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by bettem 5y ago
Completely disagree with respect to the media - the cost was the key question from the opposition and this was widely reported on the ABC. Even the first 5 minutes of this mornings insiders was detailing these questions.
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by bettem 5y ago
It’s the same government that did the original deal.
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by bettem 5y ago
This is just my speculation, but I wouldn’t put it past the Australian Prime Minister making a “Captains Call” here. He’s notoriously stubborn and doesn’t listen to experts in all circumstances he should.
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by bettem 5y ago
It’s a terrible deal as Australia initially had France redesign a nuclear powered submarine to be Diesel Electric. There was also massive negotiations and posturing from both governments about building the submarines locally. Fast forward a
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by bettem 6y ago
This isn’t true with respect to rugby union. In the Australian side one of the most impressive and key players is Nic White at 84kg and 173cm. Heck, one of the best NZ players of all time, Dan Carter, is 178cm and 94kg. There are many posit
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by bettem 6y ago
Outside of the context of this lawsuit; why should the burden of proof be on Dominion when the claims are made against them by the Trump Campaign? To extend your line of reasoning, if accused of a crime should you have to prove you didn’t d
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by bettem 6y ago
I may not have been clear with my point that my understanding of the difficulty of teaching in primary (elementary in America?) schools is the children aren’t rationale at that age. I sympathise with your situation that a child peeing in th
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by bettem 6y ago
> hope the teacher wasn't in a bad mood or that 3 other kids hadn't needed to pee in the last half hour, meeting some mental quota the teacher has for the appropriate # of people that should have to use the toilet during a giv
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by bettem 6y ago
In Australia, any Federal Government algorithm can be FOI’d by a member of the public. It’s one of the reasons the Aus Federal Government statisticians tend away from black box AI and towards more traditional methods.
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by bettem 6y ago
That’s effective what day.js is. Its effectively an identical api and is incredibly lightweight in comparison with opt-in extensions.
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by bettem 6y ago
Fair point, however the intent of my reply was to not dismiss something as psychological when there isn’t an extensive study on the topic.
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by bettem 6y ago
The effect of lockdowns on mental health is undoubtedly large, however I would hazard against ruling a very large number of people with numerous studies & epidemiologists behind them as purely psychological.