milderworkacc

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Facial recognition mandatory in New South Wales gaming rooms under proposal(smh.com.au)
4 points by milderworkacc 23d ago|0 comments
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How the proposed Australian gambling advertising opt-out register will work(abc.net.au)
2 points by milderworkacc 1mo ago|0 comments
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Pro Jank Footy, the video game taking Australian rules to the world(theguardian.com)
3 points by milderworkacc 1mo ago|0 comments
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Australian Police seize control of network of encrypted phones(smh.com.au)
9 points by milderworkacc 2mo ago|0 comments
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by milderworkacc 4mo ago
I agree. There are pretty clear grounds here to think about opening an investigation here into illegal tying, or a misuse of market power. Not sure if the FTC maintains a presence on here, but if you're listening...
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by milderworkacc 4mo ago
I'm not sure if this meets the bar for substantive and thoughtful discussion, but this kind of corporate cowardice, enforced by unelected bureaucrats standing at the bully pulpit is only going to get worse as the noose tightens on the
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by milderworkacc 10mo ago
It certainly feels like one at times!
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by milderworkacc 2y ago
Not sure where to start with this one. Can anybody briefly explain what a “rot economist” is? Is it meant to be capitalised “ROT economist” which stands for something? Has my browser not rendered the characters correctly or something? This
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How your phone and mood will be tracked at Mardi Gras and WorldPride(smh.com.au)
3 points by milderworkacc 4y ago|0 comments
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
Off topic but this is a real gripe of mine - analogue speedos that go all the way up to 240 kmph (~150 mph). I am only ever going to do half that speed, so why not just make the dial go to only 120/(80) and give the needle (and me!) tw
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
The report [0] itself even mentions Apple's abandonment of on-device scanning, as well as its plan to add end-to-end encryption to iCloud. eSafety has been curiously quiet about both of those announcements. [0] https://www.e
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Global tech giants accused of failing to prevent child sexual exploitation(abc.net.au)
5 points by milderworkacc 4y ago|2 comments
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Summary of industry responses to mandatory [CSAM] transparency notices [pdf](esafety.gov.au)
1 points by milderworkacc 4y ago|0 comments
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
I love ncdu and install it on all of my machines. But at the risk of sounding like a broken record - why isn’t its functionality baked into stock file managers on windows and Linux? Why can’t either of these systems do what the Mac has been
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
> This is just completely wrong - banks only loan out money they have. If you go to a bank and get a loan the bank didn't just edit a database entry - they had that money. Banks loaning out money they don't have is extremely il
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
We had a lot of smoke tainted “experimental” wines out from Australian vineyards as 2019 and 2020 releases - some were really interesting, others simply dreadful (with winemakers just glad you were happy to take a punt and get rid of it for
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
What a lot of the comments in here are bumping up against with regards to “fairness” is the fact that willingness to pay is a function of both preference intensity and ability to pay. The way to make sure TS tickets go to the biggest TS f
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
In perfectly competitive markets, producers are price takers. That includes at a wholesale distribution level. Being able to pick and choose your customers (and apply conditions to any sale that favour Apple and disadvantage the customer) i
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
This from the EFF seems to create a bit of a circuit split with Electronic Frontiers Australia [0] - though I hasten to add the two are not affiliated. My only comment is that this stuff is hard. Really hard. Consider that a two line HN com
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
I know it is gorhill that wrote that, but I completely disagree that uBO is nothing without the filter lists. I use it the way I used to use uMatrix (rip) to default deny bits and bobs across the web, unblocking as necessary. It’s everythin
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
The issue for commercial cinemas is not necessarily handling storage and playback of DCinema packages - it’s the DRM that the studios insist upon playing nice with the projectors. Most cinemas converted their screens at least a decade ago,
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
It’s almost worse than that - the common commercial playback servers I’m familiar with run Linux 2.6.x and fail in all kinds of weird and wonderful ways!
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
This suspension has been a genuine Rorschach test for commentators online. There really is something in it for everyone - unreliable coal generators, the startling reality that we don’t have enough storage to live without those coal generat
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
I think what this argument misses is the complete monopoly Apple has over distribution. This is not about backwards compatibility and tech debt, this is about distribution. Yes, you can keep an old device around to use old apps or play old
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
You’re right, which is why I didn’t call it bad. I called it a cartel. In fact I probably agree with their demands, but on its face this is a) not a strike and b) in need of authorisation or similar mechanism under completion law.
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
Of course you are allowed to change your output - but independently and in reaction to your own circumstances. Collectively agreeing to simultaneously stop selling in order to force a change in the cost of your inputs is in most cases not l
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
They absolutely are warping market forces - that’s the whole point. We can argue about whether or not this is good (by the sounds of it, probably?) but the entire purpose of them agreeing to restrict their output is to influence the cost
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
A union is explicitly a labour cartel. But we as a society decided that giving workers more money and better conditions is good, and that they should be allowed to collectively bargain for them. At the same time we for the most part decided
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
“Capital strike” tends to be used in situations where this kind of behaviour is spurred by an unfavourable government policy, and enacted by firms that have some form of market power (or political power). These are small businesses with no
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by milderworkacc 4y ago
They’re openly demanding a lower fee, backed by the threat of collectively restricting output. That’s textbook .

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