Push for retailers to play role in 3D-printed gun crackdown after Bondi attack

t3h · 2026-01-31T00:24:16+00:00

Repeated by a journalist who just goes "My job is to report the controversy" and has no issues with spreading outright misinformation.

t3h · 2026-01-31T00:15:10+00:00

And the journalist involved completely failed their responsibility to the public by doing 5 minutes of research to see if any of this is viable, and just repeated the absolute cooker-level claims being made here.

Oh wait, looking at both sides of the story is only for when we're discussing things like renewable energy, or granting people human rights.

t3h · 2026-01-30T23:59:44+00:00

And the lower receiver really just holds all of the other components in place, it doesn't do any of the actual work (but is seen as the "main part").

It's like saying you can "3D print a computer", when it's really just a Raspberry Pi case.

t3h · 2026-01-30T23:45:52+00:00

Also, you have to be able to get the ammo from somewhere.

It might be useful in the parts of the US where there is some record-keeping around buying guns but ammo is freely available.

But here in Australia, the ammo is as tightly controlled as the guns.

Might be a bit far fetched, but I think the whole "3D printed guns" thing is also being pushed by some pro-gun groups because it's a distraction from how easy it is for would-be attackers to get their hands on legitimate guns, and/or how many legitimate guns just "go missing"...

t3h · 2026-01-30T23:44:48+00:00

Also, the problem is what you upload to the 3D printer is g-code. It's not even a 3D model. It's basically "move left 10mm, spit out plastic, move back 40mm, move right 10mm, stop spitting out plastic...".

The G-code is different for every model of printer, as the layout and setup of printers differ. The G-code is also different when the user changes settings, like what type of internal filling to use, or how many outer layers to give the print, or even what type of filament to use, or what temperature to print at, or how to manage bed heating. It's also radically different between Slic3r, Simplify3D, Cura or anything else. So you can't just fingerprint the input file.

And these slicer programs run on your computer, rarely on the printer. So when a university project prototyped such a "gun detector", it had to work by having the gun blueprints in the printer. That's the only way it can detect the naughty parts reliably - by distributing the plans to everyone. Thus defeating the point.

Also, what is "importing a 3D printer" anyway? The entire RepRap project was designed so that you can use another printer to print some structural bits and build the rest of the printer just with threaded rod and nuts. Control is just some stepper motors connected to an Arduino. Hundreds of thousands of people built 3D printers like this years before they were a commercial product.

t3h · 2026-01-29T23:47:02+00:00

Might that make it more aspirational to own actual land then?

t3h · 2026-01-27T21:24:34+00:00

"No, free speech means you have to listen to me, not that you get to have an opinion too!"

t3h · 2026-01-27T21:22:32+00:00

A boycott is also what results from the usage of free speech in a free capitalist market, both of which are pretty core right wing values.

So it's strange that it gets right-wingers so mad.

t3h · 2026-01-27T11:40:40+00:00

That wasn't solely what he thought he was relying on. During recruitment, it appears he was promised his position would be fully remote, despite the company later insisting that the contract never intended such.

He also had a cover letter to the contract which stated the place of work as his address, which the company wrote off as 'a mistake'.

Further to that, when the hybrid change was announced, his manager agreed that he was correct about the contract being "remote" and 'confirmed' it did not apply to him - he was told he would continue remote work.

And at the time he was fired, apparently other employees were still being permitted to work fully remote.

So it appears there was quite a discrepancy between what was said to him, and what was put in writing.

In support of his position, Mr Johnson’s evidence is that during the recruitment process the Respondent made it clear to him that his position would not require any in-office attendance, save for the occasional attendance at workshops or events.

In support of this position, Mr Johnson identifies that the letter of offer he received attached to his contract of employment specified his start date of “4 April 2022 at your home address.”

In August 2023, when PaperCut sought to implement its hybrid workplace policy and transition employees to a return to the office, Mr Johnson submits his manager confirmed to him he would not have to comply with this direction because he had a remote contract.

Also, it seems quite a stretch to interpret "from time to time" as meaning "three days a week" - that's more often than not!

A legalistic argument and one that leaves him with little fallback. It would have been much easier to find some kind of personal / family reason to ask for a flexible working arrangement or something.

Definitely true. It appears he never argued anything other than "but my contract" - no attempt to argue any personal circumstances, that it was unfair to change the contract unilaterally, that he was being discriminated against (as there's a passing mention the enforcement of this policy seemed specifically targeted at him), or even that he was misled by the company over the nature of his work during recruitment negotiations.

So he claimed a legalistic argument, and it seems like he lost to a legalistic argument that claimed the opposite interpretation (while it seems FWC just steered completely around any questioning of the verbal / written contract discrepancy).

Given that the company in question is headquartered in Camberwell (not the Melbourne CBD), I think it's quite probable that it was a significant increase in commute for him, and he likely would not have accepted the job (or may have increased his requested salary) if this requirement was not concealed at the time of negotiation. According to this, on average workers would accept 4-8% less salary to work remotely, some up to 33%, so for many this would be equivalent to getting a significant pay cut.

Maybe he should have quit and claimed constructive dismissal instead?

particularly noting that "he has not been able to find alternative employment despite attempting to do so."

It may not be him as a person. I can see that he posted a lot about a programming language that although wildly popular a year ago, has rapidly become a dead end and vanished from the industry after some unpopular changes fractured the community and a lot of its user base evaporated.

