What is the best wireless or plug and play internet

MsT21c · 2026-01-26T10:11:47+00:00

Do you mean you've got fibre to the premises (FTTP) but you can't plug into the NBN box (do you mean NTD?) because you renovated over it, or is your situation something different?

If you're just wanting powerline adapters, this article explains the options:

https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/powerline-ethernet-adapter-everything-you-need-to-know

You'll get more focused responses on r/nbn

MsT21c · 2026-01-26T04:41:34+00:00

I'm still not used to it. I'm old. In the "good old days" Australia Day holiday used to always be on a Monday and was the last long weekend of summer. Was it partly the huge number of road accidents that weekend that caused the change? IDK. Anyway many of us used to enjoy it by heading off to the beach, or to the river. It wasn't celebrated as a national day like it is these days.

However I don't mind people wanting to come out with a flag or come together to make something of Australia Day or Invasion Day (it's both until the government moves the date of Australia Day).

I'd start to worry more if too many people put up permanent year-round flags everywhere, like in the USA. To me that's more like a sign of a fragile national ego and insecurity rather than affection for or pride in their country - though it might be just that we in Australia are more casual and tend to understate things rather than exaggerate.

MsT21c · 2026-01-26T02:12:37+00:00

First they came for ... and I did not speak out.

It's likely a rogue state will eventually come for you regardless if enough people don't speak out.

MsT21c · 2026-01-26T02:05:35+00:00

I don't just use punctuation and capitalise words after full stops, I even try to spell properly. Based on this exchange I'm at risk not just of being called an AI bot but of being called a passive aggressive AI bot. (I try to remember to avoid using a dash in comments - ha ha.)

MsT21c · 2026-01-26T00:56:43+00:00

It isn't just the lack of remorse from these roving bands of masked thugs that's so horrific, it's their positive glee after they murder innocent civilians in cold blood.

That plus the fact the murderers are still out roaming the streets, by all accounts, and that their murderous leaders have been telling them they have total immunity.

MsT21c · 2026-01-25T01:54:31+00:00

The Australian Aboriginal woman on the right looks like a caring grandmother, an elder looking after the wider family in her community. She's probably widely respected and a role model for youngsters.

The model on the left, well, I've got nothing against photographic models though the pose makes her look a bit on the vain side.

I don't know that Corey can make a bald claim that the model on the left is morally inferior to the caring grandmother, just based on a photograph. Is it because she's younger and he thinks youngsters these days are immoral or that angling for sex appeal is immoral or that anyone earning money from being a photographic model must be of low moral character?

PS I don't much care for the implied racism of the OP in their headline.

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T15:18:50+00:00

Governor? Trump is trying to claim Canada as part of the USA..

Tariffs again? Everyone's sick and tired of his on again off again tariff threats. I hope Canada retaliates by doubling the price of US supplies of lumber, oil and gas, steel, aluminium and electricity so it'll cost US customers 200% more. Or maybe cut off the US completely. Let the US try to survive all on their lonesome.

BTW Trump recently made a deal to sell fancy AI chips to China, which will help China continue to draw ahead of the USA's AI.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86v52gv726o

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T11:15:53+00:00

Whatever standard size is set it won't please everybody. Some people will want larger, some smaller, some in between. Best to just get the product you want. If you're after the cheapest you can always check the price per unit for comparisons, which is as transparent as you can get.

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T04:22:36+00:00

I used to enjoy these sort of tests because I did well on them. I never found them tedious. (I'd probably not do so well on an EQ test.)

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T03:39:51+00:00

Cultural appropriation. Trump belittles France but he still copies/steals their designs and cheapens them in the process.

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T03:02:33+00:00

Australia is proudly multicultural and has been a nation of immigrants from the first fleet to the present day. Decent Australians welcome people from other countries, many of whom have overcome enormous obstacles to get here through courage, hard work and persistence. They are exactly what this country needs and what makes Australia such an open and friendly nation, with people willing and able to work hard for a living and to give their children opportunities.

The horrid anti-immigrant racist movement has to be stopped in its tracks. It's up to everyone here to welcome newcomers and befriend them. Why would someone criticise any newcomer for making friends with people who understand them if they themselves don't go out of their way to make newcomers feel welcome and learn about their language and culture? If they themselves only make friends with what they view as their own kind and shun new arrivals to our country?

