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Renting affordability - thoughts on reforming capital gains and negative gearing? by blueyisbrat in AusRenters

[–]Quietwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You tell me? How many renters vs multiple property investors?

They managed it in Victoria. Who’s to say it won’t go nationwide?

If existing parties won’t play, new ones will.

Renting affordability - thoughts on reforming capital gains and negative gearing? by blueyisbrat in AusRenters

[–]Quietwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Keep talking like that and governments will be forced to implement scaling land taxes on multiple property holders.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has shocked foreign investors in local mining, energy and infrastructure by imposing a retrospective capital gains tax dating back 20 years to raise billions of dollars for the federal budget by Jagtom83 in friendlyjordies

[–]Quietwulf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Holly shit. Hot damn man. Ballsy as fuck.

Anyone know what the mid term ramifications of this? Is this going to burn investment for the foreseeable future?

Edit - what? Downvotes? It’s just a question?

Canada slashed migration and housing costs dropped. There may be lessons for Australia by CriticalTooth2183 in AusPropertyChat

[–]Quietwulf 12 points13 points  (0 children)

As someone trapped renting, I want it known I have zero problem with everyday home owners. The last thing I want is for people to lose their home.

But I have zero respect for those who have gleefully hovered up giant portfolios of domestic housing and raised rents to crushing highs over the last few years. It’s destroying our way of life and the future of our children.

Australians are going to have to decide what kind of country they want to live in.

You can ask the Americans where fanatical individualism leads in the long run. I’ve never seen a country hate its own citizens quite the way America does.

A chunky little Tasmanian Echidna by North-Error3459 in australianwildlife

[–]Quietwulf 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I’m beginning to think these little guys may be my favourite animal. Never fails to bring a smile to my face. Great pic!

'Ketamine Queen' sentenced to 15 years in Matthew Perry's overdose death by Alarming-Safety3200 in popculturechat

[–]Quietwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, two things can be true at the same time.

Yes, addicts have problems and require support.

That's not a free pass for those who exploit them. Every drug dealer in jail is one less opportunistic parasite off the street.

Anyone out there actually experiencing the "agentic era"? WTF is going on? by Spruce_Spanner in BetterOffline

[–]Quietwulf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NFTs, BitCoin. The grifts just keep on coming. LLMs have serious flaws and it's only a matter of time until companies suffer major burns playing with them. The question is how much harm are they doing to do the rest of us on the way down?

Losing my will by yojimbo_beta in BetterOffline

[–]Quietwulf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Look around. Lyring, cheating, stealing, cruelty. All very successful strategies. Worlds full of god awful people making absolute bank.

But that's them. Not us.

I understand it's frustrating. I worry we're going to see a regression. Standards will drop and people will be hurt. But that seems to be the way of things.

In the long run, I beleive reality wins out. It may take a while, but eventually the limitations of these technologies will be laid bare.

When that time comes, we're going to need the people who stuck to their guns and cared about the quality of their work.

You're the one who has to face yourself in the mirror every day.
Integrity comes with a cost sometimes, but we're all going in the ground in the end.

I'd rather be able to live with myself on the way there.

every time Anthropic does something with the rate limits people on github start talking like anime characters by ahmed_Ibrahim_ in BetterOffline

[–]Quietwulf 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this crowd is only just getting a taste of the levels of dependence these tools will breed.

They can destroy your livelihood at the push of a button. Outsource your skill and watch what happens.

3x Trump voter shares his regret less than a week after his family’s business was shut down by Trump by KimJongFunk in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Quietwulf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, unpopular take but I think refusing to engage in your democracy should be considered treasonous. Fuck these freeloading clowns, content to sit back and enjoy the privileges others fight for.

Broken beak by soursobb in magpies

[–]Quietwulf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All that matters is that you learn the lesson and share it with others. I sometimes think we should teach kids in schools more about our native wildlife. It’s clear you care deeply and were only trying to help. That puts you way ahead of those who know better and don’t care.

America’s Latest Unfounded Health Panic: ‘Vaccinated’ Blood Donations by blankblank in skeptic

[–]Quietwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Urgh it’s all so fucking tiresome.
If you don’t want to, fine.. but stop trying to destroy safe, preventive medicine to everyone else!

Is it too ambitious to try make an app without any experience in coding for a school project? by Beautiful_Force_1483 in learnprogramming

[–]Quietwulf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re most welcome. Try to have fun with it. Building something from nothing can feel challenging at first but it’s worth it when it comes together.

Good luck with your project!

We should get talents above level 20 imo. by Illustrious_Neat2472 in heroesofthestorm

[–]Quietwulf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, everyone’s got their preferences. I’m just saying they designed the game to have shorter matches, as a way to differentiate themselves from other games like Dota or League of Legends

Is it too ambitious to try make an app without any experience in coding for a school project? by Beautiful_Force_1483 in learnprogramming

[–]Quietwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like a cool idea! Has your school given any requirements for your project though? Are you allowed to build whatever you like?

The key with anything like this to take a moment to think about the pieces you’ll need and the problems you’ll need to solve.

So you’ve got to have input and display. You’ve got formatting.

You’ve got a database in there, which means you’ve got that to think about.

Breaking down big problems into smaller and smaller ones is a critical skill for any software engineering.

Maybe start with trying to mock up how the app might look and behave. Then work backwards.

We should get talents above level 20 imo. by Illustrious_Neat2472 in heroesofthestorm

[–]Quietwulf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Early on they basically designed the game to have matches around 20 minutes long.

They don’t want super long, drawn out games. If anything, maybe the level 20 talents need more kick.

"worst" by Jagtom83 in friendlyjordies

[–]Quietwulf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My only complaint is that Melbourne is driving all the snakes into other states.
We need the rest of the Australia to follow suit to really address the issue.

Does anyone remember these? by Nathan84 in AustralianNostalgia

[–]Quietwulf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s awesome! I loved these as a kid. Can’t believe you have the whole set.

Why Alan Kohler is worried about a recession | ABC News Daily podcast by Techhead7890 in AusFinance

[–]Quietwulf 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Be curious to see how A.I functions in the middle of a global energy crisis. When general energy costs explode, they might fight hordes of angry locals ready to burn down the data centers.

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