WaterWaiver

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[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 12 hours ago

It's not land banking. It's land investment. We're making the land better, more luscious, stronger.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

"Aint webassy we doms?"

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

Perhaps the software OP is using has a second layer of generation (with a different network) that focuses on details like eyes. It might not even know the input prompt (and if it does then it might not have the training background to reward keeping things pixelated).

 

The new theme seems deadset on replacing content with whitespace, driving my father in particular mad (he's having more luck finding Australian news on DW than the ABC right now; and he is sore that he has to hunt for the "Science" news category now in menus).

Not sure how long they'll keep the ?future=x flag available, but for now it gives you about double the number of articles per page.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Can confirm, 20 decimals gives you 100.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Can't be much sunlight normally, the curtain rail is decorative.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

The bed is make of pork mince and the house is flooded. No bushfires though, so not realistic.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Perfect dark has a fan PC port that's really good. I couldn't stand it on console (low fps made me motionsick) but it was a hoot when I played it on PC. https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

or simply inconveniencing them though

Screwing. 100% screwing.

An inconvenience is not being able to get someone on the phone in minutes or hours. Screwing is making someone spend days, weeks or months trying to get you on the phone and navigate a system that's supposed to help them, not hurt them.

My dad isn't at pension age yet and has been struggling the last few years whilst being a full time carer of my grandmother. It has often taken days to weeks of calling to get through and weeks to months get things approved.

Whereas, there are so many services we have that are for ACTUAL emergencies, and require fast service, where the money would save lives.

You have this so backwards.

Centrelink saves lives. Support saves lives. Welfare saves lives.

If you don't support people then they end up having to use the emergency services. Is it cheaper to support people before the need emergency services rather than after. You can't house all the unemployed, disabled, pensioners, veterans (and other people I've probably forgotten) in emergency wards, these people don't magically end up fed, housed and cared for if make Centrelink and related services a nightmare to deal with.

My dad has been keeping my grandmother out of hospital. She's now in a nursing home, funded mostly by government, that is keeping her out of hospital. It is extremely costly to put her in a hospital bed.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I click on my "From" address and then select "Customize From Address...". I can then type anything I want up there. It's a little annoying when replying to an email chain with an alias, but not too many steps.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This would have been even more troll with a 0% answer, because that would add another layer of paradox.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The actual quantities are pretty small

In pure, stable form, yes. A hundred or so grams released in my house won't be noticed or cause any problems.

But a few hundred grams of burnt fluorine hydrocarbons? 😬 That's a whole other story.

Most modern domestic fridges stick with a plain hydrocarbon refrigerant anyway (akin to butane) these days.

I'm yet to see R600a in Australian domestic fridges, I thought we were lagging in that department? Can you just get them at retailers now?

if you’ve got burning refrigerant there are much bigger problems going on seeing as the refrigerant circuit is hermetically sealed

Strong disagree xD Inhaling burning fluorine compounds > fridge not cooling any more

That kind of thing would also provoke a product safety recall.

I'm not diagnosing the most likely cause of a normal fridge failure, but considering some interesting causes that align with the unusual scenario depicted in the article. Don't panic, I'm not going to go all "fridge bad" on you.

 

8PM (right now) +/- 10 hours

Better call the tiberium harvester back in.

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone
 

Encountered this fellow during bushcare today. He was sitting right on top of the bridal veil roots we were pulling, looking suspiciously like a rock.

We probably shouldn't have handled him (I hope turtles don't get dizzy from being turned upside down). We put him back down and hid him under some other groundcover as a local Kookaburra was loitering.

 

Internode used to be a high quality home internet brand.

My understanding is that loyalty is never rewarded for competitive subscription services (gas, eletricity, water, internet, insurance, etc).

I wonder how long until AussieBB enshitifies?

 

The real reason we warn kids to stay away from the tracks. It turns out that confectionery is cheaper than gravel in some parts of the world (and resists water erosion better because of the wrappers). Sadly they didn't anticipate anthropomorphic erosion events such as this leading to extended rail line outages.

Once the secret was out it became a nation-wide phenomena for kids to raid the tracks.

Railway engineers have been attempting to address this problem by tweaking the infill composition. A recent experiment involved infilling with only licorice, however it turns out some kids still like it. Local newspapers claim the railway engineers were quite confused by this result.

On the right the girl's hairdo reveals she had a recent near-miss at one of these railway digs. The adults now keep an eye on things -- if you pay close attention you will notice that there is actually an adult (or at least teenager) in this scene. Analyse the image closely and you might spot it.

An aspiring railway engineer at the top of the sketch, wearing blue, is pointing out a flawed sleeper. Either that or he's making a fat joke about one of his friends sitting on it.

The dirt desire-paths around the tracks show that locals regularly walk this line. Maybe it's safer than you think? These kids might not have been the first to raid this spot (how did they lift the sleepers?), I suspect the adults cracked it open sometime last night. Usually rail workers cover these sites with a tarp and signposts within a day of reporting.

Prompt: "The lost powers of childhood. Group of children in a park next to a rail line, discovering flaws in the world. Chocolates are everywhere." Generator: Bing DALL-E

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/imageai@sh.itjust.works
 

Just some kids enjoying the outdoors. Someone must have split a pinata. One of the human kids is helping his aquatic friends get some of the chocolates.

Kids are kids and there's enough chocolate to share. It's the parents you've got to be worried about. "Hanging out with warmbloods again Rexy?" "No he can't visit later! We're going. Now.".

I guess the true power of childhood is not fearing new people. A 5yo family member of mine once got lost in the park, it turns out she had joined a random birthday party (and no-one had blinked an eyelid).

Prompt: "The lost powers of childhood. Group of children in a park next to a rail line, discovering flaws in thez world. Reality is tearing apart and monsters are streaming in, stealing the chocolates." Gen: Bing DALL-E

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/imageai@sh.itjust.works
 

Prompt: "Mk II Austin 1800 competing in the London to Sydney Marathon. Driver has long grey fuzzy beard and steam is coming out of his ears." Gen: Bing DALL-E.

The drawn car is nothing like an Austin 1800 (but possible some other Austin model instead)

 

I promise I did not ask for the Australian to be captured and then wrapped (blindfolded?) with a flag. That was purely the interpretation of our inter-cultural antics by the model.

Prompt: "Confused American trying to communicate with Australian" Gen: Bing DALL-E.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/gaming@beehaw.org
 

I enjoyed this review (and that of Kings Quest 1) thoroughly. I am very glad I did not try to play it myself, The Scam Bridge would have destroyed me.

I now feel some questions about a few other games that I've played before are answered -- they copied some of Kings Quest's style and feel. Vague memories of a Trogdor game are now haunting me.

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