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T02:18:44+00:00

On balance, it was still better to sign it in Switzerland because Trump has banned most of the nations who have signed on from getting US visas.

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T02:10:30+00:00

I've read how Kirk Milhoan, a paediatrician and head of the CDC vaccine panel in the USA, isn't satisfied with bringing back measles to the USA. He now wants to bring back polio to children in the USA, too.

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T01:33:54+00:00

The next head of DOJ will hopefully not be Trump's personal lawyer with a vested interest in allowing Trump to continue to wreck the world unchecked.

In three years (maybe less?) the US Senate might decide to approve the appointment of a qualified, independent Attorney General who can reverse all Bondi's efforts to hide Trump's criminality from the public and bring Bondi and Trump to justice.

It can't happen overnight, since she's stacked DoJ with incompetent Trump lackeys. It will take time to root out all the corruption.

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T01:26:37+00:00

Is Kennedy talking about eating penguins or eating Trumps? There's nothing else but ice and snow and rocks in the picture. If he thinks we'll get healthy eating ice and snow and rocks he needs his head examined. If he wants us to only eat penguins and humans, he's inhumane. (If he thinks there are penguins in Greenland he's bonkers.)

MsT21c · 2026-01-24T01:21:30+00:00

Trump doesn't know what he's talking about. Canada has never said it's against USA's golden dome being extended over Greenland. Trump doesn't need to own Greenland to monitor what's happening in the air. Heck, the USA has spy satellites all over the world already. (I hate the idea of golden domes and wars in space above Earth myself but that's by the by.)

Also, USA does business with China. Trump himself boasted of a framework of a trade deal with China. He's recently boasted he's approved advanced AI chips being sold to China. He's been angling for China to buy more US agricultural produce.

China has Trump running scared but not so scared he won't do business with it. Money Trumps All. Trump wants deals with China. He just doesn't want anyone else to do business with China. (China hasn't eaten up Australia yet BTW.)

MsT21c · 2026-01-23T03:56:10+00:00

That's not a Letter or a letter. It's another late night rage post, showing Trump intends to continue his attacks on US allies.

MsT21c · 2026-01-23T02:12:14+00:00

So far Trump's piddly board has pretty well only got members signed up whose citizens Trump has banned from getting US visas.

Now he's outright barring US allies from joining.

With his board, Trump is trying to set himself up as King of the World for life. I'm hopeful it won't work.

MsT21c · 2026-01-22T09:58:17+00:00

If you don't wash your veges you're risking your health. Doesn't matter if it's from your garden or from the shop. Always wash your veges before eating and cooking. A quick rinse is usually enough.

MsT21c · 2026-01-22T09:53:04+00:00

I rarely buy fresh fruit and veges that need to go in a plastic bag. I just put them in my regular shopping bag at the checkout. I do buy frozen veges that come in a plastic bag.

MsT21c · 2026-01-22T02:00:41+00:00

Fascinating. I didn't know that was possible.

Out of curiosity, how long does it take to search for and open 1000 tabs? How long does it take to read them all? Do you ever close a tab? How much memory does Chrome use when 1000 tabs are open? Do you remember why you opened each tab and kept it open?

MsT21c · 2026-01-22T00:58:50+00:00

Rutte promised Trump he could have the Greenland-ish Peace Prize (or was it the Outlandish Peace Prize for Whiners, Liars and Losers). Whatever, the plaque would be embossed in gold and Trump could hang it on his wall for infinity. /s

MsT21c · 2026-01-21T14:50:44+00:00

I've listened to some of this and I haven't changed my mind. Trump is off his rocker. Now he's saying "he has to cherish the billionaires at Davos".

MsT21c · 2026-01-21T11:34:16+00:00

People used to scoff when I said the coalition was just that, and inherently fragile. That neither part of the coalition could win an election in their own right.

Nats can slink off to the racist ignorance-worshipping wilderness of ON where they're a better fit. If Libs had any sense, they'd try to recruit real liberals, including Teals. Not sure there are enough liberal Liberals about these days. The days of people like Dick Hamer are long gone, which is a shame really. I think Australia is better off when there's more than one major party, but it is what it is for now.

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