Not that I'm remotely qualified to do this guy's job, but $600,000 is not enough. He gets paid more than the prime minister, but I think he has the harder job.
Imagine having to protect Australians from foreign and domestic threats like that. Thwarting attacks, and it rarely raises an eyebrow from anyone. But let one through to the keeper...
I had to Google the case you're talking about. There are two massive differences in the cases: 1. The cop didn't kill one person / cause grievous bodily harm to another and 2. The cop didn't provide hours of dashcam footage showing erratic driving, speeding and driving dangerously.
Still that cop case is pretty bad. He left the scene and managed not to be breathalysed. So, there is even less evidence in his case. A drink-driving conviction, fine and community service is pretty much what everyone else gets for a first offense under the influence.
It's a bulky thing, and a boring colour. But boy has it saved my phone. I usually drop my phone about once a month because I'm clumsy or whatever. But this morning was the second time in the past week and both drops have been hard ones that would definitely have cracked the screen.
The screen is still good as new. This cover has been protecting my phone for over two years now. I heartily endorse it for anyone who can put up with a cover that makes the phone fatter than it already is.
I'd give this more weight if other commenters hadn't already helpfully cited studies in this very thread on the topic at hand. The story from Miami in particular was very telling. I also liked the European method where they made fares themselves free, but still enforced people using their smart tickets to record journeys.
Making people pay a token amount isn't about preventing unnecessary travel. It's about keeping everyone with a little 'skin in the game', where they feel they are paying for a service. Even if the amount itself is negligible. It also provides data where journey projections and trends are revealed.
A Toscano Gluten Free Pizza Base. $7.
I went to 2x Woolies and 2x Coles on the weekend in a futile search for the bloody thing. Can't have family pizza night without it.
Update: Dad went down to Coles this afternoon and found one! Pizza night is on!
I'm no expert on this topic, but I've previously read that when a thing is made free people stop valuing it. I don't know how much weight to put on this, I certainly valued my hospital visits for my children and I and those were free.
I think the simple fact is people evade fares because they believe they will face no consequences for it. If transit authorities put Coles style cameras on the entrances and flagged evaders who were then picked up every single time, evasion would drastically drop. And we'd hate having Big Brother watching us.
I think a token amount is reasonable. It costs me more than 50c to ride my bicycle or walk/run 50km. When a train fare is cheaper than wear on your shoes for walking that distance, I can't see how you can complain about it.
Dawnguard gives you crossbows! Though I prefer travelling light and using bound weapons, personally.
I also love to go wood elf archer. 😃
I tried going full Nord warrior so I'd pick the Stormcloak path. But I just hate the Stormcloaks and Ulfric. Even on my Nord build, I always go Empire.
Headphones I can wear all day at work. Noise blocking is fine (it isn't that noisy in the office). I need to take video calls a couple of times a day, so the mic quality is crucial. I don't want to be raising my voice to be heard by other parties as that'll annoy people in my area.
I love my Jabra in-ear headphones for running, but they're not awesome for calls and they'll go flat after about 4-5 hours of constant use. In fairness, they're probably ok for wearing all day with a couple of charges in their case but the mic quality isn't good enough.
Headphones! My work headphones for about six years have been a pair of Google Pixel earbuds that have been fine. No complaints, nothing to rave about. I've ogled a pair of Sony XM5's for the longest time, but have never been able to justify buying a pair while I have a perfectly working pair.
The Pixels are starting to wear out. I'll be getting replacement headphones this year.
Here the thing: If I wait a couple of months, I'll have enough points for a free pair of Apple Airpods Max. Only, at work the only Apple device I have is the iPad. I have a Macbook at home, but these will be for work. The biggest strength of Airpods is their ability to seamlessly work with all your Apple devices. They'll do regular Bluetooth, but they aren't special for that.
The Airpods are stupidly priced at $900. Even getting them for free that pricetag is the biggest thing I have against them. I don't really want to look like the sort of moron who would waste that much money on a pair of headphones. I thought of getting them, selling them and then buying a pair of Sonys. Only, Ebay seems to have Airpods going at around the price of the XM5's anyway. So, that pathway looks like a hassle for no real gain.
Options:
Buy a pair of XM5's and claim them on tax like a normal person.
Get the Airpods and cope.
Get Airpods, sell them and get XM5's. Put the remainder towards something I actually want.
Get a free pair of cheaper Beats headphones and look like even more of an idiot who pays too much for headphones.
What to do? I don't suppose anyone has had any experience with both XM5's and the Airpods Max, do they?
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This comes as a surprise to me. In fact, I misread the title initially as 'People love luxury goods, so long as they are sustainable'.