@Salvo@aus.social
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Salvo

@Salvo@aus.social

Currently into #camping, #Jimny and #4WD.
Going though a bit of a mid-life crisis :).

Also find me https://aussie.zone/u/Salvo

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timrichards, to random
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Always found it curious that in the UK people stand on the right on escalators. Surely in a left-side-driving country it's more intuitive to stand on the left, pass on the right? (As we do here, and apparently also in Japan.)

The escalator riddle: would we all move faster and more safely if we stopped walking on them? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/04/escalator-riddle-would-we-move-faster-more-safely-if-we-stopped-walking

Salvo,
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@timrichards The engineers who design escalators assume that the load on each step is static for the entire journey and perfectly balanced in the centre.

Every time someone stands on the LHS, RHS or runs up or down an escalator they are causing damage.

This is a flaw of design.

timrichards, to melbourne
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Another of these entertaining suburb profiles:

We don’t claim our suburb doesn’t stink. But seriously, Werribee doesn’t smell that bad

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/we-don-t-claim-our-suburb-doesn-t-stink-but-seriously-werribee-doesn-t-smell-that-bad-20231002-p5e925.html

Salvo,
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@timrichards we used to have a euphemism for visiting the smallest room; “Taking a Borrie”.
Named after the great Edwin Fullarton Borrie; the civil engineer responsible for the Lake Borrie Wetlands.

timrichards, to random
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Cheese! Cc @LifeTimeCooking

Can cheese actually be good for your health? You better brie-lieve it

https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/tips-and-advice/is-cheese-actually-good-for-your-health-you-better-brie-lieve-it-20230929-p5e8n7.html

Salvo,
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@timrichards @LifeTimeCooking
I don’t think I Camembert these terrible cheese puns.

Edam you all.

(Apologies to Tim Minchin and his wonderful song “Cheese”

warandpeas, to random
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The Credible Hulk

Salvo,
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@warandpeas I used to work with a guy who had Short Man Syndrome.
He was a bit like the Incredible Hulk;

When he was angry, he would grow bigger and bigger and change colour until he turned into a Smurf.

timrichards, to random
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Just picked up the new iPhone from Highpoint. Jesus Christ, I'd forgotten what shopping malls are like! Especially on a Saturday. Bland identikit commercialism, could be anywhere in the world. Also a hell of a way to walk once you're inside the building. They need indoor trams. :)

Salvo,
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@timrichards when you get older, all retail workers look 14 years old.
Even the bar staff that you know are at least 23.

timrichards, to random
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Just reinstated all the filters to block posts with the words "Elon" and "Musk". God knows why people leave X to come here and endlessly talk about it. Handy that he's got such a distinctive name.

Also blocked "COVID" while I'm at it, tired of hearing about it. I swear there'll be people here in 50 years still posting about how "COVID isn't over!!!"

Salvo,
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@timrichards everyone is sick of hearing about it, except those who are literal sick from it, or suffering due to damaged caused by it.

My brother recently spent a week in Hospital because a denialist came into his workplace, and maliciously coughed on everyone.

Another one of my colleagues was finally been released from two weeks hospital due to “respiratory complications”.

timrichards, to random
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This strikes me as a general problem in Australia, that we build everything for summer temperatures instead of winter temperatures.

Australia renting: Rental properties are too cold in winter, research project finds https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/murray-measured-the-indoor-temperature-at-home-the-results-were-shocking-20230913-p5e4d0.html

Salvo,
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@timrichards Australian Houses just aren’t designed at all.

Those that are designed to take advantage of passive heating and cooling aren’t built to design.

We designed our house to be Zero Energy and had to fight the Site Supervisor, Tradies and Builders Warranty every step of the process.

It was a Case Study for SECCCA and the CEO of the Builder was interested, but everyone below him was completely incompetent or indifferent.

DamnInteresting, to random
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Necropolis Railway: The railway trip where only some returned
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66507599?utm_source=DamnInteresting

Salvo,
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@DamnInteresting @timrichards
This was quite common.
We had our own Necropolis Railway in Springvale.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hYrDktxoBM0

The Fawkner Cemetery also had a dedicated one-way service.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawkner_Crematorium_and_Memorial_Park

timrichards, to AppleWatch
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Unimpressed by the double-tap feature, none of those finger-tap features work consistently on the Apple Watch in my experience.

iPhone 15 launch: Apple introduces USB-C, Apple Watch with ‘double-tap’

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/apple-introduces-iphone-15-with-usb-c-apple-watch-with-double-tap-20230908-p5e383.html

Salvo,
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@timrichards the 30-pin Dock connector was the best technology at the time of it introduction in 2003. It lasted 11 years before Lightning was introduced.

Apple was crucified in the press about waste because all the old 30-pin 3rd party appliances were rendered obsolete overnight.

When Lightning was introduced, it was the only technology of it class. Apple stated that it would have a 10 year life cycle before it would be replaced with a better technology.

3 years later USB-C was introduced. 2 years after that, the infighting of the USB consortium was resolved and it was a usable technology.

The EU claiming this as a victory over Apple is ridiculous. It was inevitable and Apple are just following through with what they had been planning 12+ years ago.

timrichards, to melbourne
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Oh god yes, consistently warm weather! Bring it on. I'm am so utterly over winter, was dire this year.

Salvo,
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@timrichards anecdote is not a synonym of data, but I’ve found that even though it has been cold; it hasn’t felt as cold as previous years.

