I've watched Twister (and Twisters) so I think I know a bit about this sort of thing, and I don't reckon that's a water spout. It's more like a water dish, or frisbee, or something.
Everything is sealed, and generally water proof in general. I'm sure you've seen sump pumps, aquarium wave makers, fuel pumps...
Electric is so much more reliable than combustion. Literally it's only downside is the energy density of the batteries.
I've never seen an electric vehicle drive through water.
I'd be more worried about the ICE a Shark is carrying around then the EV part tbh
I use Android Auto so the "infotainment" system is pretty much just a screen for Android Auto to me. I'm sure it works fine under there though.
I have found that being slightly racist and doing a bit of a Chinese accent makes the BYD voice assistant understand me better π¬ I do not do this when other people are in the car because... well, obvious reasons.
.... You wouldn't take a Shark through a crossing that an Outlander can handle? :-\
Outlander has 190mm of ground clearance and a wading depth of 400mm, the Shark has 230mm of ground clearance and a wading depth of 600mm (or 700mm, depending on which website you believe).
I've got no need or interest in a dual cab, but we've got a BYD Seal and love it.
Chinese manufacturers are kicking arse, and making the usual brands look antiquated and overpriced.
Iβve always thought that mold is the fungus, and to mould is to shape.
I actually do this too. Not because I think it's correct as such, but because that way I am consistent and I know what I'm talking about when I read back previous text that I've written.
I remember it by Mold = simplified English = simple organism.
People who ring instead of email... WWHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??
I am honestly considering disconnecting our workshop phone altogether. And my mobile.
Posting on behalf of a group who is mainly volunteers who look after the local creeks and waterways (planting trees to prevent erosion, chasing up businesses that dump waste, cleaning up rubbish, etc)
Thieves are the worst, imo, and stealing from a community group is so low.
> We are supported by B4C. OCCA (Oxley Creek Catchment Association) is a similar non profit group based on Oxley Creek.
> For those that havenβt heard OCCA had one of its vehicles stolen from the vehicle compound at Archerfield at about 3 pm on Friday afternoon while the gates were open and someone was on site. It appears to be very opportunistic.
> It has been reported to police and they will follow up with BCC to get access to any cctv footage.
> This is the grey Mitsubishi Triton ute 604 EL9 which unfortunately doesnβt have OCCAβs logo on it. The police report number is QP2401832786.
https://www.police.qld.gov.au/node/26849
Depressing, if expected, election results.
I just don't get what Liberals are offering that people want. Surely "adult crime, adult time" wasn't more effective than things like 50c public transport right?
Le sigh.
Are you up to date with your tetanus shots?
I guess I'll find out!
Took the bandaids off (gently!) and it looks way better than yesterday. Bit oozy, but just that yellowy/white goo that's all about healing, not the red water flowing out everywhere.
I carved the back of my hand on a sharp piece of stainless yesterday and it hurts like a mofo.
There's a 5c coin sized piece of skin that's holding on by a flap and the cut is deep under there. Currently held in place by bandaids. Fingers crossed (not literally cause I can't) it doesn't end up needing medical attention. I hate going to the doctors.
I've had enough of summer and its not even here yet
Well that went from a high to a low... Celebrated Sunday because pork knuckle and Japanese vodka lemon thing, woke up this morning to my best mate struggling to breathe. Put to sleep around 6am.
Having a dozen dogs is fun and chaotic, but when they all start getting old it's just sad after sad π₯
Lads... Lads.... This weekend is ending on a high! Pork knuckle is still on the menu, and the vodka lemon thing is still on tap.
I'm getting plastered and eating pork knuckle.
Pioneering and highly regarded instant solar quote comparison service, which started life out of a walk-in robe, has been snapped up by Big Three gentailer Origin Energy.
> Solar Quotes, the pioneering and highly regarded instant quote comparison service for the installation of rooftop PV, has been snapped up by Big Three gentailer Origin Energy, 16 years after its genesis in the walk-in robe of its founder, Finn Peacock.
Well, thats the end of Solar Quotes. What a pity, it used to be a great resource for finding information (and installers who werent cowboys).
Premier Steven Miles says Star Entertainment closing newly opened Queenβs Wharf in Brisbane is βworst case scenarioβ
> The Queensland government is in talks with Star which reportedly needs $300m in short-term funding to continue operating Queenβs Wharf precinct in Brisbaneβs CBD.
Sucked in. I hate casinos. I hate gambling in general.
Having said that... How do they get in financial trouble?? You're literally stealing money from people on a grand scale. Some punters are losing their homes because of how much money they pour in. Crooks are laundering money by losing a huge percentage of their cash there. International visitors turn up and drop tens (hundreds?) of thousands in a night.
> βThe worst case scenario would be that they have to close their doors not long after opening them,β the premier, Steven Miles, said on Wednesday.
