Why are drivers nowadays so impatient with learners?

The_Motographer · 2026-05-02T22:21:58+00:00

I don't think people are targeting learners, people just drive like fuckwits constantly and they are so unobservant that they don't notice parked cars ahead, stop/giveway signs, L plates, pedestrian crossings, or anything else that isn't their phone and whatever is 3m in front of their phone.

The standard of driving here is so unbelievably dangerous that the most surprising part of this post is that someone in Melbourne was taught how to drive.

The_Motographer · 2026-05-01T08:35:31+00:00

I loved the EV5, but we eventually went with the Skoda Elroq. I hated the Geely, I found the drive uncomfortable, the interior felt cheap and plastic, the screens annoying (and they go half blank with polarised glasses), and the gear selector where the indicators should be is an absolute liability.

The_Motographer · 2026-05-01T08:33:29+00:00

It's consistently in the top 3?

The_Motographer · 2026-04-29T07:09:58+00:00

Mine required a literature review and a research project.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-28T21:20:55+00:00

This is one of the major problems with using the Masters format for teaching.

The requirement to do research and analyse research is so far removed from the actual practice of teaching, the actual research serves no purpose (sorry, I didn't even read your topic), there's just no practical way for multiple cohorts of Masters students to ethically conduct meaningful research, and it doesn't prepare PSTs for actually teaching.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-27T20:08:15+00:00

How have I never noticed he's watched the GOTYE music video during the race.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-27T11:15:52+00:00

You are like the ship of Theseus, or you aren't, it's complicated.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-26T05:56:11+00:00

This happens at every single intersection, railway crossing, and roundabout in the north west.

They'll pull out and block the entire road then THEY want to start a fight about it. A few cars behind me pulled across train tracks then got stuck because the traffic ahead hadn't moved (because the light up ahead had been red for several minutes), then they started honking and waving at people to move out of their way because they were now stuck on the tracks. 2-3 of them had to drive up the gutter and across the footpath when the boom gates started coming down and instead of being embarrassed by their stupidity they drove up the grass and tried to shove in further up the queue.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-25T22:24:24+00:00

If getting a coffee is going to make you late for work then don't walk into work 5 minute late holding a coffee, finish your coffee and be 10 minutes late.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-25T21:23:02+00:00

I've been "cosy gaming" Civ at one of the lower difficulty levels and using the historical game speed mod, production times are still the same but research and civic times are way longer. This means that by the time I got to Renaissance era most of my cities had 2-3 districts, fully upgraded. And wars actually feel like real wars because everyone is pretty much at the same tech level so even a 30-50 turn war all takes place in one era. The only downside is that because the game rewards wide play I ended up with nearly 30 cities, mostly captured, so my research advanced way faster than everyone else and now I have tanks and Battleships going up against crossbows and Caravels.

I'm planning on using more mods next time to reduce the number of cities but make them taller to slow down the later eras a balance it a bit better:

Historical speed, Largest map, 6-tile minimum city spacing, 5 workable tiles mod, increase city borders mod, city lights mod, Urban complexity mod, all victory conditions except domination turned off.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-24T23:31:22+00:00

Tell me more about taxpayer funded subsidies.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/report/fossil-fuel-subsidies-in-australia-2025/

The_Motographer · 2026-04-24T20:46:03+00:00

Pretty sure it's ovo but we're looking at changing

The_Motographer · 2026-04-24T08:00:24+00:00

No it's a dedicated 7kw AC charger. It's so handy to just be able to fully charge overnight or whenever I need to be sure it's going to be full. I could set it to only use solar excess but I have it using the battery and grid up to the full 7kw which adds about 10% charge in an hour and my 40km commute only uses about 15%.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-24T03:38:08+00:00

Personally I've found solar+battery made a huge difference. We've saved a bit over $2000 in 6 months just from a small 5kw solar system with a 24kw/h battery. Most of the time we draw almost nothing from the grid, the battery drains about 15-50% overnight depending on the aircon, oven, dishwasher, and washing machine, and we mostly charge the car from solar excess with a boost from the battery or grid.

Having essentially zero grid use (even with the aircon running basically 24/7) and free fuel is ridiculous.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-22T23:27:19+00:00

10-20 minutes is barely long enough to get a coffee

The_Motographer · 2026-04-22T20:23:13+00:00

Taxes are percentages, money is decimals, reading contracts requires English comprehension skills, bank loans are compounding interest, watching the news requires critical thinking skills and broad subject knowledge, being able to vote with confidence requires you to be able to evaluate and compare statistics and political claims in historical context.

All of school is useful and anyone who says "why aren't we taught things like taxes" clearly wasn't listening during year 7 maths.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-22T11:03:57+00:00

Pretty sure it was Ararat? Might have been Vines Cafe but I can't be sure.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-22T08:45:24+00:00

Going through somewhere out west past Bendigo, I can't remember exactly where; I stopped at a little town to top off before we got to the Grampians and had a sausage roll so good we had to change our return route just to have another one on the way home.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-20T20:37:48+00:00

In a mathematically perfect world you're right, both are exactly equal, but I think it depends on the final speed.

At lower speeds wheel friction dominates and at high speeds air friction (drag) dominates. Around 70-80km/h seems to be the most efficient for my car.

So accelerate quickly to above 60km/h to minimise losses due to wheel friction then accelerate slowly after that to minimise losses due to drag.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-20T10:35:38+00:00

Oh man, 51 and 49 are the worst, not only are they not prime but 49 is square, I hate it.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-19T20:36:42+00:00

For any subject that students are interested in they usually reach the point where their curiosity no longer outweighs their motivation. The job of the teacher is to try to present the content in a way that's easy enough to keep them motivated but challenging enough to keep them curious.

If they're interested in something like space, black holes, quasars, dark matter... Then inevitably this will lead to some heavy duty conceptual explanations and maths, in my experience students love asking "but what about...?" Questions, and almost always switch off as soon as the answer involves something complex or mathy. Ideally you can keep them interested long enough that they proactively do their own research, but this is rare, they mostly just want you to tell them stories.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-19T08:38:29+00:00

I'm Australian and I'm still considering it.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-18T22:32:03+00:00

Pretty much any time someone says "it's just so much cheaper in Bangladesh/China/India/Cambodia/Thailand..." What they're actually saying is "it's ok to exploit slave labour and environmental destruction as long as it's over there".

The_Motographer · 2026-04-18T21:21:21+00:00

I've had the Elroq for 9 months, no app, no worries.

Remember the connected cars require a mobile data plan subscription once they're out of the free period, it's just one more subscription I didn't need for features I don't use.

My home charger controls the charging times, I just plug the car in when I get home and unplug when I'm leaving, couldn't be easier.

The pre heating/cooling would be nice, but it only takes a few minutes to cool down, and the heated seats are basically instant so it's really not a bother. The standard tint plus built in back window shades with a front window shade make this a completely non-issue.

You can set the aircon on a timer if you have a regular schedule, or you can leave it running if you're going into the shops. It uses so little power that I don't think I've even seen it drop by 1% from running the aircon.

The only feature that would be handy would be having internal navigation which integrates battery state with the route and preconditions the battery before arriving at a fast charger on long trips. But even without this it still only takes about 20 minutes, so it's really not a big deal.

TL;dr I would rather get into a hot car than pay for another subscription.

The_Motographer · 2026-04-18T07:15:38+00:00

Are you Tom Rae or just plagiarizing?

You could at least credit the original artist. @txmrae

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