Wait, what? I guess that explains why Baku messaged me out of the blue last night. It must have been just before he deleted his account.
I've been too busy at work; I missed everything. Nobody reported anything though - I would have seen that.
Hrm, he's nuked his account entirely this time, not simply marked it as deleted. That means that all the posts/messages he's created over 18 months are deleted from the database. Which will include many daily threads.
Not sure what I think about that. I think I'll go for a run and ponder stuff.
It depends on the business. At the sorts of places I work, $3k for a reliable laptop is well worth it. The business loses more money in lost productivity by having its employees unable to work than saving a little money in the short-term.
We use HP Elitedesk micro PCs, they're pretty great. We don't use HP laptops - so whoever is making hardware decisions at work clearly agrees with you on the laptops.
My wife has an HP Elitebook from her work. No idea if it's any good, but she hasn't complained excessively about it.
You can choose to spend the time it takes to load a web page to see where the cheapest fuel is. Or you can not, loading web pages is hard. You can just rock up at a servo and pay whatever it costs.
This is how it works in WA. Remember that "failed experiment" fuelwatch? Well, that was a WA innovation that never went away. It was here first, and is still very popular. You can load the map and immediately see that the cheapest fuel within a few km of the city is Shell Highgate. It's also super handy when you're in a part of town that you aren't familiar with/don't know where the local servos are.
You know these prices are set until midnight, so you can plan your day. From late afternoon, the site will show tomorrow's prices as well. So you can see whether the price is cheaper tomorrow or today. Maybe Highgate is out of your way? You can see the cheapest fuel that is on your way.
I have no idea why this system didn't take on nationally. It is so much better than going "ooh - cheap fuel, I'll fill up on the way home from the shops", only to see it went up 10c in the next hour. I'm out of touch with Melbourne's fuel prices these days, but a few years back Perth was consistently 20c/litre cheaper than Melbourne. Is that still the case?
Well, sort of but not really. Telecom had no 3G infrastructure - it didn't exist yet when the carrier was privatised.
But, I agree with you in essence that Telecom would not have disabled 3G like this. I also do not think they'd have decommissioned the analogue phone network when they did. Which also affected rural customers at the time.
The switch is wildly popular among 9-12 year olds. Then they upgrade to other consoles/PC. Pokemon, Zelda, Mario are massive in that age range. 90's kids are probably going in for the nostalgia. Nintendo Online gives them back their old Gameboy games.
It isn't a slight against you/us. It's a slight against Americans.
ATMs in the EU used to have a bunch of flags for the assorted languages, with the Union Jack representing English. US tourists would complain and kick up a fuss that English wasn't an option among the flags, because they are looking for the stars and stripes.
Ha! I had to fly Melbourne to Canberra to do work at CSIRO occasionally. I only needed to do it like 4-5 times, mostly I worked remotely. But that was a commute.
The globe is sadly groaning with debt, poverty and strife And billions now are pleading to enjoy a better life Their hope lies with resources buried deep within the earth And the enterprise and capital which give each project worth
Is our future threatened with massive debts run up by political hacks Who dig themselves out by unleashing rampant tax The end result is sending Australian investment, growth and jobs offshore This type of direction is harmful to our core
Some envious unthinking people have been conned To think prosperity is created by waving a magic wand Through such unfortunate ignorance, too much abuse is hurled Against miners, workers and related industries who strive to build the world
Develop North Australia, embrace multiculturalism and welcome short term foreign workers to our shores To benefit from the export of our minerals and ores The world's poor need our resources: do not leave them to their fate Our nation needs special economic zones and wiser government, before it is too late
You may have been registered in your state. Health department and driver's licenses are both state based records. Medicare is national and there are rules about government agencies using data from different departments without consent.
It is better to register your organ donor status with Medicare, as that can be accessed by any hospital in the nation.
There genuinely are visa restrictions on working for some people. They're usually students who can have a maximum amount of paid hours or tourists who aren't allowed to work unless they have a 417 working holiday visa. If they're here on a regular tourist visa, they aren't permitted to work.
How did you find them? Most scams work by approaching you. It's a bit hard to run a scam if you are waiting for people to google you. Not impossible, but less likely.
I think the approach of contacting the UK version and clarifying is good. Just make sure they're legit before you do. 😃
Nope. I bet this entirely kills sales of those products. I predict it'll be more profitable to just have regular shelves. Even with a percentage of loss through shoplifting.
Let's see if I'm right and this doesn't get rolled out to all the other stores. 😃
I'd love to have a channel to Dav Pilkey. I'm sure he's doing fantastic and doesn't need any sort of reinforcement. My kids are sitting on the couch re-reading Dog Man books, and giggling their heads off.
The neat thing about Dog Man is it is full of puns and pop culture references. When they first read them, they get a tiny fraction of those. My oldest is now 13 and has picked up on loads of word play and cultural references that he's never understood previously. He's probably older than the target demographic, but is loving them all the same.
I'm sure seeing his work bring all this joy to a couple of kids on the other side of the planet would make him beam with happiness. At least it would for me, even if I were a multi millionaire.
Shared not to be smug, but to reinforce what is possible if a state government spends money on infrastructure. This line is new, it was completed two years ago. It tunnels a few kilometers under the river and established suburbs.
Melbourne can have this, too. The technology is easy enough. Yes, it is expensive.
Edit: Updated with car directions also, showing the train is the quickest way.
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Wait, what? I guess that explains why Baku messaged me out of the blue last night. It must have been just before he deleted his account.
I've been too busy at work; I missed everything. Nobody reported anything though - I would have seen that.
Hrm, he's nuked his account entirely this time, not simply marked it as deleted. That means that all the posts/messages he's created over 18 months are deleted from the database. Which will include many daily threads.
Not sure what I think about that. I think I'll go for a run and ponder stuff.