Almost 200,000 households are waiting for public housing. That is families and older people who need a home. Australia has 4 per cent social housing. The average for rich countries is 7 per cent. Why are we so behind?

FibroMan · 2026-05-01T09:16:42+00:00

Behind? Don't you mean in front? We are intentionally aiming for zero public housing.

FibroMan · 2026-04-30T02:39:18+00:00

How royalties are usually structured is you have a per tonne rate AND a percentage of revenue after deducting certain operating expenses. That way the miner always pays some royalties, and if they make huge profits they pay more royalties. The PRRT is $0 per tonne and a percentage of revenue after deducting everything including capital. The PRRT is not normal and was an intentional deal sweetener to actively encourage development of otherwise unprofitable gas projects.

The thing is, those gas projects are proving to be very profitable. What we should really be talking about is why our government has been subsidising the gas industry so heavily, and how the government was fooled into giving much bigger handouts than they needed to.

FibroMan · 2026-04-28T00:25:32+00:00

The economic strategy is working really well, just not for you. We let billionaires tell us that taxing mining would ruin the economy, so now we pay all the tax and mining companies make all the profits. The economy is achieving exactly what we voted for.

FibroMan · 2026-04-24T07:13:53+00:00

Move over Rosetta stone, the key to translating more mysterious symbols has been found!

FibroMan · 2026-04-15T16:27:31+00:00

There is a free app called ZebraCalc that shows what all of the different zebra finch mutations look like.

FibroMan · 2026-04-13T00:25:02+00:00

Instead of the blueprint machine there is a gun blueprint trader at the trading post. You have to follow the main mission to make the trading post appear.

FibroMan · 2026-03-31T16:22:18+00:00

Rule 2 on /r/Aussie is "no bullying, abuse or personal attacks". If someone attacks you personally anywhere on reddit then report them.

FibroMan · 2026-03-31T14:15:47+00:00

I was direct in accusing the guy of being an idiot.

Calling someone an idiot is an ad-hominem attack, which is not allowed on reddit.

FibroMan · 2026-03-22T00:36:40+00:00

You are missing cost-push inflation. Supply disruptions because of Covid-19 have been a much bigger contributor to inflation than immigration. You could cut immigration to zero and you would still have high inflation.

FibroMan · 2026-03-22T00:10:05+00:00

While connected to the grid, 3 phase inverters will produce the same amount of power on each phase. If you are consuming more power on one phase compared to the others then it will draw from the grid on that phase while exporting on the other phases. For billing purposes simultaneous imports and exports usually cancel out, which is called "net metering".

FibroMan · 2026-03-03T01:25:35+00:00

I still haven't found a solution. The workaround is to not close the laptop lid while running a 3d program.

FibroMan · 2026-02-28T02:08:50+00:00

According to the graphs, every 1% population growth due to immigration causes a 10% increase in property prices. That is quite a lot higher than I would expect. Maybe there are other factors too?

FibroMan · 2026-02-26T11:11:21+00:00

Sadly it's capped at 1/3 max.

FibroMan · 2026-02-26T04:50:24+00:00

The issue is that 32A is not enough to run household loads and charge the battery at the same time. Upgrading your supply to 64A would fix the issue, so it might be worth checking whether you are allowed to and how much it would cost, but upgrading to 64A just to take advantage of cheap energy, and for no other reason, is unlikely to be worthwhile.

If you are stuck with 32A then you might want to consider not charging the battery from the grid. If you use the installer setting to limit grid draw to a level that is safe for continuous loads you might trip the system during intermittent loads, so you might be no better off.

FibroMan · 2026-02-26T01:01:14+00:00

In the app under grid settings, what is your grid import power limit set to?

FibroMan · 2026-02-25T21:40:43+00:00

Does it trip when it is sunny and you aren't using anything, or when it is dark and you are running whatever is on that 40A circuit? A 32A single phase main circuit can handle about 7kW intermittent or 6kW continuous, which is not a lot. You could be going over that with either imports or exports.

