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by ikr678 2y ago
Part of the culture and part of the school curriculums in all states. Swimming classes, swimming as a sport and swim carnivals are offered at various grades throughout primary and secondary school.
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by ikr678 2y ago
If everyone has fancy things then there will be even less environment to go around.
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by ikr678 2y ago
I don't understand why android calculator app keeps requiring updates. Why? Did math change in the past 6 months?
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by ikr678 2y ago
I was recently gifted an old dslr, and after finding that Canon still makes the original picture viewing/editing utility available on their website, was blessed with a beautiful pre-ribbon era interace that does exactly what it says on
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by ikr678 2y ago
As it turns out, cost is an important signal in its own right.
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by ikr678 3y ago
Hilux is still the main international line of Toyota pickups. The Tacoma is for the US market only (bigger footprint and bigger engine options).
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by ikr678 3y ago
This falls into a greater pattern of behavior in the us that I have noticed where pricing for almost everything is completely opaque. The price on the menu for a burger is not what comes out on the bill (tax, gratuity). The price for health
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by ikr678 3y ago
It's satire of an actual statement from a Minister who said that there was 'no environmental damage' because it happened too far offshore. https://www.afr.com/politics/disaster-from-oil-spill-averted...
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by ikr678 3y ago
Do the size of current loans not also distort the market/choices that junior doctors make?
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by ikr678 3y ago
My partner has this same philosophy, but somehow all that seems to happen is them taking on more work (uncompensated) as soon as they get ahead, and the sought-after chill period and energy for non-work never seems to materialise.
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by ikr678 3y ago
Huh, in Australia most local govts use SnapSendSolve, I assume this is a clone.
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by ikr678 3y ago
Enshitification - cost cutting
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by ikr678 3y ago
All that export infra is paid for/backed by long term shipping contracts. Finance for domestic infra is harder to get because no one wants to be locked into 20 year supply arrangements. The Japanese were, and that's what paid for
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by ikr678 3y ago
They are creating a context for why, (in a fututistic society with computers) that access to the internet and digital archives is largely only done by one group of people (Ita) because no one else has the experience or tool to sift through
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by ikr678 3y ago
Smartphone use. App use while driving, wearing airpods and the like, more vehicles with monitors, more integration between phone apps and car entertainment systems to fiddle around with? I have defintely seen private drivers watching tiktok
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by ikr678 3y ago
Landowners (and developers) bribing authorities/politicians to not investigate illegal clearing.
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by ikr678 3y ago
Most of the reasons real money gambling is regulated is to do with stopping money laundering, not protecting gamblers. The incentives for the govt to regulate virtual gambling sims(that don't pay out) arent as strong, especially when t
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by ikr678 3y ago
You've still created a tangible product, that someone gets utility value out of, and they could potebtially resell if needed. The good itself is produced by employees, has material inputs from suppliers, contributes to the economy in o
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by ikr678 3y ago
Add tipping to this, and it becomes very tiring as a tourist in the US trying to figure out what anything costs. If I have $20 in my pocket, I have no idea if that will cover a $15 lunch deal(after taxes, service charges and tip). I have tr
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by ikr678 3y ago
No, that's exactly how it works in Australia - a compulsory tax advantaged managed investment account for the individual. There is a separate social security-type (pension) scheme that may or may not still exist for future generations,
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by ikr678 3y ago
They might not be step accurate against each other, or on different wrists, consistently wearing the same one in the same place will give you enough to benchmark your progress - eg the readings will be consistently wrong by the same margin
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by ikr678 3y ago
It is niche, but it's almost always a cost center role and heaviest users of GIS are govt and utilities, which have constraints on remuneration. It can be lucrative in the right industry with domain knowledge (eg mining or oil&gas)
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by ikr678 4y ago
I read a theory that this is sort of the roots of the current anti-trans movement out of England - affluent but otherwise politically irrelevant women posting in mothers&parenting forums kind of latched on to this cause of defending the
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by ikr678 4y ago
I was under the impression that most high value content producers and moderation tools that make the bigger subs usable rely on old. They know they'll drive away all the power users if it goes.
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by ikr678 4y ago
This was a neat plot point on a tv show called the Beforeigners.
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by ikr678 4y ago
Mild disrespect for authority is an Australian cultural trait.
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by ikr678 4y ago
Doesnt matter what the system is if it works. You've introduced just enough friction to disrupt the habits you want to break without bricking your device like some other commenters have. I try to keep friction in my life for other habi
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by ikr678 4y ago
The definition of 'good' and 'bad' table service is also very cultural. I am from a non-tipping country and I find American style table waiting very overbearing, bottomless refills are not a thing here (except table wate
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by ikr678 4y ago
The Kwinana lithium hydroxide refinery will start processing soon and keep some of the value-add in Australia, and provide local raw materials for battery production. I dont know if all that will end up cost competitive with what is already
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by ikr678 4y ago
That says more about the US than it does 'people' - quite a few countries banned asbestos brakes decades ago (UK 1999, Aus 2003, Germany 1993).

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