joelfromaus
@joelfromaus@aussie.zone
- Comment on Elon Musk says X’s algorithm pushes “too much negativity" while reports suggest the platform will suppress "criticism of the government" and "attacks against powerful people and institutions" 1 week ago:
I was wondering who the hell this Grok person was. I was thinking about what an unfortunate name for a person! No surprise that it’s actually a product and [probably] directly named by an immature billionaire edgelord.
To be clear, I know he didn’t invent the name. But if someone’s parents named them ‘Grok’ I’d understand if they went for a name change.
- Comment on "Free" Speech Absolutist™ 2 weeks ago:
It’s one of those things where, while I’m sick of hearing about his bullshit, I need to know if he does something that directly affects me. E.g. if he started doing a similar thing in my country as the stuff he’s trying with Britain at the moment then I’d write to a couple of representatives to let them know they’ll lose mine and many other votes if they side with the dopey billionaire muppet.
- Comment on Rainbolt never misses 2 weeks ago:
It’s weird, Australian schools didn’t teach them either… does the rest of the world exist, perhaps?
- Comment on Anon's strict mom 2 weeks ago:
On the internet? In 2025? Surely not.
- Comment on Anon goes to therapy 2 weeks ago:
I read it as “better help uhh therapist” because of the stupid ass self censorship. I’m not blaming the user for doing it, just annoyed for natural real world language getting hamstrung to satisfy advertisers. How long until “tisk tisk tisk! You can’t say ‘ahh’, that’s a naughty word!”?
- Comment on GET REKT 4 weeks ago:
“Somehow, the murder hornets have returned.”
- Comment on Gnorts 1 month ago:
I believe it was “!su evas ,su pleh ,namdam a si poolF“
- Comment on 'Dark Patterns' became normalized: When asked to build web pages, LLMs use manipulative design practices they learned from web pages generated by humans, study says 1 month ago:
Grrmany
- Comment on sad spinosarus 1 month ago:
To shreds you say?
- Comment on Haha SO TRUE! 1 month ago:
HAHA So True!
- Comment on frfr 2 months ago:
That’s bussin 💯💯
- Comment on Private health insurance is a dud. That’s why a majority of Australians don’t have it 2 months ago:
I’ve seen how the public system can work when it’s working well and I’ve read plenty of terrifying stories from USA from both “successful” and failed private health visits to know that our public system is a treasure that we should try our damndest to protect.
It’s part of why I’ve copped the Medicare charge instead of getting private health when I turned 30. I would rather pay a little more for a decent health system than pay a lot more for a shit one.
- Comment on Greens announce plan to wipe HECS debts and make university free 2 months ago:
But then how would the established aristocracy elevate themselves above the common rabble to justify a company position that already has their name on it thanks to nepotism? Surely those poor nepobabies won’t have to compete with The Poors in the future! How unjust!
- Comment on Yes, very much 2 months ago:
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- Submitted 2 months ago to ausmemes@aussie.zone | 2 comments
- Comment on Anon has a back injury 3 months ago:
So you’re saying I’d need to remove 4-5 ribs?
- Comment on Infinity 3 months ago:
It’s how new Lemmings are born.
- Comment on Anon meets a good man 4 months ago:
Reading ops comment was an experience to be sure.
- Comment on Centipedes Don't Fuck 4 months ago:
Centipedussy.
- Comment on PM calls for Barnaby Joyce to be sacked for telling voters to use votes as 'bullets' 5 months ago:
“I am not sure what Barnaby Joyce has to do to lose his job,” Mr Albanese told ABC’s Afternoon Briefing.
Oath. Some of these clowns somehow manage to retain their positions unbelievably.
- Comment on PVKK from the Dome Keeper devs is Papers Please but you get a huge planetary defence cannon 6 months ago:
Looks like an interesting game. Definitely added it to my Wishlist so I don’t forget that title!
- Comment on Captain's call or press conference slip-up? Dutton's 2030 climate target U-turn surprised even his colleagues 7 months ago:
He reminds voters of Anthony Albanese’s promised $275 reduction in power bills, which is yet to be delivered: “How much higher will your electricity prices go under this prime minister?”
I don’t remember prices ever being cheaper under the coalition and I doubt spending billions on nuclear power would bring them down. Not to mention those plants would probably get on-sold to one of Duttons mates for pennies and then rape the energy market for profits.
All this to say: I’m glad I invested in home solar years ago and I’m glad I could finally afford a home battery. I’m just sorry for people who cannot afford or who are unable to do so.
- Comment on Anon gets a nickname 7 months ago:
I once worked with a guy called Nobby. One day I asked him: “why do people call you Nobby?” His last name is Cockshell. Cockshell > cock > nob > Nobby. Checks out.
- Comment on AZ Maintenance 7 months ago:
Champion! Thanks for your hard work.
- Comment on A Suspected Human Smuggler Used AirTags to Track and Control The Woman He Brought Into the U.S. 7 months ago:
Unfortunately, yes. iPhones will check passively and Android phones can get an app but you have to check actively. Hopefully Apple and Google work on a solution for active detection on Android devices.
- Comment on A Suspected Human Smuggler Used AirTags to Track and Control The Woman He Brought Into the U.S. 7 months ago:
…placing at least seven AirTags on his ex-wife’s car to surveil her.
Assuming the tags weren’t checking in with an owning device (iPhone) that car would’ve been beeping up a storm.
I recently lent a set of work keys to a colleague that I forgot had an AirTag on them, in their words: “fucking things beeped all weekend and my phone kept telling me I’m being followed!”
- Comment on OpenAI Insider Estimates 70 Percent Chance That AI Will Destroy or Catastrophically Harm Humanity 7 months ago:
How did he calculate the 70% chance?
Maybe they asked ChatGPT?
- Comment on Edison 7 months ago:
I usually get people with: “Anons Morgue: you kill ‘em, we chill ‘em.”
- Comment on The "Stop Killing Games" Australian Petition is Live 8 months ago:
Signed! We need reform on how aging games are handled to protect ownership of paid products and the only way publishers will do that is if they’re forced to.
- Comment on Nerd Update 20/4/24 8 months ago:
“Get out ‘o me swap!”
