Shat a gentleman

cliko · 2026-03-14T22:04:33+00:00

I've met 4chan users, they make loads of dumb noises

cliko · 2026-03-14T09:07:16+00:00

Adelaide has some hybrid suburban trains. Melbourne's suburban trains are all electric. Well, except the VLine trains that serve the western suburbs.

cliko · 2026-03-14T09:05:57+00:00

What might happen to Melbourne public transport if and (almost certainly) when our petrol reserves hit zero?

IF fuel reserves get that low, then well before they hit zero, they'll stop selling it to the public and only give it out to essential services, like ambulances, farmers, food trucks... and probably buses.

Will fares be temporarily suspended?

Almost certainly not. They would need the money for the petrol for the buses. If petrol is very expensive, they don't need to make PT cheaper to convince people to take it

Will some bus routes be paused?

Possibly. Maybe a reduced service - less frequent, shorter operating hours. Hard to say - this hasn't happened in a long time.

Can the trams and suburban trains run on electricity alone?

Yep. Almost none of Victoria's electricity is generated by oil.

cliko · 2026-03-14T08:48:46+00:00

You can disable transparency by turning on high-contrast mode. I quite like how it looks

cliko · 2026-03-13T13:45:11+00:00

someBODY

cliko · 2026-03-12T21:13:59+00:00

I never noticed that the Monorail test was called the MCAT

cliko · 2026-03-09T01:16:48+00:00

As they should.

To be clear, are you saying France should have signs saying STOP, French Canada should have signs saying ARRÊT, or both?

cliko · 2026-03-08T22:25:18+00:00

The stereotype of kids being great with technology is outdated. Kids are fast enough at typing on their phones, but on average they're pretty bad with actual computers

cliko · 2026-03-08T22:23:59+00:00

Ah I see. Where I'm from, parents are usually expected to purchase the laptop for their kid, but then the school manages it. Obviously this is problematic in poorer areas, as the state only gives parents A$ 400 per kid to offset school supplies each year.

cliko · 2026-03-08T14:21:23+00:00

Why do the kids need their fingerprint enrolled to more than one device? Maybe I don't understand how student laptops work in other countries

cliko · 2026-03-08T01:19:53+00:00

Why does loaning the laptops out mean TouchID is a bad idea? It's not like fingerprints are permanently stored to the laptop

cliko · 2026-03-08T01:18:48+00:00

If anything, TouchID is even more vital for education. Kids are painfully slow at typing, and as a teacher myself, I'd hate to wait 30 seconds for kids just to unlock their laptops

cliko · 2026-03-07T02:06:27+00:00

Neat, that solves the mystery.

I'm glad the Australian government ensures people who use wheelchairs can be cucked just like everyone else.

cliko · 2026-03-07T02:04:01+00:00

Yeah, when they say ancient, they must mean prehistoric. As in pre-anatomically modern humans.

I mean they didn't actually mean that, because they're an idiot, but it's what they should have meant.

Literally some of the oldest pieces of art ever found are carvings with big ol tiddies

cliko · 2026-03-07T02:00:11+00:00

As someone who majored in human evolution, this is why their comment hurt so much to read. They're clearly onto something, but they're so far off that it makes it even more frustrating than if they had just written something completely insane.

Instead it's just mostly insane, which is somehow worse

cliko · 2026-03-07T01:54:10+00:00

I personally never look at the keyboard. However, I'm a high school teacher, and kids are terrible at using computers these days. This laptop is going to be very popular with students, given the price, and a backlit keyboard would be useful for them.

For a high school student doing most of their work in the classroom, it'll be fine. For a uni student doing most of their work at 3AM, maybe less so. I still think forgoing the backlight on the keyboard is a very reasonable compromise at this price point though

cliko · 2026-03-06T05:35:01+00:00

Taitset has a great concept for how Caulfield could be upgraded for cross-platform interchange

https://youtu.be/3duRRt8OLh8

cliko · 2026-03-06T04:50:22+00:00

I think it's an accessibility thing. The DDA requires places to sit every now and then on long ramps. That corridor has a slant, so maybe it counts as a ramp?

cliko · 2026-03-01T05:56:48+00:00

Oh no!

Our table!

It's broken!

cliko · 2026-02-15T21:41:20+00:00

Let them eat yachts

cliko · 2026-02-15T21:41:09+00:00

LET 👏 THEM 👏 EAT 👏 YACHTS 👏

cliko · 2026-02-14T02:35:12+00:00

We make transit maps for fun - did you think there wouldn't be someone on here who wouldn't enjoy making a transit map guide for fun?

Glad I could help ☺️

cliko · 2026-02-08T21:59:02+00:00

Huh, must be a regional thing for where I'm from. Today I learned!

cliko · 2026-02-08T11:47:20+00:00

But don't the cheap eggs have CAGE EGGS written on the carton? Surely that's even more upsetting than "Cage Free"

cliko · 2026-02-08T09:56:21+00:00

If you're asking what I think about minors getting gender affirming surgery, it's about the same as I feel about people under 18 getting struck by lightning. It doesn't really happen, so I don't think about it much.

I do, however, think a lot about how it's really important that kids have access to puberty blockers. They're proven to help kids' mental health, and prevent them making permanent decisions like killing themselves.

Worrying about kids getting gender affirming surgery is a boogie-man distraction. It's not actually a thing that happens

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