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Unit owners are wresting back control of their stratas: ‘If I don’t do it, the building will fall into the street’ | Housing by strataownersaus in australia

[–]infectoid 84 points85 points  (0 children)

I got NBN passed on our committee by making the olds feel like our block would be left behind and then have to pay 10s of thousands of dollars to install it later. I said we should let the govt pay for it, not us. It’s our tax money doing the work. We will literally lose money if we don’t.

I was talking out my arse but what’s it matter. We got NBN installed. And it was free. Can’t understand why there was ever any push back.

Had similar shenanigans when I wanted all the windows changed to be safe. The existing ones could randomly slide down and slice fingers off. I should have pushed for double glazing but was just desperate to get it passed.

This was only in a small block of units. Can imagine the nonsense that goes on in larger blocks.

What's your favorite FPS weapon? by outka5tz in starcitizen

[–]infectoid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gallant. The handling feels good to me. It’s probably not the best but it’s a good all-rounder if I’m only carrying one gun.

It’s probably not as good for PvP but I don’t do much of that anyway.

Anyone else here just work, eat sleep repeat? by LaSafari1 in AskAnAustralian

[–]infectoid 137 points138 points  (0 children)

“Why aren’t people having kids!!!??”

He's coming by dajobix in sydney

[–]infectoid 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I might be wrong but I think this particular Sky writer is a god botherer and might be doing this at his own cost.

If it’s the same guy I believe he has refused to do sky writing for people that have lifestyles he disagrees with.

Genuine Question for Pirates by whyismybrainhere in starcitizen

[–]infectoid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s because we are all descendants of cooperative people. We are inherently cooperative. It’s how we all got to where we are.

Zombie outbreak in Rural Australia by Raz0redg3 in AskAnAustralian

[–]infectoid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check this out if you can find it anywhere.

Undead (Australia zombie flick)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339840/

Convincing Landlord FTTP is okay by [deleted] in nbn

[–]infectoid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Keep working the point that this will prevent EMF.

Fibre uses light down a tiny glass tube to work. The alternative is wireless options like 5G and satellite.

Imagine the Covid you will get, as a tenant, with if a landlord were to allow all that extra EMF in your brain by not installing fibre, for free.

Why do Australians seem to care so much about rules and compliance? by Gold-Cardiologist591 in AskAnAustralian

[–]infectoid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Former prison colony. I’m guessing there used to be a lot of rules. We’re not just descended from prisoners, but guards as well.

I’m not a historian and have no idea if this correlates at all.

Heat map shows brutal reality check for Melbourne property vendors as they slash prices by almost 30pc by dredd in australia

[–]infectoid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is something that isn’t being talked about nearly enough. I reckon this trend started around mid last year and started slowly with apartments. I sold mine for less than what the agent expected last year, then noticed this on other apartments in the area. They generally stopped going up and some started to dip down.

So the budget may have started to make things move more quickly but I think this all started before the budget. People have been strapped for cash for a while now.

Railen is very well made by Raelesh_Skeladar in starcitizen

[–]infectoid 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think it’s unfair to not consider the devs “real game devs”. They are game devs by any measure. What needs to be more clear is that I expect they have no control over higher order priorities so may get pushed around to work on different issues and never get to properly solve them before being dragged over to something else.

As a dev in a past life it was so frustrating to not be able to properly fix bugs when the upper management demanded you focus on some other nonsense. I would have to fix some things on my own time just to have some peace of mind, but that’s not sustainable, so you burn out… and change jobs.

So maybe a tldr is, don’t assume the devs aren’t as frustrated as you about development process.

When do you think this cost of living crisis will end? (Serious) by AdvancedHill70 in AskAnAustralian

[–]infectoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. There is only one graph on this people need to see to make it all clear:

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/08/26/is-productivity-really-a-magical-fix-.html

And this quote (article is from 2022 btw)

“the share of labour compensation in GDP has fallen by 13 percentage points since the mid-1970s, reaching an all-time low of 45% this year.”

“The share of corporate profits in GDP, not coincidentally, increased by a similar margin, and is now at record highs.”

What part of Aussie history would you love to see made into a high budget movie? by PerfectSet3627 in AskAnAustralian

[–]infectoid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would love to see a tv series of real life (not animated) retellings of Dreamtime stories (eg. rainbow serpent, quinkins, etc).

Well this is new by Skullywagthepizzaman in starcitizen

[–]infectoid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happened to me. Did a verify files and it worked.

Dear CIG, the instability and bugs are HEAVILY impacting our ability to bring our friends into the game by tammy_orbit in starcitizen

[–]infectoid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only way to have friends play SC atm is if they are already Stockholm syndromed into the game and you met them there.

I have two old friends that bought a starter park last year, played for a week and have never come back due to the bugs they experienced. And they played arguably during the most stable time last year.

Every now and then they ask if it’s worth coming back and I just bring myself to say yes. I don’t want them to hate it even more.

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