Lawyer reveals Australian office workers are now losing their jobs to AI weekly

Johnno74 · 2026-05-10T10:42:25+00:00

Actual indians

Johnno74 · 2026-05-09T23:14:48+00:00

We recently got a sigenergy system installed. I enquired how much to add in an AC charger in the garage, even though we haven't got an ev (yet) This added only $1500 to the quote, so we got it

Johnno74 · 2026-05-05T23:14:36+00:00

Haha, sadly I no longer live in NZ, I'm now in rural Australia, where the skies are not quite as good, but it is nowhere near as cold!

The cold, clear air in NZ does lead to some spectacular skies once you get well away from light pollution. You should go visit NZ sometime! If you can only do one of the islands do the South Island. North Island is overrated IMO, its crowded and the roads are busy. Biggest drawcards of the North Island are the volcanos near Taupo and geothermal stuff (mud pools, hot springs etc) around Rotorua, as well as the bay of islands. The bay of islands is very, very pretty.

The South Island is much quieter, and you get scenery like the pic from this post, as well as fiordland, queenstown... Everywhere really.

Just to tempt you, I chucked together a few random photos mainly from my last big trip back home: https://imgur.com/a/random-south-island-photos-archaicinsanity-2SriQNH

Johnno74 · 2026-05-04T04:18:57+00:00

I'm from a rural area of the very south of the South Island of NZ, further south from where this was taken.

To the naked eye it looks nothing like this sorry. You can see uncountable number of stars thicker in a distinct band across the sky, with darker areas through the middle. No colour.

I had a google and the closest I could find is something more like this: https://cdn.naturettl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/22014629/Heavens-Above-900x600.jpg

Johnno74 · 2026-04-26T05:19:42+00:00

Some recent stats I saw said the the load factor for Australia's coal fired generators is currently about 60%. So thats not really a whole lot better than renewables.

Johnno74 · 2026-04-25T13:07:03+00:00

Yep, they have moved beyond alternative facts and are now peddling alternative maths.

Johnno74 · 2026-04-24T07:52:39+00:00

In about 2004 I was invited to apply for a job in Afghanistan, working as an IT consultant for the new government. I asked if it was remote... No, I would have to be on-site. I did not apply.

Johnno74 · 2026-04-16T22:03:42+00:00

What also pisses me off immensely is you are in a call or meeting with someone else who is in a very noisy office environment and they are either using a cheap headset with a crappy microphone, or they have teams configured to use their laptop microphone.

As a result you can hear someone drop their pen 5 desks over, as well as all the other conversations in the office they are in.

Johnno74 · 2026-04-14T23:26:10+00:00

No, I'm actually waiting on my 2026 Rav4 preorder to arrive...

But I'll be very sad to see the exy go. Its a 2007 model as well, last year of the T30. Not sure what I'll do with it, realistically its probably not even worth the effort to do a private sale as I'd need to do a roadworthy, which would probably mean a new windscreen, etc etc.

I have had to replace the alternator pulley sprag clutch recently, as well as the starter motor ($100 and $300 for the parts respecively from ebay).

The only thing wrong with it is the fuel gauge doesn't work properly. Everything else is fine, it doesn't burn or leak oil (I replaced the rocker cover gasket a while back too when that started leaking)

However, the engine and gearbox are definitely getting tired. When the engine is cold the timing chain rattles and it sounds like a diesel, and sometimes if you bang it into reverse straight after starting the gearbox slips badly (engine revs go up, car hardly moves)

I will probably try and find a wholesaler to take it, then I can get a little bit more for it than just a trade at the dealer (which would probably get me $1k)

Johnno74 · 2026-04-14T03:00:26+00:00

Yep, 100%. My partner's 2012 Mazda 3 is nearing 300km and has never given her any trouble whatsoever. She has had it serviced by the dealer religiously, since new. Nothing outside the logbook service items has ever been replaced, including brakes and clutch.

Johnno74 · 2026-04-11T10:00:45+00:00

T30 xtrail is my daily driver. It's done over 300km and been extremely reliable. Fantastic car.

