DeltaTangoLima
@DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com
Just an Aussie tech guy - home automation, ESP gadgets, networking. Also love my camping and 4WDing.
- Comment on Dutton is already testing Trump's campaign slogans 1 week ago:
are you better off today than 4 years ago?
Reagan also used that against Carter way back. Meaningless, yet effective.
- Comment on Dutton is already testing Trump's campaign slogans 1 week ago:
I think it’s important to remember how/why our most recent leaders (before Albo) were elected.
Abbott was only (just) elected because the voters got the shits with the Labor Party’s Rudd-Gillard-Rudd circle jerk before - surprise, surprise - the Libs started also started doing their own Brutus-to-Caesar act.
That fuckwittery ended up giving us Morrison’s first term, whose actual elected second term was when he ran against Bill Shorten. Arguably, any train station meth-head could have beaten Shorten just by having - y’know - a policy. Man was invisible.
My point is, up until we got Rudd, most of our PMs played the long game, regardless of what it meant for their own careers. For example, Howard managed to get both sides to vote in favour of gun reform after Port Arthur, even though that meant some senators were committing political suicide by supporting it.
We haven’t had a single leader (either in office or opposition) with decent long-term vision ever since. It’s all about the next election, and the fastest way to win it is to appeal to the populist base. Which brings us to the current head-kicking potato the Libs have in charge.
I definitely agree regarding your fears on the majority’s views on Trumpist bullshit. Something about wankers like Dutton speaking inside thoughts out loud is helping people feel they have license to do the same. I really do hope we’re better than that here…
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 2 weeks ago:
Seriously - the whole thing is such a befuddling mess to us non-Americans.
How exactly can one win the popular vote but not the actual election? From the outside, the reporting I’ve seen always talks about the faithless elector problem (not in those words - just in describing the problems). Is it more to do with how many votes (electors) each state gets, based on population size?
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 2 weeks ago:
Nah - it’s at least partly correct.
- Comment on How do Americans win their country back? 2 weeks ago:
I believe the states responsible for those silly outcomes have since passed laws to prevent it happening again.
Could be wrong, but I listened to a podcast last week with an American professor who’s pretty much written the book, explaining the history of the Electoral College and how it really works. I’m sure he said those states since fixed those loopholes.
Either way, the damage is done today. Another four years of stupidity in charge.
- Comment on Least-Intrusive Social Media Platforms; Reddit and Snapchat Leads The Way. 3 weeks ago:
Jesus - they don’t even name the report so interested people can search for it. Lame.
Also, least-intrusive doesn’t mean most-trustworthy. Just don’t use any of them or, if you do, be sure to take all steps at your disposal to not give any personal information to them.
- Comment on Netflix raises prices as password boost fades 5 weeks ago:
lol - I love that I canned all my paid subs that were fucking me up the arse like this, and then used the savings to setup a half-decent Plex server for my family. Fuck those greedy cunts.
- Comment on Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time • The Register 2 months ago:
Well, that’s probably because he’s hit the cap on base salary. After a certain point in Amazon, the majority of your income at Amazon is derived from shares.
That said, after the signing shares are yours after the first 4-5 years, you’re down to the yearly grants they hand out, which come the year after they were granted, in quarterly amounts.
Also, if your brother is high up, he probably got more shares this year than usual, as Amazon announced that only certain levels and below were getting salary increases. Higher up only got shares.
- Comment on Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time • The Register 2 months ago:
God, that’s bleak
- Comment on Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time • The Register 2 months ago:
How are they retaining staff?
They retain them for the 4-5 years it takes for signing cash and signing stock units to all run out, at which point many people start to get itchy feet.
- Comment on Amazon CEO wants his staff back in the office full time • The Register 2 months ago:
You know, at some point, you gotta assume they’ll eventually hire and fire/lose all the usable talent they have access to, and shit like this will prevent them finding new talent. Until some exec “invents” WFH as a perk…
- Comment on An artist says Nerf’s Destiny 2 hand cannon is a ripoff of their work 2 months ago:
Hoping someone more in the know can explain this to me. Could commissioning an art piece feasibly mean you’ve paid for that art to be yours? Are there types of contracts available when commissioning art pieces where, conceivably, the person commissioning the piece gets the rights to use it for other things?
I’m not across the legal and ethical aspects of commissioning art pieces, and neither the article or the DA post gives any additional detail. Just wondering if the “Josh” who the artist named in their DeviantArt post be someone who was involved in the Nerf gun somehow…
- Comment on Large crowd of protesters gather at Land Forces defence expo in Melbourne's CBD 2 months ago:
Protesting is a fundamental democratic right
Peaceful protesting, sure. A lot of what we saw today was far from that.
