Marty_d
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I couldn't agree more OME. Take the money out of politics.
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Did we both give... The wrong answer?
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That dog deserves a medal. Or at least his owner, who probably walked him around the star for 15 minutes until the eagle landed.
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I'm sure the electoral Commission has stats on the number of informal votes. But the thing is, if voting is optional, only those who feel strongly about issues will bother. That means more goes to the extremes, which is why you have an autocratic kleptocracy in the US right now. I think our system means more people vote towards the centre, which helps reign in the more extreme policies on both sides.
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Just to play devil's advocate here, telling a family that their child is alive when they weren't is a pretty major stuff-up. It would have been devastating for the family to feel that overwhelming relief that she was alive, only to then be crushed. As a parent I can't imagine it.
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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
That's why the ARENA research advises going for the low hanging fruit - small trucks. These are rarely far from base and do lots of short trips so could recharge at night. They said electrifying 30,000 - 50,000 would save a billion (or more) litres of diesel annually. -
The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
ABC published some analysis on this which I posted somewhere before - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/how-much-might-it-cost-to-electrify-road-freight/106956614 One of the findings is that $3b in subsidies could assist in replacing 30,000 - 50,000 light trucks with electric equivalent. -
Used to be that you only got advertising on free products. Like the majority of apps which are free, make their money through ads. However recently even the paid services show ads. Netflix and Prime especially. If you don't want ads, you pay more. Basically it's because billionaires are arseholes.
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Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)
Marty_d replied to onetrack's topic in General Discussion
La Grange is still one of my favourites. -
Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)
Marty_d replied to onetrack's topic in General Discussion
ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died. Appropriate name considering the band, but strangely, in the photo on the news at least, he didn't have one. -
There was? It was cool but we didn't get any snow where we are.
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Spot on Nev.
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One from the RN Friday quiz. Mike gives his girlfriend a gift of her favourite flowers. In the bunch, all of the flowers, except 2, are roses. All of the flowers, except 2, are irises. And all of the flowers, except 2, are daisies. How many flowers are in the bunch?
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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/how-much-might-it-cost-to-electrify-road-freight/106956614
