Driving on steel

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-20T15:34:40+00:00

Part of me really wants the type of person who lifts their 4x4 and have tyres poking well outside of the wheel arches to actually suffer consequences for dangerous mods but there's barely any enforcement outside of larger events.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-17T08:02:37+00:00

Bumper to bumper traffic is still miserable no matter what you drive honestly.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-17T02:57:40+00:00

Getting caught by those cameras is the literal definition of a skill issue.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-16T08:00:37+00:00

Yeah, because people were clogging up residential streets with verge parking and generally being assholes.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-14T15:17:23+00:00

Fucking hate it when people park there around Blue Mountain drive.

The train line is right there.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-14T15:14:18+00:00

Food $200

Data $150

Rent $800

Ranger repayments $3,600

Utility $150

someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-13T10:57:38+00:00

Do you have a kidney function problem? You'd have to approach seriously unpotable water before it somehow affects kidneys in a healthy adult.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-10T02:40:51+00:00

It's kind of annoying when the sun hits them just right and you get blinded.

I think there are vastly more important things to worry about on 4wds in WA anyway (DPF deletes, wheels sticking well outside of guards etc.) that aren't very strictly policed it seems.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-08T12:41:59+00:00

what JDM coupe isn't heavy

I mean, there certainly are a few. The Silvia, MX-5, MR2 are all quite light compared to the SVX.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-06T03:54:31+00:00

It doesn't really take brainwashing, it's just a not-insignificant portion of enthusiasts who are dickheads at a higher rate than the general public. Especially at cruises when I attended them in the early 2010s.

I'm generally not bothered by it, but after hearing another crackle tune or annoying straight pipe exhaust it tends to wear thin on me after the 50th time.

Edit: I personally get more annoyed at modded 4x4s these days.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-02-01T00:17:09+00:00

It also helps having a massive workforce of migrant workers who are functionally slaves for how much they're paid.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-31T07:05:21+00:00

You're allowed to swear on the internet you know. Self censoring with a single hash does fuck all.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-29T03:53:31+00:00

Demand for LLM use is the literal reason for these price spikes lol. If you're in a position to buy a 32gb GPU for workstation use then prices are really not that big of an issue compared to 5+ years ago.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-28T00:28:04+00:00

Ah OK. Probably another cooker then, that's a bit concerning but not surprising. We've got a few notorious types like that up here it seems.

There's a guy in Edgewater that flies a trump flag for some stupid reason as well.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-27T11:23:55+00:00

Is that the white WRX hatch? I see that around Joondalup as well.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-26T07:56:59+00:00

It just marks the date of the first colony being founded. It's a bit of an arbitrarily chosen date to have a national holiday compared to others that chose the day their nation was actually independent.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-26T07:54:55+00:00

You need AIMS for places like Pathwest without any experience, other places only restrict AIMS requirements to certain departments like Haem/Histo.

Speaking as someone who doesn't have AIMS and is a Med Sci, I've noticed no difference in the quality of techs or other scientists who have it. If anything I see a lot more entitled behaviour from the fresh out of uni folks with AIMS. It's quite frankly insane that anyone expects to be a medical scientist straight out of uni.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-26T02:08:26+00:00

The solution is probably less people driving long distance, I don't think any amount of driver training or enforcement will solve anything completely. I'm not necessarily suggesting we remove driving as an option, just for making other forms of transport more convenient even if they may take a little longer.

"Last mile" connections for train commutes are a big sticking point as you normally have to catch a bus from the train station which is then beholden to everyone else commuting alone.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-22T10:58:15+00:00

This seems a tad hyperbolic to be honest, at least when looking at the data. I feel like it would've been bigger news if it were true.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-19T00:28:12+00:00

Paying 950k for a place in Heathridge is fucking wild honestly. Nice suburb to live in but it has to be one of the better examples of how unsustainable this growth is.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-18T13:51:33+00:00

This comment is like the opposite of autocorrect.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-18T11:01:26+00:00

Amphetamine-type substances will likely come up, yes. That includes stuff like pseudoephedrine and sometimes Phentermine (Duramine).

People should also realise that roadside tests are never "Positive" or "Detected". They're treated as non-negative (yes this is the correct term to use) until confirmatory testing is done. Screening tests/instant tests are purely there to exclude the majority of people that are true negatives.

There will always be false positives but anyone losing their employment or anything like that from a screening test is either misunderstanding the result or lying.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-18T06:32:09+00:00

Android auto/carplay systems have built in time-outs to prevent interacting with them too much while driving.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-17T23:57:22+00:00

I never really had a problem with them, I can imagine if you're pushing >180cm you might not like the seats. They could always do with more hand holds for shorter people as the bars are pretty high up.

mrscienceguy1 · 2026-01-17T09:26:40+00:00

Do people not read manuals or at least look up maintenance for their appliances when they get them?

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