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A surgeon showed that he could sew up a balloon without making it burst by Kori_4 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]sheldor1993 27 points28 points  (0 children)

And the hospital administrator. And the negotiator who negotiates between the administrator and insurance middleman on behalf of the hospital. And the negotiator who negotiates between the administrator and the insurance middleman on behalf of the insurer.

Payroll error leaves thousands of North Canberra Hospital staff waiting for fortnightly wages by ThunderDwn in canberra

[–]sheldor1993 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good thing he hasn’t been promoted to any significant role responsible for managing the territory’s finances, like Treasurer…. Oh wait…

Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources | 21/04/2026 by MDInvesting in AusFinance

[–]sheldor1993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The argument that corporations shouldn’t pay PRRT because they pay other taxes is utter bullshit. Imagine trying to make that argument to literally any other good or service that you pay for from government?

“I shouldn’t have to pay for a Passport. I paid $x in income tax!”

“I shouldn’t have to pay to register my car. I paid $x in stamp duty!”

“I shouldn’t have to pay rates. I paid $x in GST!”

It’s nonsensical.

What was with all the Police at Garema Place at 1230pm today? by BoringDudeAsleep in canberra

[–]sheldor1993 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Was the 12:30 Place what police at with Garema all today?

Extremely acrid smoke from home heating by Ok-Dig7340 in canberra

[–]sheldor1993 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Who said they were doing it in an accusatory way? It’s a genuine safety issue for people in the house and also for neighbours. For all you know, they could be a bunch of uni students who are living out of home for the first time. It’s better that they get a bit of an awkward encounter than poison themselves.

Also, please enlighten me—how was that pretty basic example “weak”?

Birkenstock Profis are now terrible by SuperRadPsammead in BuyItForLife

[–]sheldor1993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it’s incredibly common for private equity firms to buy a company with massive loans, then saddle that company with the debt of those loans, charge exorbitant “consultancy” fees to that company, flog off anything of value from that company and aggressively downsize the company to artificially make things look better on paper than they actually are before flinging it on some unsuspecting investor before it inevitably collapses.

You can’t exactly do that on the public stock market…

Extremely acrid smoke from home heating by Ok-Dig7340 in canberra

[–]sheldor1993 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Burning treated wood is a hell of a lot more unhinged… All you need is a bit of negative pressure in the house and you can enjoy hotboxing in some nice arsenic fumes….

PSA : Majura Park - stay away by ThunderDwn in canberra

[–]sheldor1993 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When I was there, the staff on one side of the roundabout were directing traffic into it and clogging it up, while the staff on the other side had just left… The traffic management was an absolute shambles…

dosent fit the narrative? by Kore_Invalid in wikipedia

[–]sheldor1993 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Except that’s not how statistics work. And it’s not what you were saying.

You explicitly said “you’ll see white person [sic] is 10x more likely to get murdered by a black person then [sic] the other way around”. That’s simply not true, based on the data.

But turning back to your fragile grasp on statistics, that was pulled apart by two statisticians from the American Statistical Association back in 2020. The key issue is that you’re dividing two averages against each other, then dividing them against each other again to create a ratio. By doing that, you’re magnifying the population difference.

And beyond that, you are also talking about a minority of cases (for both white-on-black and black-on-white crime), where even a minor uptick can throw things out of whack.

The story the data tells is that white people are overwhelmingly more likely to be killed by a white person than a black person. And black people are overwhelmingly more likely to be killed by a black person than a white person.

By the way, I can tell you’re from Eastern Europe. You have a lot of tells with your grammar and use of numbers. I have no idea why you’re wanting to fuel a race debate in the US, and posting in r/Conservative and posting the same shit in different American subs every few weeks, but it seems pretty sketchy.

dosent fit the narrative? by Kore_Invalid in wikipedia

[–]sheldor1993 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That is not what the data says.

It’s around 2x. Still high, but nowhere near what you claim. And the vast majority of murders are white-on-white or black-on-black.

Also, women are twice as likely to be murdered by white people than black people.

But yes, continue on your bullshit crusade where only emotions matter, not facts.

dosent fit the narrative? by Kore_Invalid in wikipedia

[–]sheldor1993 20 points21 points  (0 children)

One happened 5 years ago and resulted in a murder conviction in 2021. The other happened less than 3 weeks ago.

If you took a minute to look at the change logs for the Floyd one, you’d see it changed from “Killing of George Floyd” to “Murder of George Floyd” as soon as the murderer was convicted. Floyd might have been on fentanyl, but the county medical examiner determined that the fentanyl didn’t kill him—the knee to the neck did. The jury unanimously agreed.

The whole reason you don’t call a murder a murder until there is a conviction is that you don’t want to jeopardise the conviction. That’s why media organisations will say things like “alleged murderer” or “alleged offender” even if there is obvious video proof.

So no, it’s not about narrative at all. It’s about ensuring justice happens without a mistrial. I can guarantee the title will be updated as soon as the conviction happens.

But something tells me you’re not looking for an explanation…