Considering that Grill’d claim to help community groups with donations, this is very hypocritical. They can help and homeless by paying their employees a living wage.

Maybe the RAFFWU needs to apply to be recipients of “Local Matters”

https://raffwu.org.au/

Scuttlebutt is that some Luxury and Prestige Manufacturers refused to support Android Auto initially because Google was demanding not only customer data but also vehicle telemetry and performance data. CarPlay was supported though.

The rumoured manufacturers all support Android Auto now so maybe Google changed their contracts.

Was that the Dave Cristafulli character?

What a blatant scam artist!

I can’t believe that he is gaslighting voters by saying that the existing system is corrupt!

I just now received my ballot and read the “Candidate Leaflet” brochure. We had two choices and they both read like some sort of pre-rolled DnD characters. One was like a generous Cleric and other was like a selfish Necromancer.

I have a feeling that due to the base instincts and gullibility of my neighbours, the evil necromancer will likely get in. His campaign is based on less bile and more road lanes, arresting children and anti-wokeness. The joke is that he has a Hindi or Sikh surname and the most base instinct of my neighbours is racism.

This will be interesting.

Most of the Internet denizens who identify as juvenile (or act in a juvenile manner) are actually legal adults. Meanwhile, legal children who are in difficult situations may not have access to the support they need.

I believe that legislating when someone is considered mature does not account for the outliers who are the ones who would benefit most from access, or having their access restricted.

I think this is a real threat to up-and-coming social networks.

Data miners are claiming that increased privacy/sscurity controls on computer platforms are hamstringing their social graph development, but the legal liability of user identity verification is going to be the much bigger problem.

Maybe the computer platform developers need to introduce some sort of anonymised age/identify verification API so that they take the liability. They are the ones with the intimate relationship with the user, and are claiming to protect the users privacy.

When we built our house, we specifically ordered SurfMist Blue (which is a very white colour with a hint of powder blue). The stupid fucking builder installed WoodLand Grey. They had to tear the whole roof off our two storey and re-clad it in the correct colour.

It depends if it is Flat, Metallic or Pearl.

Flat White is easier to touch up and maintain. Metallic hides scratches but Pearl is impossible to colour match and any defects are very visible.

Boomers and GenXers used to love red cars because anyone driving a pov-pack Hyundai Excel in red thought they were driving a Ferrari.

There used to be a meme (idea) that red cars were cop-magnets because people in red cars would drive like dickheads.

All those Boomers grew old and started buying Maroon cars because they were technically red, but wouldn’t be cop-magnets. These colours are colloquially called “Old-Man Burgundy” or “Haemorrhoid Brown”.

I think that they mean “Silver” rather than grey, but the dealers may be registering them as grey.

My Tan Jimny is in VicRoads as “White” because someone interpreted “Ivory Chiffon” as being ivory, or white.

Rumour is that the Shahid Drones use Discord as a backend for Command and Control.

😂

This just a milquetoast rehashing of https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/categories/cars/

Still, improving consumer awareness may force some of the bastards to realise that privacy is a marketable feature.

This is terrible.

Aluminium cans should have gone in the recycling! ♻️

Did everyone else get the “Energy Bill Relief” email?

I have a feeling that this is just more “corporate welfare”.

I expect everyone’s Energy providers to inflate prices over the next 4 months by about $75 a month.

I recently changed provider because the government energy website said my bill would be half of what it was; guess what; it was exactly the fucking same!

The sooner the Government de-privatise the Energy sector, the better. We will also see an end to the Fracking Industry’s astroturfing against renewables.

That would be wonderful. They would need to make the Change-Over because of the plethora of battery platforms available. I can see them being quite expensive though. Lots of labour to test and refactor that many cells by hand. Consumed cells will need to be recycled and specialist technicians trained and experienced in working with high voltages will need to do the battery swaps in and out of vehicles.

One other good benefit would be that vehicles that are no longer roadworthy will be taken off the road. If an EV battery technician notices damaged structure, they aren’t likely to want to replace the battery in the vehicle. EV battery technicians that aren’t responsible will be selected against by Darwin’s Law. ⚡️🔥💨⚡️

I would like to see your calculations. Please enlighten us.

We let us do the maths; A low end ICE vehicle (historically in Australia) would last 20-30 years if it is serviced regularly. $30k. Let us pretend it uses a tank of fuel a week ($5000),annual Servicing is $1000 a year and insurance is $1000 a year. That is $7000 per year running cost. That is $30k+30*$7k =$240k

Let’s take an EV, assuming insurance is $1000, servicing is $500, cost is $100k and lifetime is 10 years before the battery is useless. I’m not going to worry about electricity. 3*$100k+30*$1500 = $750k

“That’s not fair, you can buy a cheap EV for $50k, and batteries may last longer than 10 years!” Ok then, 2*$50k+30*$1500=$550k

You are right, but I did not forget. Walkable cities also includes decentralised workplaces. Whether that means WFH, or local satellite offices or colocated workspaces, they all decrease commute and increase worker satisfaction. The only businesses that still benefit from monolithic workplaces would be high security and vanity businesses.

We have AppleTVs on every TV in the house and none of the TVs have ever been connected to the home network. Same with the rest of the extended family.

We also have a HDHomeRun in each house for those rare occasions when we want to watch Broadcast TV.

The only time a TV changes from HDMI1 is when someone wants to play PS or XBox.

What the government can do is legislate “Guaranteed BuyBack” of EVs at EOL and enforce fully recyclable vehicles. The Chinese manufacturers are providing discounted vehicles because when the battery is dead, it is not their problem. A lot of these cheaper EVs with 5 or 7 year warranties aren’t making it out of the warranty period without a new battery. When they are out-of-warranty, good luck keeping it out of landfill.