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AusERA |OT| For We Are One and Free
- Thread starter jambo
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Fuck them all.
everyone getting CTR remastered ?
missed the PC version of wolf 2 and wouldnt of minded getting it since the PS4 version is bugged out on any tv or screen that i Own !
The Xiaomi powerbanks go cheap pretty often, I'll keep an eye out
Anyone on the home automation train? Got a few smart switches for my birthday which are actually pretty cool, I initially thought it was going to be not great but I've setup a lighting schedule for my fishtanks, tracking power usage on my home theatre setup and gaming pc with the same set.
I'm thinking about getting a few dimmable smart bulbs so I can mimic sunset a few hours after the fact. Issue is that they're bloody expensive. The philip's hue and lifx range are at least $50 for a single bulb. There do seem some cheaper but dubious alternatives at least..
Probably going to be something I do over the break, I've got a Pi that'll set up with home assistant and a few other pi zero's that'll set up with thermostats so that I can better control the a/c around the joint.
I'm thinking about getting a few dimmable smart bulbs so I can mimic sunset a few hours after the fact. Issue is that they're bloody expensive. The philip's hue and lifx range are at least $50 for a single bulb. There do seem some cheaper but dubious alternatives at least..
Probably going to be something I do over the break, I've got a Pi that'll set up with home assistant and a few other pi zero's that'll set up with thermostats so that I can better control the a/c around the joint.
These websites say spots "open up" sometime in the morning - are you saying if I get there at that point they're already full?
So we can start talking about our GOTY lists now hey. I'll do mine this week and share. Will be fun!!
You should be able to get decent spots if you go early in the morning and lay down a picnic blanket for your group.
I have a few smart plugs plus a Broadlink IR blaster to smarten up my mostly dumb home theatre. All of it goes through Homebridge, which makes it work with HomeKit and Siri. So now I can tell Siri to watch Netflix and it'll change the input to the AV receiver, switch that to the Telstra TV and start Netflix on it.
I have the TPLink HS-110 smart plugs and I hacked together an energy monitoring setup as well, since the default app only displays current and cumulative usage but not usage over time:
All of this is currently running on a Docker container on my NAS but I have two spare Raspberry Pis that I intended to use for automation, and I will eventually move the Docker container to one of them.
Philips Hue and other brand ones are way expensive and often not worth the price for what you get. If you're adventurous like me, you should do your research into cheaper hardware and use bridging software that brings compatibility to your preferred smart home hub or smart assistant. Particularly with HomeKit, compatible devices tend to have a ridiculous price premium.
I would've changed all my lights but my apartment doesn't use the bulb types so I can't. Not a large setup yet, but my future plans are to get cheap LED strips that can connect to my setup, or hack together my own solution to get on demand mood lighting, something that can automate my blinds and curtains, a door sensor so I can check if I've closed by door properly and maybe some way to control the aircon.
It's a shame I can't integrate the lights. I did some research into light switches since I can't change the lights themselves, but it seems the wiring standards for lights in Australia is done in such a way that the switch cannot be powered if the switch is off.
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Hey everyone!
So early next year I will officially be a permanent resident! (hopefully assuming nothing gets stuffed with my visa).
I intend to eventually apply for citizenship afterwards! I admit I've been a bit lax on my research on political parties in Australia and was wondering if there are any specific resources that would help clear thins up for me?
So early next year I will officially be a permanent resident! (hopefully assuming nothing gets stuffed with my visa).
I intend to eventually apply for citizenship afterwards! I admit I've been a bit lax on my research on political parties in Australia and was wondering if there are any specific resources that would help clear thins up for me?
Its pretty simple
LibsNats, also known as the Coalition, are cunts, never vote for them
Labor is the big centre-left party and are better than libs but very spineless and have some pretty disgusting stances e.g. refugees
Greens are the left-wing party, a bit cooked in some ways but I reckon there the best overall. Also unlike other countries we have preferential voting so you can vote for smaller parties and If they fail preferences flow to the bigger parties, avoiding the Jill Stein issue where 3rd party was a vote for Trump in a way
I don't know any specific resources but thats the basics
Anyway, welcome mate, which city you headed too?
Currently working the legal sector, but might be changing in the future.
Also, no matter the election, you're always voting for your local member of parliament, never directly for the state premier or prime minister (unless you happen to live in their electorate). Think of them as the equivalent to US house seats, where people in a distinct region (~100k people) vote for who will represent them in the main legislative body.
Senate is voted on proportionally statewide, which is why you see these kooky micro parties do better. Except Queensland. Queensland doesn't have a state senate because of reasons.
The National-Liberal Coalition
To be clear the Coalition is an electoral alliance between the Liberal Party and the National Party (formerly known as the Country Party), which broadly represent the conservative side of politics. As part of the deal the Prime Minister / Leader of the Opposition is always a Liberal Party member and the Deputy is always a National Party member and they regulate their own internal matters.
