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One the one hand, the D-class has this wonderful thing called "Air Conditioning". On the other, the Z-class is more comfortable and makes fewer weird noises when it turns. Help me guys, I can't decide. Birdstrike posted:the new sydney trams will kill people Will it shoot through Bondi Junction? Schlesische fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Dec 19, 2017 |
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Dec 19, 2017 21:59
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Schlesische posted:One the one hand, the D-class has this wonderful thing called "Air Conditioning". Is d-class the one with the strange seat configuration? Having air con is good but they really were not thinking with the design
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Dec 19, 2017 22:22
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What's a tram? Is that where you get a can of tooheys new and ram it down your throat to get as drunk as possible?
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Dec 19, 2017 22:32
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BHP set to leave World Coal Association, threatens Minerals Council withdrawal posted:BHP has identified two main differences with the MCA on climate and energy policy. I don't know how to make sense of this.
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Dec 19, 2017 22:36
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BHP.... Good?
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Dec 19, 2017 22:43
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Anidav posted:BHP.... Good? BHP have slightly intelligent self interest
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Dec 19, 2017 22:49
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BHP have been plainly saying they don't believe in geo coal mining being viable into the future for a while and that they're going to mine poo poo that is worth actual money like nickel, copper and coking coal.
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Dec 19, 2017 23:00
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-20/banks-revamp-code-of-practice-in-face-of-scandals/9274440quote:Unsolicited credit card limit increases will be banned and customers will be empowered to quickly cancel credit cards online under dramatic changes to the banking industry's code of practice.
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Dec 19, 2017 23:25
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My first car was a stick
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The Before Times posted:Is d-class the one with the strange seat configuration? Having air con is good but they really were not thinking with the design It's low floor. The suspension has to go somewhere. Anidav posted:What's a tram? Gold Coast has Trams now. JBP posted:BHP have been plainly saying they don't believe in geo coal mining being viable into the future for a while and that they're going to mine poo poo that is worth actual money like nickel, copper and coking coal. And as much Lithium extraction as they can purchase. Australia's Minerals boom has life in it yet, we've got shitloads of Lithium and other "poo poo people want all of a sudden".
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Dec 19, 2017 23:26
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Can't wait for the Solar boom to hit full speed so I can power my own house with my own feces using the Tesla Power Hole
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Dec 19, 2017 23:27
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You mean you're not connected to The Grid (TM)?
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Dec 19, 2017 23:31
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Anidav posted:Can't wait for the Solar boom to hit full speed so I can power my own house with my own feces using the Tesla Power Hole using poo poo to power your posting would violate the laws of thermodynamics somehow
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Dec 19, 2017 23:32
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bandaid.friend posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-20/banks-revamp-code-of-practice-in-face-of-scandals/9274440 As far as I can tell it looks like good for the consumer but in reality it's probably stuff they're absolutely prepared to give up if it saves a closer look at their lending practices. Isn't the Banking Royal Commission going after Industry Superfunds in any event?
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Dec 19, 2017 23:32
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So what scared the banks bad enough that they’re doing this good-guy act? They must be up to something real shady they don’t want coming out.
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Dec 19, 2017 23:33
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Hackers target UQ in a bid to inflate foreign students' scores Hackers have infiltrated a University of Queensland feeder college's computer system to inflate the test scores of underperforming foreign students. Cyber crime detectives are investigating a security breach at Brisbane's International Education Services (IES) College earlier this month. An IES spokesperson said one of its computer systems was targeted but would not say exactly how many students' results were changed, only that "irregularities" were picked up before results were shared with UQ. General manager Gerard van Balveren said police were called in about a fortnight ago, after manual end-of-year checks revealed there was a problem. But he said it was a good news story because it proved the college's manual checks were an effective safety net. "It seems that an attempt was made to change the marks of some students," he said on Tuesday. But he said there was never any danger that UQ would admit students on the basis of falsified records, because the computer system that was targeted wasn't the one used to compile final results statements for pupils. Industry sources said the results of 30 to 40 students were manipulated and the incident bore the hallmarks of an orchestrated hack. The college won't say how many records were changed, just that it was fewer than 30 and only "some" were affected. "From our point of view our quality assurance worked," Mr van Balveren said, adding UQ was informed immediately. Sources associated with IES, who don't want to be named, said that student results continued to be changed even after "the first whiff of problems", and that some staff cross-checking results had watched numbers change in real time. In some cases, academic results had been manipulated upwards by just a few percentage points, to reach benchmarks set by UQ, in other cases students marks had more than doubled. Queensland Police confirmed in a statement it received a complaint from IES on November 30 regarding an alleged computer hacking or misuse incident, but said it was "inappropriate" to comment until the investigation was finalised. UQ trusts IES College to run a foundation year program for foreign students hoping to enter undergraduate courses. They pay between about $23,000 and $30,000 and if they hit UQ's benchmark results they are guaranteed a place in the course of their choice. A UQ spokeswoman said it had been assured the "integrity" of the grades provided to the educational facility were correct. "IES has been the approved provider of UQ's foundation program for more than two decades." Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently said his government took "very seriously" media reports the Chinese Communist Party had attempted to influence Australian media, universities and politics.
