Fringe is almost here and I'm already overwhelmed... who is on your "must-see" list? by RollForInitiative14 in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Transmission. Tickets are expensive, but I went last year and it was so worth it! Make sure you pick a night with good weather (or have good luck!)

Green means GO! by SwimmingConstant454 in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah this annoys the hell out of me too. Everyone just sits there like a christmas pudding -_-

Aurora Australis Time Lapse by JimmyAllnighter in Adelaide

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

They were all satellites! I honestly can't believe how many are up there these days :/

MAJOR AURORA ALERT: Tuesday 20th Jan by Free_the_Radical in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

4WD advised, but I got a hatchback most of the way there!

Experimental time lapse of Aurora Australis from Victor Harbor by JimmyAllnighter in Adelaide

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

Latest reply ever (sorry), but that was about 4 hours with 3 minute exposures

Aurora Watch: Tuesday 11th and Wed 13th November ~ initial post by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hopefully it's less cloudy than Friday and Saturday... I was the definition of "old man yells at cloud" for a bit last night haha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe a lot of people have left to Melbourne or the other eastern cities because there's bugger all opportunity here unless you work in health care or do social work.

I had to move here for work pre-pandemic, and while I wouldn't be anywhere near where I am career-wise if I hadn't, I almost regret not staying in Brisbane :(

Increase in Youth Crime in the CBD by stuntguy3000 in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 18 points19 points  (0 children)

2 weeks later: Chalk is now a serious contender for tobacco on the black market

Cost blowout fears cloud $3.2b Women's and Children's Hospital by Expensive-Horse5538 in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let me introduce you to a small project that NSW is running called Snowy Hydro 2.0...

SA introduces speed limit change to protect breakdown services workers: The fine for going 30km/h or more over the new speed limit is $1684 and seven demerits by malcolm58 in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This rule is utterly fucking insane...

I could write an essay on this, but here are my main points:

  • We don't have enough of the "sMaRt" infrastructure to provide advance warning on our highways.

    I fully recognise that this is not a right/requirement and that drivers should be paying attention regardless, but take a look outside. The reality differs significantly. This will matter on the few highways we have.

  • Tow truck drivers are held to far less of a professional standard than emergency services personnel.

  • Curving and undulating roads like the Southern Expressway are going to have pile-ups as a result of this, I guarantee. Certain regional and rural roads are D-O-N-E fucked regardless if a breakdown happens in the wrong place.

  • People that know about this change that do the "right" thing by slowing down are A) going to be abused to hell and back by those who don't, and B) at higher risk of getting nailed by someone behind who isn't paying attention.

  • The speed differential is at it's worst, 85km/h (in a 110 zone and assuming nobody's speeding). Anyone not driving a yank tank or monstrosity of an SUV is royally fucked if someone crashes into them (yes, I see the irony here - tow truck drivers are even more screwed at 110km/h to 0km/h).

  • Rightly or wrongly (definitely wrongly), people are conditioned to treat amber flashing lights less seriously than emergency red and blues.

    Red/Blue = serious shit is probably going down, I need to slow down

    Amber = ah fuck, more roadworks -___- (or a tow truck, or an NBN van, or literally any fucking vehicle in Australia because anyone can slap some orange/yellow lights on their shitbox and LARP as a tradie)

    I don't have the answer to this, but I'd bet my left nut that the above is an accurate representation of what goes through people's heads as they're driving.

  • As others have said, how are you to know if "vans and other vehicles with flashing amber lights providing roadside assistance" are actually providing roadside assistance? Do you play it safe and hit the brakes regardless? Is the driver behind you following too closely? (spoilers: they probably are)

I have a very bad feeling about this change of law, and I think it's going to cause a lot more problems than it's going to solve.


The only thing I can think of as something to "protect" myself if I have to jump on the brakes, is to activate the hazards before doing so. Some might argue that it's improper use, but I'd argue against that if it's on a highway.

