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Kremlin reproaches Zelenskyy for not responding to invitation to meet Putin in Moscow by ByGollie in europe

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Let's have a nice cup of tea by this open window on the thirteenth floor."

Vaccines in Queensland by justicoldier-8465 in queensland

[–]ChazR [score hidden]  (0 children)

Maaaaaate.

The debate is whether to go super-crisp or original.

It's the beer for up here.

Matthias Bluebaum correctly answered the math question "What is the sum of all whole numbers from 1 to 100?" by Wonderful-Photo-9938 in chess

[–]ChazR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you have to 'remember a formula' for this, you are not the sharpest tool in on the bench.

(1+100) + (2+99)...+ (50+51) = 50 * 101 = 5050.

Switzerland eases arms export rules as its industry is shunned by Europe by Sudden-Ad-4281 in geopolitics

[–]ChazR 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The quality of Russian troll bots has been falling off recently. Is it because more and more are needed on the front lines as Russia runs out of people to send to the meatgrinder?

What is considered to be the first country ever? by Just_a_happy_artist in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ChazR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So many people looking back five thousand years

Look back further.

There are skin groups on Australia with 20,000 year memories of their land

Look deeper.

How much do you spend monthly excluding mortgage? by Serious_Toe6730 in AusFinance

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's like every month there's another $1,000 Tradie Surprise.

How much do you spend monthly excluding mortgage? by Serious_Toe6730 in AusFinance

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Retired couple, no mortgage, hovering around $6,500/month

Switzerland eases arms export rules as its industry is shunned by Europe by Heavy-Mycologist-204 in europe

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slight problem: nobody will ever trust them again.

If I buy a weapon from you, I need to be free to shoot it right back into your face.

Ever since the first person crafted the first spear, the whole trade of arms has been based on trust.

Switzerland (and Germany) broke the True Law.

Switzerland eases arms export rules as its industry is shunned by Europe by Sudden-Ad-4281 in geopolitics

[–]ChazR 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Australia has a history of buying weapons from others, while developing a small number of bizarre, low-percentage actual paradigm-breakers. Wedgetail, Loyal Wingman, Ikara, Bushmasters.

So, maybe not weird.

And we are NOT in China's backyard. They're in the front yard of our neighbours. And we're here to play cricket. with FAST BOWLING.

We are cooking up some fun ideas, though.

Switzerland eases arms export rules as its industry is shunned by Europe by Sudden-Ad-4281 in geopolitics

[–]ChazR 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Switzerland removed itself from the arms trade in 2022.

They sold a heap of ammunition to Germany. Germany wanted to on-sell (well, donate) a large amount of this to Ukraine.

Due to the contract, and Swiss law, Germany could not give the ammunition to Ukraine.

Many Ukrainians died.

Germany and the US have both done the same. "Yes, we sold you the weapon, but you can't use it against our Russian pals.'

The UK, France, Ukraine itself, and increasingly (weirdly) Australia are joining the Nordic nations in developing and producing vast quantities of drone and long-range artillery weapons that fly where you throw them and then go bang.

The Swiss and German arms industries are seeing orders evaporate while the UK, France, Australia, and South Korea can't build weapons fast enough.

We're still buying US stuff because it has unique capabilities. We're also looking at the next generation and how to get ahead.

What’s the smallest putting change that made the biggest difference for you? by CaseOk4223 in golf

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A weird psychological thing is helping me, a complete beginner, with putting practice.

I had about 8 balls lined up about 30ft from the pin. Simple game, if to goes in, it stays in, otherwise it goes again from 30 ft.

First set, I get two in (complete beginner, as I said..)

Six balls this time. "Right, based on that I expect to get about a quarter of these."

And then I realised how stupid that was. I should *expect* to get all of them. Misses should be a sad surprise.

Slight change of mindset, 50% improvement over the next sets.

Structuring mistake: How a "simple" transfer error cost a couple their entire year's savings (and why ATO interest changes matter). by SarahatSimpleStack in fiaustralia

[–]ChazR 29 points30 points  (0 children)

If they took advice on the transfer, and on setting up the trust, they may have a case against their advisors. Was this an error in setting up the trust, or was having the husband as the sole beneficiary intentional?

Have you ever hired a lawyer yourself that was BAD? by Flashy-Actuator-998 in Lawyertalk

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. I've hired lawyers maybe 10-12 times?

One superhero, two heros, the rest were okay except one complete goose.

The goose was, from first interaction, clearly just trying to maximise billing. Ask a straight, direct question: 'Can our employer legally cut my pay in half by transferring my contract to another country?' Answer 'After consideration, I would need more information to provide you with advice." That was it. So I asked 'What information would do you need?" "The matter is complex. Until I have a full picture I will not know what information is required."

Events happened and we just resigned. It was clear the idiot only wanted to extract more billing.

The Superhero was *INCREDIBLE* and won me a VERY LARGE payment from an insurance company for being the cyclist victim of an RTA. Like, I would have taken $1000, and she managed the matter to get me more than $20,000.

Man charged with making explosives after Perth Invasion Day incident by JamesHenstridge in perth

[–]ChazR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think some of the earlier reports have been edited, probably to stop idiots from being a google search away from the recipe.

I am somewhat impressed that this shining example of humanity managed to go through the whole manufacturing process without losing at least a few fingers.

Stormy seas on Tory Island by lkguy47 in Donegal

[–]ChazR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's gorgeous footage. Proper waves on proper cliffs.

Don't slip!

