Ilandar

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[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Get media coverage, like pretty much everything she does. She doesn't have much power as an independent senator so basically all she can do is try to exist as a cultural figurehead.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes, that was my experience at OTR. I worked there for like 7 or 8 months before quitting and they'd only just started the "training" around the time I left and even then it was super slow, like one session a fortnight or something. The HappyWash employee at my place was immediately moved into the store when he completed his traineeship (they had a different one to us) so the company put him on the retail traineeship and lowered his wage back to $16 or whatever it was. Then they hired a teenager to fill the HappyWash role.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago

but I guess people could preference Coalition above Labor just to hurt Labor in the 2PP figures.

I feel like reactionary swing voting like this would not be a common behaviour among union members. Like the whole point of joining a union is that you have some pretty entrenched beliefs about worker's rights, and one party here clearly has a worse record than the other in that regard. Like the thought occurred to me too, but I think you guys are right that people going further left to independents or The Greens, before ultimately preferencing Labor above Liberal, is the most likely change that could occur.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah I think that's a decent comparison. There are of course still hobbyists and enthusiasts today who know a lot about cars despite not being professionals working in a related field, but it does feel like the general understanding among the public has fallen because the cultural phenomenon of a father teaching his son about cars has dissipated. Piracy has always been a niche activity but the core skills and knowledges it requires were taught more to millennials than they were to zoomers. If people have grown up with less education about motor engines or desktop computers then it's not surprising they struggle to expand on that later in life.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Acknowledging differences is not "war".

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago

No worries, it's not surprising you thought that because there are quite a lot of people out there like OP who spread complete misinformation about browsers they dislike/don't use.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

You can read this reference to closed source in the most charitable way as alluding to the whole motley of things that render it less accessible.

Not when they use the conjunction "so". If they'd used "and", then sure - there could be any number of reasons. Using "so" as a conjunction like that in the sentence gives it an equivalent definition of "therefore", so it's like saying "Vivaldi is closed source, therefore it's harder for users to investigate", which is clearly an inaccurate statement.

In any case, OP has attempted to shift the goalposts many times in some kind of weird gotcha attempt instead of just admitting they were wrong or worded their argument poorly. If people want charitable interpretations of their misleading or inaccurate statements then they should behave in a manner that deserves them. Going full redditor ain't it.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago

"Australia" didn't consider it. It was a conservative opposition party in one state that pushed the bill, and it was ultimately defeated.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)

(Vivaldi is closed source, so it’s harder for users to investigate).

Please show me where you explained that Vivaldi's source code is harder to investigate because "users need to download a 2 GB repo" or a "tarball dump".

Is English your first language? Do you understand the definition of "so" in the sentence you typed?

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 8 points 4 weeks ago

This was a pretty underwhelming article. Most of it is a pretty uninteresting story about how the site was founded, which isn't really relevant to the headline.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 7 points 4 weeks ago (10 children)

But that's not what you claimed. Direct quote from the article (bold emphasis is mine):

Vivaldi users point out that the built in blocker is noticably worse than uBlock Origin, with some guessing that Vivaldi doesn’t fully support uBlock Origin filterlists (Vivaldi is closed source, so it’s harder for users to investigate).

You clearly implied that the reason Vivaldi's source code regarding ad-blocking is harder for users to investigate is because it's closed source. This is not true.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 15 points 4 weeks ago (15 children)

This article has some misinformation in places. Like it claims Vivaldi's ad-blocker cannot be investigated further because the project is closed source, but the only closed source part of Vivaldi is the UI (approximately 5% of the total code). The ad-blocker C++ code is published along with the other 95% of the browser's code.

 

A young Louis appears on the radio to share some pro gaming tips.

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Missed Voice messages (www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au)
 

For months, Megan Krakouer has been one of WA's leading campaigners for a "no" vote on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

But the Menang woman has declared she has changed her mind, and is now set to vote in favour of enshrining The Voice in the Constitution when the idea is put to a referendum before the end of the year.

Ms Krakouer said her views had shifted after having a "serious, hard look" at the issue and she now believed the Voice would bring positive change.

"I had to really think about 'what do I want now, what do I want in the present?' What can I actually help these families with?" she said.

"Right now, that is the main reasoning behind this, because I've interacted, I've mixed, I'm immersed in the grim reality, and I want to stop and end the pain of our First Nations people."

Proposal not perfect, but a start

Ms Krakouer said while the proposal for the advisory body was not perfect, it was a start.

"This is not the best of what there should be. In fact, it's the least of what there should be," she said.

"But right now, there is no one central body … so it can be very disjointed in terms of trying to save lives and improve life circumstances.

"This has been a really difficult decision to come to, but I'm really happy to come to this decision."

A spate of suicides in her community over the last six weeks led to Ms Krakouer changing her mind.

"All this is saying is let's have a representative voice. Let's have a group of people representing people right across the nation, about being fair and kind, and ending a lot of the challenges that we know exist as First Nations people," she said.

"It's a no-brainer when you're wanting to save people's lives and improve life circumstances."

She said despite her previous reservations, she now believed Australia needs to take the "next step" on offer and vote in support of the Voice.

"The Constitution preambled by the First Peoples is a must for the Australian identity," she said.

"Our right to a Voice is the very least Australians should grace, not deny."

Advisory body can influence change

Ms Krakouer said a lot more work needed to be done to educate people and ensure information about the body was consistent, especially for people in remote and regional areas.

"The reality is that there's no veto power. It is an advisory body. But if the advisory body has well intended people, people that are immersed in the issues, it's a body that can influence change."

The Voice would be an independent body to advise government and parliament about things affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

It would have no power except to provide advice.

Ms Krakouer had previously told the ABC she did not believe The Voice would result in enough practical changes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, describing it as "tokenistic" and "distraction politics".

"It is merely just an advisory body. Our people deserve more. We need to be able to compel changes, hold government to account," she said last month.

The Indigenous advocate had also spoken about confusion in the community around what The Voice would achieve.

"I have people saying 'I don't know what The Voice is, is that John Farnham The Voice, is that the TV show The Voice?'" she said.

 

Ms Luke said the nightmare began after her information was compromised in the Medibank data breach.

She said this was the only breach of her information she was aware of.

Medibank released a statement to the ABC saying none of its customers' passwords were compromised in the breach, and it was therefore in no way connected to what unfolded for Ms Luke.

Ms Luke said hackers took control of her PayPal account, in a credential stuffing attack that affected 35,000 PayPal customers in December.

Credential stuffing is where hackers access an account by using automation to try out username and password pairs sourced from data leaks on various websites.

Ms Luke said over the course of two days from December 6 to 8, her PayPal account was used to make hundreds of fraudulent transactions.

She was then served electronically with papers from the US District Court of Florida outlining Adidas' case against her.

Similar charges against her were also filed by the National Basketball Association in the District Court of Illinois.

In both cases, Adidas and the NBA were given leave by the courts to run the cases ex parte — without a requirement for all parties in the case to be present.

In court documents seen by the ABC, default judgements were handed down by the US courts and damages were awarded against Ms Luke of $US200,000 ($293,000) in the NBA case and $US1million ($1.5 million) in the Adidas matter.

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