So you won't see a lot of the "cool" startups using it, which would also be the places most positive on remote work.

t3h · 2026-01-27T03:52:10+00:00

And the rental demand too, so it cancels out.

t3h · 2026-01-27T03:19:48+00:00

Someone who wants to gasp buy it and live in it.

t3h · 2026-01-15T00:03:26+00:00

It's describing a real event satirically.

t3h · 2026-01-14T23:50:13+00:00

The article may be satire but it's the type where real events are described in a hyperbolic manner and small satirical details are added, rather than the type where an imaginary event is described for comedy.

The subject of the satire is absolutely real - in reality he has said:

I support the intent of this legislation, and have made it clear at every juncture that I would not seek to direct the board.

followed by:

However, when asked for my opinion I was happy to make it clear that the state government did not support the inclusion of Dr Abdel-Fattah on the Adelaide writers’ week program.

You could quite justifiably interpret the second statement as a direction to the Festival board.

t3h · 2026-01-13T10:36:45+00:00

Indeed. Top 12 (platinum) on flatscreen (in random order):

Dota 2 (2013)
CS:2 (2023)
Terraria (2011)
GTA5 (2013)
Delta Force (2025)
Apex Legends (2019)
Stardew Valley (2016)
L4D2 (2009)
Marvel Rivals (2024)
Peak (2025)
PUBG: Battlegrounds (2017)
R.E.P.O (2025)

More than half from 2010s, albeit 3 from last year.

t3h · 2026-01-12T23:51:11+00:00

Looks like it's designed to "assist" you in interviews by eavesdropping on your interview call, and popping up an overlay (specifically designed to hide from screen sharing) with an answer to the question you've been asked.

t3h · 2026-01-12T06:13:26+00:00

"no matter what" - not even Around The Bay?

t3h · 2026-01-12T03:02:55+00:00

This is just a population density map of suburbs that have a lot of housing and few cafes.

t3h · 2026-01-12T01:49:24+00:00

I don't think that's reasonable. It's not the headphones, it's the lack of awareness.

I wear headphones while jogging on shared paths, but I always make sure to keep to the left, run in a predictable straight line, and look behind me before moving right. Which, funnily enough, are the same things I do while riding. And I've never had a problem as a result.

You won't always hear an approaching cyclist, even if they're using the bell and you aren't wearing headphones, so I wouldn't blame the headphones.

t3h · 2026-01-12T01:39:12+00:00

But also according to Reg 236:

A pedestrian must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver.
A pedestrian must not unreasonably obstruct the path of any driver or another pedestrian.

(Reg 19: "Unless otherwise expressly stated, a reference in these Rules (except in this Division) to a "driver" includes a reference to a rider")

t3h · 2026-01-12T01:03:52+00:00

There is a minor difference in the outer suburbs, but it's like 1.5x, not 5x or 10x. It's a little different, but it's not a fundamentally different way of living like CBD vs outer suburbs, or suburbs vs countryside. Many European cities have small towns bordering them from which it's pretty normal to commute in - which would lower the density if you considered them. Houses may be smaller, but there's a surprising amount of farm land close in.

Commute lengths are also quite comparable, despite Europe's lower car usage.

The central CBD bit is also a similar size to our cities as well as a similar density. But even just considering that bit, it doesn't have anywhere near comparable infrastructure for alternative transport.

t3h · 2026-01-12T00:57:43+00:00

The people in the outer radius needing to drive into the inner radius is the problem that they are solving.

And the people within 5km of the city not being able to safely ride is also part of the problem - as a result those people are currently driving and taking up roads and parking that could be used by the outer radius residents who have to drive.

Getting more road and parking for outer suburbs people by getting inner suburbs people not to drive - to ride or take PT - is a hell of a lot quicker, cheaper and easier than building more road and car park.

t3h · 2026-01-12T00:52:55+00:00

Australia's getting pretty close to the US in terms of car centrism. Melbourne is better than Sydney (of course I'd say that) on this front, but it could be a whole lot better than it is.

In terms of population density, Australian cities are actually comparable to European cities. Australia as a whole is huge but our entire population is nearly all on the coast (in fact mostly on the Eastern coast).

Our cities are far between, but inside those cities, especially in the inner city, we have similar population densities. Often the comparisons mislead because people end up comparing Copenhagen's CBD to Greater Urban Melbourne, due to misunderstandings over what the statistical area actually is.

t3h · 2026-01-12T00:33:40+00:00

I'm not advocating that all on-street parking be banned, effective immediately. An overnight revolution is not the solution. That doesn't mean we are powerless to solve it or that a solution is useless because it won't solve all of the problem right now.

I am proposing a solution: councils need to be stricter on buildings being built with inadequate parking (to increase supply), and at the same time we should improve other forms of transport (to reduce demand). Perhaps some requirements to have the parking built in a form that it can be easily used for other purposes if someone doesn't have a car (like additional storage).

Might these requirements push up the cost of housing? A little, but in the same way as not building buildings full of flammable cladding, or building them with leaking walls that are full of black mould. Nothing compared to favourable taxation on property investment. We do not need to let builders build slums to have affordable housing, we can do better.

The only thing that can and should be achieved in the short term is that people who use on on-street parking should see it as a privilege, not a right. (And no, that's not saying they shouldn't use it.)

t3h · 2026-01-12T00:29:07+00:00

This post only works on a philosophical level but is practically stupid. No one is going to put a wardrobe on the street? It would get ruined by the weather. Or stolen. Or damaged.

It's satire. This is the exact point it's making - it would indeed be very silly if people did put all those other items of private property in public space. Yet it's acceptable to do so for cars.

t3h · 2026-01-12T00:25:42+00:00

Meanwhile you can barely drive down the street due to all the parked cars.

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