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- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍓 Thursday 10 September 2026 19 hours ago:
Dave Hughes and tax avoidance
- Comment on Discussion Thread Wednesday 2 September 2026 1 week ago:
Can’t sleep. The dream gremlins are holding me hostage
- Comment on Australia wants more data centres. A disagreement over power sources stands in the way 1 week ago:
I was already on the shitter doing that
- Comment on Australia wants more data centres. A disagreement over power sources stands in the way 1 week ago:
I laughed
- Comment on Australia wants more data centres. A disagreement over power sources stands in the way 2 weeks ago:
We all want more services, software (AI is software) is just another service.
The unfortunate thing is many youngsters aren’t forming meaningful bonds with people and will pay money to create bonds with software. Remember the early internet, porn paid for the high speed upgrade.
- Comment on Australia wants more data centres. A disagreement over power sources stands in the way 2 weeks ago:
Depends. If you are offloading your critical thinking that will decline, if your offloading your humour then that will decline. Use AI in moderation and check results produced before sending on to someone else.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦌 Thursday 30 July 2026 1 month ago:
Nope
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🦌 Thursday 30 July 2026 1 month ago:
Just coffee. Make it a double
- Comment on Leggo's, Coles and Aldi selling Chinese tomatoes as 'Australian' and 'Italian' in products, forensic testing finds 1 month ago:
Bloke sounds the opposite to me. This article could have been funded by woolies and SPC for all we know
- Comment on Qantas says non-stop Sydney-London flights to launch in October 2027 2 months ago:
I like the idea but as someone from Melbourne who would have to hop to Sydney first, why would I do this over a Singapore or Doha hop.
- Comment on Melbourne trains finally arrive in the Myki-less era with tap-and-go payments, almost a decade after Sydney 2 months ago:
I wasn’t around Kamco/Myki/NTT/PTV/VRT in the early days of ticketing system implementation but I worked with many that were. They pretty much all said everything was rushed and contract meant that every little change was a cost variation. All the subcontractors loved this because they got paid a lot to often stand around doing nothing.
Think the meme of 10 council workers watching 1 guy do the work. The company A would only do X, company B would only do Y, etc. Internal resistance from management and workforces of Hillside/Connex & VRT also hampered progress.
My first hand knowledge was an extremely wasteful system where a single broken Myki reader could require technicians from 5+ businesses to come out at a cost to PTV of 10’s of thousands each time. I saw the remnants of the Myki infrastructure installed at every station in the state, they would have scheduled maintenance even though there wasn’t a ticket machine. In some cases the stations were permanently closed. Felt very much like Guido Hatzis plumbing was in charge.
- Comment on Melbourne trains finally arrive in the Myki-less era with tap-and-go payments, almost a decade after Sydney 2 months ago:
Trams in the CBD are closer to trains though. Can have a hundred of people getting on&off at a stop. Each door has 2 readers; 3-4 doors; a few seconds for each person add up quick. This has largely been eliminated by the free team zone in Melbourne’s CBD.
- Comment on 'Disgusted': Albanese, Gillard condemn 'Ditch the Witch' campaign targeting Allan 2 months ago:
I’ve seen this one. Ditch the witch on the back with brothel ads on the sides. It trolls around the sports precinct when the footy is on. At first I thought it was an ad for some vr porn or something but then I got closer and realised it was anti-allan propaganda.
- Comment on Melbourne trains finally arrive in the Myki-less era with tap-and-go payments, almost a decade after Sydney 2 months ago:
Bad contact signed by the Bracks government with Kamco was the reason. In hindsight though, at least we got a ticketing system; They spent about the same ($1-2 billion) on East West Link and we got nothing for that money.
- Comment on Why are people trying to raid Scientology buildings around the world? 3 months ago:
Clark Kent from Daily Planet
- Comment on Victorians transitioning from gas exacerbates growing problem of undervoltage 4 months ago:
- Comment on Victorians transitioning from gas exacerbates growing problem of undervoltage 4 months ago:
I hear you but in this instance its the distribution company not generation company. The distribution businesses aren’t allowed to generate or have batteries.
- Comment on Car hits pedestrians in Melbourne, killing Supernova Comic Con attendee 4 months ago:
Fuck cars
- Comment on Government announces billions in spending on military drones 4 months ago:
Why are we buying American drones. Hasn’t the Ukrainian drone system shown that smaller single use drones is more cost effective. Let’s buy Ukrainian ones instead and help them regrow their manufacturing. Better yet, build them here
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026 5 months ago:
Do you feel lucky?
- Comment on Are users who openly parrot literal Nazi talking points allowed here? 5 months ago:
You’re right. Discussion and healing is how we fix these things not banning them.
- Comment on US-Israel war on Iran live: death tolls rise in Israel, UAE and across region as Iran attacks continue and IDF strikes ‘heart of Tehran’ 6 months ago:
Nah you’re good. These things get lost amongst the noise. Good to point out the insiders making money betting on people’s lives.
- Comment on YouGov: One Nation now 2 points behind Labor on primary vote 6 months ago:
Any organic farm has its seeds planted by someone or some business interest
- Comment on Merri-bek Tech Naarm Solarpunk Meetup 6 months ago:
- Comment on Aussie Insults 6 months ago:
Yeah the gay slur has really come full circle now. In jealous of my gay mates with their lack of women problems.
- Comment on Aussie Insults 6 months ago:
I’ve heard most of these when I was younger on the tools or playing sport. Rarely hear these now from anyone under 50
- Comment on Has AI gone too far? 7 months ago:
- Comment on As of December 10th, You need to be sixteen to use Aussie.Zone 9 months ago:
we had electric water heater then too. Amazing how many of my mates bussed to my place after school just for a hot shower.
- Comment on As of December 10th, You need to be sixteen to use Aussie.Zone 9 months ago:
Furry muff. I’ll message molly with something about 80s tram tickets or something.
- Comment on As of December 10th, You need to be sixteen to use Aussie.Zone 9 months ago:
It’s going to come to effort. Do I create a lemmy.whatever account or do I verify? Verification isn’t guaranteed and making my own instance is above dad effort territory. Maybe someone will begin a kiwi hosted aussie.zone 😁😁 I appreciate all the effort you guys have gone too though.
