Ugh I was just a bit rude to a charity cold caller and I feel slightly ashamed. But I really wish they wouldn't call. How can you trust them not to be scammers anyway?
@timrichards@augustusbrown
I make it known to any charities or political parties that I will donate to or vote for whoever successfully removes charities and political parties to the Do Not Call List.
I repeat this when ever they ask anything else from me.
They usually get the message.
@timrichards@DaveWhittle
Meanwhile, in Australia, the Australian Postal Service is cutting all the other couriers grass, and even buying up some of the better performing ones.
I've thought about it a lot, and I think the only way we could actually begin reversing the climate crisis if if one nuclear nation announced it was setting a clock for 60 days for the nations of the world to hammer out an iron-clad, no-loophole, binding plan to reduce emissions, and that failure to complete it within that time will result in the launching of nukes.
I really think it would take something that extreme.
@timrichards I use them when I don’t want to speak to anyone, but because of the 20 questions, (this is card only, do you have a bag, do you want to use loyalty card, etc) it is quicker to go through the service desk.
In a cafe which insists on closing at 3pm even though there are always a fair few customers here then. IMO Aussie cafes need to dare to stay open later. I bet they'd get a lot of business straight after work, say 5-7pm.
We're not still buying DVDs, but we have kept our collection of a couple of hundred titles just in case we ever need to take a break from streaming services to save money. And I'm currently watching season 2 of Doctor Who because it isn't on any streaming services I subscribe to.
DVDs, Blu-ray revival: Why physical media is making a comeback
When I search, I am not looking for The Answer. I am looking for sources. A search that generates only answers will be useless personally, and worse than useless professionally for me.
What I would really like is an internet search engine that works. Google did that once. Then they focused on other things and used it for ad revenue and it became the new Craigslist.
It would sure be nice if Google would reinvent an actual internet search engine.
Google need to follow AltaVista and WebCrawler into oblivion.
Someone else needs to step up to the plate and create a new search engine; one that ignores LLM-generated articles by default and prioritises real content.
I was going to write a brief review here of the two new Doctor Who episodes which just appeared in Disney+, but god they were WEIRD. Overly camp and whimsical and without much plot. I think I'll have to let some water pass under the bridge (and see some more new episodes) before I express my thoughts.
@timrichards new Doctor Who episodes never had plots.
They had a convoluted introduction, some amazing makeup and special effects, build up of tension and finally Deux Ex Sonic Screwdriver.
The older serialised episodes all had a plot that had to stay consistent across four (or eight) episodes, but if you missed an episode, you would have been able to continue to follow along.
@timrichards We need to build airport rail to Keillor East, with Light Rail up Airport Drive (with a terminus just outside the Airport Property) and another temporary light rail from Broady to DFO, and then up to a Terminus at Quarry Road.
They should also fix and upgrade the XPT so that travellers do have an alternative to the Airport.
@timrichards it is only as inconvenient as changing from passenger car to shuttle bus for those who are forced to drive to the airport and pay for parking.
I’m more worried about the “last mile” between a tram terminus and the airport-proper.
I think it would be an adequate stopgap until the Airport management get their heads out of their arses and allow a real train station to be constructed.