The Liberal Party has two wings. The first is made up of small "l" liberals (wets) who are mainly pro-business, so low taxes on the wealthy are their main driver, but they're more willing to budge on social issues. The other wing are the religious/social conservatives (drys), to whom the utter collapse of both the Western liberal order and the entirety of Western civilisation are imminent because they overheard people speaking mandarin in the street and saw two men holding hands in a park. This division causes internal conflict. Malcolm Turnbull, the previous prime minister, was a wet who has been ousted thanks to a dry insurgency within his own party, led by culture warriors such as Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton.
The Nationals, on the other hand, are basically socialists who only approve of welfare and pork that benefits rural, white, native-born christian people. Overall, they too are distrustful of the wet wing of the Liberal party.
Labor
Labor have two wings as well. They're a party born out of the union movement, so you have the socially conservative but pro-business labor right (jobs uber alles) and the more Marxist influenced labor left, who are more progressive on social issues. This division causes problems as well, but this hasn't been as vicious or as public as the infighting in the Liberal Party.
Generally, Labor, while left leaning, are utterly spineless when it comes to taking principled but potentially unpopular stances. It is why Labor never put forward gay marriage legislation while in power and agree with the coalition on the subject of refugees - it is electorally advantageous to pander to conservatives in swing districts and adopting these positions shuts down an avenue of attack by the Coalition from the right. If you're looking for moral leadership on the left, you're not likely to find it in the Labor Party.
The Greens
If climate change is your number one issue, you've found your home in the Greens. They also pick up a lot of the left leaning positions Labor should be adopting, but don't because their polling tells them it doesn't play well in swing seats in Queensland or Western Sydney. They're mainly a factor in inner-city seats where they can challenge Labor from the left or provide a useful protest vote option for wet Liberal voters who would rather slit their wrists than vote Labor. Also the senate, which again, Queensland does not have because reasons.
The rest
The rest of the parties/independents are a smattering of localist politicians (Nick Xenophon, before having to quit parliament, was a champion at getting pork for South Australia in exchange for vaguely wet liberal policies), staunch religious conservatives for are too dry for the Liberal Party (Cory Bernardi and the remnants of Family First), one American style libertarian alt-right arsewipe (Leyonhjelm), the sweep-ins of Clive Palmer (Australia's Donald Trump), the occasional dissident National and other right wing kooks.
I just had a go of a local Taco Bell with its meager offering of some wraps and burritos. Sadness pancake is how I would describe my burrito. The combo is cheaper than just a buritto from Guzman or Salsa's but oof. Are the legends true? Is TB really this awful all the time? Aussies better not make this a success here, you have options!
I just want more options for shitty drive-thru fastfood that I can get at weird hours of the night without having to put on pants other than Maccas or KFC. Even us lazy slobs want some variety now and then.
The power of brand name recognition. Demolition man has a lot to answer for.
Enrolling in University is an absolutely dire process, I'm going UNSW next year and I already want to drop it all and become a hermit just due to the amount of weird calenders and forms I've had to deal with
I am not sure of I can ask this ,but is there access to cannabis with high CBD and low THC in Canberra ?
Yeah mate, just talk to Vinnie in the car park of KFC Dickson. Look for the black WRX.
Big if true will be looking for it in 2 weeks when I get there thanks man.
Just some payment/banking updates (huge bank nerd here):
- CommBank has announced Apple Pay. Will be coming to CommBank and Bankwest customers this January. Expect NAB/UBank and Westpac announcements soon. (Bankwest is under the CommBank brand)
- New Payment Platform updates
- Rollout Round 2 has been delayed until next year. Bank of China Australia, UBank, MeBank, Bank of Queensland, Suncorp, Citibank, HSBC and Macquarie seem to be having problems with the current infrastructure so have held off rolling out to next year. (Laughable considering Citibank, HSBC and Macquarie own a part of the brand). You can always find what and how your bank supports NPP and Osko here.
- NAB has delayed their NPP rollout to their internet banking website until next year.
- Westpac will be completing their personal NPP rollout by the end of this year/early next year to all states, then business customers will slowly have the system rolling out.
- Westpac has rolled out the system to accounts in which the BSB has been located in Vic, SA, Qld, NT and Tas.
- After business customers have been fully rollout, Bank of Melbourne/BankSA/St Georges will be rolled out over time.
- The rise of the neobanks.
- Up has officially been released to the public. Backed by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. (https://up.com.au)
- Has announced to be partnering with Afterpay for a receipt to app experience.
- No international transaction fees. No monthly fees. There is however a foreign ATM fee.
- Has rolled out conversational payments and New Payments Platform. Read their medium article here.
- New savings rate structure pops up early next year. Current savings rate is 2.75% for 4 months until February 2019 (unlimited withdrawals, interest is calculated at the last day of the month).
- Rolling out Samsung Pay next year. Has rolled out Apple Pay, Google Pay, Garmin Pay and Fitbay Pay.
- Prepaid product Xinja has just gained approval for a restricted banking license. Plans to start a transactional banking experience mid 2019 here.
- Prepaid offering has no international transactional fees nor foreign ATM fees.
- Working on rolling out Apple Pay.
- Fully independent. No backings from any bank.
- No NPP support yet but Xinja Me allows funding from anyone via debit or credit card.
