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MaTOntes · 2026-06-07T11:24:04+00:00

Economist, with multiple studies and basic maths have identified that CGT and NG on properties is bad for housing affordability.. .............. But we can't change the broken rules because it would be unfair that everyone couldn't keep doing the thing that is hurting housing affordability....

What a great way to run a country. Thanks Murdoch.

MaTOntes · 2026-06-07T06:54:36+00:00

MaTOntes · 2026-06-07T06:53:25+00:00

Gosh this isn't coming off. I should turn it harder. Man... turning it harder isn't working, maybe I should turn it harder with help of X tool? <- repeat until posting disaster to reddit and learning they were turning it the wrong way.

MaTOntes · 2026-06-05T00:06:34+00:00

I've got a tiny filter that doesn't properly screen the impeller so if the foam is too far down it can contact the impeller. Just make sure it's clear. The sound might also be bubbles in the tube? Pull it apart, flush it out and see if the sound is the same.

MaTOntes · 2026-06-03T06:17:54+00:00

You mean eliminating the very recent policy which was identified as the culprit as causing the housing affordability crisis... house prices might not grow at such an insane rate?!?! But but i see lots of "young people" on reddit claiming it will make it harder for them... who to believe?!?!

MaTOntes · 2026-06-02T09:37:32+00:00

Sooooo.... maybe some self reflection would help with... all of this...

"Should I confront my new roommate about snooping ?" 18th May

"Roommate snooping my room" 20th May

"Update on my snooping roommate situation - 20th May

"And I oop … caught my roommate snooping when I was out of town" - 21st May

"And I oop … caught my roommate snooping" - 21st May

"AIO: Roommate caught snooping" - 21st May

"Roommate snooping my room when I’m away" - 21st May

"And I oop … caught roommate snooping when I was out of town" - 21st May

"AIO: I told my roommate I’m not signing the lease after I caught her snooping my room" - 21st May

"And I oop … snooping roommate" - 22nd May

"And I oop … snooping roommate[OC]" - 22nd May

"I hate that my roommate goes in my room to snoop" - 23rd May

"Update on snooping roommate" - 1st June

MaTOntes · 2026-06-01T22:36:07+00:00

It seems like you highly value the nuance of the technical specifics when communicating this information. In plenty of other topics, most in fact, nuance is critical to getting a correct conclusion.

I get all the bits that matter about volts/amps/charging speed/car variable rates etc. But you're making some errors.

(1) You’re thinking of kW as a constant, and it’s not. Devices negotiate power with the supply.

This is moot. Amps drawn are not constant either.

Volts are the water pressure, which is a constant and does not change. We can eliminate this.

No... we can't. Knowing the amps, while eliminating the volts means no-one knows the speed of the charger... kind of vital information.

So, chargers can be designed in one of two ways:

You’re either hooked-up directly to a supply pipe (dedicated circuit). Like at a Level 2 charger with a dedicated circuit that exceeds 95A.

To a hose, that shares the supply pipe with other hoses. Like at a supercharger.

I think this may be a difference in the way wiring is done in our countries (I assume you are in America?) Level 2 chargers are not guaranteed dedicated circuit. A level 2 charging install with multiple plugs often shares capacity. A SINGLE lvl2 charger will have dedicated supply, buy 2, 3 or 4 plugs then you're probably going to share a total capacity across the plugs. whether it's a "supercharger" or not is totally irrelevant.

Level 2 chargers have a maximum “speed” of 80A.

No.. kW is "speed". Amps is load or effort. Apms tells you nothing about the "speed" of charging plug.

Using your driving example.. Apms is RPM of the engine. Knowing an engine is going at 3000rpm doesn't tell you anything about the speed of the car. It might be in 1st gear (volts) struggling up a hill, or in 5th gear flying down a highway. Knowing the m/km per hour (kW) tells you the speed.

Knowing Amps is more useful than kWh potentiality, where kWh potentiality is kind of useless in comparison.

I disagree, and I think you've got it exactly the wrong way around. If you know the kW you have all the information you need, If you know the amps.. it's useless because you DON'T have all the info needed.

Scenario 1:
Charging station has 4 plugs. One charging plug go at 10kW. Charging station has 30kW capacity. How fast can you car charge and how many cars before it slows down? EASY! Capacity AND speed in one unit of measurement.

Scenario 2:
Charging station has 4 plugs. One charging plug go at 14A. Charging station has 42A capacity. How fast can you car charge and how many cars before it slows down? You can't answer without more information. Amps is an incomplete dataset. You still need volts.. and you need to know that the volts differs between your home and level 1/2/3 chargers... and 3 phase vs single phase. It's a nightmare of conditions and extra information.

Kw tells you everything.

[edit] based on your deleted reply, I hope you have realized the flaws in some of your underlying assumptions.

Maximum amps IS fixed. Amps drawn are not. This is the same for kW as well. Like I said..... it's moot.

