Virtual Insanity

Absolutely.

As convenient as Amazon is for example, how is it fair that one guy profits off the labour of tens of thousands.

Just one example of how the internet has made some things worse, not better.

You suck in 1998?

The power that major tech companies weild combined with the addiction the vast majority of the population have to their products is telling me otherwise.

If anything things have gotten worse. Used to have 6 different supermarket bands in my town, but despite population booming we’re now stuck with a duopoly that has 6 shops between them (Coles / Woolworths) and 1 minor left over (Aldi).

That’s what I’m seeing as a 40+ Aussie that’s lived in the same town all that time.

Can it make phone calls?

Well how else do you think navigation works?

Of course it’s going to need data.

Google gets away with it by streaming the data.

Smaller 3rd party mapping companies don’t have the infrastructure to do that so you download map packages.

That’s how it worked before navigation devices had always on internet connections.

220mb for a city it really quite efficient, I wouldn’t be complaining.

Yeah that sounds like modern Aussie.

They’re trading on the reputation they had years ago. So many people blindly recommend them it’s concerning.

It’s a feature for payment processing. Aussie began using it about 5 or so years ago.

I have nothing against it generally.

But what it did do is switch my payments from Visa debit to a type of cardless EFTPOS cash out type transaction that incurred a fee with my backward bank.

Had I known they intended to change how they charge I’d have taken the card off file with them and used another method.

Aussie are already headed down the toilet. They changed his they billed me without asking and then denied it for 6 months. TIO complaint ensued where my desired outcome was an apology and that they would notify others before changing billing parameters.

TIO eventually left it with Aussie to sort and they refused to help.

It was an unusual situation, their change to least cost routing incurred transaction fees on my (very) small business account, which lead to issues with my subscription accounting package on a basic plan that had limited line items it could reconcile (about 10 per month I think).

It’s a specifically shitty situation, but my setup at the time was reasonable given my circumstances.

Had Aussie told me they were switching I could have changed to direct debit, but remember, it took 6 months to figure out it was them while they denied it the whole time.

I do tech support on an occasional basis when I’m well, and even dismissing my past history with Aussie I still find them going down hill with regards to inflated pricing and slowing support.

Their support is still above average, but at the prices they’re adding it bloody should be.

You ever played Receiver?

Not quite John wick but if you like gun handling it’s worth a look.

You just described ARMA3 with some mods.

I remember being tossed in the deep end when the mods were new to me. Having to diagnose and treat gunshot wounds, inject morphine, run fluids etc… even CPR, certain medics could do transfusions, match blood types etc.

Was kinda frightening for a PC game… And often all of this was under enemy fire.

The enemy would be injured, shot, concussed, knocked unconscious, lose blood etc. the potential existed for them to regain consciousness after a while and if you hadn’t removed their weapons they could fire in you. Surprised the shit out of people not used to these mods… Always had to check downed hostiles.

I stopped right there too. They have it arse about.

I’d be careful with that suggestion. Some external readers will only read SATA M.2, Dube will only read NVMe M.2.

Ideally you’d want I’ve is each or one that will do both for maximum compatibility.

Though most drives do seem to be NVMe now.

Any more info on this Eufy issue? A came across a camera system if theirs that’s having issues. Might have to read up tomorrow.

Ooof… Half that list is illegal to DIY in Australia. We have the dumbest laws for electrical and plumbing.

Ham Radio

Some aren’t even aware the hobby still exists.

Easy to get licenced in most places, ham radios are cool pieces of clever tech. So many sub hobbies within. Digital modes, long distance, electronics, antenna design and building.

This, very very much.

I can’t code for shit, but am willing to put some time and effort into FOSS.

But I’m not sure what’s needed, or where is needed.

Have these projects ever considered just asking for the help they need?