Reddit is the most new-user-unfriendly site I have ever been to. You've got to farm an unknown amount of karma before you can post or comment in subreddits. There's a reason I'm at Lemmy now. Fuck Reddit. (Also, 4chan is a toilet. The occasional nuggets of good stuff aren't worth trawling through pages of shitposts for.)

esprit de corps

I am literally shocked that this stupid embarrassment of a human-like bacteria actually knows what "esprit de corps" means.

I currently have a Motorola Edge phone. It replaced an LG Velvet from about 2019. Before that was an Xperia. I love having options, and I derive some pleasure in avoiding Apple, Samsung and Google phones. Whether Xperia is still all that relevant or not is another thing. But the one I had was good for a few years.

K is the happiest. I like that one. B is shocked (pun!) at what's going on. H is encouraging me to see things in a racist light.

I'm allowed to comment without first being required to farm an unknown amount of karma.

Is this a Paranoia reference out in the wild? Amazing. Well done!

In Australia, we're lucky to get anyone foreign visiting our shores. Pearl Jam did come out last year, but nosebleed tickets were >$360 each, so that was a hard "nope".

But there's almost any price that my wife and I would pay to see Angels and Airwaves.

I live with type I (I'm Australian) so it's just a normal socket for me. Though looking at it more critically it reminds me of a female toilet/bathroom sign. Not that it's an exact replica, but it just gives the impression.

The important question is how did it get there? That thing is going to weigh a ton (metric, as it's in Canada) and if you can't scoot it up there in a vehicle, then that's a logistical problem all in itself.

the number of folks who will run bespoke solutions will be so small that it’ll be insignificant

For the vast majority of people, you are right. But for the very few malignant actors, that is the thing they'll do. It will make ASIO's job harder as they're now trying to trace foreign VPN's, custom-made encryption programs and other stuff that I personally don't know about (I'm not overly knowledgeable about such computer things).

The >99% of Signal users forced into the sunlight aren't the threat. It's the <1% of Signal users who 'go underground' that are the threat.

I find it odd that there are a loud and large number of people who decry communism and socialism as failed theories – pointing to the ruins of various countries that have unsuccessfully implemented them – while pointedly ignoring the fact that capitalism is falling into the same problems: the ruling class (ie, ultra-rich) takes all, and the working class suffers from a rapidly widening wealth gap.

However, when you know that the media is owned by only a handful of billionaires to benefit from the system as it is, it starts making a lot more sense.

Maybe introduce it as optional until you are 18? And then it goes compulsory.

This is the answer. It will give a (small) voice to the next generation who has to suffer under the piss-poor legislation that our government creates, so they can at least fight back. They're the ones who are on the border for a lot of things (or even partaking of some 'over-18' activities, like tax) and they should get a say in it.

Imagine if every 16-17 year old voted down the clowns in parliament so they (for example) have at least some chance of buying a house one day? The older generation (boomers) has already lost the majority voting base, and the Lib/Lab duopoly is feeling the hurt because of it.

I initially thought it was a treat (like some sort of jellied lolly inside or something). However, the word "treat" could be used in a verb sense, as in "to treat". It is 100% not clear though.

Do Go On

I am not familiar with them, but I just looked them up and they seem cool, so will see what they've got.

This is a great article. Thank you for the link.

Hey, I'm lazy. But you are correct.

I'm trying to have a balanced view, and hear a different side of the story, however, I entirely agree with you.