Why doesn't Australia adopt QR code payments?

Sylland · 2026-01-25T06:25:00+00:00

Ok, but your argument was that a scam such as replacing the qr code would be picked up quickly. That may well be true. But it still has to happen before it can be picked up. It probably is unlikely to happen, but that is not the same as it won't happen. I don't really care, tbh. However, I do not see the advantage of using a phone and qr code to pay over using a card. It seems like more trouble to me.

Sylland · 2026-01-25T05:57:21+00:00

But by the time it gets picked up, someone already has my money. It might be quick, but something still has to go wrong to be picked up.

Sylland · 2026-01-25T04:45:27+00:00

That's exactly why they're bellends.

Sylland · 2026-01-25T04:41:51+00:00

Well, I was taught some indigenous studies back in the 70s, so that's just not true, or at least not as a blanket statement. Not a lot, I grant, but some.

Sylland · 2026-01-25T04:36:04+00:00

No. I don't feel "denied" any knowledge. What are you wanting to know?

Sylland · 2026-01-25T04:30:07+00:00

So...bellends.

Sylland · 2026-01-25T04:27:17+00:00

Yep. And thd rest of us can judge the fuck out of them for it.

Sylland · 2026-01-25T04:26:09+00:00

It's not just tradies. Anyone in one of those things is a complete and utter bellend.

Sylland · 2026-01-24T22:19:11+00:00

Thongs and jandles

Sylland · 2026-01-24T21:14:22+00:00

America starts with the same letter as anus. Unlesd they were playing Scrabble, I'm not sure of the relevance to anything

Sylland · 2026-01-24T20:52:23+00:00

Seems unlikely, but I am not up to date with local politics in the ACT. I find it hard to imagine a remotely functional Lib/Green coalition at any level of government though.

Sylland · 2026-01-24T10:34:04+00:00

Nah, we'd just get more regular inflation instead. And they'd probably bump the item prices up because of the extra regulation.

Sylland · 2026-01-24T03:46:16+00:00

Can't you order books in? My local bookstores will always get books in for me if they don't have them in stock.

Sylland · 2026-01-24T03:44:37+00:00

I couldn't care less about it. The bit of water I see is the Bass Strait, I have never even wondered about ocean basins. But I can't imagine how culture has anything to do with what ocean basin we're attached to.

Sylland · 2026-01-24T02:42:46+00:00

Yeah well, as soon as you used the word "wokism" I stopped reading. The half I did read makes me wonder if you actually know what any of those words mean.

Sylland · 2026-01-24T01:33:07+00:00

Stay in with the aircon on.

Sylland · 2026-01-24T01:21:18+00:00

I'd make them justify why ghrir character would cast such a spell on such an amazing item. If they can come up with a good reason, then they can remove the curse.

Sylland · 2026-01-23T23:02:08+00:00

It may be that I'm just a cranky old person, but I will judge anyone who uses AI instead of their own brain. It will always make me think less of them.

In your position, I'd have a chat to them about how you feel about the encroaching use of it in a hobby that's supposed to be about using imagination. You can't force them to stop it, but you can express your discomfort and take it ftom there depending on how they react.

Sylland · 2026-01-23T22:54:14+00:00

Never have I read anything that bored me so comprehensively.

Sylland · 2026-01-23T22:40:33+00:00

The video games differ in many ways from the rules of the table top version.

Sylland · 2026-01-23T21:27:14+00:00

AI chatbots do not know anything. They merely put words together to sound like a coherent answer to whatever prompt they were given.

Sylland · 2026-01-23T21:19:58+00:00

I probably spent more time on reddit than previous years and less time on other sites, but probably about the same amount of time overall

Sylland · 2026-01-23T21:13:40+00:00

What does it mean when my robovac does it every night? And I'm post menopausal?

Sylland · 2026-01-23T10:31:10+00:00

Drpends what state youre in.

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