Err, these boys aren't being taught Misogyny 101 in the classroom...the female teachers are often the victims here. Asking them to solve this problem is delusional.
a school teacher needs 4-6 years worth of higher education to be eligible to teach meaning a school teacher is more likely to come from a wealthier, more conservative background
Most Australian university students have their study 100% funded upfront by the Australian government and only pay it back over time if they earn above a minimum threshold, so the connection between socioeconomic background and university education isn't as strong as in the US (though it definitely still exists).
I know it's almost exclusively negative experiences here, but I do think it depends heavily on the student and their teachers as to whether that type of coursework is appealing. Personally I devoured English throughout high school, it was my favourite subject by far and the only one in Year 12 where I felt empowered, confident and challenged myself. It really established my ability to think deeply about complex issues and articulate my arguments with more clarity (and listen to and engage with those of others), which are some of the most widely applicable and useful life skills I learned in school.
It's better to read the study rather than the article written about it. The study isn't much longer, is easy to read (not written at an academic level of English) and has a lot of graphs and images to help convey the key information.
Yeah, it's so dumb. But even if we were to entertain this idea that China is a major threat, the nations we should be discussing this with our neighbours in Southeast Asia, who are in the same position and know a lot more about living alongside China than random white Europeans. Angocentrism in the media means we rarely hear those perspectives, unfortunately.
We don't need mandatory military training, but perhaps a more general form of mandatory national service could be useful. Australia is big country that will suffer from increasingly worse natural disasters in the years to come. Having a large pool of young, fit people on hand at all times to offer assistance to communities in need could have a positive difference and presumably some of them would be interested in a career in Defence after that experience.
I'm sure many people play third party games on their Switch (as do I) but that wasn't the question I was asking. The deleted message was along the lines of "buy a Steam Deck, it's better for everything except first party games", so I wanted to know if they specifically bought it to play third party games.
Moronic article and argument. Last time I checked Taiwan was not Australia and we did not share a land border with China. We have also never been historically invaded by China. I'm getting really fucking sick of this constant framing of China as a direct military threat to Australia; the only reality in which that is the case is the one we go out of our way to create.
There's no reason to sign up for DuckDuckGo's service, since OP already uses Proton (which owns SimpleLogin). It would just be unnecessarily increasing their footprint.
Big Room is slower than 90s Trance, usually more around the 126 - 130 BPM mark (old school Trance is more in the mid-to-high 130s, sometimes up to 142 BPM). In Big Room there are usually other elements tied directly to the kick as well, like snares, claps, hats or the bass which gives it a "jumpy" kind of feel. If you were to compare it to an older genre, it's a lot closer to something like Hands Up or Jumpstyle which are also a big jumping genres (also think classic Eurodance like Basshunter). Designed for festivals and raves or anywhere you have tons of people packed in a tight area where they can only move vertically.
Aside from generally being faster, Trance also has a lot more complexity which means there is a lot more variety in how you can dance to it. There are extended breakdowns and slower build-ups, which is where the name comes from (people feel like they're in a trance). Swaying, hand movements like gloving, and Tecktonik are some of the other common ways people dance to Trance subgenres. Trance and its subgenres are much more underground and niche than House and its subgenres though, which I suspect is due to the complexity and tempo making it more challenging and individualistic to dance to (some people feel more self-conscious to dance in their own unique way). Stuff like Big Room is super accessible because the structure is short and basic and it's built around very friendly "drops" after which everyone can just jump up and down together, which I think is another reason why it has that Saturday night mainstream club popularity.
There is of course overlap between House and Trance since they are both four-on-the-floor genres and they both have tons of subgenres, some of which blend elements of both. For example, Progressive Trance is a similar tempo to House but retains the complexity and melodic structuring of Trance. In the 2010s there was also this subgenre called "Progressive House", which had nothing to do with the more traditional Progressive House and was more like a predecessor to Big Room. "Progressive House" had some more Trance elements like atmospheric (but shorter) breakdowns and big uplifting synth leads, but it was still very much a House subgenre.