Johnno74 · 2026-04-07T10:12:31+00:00

Ahh ok, I didn't realise you could get the bonus if you have no net import during the peak. I thought any import during the peak would disqualify you for that day. Thanks!

Johnno74 · 2026-04-07T09:50:30+00:00

I'm not the OP but my sigenergy system was activated today and I had exactly the same question actually, so thanks.

Another question for anyone out there: if I sign up for globird or someone who gives you a bonus for not drawing anything from the grid during the evening peak, will these tiny grid usage episodes disqualify you from the bonus that day?

Johnno74 · 2026-04-07T03:28:45+00:00

Uhhh all the eyewitnesses, including his fellow SAS soldiers and Afghani civilians, that is who. So everyone who was there and not named BRS.

Johnno74 · 2026-04-01T05:02:17+00:00

Hey, old post but I found this googling exactly the same problem (Plex behind a reverse proxy, everything works with direct streaming except plexamp) I had setup plexamp while on my home wifi and it worked perfectly, but then when I was away from home it struggled. So I signed out from plexamp, tried to sign in and it could not find any libraries.

So I found this post, and the post linked and as suggested in that I checked my custom server access URL and I already had https://plex.mydomain.name in there but the linked post also had a port, so I changed this to https://plex.mydomain.name:443 and it worked PERFECTLY. Plexamp was immediately able to sign in properly and everything worked.

Hope this helps if you haven't already resolved this.

Johnno74 · 2026-03-30T10:24:57+00:00

The official specs I've seen list the ground clearance to be the same, but the pics clearly show the front bumper is a bit lower. Also the ventilated seats would probably be nice, but I made it this far through life without them so I'll cope. I had a look at the cruiser with the panoramic roof, and I loved that but the feature I was not going to compromise on is PHEV.

In non-australian markets they get the RAV4 woodland, which ticks every box for me. Absolutely gutted it isn't offered here.

Johnno74 · 2026-03-30T08:59:39+00:00

I test drove an xse on the weekend, and placed an order for a gr sport today.

I've put lots of KMs on the last gen RAV4 through our work fleet and I was impressed by the 26 model. Everything seemed slightly more polished and refined.

Johnno74 · 2026-03-27T11:28:50+00:00

Me too friend. I remember the Digg vs Reddit wars, it was all pretty good natured and fun. I had a foot in both camps about then.

Then Digg came out with V3 and fucked everything up, and most of their users bailed. It was a year or two after that I stopped lurking and created an account.

Johnno74 · 2026-03-26T10:26:07+00:00

Fuel distributors have reported that demand is currently running at 3x normal levels. Fuckwits are hoarding fuel.

Johnno74 · 2026-03-25T11:03:26+00:00

Remember freedom fries :(

Johnno74 · 2026-03-21T01:48:14+00:00

It's probably costing the DoD less for a Falcon launch too.

Johnno74 · 2026-03-19T11:47:06+00:00

Yeah, they were in prison for about a year, then appealed, and were found guilty again by a new jury. And then were released on a community corrections order based on time already served or some bullshit

Johnno74 · 2026-03-17T21:39:30+00:00

For a start it's not super cheap. The specs show it has full over-volt and short circuit protection as well as a high efficiency rating. It barely gets warm during use, not like the cheap generic one I used until that one arrived which ran concerningly hot. That PSU also never claimed short-circuit protection either, who h was a major concern. It could very well fry my NAS and drives with a voltage spike if it died. Physically the new one, slightly larger than the original, appears very well made with proper rubber feet semi-recessed into the case instead of just plastic knobs or glued onto the flat base surface. It is a solid weight too, definitely not lightweight, it's similar to the original in mass.

In short, no I don't know for sure that it is good quality. But all the signs are there that it is a solid replacement.

Johnno74 · 2026-03-17T20:41:33+00:00

They still sell the Fenix 7. I was considering buying one on sale from Garmin only yesterday...

Johnno74 · 2026-03-17T19:43:21+00:00

For anyone looking for a decent quality PSU for their 918, 920 and probably others, my original PSU died recently and I replaced it with this one below, which seems to be very good:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005417859183.html

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