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jurgen

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Just some guy, you know.

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jurgen, to random
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If you’re in Victoria, you can now access your digital driver licence. Add to the Service Victoria app wallet (or download the VicRoads app).

And if you get presented with one, remember: if two organisations can make a screen look a certain way, so can anyone else. Always scan the QR code to verify, and only trust what appears on your own device.

timrichards, to Travel
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I had a short essay about fond memories sparked by my old passport, in Traveller in The Age & SMH on Saturday. I didn't spot it that day and it's not online yet, so I wasn't able to share the piece. I'll keep an eye out and share if it goes online.

In any case it was a fun thing to put together. I enjoy writing short, quirky essays about travel like that. Ah, my old passport...

jurgen,
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@timrichards I read that on Saturday, fun little piece. Jealous of the Lichtenstein visa.

jurgen,
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@timrichards Two colours! Really giving you your money's worth.

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Not surprised the City of Melbourne LGA has 60% of households with zero to one cars; I've always said you could easily live without a car in inner-city Melbourne. Would be interesting to see how many households here have precisely zero cars.

https://social.chinwag.org/

jurgen,
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@timrichards We haven't owned a car in years - moved from Port Melbourne to West Melbourne. We've got memberships to a few carshare companies, but rarely use them. It's mostly walking and tramming.

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Giving a cop your unlocked phone is an insanely terrible idea. https://aus.social/@perkinsy/112271834627847339

jurgen,
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@jpm @perkinsy Agreed, but there's no requirement to do so. Show the cops the barcode on the digital driver licence and they'll scan it with their iPad, or they'll look at your licence number and key it in… same as they do now with the plastic card.

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@jpm @perkinsy None of the cops I've spoken with want to touch peoples' grotty phones. There are specific instructions and training in Queensland and Victoria (don't know for sure about NSW) saying not to touch phones. Police union is very supportive of that too. OH&S issues with touching stuff without protection.

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I’m inventing 0% Pimms. Gonna call it a “nonna alcoholic beverage”

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    jurgen,
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    @decryption Moof!

    geordie, to random
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    I don't trust modern medicine and actively advocate a traditional medicine approach.

    jurgen,
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    @geordie Excuse me but isn't that an Apple Extended Keyboard II in the background there?

    timrichards, to Travel
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    Ha, I only have two of these - the small toothpaste and the padlock.

    Ten small and surprisingly useful items you should always pack

    (maybe paywalled) https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/ten-small-items-you-should-never-travel-without-20240208-p5f3el.html

    jurgen,
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    @timrichards I also take along large-ish plastic bags (usually laundry bags liberated from hotels), which are useful for popping dirty clothes into, and/or shoes/sandals/thongs/etc.

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    jurgen,
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    @decryption Totally agree. They're excellent. And if you do need to be in touch with them about something, their reps are friendly and helpful.

    jurgen, to random
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    In Victoria and wondering how to pay the rent today? Please consider supporting the good work that VACCA does for Aboriginal children and families in Victoria: https://www.vacca.org/donate

    There are similar organisations across the country, in every state and territory.

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    @decryption Oh that’s lovely! Merry Christmas to you both..

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    @decryption @georgeharito someone's left elbow vibrates a couple of times, they slap it and it stops
    Oh hey, remember when we all carried “smartphones”? Those were the days…

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    @decryption Ooh I see grape vines. Where are you?

    jurgen, to random
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    It bothers me that the ISO uses American spelling for its name. “International Organization for Standardization” Is that standard?

    jurgen,
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    @luciedigitalni Ah oui! C'est l’Organisation internationale de normalisation.

    Interestingly: “Because “International Organization for Standardization” would have different acronyms in different languages (IOS in English, OIN in French for Organisation internationale de normalisation), our founders decided to give it the short form ISO. ISO is derived from the Greek “isos”, meaning equal. Whatever the country, whatever the language, we are always ISO.” - https://www.iso.org/about-us.html

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    jurgen,
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    @decryption I feel sad for all the robots missing out on good things on the Internet.

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    @gruber at https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/07/20/apple-uk-e2ee:

    “…the intention of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (well, one intention among many) is to force big social networks to collect data in ways that are more respectful of users’ privacy. The actual result is that Threads launched everywhere else in the world but the EU. “

    I'd respectfully suggest that that's exactly the consequence that the EU was looking for. Meta does not collect data in ways that respect user privacy, therefore their product is not permitted to operate in the EU.

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    Re: previous Chinese language toot boost: due to the government's requirement for all shops in Xinjiang to display Chinese names on their signs, shop owners have resorted to using absurd/random Chinese names like”amorous men and women recovery centre” "teary eyes restaurant," "handsome guy hair saloon," "whatever they want pharmacy," “tired pigeon grocery” “infected mom grocery” and so on.
    https://m.cmx.im/@imissgmail/110690553375321445

    jurgen,
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    @rakyat I would totally shop at Tired Pigeon Grocery after visiting the “Amorous Mean and Women Recovery Centre”.

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    Threads is the most fun, most interesting new product of the year, and no one in the E.U. can use it, or will be able to use it anytime soon, because their own elected officials passed a law that effectively bans it.

    Nice job. Have fun over here in the library.

    jurgen,
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    @gruber I find the cognitive dissonance of your strong advertising-based privacy stance vs the EU's strong privacy legislation really interesting.

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    @decryption Not being a gamer, is that status thingy at the top right a game feature, or something with the porting toolkit?

    jurgen, to random
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    As part of my retreat from the bird place, I'm considering trying to sell my Twitter handle (same as here) to some famous sporty guy with the same first name as me. I’m having some trouble figuring out how to find him on that horrible website. I’ve been in my 3rd-party client world for too long. Now that blue ticks are randomly distributed, how do I know who is who? Will the real Jurgen Klopp please stand up? Does anyone here follow him, and can let me know what his handle is please?

    jurgen,
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    @decryption Oh totally - some of them seem to be tributes, there's probably some parodies. Really hard to tell. I'm hoping there's some fan who can tell me.

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