Joshi

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[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

It's really common to get weird dreams when quitting smoking. Especially if you're using nicotine replacement and extra especially if you're using a patch and not taking it off before bed.

Changes in the amount of nicotine in your blood disrupts REM, it's more fragmented and this seems to have the effect of more intense dreams.

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone -2 points 1 week ago

Ug r the khez th ia2zugk8

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Reduced the price to the consumer, never even thought about increasing the price to the producer

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 27 points 1 week ago

Hate for Wikipedia comes from a few places.

The first and most important is that most people who have tried to edit Wikipedia have their first edit reverted, usually with good reason, because they don't understand the procedures and policies. Unfortunately these procedures and policies are what maintains high quality.

Related is news articles and blogs about edit wars and less frequently that an article or group of articles is genuinely captured by one volunteer who will protect their own little fiefdoms and not allow anyone else to edit them. This happens but it's pretty uncommon and the structure of Wikipedia means that it only really stands on fairly obscure articles.

It's also true that Wikipedia does have an inherent western liberal bias. It's subtle but it is there and results from the fact that for the majority of Wikipedia editors western liberalism is the water they swim in. Any claim that is counter to this ideology needs to be cited up the wazoo whereas claims that are confidant with it will often slide without citation. Those with a strong attachment to an alternative ideology often find it infuriating.

Finally there are individuals who would rather have the arbiter of truth be the powerful rather than a relatively democratic institution.

All that said Wikipedia is a remarkable achievement and an invaluable part of the internet.

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

It is fine, unless you want a brand that doesn't have a deal with Bunnings, or unless you want garden furniture that is remotely durable, or unless you want some advice from someone who has experience in hardware.

Back when Bunnings was one of several large chains and small local hardwares were much more common it was easy, even Bunnings was made better by the competition. Monopolies are bad for consumers.

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 26 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I don't understand how the heck Bunnings manages to have so much public good will.

It's a total monopoly that has run all of it's competition out of business and over the past 20 years has become progressively shitter at customer service.

I miss other hardware stores 😔

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

"That genre also avoids putting players into overly stressful situations." Like Skull Cavern

But seriously, meditative is exactly how I'd describe a lot of Stardew gameplay.

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think this is a bit of a misrepresentation of political correctness. I think the term political correctness is a bit outdated but I'll use it here.

Reclaiming derogatory language by minorities is obviously very empowering and has been done successfully. It's also the case that words that are offensive in one context can be neutrally used, demented and retarded are often used in medical contexts without anyone becoming offended.

Now one can come up with hypothetical situations where it can be difficult to negotiate whilst being politically correct, especially if the person speaking may not have the vocabulary. But in almost every real life instance of someone complaining about political correctness all that is being asked of them is to be considerate, kind, and inclusive. It can be taken too far but that is the exception, overwhelmingly people are understanding of slip ups or of people not knowing the correct terminology.

Empathy and kindness are important for their own sake, whether it's labelled as political correctness or not.

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have always thought we should go back to our earliest national day of Wattle Day.

Australia day is hugely problematic, Jan 26 ought to be a National day of mourning and Jan 27 our national day of reconciliation.

 

As usual, 26 January has been marked by protests, denunciations of those protests, and further iterations. Even apart from the fact that it marks an invasion, the foundation of a colony that later became one of Australia’s states isn’t much of a basis for a national day.

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago

States the statistics back this up, provides no statistics.

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

I understand why you are putting them together but I think only the CPI measures inflation, there are other indexes also but inflation has to do with the value of money decreasing over time.

The supply of money is inextricably linked to inflation but an increasing money supply is not inflation, under certain circumstances you could have no, or negative inflation, with increasing money supply. If you had high demand for currency due to large volumes of exports for example.

In short the terms you want are inflation and money supply.

Disclaimer: I dropped out of an undergraduate economics degree about 2/3 through around 15 years ago. I believe this is correct but please anyone correct me if not.

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

I started a new playthrough for the first time in a while, took it pretty relaxed for most of the year then had to scramble to get the greenhouse before winter. Travelling merchant was kind and just got there.

I have also been super lucky and got 2 prismatic shards and an ancient seed already. Killing it in the mines with my galaxy sword.

 

Albo supports shifting from a PM called election within a 3 year term to a 4 year term of fixed length.

"If you've got a three-year cycle, in practice, that often means that you really only have a shorter window of perhaps a couple of years to bring about substantial reform, by which time you're looking at the next election," he said.

Having a fixed term of parliament would remove the ability for prime ministers to call early elections, as well, which typically favour the incumbent government.

 

Australia’s economy has gone from close to the worst-managed in the OECD, according to data from the IMF, the UBS, the World Bank, the OECD, Trading Economics and elsewhere, to near the top today.

The ABC’s unawareness of these major shifts is an indictment of its inability to monitor critical data.

 
  • Almost 40 per cent of patrons said they would use a lower dose of their drugs after having a conversation with health professionals testing their substances, according to preliminary data.
  • Preliminary data indicated that for more than 70 per cent of patrons, it was the first time they had a judgement-free discussion with a health professional about drug and alcohol use.
 

Something, something, metaphorical resonance, something, something.

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"Having rescued the economy from damage done by the Coalition and stabilising government debt, the ALP is polling well for a second term in office."

  • An interesting take from Koukalas from back in July. Still valid?
 

The rally brought to attention the undemocratic nature of the CFMEU being placed under administration with Esther being just one example of a CFMEU official who was sacked without any due process.

 

The central concern expressed by the Reserve Bank in defending its high-interest rate policy is that expectations of higher inflation may become entrenched, requiring a further, more painful round of contractionary monetary policy in the future.

By contrast, the RBA expresses no concern that the reduction in economic growth induced by its policies will lead to a permanent reduction in living standards.

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True spirit of Christmas (www.smbc-comics.com)
 

LAST WEEK, News Corp’s newspapers The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier Mail and The Adelaide Advertiser caused controversy by publishing front page “exclusives” and “special reports” alleging that more gas is needed to avoid electricity blackouts in the future.

If readers turned the page and read the fine print, they would learn that this so-called “news” was actually not news. It was an advertorial (a fancy word for an advertisement), paid for by – you guessed it – the fossil fuel industry.

 

LAST WEEK, News Corp’s newspapers The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier Mail and The Adelaide Advertiser caused controversy by publishing front page “exclusives” and “special reports” alleging that more gas is needed to avoid electricity blackouts in the future.

If readers turned the page and read the fine print, they would learn that this so-called “news” was actually not news. It was an advertorial (a fancy word for an advertisement), paid for by – you guessed it – the fossil fuel industry.

 

"Indicating to pass" is insane and needs to stop

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