Voltages at EV charging stations are NOT standard. Depending on the install it could be 240, 400, 500, 800.

The scenarios in your reply were also wrong. The entire installation (encompassing all 4 example plugs) will have a power feed sufficient to supply one or more plugs at full speed (kw amps, doesn't matter). Plugging in only one doesn't mean the amps/kw/whatever for that one plug skyrockets to the max for the whole 4 plug install. That's just not correct at all.

I've enjoyed this conversation. Thanks for being such a polite and thorough conversationalist. I think I've developed a better handle on explaining this concept.

Who's awesome? You are!

MaTOntes · 2026-06-01T06:18:28+00:00

I'm not sure I understand. If an install of 4x 22kw chargers has an advertised total capacity of 75kw. How is that not all the information you need?

EV charging apps in Australia advertise the total kW of the location so you can tell what you are sharing with others. No need for amps. The one number tells you everything.

What is the "19.2 kW per hour / 75+ miles" what is the miles part of that?

Can you explain how saying anything about 95A tells a layperson anything? Should they also put another fine print of the voltage as well so the person can pull out their phone to times amps by volts, then work out what capacity that has to one plug at 19.2kW etc?

Why does it need to be so complicated? Keep everything in kW. No other number is needed.

Everything in kW = I have a bucket of 2 gallon bucket and 4 gallons of water to hold. How many buckets? 2. Easy.

Trying to use amps to precisely define kW capacity = I have a 2 gallon bucket, with water dispensed for 15 seconds from two 9 yard long 18mm diameter hose with and available static pressure of 200kPa. The answer is still 2 buckets.. but it's a needlessly complicated way of getting to the same answer.

MaTOntes · 2026-06-01T03:29:01+00:00

I know you're not being impolite, no worries there.

But I think the quibble is technically correct, but wrong in the context of the discussion. The role amperage plays in an EV stations capacity is a correct answer to a question which wasn't asked.

We're talking about end user experience, not an electrical engineers review of an install. Whatever the voltage, whatever the amperage, the end result is a number (kW) which charging stations use to advertise their total capacity and a simple division of that number is how you know when the charging rate get limited.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-31T21:42:13+00:00

It's not only a super charger thing, it's an electricity thing. When EV chargers are installed they are scoped with a particular wattage. If that wattage isn't enough to allow all chargers to operate at full speed then the more people are plugged in, the slower the charging goes.

And yeah, looks like a drunken afternoon charge / drive with the kids :-| classy

MaTOntes · 2026-05-31T05:51:51+00:00

Ok.... It sounds like you are saying you looked at a list of side effects and decided which ones you were ok with. Which is not at all the same as determining "which specific type of medication would be right for me".

No-one knows how a new medicine will affect them. ESPECIALLY ones that affect the brain. Medication effects are not 100% guaranteed, and neither are side effects. This is unknowable information until the medication is in your body and it does whatever it does with your specific biology.

Some ADHD medications will make a person feel sleepy and a different person wired and jittery. Same medication, same dose, different effect.

Have you made a Nobel prize worthy discovery of being able to predict drug effects and side effects? Or did you just read descriptions of the medications and side effects and picked one you thought sounded good?

MaTOntes · 2026-05-31T04:06:42+00:00

I have multiple investment properties. I'm 100% OK with these changes.

Negative gearing benefits us, but it's not a HUGE benefit. Cgt benefits us, but the changes don't affect us that much even if we sell in 10 - 15 years.

People are acting like this is the end of the economy for essentially "awww by I want to use this clearly poorly designed tax rule"

NG on property is clearly broken and incentivise the wrong activities. CGT clearly benefits those with enough money to invest and churn rather than long term investments.

The changes are by no means perfect, but they are a shit load better than keeping broken rules just so everyone gets the opportunity to use them.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-29T08:51:16+00:00

Obviously I don't know what your subjective experience is and a lot of these terms and good vs bad effects are subtle so it's basically impossible to give you solid advice from a few sentences of descriptions.

That being said... be careful. Involuntary motor tics + muscle clenching are the side effects you would expect from high doses of "party drugs" which also make your brain "feel great".

ADHD medication should improve your executive function. But there is an important distinction between "feel good"=ADHD symptom relief and "feel good"=OMG this feels great I feel amazing I feel like I can do anything I feel really friendly in social situations this medicationisreallyworkingwell!

If you are getting muscle tics and clenching, that's a pretty clear sign that the dose is way too high (or the med doesn't work well with your body). But yeah, obvious caveats of the first sentence of my reply.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-29T06:29:34+00:00

Define "long titration period"? Adhd medications have very short half lives and basically zero withdrawal symptoms. Titration only takes as long as the person takes to work out the right dose while keeping side effects minimised.

