Zagorath

3rd March 1986 is the date the Australia Acts were enacted, which is actually what removed the last shackles of UK dominion over Australia, including the UK's ability to pass legislation that would have effect in Australia or for Australians to appeal to the UK privy council. Up until this point, Australia was officially still a dominion of the British Empire.

The Statute of Westminster was officially adopted on 9th October 1942, though it was backdated to 3rd September 1939. It removed most of the ability of the UK to legislate with effect in Australia (still enabling them to legislate over Australia with Australia's "express request and consent"), removed the ability of the monarch to refuse to allow the Governor-General to give royal assent, and gave Australia the ability to control the laws of royal succession independently of the UK, which is why prior to William having his first kid, Australia (and other countries such as NZ, in addition to the UK itself) had to enact legal changes to the laws of succession in order to allow for succession to be simple primogeniture, rather than male-preference primogeniture.

So that's 3 good dates there: 3 March, 3 September, and 9 October.

There's also 9 July, which is the date the Australia Constitution Act 1900 was enacted by the UK Parliament, allowing for federation to occur on 1 January the following year. So a potential 4th date, but kinda a lame one IMO.

Zagorath @aussie.zone 6h ago

I'm with you. 3rd March is a good pick for both what it represents (throwing off the shackles of the British) and for the time of year (early Autumn is basically still summer), and I strongly support the idea of changing it to that date.

I think I would prefer 3rd September or 9th October, the date the Statute of Westminster was enacted (depending on whether you go by the date it actually passed in 1942, or the date it was retroactively applied to in 1939). They both come at a time of year where there's a relative lack of public holidays. The 5 month period from late December to early May already have Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year's, Good Friday, Easter Monday, ANZAC Day, and Labour Day. That's 7. The entire rest of the year has just 2!

(Using Queensland dates here, but the trend is similar elsewhere, with a lot of state or local public holidays also being in that span. And, obviously, I'm discounting Australia Day from the 5-month period for the sake of the hypothetical. Otherwise it would be 8.)

Ideal would be an early November/late October holiday, to get that warm weather while still being reasonably removed from the Christmas–Labour Day period. The early October of the date the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act received royal assent is a little earlier than ideal, but has the added bonus of some synergy with ACT, NSW, and SA's Labour Day, as well as Qld's King's Birthday, giving two long weekends in a row: sometimes (including this year) a 3-day week, usually two 4-day weeks in a row.

But any of these dates would make great alternatives and have my strong support.

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 6h ago

We had a referendum about this

Not in my lifetime we sure as fuck didn't.

Zagorath @aussie.zone 6h ago

I hate racism, promoting one race over other is racism no mater what

Very true. Why, then, are you not opposed to our national celebratory holiday being moved away from a day seen as a day of mourning by some, because of what it represents for them and their culture?

Zagorath @aussie.zone 12h ago

I also would love to know what the subculture was.

But IMO no, you're not immature. I think it's only natural.

Personally, I get sad just hearing stories like this. About subcultures, or communities, or groups, or websites, or games, that people used to love and get joy out of no longer being around because they died or faded away over time. That sense of loss makes me sad even when I had nothing to do with the community.

Zagorath @aussie.zone 12h ago

A lot of that's still available in AOSP. The devices they actually sell just load a heap of commercial crap on top of that.

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 1d ago

https://puzzmo.com/play/circuits/kslwpa1kfi/share

Spoilers

wtf is a pot sticker???

Zagorath @aussie.zone 1d ago

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 1d ago

Why the fuck do they even need to talk about (non-avian) dinosaurs at all? If the point they're trying to address is "how did meat eaters on the ark survive?" they could just as easily talk about lions, tigers, wolves, etc.

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 1d ago

And yet the position of the government seems to disagree with you.

Which is precisely why the law is so problematic.

Zagorath @aussie.zone 2d ago

https://puzzmo.com/play/circuits/0jgmaf22go/share

a really fun one today, imo

Zagorath @aussie.zone 2d ago

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 2d ago

Oh good tip!

Zagorath @aussie.zone 2d ago

Wtf is this crap? Just because I'm taking the approach of siding with reality I must be a bit or corporate stooge?

Google and Amazon do enough real things wrong without needing to make up bullshit conspiracy theories. Like Amazon's abusive labour practices, and…everything about the Audible & Kindle platforms. And Google's support of the American military industrial complex and shoving AI down everyone's throats while making their products actively worse.

Just because something is bad, doesn't mean every single accusation against it is accurate.

Zagorath @aussie.zone 2d ago

That's a pretty righteous set up OP.

Lol not me. I'm not the author. Just saw the article and thought it was an interesting conversation starter.

Zagorath @aussie.zone 2d ago

That might be true, I honestly don't know. But it doesn't matter to the point I'm making, which is that however the device does it, it's the device, locally, that determines whether a wake word has been said, before it starts transmitting what comes next.