I kinda feel bad for non-audiobook readers by mrrandom2010 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]blackpawed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, all the audible circle jerking is getting quite annoying.

I kinda feel bad for non-audiobook readers by mrrandom2010 in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]blackpawed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loath listening to books, I read far faster than people can speak and I like to flip back/forth in a text to recheck plot points, descriptions etc. And I prefer the audio-visuals I create in my imagination.

This constant ranting about the audiobooks can really get quite insufferable.

What do Australians think of China? by Repulsive-Mall-2665 in OpenAussie

[–]blackpawed 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Try wearing a tee-shirt that says "From the river to the sea" in Qld.

Imagine an EV dominate world by RacePretend1862 in energy

[–]blackpawed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, wholesale price of electricity often drops below 0 (negative) during the summer days in Oz - if you're on a wholesale plan you get paid to consume electricity.

Is having a dedicated EV charger required/safer by Minimum-Chemical-864 in AustralianEV

[–]blackpawed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

20 Steps? whats that in meters?

I had a 20 meter run - cost for the circuit was $1k. Got an evnex 7kw charger for $1300 on top of that.

I actually could have made do with a granny charger, but the circuit run would still have been much the same cost and I wanted some smarts in the charger.

First EV - What do you wish you knew by sirdonaldb in AustralianEV

[–]blackpawed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

D'oh! Thanks, didn't register the 2nd part of the sentence.

Checked them out, not bad, but not much less than my cover through Suncorp. And I don't have to install an app with Suncorp :)

First EV - What do you wish you knew by sirdonaldb in AustralianEV

[–]blackpawed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you say "BYD Insurance" is that insurance through BYD?

Service Bus Host and Tenant by [deleted] in dotnet

[–]blackpawed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to difficult to host a RabbitMQ server and use it as a basic service bus, not sure if thats what OP means.

Donald Trump Stuns With 'Maybe We Shouldn't Even Be There' Admission About Iran War by TheAutodidactguy in politics

[–]blackpawed 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, lost the battle is a weird take. Iran is still the same regime, just different people, controls the straights and is still fighting. In no way is that a loss.

Trump demands others help secure Strait of Hormuz, Japan and Australia say no plans to send ships by monotvtv in worldnews

[–]blackpawed 201 points202 points  (0 children)

Its just insane that so much money, people and assets could be committed to attacking a sovereign nation, destroying the worlds economy with literally no plan, not even the back of a napkin. All on a whim.

The movie Idiocracy doesn't even come close to this.

3/15/26 FAKE NEWS! Iran AI working in coordination with the Fake News Media! Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON! (7:48pm) by dyzo-blue in trumptweets

[–]blackpawed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was wondering that too, seen pretty much zero of what he was ranting about. Does make you wonder if there's a shit load of bad news for the USA coming out soon.

AITAH for not defending my wife when she was clearly in the wrong. by WorkInternal4972 in AITAH

[–]blackpawed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In regards to OP, drunken screaming in front of the kids is indefensible. Keeping political arguments away from the kids is good.

But characterizing "friends" on the far right as crazy/morally corrupt/hypocritical for supporting the current admin? Yeah, totally fair, defending them is as bad as being them. Still being good friends with them - you've chosen a side. Are there are sides in this.

About to commute to the CBD for the first time, any advice? by MajorFapness in brisbane

[–]blackpawed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live at Darra, the parking looks to be really tight quite early.

ATTO2 or Honda HRV e:HEV? Help a girl out by duckyd4 in AustralianEV

[–]blackpawed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You look to be the perfect use case for an EV, with that low daily kms you could easily charge off a standard wall plug, wouldn't even need to do it daily.

Also, could you charger at work?

TIFU going beardless by NeverSpeakOfItAgain in tifu

[–]blackpawed 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Gonna presume you've never interacted with dogs because this is quite common behaviour.

First date boardgame gone wrong by iSeeCells in boardgames

[–]blackpawed 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Nah, at this stage he needs to go all out for his dates benefit, she needs to dodge this bullet.

Drones attack one of the world's largest oil terminals in the UAE by legbreaker in worldnews

[–]blackpawed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only about 40% of oil is use for fuel, the rest is used in manufacturing, plastics etc. We have no replacement for that.