Australian Tech

What are my best options for hosting a static site on Australian servers?

Previously I was using a normal web hosting service but they don't work very well with static site generators and are usually overpriced for what I want.

Ideally I'd like a service like Cloudflare pages or GitHub pages, etc., i.e. there is good integration with git as my site is generated using Hugo.

For anyone interested: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/399619/our-partnership-with-openai?cb=1

It's a shame because the Stack Exchange network is the best place to find good answers to questions and if the good contributors are disgruntled over this (and they probably should be) it will be the death of the site.

I haven't read into it too far but it would be better if they only allowed it for new questions - so people know what they're getting into.

Petition EN6080 is the one that is posted to stopkillinggames.com, Ross Scott (Accursed Farms)'s campaign to end the practice of bricking games people have purchased, whenever the publisher doesn’t want to support it anymore.

It is open for signing by Australian Citizens and Residents, until May 20th 2024.

Please spread the word to your Australian friends and family who take interest in games, and please add your name to it to support this campaign to help preserve games in some form in perpetuity.

Thank you!

From the auda talk - Future Scenarios: navigating the digital world in 2044

Hi!

I used to have a non-.au domain with Gandi because they had a reputation of doing things right and doing the right thing.

My problem now is getting an .au domain because it's an extra $96 with them, apart from the domain fees.

Can you recommend me a good alternative that is also less-shady-than-the-average-big-company? Domain only, I already have hosting somewhere else.

Thanks!

My old xps13 is old in the tooth and the new ones have some things I don't like. So I am after recommendations. My preferences

• Linux (Ubuntu/Debian friendly). Happy to wipe and install and will check compatibility beforehand but if anyone has a Linux daily driver they love let me know
• good CPU and decent RAM (32gb would be nice)
• Lightweight - smaller preferred (currently on a 13" and happy)
• Touchscreen would be nice
• Usb-c
• Decent battery life

I have access to other machines for heavy GPU stuff that's not as important as CPU and RAM.

Uses:

• Programming/terminal use
• Reading docs and papers
• Watching movies etc
• No gaming

That's my wishlist. What do you suggest, Aussie tech friends?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/137291

Show HN: Mapping almost every law, regulation and case in Australia

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GPlates is desktop software for the interactive visualisation of plate tectonics.

GPlates offers a novel combination of interactive plate tectonic reconstructions, geographic information system (GIS) functionality and raster data visualisation. GPlates enables both the visualisation and the manipulation of plate tectonic reconstructions and associated data through geological time. GPlates runs on Windows, Linux and macOS. GPlates has an online user manual.

GPlates and pyGPlates are both free software (also known as open-source software), licensed for distribution under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2.

GPlately is a Python package which enables the reconstruction of data through deep geological time (points, lines, polygons, and rasters), the interrogation of plate kinematic information (plate velocities, rates of subduction and seafloor spreading), the rapid comparison between multiple plate motion models, and the plotting of reconstructed output data on maps.

GPlates is developed by an international team of scientists and professional software developers at: the EarthByte group in the school of Geosciences at the University of Sydney with past contributions from: the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences (GPS) at Caltech the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED) at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway the Geodynamics Team at the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU).

I guess there has been a Google maps update. I relied on this for public transport trip planning. I'm baffled as to how to do this anymore. Anyone got any ideas?

I could not find any mentions of these problems online. The article itself has no technical detail.

Looking forward to seeing what the actual problems are. It seems this is the first product to market.

Guesses based off the general subject matter:

• Silica concentrations probably vary depending on the exact position of your head, especially since it's heavy material. If you mount this sensor even a few meters away from a worker then it's readings could possibly become invalid, eg because an angle grinder is firing dust a different direction to the sensor.
• Silica is a slang term for a very big category of materials. Some might look completely different to others under certain laser observations, leading to some getting missed (bad) and others materials triggering false positives (leading to the sensor's screams being ignored by workers).
• Self-cleaning routines might be needed to stop it clogging up, otherwise the sensor starts reporting a higher baseline. They could either choose to report this ("pls clean me" light comes on) or ignore it (bury head in sand mode).
• Alternatively it's performance might actually be fine, but perhaps it's still being spruked inappropriately. Government involvement in funding the project might (?) magnify this problem.

Ah yes, cause monopolies have never been bad for the customer (looks at supermarkets).