IMO the BEST case scenario is that they close their doors, and the space is used for something better than gambling.
Driving, gymnastics, break dancing (ESPECIALLY break dancing)... Anything that can't be timed or measured or otherwise objectively decided should be removed from competition.
How do you quantify "style"? How do you ensure there is not biase from judges based on their knowledge of the competitor, be it country they are representing, or personal connections, or racial / religious opinion? How do you fairly compensate for what your personal opinion considers "worth" more when it comes to a trick or routine compared to another?
Swimming, running, jumping, throwing things a distance are all things that can be measured and ruled against a standard that every competitor uses. It's fair and it's removed from any bias.
The Olympics are supposed to be about competition between athletes and shouldn't be affected by popularity or politics, which anything with an interpretive aspect to the result will suffer from.
So yeah, remove the feels sports and limit the Olympics to reals sports.
New cars sold by MG in Australia are now covered by 10 years or 250,000km of warranty coverage.
10 years / 250,000k just announced by MG in Australia - including electric vehicles (and thus batteries)... Not bad considering the anti-EV crowd are always declaring battery packs to have a 3 year lifespan!
> MG has introduced the longest factory warranty ever offered by a new-car maker in Australia β 10 years or 250,000km, whichever comes first β five years after rolling out seven years of coverage across its line-up.
> And unlike Mitsubishi β which in October 2020 became the first brand to market a 10-year warranty, but with only a 200,000km distance limit β there is no mention of a requirement for customers to have their car serviced within the MG dealer network to access the full decade of coverage.
> While MGβs new 10-year warranty is longer in time β compared to its previous seven-year offer β it now has a distance cap of 250,000km, rather than unlimited.
> In effect from today (1 August 2024) for all newly-registered petrol, hybrid and electric MG models, the new warranty applies to vehicles not deemed to be "commercial use" β such as Ubers, taxis, food delivery couriers and driving schools.
> Remarkable video shows a driver's wild rampage from Brisbane to the Gold Coast.
> A number of vehicles were smashed including an ambulance, with the accused live streaming himself hooning through South Bank.
The story said he dumped the ute and his dogs before stealing a truck... Anyone know if the puppies are ok? π¬
Gambling inducements are banned in many countries and a parliamentary committee has recommended Australia follow suit, but more than a year later nothing has happened.
> Callum feels the familiar vibration of his mobile phone. Another text from Sportsbet.
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> Callum hasn't placed a wager for more than a year. Sportsbet is still trying to lure him back into action with an almost daily stream of text messages.
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I actually had the opposite experience to the complains in this article..
I'm not really a gambler, but I did fire up SportsBet for my first ever bet in my life during State of Origin. I put in $50 and lost $10 on Queensland. Then I found the horse bit and selected some random horses and apparently I'd won $100 so I took out my original $50, then threw away the rest on random horses and greyhounds, and Queensland at State of Origin again.
Outcome? Zero dollars lost, and a couple of games worth of funsies thinking I was going to become a tenionaire with my 1.xx odds win.
Sportsbet sent me one SMS, and I replied STOP.
Sportsbet sent me one email, and I hit unsubscribe.
I haven't received any communication since - no sms, no email, no push notifications, no anything.
Not sure I'm fully on board with people claiming its all SportsBets fault they're gambling and being preyed upon IN THIS SPECIFIC WAY.
I do say their constant spam during any sports match of any kind on free to air television is an absolute disgrace though.
What a pair of clowns (ALP and LNP)...
Also I really hate TikTok.
> There are currently no rules at either the state or federal level to stop political parties and candidates from using AI-generated material in election campaigns.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-22/qld-premier-slams-opposition-for-ai-generated-tiktok/104126936
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-23/labor-questioned-over-ai-generated-tiktok-of-peter-dutton/104131228
The alleged driver β 24-year-old Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant β has been charged with one count of murder.
Bit of an update to an earlier article --> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-21/qld-daisy-hill-hit-and-run-appeal/104123370
> A woman charged over the alleged hit-and-run murder of a young mother south of Brisbane has been remanded in custody after a brief court hearing.
> Police allege 23-year-old Kiesha Thompson was deliberately struck by an SUV just before 9am on Friday in the Logan suburb of Daisy Hill, south of Brisbane.
> The alleged driver β 24-year-old Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant β has been charged with one count of murder.
> Police said the women were known to each other but their relationship was unclear.
The boy, who cannot be named, was due to appear in person in court on Tuesday morning, but refused to travel to Brisbane from the detention centre.
> A teenager has admitted to being behind the wheel of a speeding stolen car and causing a crash which killed three people on the Fraser Coast last year.
> The boy, who cannot be named, was due to appear in person in the Childrens Court of Queensland on Tuesday morning, but he refused to travel to Brisbane from the detention centre.
> Instead, he appeared via video link, and Judge Deborah Richards told him the defiant behaviour was "a pretty stupid thing to do".