- Comment on Could I patent harmful technology to prevent it from being put on the market? 2 months ago:
Well, thanks for the fall down that particularly horrifying rabbit hole. I can only imagine the pain these women went through, given this was at a time that predates anaesthesia.
- Comment on Bollards installed in Melbourne CBD as tens of thousands anti-war protesters plan blockade 2 months ago:
Unfortunately not. I need to park nearby in case I have to go to another one of our work locations out west. Public transport isn’t an option for those locations.
- Comment on Bollards installed in Melbourne CBD as tens of thousands anti-war protesters plan blockade 2 months ago:
Jesus. I hope all the fuckery is done by the 16th. MCEC is the only place I can park when I have to go into our city office.
- Comment on Thousands of anti-war activists to disrupt weapons expo as Melbourne braces for biggest protest in decades 2 months ago:
Nah. Won’t let me access at all unless I login.
- Comment on Thousands of anti-war activists to disrupt weapons expo as Melbourne braces for biggest protest in decades 2 months ago:
Looks like The Guardian is putting some news behind logins now. Shame.
- Comment on TikTok must face U.S. lawsuit over the platform's viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, an appeals court ruled 2 months ago:
Later in the same comment I mention how I think social media only benefits the corporations that run it.
It’s pretty clear what I meant.
- Comment on TikTok must face U.S. lawsuit over the platform's viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, an appeals court ruled 2 months ago:
My own belief is that all social media is a cancer, and to be avoided entirely. I’m able to do that for myself, but I’m also realistic about the chances of keeping my kids away from it. So, I focus my energy on trying to equip them with the mental skills to neutralise the toxic aspects of social media.
For my 9yo, that means teaching her to employ natural skepticism and critical thinking. I’m also trying to drum into her the understanding that social media is inherently untrustworthy and unreliable, and exists solely for the benefit of the corporations that run it.
That said, I’ve blocked Tik Tok on my home network, much to the older kids’ chagrin. They have to use mobile data if they want to access that shit on their phones.
- Comment on TikTok must face U.S. lawsuit over the platform's viral “blackout challenge” that several parents blame for their children’s deaths, an appeals court ruled 2 months ago:
Shit like this is why I intend to keep my (currently) 9yo as far away from social media as I can, for as long as I can. This fucking terrifies me, as it should any parent.
- Comment on Should we consider Jesus a zombie? 2 months ago:
Honestly, I’m not sure. You might still be partly right, though.
The Anglican church originated from the Church of England which was created by (the formerly Catholic) Henry VIII, when the Pope wouldn’t annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
Just evidence, as always, of religion being used to further a powerful person’s agenda.
- Comment on Should we consider Jesus a zombie? 2 months ago:
No, it’s not just Catholics who take communion.
Source: Mum tried to raise me Anglican.
- Comment on Disney wants a wrongful death lawsuit thrown out because the plaintiff had Disney+ 3 months ago:
This makes me glad I pirate their content. Cunts.
- Comment on In January, is it winter in Australia 3 months ago:
Yeah, now I have my own family and we do our own Christmas, it’s shorts, thongs, BBQ, seafood and beer.
- Comment on In January, is it winter in Australia 3 months ago:
No - it’s definitely Christmas in summer in Australia. But somehow my dear old Gran never got the memo, and insisted on making us sit down and sweat through a full roast Christmas lunch each year, sometimes in 40°C+ heat.
- Comment on Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription 3 months ago:
Seriously, fuck all these “subscription” ideas.
Why in the ever-loving fuck would I want to pay a subscription for a goddam computer mouse? Some techbro fuckwit is probably chest-bumping his own reflection in the mirror for coming up with this dumb idea.
Here’s a novel idea to help you keep revenue going the right direction: try innovating something truly useful and new, rather than selling the same, regurgitated Hotel California bullshit to hapless users.
- Comment on ABC NEWS is Australia’s No 1 digital news brand; announces new look, features and functionality 3 months ago:
Ah, so it does. It’s been a long time since I tried Dark Reader. Should’ve tried all the things they’ve added since then, for myself. Cheers!
- Comment on ABC NEWS is Australia’s No 1 digital news brand; announces new look, features and functionality 3 months ago:
- Comment on Dangerous drivers busted as part of ACT police’s new online reporting tool 3 months ago:
Right - dobbing is one thing. Handing in evidence then backing it up in court is another. The first problem I can see this creating is of people yanking dash cams out of other people’s cars, but I can’t see how this won’t end in increased road rage as well.
