacturer (assembler).. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootes_...
Saw an odd car in the neighbourhood and asked the kid driving it what it was. It turned out it was a Hillman Hunter. A car I had never even heard of.. This was his dad’s daily driver - who bought it in 1987 when he was 21. Hence the licence plate which had 2187.. #carsky
Why do you need to tell any of this? I have sympathy for this POV but deescalation comes at a price and that price is.. not needing to see any of this. 🤷🏾
There are a number of ways to work this particular issue out. One of which is a screenshot.. But reading though your thorough description it’s clear.. you can either have the immediate deescalation BlueSky’s block has.. or you cannot. I agree with your point but it’s an edge case. 🤷🏾
How does this break “the thread” though? It breaks the fork point at the point the other person has joined/left but the thread itself is.. intact? Or am I missing something?
And it’s not a super complicated strategy.. ..yet the Nationals are completely unable to grasp this? 🤷🏾🤦🏾🤪
I was surprised at their clear strategy but also how their staff (which have nothing to do with coming up with it - field agents really) know about it AND understand it. To the point they can explain it to customers. How many other companies this size have managed that?
Does this make them pro-dough boys? 🤷🏾🤪
Employee discount?
There's a new service starting Friday, I suspect that they suspended the old one at the end of the day Thursday www.royalmail.com/usapersonalu...
I expect you are correct and thanks for the source! There is no mention of this on the website at the point of “can I send it” though. It has gone from “no you cannot” to “yes you can”.
The Royal Mail website is now accepting sending letters and parcels to the US again. This brings it into line with many other countries who have only suspended parcel delivery (mainly commercial) for items with a value more than US$80.
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Bunnings pays for an EV charger installation at mobile employees homes (plus charging costs). Interesting stuff..
This is inline with their plan to have the company be 100% “sustainable” before 2030 (2028 target) as part of a larger plan in terms of store energy+water, etc.
Talking to a #Bunnings person yesterday @sydneyev.bsky.social - who came to our place to do a cabinetry quote - about EVs. He said they are rolling out EVs now (Kias to start with?) and they all currently have hybrids - his was a Toyota Camry. They expect to have a full EV fleet by 2027/2028..
What if he has 25 kids?
It’s going to be amazing material for social scientists and Phd students for decades to come though. None of these will actually be *in* the US of course as “being sciency” will become a deportable felony.
Someone has got it perfectly correct.. bsky.app/profile/deat...
Yes, this was a complete accident and not the actions of an accomplice of a team of bank robbers who were blowing safes in 10 suburban banks simultaneously while there was a notice to residents to “ignore the boom, don’t call 911”