Seems a bit of an understatement...
Part of the road has been closed as police investigate.
Dunno how he managed to do that - fell asleep maybe? Made for an interesting commute to work today with that closed off.
Archive link: https://archive.md/4K3TZ
Original text: > A man was killed when he hit a barrier and rolled his ute on a Brisbane road. > The 32-year-old man, from Orange in NSW, was driving through the Granard Rd exit of the Ipswich Mwy in Rocklea about 3.20am on Thursday when he crashed. > Paramedics were called but the man was declared dead at the scene. > No one else was in the car and no other cars are believed to have been involved in the crash. > A forensic crash investigation is underway. > The Granard Rd exit on the Ipswich Mwy was closed amid the investigation.
Laws to phase out Australia's live sheep export trade by 2028 pass parliament, despite last-ditch attempts by opponents to put the brakes on the legislation.
> In short: > * Live sheep exports by sea will be phased out over the next four years, after laws banning the trade passed parliament on Monday. > * Earlier in the day, opponents met with the prime minister to request a Senate inquiry into the legislation.
> What's next? > * WA Premier Roger Cook says he will continue to negotiate for additional support for farmers affected by the laws.
Sky News and other similar conservative whinge rags are already posting the anti-Labor and anti-Greens headline as a response.
Personally I think its great news. Keep the value add in Australia (processing), and remove the cruelty of long ship travel followed by questionable processing practices in other countries.
The state opposition will take the policy to the looming Queensland election, arguing an increase to the cap will throw a "lifeline" to smaller clubs facing closure.
> In short: > * Queensland's LNP opposition wants to increase the cap on poker machines that can operate at clubs with more than two premises. > * The gaming machine cap for a club licensee with three or more sites is 500, but the LNP wants to lift that to 700.
> What's next? > * The LNP is taking the policy to the looming October state election, arguing that the proposal would benefit smaller clubs facing closure.
... Don't these statements contradict each other?
-> Applies only to businesses with more than two premises
-> benefits "smaller clubs"
???
Also I love the related stories:
You never see a song called "Northside Rocks", that's all I'm saying π
Mayor Adrian Schrinner says property owners would now need appropriate planning approvals, body corporate support and a 24-7 property manager for short-term rentals
> Mayor Adrian Schrinner says property owners would now need appropriate planning approvals, body corporate support and a 24-7 property manager for short-term rentals
Hard to argue tbh.... Is there a negative to something like this I'm not aware of?
Personally I think Airbnb is the stupidest thing going. You pay more than hotel rates, to live in a house you have to clean and tidy yourself and then pay cleaning fees on top, and its often a hassle if anything goes wrong as there's no responsible party you can approach - Airbnb shrug their shoulders, and the host just hides behind a mobile number they can conveniently turn off.
Have used them a couple of times in the past purely because we had pets and I hated it.
Olivia went on Australia's biggest show to find love, but lost almost everything. She says she got a "villain edit" β so do they exist?
tl;dr - fuck "reality" tv
> In the reality TV production process, after the casting of villains and the baiting for villainous behaviour, comes the editing.
> It's in the post-production suite that a villain edit can truly come to life.
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> The editor says there are a few techniques to achieve these characterisations. The simplest one is being selective in what gets included.
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> The second technique editors use is amplification β finding a moment amongst what the editor calls the "boring crap" that can be boosted into a storyline.
> In the show, it's spun as a major conflict.
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> And then, the drama is further enhanced with a technique called "frankenbiting".
> Like Frankenstein creating his monster, editors will mix together unrelated elements from the footage to make their own beast.
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> When the show finally goes to air, the final phase of a villain edit begins: controlling the narrative.
> Now, program makers try to ensure that no narratives that contradict the edit make it into the media.
> "They would remind me in a very threatening way before every single media interview that I had signed a [non-disclosure agreement]," Olivia says.
This becomes a problem for Olivia, because when the show goes to air, the backlash is swift.
Cheaper electricity, less emissions and ready by 2035 are some of the Coalitionβs core promises on nuclear energy, but are they backed by evidence?
> Cheaper electricity, less emissions and ready by 2035 are some of the Coalitionβs core promises on nuclear energy, but are they backed by evidence?
tl;dr - no
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The state government had forecast its Camera Detected Offence Program would make more than half a billion dollars this financial year, but is set to fall well short.
> In short: Queensland has a range of roadside cameras to detect offences such as speeding, mobile phone use, and not wearing a seatbelt. > The government has significantly revised how much it expects to make from cameras with revenue in 2023-24 tipped to fall $94 million short. > What's next? The cameras are now projected to make $409 million in 2023-24, followed by $465.8 million in 2024-25.
Brace yourself for a reduction in tolerance. Government relies on that speed camera income so if there's a shortfall they'll stop dropping the percent tolerances until we hit the 1kph over fines they hand out in Victoria.