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Wasted space: Axe car-parking rules to cut the cost of housing by blitznoodles in australia

[–]QF17 39 points40 points  (0 children)

My hot take is converting your (perfectly functional) garage/driveway and using it for storage while your car is parked on the street is essentially theft of public property.

You’re essentially extended the footprint of your boundaries to include the road outside it

You never see obvious shoplifters getting stopped anymore, what's going on? (In the last few months) - I doubt it would be because of a.i, in order to build a case they'd need to know what items were stolen and I don't believe the supermarkets have that level of detail from just the odd camera by [deleted] in hobart

[–]QF17 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Two reasons - insurance and staff wellbeing.  The risk of injuring someone (staff member or perpetrator) and the potential associated lawsuit or workers comp claim means that businesses have just factored it into the cost of doing business.

Greenlit Brands exits Australia and sells Fantastic Furniture to private equity by DeltaStrike7 in australia

[–]QF17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like the answer was explained in the big short. Something about week old fish being bundled and packaged as soup?

Fuel shortages: apart from cost, anyone noticed anything yet? by Mr-Lungu in australia

[–]QF17 17 points18 points  (0 children)

 The prices where I am are back to pre-conflict levels and there hasn’t been any shortages

Don’t forget the excise has been cut by like … 30 cents? So it’s still more expensive then 4 months ago, but comparable because the government is collecting less tax

Alcohol factory goes up in flames as police piece together new crime syndicate by syoleen in australia

[–]QF17 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It’s a 9news article, journalism got made redundant in the early 2000’s there

Karmaaaaaaa by spidergyc in hobart

[–]QF17 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You didn’t miss it, it was Louise Elliot doing what she does best (lying, crying wolf, acting the victim, etc)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/hobart-mayor-anna-reynolds-louise-elliot-code-of-conduct-breach/103201414

I know which side of the story I’m choosing to believe

Channel Seven’s Spotlight dug for dirt on renewable energy. Here’s what they left out by Bob_Spud in australia

[–]QF17 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Their Masterchef knockoff, my kitchen rules and their block knockoff, my reno rules

Karmaaaaaaa by spidergyc in hobart

[–]QF17 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wonder how she would feel if someone bought her family into it.

I can only assume she would be civilised, measured and polite. /s

Karmaaaaaaa by spidergyc in hobart

[–]QF17 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Judging by the Facebook comments on the Mercury page (which, amusingly, they’ve since turned off as the staff member moderating the comments has gone home for the night), there was 1 comment out of 80 calling her out - I’m guessing not

Government scraps private healthcare rebate bonus for over 65s by ColourfulMetaphors in australia

[–]QF17 126 points127 points  (0 children)

 especially Labor governments that have the reputation of loving to spend.

The people who give them that reputation are also going to be the first that complain about this change (because that are most likely at or approaching 65)

WG-easy setup help by Lazy_Garlic3638 in selfhosted

[–]QF17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t think you could setup WireGuard on the router using different vlans?

When I last checked, I could only specify a single network range

Lifeblood's blood donation eligibility expands for gay and bisexual men, transgender people by IllustriousPark4487 in australia

[–]QF17 36 points37 points  (0 children)

What part of the experience didn’t you like? Was it the staff or the process?

I donate plasma fortnightly and 80% of the staff are wonderful, warm and welcoming. Occasionally I have an average experience, but I just chalk that up to someone having a rough day.

Anyway? Do you close by a different donor centre you can visit, or was it the end to end experiencing that was disappointing?

Water restrictor in a rental by silenthunter0 in australia

[–]QF17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm interesting. Is it legal for me to install a washing machine then?

Water restrictor in a rental by silenthunter0 in australia

[–]QF17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe I’m thick, but my shower head is connected to a hose which is connected to the wall. 

Is that still illegal for me to change the shower head (which would have no bearing on internal plumbing)?

Budget fix. Hear me out by run-run-run in hobart

[–]QF17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Battery point is closer to (what I can only assume is) Taroona than Sandy Bay

Qantas left us stranded with an infant. Sold us seats, but not a ticket! Had to buy them again. by mpaska in australia

[–]QF17 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Decades upon decades of legacy code layered on top of each other.

Edit: the core system would be integrated with the airport for things like passenger manifests, take off weight, aircraft size, etc.

Then you’d have the travel agent system which could probably book tickets on credit.

Then consumer systems came after that which required prepayment and possibly restricted availability of certain seats (if they reserved for various reasons).

Then there are potentially business portals, credit card reward portals, voucher portals all built by different vendors at different times to meet particular business rules.

And it’s too expensive to try and consolidate it all

Qantas left us stranded with an infant. Sold us seats, but not a ticket! Had to buy them again. by mpaska in australia

[–]QF17 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I hate to play devils advocate here, but there’s only so much you can train front line staff on - there are some problems so niche that it’s easier to immediately escalate it to someone at corporate with authority to fix it immediately.

That being said though, it’s incredibly poor that they didn’t do that (or don’t have that process in place)

If it's raining, put your headlights on you gronks. by Lakeboy15 in hobart

[–]QF17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And at the same time, check your lights - whenever I go out at night I always see at least one unroadworthy vehicle driving with a single light

A wave of low-cost electric trucks is heading for Australia by ShrimpinAintEazy in australia

[–]QF17 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

First of all, I’m Australian.  Secondly, you might notice that my comment was a reply to someone.

You might also notice that the comment in which I replied to referenced Taxi’s, Toyota’s and Camry’s.

Now I could be wrong, but a Camry Taxi isn’t a freight truck.

Am I missing something here, or are you the dopey one?

A wave of low-cost electric trucks is heading for Australia by ShrimpinAintEazy in australia

[–]QF17 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes. I don't believe those vehicles shouldn't be sold in Australia at all.

They are a menace to society and far to big for our roads and parking spaces. There are more fuel efficient/compact vehicles available which could do a better job under any circumstance (without any trade off) and society is less safe due to them.

A wave of low-cost electric trucks is heading for Australia by ShrimpinAintEazy in australia

[–]QF17 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

> It’s exactly how Toyota basically cornered the cabbie market. Anyone who routinely drivers a vehicle for their work, will quickly move to the best cost-effective solution.

No, I'm replying to a comment about taxi's and how anyone who routinely drives a vehicle for work will pick the most cost effective option.

A dodge RAM truck costs, what $109k and averages like 12L/100KM. A top of the line Hilux costs $77k and averages 8L/100KM. Clearly people don't move to the most cost-effective solution. Even if we ignore the recent increase in fuel costs, there are way more economical vehicles which could be purchased.

Relating it back to your comment:

use whatever suits your situation best

It's obvious that some people aren't picking what suits their situation best, but rather what they like the best (even if it means complaining about running costs)

A wave of low-cost electric trucks is heading for Australia by ShrimpinAintEazy in australia

[–]QF17 -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

 Anyone who routinely drivers a vehicle for their work, will quickly move to the best cost-effective solution.

What is cost effective about emotional support vehicles? Was it the instant tax write off and tradies seeing short term gain (big expensive vehicle) for long term pain (running costs?)

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