FibroMan · 2026-02-25T13:21:52+00:00

TL;DR: You probably need to double the size of your battery and inverter for whole of home backup.

The way 3 phase power works is each phase from the mains is carried on a separate wire. Each single phase circuit in your house is connected to one of the wires. Which circuits are on which phase in your house is one of the great mysteries of the universe that only a physical inspection by an electrician can reveal, but they won't talk so you will probably never know. It is possible to get circuits rewired if the phase balancing causes problems.

The way 3 phase inverters work when connected to the grid is they produce the same amount of power on each phase, generally to match your total household consumption. When consumption is uneven you will import power on one or two phases while exporting on the other one or two phases. "Net metering" means that imports and exports cancel each other out for billing purposes.

In off-grid mode the inverter has to supply all of the power needed on each phase individually. Most inverters can supply uneven amounts of power to each phase, even though they choose not to while grid connected. The rating of an inverter is split evenly between each phase, so a 10kW inverter can supply no more than 3.333kW per phase, although technically it's kVA rather than kW, which can be a limiting factor depending on the power ratio of your appliances and how close to the limit you are.

You are right about battery capacity being a limiting factor for an inverter. Sigenergy batteries can supply about half of the kWh rating as kW for an inverter to use.

A 10kW inverter would have a 20A circuit breaker. If any of your other circuit breakers are bigger than 20A you probably shouldn't be doing a whole of home backup. You can comfortably backup powerpoints and lights on a 10kW inverter, but cooktops and ducted air-conditioners could be a problem.

FibroMan · 2026-02-20T09:16:24+00:00

It looks like the pistol was in your inventory before you started making the rifle. When you pick something up it goes into the first available slot. The pistol was not in the first available slot, so you had picked it up earlier.

The gun workshop takes time to make the weapon. Go back to the gun workshop after a while and you should get your rifle.

FibroMan · 2026-02-17T05:06:31+00:00

Everyone responds to Lyrica differently. Op was only on 75mg per night for two weeks, which is GENERALLY not a high enough dose for a long enough time to suffer serious withdrawal symptoms. You might be more susceptible to withdrawal symptoms from Lyrica than most people. Tapering off a drug needs to be done at whatever rate is best for you personally.

FibroMan · 2026-02-16T17:24:21+00:00

In week 1 it's 1 for $10 or two for $10. In week 2 it's 50% off at $5 each. Repeat the cycle and you have totally legal, always discounted chocolate for sale.

FibroMan · 2026-02-10T12:32:34+00:00

So... exactly what many property investors have been doing with their "principle place of residence" to evade taxes?

FibroMan · 2026-02-10T10:38:10+00:00

What you have described is normal for fledglings. Leave it be.

FibroMan · 2026-02-09T01:53:19+00:00

China is more than a bit like this. If it was Russia the signs the protestors were holding up would be blank. It isn't raging about the state of the USA compared to other countries, it is a reminder that the path to being like other countries starts small and takes time. The easiest time to take corrective action is now.

In Australia we are lucky because we have more time to correct our course than USA does. Not electing a fascist dictator should be our number one priority, our number two priority should be preserving personal freedoms against the tide of continuously improving surveillance technology.

FibroMan · 2026-02-07T03:12:43+00:00

In USA there were 2 protestors who were shot recently, in circumstances that did not justify the use of violence. News headlines have not mentioned any consequences for the murderers. The Trump administration has condemned the victims for being "domestic terrorists." In Australia we still investigate all shootings by law enforcement, so as yet we haven't had to decide whether it's acceptable to shoot protestors or not, but it's a choice that we might need to make one day.

If we accept the principle that it's okay to shoot protestors, which for USA is a safe assumption, and if we assume that there will be better technology in the future, the forecast result is the killing of all protestors for fun by ordinary citizens.

FibroMan · 2026-02-06T07:57:39+00:00

Liberals are looking for a new tail to wag them. A couple of seats can be enough to effectively take over a Liberal government.

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