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- Comment on Are you fucking kidding me?! I hate anything that requires verification and codes! 18 hours ago:
Payment info is a good use case for 2fa though. Personally, I use vaultwarden to hold my payment details. Open source and I choose my log in requirements, although 2fa is required at least once. From then on, fingerprint on my phone is fine or pin on a browser.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Cancer is not normal cell tissue, but it’s very common. They are different words, with different meanings.
- Comment on I hate Samsung and their dumb software design choices, and this is one of them. Why do I need a SIM card to enable a hotspot whereas every other phone works without one? 4 weeks ago:
Thats not the same thing, though.
- Comment on Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria 5 weeks ago:
So, a complete muffin then?
I think they have had a problem whereby they scare off moderates, which leads to more on the extremes which leads to less moderates which scares off voters and members which leads to more extremes.
I have a friend who got into politics and aligned with the libs based on their past economic policy. She went to some meetings and was taken aback as it was all about who to hate and smack down on rather than make positive changes.
I laughed and told her that’s who they are now. It’s. It about making Aussies lives better, it’s about pushing an ideology.
- Comment on Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria 5 weeks ago:
Do they have someone who is not a complete muffin to put in charge? From my perspective, it seems they have a similar problem to the USA. They have worked so hard excluding so many, that it’s difficult to attract new members and voter with different values. The Republicans were dying before Trump. Hell likely kill them off, as he destroys everything but the libs don’t have an equivalent to win voters and votes back.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 5 weeks ago:
With oscillating (rotates back and forth) or sonic (vibrates fast), you use them the same way. You angle it towards the gum at 45degrees upwards for top teeth, downwards for bottom teeth. So, it is on the tooth but angles towards the gum as it’s where the tooth and gum meet that needs the most attention.
Do it in a particular order. Best way is start on outside top right, work slowly around the outside to the top left and then return on the inside. Do the same on the bottom. Some brushes will have paused or beeps every 30 seconds to help you time this.
The brush should not be pressed firmly, but just gently applied to the teeth and the motion of the sweeping does the cleaning.
Ar the end, clean all the biting surfaces of the teeth too for an additional 30 seconds.
This is called the bass technique. Using a manual brush you do the same thing, but you have to make the little circles yourself, which is trickier to do effectively.
You can verify you are doing it well with disclosing tablets. They are tablets that stain plaque, usually red or pink or blue. After you brush, you chew or suck on one. Then you can see if you’ve missed anywhere. They are not designed to be used every time but every day for a few days or weeks until you are confident you get everything. They just show you what you missed.
Try with a manual one day and an electric the next.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 5 weeks ago:
Your implication in the Hitler reference was that we should not appreciate art from horrible people.
I’m glad my points changed your mind so much that we now agree, for the most part. ;)
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
Neil Gaiman is an alleged rapist. Does that mean the sexual scenes in his books are not valid?
Horrible people is part of the human condition. Erasing them means we don’t learn from it.
We can now better recognise the problematic parts of her work to gently help kids to appreciate it. Kids won’t get the metaphors with slavery, racism, sexism that all exist with the potterverse. However, showing them these problems even in a fantastical world can help them better understand them in the real world.
Her work doesn’t become pointless just by virtue of her being horrible. For some artists, that can even be the point. Look at Joss Whedon, who was lauded for writing powerful female characters. It’s now clear he was abusive to the young women in his vicinity. Does that make Buffy less of a heroine or more?
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
Hitler, again, was an even more awful person. That doesn’t make the autobahns that his government started a bad idea. However, we as a world society decided that the data from the nazi experimentation on twins, on people with disabilities and others would be destroyed.
Hitler was an artist, but not a great one from my understanding. It’s trivia, rather than who he was. He was a monster that killed millions. It’s very different.
JK is an author. It’s what she’s known for. Her work has not changed based on her views which were not known then. In fact, I think some fans were upset when she retconned some characters to be more woke, prior to becoming transphobia personified.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
Book four was great. It was downhill from there as she couldn’t maintain the level. She also couldn’t keep it consistent. However, people were co paring it to literature. It’s kids books.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
Because reading the books is a good educational experience for kids. I don’t allow them watch the movies until the books are read. Movies can miss nuance and have less information and world building. There is racism and bigotry and horrible things happening in life. I explain it to my kids at appropriate times.
When I first discussed the holocaust(very broadly), for example, they didn’t understand why someone would hate others for religion only, as religion is not important to us. Nor was it a good reason to not like someone from their understanding. They understand simpler concepts like absolute good and absolute evil. Goodies and baddies. More complex topics like themes in Harry Potter books being problematic is beyond their understanding completely.
Other books with good themes but problematic authors or themes include Enders Game, starship troopers, religious texts. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Dr Seuss, Enid blyton, Shakespeare, Stephanie Meyer, etc etc
That doesn’t make the books useless. Rhoal Dahl has problematic parts. Rhoal Dahl was also racist. That doesn’t mean we skip Charlie and the chocolate factory.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
Yes, I liked it too but I’m not under the false impression that’s it’s a genius work. It’s a kids book that kids like and many adults enjoy too.
She’s a hateful awful person. Many people are.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
When they are old enough to make their own decisions they can. I’m able to seperate the art from the artist, without introducing them to hateful commentary that they aren’t able to properly process yet.
Not showing them Harry Potter does not mean they won’t be exposed to the media or the merchandise through friends and shops.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
Yes, but they also thought he was a crazy psychopath, on top of blowing people up. So, still not the kid friendly environment that would be suitable, if logic is used.
But they are kids books, so it’s not a big deal. However, she’s not a genius author. She struck it lucky. Like many, she thinks it’s merit based, now that she’s a billionaire. And she uses that big brain to trample on the rights of others. If she wasn’t a billionaire, she’d be the crazy psychopath she wrote about (who in this case turned out to be a good guy in the books; she wouldn’t ).
