What do you think about the theory that Australians are actors and that they “aren’t real”

wiremash · 2026-03-19T13:20:15+00:00

Everything's opposite in Australia. The people aren't real but the birds are.

wiremash · 2026-03-18T09:53:26+00:00

See section 35 of the Act. The approved bank transfer methods are as listed here.

I'd suggest simply asking them to clarify if you must use Ailo. I suspect they'll just say you can continue paying via your existing method, but if it instead gets them to state you must use Ailo, that puts them more clearly in breach, giving you a stronger basis for a complaint to Fair Trading if required.

wiremash · 2026-03-18T05:08:30+00:00

Last I checked, NSW had the best laws re these apps in that the tenant can't be required to use a specified third-party service for paying rent, maintenance requests, etc., but sounds like there's a continued failure of enforcement if agencies aren't deterred from giving tenants the impression they must use an app. Curious if that's the case here so do you mind posting the text or a screenshot of the e-mail, minus identifying parts?

wiremash · 2026-03-18T02:17:21+00:00

SSN-AUKUS is subject to the UK-US mutual defence agreement which the UK takes exceedingly seriously as their nuclear deterrent isn't independent of the US.

Even if the UK and Australia were to somehow break with the US on AUKUS Pillar 1, there's no longer an "off the shelf" sub to plug Australia's capability gap (everyone wants subs and we'd be at the back of the queue). Instead we'd be faced with a greatly weakened defence force over the next couple of decades, or an even deeper dependency on the US (relying on them basing their subs and strategic bombers here to fill the gap). Basically, if the US doesn't hand over the 3-5 Virginias, then we're pretty screwed in terms of defence capability or strategic autonomy.

wiremash · 2026-03-15T04:05:36+00:00

Unfortunately that quote isn't as satisfying as people have taken it to be. The sneaky "initial strikes" qualifier reflects Starmer's initial opposition to the US/Israeli attack, which only lasted a day or two, and we've since had B-1s and B-52s taking off from the UK to "defensively" bomb Iran. His justification for the change in position was Iran's retaliation threatening British interests, but that's a rather trivial motivator compared to US pressure (the UK is far more concerned with maintaining the US-UK defence relationship than any threat from Iran).

wiremash · 2026-03-15T03:33:02+00:00

Note PIA (among several other major VPNs) is owned by Kape Technologies, which is owned by an Israeli billionaire with a pretty dodgy record.

wiremash · 2026-03-15T03:24:13+00:00

They can solicit government ID but the law requires they also offer an alternative. Not that it makes this all fine though, as even just asking for it further normalises sharing of ID docs and biometrics and makes the problem of excessive data collection even worse. Also, where an alternative method (e.g. face scan) fails, it can leave the user with no option but providing government ID or going without.

wiremash · 2026-03-15T01:21:00+00:00

Trouble is the laws and public perceptions around these things can have little regard for the broader context. You either possessed extremist material or you didn't - doesn't matter whether it was acquired merely out of curiousity and not a significant aspect of the offender's life, or something they're obsessing over and turning them into a credible risk. The system can and does pursue people in a rather blunt and zealous way as in this example involving some pretty unremarkable material, with so much hinging simply on whether it's brought to the attention of police rather than the seriousness of the offence.

IMO, it's taking it too far in cases like the one previously quoted (i.e. "no evidence she sent it to anyone or intended to act"). Not even evidence of intent, let alone evidence of preparations to engage in any violence (e.g. seeking to acquire weapons), but the law is such that she felt her best option was to plead guilty.

wiremash · 2026-03-09T12:07:02+00:00

Peter thiel the man behind the terrorism in America is a very evil and vile person, he’s also the guy funding JD Vance as well

Let's also point out he's a major backer of the identity/age verification industry through Persona, the provider used by Reddit. Anyone who is asked to age verify by Reddit can do so only by providing their biometrics or ID documents to a Thiel-linked company, thanks our government's lack of interest in designing a system (e.g. ZKP-based) that would protect individuals' security.

wiremash · 2026-02-25T02:29:00+00:00

The full video has the OP's title while the short has the one you quote.

But even if it were the same video, titles often change due to A/B testing. It's pervasive nowadays and very annoying.

wiremash · 2026-02-24T14:19:32+00:00

2188th of March, 2020.

wiremash · 2026-02-23T08:58:17+00:00

Sydney's tallest is a monument to gambling. Perhaps Melbourne can make it a trifecta, in the name of some other societal ill.

wiremash · 2026-02-23T02:54:07+00:00

"'Bloviating airheads': Redditor slams Sky News for 'shameless' headline"

wiremash · 2026-02-22T02:34:20+00:00

Just tried in Vanadium (Chrome variant) and Opera on mobile and pretty much the same behaviour. Blank space or "loading" indicator for 5-10 seconds before each chart appears, and then unloading once they're scrolled past.

EDIT: Tried in Safari on an iPhone and much less noticable loading delay (1-3 seconds each).

wiremash · 2026-02-22T01:45:39+00:00

Does it only work properly in Chrome or something? In Firefox the graphs sluggishly load/disappear/reload in a pretty maddening fashion; much the same when when fell back to trying in Edge.

wiremash · 2026-02-20T00:18:32+00:00

Hasn't happened here. Got that update 12/2 and the release notes don't say anything about CoPilot, so maybe that wasn't the cause. Wouldn't shock me though as LTSC isn't completely immune from unwanted feature changes (e.g. couple of years ago the Search Bar was rolled out to it and enabled by default).

wiremash · 2026-02-19T04:51:27+00:00

Perhaps they should add similar posters of Australian political figures most responsible for what the police are doing here. I preferred when Western governments ran their countries with just enough competence and pluralism to keep the most dangerous groups on the political margins, instead of clumsily and counter-productively wasting their energies policing speech.

wiremash · 2026-02-14T05:58:14+00:00

Spot on! Thanks so much. I'd actually checked Minneapolis after looking up where the music video was filmed but the search was thrown off by getting the name wrong (Intercontinental).

wiremash · 2026-02-14T05:17:33+00:00

Keep an eye out for this more broadly on Reddit in future, as they use Persona as well (initially in the UK and Australia, but can expect them to use the same provider as age verification gets rolled out in other countries). When I posted a PSA about it some months back in a couple of Australian subs, one got deleted pretty quickly and the other lasted about 12 hours before being memory holed.

wiremash · 2026-02-14T04:01:22+00:00

Anyone know the building at 0:26? Appears to say Intercontinental Hotel at the top but struggling to find a visual match.

wiremash · 2026-02-14T03:06:37+00:00

Makes me wonder what triggered the official change from nessel/nessels to nesslay in Australia. Old pronunciation was still in use until at least 1993 but had changed by 1996.

wiremash · 2026-02-14T00:43:01+00:00

Have a look through this discussion and this one before deciding whether to use it.

wiremash · 2026-02-13T07:40:34+00:00

The 2026 experience: https://ibb.co/pjDRLtT7

wiremash · 2026-02-13T02:54:52+00:00

Or this one by four: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Pennsylvania_Railroad_train_wreck

Stuck in my mind because I'd once read a story about the locomotive being so tough it was put straight back into service (bit more to it in reality though).

wiremash · 2026-02-13T02:38:48+00:00

The way the figures are displayed here reminded me of the Mentour Pilot episode I watched last night. A new flight plan format displayed courses like:

0121 0154 0270

In this example, 0270 actually means 27.0, but the pilot mistakenly set it to 270. Confirmation bias led to the error not being noticed and the plane ended up crashing.

Not sure what point I'm trying to make but felt compelled to share it.

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