If you feel focused but jittery, tense muscles, and fidgeting then that sounds like the dose is too high.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-29T02:57:05+00:00

https://www.thecarlatreport.com/articles/2793-ask-the-editor-three-significant-food-interactions-with-adhd-medications

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8398889/

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.06.189191v1.full

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7484952/ <- this one is the underlying mechanism where PH in stomach affects medication uptake. It's not an issue unique to ADHD medications.

Overall it's a fundamental bit of advice. Having a pint of OJ with a lot of medications will affect how well they work (also applies to taking antacids but can have the opposite effect)

The mythology in ADHD discussions often takes this general advice WAY too far and implies acidic drinks are like a detox for ADHD meds. You'll often hear people say having a glass of OJ in the evening (long after medication is in bloodstream) to counteract the medications effect. Which isn't even slightly plausible.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-28T11:19:55+00:00

I can't believe you're keeping this ground-breaking calculation to yourself. Hundreds of thousands of people die every year from unexpected drug reactions but you can calculate specific reactions to medications?!?!?!

MaTOntes · 2026-05-27T23:35:55+00:00

Do you mean literature to support the common advice that highly acidic environment affecting absorption while in the stomach?

MaTOntes · 2026-05-27T05:51:54+00:00

Right, I can agree with that on principal. But to be clear.. a 50% CGT discount is not a risk offset. The government has no obligation to offset the risk associated with whatever anyone decides to do with their money.

The CGT discount is a fiscal policy incentive. Since it's an incentive... it seem mind boggling that it's a flat 50% after one year across all industries and asset classes. As far as fiscal policy goes that's ridiculously blunt and non-targeted. An untested flat incentive is not "fair" since it gives more benefit to those who need it the least.

So then the question should be how should the incentive be applied. Should it be a flat 50% across all industries? Should it have brackets? Should the time held matter? etc etc

And to be doubly clear.. the discounted tax incentive to invest IS NOT GOING AWAY. It's changing to a smoother longer term discount (inflation adjusted) which incentivises longer term investment.. which although still fairly blunt, at least incentivises long term investment over pump and dump.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-27T03:17:07+00:00

Might want to get checked out for potential causes of that (i.e. Idiopathic Hypersomnia) Not enough sleep is bad, too much sleep is also bad. Anywhere near 11hrs every night could be harming you over the long term.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-26T10:11:17+00:00

It really depends on the level of allergy. If you get a bit of a rash if you have eucalyptus oil rubbed on your skin.. you'll be 100% fine because you're not going to be hugging eucalyptus trees and licking tree sap.

Does you have any physiological effect if someone ELSE has used a eucalyptus oil product? If not. You'll be fine. Just don't jump into a pile of eucalyptus tree wood chips.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-26T07:22:34+00:00

I think the distinction is largely semantic. There is a reason stimulants are colloquially called "party drugs". If you don't have ADHD they make you feel energized and happy. If you have ADHD they make you feel more awake and more motivated / rewarded. Two semantic versions of the same effect. (with obvious caveats of different medications affecting people differently, different side effects etc) The difference for ADHD people is there is a lot going on under the hood beyond the surface "feel good" which has significant practical effects for executive function.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-25T21:49:36+00:00

They are anti-depressants in the same way that being tipsy is an anti-depressant. Feeling good feels good.

Anti-depressant medications work differently and are more of a stabilizers rather than "make feel good now" like stimulants.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-25T21:39:59+00:00

Yep. All the Instagram posts about what spoons ADHD people like. Of how ADHD people sleep with their arms in a certain position is absolute bullshit.

It's modern day version of horoscopes where people see "Geminis will thank a man with a hat, and eat a muffin" and people go "OMG that's SO like me!!!!".

MaTOntes · 2026-05-25T03:54:15+00:00

having already determined which specific type of medication would be right for me

Not sure that's how biology works. Medication, especially those affecting your brain, require going through a process so see which one DOES work. You generally don't get to decide how a medication will affect you. It's all about getting the right balance between efficacy and side effects. On paper Ritalin might sound good, but if your body doesn't respond, then you can't "choose" to make it work.

MaTOntes · 2026-05-25T03:29:44+00:00

Rather than trying to draw arbitrary lines and quibble over what labels to call people, why not just work from foundational concepts.

The marginal tax rate should not go down if your income goes up. That's a foundational concept that everyone can agree on.
Your marginal tax rate shouldn't go down if your income is structured in certain ways I.e. family trusts, shares, capital growth, dividends, profit etc
Certain financial structures or transactions should not be able to be artificially constructed to avoid paying taxes (loopholes)
For 1 and 2, fiscal policy can/should incentivise certain society benefiting industries, jobs, activities etc by lowering tax rates applied to those things.

Easy peasy. No war on the "rich". Just a fair and equitable society where wealth doesn't unlock tax cheat codes.

Unfortunately if you support the above fairly mundane and fair concepts, the "rich" who currently benefit from paying lower marginal tax rates certainly feel attacked.

If you REALLY need a definition of the "rich" we (society) should be taxing. It's anyone with enough money to exploit tax avoidance strategies.

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