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- Comment on Accidentally range testing an electric motorcycle, and unexpected kindness 10 hours ago:
no chain
Say what? Is it a hub motor? Sorry for all my questions, just finding this all damn interesting. All these parts of a traditional bike which you just chuck out or redesign because electric.
- Comment on Accidentally range testing an electric motorcycle, and unexpected kindness 2 days ago:
Thanks for that, it’s very interesting. I guessed the no gears bit, but the no foot brake caught me by surprise.
One last question, does it do brake regeneration, and if so how do you find that?
- Comment on Accidentally range testing an electric motorcycle, and unexpected kindness 2 days ago:
Glad everything worked out OK.
Out of interest, how does the electric bike compare with equivalent petrol bikes? Eg, is it heavier like most EVs seem to be? How’s that affect handling? etc
- Comment on These platforms are currently exempt from the under-16s social media ban. But that could all change 3 days ago:
It’s beyond insane that the place that created most of the whacko conspiracy theories {4chan) is somehow excluded.
They are going after the street dealers again.
- Comment on These platforms are currently exempt from the under-16s social media ban. But that could all change 3 days ago:
BECAUSE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IS COMMUNIST AND THE SPAWN OF SATAN HIMSELF!!
- Comment on Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused 3 days ago:
I don’t know who Lynelle Briggs is, but I’m glad that she is keeping the legend of Barry Humphries alive by doing a great Dame Edna Everidge impersonation.
- Comment on As of December 10th, You need to be sixteen to use Aussie.Zone 3 days ago:
Just a thanks to everyone involved with keeping things running here and dealing with not only our stupidity, but the stupidity of our stupid government.
And, Molly! Whoooooo, girrrrrrrrrrrrl! You have a job ahead of you! Good luck and thank you to you too!
- Comment on Massive industrial fire in Sydney's west could burn for days, explosions felt kilometres away 5 days ago:
Sounds bad. Hope nobody was hurt.
- Comment on Millennials are the first generation to move left as they age 1 week ago:
Thank you for this link. And I’ll try to get through it all.
But it’s cut like it’s a TikTok. And it’s 48 minutes long. Can somebody do a welfare check on me tomorrow?
- Comment on The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics | Julianne Schultz 1 week ago:
Yeah, sorry. My comment did come across as pissy.
You actually provided a good list of some of the positives Labor has provided, and i also wish more people paid attention to them.
Also, it occurred to me later that some of your points could well contribute to easing cost of living/housing. Some are more indirect than others, and some would be some years off in the future.
- Comment on The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics | Julianne Schultz 1 week ago:
And here am I thinking that cost of living qnd affordable housing were the top issues at the last election…
- Comment on Mark Speakman stands down as leader of NSW Liberals with Kellie Sloane expected to replace him 2 weeks ago:
I’ve heard it alledged that they only put women in positions as placeholders while things are bad, and when there’s a chance of winning, they swoop back in.
- Comment on CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul 2 weeks ago:
Research? No.
Development? No.
Innovation? No.Only dig things from ground for billionaires.
- Comment on Cloudflare apologises for outage which took down Aussie.Zone 2 weeks ago:
I wonder how much compute time, electricity and CO2 it saved?
- Comment on South African man’s visa cancelled after neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament 2 weeks ago:
Why are the police that approved the rally not facing repercussions? That’s what if like to know.
I read here that “Police said legal advice suggested blocking the rally was unlikely to succeed in court.”
Whether that’s for real or BS, I don’t know. It does add weight to the claim that the police need more powers. Whether that is a good or bad thing, well, that article looks at the erosion of protest rights over time.
And keep in mind, that the Police will be able to apply their powers for any worthy protests the same as they would with Nazi protests.
- Comment on Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target 2 weeks ago:
There’s a theory I’ve seen that it was to help Murdoch and Telstra.
Murdoch and Telstra owned Foxtel. Telstra also owned the HFC cable that Foxtel used to transmit it’s pay tv.
Now, Netflix, and online sports viewing was becoming possible and popular via the internet. And with faster internet, everyone would be able to do it. And they wouldn’t be locked in to Telstra for fast HFC cable internet, or for Foxtel for it’s entertainment or sports content.
