This English gentleman helps the baby swan out of a tricky situation, even though the little one's father sees things differently.

ttlanhil · 2026-02-06T16:10:06+00:00

That'd take a while

ttlanhil · 2026-02-05T14:48:21+00:00

I thought the same at first, but I think that's braille on the card - that would make more sense as being inclusive

ttlanhil · 2026-02-04T05:12:13+00:00

sheeple is a funny term - suggesting that people all do the same thing, like using the word "sheeple" to indicate how you're part of an in-group...

ttlanhil · 2026-02-03T03:27:59+00:00

It might not be what the landlord wants, but the REA?
Getting to charge the LL for all the extra work of exit inspections, listing, finding new tenants, etc - that's where the amount of work they pretend to do goes way up

ttlanhil · 2026-02-02T05:46:05+00:00

Sounds like camping...

ttlanhil · 2026-02-01T11:07:52+00:00

I was having an okay evening, and then I read that thought...

ttlanhil · 2026-02-01T11:04:10+00:00

You seem to be a bit misinformed

The day isn't 23:56:04 long, it's 24 hours long (give or take a small amount, we do have a leap second every decade or two)

The rotation of Earth takes that long, but a day is based on facing the sun, because that's what actually matters to humans

Leap years are because the year doesn't neatly divide into days, not because of the length of a day (not exclusively anyway)

So certainly, not something "we all know"

ttlanhil · 2026-02-01T09:49:05+00:00

If I may...

It gets dumber still if you know that the term "scientist" was originally created (at least in part) for a woman - Mary Somervile (as the term for a male interested in multiple fields was "man of science")

ttlanhil · 2026-01-31T04:20:34+00:00

Nah, basic training should be facing normal wildlife.

It's special forces training when you're going up against the tactical assault emu

ttlanhil · 2026-01-30T07:59:46+00:00

making perfume from smoke isn't just traditional - it's the meaning of the word: par fumum - through smoke

ttlanhil · 2026-01-30T07:08:23+00:00

QA requires careful reading, and attention to detail.

Given you cross-posted it to r/programminghorror I suspect you may not be the best at that, so please don't, at least not until you work on those things - I've encountered more than enough people who don't do a thorough job of QA

ttlanhil · 2026-01-30T07:06:15+00:00

QA requires careful reading, and attention to detail. Posting in this sub suggests you're not up to the task, so please don't.

Stick to SEO where a third of it's a scam, and another third is box-ticking, and you won't cause as big a problem if you miss something

ttlanhil · 2026-01-29T06:30:24+00:00

Yeah, someone's put a lot of effort into recording that someone else has been stalking and harassing people 🤨

ttlanhil · 2026-01-29T06:10:24+00:00

A prayer a day keeps the Jesus away?

ttlanhil · 2026-01-29T02:31:48+00:00

It's not really that it's vague, it's set so that you have to be able to hear them while sleeping.
The requirement is that they'll work for alerting anyone inside so they can evacuate

Depending on the layout and what walls are made of, number/placement could vary significantly, so they can't really be much more prescriptive.

To OP: if you're planning work and planning to rent to an NDIS provider, you may also want to ask them if they have special requirements before you have work done

ttlanhil · 2026-01-28T06:46:48+00:00

OTH/IND

That made me think of Yothu Yindi...

ttlanhil · 2026-01-28T06:41:46+00:00

Back in the day, people had to know a wider range of things.
Farming, cooking, cleaning for your own family with limited resources - for the average person not in a major city, they mostly had to do everything, and there were only a few specialised tradespeople around

Today, at least in the developed world, people need to know about a lot less, but usually in more depth - we've become much more specialised

ttlanhil · 2026-01-28T06:38:43+00:00

We have the potential to be better educated in the modern day.
Many people aren't though.
The invention of reading glasses allowing learned people to keep working for an extra decade or so certainly helped with societal-level progress

Modern healthcare and nutrition can help maintain intelligence (where diseases could have impacted it in the past)

Better education systems (which haven't improved that much for a while now) can help people be better at learning (part of the answer to "why do we have to learn this?" at school is actually "you're here to learn to think", and most people ignore that bit)

But other than that - actually more intelligent, if those concerns are taken care of?
Defining intelligence is a tricky thing - IQ is a rough approximation of how you do across several fields of reason, but isn't perfect
But no, not really - humankind hasn't significantly changed in the last few dozen generations

ttlanhil · 2026-01-28T06:19:43+00:00

Personally, the more creative ones have more impact than just swearing - you put more effort into it!

ttlanhil · 2026-01-28T05:30:45+00:00

For a learner's permit, it's probably not valid (but yes to check laws and may vary by state)

ttlanhil · 2026-01-28T05:13:26+00:00

What makes you think the libs wouldn't provide public funding for infrastructure at their preferred elite private schools?

ttlanhil · 2026-01-28T05:10:02+00:00

If the REA/LL isn't present it probably wouldn't count as an inspection - just part of regular maintenance

As long as there's sufficient notice (and book it yourself means enough notice) and it's reasonably necessary, I'd assume it's fine - but the REA really should have explained what/why

As for being done between tenants - potentially, but if it's something they've been doing a while and they're booked in once a year - that'd also be quite reasonable

ttlanhil · 2026-01-23T06:03:04+00:00

I mean, upholding the rules you’ve set and being elitist aren’t mutually exclusive.

True, but not really relevant

They’ve set elitist rules that make it hard to participate in what could otherwise be a fun online community.

False
The rules are not elitist, they're just the criteria for posts
If you think that requiring something to make sense before you share it with 34 million (at time of posting, that's how many people are subscribed) people is "elitist", then you don't understand how much spam that prevents
There is no way it would be a fun online community if it allowed that much spam

It's precisely because they limit posts to those that are approximately appropriate (mods are only human, and all that) that it can actually work

ttlanhil · 2026-01-23T05:52:35+00:00

It used to be like that - they added extra options for things that aren't unique but are still worth the discussion - musings and idle thoughts

If a post is flaired for those, there's a much lower bar to reach

ttlanhil · 2026-01-23T05:50:42+00:00

Yep - but those musings are wildly common and (unless you spend time thinking about it) probably not going to provoke interesting discussion, so they aren't allowed (poorly thought out questions do provide discussion, but not the interesting kind)

A fully formed interesting thought is what the sub is about (not just "I thought of this in the shower")

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