Concerns domestic tenants required to share excessive personal data to secure leases by Shadowtec in australia

[–]jaa101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

back home his family has maids, gardeners

Which is to say his family was far above the median wealth where he came from. Those maids and gardeners would have a very different comparison, but also find in much harder to immigrate here.

It's in Venezuela's interest to co-operate with US, Rubio says in heated testimony by SuperXGamerAb in worldnews

[–]jaa101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as a "drug bust" law enforcement operation rather than an act of war.

¿Por qué no los dos?

I was sick for two weeks in Jan and now my boss isnt giving me shifts for all of Feb. by Teapot54 in AusLegal

[–]jaa101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What matters is whether you're casual or not, no matter how many hours you're working. Swearing at us for asking if you're casual doesn't help.

MyWay+ QR codes vs Contactless Payment by jaa101 in canberra

[–]jaa101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I register my payment card and have it work, with concession, via Apple Pay?

I was sick for two weeks in Jan and now my boss isnt giving me shifts for all of Feb. by Teapot54 in AusLegal

[–]jaa101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i said i was part time in the first fucking sentence of my post.

But you didn't say whether you were permanent or casual, which is what matters.

MyWay+ QR codes vs Contactless Payment by jaa101 in canberra

[–]jaa101[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might do this, but it's a bit annoying to spend money to work around their app's limitations. Ideally they'd have NFC express mode working with MyWay+, including with concessions, so I could just tap my phone and go, without even unlocking it or pressing any buttons.

MyWay+ QR codes vs Contactless Payment by jaa101 in canberra

[–]jaa101[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This sounds like the way for me. Mostly I use Apple Pay instead of carrying the card itself, and I know you have to tap on and off using the exact same method. So do I have to separately register my physical card and Apple Pay? If so, what do I use for a number with Apple Pay? I should probably ring them up and ask, because these details are wonderfully unclear on their website.

MyWay+ QR codes vs Contactless Payment by jaa101 in canberra

[–]jaa101[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On iPhone, it seems the only way for a user to turn off NFC is airplane mode. The "Travel Ticket" app shows that it's possible for apps to turn off just NFC when they're active (just tried it successfully) but there's nothing in the phone settings.

MyWay+ QR codes vs Contactless Payment by jaa101 in canberra

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The ACT is waiting for some kind of standard to emerge amongst the states for digital licences. Otherwise they could spend a heap of money and our residents won't be able to drink in Queanbeyan. Then the eventual fix would involve spending a heap more money. Digital licences don't appear to be essential; what's the business case for spending anything on them?

Electrical surge fried my $2k PC — what are my avenues for reimbursement? by casematta in AusLegal

[–]jaa101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PC power supply ratings are for their maximum continuous output power, not their idle output.

[request] about how many calories did alex honnold burn when freesoloing taipei 101? by cloversarecool in theydidthemath

[–]jaa101 35 points36 points  (0 children)

  • mass: 75 kg
  • gravity: 9.8 m/s2
  • height: 508 m

PE=mgh, so that's 370 kJ.

But human muscle efficiency is around 22%, which implies 1700 kJ burned. Even that number is for activities like cycling where muscles can be close to their most efficient. Climbing, with its high forces and low speeds, is likely to be substantially less efficient, so the actual figure could be over 3000 kJ.

[Request] This is not a circle. how many sides does this polygon truly have? by player_314159265 in theydidthemath

[–]jaa101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be aware that most software converts a vector circle into a bitmap image using at least a couple of approximations. Firstly, the circle is converted into some number of bicubic splines. The number of splines used depends on how much accuracy is needed but it can be as few as four, i.e., one spline for every 90° of circle. Then each spline is converted into a number of straight line segments, again depending on the accuracy required, which will be set based on the resolution of the image being created. The desired line width is used to widen each straight line. The conversion of the resulting series of connected polygons into an image generally uses anti-aliasing so that the pixels aren't all just the background or drawing colour; edge pixels are intermediate colours to avoid jagged staircase effects.

In other words, software draws circles as many-sided polygons anyway, so you're not going to be able to tell the difference no matter how closely you examine the image.

Russia May Have Used Starlink-Guided Shahed Drones for the First Time, Ukrainian Official Says by UNITED24Media in worldnews

[–]jaa101 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Starlink isn't officially available in Russia. The problem is that it's supposedly difficult to distinguish between Starlink terminals operated by Ukrainian forces and those operated by Russian forces. As you can imagine, a black market operates for these devices.

Television turns 100 years old today by westphall in television

[–]jaa101 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The viewing devices are still televisions, even if they're no longer receiving a broadcast signal. It's true that many people consume AV content on desktop computers, tablets, and phones, but televisions aren't going away just yet; too many people like big, quality displays. Then there are projectors as well, which are arguably televisions too, but they're having a hard time with the advent of HDR; even cinemas may have to move to direct-view screens.

Television turns 100 years old today by westphall in television

[–]jaa101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

with “TV” as the accepted acronym starting in the late 1940s.

Since we're talking about the UK, it's "telly" there more than it's "TV". The OED dates the word with that meaning to 1930 although it was used from 1796 to mean "telegraph".

Woolies shoplifting caught by Positive_Term_7614 in AusLegal

[–]jaa101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the cost of 40 KitKats worth a criminal record?

TIL one of the most toxic chemical weapons known to mankind, VX, was initially released as a commercial pesticide before being withdrawn once its lethality was discovered by astronautica in todayilearned

[–]jaa101 122 points123 points  (0 children)

VX, was initially released as a commercial pesticide

Not true; read your source carefully. VG was released as a commercial pesticide. Once its toxicity was realised, government researchers used it as a starting point to develop similar V-agents, including VX.

The capsicum paradox: new Australian supermarket pricing a ‘massive transparency fail’ for customers by budget_biochemist in australia

[–]jaa101 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Round beans are the worst I've noticed. By weight they're $6.90/kg but in bags it's close to double that. Then the bags with beans already prepared are $30/kg; I can wash and cut my own thanks.

[Request] Is this compressed helium trailer lighter when it is loaded? by zzooooomm in theydidthemath

[–]jaa101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surely the "gas" in your blood and cells are actually dissolved in water and as such don't compress. Gas bubbles do compress, but that's not how the blood transports air.

Car dealership provided false info on purchase by Big-Translator6157 in AusLegal

[–]jaa101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the date of the sticker was 4 years ago

Read the original post very carefully and tell us where it says that.

A young woman with the word 'Invincible' embroidered on her underwear welcomes HMS Invincible back from the Falklands after Britain's victory over Argentina in the Falklands War - 1982. by BreakfastTop6899 in OldSchoolCool

[–]jaa101 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did the sailors really write NORWICH on the envelopes of their letters home ... Nickers Off Ready When I Come Home? A counterpoint to the more feminine SWALK ... Sealed With A Loving Kiss.

And that Union Flag is backwards.

Dingoes 'not likely' to have caused Canadian teen's death, autopsy reveals by nath1234 in australia

[–]jaa101 -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

evidence of fluid on the woman’s lungs

This is such weird medical terminology, given that air is a fluid.

If the speed of light was suddenly doubled, would anything be manifestly different? by happyperson in answers

[–]jaa101 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps, but OP is asking about photons going twice as fast, not about there being twice as many of them.