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SaneMartigan

@ SaneMartigan @aussie.zone

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My previous account was @dumblederp@aussie.zone I left it because Rowling has turned out to be a pretty shitty person and I don't want the association.

Mostly I'm just here for idle friendly conversation over shared interests.

I can get caught up in my own stubbornness on some topics.

  • Public health advocates say more transparency needed in debate over illicit tobacco as industry links questioned

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  • It's not the high, it's the strength of the addiction. Nicotine is hard to kick. This has been known about since the English landed at what's become Virginia in the USA. Tobacco has a long history of being used as an addictive trade good. There's a great book by Iain Gately - La Diva Nicotina: The Story of How Tobacco Seduced the World. Which covers the history of tobacco.

    That said its been easier than ever to get chop chop or even produced smoke than ever before. Same for the disposable vapes, look for a bin covered in security seal stickers and you won't have to go far to find the shop.

  • YSK that treatments for back pain can cost thousands. But scientists found some of the best fixes are actually free

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  • YSK if you talk to a surgeon, they'll recommend surgery. Whoever you talk to has been trained that their method of treatment is the preferred one. They're invested in that technique so will push what they've been taught.

  • I'm curious about having my testicles removed, can anyone tell me their experience if they've had it done?

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  • A lot of stronger pain meds cause constipation so the laxative can be for that side effect. Avoiding bearing down aka poo pushing can be recommended to reduce stress on the surgery site. I had two hernia operations to learn this. I'm a cis male but one of my testes is giving me a bit of grief so I expect I'll need to evict it at some point.

  • Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto

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  • On this note, I lost contact with a huge number of friends when I deleted my facebook ~15 years ago. Similar for livejournal. I handed out my email address and phone number before I walked away, but people have not used those to contact me at all.

    I think people don't want to put any effort into socialisation. Getting a "feed" is so easy, it feels like you're connecting with people. You see the comments and likes. But everyone is lonely because they're not actively interacting, just passively consuming.

  • Australian health insurance premiums just had their biggest hike in a decade. Is it time to scrap private health cover?

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  • It's always been time to scrap private health cover. Disgusting that it was ever introduced.

  • Ban under-16s from riding ebikes and e-scooters then require a driver’s licence, Queensland inquiry to recommend

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  • They're great devices. I'm for any legislation that allows the legal public use of them. Ridiculous that I can be trusted with a 1000+ cc motorbike but not a 3kw e-moto.

  • High power bills impeding heat pumps, California’s electrification goals

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  • $7k AUD was for a ~42kw FoxESS battery with a 10kw Inverter. I need another $2-3k of work done on the house power supply first. I'm having a lot of trouble finding a sparky to do the mains upgrade that I need.

  • High power bills impeding heat pumps, California’s electrification goals

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  • There might be. Any of that stuff in Australia is very much "pay a licensed professional" to do the work, so it costs a fortune and companies defend their share in the market rather than embrace new tech.

  • High power bills impeding heat pumps, California’s electrification goals

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  • Got off residential gas in Australia a few years ago. Bills are $600/yr for power, were up to $1500 one year for power+gas. At $600/yr a residential battery investment of $7k isn't worth it for my household. It won't run the AC because I've got a multi-split system for the bedrooms. Had I known I'd've gotten individual units for the bedrooms so I could get on on the battery backup system but I'm not cashed up enough to go pulling out a fairly new multi-AC to replace it with a bunch of individuals for the bedrooms so that I can get AC when the summer heat takes out the power.

    e: love the downvote.

  • Lunatic Deliberately Bitten by ~20 Species of Venomous Snake May Help Create A 'Universal' Antidote for Snake Bites.

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  • I mean I enjoyed The Princess Bride, but this is some wild shit.

  • Uncuttable Bike Locks vs Angle Grinder

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  • I've had five bikes stolen. I've got an Kryptonite NYC mini which has done me well since. But my bike at the moment is shit looking, it's kinda just shit. I put all the nice parts from my busted carbon fibre racer onto an old apollo frame.

    But totally, outrun the bear. Plus don't leave it locked anywhere outside overnight. In Melbourne that a guaranteed theft these days.

  • YSK where you come from

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  • My DNA says British/Irish, my grandparents say Irish/Scottish and my passport says Australian.

  • GrapheneOS can help you retake your privacy, right now. - Veronica Explains

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  • I've been meaning to do my 8a, but I've got a bunch of stuff on there that I need to backup first. Signal history, steam auth, google auth, banking, aus government services. I've still got my failing Pixel5 so I think I'll try to backup to that then switch my 8a over to Graphene. I should've done it when I got the 8a but like I mentioned my 5 is failing.

  • Uncuttable Bike Locks vs Angle Grinder

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  • To quote a friend "nothing's going to stop a drunk tradie with a cutting disk on their angle grinder".

  • Watch: Gout Gout stuns with a record-equalling time in the 100 metres

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  • GGWP.

  • Have you ever solved a Rubik's Cube? And how?

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  • I dismantled it and rebuilt it.

  • is it considered rude to limit my upload in qbittorrent?

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  • Lol, the ethics of piracy.

    It depends on your connection, country, ability to seed and probably a few other things I'm not thinking of.

    I squatted for a while with 40gb per month on my mobile, I didn't seed shit.

    I rented a seedbox for a few years and seeded some things into the thousands ratio.

    Plenty of people use Streamio which is straight leeching.

    Do what you can. The higher the ratio the better.

    I feel that if something has taken weeks/months to download I try to seed that for a while. If something is super popular its got enough support that I'm not making any difference.

  • NSW To Impose Minimum Age For E-Bikes Following Review

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  • e-bikes and e-motos are great and we need legislation to allow their use.

    I can buy a 1000cc motor bike, I'm licensed to ride it, I should be able to buy a 3kw ebike and have some laws to follow which allow for its use.

  • When you wanna watch something but for whatever reason using a big screen is inconvienient, would you just watch it on your phone or wait till you find the time to watch it on the big screen?

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  • I watch most stuff on an old surface4 laptop/tablet. Haven't had a big TV in years. Pc has 2x 27" Monitors but they're for gaming, work and schooling.

  • Meta patents AI that could keep you posting from beyond the grave

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  • What happened to Somalia? I dunno their Facebook accounts say everything's fine...

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