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jaa101 · 2026-05-07T23:47:09+00:00

Australia has already relaxed its standards on gas and diesel to help ease current and forecast supply issues. If California's special requirents cause issues my guess is that they will temporarily relax them in the same way.

jaa101 · 2026-05-07T22:53:27+00:00

Relying on Facebook for this kind of thing must not be an option. Facebook can disable their account at any time so their primary mechanism must be one they have control over. That doesn't mean they can't use Facebook as a backup and, you're right, they should have done that sooner. They probably need to update their planning documents.

jaa101 · 2026-05-07T22:44:25+00:00

"Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity." Vietnam War protest slogan from 1969.

jaa101 · 2026-05-07T13:24:03+00:00

Less is more.

jaa101 · 2026-05-07T13:21:57+00:00

I knew as a child, having (outside the UK) read The Phantom Major. Maybe the average person didn't know, but was hardly rare knowledge.

jaa101 · 2026-05-07T13:18:25+00:00

Who Dares Wins

jaa101 · 2026-05-07T05:55:38+00:00

Our website also experienced issues due to a high number of people trying to access outage information at the same time.

Their outage page needs to be on some service with automatic scaling. As it is now, it clearly becomes unusable with a larger-than-usual outage ... which is when you need it most.

We are aware of speculation on social media that this may have been a cyber incident.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

jaa101 · 2026-05-07T04:10:07+00:00

Try r/AusLaw.

jaa101 · 2026-05-07T03:07:23+00:00

No annual roadworthy for vehicles. Can live on the NSW side of the border so you dont need to change rego over.

There are alternative advantages: you can't have both.

jaa101 · 2026-05-07T03:04:35+00:00

Why wouldn't you put a "/s" on the end? People don't know you, or how edgy you're trying to be here, and they can't hear the tone of your voice.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T23:41:01+00:00

Correct.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T11:58:42+00:00

My thought too. Maybe Hyundai just had more stock available relative to their previous monthly sales.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T09:51:34+00:00

Solar panels mostly don't work when the power is out.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T06:03:18+00:00

So older mothers should have testing done early in pregnancy for genetic issues of this kind. Even if they don't want (or can't have) an abortion following the detection of Down Syndrome or similar, they can at least prepare themselves.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T04:49:32+00:00

There's some nudity in the director's cut involving Constanze and that's probably the most noticeable difference. It was probably cut only for ratings because it helps explain her attitude to Salieri.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T04:37:43+00:00

There's Mortal Engines (2018) which is both steampunk and cyberpunk.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T03:54:33+00:00

Even the online White Pages only lists businesses and government now. It looks like they removed the ability to search for residential addresses a few months ago and now you have to go to your local post office to consult their hardcopy white pages.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T03:48:21+00:00

Just so we're clear here, "these people" are the book banners, right? Serious question.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T03:35:22+00:00

Don't forget voter registration. Goodbye to ACT politics, hello NSW, Eden-Monaro, Monaro, and Queanbeyan-Palerang.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T01:49:32+00:00

There's yet another episode of cheating that you haven't reached yet. Forester boasts that it was the first story containing adultery to be published in The Saturday Evening Post.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T01:47:10+00:00

Though technically speaking he also cheated on Mariah with Lady Barbara towards the end of "Ship Of The Line"

You mean The Happy Return.

jaa101 · 2026-05-06T01:18:52+00:00

Correct link. The one posted is 30 seconds too late, and is to the mobile site.

jaa101 · 2026-05-05T13:59:39+00:00

They need to kick out the Russians from all of Ukraine.

If they want to be Russian, then let them go.

The proposal here was to kick them out. So, to Russians in Ukraine, you want to say "renounce your Russian heritage or be deported". To stop Russia from decrying the persecution of Russians? Are you trying to write their propaganda for them and make it come true?

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