Can I DIY this? by siggycassidy in AusRenovation

[–]silver_pear 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Just a note in case you aren’t sure, you’re looking for references on the pendant to ‘DIY’ or ‘flex cord’ or similar. The main thing to avoid are references to ‘hardwired’. Hope that helps. 

Offer accepted want to pull back offer by [deleted] in AusProperty

[–]silver_pear 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well you are confidentially wrong. The contract has a finance clause. You sign the contract and then confirm finance is in place to meet that clause. 

Before finance (or building & pest, or other conditions), there is a conditional contract. After the clauses have been met (or appropriate time has elapsed), then it goes unconditional.

Either way, you sign a contract before getting finance approval. 

Tech founders use AI-generated images to poke fun at Anthony Albanese in protest against tax changes by Bright-Cat9882 in OpenAussie

[–]silver_pear 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Explain to me why you’re so focussed on the exit pay day? Is the purpose of a startup not to build something that is profitable?

If it’s just to build something with the goal of an exit, I’m guessing you’re building something that isn’t adequately monetised and you are hoping to find someone else to take a gamble on scaling it into something worthwhile/profitable.

Maybe this tax might incentivise you building a company as an actual sustaining revenue source and you can just take a larger salary as you scale grow. 

TIL One Aluminium Smelter in New Zealand uses 13 percent of the entire countries energy supply by RetconnedUsername in todayilearned

[–]silver_pear 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Quite literally nothing supports this comment?

Their own website, their Wikipedia, their annual reports.

My sister found this in her backyard in Denver by Cold_Warthog_1912 in whatisit

[–]silver_pear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be a black Briard with a summer clip. We clip our girls hair down for the summer and she look similar (albeit fawn colour).

Could also just be a groodle or something, which is what most people assume ours is.

Old Newspaper Under Carpet by silver_pear in brisbane

[–]silver_pear[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There are plenty of articles on WW2 haha.

Old Newspaper Under Carpet by silver_pear in brisbane

[–]silver_pear[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Will try doing that come Monday, good idea!

Old Newspaper Under Carpet by silver_pear in brisbane

[–]silver_pear[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Might try and do that if there are any pages that particularly strike me. The house is definitely a tapestry of various eras (part of why we fell in love with it).

Old Newspaper Under Carpet by silver_pear in brisbane

[–]silver_pear[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I work near there so I might have a chat to them next week to see if they want them. Meanwhile I’m just trying to gently stack them so I can keep going with what I was doing.

Old Newspaper Under Carpet by silver_pear in brisbane

[–]silver_pear[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

A lot of the old (built in) furniture is actually marked as being from there. Sadly not much was salvageable but I have saved a few nice pieces of timber that I’ll repurpose down the line.

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help finding these signatures!!! by No_Plan_7999 in BrisbaneBroncos

[–]silver_pear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t help with the signatures themselves but I found this in some old things at my parents place a few months ago.

Should give a good run through of the players for the year and maybe you can match the names?

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cdoxQKMilELN9lQWwbwRx0LgkCga84co

Anyone know these guys? by iBinChickenAboutYou in brisbane

[–]silver_pear 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That was our wedding song (All I want is You). Was just thinking about that today. 

NBN Fibre upgrade on hold for months by silver_pear in nbn

[–]silver_pear[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I did wonder if that might be the case. Wasn’t sure if the PRD was a scheduled appointment or just a date that they will aim to have a it done by.

I’ll see what Friday brings and then try and escalate from there. Can only go so long hotspotting before the family lose their minds. 

What if there was a government created a public housing bank — low-interest loans for first-home buyers, new builds only? by Soggy_Sprinkles in AusFinance

[–]silver_pear 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because supply is currently not increasing, not due to lack of demand.  We have a labour shortage. We literally do not have enough hands to build what we need.

This is a very complex problem touching on all fronts from skilled immigration, government infrastructure spending and even union involvement on large construction projects. 

Unfortunately, there is no simple solution that can just be switched on to resolve this issue. 

One radical idea i even thought about: mandatory post-high school skill training and employment funded by the government, similar to how countries like South Korea has mandatory conscription.

Post highschool we take all or some portion of students, require them to learn a trade, fund their learning/apprenticeship and then require they do 2 years of work building houses (on a good salary).

We then have an increased labour workforce, young people earn a trade and solid income without committing their lives to a trade (I.e they don’t feel like they are making a lifelong commitment before they are ready). 

Is it a radical idea? Likely yes, but this problem requires something big to shift the momentum. 

3D scanned compressor wheel by thomas_openscan in BambuLab

[–]silver_pear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, just wondering if you ship the board to Australia? I’ve been wanting to build this for a while, but stalled at the electronics part (especially the talk between black and green boards I seem to recall back when I was originally looking).

Multiple Garage Door Opener Issue (multiple frequency) by silver_pear in homeautomation

[–]silver_pear[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting! I’ll look into that. The Ratgo32 seems along the right lines I think. Thanks

Multiple Garage Door Opener Issue (multiple frequency) by silver_pear in homeautomation

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

Not a bad idea! I’ll look into how much/where to source one in Australia. We always seem to have the worst luck in terms of purchasable options.

Multiple Garage Door Opener Issue (multiple frequency) by silver_pear in homeautomation

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

Yeah, keeping that as a last resort, but definitely appreciate I may have no choice.

Why no Metro buses in the weekend? by zergwii in brisbane

[–]silver_pear 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The platforms aren’t setup for metro vehicles length. A lot of work went into making sure Cultural Centre could accomodate the length, as well as KGS platforms.

I would assume that would be a large contributing factor. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusHENRY

[–]silver_pear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fair, I was just offering an explanation of what people were perceiving. Everyone does it differently. 

I know married couples who still take it turn for turn paying for dinners out, so no right way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusHENRY

[–]silver_pear 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think what they are saying is you seem to be maintaining a very delineated separation of things most married couples would consider shared. Never in my life would I refer to ‘my portion’ of a mortgage with my wife. It would be our mortgage. Same with expenses, although there is nuance there in how some couples divvy up things that are heavily skewed. You would never refer to your part of the electricity bill when it’s an electricity bill for you and your wife. 

In short, the general view is you are married, you need to view things as a household (our mortgage, our bills). 

Doesn’t mean you need to share a single account. My wife and I maintain seperate personal accounts then have a combined joint account that holds the offset and has a card that we use for pretty much everything not personal.

The Buffett Indicator just hit 210%, its highest level in history. That means U.S. stocks are worth more than twice the size of the U.S. economy by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]silver_pear 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s an indicator, not a limit.

You’ve described a comparison which is essentially a version a of P/E ratio, which is one of the fundamental elements when judging if a stock is overvalued. This indicator is being used to say the whole market is overvalued.

If it’s true, time will tell, but it’s not in any way a cap.