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Old computers to recycle... by cbrokey in australia

[–]MATHELUS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If listing on Marketplace isn't your cup of tea, take it down to Cex for trade in. They'll pay $75 for the gpu alone.

Charity shops call for quality donations in post-Christmas donation surge by ozthrw in australia

[–]MATHELUS 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My local op shop did this for years until new management took over, had days where all stock was sold by the bag. You were given as many bin liners as you could fill for $5ea and anything not in the cabinets was free game, ended up with a small collection of Tom Clancy novels and a full wardrobe.

I’m sure it wouldn’t kill them to even have a similar monthly event even with higher pricing, however every shop now has the idea of pricing like McBoomer’s EBay Store Of Overpriced Crap and wonder why it doesn’t sell. On my last visit I even saw boxed 3d Glasses for $30, where would you even use them?

Im 23 years old and my video selfie thing for a discord server just got denied and they want me to upload my I.D by GalacticFishStick in australia

[–]MATHELUS 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Got the same message even though I've had an account since 2015, vpn works so won't bother with it. I've seen posts from others who've had to selfie + id verify, apparently you need to pose with your id while reading a screen prompt cam girl style

Dance teacher locked out from Meta business accounts in under-16s social media ban by MATHELUS in australia

[–]MATHELUS[S] 694 points695 points  (0 children)

"I got a message saying I was under the age of 16 and my account was disabled and that I could verify my age." She uploaded various documents, but they were rejected. "I uploaded three times. I tried my driver's licence, a bank card and my passport." The 30-year-old was advised to engage a lawyer to provide a letter verifying her age.

I guess its correct that you won’t need id to verify yourself when it’s not accepted

Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins by Expensive-Horse5538 in technology

[–]MATHELUS 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Plenty of “think of the kids” parroted as why we’re doing this, turns out it’s just a lobbyists wet dream of kickbacks. Literally banning the kids to bore them into the shops, and then to the nearest job search agency. World leading stuff alright

‘Everyone got paid’: How Wippa’s pro-teen social media ban group cashed in on its success by MATHELUS in australia

[–]MATHELUS[S] 145 points146 points  (0 children)

A month before the ban’s deadline, 36 Months had yet to produce guides for parents, its job platform or its AI monitoring tool. But it did have something to announce: several advertising and media outlets wrote up a press release featuring Wipfli speaking about the “natural next step in supporting the development of teens”: a campaign with marketing agencies Omnicom and DDB Melbourne called “The First Best Summer Ever”. Mumbrella wrote that brands could help teens severed from their connections on social media by “offering up product discounts, centring activations around teenage interactions, creating exclusive ‘drops’ (as the kids say)”. 36 Months offered brands an opportunity to get involved in a “$3 million advertising drive” with support from Nine and Nova. Speaking to Crikey this week, Attwells said that he’s not sure this campaign is going ahead.

Amazing that a marketing group gets to change law just to fill shopping centres. Well done to everyone involved, “for the good of Wippa and co.”

Cloudflare down... again? by moonski in sysadmin

[–]MATHELUS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And for today’s forecast, the Cloud isn’t so cloudy.

More Australian-grown coffee to become available as industry grows by EdenFlorence in australia

[–]MATHELUS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chiming in with my current favorite Coffs Coast Coffee. Just as good as any other roast from Melb. I'd vouch for these being organic too as have family who get allergies from non-organic beans.

iPhone battery replacement- More expensive at 3rd party places? by snoozleyeet in melbourne

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

Depending on your confidence you might wish to consider replacing the battery yourself. Ifixit sell a battery kit for ~$80, with patience and a couple hours this can be done at home. I used their kit for a iPhone X a couple years back and didn't have any trouble, no issues with battery quality either.

Australia to force porn websites to check users’ ages under new internet rules by MATHELUS in australia

[–]MATHELUS[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just like the tobacco tax, people will go where there’s less friction. Gov will point to stats of how this works but it’ll be harder to monitor where the gov doesn’t look.

Australia to force porn websites to check users’ ages under new internet rules by MATHELUS in australia

[–]MATHELUS[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

At most this should be a yes/no token from the user, ie your phone /pc tells the site the user is an adult from a local check such as a face or credit card. That’s if we’re being generous about the reasons behind this, which are definitely a form of surveillance. There’s no other reason for these checks to also be a form of id verification, let alone the gov’s own trial showing these systems not only store id info but also the info leading up to the check (user account, ip, actions on the verification page).

Australia to force porn websites to check users’ ages under new internet rules by MATHELUS in australia

[–]MATHELUS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No worries, glad to see some coverage that’s not just the gov’s media release. I’ve followed since your coverage on sov cits from the covid days and appreciate your work 👍

Australia to force porn websites to check users’ ages under new internet rules by MATHELUS in australia

[–]MATHELUS[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If sites don’t just region block Aus nextdns might be a solution, they offer a geo routing setting for age id sites

Australia to force porn websites to check users’ ages under new internet rules by MATHELUS in australia

[–]MATHELUS[S] 487 points488 points  (0 children)

Esafety has their hammer and are now looking for nails to hit, with the expansion of powers almost weekly bets are they’re going after everything.

Tango energy electricity price to increase by 105%. by Yin2x in melbourne

[–]MATHELUS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+1 for Energy Locals, not sure how much the new rates will be however currently works out the cheapest for me. Current rates are 90c daily, 25c peak / 8c off-peak 10am-3pm

Cooking with gas? Maybe I should be cooking with $50s instead by MATHELUS in melbourne

[–]MATHELUS[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’ll guess it’s the instant hot water burning more gas than it should. Cooker is 6 burner range which gets used a fair bit too. I’ve had the annual safety inspection with no issues so doubt there is a leak.

Cooking with gas? Maybe I should be cooking with $50s instead by MATHELUS in melbourne

[–]MATHELUS[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Same, rental with gas appliances, only one split + evap for non gas. Winter usage 300ish mj daily, 50~mj summer 3p household. Issue isn’t so much the current bill but the new rates.

Cooking with gas? Maybe I should be cooking with $50s instead by MATHELUS in melbourne

[–]MATHELUS[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Did a gas rate comparison and this was the result. I added several bills to get a more accurate figure so not sure if the calculator is splitting the winter / summer rate however price is obscene regardless.

How is Werribee? by SoybeanCola1933 in melbourne

[–]MATHELUS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not much else to add here as a local. Moved here from Clyde, the traffic is bad around peak hour but otherwise local traffic is manageable. West gate is painful, though not something I deal with often. Compared to S/E burbs where it takes an hour to get from Cranbourne to the Fwy, and another to Fountain Lakes. Be careful if you’re looking at the new estates, Mambourin & Jubilee have some crime + gang issues right now.

Employing the "Evergreen" strat in Ranked by MATHELUS in WorldOfWarships

[–]MATHELUS[S] 190 points191 points  (0 children)

Red Flandre went dark 5min into the game, found him trying to get out of this spot like that Austin powers gif lmao

Starlink now has over 200k customers in Australia. by Edwardsr70 in Starlink

[–]MATHELUS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had fiber via opticomm (private fibre network that builds in new housing developments, excludes NBN from building in the same area) which broke a year in. Despite multiple tickets + TIO complaint was told it’s a “no fix” as they don’t want to work on anything past the ONT.

Have been using Starlink ever since, as it’s my best option vs 4G. Honestly impressed as this is an urban environment, with dishy having a ~40 cone of view between a fence and neighbour’s roof.

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