bigjsl

bigjsl, 8 days ago to australia

I was somewhere private and fancy for lunch today. One of the older members had a nice old bottle of wine he had brought along. He was celebrating the Trump conviction with his friends. Solidarity from #Australia

bigjsl, 14 days ago to random

Spotted this on the book of faces. Wish I had thought of this. Oxygen free copper of course.

bigjsl, 16 days ago to random

The Streisand Effect is getting a workout this month: SMH “Bangkok officials block Australian patient from criticising Singapore Airlines
In extraordinary scenes, staff surrounded an injured Australian from flight 321 in a hospital cafe when it became apparent he was about to talk to the media.”

bigjsl, 27 days ago to random

AI generated content is garbage. The website has detailed driving instructions which do not mention the ferry.

bigjsl, 1 month ago to random

The irony is visible from outer space. Boris didn't take ID to vote, the requirement his government legislated. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68947834

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Special Chinese electrons? 3500 watts from 200 volts at 10 amps? Electric water heater sold by Amazon in Australia.

bigjsl, 1 month ago to random

Remember how Foxtel were selling Hubbl for half price and all the reviews said they are junk? Now Foxtel are giving them away to former customers. "We want you to be one of the first to experience Hubbl; Australia's newest transformative TV experience and right now, as a previous Foxtel Now customer, you can get a free Hubbl* (normally $99)."

bigjsl, 1 month ago to random

In case you're wondering about ROE vs ROI here's a simple explanation: Return on Equity is a measure of how well the company is doing for the shareholders, Return on Investment is how well the company is doing for itself and its lenders. So ROI can look quite healthy while ROE is tiny or negative.

bigjsl, 1 month ago to random

Justice Lee: “Having escaped the lion's den, Mr Lehrmann made the mistake of coming back for his hat."

bigjsl, 1 month ago to random

Stokes is going to need to try much harder to polish his long term legacy.

bigjsl, 1 month ago to random

Ford recall vehicles in USA but don’t actually fix the cause, just the symptoms (which include catching fire). It’s like how their health system prescribes opioids rather than treating the cause of pain.
“But according to safety regulators, the automakers remedy enables fuel to drain from a cylinder head hole to the ground below the vehicle.
"The recall remedy does not include replacement of the cracked fuel injector," NTHSA wrote.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/recalls/2024/04/12/ford-recall-bronco-escape-fuel-leak-probe/73299991007/

bigjsl, 2 months ago to random

Meta removing the news tab? Cop that Rupert. Sqottie from Grovelling isn’t PM any more and clearly the bargaining didn’t go the way Rupert expected.

bigjsl, 2 months ago to random

Google to purge billions of files containing Chrome users' personal data… in the USA and I’m supposed to feel relieved, happy, positive about using Chrome? Might as post all your private data on Pastebin than use Chrome. Note well that this purging is for US users not Australians. Interesting article if you read it carefully. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-02/google-to-purge-billions-of-files-containing-personal-data-in-se/103657584

bigjsl, 3 months ago to random

What evil is Elmo distracting us from by having his pet robot come out and dance? Presumably an accomplice is picking pockets while we’re all watching. Like the shell games at Montmartre.

bigjsl, 3 months ago to random

Nationals senator, Bridget McKenzie, and Liberal senator Dean Smith said “The Albanese government has failed to ensure travelling Australians are not taken advantage of by our airlines and instead have spent the past 18 months running a protection racket for Qantas who represent more than 60% of the Australian airline industry.” This is of course a completely different protection racket than the one the Coalition ran for the previous nine years from the Chairman’s Lounge. I hope Albo’s government legislate more protection for airline passengers but I would love to see concrete progress on building high speed rail between Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/09/new-pay-on-delay-airline-flight-delays-bill-compensation-passengers-liberal-coalition-details

bigjsl, 4 months ago to random

This is a great graphic that explains why green hydrogen is not the future of fuel for cars and possibly not the fuel for anything much else.

bigjsl, 4 months ago to random

An alternative explanation would be that Toyota has been caught flatfooted on EVs and their chairman has to say any old rubbish to avoid losing his job. Japan’s economy has been stagnant for nearly thirty years and Toyota is a big part of that.

bigjsl, 4 months ago to random

Fascinating Hamilton Gallery exhibition.
“However, few would know their names today because at some point after Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi became famous, their artistic careers were written out of history.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-20/hamilton-gallery-italian-female-masters-exhibition/103189414

bigjsl, 4 months ago to random

Useful reminder of where the coin comes from that operates Spud & the leftovers. The Guardian: “Peter Dutton was flown by a billionaire to Gina Rinehart’s Pilbara party – where he had a message for parents
Federal opposition leader told audience at Roy Hill mine that parents and teachers should instruct children about benefits of mining”

bigjsl, 5 months ago to random

Perfectly normal weather. Merry Christmas from summertime Australia.

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bigjsl, 5 months ago to random

Someone at this Bunnings has replaced the Christmas music with some generic gen X station. I would like to nominate them for employee of the month. Argh! No, American Xmas is back.

bigjsl, 5 months ago to random

Humanity isn’t going to change trajectory on destroying the environment.

“At least a quarter of the billionaires registered as delegates at Cop28 made their fortunes from highly polluting industries such as petrochemicals, mining and beef production, a new analysis has shown.
The findings, revealed to the Guardian in an exclusive analysis of the 34 billionaires who are signed up to the UN summit, raise concerns about the influence wielded by ultra-rich, mega-emitters on the world’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Together the 34 are worth about $495.5bn.
The high number of billionaires at the conference, along with the many private jets they flew in on, suggests Cop may now be second only to Davos as a gathering point for the world’s ultra-rich, who can meet and potentially influence government leaders and senior politicians and bureaucrats, while making deals with other business owners.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/12/one-in-four-billionaire-cop28-delegates-made-fortunes-from-polluting-industries

bigjsl, 6 months ago to Adelaide

"My advice to riders is, please wear a helmet and stay off the footpaths," unless you’re in #Adelaide where it’s required to ride on the footpaths. I went over the handlebars of one of these a few years ago. They’re actually insane. Fun to ride but insane as public transportation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-29/e-scooter-accidents-melbourne-trial-safety-concerns-730/103165810

bigjsl, 6 months ago to random

The Libs and Ch7 have all the best people: “Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has confirmed that Channel 7’s Spotlight program has been paying his rent for a year as part of an arrangement to deliver a “bombshell” interview with host Liam Bartlett.”