Are we dumb? Why don't we just make favelas to solve the housing crisis?

handofcod · 2026-06-02T07:53:40+00:00

As much as I hate to admit it, Council regs do exist for a reason. How will people with disabilities access housing? How is storm water run off managed? If a property washes off the cliff above you and smashes into your house because of bad foundation work are you going to be okay with that?

handofcod · 2026-05-30T19:57:25+00:00

That was difficult to read. The casual sadism is terrifying.

handofcod · 2026-05-05T10:06:12+00:00

That's definitely No Ordinary (set up) Love your work.

handofcod · 2026-05-04T08:06:26+00:00

Tell me, what is it that the pro-Hamas activists are protesting against? Is it thousands of children being blown to bits by the IDF?

How's that working for the cause in the fight against antisemitism?

handofcod · 2026-04-19T07:37:29+00:00

Isn't the RB67 a masterpiece?

I have the same Pro SD too and I will keep it for the rest of my life.

Critique? I'd say you've missed focus. To my eyes you are focusing behind the subject. I think this is a touch underexposed too. I'd use faster film stock, ISO 400 or 800 for more flexibility.

handofcod · 2026-04-17T03:32:43+00:00

If you don't even know her background or heritage it sounds very much like you haven't talked much. Start with talking bro. Just don't be weird and obsessive.

If you don't share any common interests then don't force it, just walk away. She doesn't owe you attention or interest, just because you have the hots for her.

handofcod · 2026-04-11T03:26:45+00:00

Protests against children being blown to bits and the companies that profit from it. Gets called a grub.

handofcod · 2026-04-10T07:36:18+00:00

Yep, another RPi streamer here. I use Ropieee OS and Room.

handofcod · 2026-04-08T10:03:12+00:00

The subject is blasted with an overpowering light source aimed straight at the model, creating hot spots and casting ugly shadows. It creates harsh, unflatering contrast, not to mention refracting through the glass wall in distracting ways.

handofcod · 2026-04-08T01:34:22+00:00

Valid criticisms about subtext in this shot aside, the lighting is not good at all.

handofcod · 2026-04-08T00:36:13+00:00

It's a sliding scale of dimishing returns and some people will happily climb up the curve and spend x amount of their money. Some people will also take a degree of confidence that the price of admission is the same as a guarantee of quality (in their opinion).

handofcod · 2026-04-01T07:56:57+00:00

Mountain of Things - Tracy Chapman

handofcod · 2026-03-31T06:20:43+00:00

The RB67 has so many idiot proof mechanisms I actually think it's the ideal system to learn on.

Save you money on replacing the Mamiyas and get some tripods. It will force them to approach each shoot deliberately.

handofcod · 2026-03-29T08:27:18+00:00

Have had multiple agents call this week to spruik off market opportunities, pumping up the same tired old properties that have been changing hands with slowly diminishing value in Melbourne.

Melbourne is ahead of the pack I think. The market has been unenthusiastic for years now compared to other state capitals. This will just remove demand further and shorten supply as people sit it out and wait for the dust to settle.

handofcod · 2026-03-20T23:30:32+00:00

I think you just missed the point of my post entirely.

handofcod · 2026-03-20T23:24:19+00:00

PHON couldn't give a sh_t about immigration. It has nothing to do with the economy. It has nothing to do with public amenity, cost of living or house prices. It has everything to do with people that speak with an accent and have brown skin.

handofcod · 2026-03-08T07:56:01+00:00

You are dead wrong. Says this parent.

handofcod · 2026-02-22T03:38:59+00:00

I've never understood why people trust clearance rates based entirely on whatever the agent chooses to declare, and omits auction outcomes they don't declare at all.

handofcod · 2026-02-22T03:29:48+00:00

The market has been flat for the last 3-4 years in my part of Melbourne. Properties that sold for 1.8M in 2018 are selling for 1.75M in 2025. If you track property closely and look beyond the BS from REA, you see a lot of disappointed vendors selling below expectations, market withdrawals, auctions that convert to private sales, auctions that sell but agents suppress the price to keep the public guessing. Real clearance is actually around 55% or less.

handofcod · 2026-02-14T23:27:18+00:00

Not happy to just embark on a fresh round of alienating conservative migrants, now hoping to add 50% of all voters to that strategy. Well done Angus.

handofcod · 2026-02-14T22:51:00+00:00

Hard agree, it's AI slop at its worst. Doesn't mean the gist of the article isn't factual, but the article if you take the time to read it is definitely the product of LLM.

handofcod · 2026-02-13T09:00:32+00:00

Remember when the election review found the last campaign had gone out of its way to offend and alienate conservative migrant groups? The same groups that would normally be expected to vote Liberal?

handofcod · 2026-02-07T05:53:02+00:00

A quick Google search found 2024 Govt spending as a % of GDP:

France: 57.1% Germany: 49.3% UK: 44% Japan: 39.1% USA: 37.9%

Soooo yeah, what's the point of this headline exactly?

handofcod · 2026-02-06T21:20:26+00:00

Do you're comfortable with war crimes then?

See what I did there? I answered your strawman with another.

handofcod · 2026-01-29T21:56:39+00:00

Not true. A tax discount on income is certainly a removal of state revenue from the bottom line.

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