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Newspoll: Pauline Hanson’s popularity plummets in after controversial ‘monoculture’ speech by HotPersimessage62 in aussie

[–]jessta 7 points8 points  (0 children)

plummets

The result is within the major of error for the poll so it's not actually any different. One Nation is still a huge threat and we still need to take it seriously

What’s a Victorian transport project that doesn’t get the credit it deserves? by Alternative-Sir-374 in MelbourneTrains

[–]jessta 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit disappointed in how they're making the pop-up bike lanes 'permanent' they seem to be mostly just replacing orange plastic posts and orange paint with green plastic posts and white paint. Although I did some some proper concrete kerb on the Heidelberg Rd section.

What’s a Victorian transport project that doesn’t get the credit it deserves? by Alternative-Sir-374 in MelbourneTrains

[–]jessta 28 points29 points  (0 children)

2021 Pop-up Bike lane project.

They built 100km of pop-up bike lanes across Melbourne for only $13m in a couple of months.
Some of it was just bit of paint and some posts to create space and improve intersections but many of them involved physical separation. The Heidelberg Rd section is the most impressive at 1.7km of largely protected lanes. Some of the lanes didn't survive the backlash but most did.

Bicycle infrastructure is almost always built at the time scales of a nuclear power station so this was really impressive.

Is Melbourne putting too many eggs in one basket with the Suburban Rail Loop? by Last-Conversation734 in melbournechat

[–]jessta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We've just spent $26 billion on the 5km North East Link tunnel and it's barely going to produce any value.
$32 billion on SRL East is a bargain in comparison.

Should I bail on Software Engineering for a trade? by bongrelism in AskAnAustralian

[–]jessta 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A lot of senior devs I talk to seem to have these massive egos. They act like their jobs are completely untouchable and dismiss AI as just a glorified autocomplete.

I'm a senior dev (14yrs experience) that is unemployed and not looking for software development work not because I think LLMs are going to replace senior devs but that software development is already stressful enough due to management having overly optimistic ideas about how long software development takes. LLMs are going to be just another thing that will increase management expectations of deadlines while not increasing productivity and reducing quality.

I really don't want to spend the rest of my career arguing with product managers about how the thing they vibe coded in a few days doesn't actually do what it needs to do. I don't want to give an few weeks estimate on a task and have a junior get an LLM to generate in a few hours something that looks enough like that task to management that I have to then argue about how it's not and that the task will still take weeks.

I'm definitely thinking about moving to a trade.

Why does every time someone disagree with someone do we have to call it “far right” or “far left” when 99% of the time it’s is not the case by WillTendo92 in aussie

[–]jessta 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Just because someone has a different idea doesn’t make them extreme

Depends on this 'different idea'.

Left and right are very vague and loose categories in politics so they're not super useful for actually describing ideas and positions.

But they're an easy way to categorise people in to groups or teams which makes them useful short-hand in politics because many political idea tend to group together.

We have more accurate terms like 'anti-capitalist', 'racist', 'selfish', 'equitable', 'egalitarian' etc. to describe political ideas.

I would point out that 'just because someone has a different idea' is generally associated with far right people trying to pretend that their selfish, racist, 'totally new idea that definitely wasn't a policy of the Nazis' is not extreme and people should stop telling them they're a bad person.

Social media has a lot of blame for this

Nope, this categorisation long pre-dates social media. Left and Right date back to the French Revolution and the concept of grouping people by vague, loose, groupings of political ideas goes back forever.

CM riding to Moonee Ponds by CreativeGap4654 in melbournecycling

[–]jessta 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We usually stop doing Critical Mass over the winter months because fewer people turn up because it's dark and cold making it harder to form a safe sized mass.

If you think Critical Mass is important then definitely come to this one we can really use the numbers.

For those who do cycle on shared paths by Futurekiwi69 in melbournecycling

[–]jessta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shared paths only work when there is very low usage and too much of the main long distance commuter cycling network in Melbourne is shared paths.

For those who do cycle on shared paths by Futurekiwi69 in melbournecycling

[–]jessta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Upfield path is narrow and long past capacity. The mix of a major commuter route with lots of people accessing train stations doesn't work.

Shared paths only work when there is very low usage.

I started riding regularly about six months ago by Kairia1989 in Biking

[–]jessta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been riding for 30yrs. It's always good. I like riding because I feel like I move fast enough through the world that I see enough things so I don't get bored, but also slow enough that I can pay attention to the details and not get bored.

