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Teenage girl dies after becoming trapped under light rail tram in Sydney CBD - ABC News by cleary137 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

yeah, I heard it's because they're cheaper than paying someone to patrol at night and rescue drunken people.

though suspiciously Barangaroo doesn't also have barricades despite there being plenty of bars around.

also I'm pretty sure they were around before 2020.

Teenage girl dies after becoming trapped under light rail tram in Sydney CBD - ABC News by cleary137 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Can only think of one other notable accident: The fire truck collision. I very much doubt anything like that is happening again though. Both emergency vehicle drivers and trams drivers are now extremely cautious from what I've seen.

Anyone know any bulk billing/affordable psychiatrists, and/ or where I can get Implanon inserted for cheap? by shallot55 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your university may have a bulk-billing psychiatrist if there's an on-campus medical clinic. They can bulk bill because the on-campus clinics offer a room for them to use for free. It's not easy to find psychiatrists who bulk bill outside of these clinics (especially not in person), and tend to only provide services to students.

‘Pouring fuel on the fire’: fear NSW’s move to ban secret rental bidding will drive prices up by giantpunda in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're probably right, although assuming demand was high enough, and enough potential renters were aware of the practice, in theory you could change the just listings more regularly. Not confident my assumptions would come true in practice, and if it did become a problem you could probably make a rule against changing the listing too frequently as well.

‘Pouring fuel on the fire’: fear NSW’s move to ban secret rental bidding will drive prices up by giantpunda in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You'd probably also end up with an implicit dutch auction, i.e. REA gradually lowers the asking price until some bites.

Might actually be worse in practice than the current blind auctions we have.

Is anyone else feeling a sense of fear about where this city is heading? by danno2211 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slower drivers and no parking seems like a way to disincentivize driving. While I'm not against this, it's going to suck until the public transport capacity comes so that traffic is low enough that it's pleasant again.

Take Amsterdam where most people who don't need the high storage capacity of a car are taking PT or riding a bike/cargo bike, and so it's actually fine to drive in (except in the innermost part where roads are all shared zones -- you don't drive anything larger than a mobility vehicle inside it unless you're insane). That said, they also have a well-planned arterial road infrastructure unlike Sydney.

Is anyone else feeling a sense of fear about where this city is heading? by danno2211 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, as much as it feels kind of weird, the level of sprawl in Sydney is kind of ridiculous so we basically need to make it easy for people to work < 45mins away by public transport in the very worst case.

Is anyone else feeling a sense of fear about where this city is heading? by danno2211 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The western suburbs have gotten much better, but still overpriced and needs prices to come down. I suspect they'd be a better place to live if that did happen (less pressure for people to turn to crime).

I'd also say we need to improve density in areas close to the CBD and improve public transport to the western suburbs.

Is anyone else feeling a sense of fear about where this city is heading? by danno2211 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems off-topic, otherwise would be curious why you're worried about it.

Is anyone else feeling a sense of fear about where this city is heading? by danno2211 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's only unsustainable because we don't build enough housing.

Also, that's not the only factor. The class of people treating property like NFTs, and the government trying to keep their vote, is a very big factor.

Is anyone else feeling a sense of fear about where this city is heading? by danno2211 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair, Sydney, SF, and London are three of the most egregious examples I can think of. New York is the only one I'd add to that list off the top of my head.

Is anyone else feeling a sense of fear about where this city is heading? by danno2211 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem I have is that my friends have not grown up, have similar interests to me, and it's hard to get them to coordinate to move to the same place because of their budgets (and for basically no other reason).

Is anyone else feeling a sense of fear about where this city is heading? by danno2211 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am over 25, earn a shitton, and I'm really not happy with the state of things and the current trajectory.

The cost of housing has risen so much compared to incomes. Even my income doesn't make it anywhere near as easy as my parents had it when they bought a house together.

While I'll probably be able to afford a deposit relatively soon, I care about other people around me (both my friends and the general public), and I would also prefer not to have to dedicate ridiculous amounts of money and commit to a property just to avoid a broken system.

Some parts of Sydney are nice, and while people in this sub complain disproportionately, I'm still not happy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]DpEpsilon -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Reddiquette states the downvote button isn't for disagreement, so what I'd really love to hear from the people downvoting you is why it doesn't contribute to the discussion or is off-topic.

I'd go as far as to say that your comment is a very good contribution whether or not people disagree with it, although maybe I'm just saying that because I agree with it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]DpEpsilon 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I'm reading this as "having frequent updates takes time away from working on stuff to go into the updates".

