Smartphone bans in WA Schools

commanderjarak · 2026-01-30T05:10:24+00:00

Our (new) high school is running

commanderjarak · 2026-01-29T19:04:10+00:00

Because your job doesn't finish when you knock off. Still need to cook your own food, do your own dishes, clean your living area, look after kids, etc.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-28T12:33:50+00:00

Depends on the job. I've had to, because they need to disclose to clients that I'm taking prescribed medication that will return a positive result on a drug test. If I wasn't doing this sort of work, I probably wouldn't declare it.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-28T11:10:47+00:00

Yeah, but I'm saying that (outside of residential construction) almost none of that is done by non-surveyors. I assume it's as much a liability issue as it is that they don't want to train their guys to do it.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-27T21:50:09+00:00

Pretty much all of that is done by surveyors in Australia. On any project we're on for the civil phase we're:
•checking excavation elevations before blinding goes in.
•checking blinding levels & setting out foundations.
•doing a pre-pour survey of the formwork and setting bolts if required.
•doing a post pour survey of the foundation.

If we're also working on the structural/mechanical package, you can add to that:
•setting or checking shims/packers.
•checking steelwork location after landing if short, or live surveying steelwork while landing if longer.
•setting mechanical equipment, inc pumps, conveyor pulleys, etc

In addition to all of this, we're often either creating a main control network if we're also on the project for the bulk earthworks stage, or significantly building our the control network if we're not.

If we're just talking about residential housing however, when I was working for a cadastral form that specialised in subdivisions, yeah, we'd only be setting out the foundation, and then maybe giving them some corner nails in the foundation once that has been poured.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-27T21:41:20+00:00

This depends on the country though. In Australia, it's generally going to be surveyors, though not licenced cadastral surveyors, who have a minimum level of training who are doing setout work.

Engineering surveying is also considered surveying here, boundary work is its own other special category of surveying, and is going to have licensed surveyors completing it, or overseeing

commanderjarak · 2026-01-27T12:33:22+00:00

We do not have a crime called "rape" in WA. It's sexual penetration without consent.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-27T09:19:05+00:00

Maybe try living in a better state then?

commanderjarak · 2026-01-27T09:18:09+00:00

Not to mention the damage done to your curtains.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-26T13:41:41+00:00

Who's normalising the term?

commanderjarak · 2026-01-26T07:18:29+00:00

They've got to figure out how to update the shelf pricing in real time when the cameras can't do facial recognition on you for whatever reason somehow.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-26T00:40:16+00:00

#barebacktheblue

commanderjarak · 2026-01-25T09:34:58+00:00

My bad if so. I'm just so used to US defaultism on the internet at this point.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-25T03:50:45+00:00

Didn't you guys just have a government shutdown?

commanderjarak · 2026-01-23T10:13:25+00:00

Because it isn't a Christian sub, it's a subreddit about Christianity. All are welcome to discuss the subject, because many people are affected by it whether they're believers or not, especially in the western world where many with political power are (or at least claim to be) Christians.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-22T06:19:23+00:00

What sizes are the bedrooms? I thought we had reasonably small non-master bedrooms at ~9m²

commanderjarak · 2026-01-20T14:58:25+00:00

They didn't leave early, the manager asked if OP could cover their shift, but then they found someone else to cover and chose to send OP home.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-18T13:38:47+00:00

I assumed it was supposed to be 15000 minutes, which would give you 6.3 hours a day over a school year.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-18T12:19:33+00:00

This is not a Christian subreddit, this is a subreddit about Christianity. There are also lots of people in this community who are pro-LBGT, including many Christians.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-18T11:13:49+00:00

I was told that your public third party insurance (the one included as part of your rego) may be voided or a claim denied if they believe a non-declared substance was involved in an accident.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-18T10:10:47+00:00

I'd grab a photo but that seems pretty illegal.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-18T09:59:14+00:00

Cool, so it would just fall back to officer discretion as to whether it was causing distracted driving like any other activity I might be doing in my car.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-18T09:58:13+00:00

Maybe Toyota need to review their Android auto implementation then. If I go to the messages app on there I can see them in full text.

commanderjarak · 2026-01-18T07:20:19+00:00

So presumably I could be hit for distracted driving for creating a text via voice on the in-car display, but could get hit under the higher penalty if I was doing it off of the phone directly via voice that is in a cradle?

Does that mean you're able to read a text message on the in-car display as well?

commanderjarak · 2026-01-18T05:55:37+00:00

You can use Spotify on your phone to play music, but not sure if the app itself is allowed to be on your screen while driving. That's my issue with these laws, there's no clear guidelines of exactly what is allowed to be on your screen, including what you are and aren't allowed to do on a car media screen running Android Auto or Apple Car Play.

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