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Wind power: CSIRO asks Australians to chart their farts for research in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I already have a wind turbine strapped to my ass and generate free power with every fart. If I need a 'boost' I'll wolf down some baked beans.

You're way behind CSIRO!

NSW housing minister suggests it's possible to rent a two-bedroom flat in Sydney for 'a couple of hundred bucks' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

lmao you'd be lucky to find a bedroom on flatmates for that

Somebody moved UK's oldest satellite, and no-one knows who or why in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

and our entire economic system will fall apart, not that it’s going to start Armageddon.

Is there a difference?

Somebody moved UK's oldest satellite, and no-one knows who or why in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

WARNING: This is exactly what a T-1000 would say

Asking a simple question online in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I'd like to clarify. When you say "Speed Stick", are you talking about deodorant, or.......?

The 50 best Australian songs of the 90s in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Jonny Diesel was doing OK too, with 3 consecutive ARIA Best Male Artist in the 90s.

I had Solid State Rhyme playing for a bit and still quote some Chill Pill when things get hectic:

Push until we make it break
Sometimes I think we all should take
A chill pill

Don't Remove Your Car's Interior | SuperfastMatt in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

But if I did, my car would sound like a racecar!

This is going to be a tough decision.....

'Cute and an attractive' pollinator, crucial for food crops is the 2024 ABC Australian Insect of the Year in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

"When I grow up, I'm gonna be a WASP!"

'Cute and an attractive' pollinator, crucial for food crops is the 2024 ABC Australian Insect of the Year in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Australian Insect of the Year.

Way more important than a lot of these other annual gong events.

The 50 best Australian songs of the 90s in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Found this:

Spotify Double J's Best Songs of the 90s.

The country is done for in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Don't call him dude, buddy.

Australians who think inequality is high have less faith in democratic institutions, study finds in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Those at the top of the inequality are probably very happy, but I was being a bit sarcastic. The vast majority in the middle and lower end are losing out badly.

The inequality continues to widen.

And now they are saying - shock horror! - that the satisfaction with democracy (or rather democratic institutions) is slipping.

Vote in party A. Things get worse. Vote in party B. Things get worse. Let's vote in party A again. Oops, things got worse. Well, let's give party B a go. Nope - worse again.
People: iT mUsT bE DeMoCrAcY tHaT'S tHe PrObLEm!!

Conclusion: Inequality is eroding satisfaction of democracy!

Did they allow for other factors that erode faith in politics/government? Like, idk, corrupt politicians? Kickbacks after leaving office? Blatant lying? Causing death, pain and destruction to thousands, a la Robodebt?

I haven't bothered to look at this 'study' but I can smell the 'correlation does not mean causation' from here.

I think I'm a bit pissed off, because we're spending money and time on 'strengthening democracy', when even their 'conclusion' says they should be spending it on closing the gap and reducing inequality.

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Orcas in Sydney! (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
 

I didn't know they'd been here in 2018..….

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BMWs, Mercs spray painted. Strike force set up. (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
12 comments fedilink
 

I thought maybe someone was marking cars that had been highlighted on Dashcam Owners Australia, but apparently not....

Thank God resources have been allocated for a strike force! One poor victim got the paint off with WD40, but the trauma will last forever!

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CrowdStrike impact on aussie.zone? (aussie.zone)
 

Sorry if this has been asked/answered previously, but it just struck me that I hadn't really noticed any impacts of CloudStrike on aussie.zone.

Was wondering if it was a non-event, or maybe there are some war stories with heroes deserving medals!

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Man and child dead after tragic train accident (www.abc.net.au)
 

Twins in a pram rolled onto the track at Carlton.

Terrible.

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old.reddit.com login redirects to www.reddit.com/login (aussie.zone)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
36 comments fedilink
 

I use old.reddit.com, and had trouble logging in from there today. "Too many redirects". I also use the Redirect to old.reddit.com extension. When I disabled that, the login link it now takes you to is https://www.reddit.com/login/. That, of course, takes you to www.reddit.com.

The old 'popup' login box has been removed. I also noticed that the in sub logins where they used to have username/password entry boxes have been removed.

More reddit enshitification to try and make us use their horrible UI.

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Nominating Valtteri Bottas for compulsory Aussie citizenship (youtube.com)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
21 comments fedilink
 

He's passed EVERY test. He's more Aussie than anyone I know!

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Best Tomato Sauce/Ketchup? (aussie.zone)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
10 comments fedilink
 

Ok I have a confession to make. I often don't put tomato sauce on things that are ~~expected~~ required by Aussies to have tomato sauce. It's a shameful thing, and I don't want to talk about that.

But, sometimes I must have tomato sauce. The bottle is almost empty, and after upgrading my BBQ sauce and Mayo, surely there is a great bang for the buck tomato sauce.

Choice rated Community Co A Squeeze of Tomato Sauce, available from IGA, as number 1 in 2019 from a list of over 20 tomato sauces/ketchups.

Anyone tried this and can give me a recommendation and reasons on why I should try something else over this?

Ima have to apologise in advance for being a questioning beotch that expects a reference to a scientific study for every statement...after quoting Choice 🤣

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Happy New Year! (aussie.zone)
 

Hope you're enjoying yourself, and have a great 2024!

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Merry Christmas Sydney 25 January 2023 (aussie.zone)
 

Hope everyone has an exciting or relaxing Christmas. Whichever one they wished for!

And be safe in your travels.

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Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
 

So, it appears the first SMR project in the US was scrapped due to rising costs.

An Aussie SMR would take 10-15 years before even being online and we'd be the guinea pigs.

Perhaps it's time to pivot to technology already available and that can be implemented in the short term?

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