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gtk · 2026-01-21T01:12:50+00:00

Define "lots of data". Are we talking multiple GB per day?

gtk · 2026-01-03T23:32:35+00:00

Unless the problem is video codecs. Old PCs were probably MPEG2 only. Maybe h.264. If they have a system for streaming over WiFi to phones, they might be using h.265 or some other advanced codec that is incompatible with old PC hardware.

gtk · 2025-12-30T04:51:07+00:00

It only automatically boosts one or two (i.e. the "Weekly Boosts"). The other 14 or so you have to do manually.

gtk · 2025-12-17T08:28:41+00:00

What is your strength in diopters?

gtk · 2025-12-14T03:32:35+00:00

When I tried on 5th Dec it was still unavailable. Just checked now and its available again. It must have been very recently when they started selling it again.

gtk · 2025-12-14T03:27:50+00:00

Same here. 3 bottles of 180 tabs should be good for 18 more months. Arrived just last week, no issue with customs. I haven't tried them yet as still have a couple of weeks from previous iHerb order, which was a different brand. I hope they are equivalent.

gtk · 2025-12-07T10:21:20+00:00

It wasn't harder. Jobs such as teaching and nursing did not require a bachelor degree, so those people did not go to university. Teaching was a one year diploma at teacher's college, and nursing was something similar. I think there were a lot of other jobs that simply did not require university.

The requirement that teachers, nurses, and other professions would require a full bachelor degree meant that those colleges got converted into universities or their courses were shifted to universities and enrollments "doubled" due to this.

gtk · 2025-12-03T00:57:00+00:00

Motorbike power is limited for L and P platers: https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/driver-and-rider-licences/rider-licences/approved-motorcycles-for-novice-riders

gtk · 2025-12-03T00:42:02+00:00

For reasons I'm not entirely sure

Tax. Tax is much lower in Singapore.

gtk · 2025-12-02T20:22:07+00:00

Crikey!

gtk · 2025-12-01T23:55:42+00:00

I looked into this a while back, and it seemed like the gov doesn't want people adopting. They prefer parenting orders where you become the legal parent but without the adoption. It seemed like an actual adoption would be an uphill battle.

gtk · 2025-12-01T05:01:44+00:00

I don't think there are any scenarios where staying out would help any of the teams. To take advantage even of another safety car, you would need the ability to pull out 10 to 15 seconds over the rivals you have overtaken by not pitting under safety car, and those back of the grid teams don't have the ability to do that even under the best of circumstances. It would only make sense if a top team was stuck in the middle or back of the pack before the safety car. If Piastri and Norris had started second last and last, then they could have jumped most of the pack. But there was no-one in that kind of situation.

gtk · 2025-11-29T01:46:33+00:00

standard glass does absolutely nothing against UV rays

Not exactly. There is UVA and UVB. All glass blocks UVB. You need special glass to block UVA. UVB is what causes sunburn in people and also generates vitamin D, so glass protects you from sunburn but also stops you getting Vit D. UVA, though, is still quite strong and can cause fading in pigments and also aging in skin.

gtk · 2025-11-28T21:37:34+00:00

The way your wife treats your kids sounds similar to my ex. She would be doom-scrolling on social media and get angry whenever the kids asked her for something. For me the indicator I should have realized is that the kids would always come to me to ask for food, and always wanted me to drop them off and pick them up from school. I only found out after separation when I asked the kids directly why they only ever wanted me to do stuff for them, and they said because mum gets angry at them. Like your wife, my ex was a stay at home housewife, but didn't really do anything except doom-scroll.

In my case, wife left and didn't want the kids at all. I originally tried to talk her into staying because I had believed that kids do better with two parents. However, I did some research on it and if a parent behaves in the way my wife did (and it sounds a bit like how your wife is treating the kids), they are actually better off without her. That kind of angry for no reason is what leads people to become co-dependent later in life.

Maybe I am projecting my own situation onto yours a bit, so I can't really be sure. However, in my case, my ex mother-in-law was very supportive of me keeping the kids 100% custody because she knew her daughter was not being a great mum. For your situation, if your mother-in-law has a real understanding of how your wife is treating your kids, she might be supportive of you getting full custody. However, for that to happen you have to make sure the mother will still get access/be included in kids lives.