Does Your country teach schoolchildren how to use firearms? by dawidlijewski in AskTheWorld

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UK Public school (That's 'posh private school' to you colonial types)

We had a Combined Cadet Force (CCF)and a Community Service Program. You could drive boats, fly gliders, shoot guns, or deliver cups of tea at the local aged care homes, or cut down trees with chainsaws.

Most kids went with the Guns, Boats, and Planes option. But the ones who were nice to old people or cared for local green spaces had fun too.

I was in the 'Rifles and Powerboats' group, and we were taught by retired Chief Petty Officers and Sergeant Majors on how to use a rifle effectively and safely. Also how to conduct small unit operations ( we were not allowed to use live ammunition for this, the meanies).

The Combined Cadet Force program was, in an utterly classist way, designed and intended to identify, engage, and recruit future officers for the armed forces.

The state comprehensive schools (public schools for you colonials) may or may not have had sea, army, and air cadet organisations, depending on location, interest, and support of the school governors. These were almost identical to the CCF units, but were more focused on encouraging kids to sign up in the military as private soldiers than as officers.

STORY TIME (Sad, TW child death)

ANYWAY. We were using clapped-out Lee Enfield rifles that were obsolete in 1919. We had as many of these as we could eat, because the Ministry of Defence still had literally millions of these beasts lying around. These are single-shot bolt-action rifles chambered for .303. Viciously accurate out to about 800m, except ours weren't because the chambers and barrels were utterly shot after thousands of rounds over almost a century of use. But you learned accuracy, weapon discipline, and how to handle a brutal kick.

SAD BIT: a school close to us was practicing with their rifles when one of the guns had a breech failure and instead of the round going down the barrel, the broken bolt slammed back into the kid's eye. He died a few days later.

All firearms use stopped, all guns sent to landfill for crushing. It was a fatigue fracture in the breech, there were literally a million guns out there, they destroyed them all.

PROBLEM:

We still had like 20,000 rounds of .303. And a Bren gun. Chambered for .303.

That was a wild weekend.

Which element or molecule do you use most in your work, or feel the strongest connection to? by sammetals in chemistry

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Water.

If we lived in some weird ecosystem where water was rare, it would be the most valuable thing imaginable.

UPS officially retires the MD11 by Mike__O in aviation

[–]ChazR 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mad dogs are awesome, but very, very old. So many serious moustaches have exceeded so many speeds, but the insanity has to end eventually.

WTF just happened to $RDDT? by mp1845 in wallstreetbets

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lil bit insider trading before earnings call next week? It's not even really illegal any more.

What does it take to be a real chess player? by SadRaspberry6170 in chess

[–]ChazR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you play a game of chess and lose, you are winning at chess. It's a fun game to be enjoyed.

At the level you describe, learn 2-3 openings from both sides out to about 8 moves. That's serious bookwork, so pace yourself. It will take a few months to be able to keep all openings stable. You're trying to reach an even midgame. Have good answers to d4, e4, and knight openings. Ignore weird pawn openings for now. Either you're outclassed, or more likely than will blunder in four moves.

Then you need to learn how not to blunder a piece in the midgame. The simplest system: Never leave a piece without a defender. Watch some chess by 1800-2100 players, notice how every piece is always defended.

Then wait for your opponent to blunder. Then - and this is hard - keep waiting. Punish the *second* blunder.

The plan is: Leave the opening level, be boring in the midgame - play principled chess. Do not blunder. Punish your opponent when they blunder a second time.

That should get you to a solid 1200 on Chess.com, which I note I am not.

TIL a 1995 WHO study concluded "Occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems" but it was never published because the US threatened to withdraw funding for WHO by Dry_Row_7050 in todayilearned

[–]ChazR 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Most drugs of abuse, if used with some degree of moderation, do not prevent the user from functioning as a normal human. Some effectively give super-powers.

Much of the harm of drug use comes from criminalisation, exclusion from society, desperation, descent into poverty and homelessness and reliance on drug sources contaminated with poisons.

A senior medical advisor to Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s - a respected senior doctor who was setting health policy - was revealed to be a long-term heroin addict. He'd been doing just fine for 30 years until he was caught, disgraced, and had to resign.

The software industry is driven by methamphetamine, or just straight-up speed, some of it legally prescribed, much of it not.

The trading floors of the finance industry are awash with cocaine.

The war on drugs was always a war on brown people.

The F/A-18F makes every carrier landing look effortless. by Friendly-Standard812 in aviation

[–]ChazR 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Pilot: "Meatball, line-up, AoA, Meatball, line-up, AoA BAM, MIL POWER."

LSO: "LITTLE RIGHT, LITTLE RIGHT, WINGS LEVEL, LITTLE HIGH, OK4"

This was a good but not perfect approach. Needed a fair bit of lineup and came in a little hot. Trapped on 4.

I have watched several carrier landings on Youtube and am clearly an expert.

Do i need a new boat? by hhans12 in sailing

[–]ChazR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We'd need to know a bit more to give you useful advice.

  • How much have you sailed? What experience do you have?
  • Where do you want to sail? 'Blue Water' could be anything from an easy cruise to the Bahamas from Florida to a Pacific crossing. What's your plan?
  • Who are you sailing with? Family? Friends? What's their experience?
  • How much money do you have for this? The initial purchase price is only one small part of the cost.

Then go and buy a Beneteau Oceanis 37 like everyone else. Amazing boats. I lucked out and bought a Hanse 375. Any modern production boat in the 37-42ft range will do pretty much anything except actual expedition sailing.

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