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by smdyc1 3y ago
I don't really think the phenomenon is anything other than people selfishly wanting their belongings to be saved over another passenger's life.
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by smdyc1 3y ago
Had to chuckle at this: "If you have made it this far, I first of all commend your patience, and/or your nerdiness." A thoroughly enjoyable write-up this was.
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by smdyc1 3y ago
If you consider having a public holiday to bet on the a horse race, sure. I don't really see the cultural lustre. But I'm a lifelong Sydney-sider so I'm biased.
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by smdyc1 3y ago
The time savings are tremendous, to be sure. On Sunday, it only took me me 10 mins to get from Princes Highway in Tempe to Drummoyne via the newly opened Iron Cove bridge exit on Victoria Rd. I wouldn't do it every day due to the cost,
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by smdyc1 3y ago
It's bloody expensive and impossible for casual drivers to know how much they're going to be stung until their etag auto-tops up. I like how fast it is compared to Parramatta road, but you have to be on some serious money to affor
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by smdyc1 3y ago
Interesting details here. I too have always thought the trench run took place in the equatorial trench. I thought they were just going so fast it seemed narrower.
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by smdyc1 3y ago
This comment sounds like AI-generated content to me, as good as it sounds
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Academics apologise for false AI-generated allegations against consultancy firms(theguardian.com)
3 points by smdyc1 3y ago|3 comments
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by smdyc1 3y ago
"Case studies created by Google Bard AI as part of submission to parliamentary inquiry proven to be factually incorrect". A bit of an indictment of the competence of these academics since they don't appear to have fact checke
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by smdyc1 3y ago
This comment made me think of the Not Hotdog app from Silicone Valley!
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by smdyc1 3y ago
Unless you're living in the southern hemisphere, sure
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by smdyc1 3y ago
I vaguely remember this from reading Biggles. I think came from pilots getting shot down over enemy lines on the western front in WWI.
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by smdyc1 4y ago
I'm also in Australia, and it's gotten a bit ridiculous. There are now utes the size of American Ford F350s everywhere. Our streets and parking infrastructure are just not designed for it. It's become an arms race. You'r
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by smdyc1 4y ago
The Royal Australian Air Force was flying the DHC4 Caribou aa a light airlifter until the early 2000's. It was an amazing piece of engineering and was first flown in the late 50s. You could literally fly backwards in a headeind and lan
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by smdyc1 4y ago
Sadly, I only recall having this almost 20 years ago. I probably wasn't old enough to appreciate it then. As I get older, I tend to appreciate the depth of flavour and savour these things so such more.
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by smdyc1 4y ago
Haha one of my favourite scenes, apart from Captain Haddock losing his taste for whisky at the start!!!
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by smdyc1 4y ago
In my time as an avionics tech on C-130s, it was drilled incessantly into us to never perform maintenance from memory. Always consult each step in the relevant publication and have it with you. We weren't immune, we also had ASORs (Air
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by smdyc1 4y ago
Haha! My mind immediately went there as well!
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by smdyc1 4y ago
Newman!!!
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by smdyc1 4y ago
Sadly I have to use BeyondCompare for this, but I'd love to know what your PM uses.
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by smdyc1 4y ago
Really enjoyed this. If this was a premium mobile game with more levels increasing in difficulty, I'd buy it for sure. Others have covered minor feedback like character icons overlapping on the same space, the flashing lights at the en
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by smdyc1 4y ago
I've been using that format too for the same reason, without knowing about 8601. Day/Month/Year is great for a person (I'm in Aus) since we, as human beings, intrinsically know what year it is, and probably know what mo
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by smdyc1 4y ago
Name inspired by Stargate?
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by smdyc1 5y ago
I've managed to largely unplug myself from the unrewarding miasma of Facebook by doing this. This has inspired me to go further.
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by smdyc1 5y ago
I think ATC has a big question to answer here. Why the hell would you vector a plane to land in the opposite direction of a departing aircraft on the same runway? At any rate, TCAS also has a big part to play in collision avoidance. It&#x27
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by smdyc1 6y ago
Were there any leaks of Australian data? I can only see Austria in pastebin (spelling mangled as Austriaia)
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by smdyc1 6y ago
No surprise at all. They're trying to to rewrite history now.
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by smdyc1 6y ago
Yes, does that for me in Australia too.
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Google Play Music, Music Play Store and Music Manager are going away(support.google.com)
329 points by smdyc1 6y ago|348 comments
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by smdyc1 6y ago
From Google: "We’re gradually going to shut down Google Play Music, the Music Store on Google Play and Music Manager soon, with everyone losing access in the months to come. You can read our full announcement here. This announcement fo

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