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Dec 19, 2017 23:45
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Schlesische posted:One the one hand, the D-class has this wonderful thing called "Air Conditioning". The Before Times posted:Is d-class the one with the strange seat configuration? Having air con is good but they really were not thinking with the design Schlesische posted:It's low floor. The suspension has to go somewhere.
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Dec 20, 2017 00:12
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Mad Katter posted:I feel like reading about trams over the Christmas break now. 
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Dec 20, 2017 00:33
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lol turns out the two ex-ministers barnaby forced onto the backbench in yesterday’s reshuffle aren’t particularly pleased and are making rumblings about defecting i don’t expect anything to come from it because as we all know the nationals have even less of a spine than turnbull but i appreciate the good work barnaby is doing as deputy pm to assist turnbull in destroying the lnp
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Dec 20, 2017 00:47
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Household solar requires you to actually own a home in order to install it, and the only people that own homes also don't believe in climate change
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Dec 20, 2017 01:03
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Yeah but it increases the value of the property! That said this is Australia so spending money on solar panels that aren't somewhere in the NT or northern WA is dumb. Even with transmission losses. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Dec 20, 2017 |
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Dec 20, 2017 01:13
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Also “investment property” owners have zero incentive to install them because they don’t pay the electricity bills. Maybe if those bills were included in your rent though...
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Dec 20, 2017 01:18
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Les Affaires posted:Also “investment property” owners have zero incentive to install them because they don’t pay the electricity bills. Maybe if those bills were included in your rent though... Lolling at the idea of investment properties getting rented out instead of sitting empty.
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Dec 20, 2017 01:19
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CrazyTolradi posted:New solution is the E-class, which has decent seating and air-con. See my problem is that as the E-class moves trams off the more congested Northern lines, I get all the poo poo that gets moved off them on my eastern/south eastern lines. As it is I get a bunch of Z3's but I'm gonna be exclusively riding D's when the Es take over. MikeJF posted:Yeah but it increases the value of the property! If only there was some way in which you could recoup costs borne from having solar panels and selling off the excess power you generated at an amount that wasn't an absolute joke.
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Dec 20, 2017 01:22
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BBJoey posted:lol turns out the two ex-ministers barnaby forced onto the backbench in yesterday’s reshuffle aren’t particularly pleased and are making rumblings about defecting I imagine there are quite a few backbenchers who have been running the numbers on if they could switch to independent and get some nice pork barreling for their communities in return for supporting the government.
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Dec 20, 2017 01:23
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MikeJF posted:Lolling at the idea of investment properties getting rented out instead of going up on AirBnB
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Dec 20, 2017 01:26
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-20/federation-square-building-demolished-for-apple-store/9275498 Ugggghhh
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Dec 20, 2017 02:30
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CrazyTolradi posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-20/federation-square-building-demolished-for-apple-store/9275498 What the gently caress? That's terrible.
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Dec 20, 2017 02:35
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Nashville people are loud.
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Dec 20, 2017 02:36
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The Yarra building is where the Koorie Heritage Trust is housed as well. Hope they're not being displaced.
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Dec 20, 2017 02:38
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CrazyTolradi posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-20/federation-square-building-demolished-for-apple-store/9275498 Oh good, more progress towards our dystopian cyberpunk future
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Dec 20, 2017 02:43
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The Before Times posted:The Yarra building is where the Koorie Heritage Trust is housed as well. Hope they're not being displaced. Being moved to the Alfred Deakin building
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Dec 20, 2017 02:45
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CrazyTolradi posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-20/federation-square-building-demolished-for-apple-store/9275498 All hail our corporate overlords, ushering in the Shadowrun distopia
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Dec 20, 2017 02:47
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Honestly, Apple would be more at home on Collins St next to Hermes or Prada because it's basically how they're marketing and pricing themselves now days.
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Dec 20, 2017 02:52
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CrazyTolradi posted:Honestly, Apple would be more at home on Collins St next to Hermes or Prada because it's basically how they're marketing and pricing themselves now days. I already have to walk past dumbasses queuing up to be let into the Gucci store no more please
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Dec 20, 2017 02:54
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Solemn Sloth posted:I already have to walk past dumbasses queuing up to be let into the Gucci store no more please
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Dec 20, 2017 03:04
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hiddenmovement posted:Household solar requires you to actually own a home in order to install it, and the only people that own homes also don't believe in climate change I'm a home owner but I can't afford the install costs for a decent system 
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Dec 20, 2017 03:27
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CrazyTolradi posted:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-20/federation-square-building-demolished-for-apple-store/9275498 gently caress this loving bullshit, gently caress Apple It's bad enough they clog up Fed square with big brand displays and advertising all the loving time
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Dec 20, 2017 03:52
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Their math is saying that's 5,500 visitors to the Apple store daily. That's a lot of cracked iphone screens. In that article the lead architect actually calls it "Apple Federation Square".
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It's a temple to capitalism, and people visit it just 'cos.
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