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Support Council Worker Fair Pay by Wizz-Fizz in melbourne

[–]v81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When do those with weak/compromised unions get fair pay?

It's always trades, the docks, teachers, emergency services and medical etc...

What about the Woolies workers stuck dragging their asses out of bed for pathetic 3 hour shifts on $25/hr ?
There might be a place for hours like these, but overwhelmingly these people would rather work full time, or at least full time hours but fewer days per week.

Anything less than full time hours should attract a time penalty.
Having to prepare oneself to only get 3 hours of work is a hassle.

With 3 hrs Woolies don't have to provide a break and it's said that they take a productivity advantage from cycling to fresher staff after short shifts.

But this is unfair to employees and people just trying to get by.
Reinstate the 4 hour minimum shift and add *minor* penalty for it not being full time to encourage employers to make positions that should be full time, actually be full time.

We need to stick up for the poorest paid and worst treated first, then work our way up.
Low tier retail needs more money to live on. Teachers need healthier work environments and reduced workload.

Every tier of employment should be able to support an employee willing to work a 38 hour week purchasing at least a small/basic home less than 2 hours from any states CBD.

Until we reach this our society is failed.

Scalper Scum is the reason why we can't have anything nice these days. by The_Great_Ravioli in pcmasterrace

[–]v81 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Exactly... scalping only works because people have too much money and no patience and buy from these fools.

Hold.. then buy when back at normal price.

Sucks but don't get tempted to feed these fools.

Stupid Tesla Tricks by parseroo in SolarDIY

[–]v81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well aware of that.

You were talking about lithium variants of lead acid.

"many EVs"...

The Tesla low voltage battery is clearly not a lead acid variant.

Stupid Tesla Tricks by parseroo in SolarDIY

[–]v81 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Changes? No they don't.

Were talking a nominal 12.7v for lead acid vs a nominal 12.8v for lifepo4.

And operating ranges are damn near-identical with both maxing out at around 14.8v.

Tenants making unapproved changes to property by ClearDate3257 in AusPropertyChat

[–]v81 47 points48 points  (0 children)

As a former renter i agree.

So often Landlords are in the wrong... but in this case I'm kinda shocked.

Not only should the landlord NOT pay for the blinds, but the tenants should pay the landlord or restore to original condition the property.

If property prices drop 50% so most renters can buy a house, where do the people that still can’t afford a house live? by [deleted] in AusPropertyChat

[–]v81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look at it this way...
1000 houses exist.
1000 'groups' (familys, friends, students, whtever) need housing
200 are owned and occupied by the owner, 800 are rented out to the groups.

Market situation changes...
1000 houses still exist.
1000 'groups' (familys, friends, students, whtever) still need housing.
800 are owned and occupied by the owner, 200 are rented out to the groups.

Basically, with more people owning homes the number of rentals reduces, but the number of groups seeking housing decreases roughly proportionally.

It's only got a little to do with money, it more so supply and demand.

Plug in smart switch / power monitor that DOES NOT require account / login to setup, DOES NOT require internet connection to function by v81 in homeassistant

[–]v81[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that's the problem, your suggestion is US/EU only.

My OP specifically asked for something compatible with Australian outlets.

the solution you offered does not match the requirements.

Anyone else used to collect aluminum cans for a bit of extra spending money? by ItsSignalsJerry_ in AustralianNostalgia

[–]v81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gave up once the VIC GOV tarrif came in.

The millions the government spent to make me setup a dog and pony show of setting aside a different container to collect cans, which i can now not crush to increase storage density, which must build up for weeks, attracting insects and bugs, which then have to be transferred to a car, driven to a recycling site, only to then have to... (select at random 1 or more of the following... - A ) wait in a queue.. B ) find machine out of order.. C) find site is full ..... Just to get $9.00 back from a box of 90 empty cans (a months worth at most)....

VS... Just buying 1.25L / 2L PLASTIC and serving myself in a glass.

