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@ FireWire400 @lemmy.world

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IT dingus from Germany who's gonna move to Australia soon™

  • Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]

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  • Your phone still has to be able to connect to a tower (of any provider), no?

  • Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]

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  • It does play a sound at full volume. I was in a waiting room at my GP when they sent the test alerts in 2023 or so, it was quite funny hearing every phone in the room going off one by one.

  • Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]

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  • Germany has been doing these or a while now, works quite good (the tests at least). It only works when your phone is connected to a cell tower, though, that's not really a problem over here in Germany but it could be quite a big one in Australia.

    I don't think cell coverage isn't that good in the Outback, even with Vodafone doubling their network coverage (har har).

  • DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media

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  • Many places over here have stopped to carry DVDs and, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure all the major studios have stopped selling them; my comment is entirely referring to the used market where Blu-Ray can be $3-$4 more expensive but it doesn't have to be if you look around. I've bought many films on BD for $2 or less on eBay.

    Plus, I assume the article is largely taking about the western market (most likely the US in particular) where the situation is similar. Blu-Ray players are much more expensive, so the cost of entry is higher. I've never heard of them requiring an internet connection to work, though, that's certainly a point against them. I only ever used the various game consoles with BD drives to watch BD discs and have never encountered such limitation (then again they were connected to the internet most of the time regardless).

  • DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media

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  • Properly manufactured Audio CDs are actually quite resilient, obviously not so much to scratches, but out of all my 100+ CDs (I'd say half of which are older than 25 years) only one has disc rot and that one is a pressing made by PDO who're known for their bad pressings that are prone to disc rot.

    I don't really store my CDs in a special way either.

  • DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media

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  • I wonder why specifically DVDs... It's not like with audio formats where the experience is almost as or even more important than the quality; Blu-Ray delivers far better quality with the same experience. If they were into Laserdisc I'd understand, but DVD?

    They're not even that much more expensive. Maybe the initial cost of getting a player is higher?

  • 'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error'

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  • Probably mostly invites to boring meetings where she's "optional"

  • 'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error'

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  • Jokes on you; she probably still earns more money than most of us...

  • Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"

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  • Gemini 3 (Fast) got it right for me; it said that unless I wanna carry my car there it's better to drive, and it suggested that I could use the car to carry cleaning supplies, too.

    Edit: A locally run instance of Gemma 2 9B fails spectacularly; it completely disregards the first sentece and recommends that I walk.

  • Connected cars can be hacked, research finds

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  • I mean yeah, thought this was common knowledge by now tbh...

  • Trump Tower planned for Surfers Paradise will be Australia’s tallest building and ‘best resort’, local developer claims | Gold Coast

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  • Why the fuck is this even being considered? I know, money, but c'mon Australia.....

    Gold Coast mayor says he looks forward to considering a ‘formal development application’

    "Looking forward to considering", sounds to me like a very formal way to say fuck off...

  • Firefox is ending support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1; Mozilla recommend switching to Linux, for people who can't run Windows 10 or 11

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  • Even that doesn't bring normal Windows 10 close to the IoT versions from my experience; it debloats it pretty good but not enough.

    It's the best legal option for sure.

  • Firefox is ending support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1; Mozilla recommend switching to Linux, for people who can't run Windows 10 or 11

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  • Linux, or Windows 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC if you can't ditch Windows

  • Single Unbroken Line Logo Redesigns

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  • That hp logo looks pretty sleek, I gotta say

  • Australia: Chinese HungryPanda food delivery drivers say police contacted family members back home as part of pressure campaign to stop them protesting

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  • Why would they discuss stuff like that in a messaging app monitored by the Chinese government?

  • Do migrants feel they belong in Australia? The answer is complicated

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  • Well, I kinda feel the same about Germany nowadays; it's always very vocal minorities (nazis and the like) ruining it for everyone else. Only thing is that there are probably more of those those people in any European country than there are in Australia.

  • Canberra bar declared a crime scene as police seize 'clearly satirical' posters under new Commonwealth hate laws

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  • I kinda wanna go to that bar right now, it seems like a cool place.

  • Man jailed for a year after endorsing neo-Nazi views and making antisemitic speech at Sydney rally on Australia Day

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  • Being jailed for a year surely will make him change his mind about being a nazi /s

  • Texas becomes leading test ground for small nuclear reactors

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  • Nice, we're going backwards....

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    West Head Beach, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

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    The only kookaburra I've seen in NSW

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    The original Ettamogah Pub in Albury, NSW

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    View from Echo Point Lookout in the Blue Mountains

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    Cocky nibbling on a cashew

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    Tranquillity

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    Two cockies sitting in a tree, surveying the area

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    Help me find the origin of this Aussie plushie

  • Comic Strips @lemmy.world
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    Can someone ID this comic strip?

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    Updated Edge and it now seems to put a frame with rounded corners around every website

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    You can't imagine how much this annoyed me...