nomadpete

Interesting to see the housing along the way. By the way, what is your gopro mount? It seemed to be self levelling? Thanks for sharing.

No. We now have 'Lib Lite' who are not acting on what I consider important issues for the public. Examples:- Is Woodside gas good for the public? Is backing multinational (polluting) salmon farms good for the public? Is AUKUS submarines good for the public - we probably won't get them anyway. How would 3 subs deter a dozen or so chinese ones if we ever had a conflict? I can think of others.

What he says is essentially true... Of Australia, as much as USA. Rather than gloating over their situation, I'd like to see our country take note of the trends and start planning for a better future.

Well that sounds simple. But the current attempts at "a few tunnels" in The Snowy is looking not-so-simple. Then there is the cost. After borrowing all those $billions to do such a big infrastructure project, how long would it take to pay back? How do you arrange income from it, to repay the loans/interest? I suspect that might discourage such a brave project.

The doubters once claimed that those new fangled internal combustion engines can never match the reliability and endurance of horses on the farms. Or of steam traction engines. But I don't see many horse drawn ploughs or harvesters. It's still early days for modern electric traction machinery. Maybe it never will replace the farmer's trusty John Deere machines. Maybe it will.

Don't get too excited. They'll kiss and make up as soon as there is a mutual buck to be made. They are both that shallow.

What I mean, is that sometimes humans (in HR) are not the best judges of other human's (employees) abilities. So maybe AI could help to keep the humans out of HR (in a beneficial, objective way)?

Having been involved in numerous HR departments through my varied employment, I can only applaud this as a triumph of raw computer logic over the plague of bureaucratic chair warmer HR (Human Remains) departments.

Very little, I'd say.

Great aurora has been going on for the last hour. I am 43 degrees south, and well located to see a great display....... except for 10/10 cloud and drizzle. Good night. I'm going to bed.

I wait with baited breath, to watch the Trump Birthday Parade. Sure to be big and beautiful. Some might mark it as the official launch of the big, beautiful new fascist america. Picture below, might have been a practice run in a allied country.

No Russians streaming into Gold Coast, the Ruskies escape to their enclaves in Bali.

Don't get all carried away. You still have a Sav to finish.

And you wonder why the inhabitants migrate to the gold coast ?

Trivia. Banter. Not relevant in the big scheme of things.

Blessed are the little dinosaurs. For they didn't inherit the earth.

Sorry but I couldn't see that. Australia doesn't need 3 levels of government. It costs extra to run 3 separate pyramids of power. Probably the most unreliable level, and easiest dispensed with, is local government (councils).

Are you saying Australia can't afford not to be One Nation?

My random thought about a machete ban:- I see no point in creating a specific kneejerk law banning only one type of sharp weapon. Would you rather have gangs fighting with machetes or concealable knives (or hand guns)? At least the machete is an easily seen weapon. Ban machetes and then what? Ban carving knives in kitchenwares shops? The problem people will simply opt for some other sharp weapon. Bunnings is full of potential weapons. Is it too hard to arrest any person carrying a sharp knife or thing, with intent to cause harm?

In spite of the glowing spin on Tasmania's economy, the only growth forecast is for a steady growth of billions of dollars deficit. A compounding deficit of about a billion per year.

Hold the phone. Tasmania is joining Victoria in a race to asset selloffs and probable bankruptcy. Our latest budget, is an example of Liberal party 'better finance management '. Our state spending exceeds our income. This is spruiked as a major reduction in deficit. Said deficit reduction will come from selling off profitable assets (ala Jeff Kennet), and cuts to government wage costs (lost public service jobs), and they promise ......... 'The Department of Treasury and Finance has also been allocated $3.3 million to help agencies identify savings strategies' Yeah, sure. Give me $3 million dollars and I'll show you how to spend less than you earn. Nice work if you can get it. Oh, and it gets better. They now have a DOGE just like Donny's........ by a new acronym of course......... The newly invented 'Efficiency and Productivity Unit (EPU) ......is in charge of finding at least $150 million in ongoing savings'

I'm still waiting to hear something good that the MAGApublicans have achieved for their country. There must be some positives. Apart from individuals getting rewards for loyalty.

Nice. I find myself alienated every time Microsoft bring out a new OS. Their latest offering seems to leave nothing on my laptop, so if our broadband fails (not often, but it does) I cannot access any of my files, pictures, emails. And I am so old fashioned that I prefer to keep my files local. Yes I do back up to a spare HDD. I just don't trust the cloud.

They are practising a less obvious policy of eugenics. The elite (wealthiest) designate themselves as 'chosen ones'. In order to 'save the human race' the elites must breed up, and let the weakest die off. So, they stop wasing money supporting the vulnerable individuals - they only weaken the race anyway.

Wow. The plot thickens.