Maybe I’m getting old and my memory is going.

timrichards, to melbourne
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The retractable bollards for trams are a good idea. But we should also be removing cars from the CBD is general; they don’t mix well with the huge number of pedestrians.

Call for more Bourke Street protection after driver charged with murder

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/call-for-more-bourke-street-protection-after-driver-charged-with-murder-20230910-p5e3h7.html

Salvo,
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@timrichards better help for the mentally ill with malicious tendencies would be a better solution.

The problem is that certain political parties would loose their supporter base.

lauren, to random
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Basically when it comes to cats vs. "natural diversity", I'm firmly on the cats' side. - Australia declares war on domestic cats. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/world/asia/culling-curfews-and-caps-australia-declares-war-on-its-cat-problem.html

Salvo,
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@lauren @frogglin @timrichards
The problem is that Cats do not care if the thing they are killing is a Feral Indian Minor, Feral Rabbit, Feral Rat or native Wattle Bird or Dasyuride or Peramelemorph.

Salvo,
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@lauren
I love the two cats that dictate in our house. They are inside cats and are never let outside.
Our dog is allowed out in public as long as she is on a lead.

We are close to bushland, with birds, kangaroos and wombats. There have been echidnas “terrorising” the back yards of some of our NIMBY neighbours.

I am not a fan of the two neighbours cats that are let out constantly and have almost become feral. They piss on our front door and shit on our lawn. The council does need to do something about them.

The kangaroos are also not fans of the dogs that some idiot neighbours walk off-lead. It is very disturbing what a eastern grey bull can do to a dog that is bothering it.

Salvo,
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@lauren and now you know why we have such and aversion to feral cats in Australia.

When feral cats and dogs are taking out bird life, small marsupials and even larger, heavily defended monotremes like echidnas. We have to do something about them.

Kangaroos can take out feral dogs and larger possums can take out feral cats, but other than that, Joeys and Puggles are prey.

If you really want to know what cats can do to an ecosystem they are not native to, research the Stevens Island Wren.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyall%27s_wren

GreenFire, to random
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These two vehicles have the same bed size.

Salvo,
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@kierkegaank @GreenFire
While is it not very polite to Body Shame someone over the size of their genitals, it is also not very polite to take up 4 parking spaces at the shopping centre.

timrichards, to australia
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The bakery I just bought something from had both a minimum spend for cards, and a credit card surcharge! Surely you'd have one, not both?

Salvo,
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@timrichards credit card surcharge is not to pay the credit card companies, it is to pay the taxman.

If they get paid in cash, the taxman doesn’t know about it.

timrichards, (edited ) to auspol
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I keep waiting (as a Yes voter) for some calming clarification of how the Voice might operate - eg video of a boring committee meeting discussing relevant matters. Take the scare out of it.

Albanese bet big on his everyman schtick. Can it go the distance?

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-bet-big-on-his-everyman-schtick-can-it-go-the-distance-20230906-p5e2d9.html

Salvo,
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@timrichards
Democracy has no Marketting department.

Same with education of The Masses about how voting preferences work.

The AEC needs to have a marketing department.

timrichards, to auspol
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FFS, it's a secret ballot and no one is bullying you into doing anything. It's called campaigning.

"Howard said, too, that 'Australians don’t want to be bullied'. Peter Dutton last week spoke of people being 'bullied into voting Yes.'"

Voice to parliament: John Howard calls on Australians to ‘maintain the rage’

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/just-how-scared-and-angry-are-we-australians-are-about-to-find-out-20230903-p5e1lx.html

Salvo,
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@timrichards it is not even that.

It is divisiveness for the sake of divisiveness.

It is artificial scaremongering for political gain.

golgaloth, to writing
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How paranoid is your character? Are they right?

Salvo,
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@Grandalf @golgaloth
I was using my Phone Providers billing app the other day; they had a promo where is you enabled 2FA you got some bonus points, if you enabled notifications (for “billing updates”) you got some bonus points and if you enabled location services (for “locating retail outlets”) you got bonus points.

I did enable 2FA. They can already contact me by SMS and LTE triangulation mean they already have my location.

vicgrinberg, to random
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Hard truth of life: you may regret partying or doomscrolling or reading late. But you will never regret spending extra 10 minutes at night cleaning up the dining table and the kitchen. 😔

Salvo,
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@vicgrinberg @timrichards
10 minutes (or 30 if you are doing the dishes), listening to music or an audiobook is how to stay sane and civil.

Honestly, the only nights I leave the kitchen in a mess is when I am being spiteful to my lazy housemates.
They are also the nights that I have trouble sleeping.

bitprophet, to random
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rollin up to the TV store all,

howdy feller! you got any NON-smart items? gimme the most dumbest TV you got! just the absolute moron of televisions.

I need an LED screen stupider than a box of below-average-intelligence rocks!

my next TV should make the village idiot look like a Nobel Prizewinner.

Get me an entertainment system SO stupid, SO bereft of intelligence that it's practically a US citizen who votes Republican!

Salvo,
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@bitprophet @timrichards

Sorry sir, we don’t stock them because they cost more than the Spyware^H^H^H^H^H^H^HSmart TVs and we don’t get kickbacks from the manufacturer.

Salvo, to random
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I reckon that I could hide another underneath my 180 Versatile Awning.

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