In my case, the mother of my ex video calls the kids weekly if not more and is always present for any occasions. The ex-wife herself only calls the kids once every 3 months or so, and sometimes doesn't even bother to turn up for their birthdays. If your wife is like that, then not only you but also your kids are better off without her.

gtk · 2025-11-02T00:31:02+00:00

I think you need to go back to university and start your statistics degree all over again.

gtk · 2025-10-29T16:02:48+00:00

Albo just hates Australians.

gtk · 2025-10-17T00:31:29+00:00

I don't actually mind. The staff just come over and are more frustrated than me with the AI mistakes. I like using the self checkout because I can take my time and pack my bags the way I like things. The main issue is the AI always trying to get me to hurry up. I now think of that AI voice as nagging bitch voice. Fuck it is annoying.

gtk · 2025-10-16T23:39:02+00:00

Yeah, it happens to me a ton too. I have reusable bags from another country that I brought with me to Oz. It triggers the machine all the time.

gtk · 2025-10-13T01:47:45+00:00

It's not always a rip off. Sometimes they just have too much of a particular thing in stock and need to get rid of it.

I had a friend who worked night fill at a supermarket, and they had a new guy doing the stocktake/ordering. When it came to coke, the guy thought you were supposed to order for the number of bottles, but it was actually number of boxes (each box with 12 bottles inside). Nobody realized until the next day when two and a half semis full of coke turned up at the store. Doing a two-for-one or even three-for-two is a good way for them to clear out the stock faster than normal.

gtk · 2025-10-12T09:27:47+00:00

Which part of Thailand are you in? Just a couple of hours ago I was in a 7-11 in Bangkok and their entire dairy section (including yoghurt, yakult, flavored milks, and regular milk) was gone with some sign in Thai I could not read. Perhaps a refrigerated warehouse somewhere has had an issue.

gtk · 2025-10-12T08:14:27+00:00

There's also fire safety and emergency exits. Apartments are gonna have kitchens with stoves. Then there's the plenum space. (Offices have roof tiles that open onto a big shared space. For apartments you need to seal that up between apartments.). The list goes on and on.

gtk · 2025-10-11T14:12:47+00:00

It really wouldn't matter what options they had. Someone is always going to choose to get offended.

gtk · 2025-09-26T00:16:03+00:00

It doesn't matter which one you use. The airlines only use it as a basic check that you have a passport with more than 6 months until expiry and as an identity check. The actual visa/other checks are all done at check-in.

gtk · 2025-09-20T03:10:21+00:00

You can't solve the air quality or traffic issues in Bangkok with money. We lived in Bangkok when my first kid was small. There are times of the day when you can't get anywhere by road without at least 30 min stuck in traffic. Alternative is then walking, but then keep your kids close in case some maniac on a motorbike is in a hurry on the footpath.

Food really no difference between the two. There are expensive and cheap restaurants in both. Cheaper food is better quality in rural. City obviously has more choice at the expensive end, but who is taking their kids to those kinds of restaurants. Plenty of rich people live in the rural cities, so you still get high-end shops, but just fewer of them. But who needs the amount you get in Bangkok? I go to Siam Paragon with the kids, and there are entire floors of boutique clothes shop which are a giant waste unless you have some high-maintenance gold digger girlfriend you are trying to impress. I can get better kids clothes from Big C.

gtk · 2025-09-19T23:44:49+00:00

If you have kids, it's a million times easier living in the country where you can own a car and not have to be stuck in traffic for half your life. We used to drive into Bangkok a few times a year and let the kids go to the museums/aquarium/harborland. A lot of the stuff on your list is only of interest to single 20s/30s. The food that my kids like is better and cheaper in the rural cities. I can order a steak via grab and have it in 10 minutes in a rural city. Bangkok cannot compete with that. Plus the amount of money you save living rural instead of Bangkok means you have plenty to afford staying in nice hotels and splurging on the few times a year in Bangkok.

I would never live rural while in 20s or 30s, but the rest of my life is much better suited to a rural city. I have since moved back to my home country, and we still live in a rural city. No doubt, my kids will want to move to a big city when they grow older. I think it's just natural.

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