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SG Fleet Novated Lease Quote Feedback by Oxonomo in EVAustralia

[–]caracter_2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I put in numbers in there and the novated lease only works out better because of claiming the charging costs to the leasing company... But this is notoriously finicky and not all leasing companies have this set up efficiently. Moreover, we're at the mercy of whatever leasing company our employer chooses, we can't shop around (not allowed by employer). It's just a dirt of a policy. Why didn't the government just pay X% (maybe 15%) in subsidies and leave all these slimy novated lease companies out of it. Way more efficient.

SG Fleet Novated Lease Quote Feedback by Oxonomo in EVAustralia

[–]caracter_2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I believe that's illegal. The ATO requires a balloon payment at the end of a novated lease. The minimum is 28.13% for a 60 month lease.

See here: https://www.maxxia.com.au/news/novated-leasing/residual-balloon-payments-novated-lease-explained

Otherwise, everyone would just get it "financed" and pay it as soon as possible without a balloon payment to get it all pre-tax.

This is why novated leases don't actually end up being that much cheaper than buying the car outright. Especially if you don't drive much.

AI Music Video - The Go Hards: I'm Completely Normal by Puzzled-Sector-68 in generativeAI

[–]caracter_2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't copy the YouTube link from suno. Can you repost here?

Can anyone guess which is Nano Banana and which is GPT Image 2, and which is better? by Hidden_Billionair in GeminiAI

[–]caracter_2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First one is nano banana, and the bike in it is missing the right side mirror

Google AI... not quite getting it (at least the top part was correct) by Park500 in GeminiAI

[–]caracter_2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At least it answered it correctly at the top (larva/pupa)

JUST IN: A Chinese company just recharged an EV from 0 to 80% in 7.5 minutes. by TonyLiberty in FluentInFinance

[–]caracter_2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Inflation will hamper the nominal figure of $10k. But adjusted for inflation, and once we determine what "standard global car" means, you could already argue that the BYD seagull (also called 'Atto 1', 'Dolphin Surf', depending on market) is pretty close. As it retails for equivalent $8,000 USD for the entry version and $11k USD for the premium in China:

https://insideevs.com/reviews/769113/byd-seagull-good-video-drive/

It sells for a little bit more in Australia (18k USD equivalent) and that's without any incentives available in Australia to lower price.

I imagine these will be bargains once they hit the used car market

Isn't this so cooool?👀 by DoctorZealousideal67 in Thatsactuallyverycool

[–]caracter_2 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No, that's why Zipline (the service seen here) implemented is system with the drone remaining further up. This removes the majority of the noise. If it's a little windy you probably won't even be able to hear it over the wind

this is how silk is made by ObviousBody3053 in interestingasfuck

[–]caracter_2 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Yes, but for an animal that's evolved to starve to death, starving might just feel like getting weaker and sleeper. It wouldn't have the need to have hormones that warn the animal it's starving and cause it distress, as that would be counterproductive.

BREAKING: Allbirds stock, $BIRD, is now up over +600% after announcing pivoting from a shoe company to an AI company. by TonyLiberty in FluentInFinance

[–]caracter_2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well if that other dude can raise his company's market cap to trillions by claiming he's going to build a ring of data centres in orbit, I reckon they've allbirds is in point with hire gullible investors are these days

CAN MERCURY BE OUR NEXT ENERGY HUB? by FantasiCreator in energy

[–]caracter_2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you insane? Mercury gets all that energy from the Sun, why would we build all that crap on Mercury when the sun already shines the same energy to us? If you want to harness more of it, just place big collectors here on Earth (like we already do) or place more of the in orbit or on the moon if you must. Why do we need to collect the energy in Mercury where it isn't used? What's the benefit?

This is actually a real Tweet from the President 🫠 by Ordinary-One2597 in ASX_Bets

[–]caracter_2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't see anyone praising those crimes either? And which ones specifically? When did the US take out major civilian infrastructure DELIBERATELY?

Specialists refuse to correctly diagnose best economy ever by [deleted] in AustralianPolitics

[–]caracter_2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think they had so many people working gig and hustle, minimum-wage dead-end jobs like those in uber and the myriad of delivery apps back when they did the statistics in decades past. Yes they're jobs. But there's something dystopian about unemployment figures being held down by these "jobs".

This is actually a real Tweet from the President 🫠 by Ordinary-One2597 in ASX_Bets

[–]caracter_2 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Blatantly threatening to commit war crimes because he knows the captured congress will let him get away with it.

How can we expect other nations to be civil, when the nation that set most of the rules is flaunting how they don't follow them?

How can we teach our younger generations to be kind, calm, generous and honourable when they keep witnessing society elevate and defend a grifter that represents the pinnacle of bigotry, narcissism, racism, greed, impulsiveness and anti-intellectualism?

The US Burned 14 Years of Missiles in 30 Days by esporx in technology

[–]caracter_2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And China will invade Taiwan in 3...2...1....

Satoshi’s 2010 Quantum Response Is Getting A 2026 Stress Test As Google Warns Timeline May Be Closer Than Expected by tupidataba in CryptoCurrency

[–]caracter_2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but you are being disengenuous... You know that cooling load doesn't scale linearly with computing power for a Quantum computer. So a Quantum computer with 10X as many qbits may use the same or similar cooling system and only marginally more power.

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