So, Murdoch and Telstra had 2 problems:
- The implementation of fibre to the home would leave them with obsolete copper and HFC physical assets worth nothing.
- Foxtel was not ready with it’s internet centric apps and distribution AND competitors already were. Uh-oh! My subscribers!
So, how would a government solve to appease these people?
- You make the NBN a ‘multi-technology’ strategy.
- You buy up the copper and HFC assets that will be worthless from Telstra for billions.
- You make everything as complex as possible so that implementation will be slower, buying Foxtel more time to transfer their business processes and apps to the internet, while at the same time holding back their competitors
“Sooner, cheaper and more affordably” became later, more expensive and at much higher cost.
- Comment on Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target 3 weeks ago:
Actually, Sky Party would be more accurate…
- Comment on The Whitlam Dismissal - 11 November 1975 | Constitutional Clarion [50 year anniversary] 3 weeks ago:
Watching the US has been interesting and somewhat terrifying at the same time.
How much of our own democracy and institutions here rely on people acting in good faith, and consistent with precedents? If and/or when those are broken, are there actually any real laws? Is there anyone to prosecute or enforce those laws?
- Comment on The Whitlam Dismissal - 11 November 1975 | Constitutional Clarion [50 year anniversary] 3 weeks ago:
My favourite Gough quote:
“When Sir Winton Turnbull [who represented a large rural seat], a slow and sometimes stumbling speaker, was raving and ranting on the adjournment and shouted: “I am a Country member.” I interjected “I remember.” Sir Winton could not understand why, for the first time in all the years he had been speaking in the House, there was instant and loud applause from both sides.”
- Comment on [Opinion] Australian politics 101: Getting the lessons wrong every time 3 weeks ago:
History never repeats.
But,.holy hell, you would think people would learn from the mistakes of the past.
- Comment on With the Social Media Ban coming in next month what's the plan? 4 weeks ago:
You should probably try some specific servers too. Don’t just pick “Australia” or even “Sydney”. Go through the cities and pick individual servers one by one, and you might get lucky.
- Comment on With the Social Media Ban coming in next month what's the plan? 4 weeks ago:
I download Mullvad VPN but when it’s connected via anywhere but Australia i can’t even access lemmy via this account.
How are you acccessing the site? Is it via app or via web?
I can access aussie.zone via browser connected to any non-Aussie VPN, but I will get a momentary “Checking to see if you are human”. If you still can’t access via that, it may be your browser/configuration.
- Comment on Most Australians think politicians’ secret cash-for-access payments are corrupt 4 weeks ago:
They are gonna be real surprised that most people think that donations that result in policy or legislation that benefits the donor is corrupt.
And that most people think that politicians that accept a job in companies that have benefited from their legislation is corrupt.
But they won’t care, and just laugh at the suckers.
- Comment on Man critical after being mauled by dog in Sydney apartment 4 weeks ago:
3 dogs in an apartment is animal cruelty
- Comment on Labor rules out giving tech giants free rein to mine copyright content to train AI 5 weeks ago:
A Labor spokesperson added:
“Until we receive a sufficient ‘donation’”
- Comment on Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson to join One Nation 1 month ago:
Raise the IQ of bith parties.
- Comment on D-d-d-d-drop the base! 1 month ago:
BVVVVVVVVVVVVVVT!
gst gst gst gst B-B-B-B-BRRRRRRUUUVVVVVVVVVV! - Comment on Radicalisation expert concerned WA sovereign citizen gun crackdown could be 'counterproductive' 1 month ago:
You’re entitled to your opinion, Professor, but I’d rather have 50 nuts with guns than 100 nuts with guns.
- Comment on Daylight savings starts this weekend 2 months ago:
Don’t get me started about leap years! 👿
- Comment on More sunscreens pulled from shelves over SPF concerns 2 months ago:
All of those brands bleating about the Choice testing having ‘bad testing’ are now being found out.
It took the TGA way too long to take this seriously, but at least something seems to be happening now.