Anyway, subgenres of electronic dance music can get quite messy and there is often a lot of blending and overlap which means it's often up to the individual how they want to define a particular track. In the case of Big Room and 90s Trance, however, there are so many major differences that they live quite firmly in their own distinct categories.
I only go to raves and specific artist/label events these days, so I'm not too sure what's happening in mainstream clubs on a Saturday night. In my experience, the dance floor is always full later in the night and people are enjoying the music and having fun. Interesting to note that one guy quoted in the article complained about people "just jumping" instead of dancing - that's the result of genre trends in electronic music, not social media or smartphones changing our behaviour. The more popular mainstream club genres for at least the last decade have been house sub-genres like Big Room that are festival-friendly and designed to be jumped to.
Sure, it's a fun thought bubble. I'm still not convinced it's anything more than that at the moment (and the abysmal sales appear to back that up). Apple's hesitance to enter the market also speaks volumes.
That concept doesn't seem to appeal to anyone beyond the stereotypical "gadget geek" influencers on YouTube, who in some cases aren't even paying for these devices. Most people don't work on their phones, nor do they want to. Most people also don't have the time or the need for a larger screen that they can carry around everywhere. If they want to use a larger touchscreen device, for common use cases like watching videos or drawing, they want to be doing it for longer periods in a relaxed environment. In which case, there is no reason to buy one of these expensive folding phones over a tablet with a usable aspect ratio and a vastly superior screen that doesn't have a giant crease down the middle.
Despite the financial attractiveness of household energy upgrades, many households including renters or those on low incomes have no ability to undertake upgrades. Furthermore, even
consumers who can invest in household energy upgrades are subject to “bounded rationality” – a barrier that is often overlooked by energy efficiency policies.
Increasing minimum energy performance standards to encourage a shift from gas or inefficient electric appliances to efficient electric alternatives is a compelling solution. New legislation to phase out gas hot water systems in Victoria presents one example of an approach to achieve this, and there is an opportunity to reinvigorate the federal Equipment Energy Efficiency programme.
In the near term, financial incentives play a critical role to reduce the upfront cost hurdle for consumers and scale up the industry capacity to deliver upgrades. However, the current approach to incentives is piecemeal.
Victoria and New South Wales have implemented broad-based incentives for household energy upgrades, but there is a case for more comprehensive national versions of these schemes to be rolled out, which could be complemented with specific state government schemes where they would bring further benefits.
Pricing reform is not the sole solution, but it is nonetheless critical to ensure consumers have access to fair electricity plans that reward their contributions to the grid, without imposing unrealistic expectations on consumers to become energy traders.
What hardware (other than 5G antenna) changed since the first/second one?
Everything would have changed. Smartphones are not desktop computers, they are not designed to be iterated on piece-by-piece over a long period of time. Fairphone has been trying to convince Qualcomm to develop a modular chipset that can be swapped out like a desktop CPU, but it is just one small European company in an industry filled with global giants. It doesn't have a lot of bargaining power, unfortunately. The same can be said for its negotiations with suppliers, which is why Fairphones tend to have very middle-of-the-road specs and don't lead the industry in any area. It is designing and sourcing with long-term availability in mind, because it knows it doesn't have the market power to go out and demand things.
Since Fairphone is unable to create a truly modular phone, it is forced to release newer models to keep afloat as a business. It releases one phone every two years, less than most manufacturers, and has a very low profit margin. Less than 0.1% in 2022, for example. It's also a bit of a misconception that Fairphone is solely focused on modularity or e-waste, because it is also doing a lot of work behind the scenes on industry working conditions and pay rates throughout its supply chain and is taking on an advocacy role within the industry to push for change. For example, in 2020 it launched the Fair Cobalt Alliance which now has over 20 members, including major tech companies like Google and Tesla.
Err, these boys aren't being taught Misogyny 101 in the classroom...the female teachers are often the victims here. Asking them to solve this problem is delusional.