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
Yes, as there was a killer on the loose, suspected to be super crazy and in the area. In which case, would it be safe for the other kids?
It’s not logical whichever way you look at it.
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 1 month ago:
More than fun. It’s whimsical.
She’s a terrible person. I read the books to my kids but they are puarated so she doesn’t get a penny. Same for the movies.
- Comment on ‘The Wheel Of Time’ Canceled By Prime Video After 3 Seasons 1 month ago:
But similar to Netflix, they’ll find that people aren’t willing to give things a chance and will associate all your original productions with crap, if you keep doing it.
- Comment on 'Andor' Season 2 Debuts to Nielsen Viewership High With 721 Million Minutes 1 month ago:
Emphasising that nobody should carry a gun, but wait, someone did and something happened because of it is clunky and nothing to do with rogue one.
One of the good parts about rogue one is that it had an established ending too, but still told a good story, well. Andor is doing the same for the most part.
- Comment on ‘Elden Ring’ Movie in the Works From ’Civil War’ Director Alex Garland, A24 1 month ago:
Really. I haven’t played the game, but if I heard there was a movie I’d be disinterested. Having Alex garland attached immediately makes me interested. I know the game is grr Martin, so I assume there is the bones of a great world and story to tell.
- Comment on 'Andor' Season 2 Debuts to Nielsen Viewership High With 721 Million Minutes 1 month ago:
Some of it is clunky, but in the adorable way that the star wars universe is. It’s a good show, with good story arcs, good acting, good world building, but it can be predictable at times and rest in tropes rather than characters.
It’s certainly worth watching and is an adult show, not a Disney show.
- Comment on What are you watching and, what do you recommend this week? 1 month ago:
I’m watching the traitors, Australia. Like it but not as much as the uk or American.
Dipping into murderbot. Like it. It’s off beat and odd, but not as funny as it wants to be.
Grand designs. Always good, but a binge becomes repetitive. They all self manage poorly and half get pregnant half way through the build. Houses and architecture are great as always, but I think occasional viewing might be better.
- Comment on What are you watching and, what do you recommend this week? 1 month ago:
I really enjoyed it. As an Irish person, I was concerned that it glorified terrorism in a way, but I think by the time it concludes, it’s pretty balanced, if not all accurate. There has to be some allowance for artistic licence.
I think it’s particularly poignant in the view of the current genocide in Gaza. Is Israel going to be surprised when they are subject to terrorism for decades even if some kind of peace is realised.
I think Say Nothing does well to show the heartbreak for those that lost family of the perpetrators get away with it. However, of they are to be held to account, it is in their interest to not reveal their story of what happened. It makes these sealed interviews seem like a good idea for historical purposes at least.
Maxine peake is great in this and pretty much everything she does.
- Comment on News and Politics in /c/australia: "She'll be right", or "not on, mate"? 1 month ago:
I think seeing posts that are relevant but don’t interest you as a user are less of a problem than a lack of content at the moment. However, best to start as we would mean to continue.
I’d be more inclined to leave it to users to up and down vote as appropriate and mark as cross posts. Some people who browse all may be unaware of some local communities. Cross posting to relevant communities allows discovery. I would think that not all political posts should be cross posted but major ones could be.
- Comment on Anyone watched Dune Prophecy? 1 month ago:
I fin that quality and intensity and tone dips up and down, but I found it engaging and well written and acted. There is a lot of world building without exposition, but some is needed which makes some parts a bit janky. However, when that exposition is done, it picks up, I find.
- Comment on Labor’s landslide victory obscures a disturbing trend for the major parties 1 month ago:
Yes, but that’s the point. Having a general set of the population spread across the country wins nothing. Having a local issue or locally popular one issue candidate can get elected, but they will be ineffective. It allows Labor to have a majority with only a small amount extra votes than the libs.
Sure it’s all down to the preference flows in each seat but perhaps we shouldn’t be doing winner takes all seats. I know in Germany they apportion seats based on percent vote, similar to how we do the senate. In Ireland they group districts and the top 3 candidates in a larger district get elected, after all preference flows. So you might get a lib, a lab and a grn rather than 2 libs and a lab, as it is with our divisions.
No system is perfect but we seem to be concentrating power in the hands of the two larger parties with the intention of stability without any evidence it is actually more stable.
- Comment on How does Netflix, HBO and other services get their subtitles? Are they now using AI to help translate? 1 month ago:
And don’t understand the difference between needing subtitles as hard of hearing or have the volume down, versus this part is in a foreign language.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪷 Sunday 11 May 2025 1 month ago:
Yes, I’ve started to get a few. It’s a nice gesture.
- Comment on What are some examples of some of the most well-known and watched TV series at the time that been forgotten culturally? 1 month ago:
Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it at the time, and I’m a gay man, so again, not really relatable. It was frank and funny, but it became a soap opera about carries love life by the end, rather than the analysis and critique of sexual more and dating culture it started with.
- Comment on Labor’s landslide victory obscures a disturbing trend for the major parties 1 month ago:
Somewhat, but it’s on,y to get one or two votes, despite there being a third of the electorate favouring an option that is not big 2. There is some myth about lack of stability if the minor parties have more power. I wouldn’t exactly call the changing of pm by both major parties stable. Coalitions keep power in check and don’t allow them to take voters for granted.
- Comment on What are some examples of some of the most well-known and watched TV series at the time that been forgotten culturally? 1 month ago:
Yes and still occasionally brought up. Sex and the city was a phenomenon. It’s not mentioned much any more. The sopranos and 24, we’re similarly huge but now ignored, whereas shows like lost and game of thrones that faded at their ends are still part of the discourse.