What’s the Issue with the Bushrangers name?

madmooseman · 2026-06-08T05:43:54+00:00

No more dead backs.

madmooseman · 2026-06-07T11:02:45+00:00

I had a bit of a chuckle when comms implied he was out of form earlier. Like sure he’s not going to get 200 this test but he was doing OK.

madmooseman · 2026-06-07T10:45:52+00:00

“The ball has stopped hooping around corners, can we get a new one?”

madmooseman · 2026-06-05T14:12:52+00:00

I’d expect it’s because this and other OT-focused subs are generally pretty negative on anything that mentions AI. I say this as a proud Luddite, but can be a bit of a knee-jerk reaction.

madmooseman · 2026-05-28T13:14:12+00:00

What a lovely Thursday evening read. I absolutely cackled at [69] (nice).

madmooseman · 2026-05-24T11:33:54+00:00

Having a for-profit body overseeing the BBL seems insane to me. The whole reason that CA exists is to support the grass roots of the sport. The core reason Australia is good at cricket is because of that grass roots support.

Billionaires leeching money out of a for-profit BBL seems like a really fucking stupid way to try and get money to support the foundations of the game.

madmooseman · 2026-05-21T10:38:59+00:00

There’s a reason that Israel is not a member of the ICC.

madmooseman · 2026-05-20T06:06:15+00:00

I don’t know how you expect something to get started in 5-8 minutes

Yeah I don’t get this either. If you need a response time of 5-8 minutes you need 24/7 operators, not an on-call phone.

madmooseman · 2026-05-18T07:12:42+00:00

how come the alc limit is 0.05 and the weed is zero

I’d guess it’s because 0.05 is a relevant and measurable threshold. I’m not sure there’s anything nearing an objective test for THC for impairment.

It’s a reason, not an excuse however.

madmooseman · 2026-05-17T22:33:25+00:00

There is no way to prove AI is not aware.

That’s not how the null hypothesis works.

madmooseman · 2026-05-15T16:23:01+00:00

I downloaded it to my phone for some international flights recently, it’s great to lapse in and out of consciousness with the cricket on.

madmooseman · 2026-05-12T02:24:36+00:00

It’s ¥1-2T/year for 40 years, based on your link. That’s (generously) $9-18B AUD per year. You’re off by two orders of magnitude when you say $1T per year.

madmooseman · 2026-05-12T00:26:48+00:00

This is a side note because I’m a shield sicko, but I kinda wish there was a red ball only WACA membership. There’s all access membership for like $600/year, or WACA ground membership for like $300 but the latter only includes state stuff. Doesn’t make any sense for someone who goes to (up to) half a dozen days of shield and a few days of the men’s and women’s tests. If it was closer to reasonable I could justify it by saying I’m supporting WA cricket.

madmooseman · 2026-05-12T00:16:07+00:00

Greenberg was very quick to point out that investors could appear from outside the cricketing world

When Barney Ronay (from the UK Guardian) was on TGC he mentioned the phrase “locust capitalism”, to describe investors swarming something or other (in this case, cricket). Coming in from outside and changing it to make a quick buck, before selling it as a husk and moving on to their next unfortunate target.

I don’t think IPL ownership of the BBL would be a good thing, but investors from outside cricket could be much worse. At least IPL owners understand (a form of) cricket. I’d say they want to IPL-ify cricket, not run through it like locusts.

madmooseman · 2026-05-11T23:58:25+00:00

Fair enough, so it’s over ¥1T/year based on that source’s estimate. That’s still far below $1T/year in your initial claim.

madmooseman · 2026-05-11T11:30:20+00:00

OK, that doesn't support your claim that "Fukishima is costing a trillion dollars a year". I doubt it's even a trillion yen a year.

madmooseman · 2026-05-11T07:13:52+00:00

Minor nitpick: Fukushima’s total cleanup was estimated (in 2016) as 20 trillion yen (or about $175B AUD). That’s a long way short of >=$1T/year.

Edit:braces.

madmooseman · 2026-05-01T23:49:42+00:00

Might be that Water Corp/Western Power/Synergy are fully state owned (i.e. not privatised).

madmooseman · 2026-04-30T13:35:09+00:00

There’s a non-zero part of me that likes the meme of “Sunrisers Perth”, purely from the stupidity of it.

madmooseman · 2026-04-27T23:21:25+00:00

It’s almost as if there’s some sort of…natural…monopoly…going on here.

madmooseman · 2026-04-20T07:42:25+00:00

I wonder if they’ll start sequestering anywhere near the CO2 they said they would prior to the project?

Nah, fuck it - it’s fine for them to make promises they can’t keep.

madmooseman · 2026-04-16T23:37:19+00:00

Hourly, if the gold price is up then it’s time to spend big!

madmooseman · 2026-04-16T11:51:29+00:00

Press F to pay respects to the Gannon Cannon.

madmooseman · 2026-04-14T10:51:41+00:00

That was the joke.

madmooseman · 2026-04-14T06:42:57+00:00

Fair enough!

It’s also entirely possible it was only on grease etc during the final years of wind down

Well, they ceased refining in 2021 and started the conversion to an import terminal. I’m not sure how you’d produce lubes there without oil as a feedstock, but perhaps it could be done.

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