cammoblammo

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m fairly sure it’s not the voters they’re blaming. It’s the people who didn’t vote.

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

Don’t forget looking around the office to find a clue as to what the password is. It’s either the dog’s name or the owner’s favourite baseball player.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I get annoyed when websites say something like, ´Using a password of this strength will take a a hacker one million years to brute force.´

No, it’ll take a million years to try every combination and permutation of allowed characters. Chances are your password will be tried much sooner than that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe it’s mispronouncing the word ‘butt’.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, younger generations use snap a lot more. When they want to interact with older people though, Facebook Messenger is the go. I don’t know any workplaces or community groups that use Snapchat to communicate with everyone, and not everyone has an iPhone, but getting on the work Messenger chat group is almost mandatory at every place I’ve worked at in the last ten years. My kids, who are Gen Z, have the same experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Facebook Messenger is the default messaging app in Australia too. If you tell any someone that you’ll message them, you mean you’ll find them on Messenger. If you have their number it might mean SMS, but probably not.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

The app isn’t exactly optimised for finding content. There’s a lot on there, but it always takes me a while to figure out which submenu gives me the goodies.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

The copyright issues could be interesting.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump isn’t president of the US though.

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

I doesn’t sound like it’s parents objecting to these books.

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

Well, the Elves did hunt the Dwarves before they realised they too were Children of Iluvatar.

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

The Valar had fought a much earlier, much more cataclysmic war with Melkor in Middle-earth called the First War with Melkor, and there was also the War of the Powers during the Years of the Trees.

And the Eagles joined the Battle of the Black Gate before the Ring was destroyed. It was only a matter of minutes, but it still happened earlier.

 

So, Australia Day. Here's how I think the whole debate can be settled. We swap King's Birthday and Australia Day.

King's Birthday, which is universally acknowledged as no more than an excuse for a day off, falls very close to the anniversary of the date the Mabo decision was handed down. That would be a great date to celebrate the fact that our nation isn't just a smidge over two centuries old, but many tens of thousands of years old. We still have major issues of reconciliation and treaty to deal with, but this could be a good step in that direction.

Now, we still need a holiday towards the end of January. How else will we know it's time to go back to school, or which songs are considered hot? If we move the King's Birthday to the last Friday in January (and remember, the King's Birthday isn't held on his birthday and the timing is essentially arbitrary) we still get a chance to celebrate whatever it is we celebrate then. We can still pop a side of lamb on the barbie, we can still watch the cricket... heck, we can still celebrate our love for our great nation by putting on a pair of flag budgie smugglers and running up Glenelg Jetty otherwise naked.

Thoughts?

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