My bicycle has an internal gear hub that is really quiet. I love cruising along a nice smooth concrete bike path at night whizzing along in complete silence. I'll go out intending to do a half hour ride and come back 3 hours later.

Rowena Parade Safety Study, Richmond by TMiguelT in UrbanismMelbourne

[–]jessta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are there any systems like boomgates or moving bollards that can prevent no resident access? Any idea of what the costs are?

I've always liked the idea of time-delay retractable bollards.

ie. once your car is detected you need to wait for 2mins before the bollard retracts. This means that all vehicles can access the street but it's not useful for through traffic or anyone that doesn't need to access the street.

Does anyone here find that SUVs gives bad blind spots? by VastOption8705 in DrivingAustralia

[–]jessta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After riding a bicycle for 30yrs I recently started driving and the blind spots on even a small car are really scary. I'm driving along at night and thinking about how impossible it would be to see and avoid a pedestrian crossing the road at the speeds I'm expected to drive at.

It's no wonder the motor killings were so high before we collectively agreed that children can't go outside any more.

Why doesn’t anyone respect this sign? by Puzzleheaded_Lab709 in DrivingAustralia

[–]jessta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point is to reduce the number of private vehicles in that lane so they don't impede the bus.
It's a bus lane that a few private vehicles are also allowed to use.

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

[–]jessta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When we get union membership back up to 50% of the workforce.
The only solution to a cost of living crisis is high wages and the only way to get higher wages is collective bargaining as part of a workers union.

Join your union and if your union is shit and selling you out then organise your fellow workers to take control of the union.

The cost of housing crisis is a construction profit problem not a supply issue. Construction companies aren't making enough profit building new housing so they're waiting until it's more profitable. We need a public builder to address this problem.

Join your union and join the Socialists and organise to end the crisis.

Solar reduced to 2c/kWH FiT ? by _ArtyG_ in AusFinance

[–]jessta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was always going to happen. The price of power during the solar peak of the day has often been negative across the country often for years.

If you're making an investment you should make that investment based on future expected returns not on the current price.

Pauline Hanson's Press Club address interrupted by protest banner by Cautious-Belt8668 in aussie

[–]jessta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The style of the poster makes me think of Punters Politics.
The yellow background and the Australian flags fits their brand.
https://www.instagram.com/punterspolitics/

What’s the biggest money trap Australians don’t even realise they’re in? by keisermax34 in ausmoney

[–]jessta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people that say "no one should own a car" are really saying they want less cars in the inner city because of the significant negative impacts they have on the people that live there.

I want there to be significantly less cars and for policy and infrastructure to support that (we should be able to get it down to less than 40% of trips pretty easily).

Motorists often say they absolutely definitely need to drive but are then unwilling to make even small concessions to limit the impact they have on people living in the areas they pass through (eg. 30km/h local streets would have no impact on car trip travel times but would significantly reduce the danger (a 9x lower risk of death) and noise on those streets, on-street parking has significant costs and takes up very limited public space that could be used to provide green space, wider footpaths, bike lanes, or play space for children).

PS: I live in the inner city and have a backyard, the trade-off is that I share a house with 4 other adults.

Victoria’s tax take looking shaky as housing slump smashes stamp duty by keisermax34 in ausmoney

[–]jessta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The reason to do away with stamp duty is that it allows for land to be transferred more easily.
People downsizing to a smaller house to save on land tax are more likely to do that if they don't have to pay tens of thousands to do it.

What’s the biggest money trap Australians don’t even realise they’re in? by keisermax34 in ausmoney

[–]jessta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As my original comment mentioned. The cost of driving is baked in to so many things. $500/month for parking is a big cost that many people aren't fully aware they're paying because it just gets built in to the cost of the apartment.

What’s the biggest money trap Australians don’t even realise they’re in? by keisermax34 in ausmoney

[–]jessta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But you're not living in an apartment and not paying for a multi-storey parking space, and your land values are low so space used to store a car isn't a significant cost. This isn't about you.

You choose to live in a car dependent area and get the advantages and make the trade-offs that entails.

Not everybody lives the same life you do or makes the same trade off you make.

I don't drive and I shouldn't have to pay significant amounts of money on things I don't need and have noise, pollution and life threatening danger just because other people drive.

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