Longmactoppedup

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Elizabeth quay is sort of the opposite of south bank in that way. Wanky hotels right up to the water.

 

Likely a pipe dream at this stage. But having just visited south bank in Brisbane it would be awesome to create something similar here.

What I liked about south bank: -big shady trees to sit under Lots of nice places to hang out that don't require you to be a customer open access pool, water playground. Lots of places to eat

If Perth tried to do it, we would need to bring in the team who did south bank, and keep away the clowns who made the shadeless concrete wind tunnels like yagan square and Elizabeth quay.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

"steal people's land" Sit down Baz, it's just a paid car storage area. It's hardly "the people's land" at present. If anything making it in to a public primary school is more for the people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The non removable Google search bar was one of the reasons I put Graphene on my pixel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Ironically it was when the stock android upgrade on my pixel 7 completely bricked my phone (due to the multiple user profiles bug) that I decided to jump in to Graphene head first.

Compared to my experience running random ROMs on Samsungs back in the era of galaxy note 1 to 4, Graphene installer was so easy!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I wonder what their reaction would be if you are running Graphene OS and you gave them the duress PIN.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I fear they will go the other way, that is start locking down the pixels to make replacing their OS more difficult.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Probably overkill but I still run an old x86 office PC I picked up cheap in an auction. Currently running Linux mint + Kodi. Really like the Kore phone app to control it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We are also a "one paper" state. Guess who owns that media and what pies they have their fingers in.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Straight from the fuckwits page here: https://minister.dcceew.gov.au/bowen/media-releases/joint-media-release-new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-tailored-australia

Recategorising a limited number of 4WDs from passenger car to light commercial vehicle. This acknowledges that some off-road wagons use similar ladder-frame chassis, and need comparable towing capacity above 3 tonnes, to dual cab utes. This includes models such as the Toyota Landcruiser and Nissan Patrol;

Land cruiser and patrol? Oh fuck off. They are primarily used as soccer mum taxis in urban areas.

Apparently Bowen's job title shouldn't be taken as first thought. The "Minister for Climate Change and Energy" actually means the minister for causing further climate change rather than preventing it.

 

Laborel party letting foreign companies dictate policy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

We know the liberal party have been itching to do this for a while now. Scummo mentioned it in the last days before the election.

No doubt it's happening next time the liberal party gets in.

As if it isn't enough that they transfer tax dollars to established real estate owners, they will transfer super balances to them as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure the families living in tents and cars will agree with you.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Perhaps you aren't aware that we have a housing crisis in Australia.

Record low rental vacancies. Housing is too expensive and scarce for people on median incomes.

The people we import typically have enough money to displace those who don't. Those who don't end up homeless. Our politicians don't give a fuck as many own multiple investment properties.

 

I'm sure if we keep voting for the Libor and Laberal parties they will eventually fix it right?

 

Looks like we are finally working towards a fuel efficiency standard.

Will be interesting to see what the final details are, especially the year at which manufacturers have to hit zero emissions, and if it's going to be a linear change to get there or otherwise.

No doubt legacy parts of the industry will be busy lobbying for their own interests instead of the planet's.

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