Salvo
@Salvo@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧶 Monday 27 July 2026 22 hours ago:
Last time I came to work to no computers, (well no internet and no PoE phones), I identified the issue as the Network switches being down.
I couldn’t call IT because the phones were down and I couldn’t email IT because the internet was down.
(With my managers permission) I went into the Server room, identified the problem (20 year old UPS died) and fixed it. (Bypassed the UPS by connecting the racks directly to the GPOs).
With computers back cup, I emailed IT what happened.
Nek minit, The IT manager has complained to HR, claiming that we had compromised the business IT security and we must both be fired.
We didn’t get written up, but the UPS still hasn’t been replaced 2 months later, the server room locks have not been changed and no one is allowed to turn the lights off.
If we have a power outage, we need to wait for head office to send an IT tech out to flick the circuit breaker. If a contractor or Safety inspector comes out, they need to be escorted by an IT technician at all times.
We have already failed a Fire Audit and the electricity bills are through the roof, but no one has called out the new IT manager for being a Dick.
- Comment on Live: Jacinta Allan to resign as Victorian premier, paving way for Ben Carroll 3 days ago:
They can designate her as a Scapegoat for all the fabricated corruption claims that Rupe, Gina and the other fascist mouthpieces are currently foisting on the Victorian ALP.
The just needs to fix the potholes and spin that Ben did it and they will win the next election by a landslide.
- Comment on Victorian premier to face leadership challenge this week 4 days ago:
I think it is a good thing.
As Premier,She has has completed some achievements in her time that will put the state back on track, but the opposition (not “The Opposition”, but the corporate interests interested in degression) have painted her as evil and destructive to the state.
A fresh face would be good for the party, and if they are able to make some less significant, but more visible achievements, Labor will be lined up for another landslide.
They just need to take the opposition’s propaganda and complete a few token achievements; if all they do are the fix the potholes, that would probably be enough.
- Comment on Australia to double potential fines for Facebook and Instagram over child social media accounts 3 weeks ago:
As much as I absolutely despise Meta, the censorship of Australian Citizens in the name of “protecting the children” is more abhorrent.
Rather than banning social media for people below the age of consent, there should be funding and promotion of a safe platform that empowers and supports young people.
- Comment on AUKUS will secure ~first rate~ second hand submarines in change of terms. 1 month ago:
Reminds me of the Scrap Iron Flotilla from WW2.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrap_Iron_Flotilla
The Imperial Navy forced Australia to purchase their old, clapped out WW1 destroyers.
With Australian Sailors onboard, they were the most feared Guerrilla fleet in the Mediterranean, out performing brand new British battleships.
- Comment on Car hits pedestrians in Melbourne, killing Supernova Comic Con attendee 2 months ago:
There is.
There are villages in the Netherlands where there is no grade separation, bike paths, foot paths or even lane markings.
There are no street signs; the only road rule is to try to keep to the right, where safe and don’t try to occupy the same space as any other road user.
They have no collisions because every road user understands that every other road user has as much right to be there as they do.
When you put artificial rules in place that gives someone else more rights than someone else, that person will feel more entitled. They are less likely to respect other road users.
- Comment on Car hits pedestrians in Melbourne, killing Supernova Comic Con attendee 3 months ago:
This guy was known to police and was driving a rental. It was relatively recent vehicle with pedestrian safety systems that were not sufficient.
We don’t need to ban cars, we need to enforce restrictions and change our culture to make people who drive to be more accountable.
We need to have infrastructure so that people aren’t required to have a licence and car to survive.
We need to restrict access from people who should not be driving.
We need to stop relying on ANCAP to determine if a vehicle is safe. There testing methods are flawed and favour the big-players in the Automotive industry. (In some cases literal “big” players)
- Comment on I think Melbourne is more signposted than anywhere in the world. 3 months ago:
You had to make sure it is timed to the speed of the traffic so that no-one has the opportunity to read every “page”.
- Comment on Man wins seatbelt fine court battle as AI traffic cameras face scrutiny 4 months ago:
I don’t have a problem with Automated systems detecting cases of unsafe driving (RedLight, Speeding, etc) and actions that cause unsafe driving (Distracted Driving), but passenger seatbelts should be left to the discretion of the driver.
And all cases need to be independently investigated and vetted by a trained law-enforcement officer, without any obligation to reach quotas.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥠 Friday 6 March 2026 4 months ago:
8 hour day march for the workers to have a day of their own; which was disrupted by Moomba for the small business owners to have a day of their own; which was disrupted by the Grand Prix for the Millionaires and Billionaires to have a day of their own.
- Comment on Long queues at servos as petrol prices surge amid Middle East war 4 months ago:
Just for perspective, the typical Topup of fuel for a small car is 30l. 40c/l times 30l is $12.
This means that if just don’t impulse buy a stale meat pie and a rancid iced coffee, next time I fill up with fuel, I will be fine.
- Comment on Hume City Council wants action over thousands of tyres dumped in Melbourne's north 5 months ago:
This is how the scam works; A “tyre recycling” company rents a warehouse in an industrial area. They then go around to Tyrefitters and car dealerships and ask to remove their old tyres; for a fee. They then fill the warehouse with tyres, fail to pay the rent and close their company. The landlord gets left with a warehouse full of waste that they the need to get rid of and the scammers start a new company.