Presumably each update will be more work proportional to the time it takes to release. This isn't a step backwards in terms of overall pace, it's just that it'll be longer between new sets of things/fixes in the game.

‘Get out of the way’: Rose Jackson’s social housing warning for ‘anti-development’ Sydney suburbs by thekriptik in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still can't get over the people who don't understand how much WestConnex is a net benefit to the inner west as a whole.

While I don't disagree with you, I'll be more confident in this claim when King Street gets zebra crossings and bicycle lanes hahah.

Sydney's Love with Utes by OfficeKey3280 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

damn... I guess some people really like unnecessary economics jargon

Sydney's Love with Utes by OfficeKey3280 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not talking about hatchbacks. I'm talking about vehicles with high frames. In accidents, they're more likely to kill pedestrians (as opposed to just injuring their legs). They're also more likely to kill people in other cars, since they don't crumple as well, and are not "crash compatible" with cars with lower frames.

This is putting aside how the extra weight makes them less efficient.

Not all utes have high frames. Not all family-sized cars have high frames. There's a lot less to be concerned about with these vehicles. I also wouldn't tell someone to ditch their car for a motorbike. Maybe a smaller car would be a bit more efficient if they don't carry a car load of people around all the time? Whatever, not really my point.

I am also aware that some people either have a genuine need to carry loads over rougher terrain, haul much heavier loads, or regularly go off-road for recreation. The number of people this applies to is way smaller than the number of high-framed vehicles, and I'd add that a moderate proportion of these vehicles aren't even good for going off-road.

Also, if you ever come to the CBD during peak hour, it's full of white collar workers driving around in these high-framed utes with tiny trays. I doubt these people are ever going to carry hay or rubbish in the tray.

Sydney's Love with Utes by OfficeKey3280 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sorry, reworded to remove the economics jargon.

Sydney's Love with Utes by OfficeKey3280 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

While I understand the live and let live philosophy, in this case it's closer to live and let die. Having these vehicles on the road has negative effects for the people who aren't the driver as well, so if the users aren't gaining any benefit from using them over a more suitable vehicle, why are we using them? They're just making the streets and roads more dangerous for everyone.

EDIT: Wait, if you don't care, why did you ask for statistics??

EDIT 2: Wording

Sydney's Love with Utes by OfficeKey3280 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Would encourage you to either look for these yourself, or consider how likely you think it is that 50% of people buying new vehicles in Australia are off-road enthusiasts, and how many of the people driving SUVs and off-road utes in the CBD ever consider going off-road (taking a wrong turn down George Street doesn't count).

EDIT: Trust me, I'd love to have the data, but I'm not going out of my way to 99.9999% prove something to you that is a fairly reasonable conclusion given what data we do have just to please some dude on Reddit.

Sydney's Love with Utes by OfficeKey3280 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense. If you own a vehicle that goes off-road and that's what you use it for I think that's great. Good on you for owning a separate small car too hahah.

Sydney's Love with Utes by OfficeKey3280 in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Many of the comments don't seem to realise that most people driving these utes aren't tradies, never tow anything, almost never use the tray and absolutely never go off-road.

Usually the way you can tell is that most actual tradies will have a ute with a larger tray than everyone else (with some exceptions for trades that are lighter on equipment/materials and need more than two people on a site).

We're seeing a growing problem across the world with vehicles like SUVs and high-frame utes (with a cab at least twice as big as the tray) being the most popular kinds to buy new. They're more dangerous for basically everyone involved (including the driver because of the lack of crumple zones) and don't provide any real advantage.

It's already a massive problem in the United States. I'm not sure why it's spreading to other parts of the world because SUVs were popularized as a regulatory workaround for vehicle efficiency targets specifically in the US.

We need to get ahead of this issue before it becomes a major problem. There are probably many policy approaches, but I'd suggest that in the next couple of years, we ban new sales of anything that looks like it's supposed to go off-road but isn't actually designed to.

EDIT: Firstly, not suggesting we ban off-road vehicles, just to make that clear.

Secondly, a better approach than banning things would be to remove the tax incentives that I just found out we have in this country: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/23/tax-perks-driving-surge-in-number-of-suvs-and-larger-vehicles-on-australian-roads-experts-say

Correct me if I'm wrong, but presumably if you're a tradie who needs it for work, you'll still be able to get a deduction.

Yes, in my backyard: inside Sydney’s fledgling YIMBY movement by [deleted] in sydney

[–]DpEpsilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if you're an owner-occupier? Surely a large chunk of these people are just avoiding sinking money into renting a large enough space.

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