trk
@trk@aussie.zone
- Comment on I couldn't eat another thing 2 days ago:
It has become our Christmas tradition to watch this video after Christmas lunch is over and we’re all laying around on the couches struggling to breathe through the over indulgence of ham and fruit mince pies.
It always hits just right when you’re in that state.
- Comment on Vale @Ilandar 3 days ago:
I dont know who that is. I’m sure they were a big deal though.
Glad to hear they aren’t dead I guess, which was my initial expectation based on the headline.
- Comment on Former Nine boss Hugh Marks appointed ABC's new managing director 5 days ago:
Oh good, another bit of “for profit” leadership. This bodes well for the future of the ABC.
- Comment on ‘This is just a photo op’: anger greets Albanese as he tours Melbourne synagogue destroyed by arson 1 week ago:
What a weird thing to get fired up about.
Who cares if the dude played a game of tennis ffs?
- Comment on Users from Other Instances 1 week ago:
I, for one, support more activity and more viewpoints being presented.
Getting pretty sick of every social media platform turning in to an echo chamber as people (or algorithms) filter out everything they don’t agree with.
- Comment on Greyhound racing to be banned in New Zealand 1 week ago:
Good, now do Australia
And horses next
- Comment on NSW Police face fresh calls to be banned from Mardi Gras 2 weeks ago:
Because some of those organising it where the ones that had the crap beaten out of them by police not so long ago.
Right, and in all likelihood so were the current police who are now wanting to join the march.
- Comment on NSW Police face fresh calls to be banned from Mardi Gras 2 weeks ago:
I’m not part of either community so grim the view of an outsider…
Why wouldn’t “you” (the people organising and participating in the march) not want police as part of it?
The Venn diagram of homophobic police and homosexual police are surely two distinct circles - why wouldn’t you want the circle that’s part of your team to be included? Are they not deserving of the same support the march is encouraging?
- Comment on So I want this giant teddy bear outside my block of flats? 3 weeks ago:
That has a non zero chance of having either urine or semen on it, possibly both.
I probably wouldn’t use it as a pillow.
- Comment on Why doesn't Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather own a home yet? 3 weeks ago:
Admitting to being a landlord on Lemmy? Brave. Very brave.
- Comment on Albanese moves to capitalise on Trump's plan to slash green energy investment 5 weeks ago:
God it would be good to be doing something positive and proactive for once.
I’m sick of always having the option between Option A: “world leading, best practice, transformative, long term project” and Option B: “regressive, poorly planned, guaranteed to result in private profits for a few but public debt for many” and we always end up with B. So, so many B options. Always the B.
- Comment on Alternate Web UI for aussie.zone 5 weeks ago:
I just came here to say it wasn’t working, but looks like it got switched off a few days back.
I really like the old.reddit layout, so I’d be a huge fan if it was able to be used here too. No biggie if it cant, standard Lamington is pretty uncluttered anyway. Just not very compact. Whats with web devs and whitespace? I’m here to see content, not empty pixels.
- Comment on Labor backs 16 as the minimum age to use social media ahead of national cabinet meeting - ABC News 1 month ago:
I swear Labor’s policy making is to find the stupidest idea possible and then enact it.
- Comment on We should defederate lemmy.ml 1 month ago:
You’re suggesting defederating the 5th largest Lemmy instance (~52k users, ~2.2k active) over the actions of a single digit number of people. I think you also suggested defederating hexbear (the next biggest at ~27k users, ~1.8k active) in the past.
Lemmy aint big enough to be wiping out majority shares when you don’t like how a very small number of people act.
- Comment on We should defederate lemmy.ml 1 month ago:
They
… being the very small minority?
- Comment on We should defederate lemmy.ml 1 month ago:
Eh, I disagree. I don’t want to defederate from any instance except blatantly illegal ones or immoral ones.
The admins of an instance being dickheads doesn’t make every user of that instance a dickhead. And if you go around defederating every instance you don’t agree with a minority on, we’re gonna end up with no friends at all. It will also drive people away from becoming Lamingtons if they see defederation drama going on - why join any instance if you may end up on a deserted island?
Side note: here’s a nice bit of light reading on tolerating intolerance. And not tolerating tolerance. And vice versa:
- Comment on Nerd Update 25/10/24 1 month ago:
Front page side bar at the bottom has a link to my Ko-fi donation page
It doesn’t show up anywhere when you use an app, so I was very cleverly and subtly providing an opportunity to link it.
Don’t worry everyone, I’ll do it:
- Comment on Nerd Update 25/10/24 1 month ago:
I forget where the donations go… Can you refresh my memory?
- Comment on Say the line, Albo! 2 months ago:
lol, remember the last two elections where Labor took even the tiniest hint of housing reform to the election? Liberal landslide.
- Comment on Say the line, Albo! 2 months ago:
Is there a more over hyped bit of drama at the minute than old mates house buy or what?
Sydney’s median house price is 1.7 million. You reckon the PM of this country can’t buy a house worth three times median?
Old Turnbull who fucked the NBN sits in his 50 million dollar joint without a raised eyebrow, and Dutton the creepy potato rolls in worth 300 million and that’s cool… But the bloke who is in the highest position you can possibly be in can’t buy a nice place to live?
I bet half the talking heads on free to air pretending to be outraged at this are living in properties of similar value the hypocritical fucks.
- Comment on Australian PM apologises for Tourette's syndrome taunt 2 months ago:
Libs over here stripping funding from disability groups left right and centre… But Albo says something dumb and that’s the front page news.
- Comment on Google as Darth Vader: Why iA Writer quit the Android app market 2 months ago:
I’m sure they’re making all sorts of valid points, but it seems like all they had was a notes app that supports markdown? There’s about a billion free versions of them on the Play store.
- Comment on Threat of major escalation of industrial action as tens of thousands of workers march in Melbourne and Sydney against CFMEU administration 2 months ago:
Between this and the proposed internet filter, Labor clearly don’t want any more election victories.
- Comment on Yelp is making me get their app to confirm my restaurant reservation 3 months ago:
voice call
Yeah, nah
- Comment on It wasn’t just race and politics that motivated Voice to Parliament ‘no’ voters. Here’s what we found when we dug deeper 3 months ago:
Reads like a long winded version justifying “I’m not racist, but…” tbh
- Comment on ABC NEWS unveils new-look website and app 3 months ago:
Thank goodness, finally! I’ve always thought the most pressing issue with the ABC was its website design! … or not. Did anyone actually ask for this? :-\
I find it harder to read as there’s no separation between content and menus, and there’s a heap of wasted whitespace… which seems to be the norm for every website these days. Who needs content? Empty pixels download faster. Or something.
I miss the old internet where content was king, and design a barely considered afterthought.
- Comment on Gareth Evans: AUKUS is terrible for Australian national interests – but we’re probably stuck with it 4 months ago:
Has a Liberal policy ever worked out for the benefit of Australians as a whole?
- Comment on How is Lemmy better than Reddit? 4 months ago:
It’s not, but it’s old Reddit with more attributes that prevent a transition to corporate Reddit so I’ll take it.
- Comment on It’s happening: Melbourne is hosting the first-ever Bunnings Warehouse Party 4 months ago:
This smacks of corporate social media bullshit more than anything organic
- Comment on ISS astronauts on eight-day mission may be stuck until 2025, Nasa says 4 months ago:
I wonder at what point you get sick of being an astronaut
