Nath

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[–] Nath@aussie.zone 14 points 1 month ago (10 children)

As annoying as some escooter users are, I don't think this is the best solution. Far more idiots cause deaths in cars, no calls to ban those.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

That sort of vote manipulation wouldn't be posted to this community. 😄

I'm a little surprised at how many people have seen this post. More people subscribe to Meta/browse Local than I would have guessed. Whichever it is, I love how engaged our users are in the health of the instance. You guys are great!

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

You are absolutely allowed to downvote anything you'd like to see less of. Yours was one of the two legitimate downvotes I was speaking of.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Nah, Eureka is legit. He just doesn't think news should be in Australia. And that's perfectly fine. There may come a time where we are getting enough content that we'll want to introduce that as a rule.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It has been reported, yes. I got the report because it was an aussie.zone user who reported it. As an admin, I can remove the post, but that will only remove it for aussie.zone users.

For reports on communities on other instances, I rarely take action unless one of my users is causing issues or the post is spam/something super nasty.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I've been twice, intending to go again at some point. The kids are keen on Japan being the next holiday destination. Maybe the one after that?

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was going to re-size this image to better reflect the real scale. But the required image was 468,000 pixels wide.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This image is pretty misleading. It's super easy to overlook that "900km" at the bottom. They would somehow transport the raw product 900km to existing infrastructure. This is on top of the problem of capturing the gas they want, while leaving behind the gas they don't want (CO2) - which makes up 40% of what's in there.

These are pretty significant bridges to cross. I don't want to say that they're dreaming, because the technology to do this does exist. But it's going to be super vital to hold them to the whole 'put the Carbon Dioxide back into the hole' part of the picture, and not just let them 'whoopsie, we accidentally let it loose into the atmosphere'.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

The competition is built around actions seen in rugby union, rugby league, the NFL and AFL. Opposing individuals – a ball runner and a tackler – stand at each end of a 20m x 4m field, and run full speed at each other with the goal of trying to bowl each other over.

RUNIT Championship League released a statement to Stuff on Tuesday afternoon after news of Satterthwaite’s death was made public, saying it did “not encourage any copying of the sport as it should only be done under the strict conditions”.

I don't know what to say in response to that. Nobody (even a teenager) who actually thought about it would read this and think it sounds like a good idea. As a dad to a teenage son, it hits a bit close to home - feeling terrible for the family, but also wondering how you teach a teenage boy not do such stupid stuff.

I remember being young and invulnerable as well. I think teenage me could have been talked into doing this. That kid was an idiot.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

She's trying to tarnish the character of her critics by (falsely) suggesting that their own consumption makes it hypocritical to criticise Woodside.

That wasn't the take I got at all.

“So that human impact and the consumer’s role in driving energy demand and emissions absolutely is a missing space in the conversation.”

She's basically saying the entire reason they exist and are doing what they do is because of consumer demand. That's you and me. We just aren't to accept it if we flick a switch and power doesn't come on. In the medium term, we still need fossil fuels to support our society.

The correct response to her is to keep developing and employing sources of energy that reduce this demand. And not only for us, but for people globally.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s a local council issue 3,600 km away. I would be deeply concerned if it was!

Did you see what was front page news here yesterday? 😆

[–] Nath@aussie.zone -1 points 1 month ago

You've completely missed the point. Yes, those companies are driving emissions. Where are they driving those emissions to though? People like you and me who are generating that demand. Nobody is burning fossil fuels for shits and giggles. They're doing it to make a profit. It is also worth looking at who those companies are - very strong representation in developing nations who are lifting their populations into the modern world. If you are the beneficiary of two centuries of industrial advancement, it's a bit hypocritical to sit there and claim that people who are trying to join you are the problem.

We're talking specifically about Australian environmental issues here and an Australian company. In Australia, renewable energy is subsidised and more incentives are on the way. I don't think you'll find too many people in Australia who will agree that their home electricity bills are low. They are in fact so high that the federal government has stepped in to help households pay their power bills.

We are also talking about a gas company in WA. WA has a scheme where gas is sold to its domestic market at a lower rate under a very smart quota system, but this is not a subsidy - it is a recognition that the gas is owned by everyone and does not just belong to the company that happens to extract it.

 

I hope it isn't anything too serious. Get well soon, Woz.

 

They literally had the chance to make a 'Man bites Croc' headline, but somehow resisted.

 

I run up Jacob's daily. Today, I had to take the Kokoda trail. 😥

 

Well, that was fun, and more than a little brutal. Sorry any Filipino friends.

 

An interesting take: the government is proposing minimum wage standards for gig workers. The paper went with 'Now you might have to pay up to $15 to get fast food delivered'.

 

Another episode of Bluey that Disney decided was too inappropriate for the kids of the USA.

It's probably the Dim Sims. Eating them cold straight out of the fridge just isn't acceptable.

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World Lemmy Map (lemmymap.feddit.de)
 

I came across this neat visualisation of the Fediverse - There we are on the left - a slightly bigger dot among the galaxy of tiny dots :)

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