please don’t give them ideas

andre antunes got it to write a song in the style of muse and he added the music. it was half decent

its really not that nuts though, unless you make assumptions about people’s houses being too big or soundproofed or whatever. never had them, never needed them for 3 kids

the brigading has been very obvious since the start of the attacks. people outright saying its good civilians are being killed. disgusting. they think I care they downvote? lol. nothing gets me off more than making them enraged enough to engage

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I just can’t get behind (heh) OF personally. evey video I’ve ever seen has just looked like a tiktok/insta “influencer” having sex and it is just a massive turnoff for me. the lighting is just so off all the time. looks more produced than actual produced stuff. just doesn’t do it for me

exactly. its a crime from a different era, risks far outweigh reward now

yeah, if anything we are more spread out in australia

all those things are risky as fuck with police AI number plate recognition these days. it would take no time at all to track someone down over $50 theft

petrol is about 1.5x the price in Australia compared to America with similar geographies to deal with

one of those windy radios you crank for a bit would be better for emergencies

my kids dont understand the concept of entertainment that isnt on demand. like at all. even if its one of the rare occasions we will put something on FTA tv they act like why cant i just watch it later, they simply dont comprehend the idea that you have to watch/listen to somethng at specified times otherwise you miss it

nah I prefer them to leave. before covid the post here was notorious for not knocking, and dropping a card meaning you had to go to a post office and collect it in person, but only during business hours, you had to line up behind all the old people who paid bills at the post office, finally get your chance and if you are lucky they would find your parcel, but usually either way they would make out like you are being the biggest inconvenience in the world.

these days they drop and scan, sometimes knock, sometimes not, but it doesn’t matter. havnt had a theft ever

cool, definitely not a typical network

“not working”?

amazing perspective

they just shrank the whole size a few years back in Australia. even skinny people can’t get their hands in now

if its a relatively flat coastal location, its possible. FWIW I work for a water utility in a coastal city and we have a desal plant. Ive seen the figures. the cost of desalinated water compared to the catchment water is an order of magnitude difference. Sounds like LA it would be ideal for the environmental reasons alone though

you are completely missing the point mate.

desalinated water STARTS at the lowest possible point in the catchment. Rain water does not.

the issue with water networks is they work great when you have the source (usually dams) upstream, water essentially is gravity fed throughout the network with only some localised pumping for certain elevated locations. wastewater again gravity fed towards treatment plants at the lowest point (usually the ocean), so usually, its fairly efficient, despite still requiring enormous amounts of energy.

this doesnt solve that. it has the source where the end point is. the desalinated water needs to be pumped up, to then be gravity fed through the network. In some places, it is worth the cost and energy due to water scarcity, and im not knocking the technology. but claiming its cheaper than tap water is patently false because the distribution cost is far higher

cool, but the real cost of desalination is transporting the desalinated water upstream, which presumably would also need to be done here