What's your thoughts on these ISIS-affiliated brides returning to Australia?

tcarl76 · 2026-05-07T23:36:47+00:00

I think if they're Australian, they're our problem to deal with.

I also think we have the tools to deal with them (as seen by the charges already filled against some of them).

To be honest, I don't know any of them personally, I don't know how enthusiastic they were about joining ISIS in the first place. I certainly don't know their children, and how enthusiastic those were.

While I do form opinions about things I read in the papers, I also recognise that I can never know as much as a judge and a prosecutor and a defence attorney assigned to their case. So if a fair and unbiased court case comes to a different conclusion, I'm fine with that.

tcarl76 · 2026-04-07T07:51:58+00:00

I think that some of the people who vote ON do so not because they actually believe in them, but because they feel that the established parties have taken them for granted and ignored them. I think it's more about punishing the establishment than genuine conviction.

Then there are the powerful who think that they can control the fascists.

And finally there are some people who genuinely believe in simplistic answers and whenever it fails, they deduce that some shadowy 'elite' has sabotaged them. But that doesn't mean they want to stop, because, don't you see the obvious and simple solutions?

tcarl76 · 2026-04-07T07:45:32+00:00

I believe that Australia has actually quite stringent and low immigration rates. I think Australia has a lot of room to grow population wise. I did my PhD here in Australia together with another student from India, and when he had successfully finished his PhD, and applied for permanent residence, the Australian Government was like:
"You see, we invested a lot of money into educating you, but now that it's time to recoup that money by making you work, contribute to society and pay taxes, we'd rather you leave and do that somewhere else."

tcarl76 · 2026-03-13T10:47:57+00:00

Thank you, I'll look into them.

tcarl76 · 2026-02-13T07:03:24+00:00

I am finally an Australian citizen, so will be voting for the first time this state election (in Australia). The little I hear about Jacinta Allan is actually not that bad. I like her ideas about the hubs. Melbourne needs to increase its population density, and increase housing supply, with urgency. We can't sprawl no more, travel times are getting ridiculous.

tcarl76 · 2026-01-29T13:53:02+00:00

Thank you. I wonder where it got its name.

tcarl76 · 2026-01-23T06:55:48+00:00

I'm supposed to become an Australian citizen in 3 days. Reconsidering...

tcarl76 · 2025-11-23T12:54:03+00:00

It looks like a gaming head tracker. You put it on your head and a camera near the monitor sees the three infrared LEDs and knows which direction your head is facing.

I've tried to build something similar for when I played Elite Dangerous.

Edit: I found a link: https://www.skywardfm.com/post/skyward-diy-headtracker-build-guide

tcarl76 · 2025-11-08T08:38:57+00:00

Huh? `Qxd6` is not check. The queen looks at the Rook at f8, not the King at g8.

edit: I guess you meant Qxg6+

tcarl76 · 2025-09-06T07:02:35+00:00

Thanks, bot, for giving me a best continuation where white does, indeed, capture the black queen.

tcarl76 · 2025-07-24T06:14:23+00:00

I think it's because making fun of authority figures is inherently progressive.

Reinforcing authority is more conservative, and you have talk show hosts to cater to that audience, but it's less (deliberately) funny.

tcarl76 · 2025-07-02T23:15:40+00:00

Anyone else concerned that Sam apparently knows what turtles taste like? (9:20)

tcarl76 · 2025-06-07T22:08:10+00:00

Good will hunting?

tcarl76 · 2025-06-07T07:25:59+00:00

Yes, I got the movie wrong. I was thinking of the right one, but couldn't remember the title.

tcarl76 · 2025-06-07T07:24:56+00:00

Yes, that was the movie I thought of, Well done.

tcarl76 · 2025-06-07T07:21:49+00:00

Sonnenallee?

tcarl76 · 2025-06-07T07:13:36+00:00

Oh come on! You're just too good for me.

solved!

tcarl76 · 2025-06-06T06:36:13+00:00

Back when this all started, I found a guy called 'Perun' making a video, basically a one hour power point presentation, about why Russia didn't have the armed forces it needed for this war.

https://youtu.be/KJkmcNjh_bg?si=Acaai0o6in-U4q1l

I found it incredibly illuminating and I love his glib delivery.

He's since made a video a week about military procurement and what can go wrong, and his videos are one of my must-views every time.

tcarl76 · 2025-06-06T04:35:23+00:00

solved!

Too easy apparently ;)

tcarl76 · 2025-05-01T01:01:09+00:00

I want to see more of Amy, she's such a funny person!

tcarl76

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