- Revolut set to launch mid next year. 20,000 people in the Australian waitlist here.
- Douugh set to launch next year. (https://www.douugh.com)
- Uses AI bot "Sophie" to analyse your transactions made from your other accounts to check your transactional health before offering ways on how to save automatically.
- Wildcard has launched. Sorta backed by ANZ. (https://www.wildcard.money)
- Only 1000 people in. Idk when they are gonna raise the limit.
- :86 400 set to launch with public beta early next year. Backed by ex-Cuscal and ex-ANZ Japan/Fiji CEO and various ex-Westpac/ex-CommBank/ex-ANZ employees. (https://www.86400.com.au)
- Has announced to be supporting NPP and Apple Pay.
- Pelikin set to launch next year (https://www.pelikin.co). Cards supplied and backed by Heritage Bank.
- Has announced to be a travel money alternative. No transactional fees nor atm withdrawal fees.
- Volt Bank set to launch next year. (https://www.voltbank.com.au)
- Has announced to be supporting Apple Pay.
- China's WeBank and WeChat Pay set to expand to Australia in 2019-2020.
- Up has officially been released to the public. Backed by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank. (https://up.com.au)
- Bank promotions
- Transactional account offerings
- Student? Apply for a Westpac Choice Youth/Student account and receive $50 when depositing $250. Does not apply to customers who had a Choice account from or after 8th of October 2017. (https://www.westpac.com.au/personal-banking/bank-accounts/transaction/choice/tertiary-student/)
- Likewise St Georges, Bank of Melbourne and BankSA are doing the same offer. (Offer is valid for over 21/not a full-time student)
- Open a Suncorp account with a Visa Debit Card by January 31st, tap 5 times using Apple Pay and receive $50 cash back.
- Bank of Queensland Fast Track Savings Account. 4% interest. Ages 14 - 24. Must deposit $200 per month, in to your Day2Day account to receive the interest. Unlimited withdrawals. No annual fee.
- Student? Apply for a Westpac Choice Youth/Student account and receive $50 when depositing $250. Does not apply to customers who had a Choice account from or after 8th of October 2017. (https://www.westpac.com.au/personal-banking/bank-accounts/transaction/choice/tertiary-student/)
- Credit card offerings
- Apply for a CommBank Low Rate/Low Rate Gold card and receive $250 cash back when spending over $500 within 90 days of opening your card.
- Westpac's Altitude Platinum is currently having a promotion. $0 annual fee first year, $50 Qantas fee if you choose to earn Qantas points. Spend $3000 in 90 days and earn 60,000 bonus Qantas points. Be wary of the gross interest rate.
- Likewise St Georges, Bank of Melbourne and BankSA are doing a similar offer with their Amplify cards. $0 annual fee first year, no Qantas fee yet. Spend $4000 in 90 days and receive a bonus 80,000 bonus Qantas points or 100,000 bonus Amplify points. Be wary of gross interest rate!
- Nexus Mutual's Low Rate Platinum Card is offering $0 balance transfer fee and 0% interest for first 12 months. Also has complimentary insurance package. (https://www.nexusmutual.com.au/transact/cards/). Great way if you want to cut fees.
- Bank of Queensland's Low Rate Visa card special offer, 0% for Balance Transfers for first 14 months.
- Transactional account offerings
- Beem It
- Haven't signed up for Beem It? Sign up now to receive $15. Redeem code BEEMIT10 and get a friend to you invite you to Beem It to earn $10 + $5.
- You can now send $500 per day. (Used to be $200)
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I mean, move to a different bank to make them feel the pain?
Merry Christmas you filthy animals!
My family celebrate Christmas Eve and Mrs Squirrel's do so on Christmas Day, so each year I get two different pig-out sessions. The one is filled with the love and support of my blood family and the foods of my childhood while the other has alcohol.
Like Nintendo and Sony, they offer different experiences that complement each other well.
My family celebrate Christmas Eve and Mrs Squirrel's do so on Christmas Day, so each year I get two different pig-out sessions. The one is filled with the love and support of my blood family and the foods of my childhood while the other has alcohol.
Like Nintendo and Sony, they offer different experiences that complement each other well.
Merry Xmas.
21 hours in a tin can and I am home in the loving embrace of my family, arguing with my mum over her moving my piano every six months ;)
21 hours in a tin can and I am home in the loving embrace of my family, arguing with my mum over her moving my piano every six months ;)
NPP is a fucking mess. I just want to be able to transfer and receive money instantly no matter which bank a transfer is from or going to, or whether it's transferred online, with their app, or whatever. Almost a year later, that's still not a reality. Why is that so fucking hard for these cunts?
So out of curiosity, I logged everything that went into my mouth on Christmas Day and counted up the calories. I could stop eating right now and be all good calorie-wise until Saturday.
A third of what I ate was wholesome food that is actually good for the body. Another third was basically chocolate. The final third was alcohol.
Turns out alcohol isn't good for you, guys.
A third of what I ate was wholesome food that is actually good for the body. Another third was basically chocolate. The final third was alcohol.
Turns out alcohol isn't good for you, guys.