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I see that we Australians have resumed our international role as laughing-stock of the technology industry. As much as I disagree with the Greens generally, los
by jacques_chester 9y ago
I see that we Australians have resumed our international role as laughing-stock of the technology industry. As much as I disagree with the Greens generally, losing Scott Ludlam at this moment is a serious loss.
For those of you able to donate, the equivalent of the EFF in Australia is the EFA: https://www.efa.org.au/ https://www.efa.org.au/
- cyphar 9y agoDid we ever stop being the laughing stock? Our only recent claim to fame is Atlassian (plus some of the stuff CommBank pioneered). Aside from that, everything else has been a total shit-show.
- vacri 9y agoThere was a time when we had a world-class telephony setup, the CSIRO was making waves (literally as well as figuratively), and we punched well above our (actually rather small) weight in the high tech and medical research fields.
- jacques_chester 9y ago> Did we ever stop being the laughing stock? We managed to slip off the front pages for a bit.
- turblety 9y agoYeah it's pretty bad, but don't feel alone. Our PM is just as incompetent: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/theresa-may-internet-conservatives-government-a7744176.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/new...
- jacques_chester 9y agoWe Queenies have to stick together, I suppose. Can't let the yanks have all the fun.