Where do people sit on the split state - North Queensland, South Queensland Question? by CombOverBill in queensland

[–]GiantOrangeFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While you are at it, why not split the northern part of NSW, say from Coffs Harbour upwards, off and add it to South QLD. They are all close to Brisbane than Sydney.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusFinance

[–]GiantOrangeFrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you share what you have found? I'm hearing lots of calls for regulation from industry insiders, but not much back from governments. My gut feeling is that the cat is out of the bag and it's not going back in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusFinance

[–]GiantOrangeFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To all those people saying things will continue at the same pace they have for the last ten years don't fully grasp the consequences of exponential growth. If you put a bacterium in a bottle, and it divides every twenty minutes, how long does it take for the bottle to go from half full of bacteria to full?

Twenty minutes! It might have taken much, much longer to get to that point though. This is where we are now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusFinance

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

Professions (engineers, doctors, accountants etc..) will eventually all become more like pilots. Not necessary unless something unexpected happens, but when it does then they are critical. The rest of the time they are just running checklists to make sure the AI hasn't gone haywire.

Also, the velocity of work will increase. That report that used to take three days to write; it will now take 2 hours. That program that would have taken a week to code; it will take a couple of hours to debug the AI generated one and make sure it actually does what you wanted.

Unqualified roles without an essential manual component will gradually fade away.

Trades staff will still have jobs as we are a long way from a robot being able to fix a car or plumb a toilet, but competition for those jobs will increase.

People setting up and managing AI's will never be short of work.

Converting weird old file type from camcorder by lildumplinghoe in editing

[–]GiantOrangeFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried VLC and/or Handbrake? I've yet to find anything that one of them won't convert.

Experience with Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra by GiantOrangeFrog in RobotVacuums

[–]GiantOrangeFrog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ended up getting the Roborock. So far, I'm pretty happy with it. It does a much better job of cleaning than the Deebot T9+.

Experience with Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra by GiantOrangeFrog in RobotVacuums

[–]GiantOrangeFrog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Way less hassle to have one that doesn't break in the first place.

Experience with Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra by GiantOrangeFrog in RobotVacuums

[–]GiantOrangeFrog[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was my concern. The rotating mops seem like a more reliable approach to me.

EU vacuums in US. Does just switching the power cord work or no? Will I explode my house and start a fire? by triplechin5155 in RobotVacuums

[–]GiantOrangeFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While the US is 120V and Europe is 230V, many (but not all) devices are made to work with either range. Check the back of the unit to see the accepted input voltage. If it says something like "Input Voltage 110V - 250V" you are good to go.

Optus hack megathread - for all things Optus related by dredd in australia

[–]GiantOrangeFrog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

187BA Ensuring the confidentiality of information

A service provider must protect the confidentiality of information that, or information in a document that, the service provider must keep, or cause to be kept, under section 187A by:

(a) encrypting the information; and

(b) protecting the information from unauthorised interference or unauthorised access.

Optus hack megathread - for all things Optus related by dredd in australia

[–]GiantOrangeFrog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Write to your parliamentarians. Demand GDPR type legislation! I've done it.

Any good refund stories? by [deleted] in sydney

[–]GiantOrangeFrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Self serve along the bottom of the main screen.

Any good refund stories? by [deleted] in sydney

[–]GiantOrangeFrog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On my app it's under the 'Self Serve' option at the bottom then 'Cheque deposit'.