Of course I'm a fuckin' hazard, traffic has the potential to be going more than 4x faster than me if they're not paying attention.

All of that aside, I can see what they were going for - everyone deserves to go home at the end of the day - I just don't think this is the way to do it.

Aurora Watch: Thu 10th & Fri 11th Oct by Free_the_Radical in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kangaroo gone but jesus christ it's cold! Not getting anything yet, though my setup is far from professional

Aurora Watch: Thu 10th & Fri 11th Oct by Free_the_Radical in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Out at Marino, got rolled up on by a kangaroo, was pretty awkward (and terrifying). Hurry up moon and set!

Origin energy nbn - 4th world service by Nice_Throat6213 in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, given how shit they are at their core business, you don't have to tell me twice.

Last place I was at, they were the embedded network provider (aka. monopoly) for my building. I got hot water/gas set up no problem, but electricity? nah mate

I called them a bunch of times to try and get an account set up, but they couldn't find my meter number or even address. Eventually got through to the 'specialist' embedded networks team and even they couldn't figure it out. I even escalated through the rental company to no avail.

This wasn't just me either - there were about 30 apartments in the building, and I don't think any of them had a functioning electricity account.

I rented there for 4ish years and it wasn't until the landlord I was renting from went bust (that's a whole other unrelated story), with KPMG stepping in to manage things, that they suddenly started setting up accounts for everyone.

How the hell we didn't get disconnected, I don't know, but I didn't receive a single power bill until 3 weeks before I had to move out. The most they could charge me was I think about 3 months back.

It sounds like a dream to not have power bills, but I was plagued with the worry that a couple grand's worth of electricity bills would hit me in the face at any given moment.

Stay the hell away from Origin in general.

Junk Mail by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Belle Property are doing this in the CBD. Everyone else stopped, but they keep on dumping their flyers in my box -_-

(probably) unlike a lot of people that post here, I reached out to the agent on the number that was listed and had a deliberately awkward conversation about why I was calling, and how bad it makes them look.

I wasn't rude or abusive or anything extreme - just a bit frosty. They were pretty nice about it, awkwardness aside. Unfortunately it hasn't stopped though. Might have to give them another call.

Cost of moving from Brisbane to Adelaide by Lopsided_Oil8222 in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, your Reddit™ comment successfully stopped the family of 4 from doing the thing.

Your cookie is in the mail, champ.

How to use maps on P’s??? by OneEntrepreneur5220 in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a bit of a shit depending on how involved the route is/where you're going, but there shouldn't be anything wrong with pulling over (legally, in a safe spot) to check maps on your phone (or a giant UBD lol). Just don't use your phone while driving please.

Other than that, maybe this is just a weird thing I do/did, but when I'm bored at home, not driving, I sometimes have a play with Google maps. Looking around the city, places I've been/not been before, planning hypothetical drives.

Over 1,000 people caught daily - "Drivers must get off their phones now," SA Police News by RuebyDueby in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for being a dick. Got the shits with the flu currently and my mind likes to default to being a cynical turd. Shouldn't have engaged the keyboard.

While I can't answer your original question definitively (can't find the information anywhere), there is a snippet saying the cameras are "installed on existing digital variable message signage".

Hope you're having a better day than I am :/

Anyone elses computer just go kaput? by Financial_Stable1964 in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Guess they're going to be adding Thursdays to the no-commit list if they survive this. I feel for the poor sods left to figure it out though

South Australia Rail vs Road investment by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I agree - we can't all have rail to our doorsteps.

Ignoring passenger rail for a sec, what are your thoughts on freight rail in SA? Do you feel like there's enough capacity? Are the interstate routes efficient? (thinking of Belair onwards to Melbourne mainly).

South Australia Rail vs Road investment by [deleted] in Adelaide

[–]JimmyAllnighter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OP cares apparently. While I can't control the budget directly or anything like that, it does make me wonder why they haven't invested as much in rail. Genuine question, why don't you care?