kowcop
@kowcop@aussie.zone
- Comment on Windows 11 takes a break on updates until 2025 | Digital Trends 4 days ago:
trying to come up with new places to shove AI
- Comment on Dutton is already testing Trump's campaign slogans 1 week ago:
The dude is never gonna be PM… he couldn’t pull it off last election as he is so unlikable, and has also the teals to battle.
- Comment on Property investors fear forced sales under negative gearing changes 1 month ago:
I will wait and see the policy… if they are grandfathering and limiting new investements to a single property, o don’t see who would be negatively impacted by any change
- Comment on M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable 2 months ago:
Because we have been conditioned for 30 years to use a search engine
- Comment on The 10 worst science fiction movies of all time 3 months ago:
If I had editing skills, I would remove the bit where they are underwater trying to get the ship door closed… I didn’t mind it except for that bit
- Comment on Anthony Albanese moves Clare O'Neil, Andrew Giles and promotes Malarndirri McCarthy in cabinet reshuffle 3 months ago:
I know they are already talking about Albo’s polling post shuffle, but this is Dutton we are talking about here, and he has a long way to go to wind back the swing that nearly wiped out their party last election… The Greens have more chance of getting up than the Libs
- Comment on ABC NEWS is Australia’s No 1 digital news brand; announces new look, features and functionality 3 months ago:
It is interesting, as SMH is headed down the same path as news.com.au (at least for A Sydney centric news site) focussing on sport, celebrity goss and locking news behind paywalls and cookies… I am guessing this hasn’t worked out too well for them
- Comment on aussie zone growth 4 months ago:
I would be interested to know what happens around 4am every day when no posts load for about 45 mins (iOS)… but I really appreciate the hosting, so thanks
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
No no no no
- Comment on why isn't anyone calling for Trump to drop out. 4 months ago:
Doesn’t the US have a two term (total) limit?
- Comment on Will The Rock’s Red One be the worst Christmas movie ever? 4 months ago:
Yeah, that looks terrible. I don’t think the trailer even got a facial expression from me
- Comment on Sony Considers “St. Elmo’s Fire” Sequel 5 months ago:
Why do they make sequels? Because they didn’t stuff it up the first time
- Comment on My Spy The Eternal City - Official Trailer | Prime Video 5 months ago:
The trailer felt like I saw the whole movie
- Comment on What do companies get out of rewards programs 6 months ago:
The answer is nearly going to always be ‘your data’ and loyalty
- Comment on brilliant as silver 8 months ago:
When I was young my Dad bought me some mercury home from work… I loved how it moved when I shook the bottle and the weight of it.
When I had my own kids I didn’t want it around, so our local council had set up a event where you could dispose of household liquids like old paints and solvents, so I took it down. When I drove up, the guy asked me what I was disposing of so I said mercury. It was bizarre. I was told to stay in the car and a guy came out of a shed in a full hazmat suit with one of those pairs of metal tongs to retrieve it from me.
I remember Dad telling me that miners used to collect gold pan tailings in mercury and then of a night they would hollow out a potato and put the mercury in, and then put that in the camp fire… it would burn off the mercury and leave a little ingot of gold.
- Comment on Adam Driver Says Kylo Ren’s Original ‘Star Wars’ Arc Got Overhauled: He Was Supposed to Be the ‘Most Committed to the Dark Side’ by the End 11 months ago:
The Force Awakens was ok, but pretty much the same underlying story as A New Hope
The second movie was a woeful middle finger to The Force Awakens which added nothing at all to the story, in fact 1/3 of the movie was pointless. The code breaker / casino arc didn’t impact what happened after the casino
The third movie felt like it was created around cutting room floor footage of Leia, and they turned Kylo into a pussy.
If I am doing a Star Wars marathon, it is Rogue One, 4, 5, 6 and 7
- Comment on why isn't the use of the bidet more widespread? 1 year ago:
I have never even seen one (Australian)