This Tyre Stewardship mob need to proactively have a way for Landlords to contact them so that they can dispose of the tyres for them in exchange for information about the individual’s involved in these companies. They need the legal backing to prosecute the individuals, even though the companies have been dissolved.
Finally, the environmental restrictions need to be set so that legal recycling can be performed locally. Biochar is one option, but preprocessing to remove the metal and post processing to remove the sulphur reduces profitability.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐨 Friday 6 February 2026 5 months ago:
My job description is “Parts Interpreter”.
I have to translate descriptions like “Thingy”, “Whatchamacallit” and “Doo-dad” into useful descriptions through dialogue with the customer.
It is amazing how often the customer doesn’t want to work with you in a dialogue and doesn’t answer any questions or respond to clarifications.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐚 Tuesday 27 January 2026 5 months ago:
Yummo! Thankyou.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐚 Tuesday 27 January 2026 5 months ago:
I’m fasting for a medical test this morning.
After my test, I would like a big continental breakfast; before it gets too hot.
I am also getting the car serviced today. Usually I cut a few laps of the local Botanic Gardens while I wait, but since it is so hot, I think I will be lounging in a quite café with AC until the kick me out…
- Comment on Merry Creamyshits 7 months ago:
What have you done with the extra MRR?
- Comment on Israeli president invited to visit Australia after Bondi shooting 7 months ago:
Because the UN has declared him a War Criminal.
Hopefully, he is arrested and sent to The Hague.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐝 Wednesday 10 December 2025 7 months ago:
I do email vetting on my phone as well, just deleting stuff I don’t want and leaving other stuff as unread.
Yeah, new interface for mail in iOS is terrible too, muscle memory is shot.
Thank goodness Alan Dye quit Apple. Hopefully Apple will roll back some of the changes in iOS26. Expect Facebook’s UI to get much much worse.
- Comment on Pedestrian killed as car crashes into Melbourne medical centre 7 months ago:
63 year old male driver in an Alfa Romeo.
- Comment on As of December 10th, You need to be sixteen to use Aussie.Zone 7 months ago:
Great idea. Adding Lemmy and Mastodon to my 4-digit Slashdot.org profile now.
- Comment on Cloudflare apologises for outage which took down Aussie.Zone 8 months ago:
Obligatory reminder that this is a legitimate way to send IP packets.
- Comment on WA Labor senator opposed to proposed reduction of speed limits on unsigned roads 8 months ago:
Cars are safer, roads (yes even Victorian roads with potholes) are safer.
The problem is that drivers aren’t safer. Society expects people to drive, so people drive, even when they are not confident or competent.
ADAS and automated driving are not solutions; ADAS requires a minimum level of competence and Automated driving is at the level of an incompetent driver, at best (regardless of what Elon Musk claims).
Better public transport (with professional competent drivers) is the only solution.
- Comment on Did anyone catch Amyl and the Sniffers last night? 8 months ago:
- Comment on Tensions erupt in Melbourne as immigration rallies held across Australia 9 months ago:
These are Fascist, Racist, Culturalist Rallies. They can charitably be called “Anti-Immigration” rallies or “Isolationist” rallies.
They are not “Immigration” rallies in any sense.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐬 Friday 3 October 2025 9 months ago:
Please listen to Tim Minchin’s song “Confessions”.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: 🎃 Thursday 2 October 2025 9 months ago:
I received a Jane Goodall diorama as a Lego Gift-With-Purchase.
I recently donated it (including the Jane Goodall minifig) to a Primary School Science teacher for her classroom.
I hope none of the little perishers steal the minifig!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪀 Wednesday 24 September 2025 10 months ago:
When you make Unmonitored Communication a Criminal Act, only Criminals will have Unmonitored Communication.
- Comment on Kmart broke privacy laws by using facial recognition technology, commissioner finds 10 months ago:
Lego.
Can you remember the drug bust in Cranbourne recently where they found thousands of dollars of Lego?
Drug dealers are trading their product for Lego; they are then selling it on Bricklink.
The Druggos walk into Big W or Target or Kmart, grab a trolley, fill it up with Lego and just walk out, ignoring Staff and Security.
This is who the facial recognition is supposed to target. They can prosecute an individual who is a multiple offender, but it isn’t worth the risk for a security guard to forcibly restrain an unpredictable single offender.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥸 Wednesday 3 September 2025 10 months ago:
When people call it “The Net”, I immediately picture Sandra Bullock in front of a computer screen.
- Comment on GrapheneOS Under Threat: EU Age Verification And Google Changes Endanger Privacy-Focused Android 11 months ago:
Once again, the EU ^^ is overstepping their mandate. There is no benefit to endusers if Google, Opera and Firefox are forced to use WebKit for rendering on iOS only. There are disadvantages for Opera, (who are Nowegian), but no other European companies.
There are huge benefits to endusers if their phones batteries last more than 15 minutes because Google and Opera are trying to backdoor their privacy.
^^ the EU’s regulatory bodies.