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That wasn't a suggestion.

Now, go to your room and think about what you've done. You're grounded for a week.

Step one: Submit a bunch of bullshit answers to the classifications request form.
Step two: Trigger some algorithm that initially refuses classification.
Step three: Press release saying your game was banned in Australia.
Step four: Free Press!!
Step five: Get your classification when a human gets around to your title and have far higher interest in your game because of the press.

This whole episode fails the sniff test. I think Konami did this on purpose to intentionally rustle your jimmies.

Don't be like that. It's unhelpful and nasty.

The article is back:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/23/proposed-queensland-nuclear-power-plants-risk-contaminating-water-supplies-in-event-of-disaster-research-finds-ntwnfb

The revised article acknowledges errors in the original article that required correction.

That's what's so funny - the election campaign hasn't even started. 😁

It's probably Nicole. She's mad that she can't spam us any longer.

There's something insulting about 39.4°. Just make it 40 already.

Edit: I take it back. According to BOM, it hit 40.1° at 13:43. Excellent - we did get a 40° day after all.

It's wild that a disease I got in the 90's was completely eradicated from the country 20 years later.

Measles sucks if you get it as an adult. Two miserable weeks of going from the bed to the bath and back again. I had spots everywhere on my body except my palms and eyeballs. And I mean everywhere. I still have scars all these later.

If your parents didn't vaccinate you or if (like in my case) the vaccine didn't exist when you were a kid, go get the MMR shot.

At least I wasn't playing in an asbestos sand pit...

People here will say public school but what I'm seeing in real life is that a lot of people are preferring private schools

About a third of kids go to private schools. The reasons are varied, but the perception is that they'll get a better education in private. There is truth to that, but it is a simplistic answer that misses some of the variables.

When faced with this choice, we chose public - but selected where to live based primarily on the school catchment areas so that the kids could go to good public schools.

In my primary school science class, they poured mercury into our hands and we each had a turn playing with it for a while.

I also just remembered I had this toy maze thing where you had a blob of mercury that you needed to get to the centre like those ball-bearing mazes. Yep, a child left unattended with a blob of mercury and nothing but a layer of simple clear plastic stopping the kid from drinking the stuff.

Obligatory Bandit.

Ok so I can't brag too much/specifically because I don't wish to doxx myself, but my kid totally slayed at the Athletics Championships this afternoon. It was super exciting.

I like it. I know lots of people don't, but I much prefer 30-40 over rain. I know we need rain and I'm all about getting it and getting it over and done with - returning to the warm. 🔅

Lately there's been this thing of making romance novels out of Fantasy. You get into it as a fantasy setup, and BAM! all about which character will shack up with whom.

It's become so big that Good Reads now has a "Romantasy" section of its book awards.

Don't we all have a teeny bit of uranium in our homes in smoke detectors? Or was that some urban myth I'm remembering?

I meant customers, but Dave has already answered.

1. Even if you plan to put your kid in private school later, I'd recommend public for primary (elementary) school. Our schools in general are far better than what the USA offers.
2. The government spent 40 years telling Boomers that investing in property was "Safe as houses", so lots of them have multiple properties. Also: They allowed foreign ownership, so we have international investors buying homes here where their assets are safe.
3. Tomato Sauce is so much better than ketchup, but you can buy Heinz ketchup here if you desperately need it for some reason.
4. We don't have Mexican food. We have occasional Mexican restaurants that are good (not sure about Brisbane), but Mexican food is not ubiquitous in Australia like you'll be used to. If you love Mexican, overdose on it before you come here. I can't think of any other food examples where you'll miss from the USA.

California and South-East Queensland are moderately comparable climate-wise. You'll be right at home.

Home delivery services are a recent offering. What did these people do before about 5 years ago?

I swear there's a hole in the market here. A third option that was online-only with collection points/delivery services similar to Colesworth that undercut on price.

Startup costs would be massive, though not as much as trying to enter the market as a third retailer with physical stores in all the suburbs.

It could start with a few distribution nodes (warehouses) and grow out. Order online, go to warehouse to collect. The next step where you can distribute in more suburbs or deliver to homes is where it gets most difficult.

13 Minutes to the Moon

Season 1 is essential listening. It's not very long, and takes you through the journey of putting astronauts on the moon with tech far less advanced that what you're reading this on. It came sooooo close to failure on more than one occasion. When that lander touched down, it had something like 8 seconds of fuel left.

Season 2 is the story in detail of the Apollo 13 mission. If you loved Season 1 and want more, then go right ahead. I liked season 2, but nowhere near as much.