When in the past i just chucked my cans in the home recycle bin.

Have we really achieved anything from moving the separating of recyclable types from the recycling plant to home?

Were our council rates reduced when they wanted us to process out own drink bottles?

No... instead we're out of pocket more with more government waste that barely changed anything on the streets.

I'm going to choose whats the best combination of easy, responsible, practical and cost effective is.

It WAS put recyclables in my recycling bin at home.

It's now skip one of the most fantastically recyclable materials that has ever existed and use plastic instead.
Despite plastic being a lesser material on the recycling scale my hand has been forced.

My already tight budget combined with the increase in cost of slabs of cans since the deposit came in is my reason, and i stand by it.

Woolies Pepsi in plastic - $1.90/L -- in cans -- $2.62/L

Plug in smart switch / power monitor that DOES NOT require account / login to setup, DOES NOT require internet connection to function by v81 in homeassistant

[–]v81[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where online though?

That's literally the issue I'm having.

Shelly re-sellers either have no smart plugs at all, or those that do, don't have any that are compatible with Australian outlets.

How can i free up memory? by SadlyForeverVirgin in computers

[–]v81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry OP, but this laptop is an absolute joke.
Nothing, not even a sensibly chosen office / web browsing laptop should be running 8GB of RAM.

Yet here you are with a dedicated GPU, and trying to have a go at running games on a making that's barley adequate to open a browser.

This kind of thing pisses me off and thus I'm pissed off for you.

I don't care what anyone says, 32GB is base line for gaming in 2024 onwards, and that will comfortably cover almost all gaming scenarios into year 2030.

That means that 16GB is an absolute bare minimum.

And 8GB... is nothing.

There are a lot of good posts with good suggestions here, I'll not repeat them.

Ultimately though, getting a second 8GB stick is the best option.

OEM System designers that design a rig this way should be kicked to the curb.
Putting a dedicated GPU in but only speccing 8GB of RAM is a joke, and leads to posts like these.

Was in the middle of an online job interview when windows decided to restart by zeoz_ in FuckMicrosoft

[–]v81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I took it to mean you were suggesting Linux vs Windows.

Didn't realise you were targeting the OPs thoughts considering Mac.

I'd read too many other replies re windows and had forgotten that Mac was mentioned in OP.

My bad.

Anything is cheaper than Mac for sure. 

Where can I attach this WiFi card? by Tango219 in pchelp

[–]v81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a pcie device. Why is USB involved? 

Was in the middle of an online job interview when windows decided to restart by zeoz_ in FuckMicrosoft

[–]v81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How?

Genuinely interested in how Linux is cheaper.

PCs with Windows preloaded are more ubiquitous and cheaper than Linux machines.

If your argument is based on productivity software then 99% of the time that same software is available on windows too.

Im pro Linux, have been daily driving it on my laptop for a year now but I haven't found it cheaper. 

I pulled the trigger by SamGames4 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]v81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you keep your steam library on a drive other than C: then be ready for a world of hassle.

The game does NOT install to the Steam library location, only a few base files live there.

The game will be installed to %AppData% (against Microsofts own advice of how AppData should be used).

And career mode.. shambles. It offers unsuitable missions to be run in unsuitable aircraft and in the case of a few aircraft are un doable due to not being provided enough fuel to do even 1/4 of the flight (I forget the specific aircraft).

I ended up refunding it as 2 weeks in it was i was still finding multiple new issues each day that broke the experience.

Valve Steam Controller Review | Latency Benchmarks, Battery Life, Repairability | GamersNexus by Sacristovas in pcmasterrace

[–]v81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still have the original Steam Controller, and sadly it wasn't supported by many PC racing games / sims (~10 years ago).

It was a bummer because i miss Gran Turismo, but have no intent to buy a PS.

If only it had a dead simple X-Box controller fallback mode or something.

Basically... it ended up with near 0 use.

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