techno_analyst

Yes to this. It bugs me so much that they have the “follow system” option and it’s practically never the default.

It would be such a simple way of giving users a slightly customised experience out of the box.

Yep. He's not the PM anymore, but he's still the MP for Cook: https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian_Search_Results?q=&ele=Cook

I recently bought a new Logitech mouse for my fiancée and absolutely loved how it was packaged. Aside from that tiniest bit of sticky tape, all of the packaging was cardboard. And it wasn't the waxed type of cardboard that so many things come in. Everything apart from the mouse itself went straight into recycling.

I've personally been trying to cut back on plastic where I can.

One thing I've been avoiding is plastic wrapped fruit and veg, opting for the loose ones wherever possible.

At some point I want to start logging our garbage and see what we can cut out to reduce the waste. That's definitely on my nerdier side, and thankfully shouldn't be too hard for just the two of us.

So basically with all the solar panels putting extra power into the grid, they’re already coordinating thousands of distributed systems and this is about balancing those against the actual demand.

No kids, just lots of things.

Friday night will have to be something special for the citizenship + graduation (but small since we still have the actual events yet to come).

Friends have a 1yo birthday party on Saturday for a late lunch, and then dinner plans with some other friends about 30km the other direction. Then some other social things on Sunday.

The next two weekends are all clear at the moment, so we've got that.

Usually, the exhaust gases will force the water out of the way, which is why you basically never see an exhaust snorkel on a car that has an intake snorkel.

I think the question was more like "Would the increased water pressure at that depth put too much back pressure on the engine and prevent the exhaust coming out / force water into the engine?"

Either they were concerned about that, they didn't want water to rush in immediately if the engine stopped, or they were just being on the safe side.

My fiancée has passed her citizenship test and is now just waiting for the invite for the formal ceremony. And in the same week, her sister has received final exam results and is all good to graduate later this year. And we've got Paramore tickets for when they're coming to Sydney in late November.

So it's been a good week.

Today I'm back to work, and I guess tonight is the one night of normal before the weekend chaos starts tomorrow night.

They’re already looking at implementing a odometer based tax on EVs. They should just implement that for all road registered vehicles and leave the fuel tax as is (or lower).

With some banks, you can just put a transaction limit on the card and still keep the higher credit limit in case you need it later.

For example, via the commbank app I can implement a transaction limit or apply a spending cap (basically drop the credit limit temporarily with no paperwork). I can also block certain types of transactions such as online international, in person international, cash advances, and gambling.

I’ve got the next couple of days off from work, so it’s nice to have a slow and chill start to the week. It’s my last break before our wedding in a few months, so I’ve got to make the most of it.

I’m linking in from kbin.social, so let me know if anyone sees weirdness on how my comments appear (if you eventually do see this).

I start work at 8:50am WFH.

So most of the time I’m out of bed at 8:45am.

I’m also not a coffee drinker, so that helps. If I’m extremely low on sleep (<6 hours), I’ll resort to some form of coke/Pepsi, but that’s extremely rare and basically an emergency method.

I’d love to see an automated daily thread. It’s like building the framework for the community to grow around.