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I'll start by saying the sauce is questionable. I don't think they're asking an objective question here.

That said, I've never really vibed with the Guardian's writing style. It always feels like I'm reading the opposite of Newscorp's propaganda - but it is still propaganda. I dislike being nudged to think a certain way, even if I'm being nudged in a direction I'd probably be inclined to go anyway. Actually, especially if it's in a direction I'd be inclined to go. Did I come up with this position on my own? Or am I being helped along by some publication with an agenda?

Just give me the bare facts and let me form my own opinions, thanks.

I do love that Guardian Australia exists, however. I love that it has thrown a spanner into the Newscorp near-monopoly on journalism in Australia. I want to see it succeed and stay.

You don't have to vote. You only need to get your name crossed off. You are then able to just leave if you really want.

And while those 'how to vote cards' (and their pushers) are annoying if you don't need or want them, they do help people get something close to their wishes down on the ballot.

I lived in Bilinga for five years of my childhood. So I know exactly where you are.

Some nerd like me will be affected by this one day and then script up something that emails them from 10,000 different email addresses that all bounce. Pollute their database.

It's hard to say whether we are having a moment, or if we are paying extra attention. Another name to keep an eye on: Luke Webber. He's only 13/14, but has taken out the 200m and 400m state records as well as taking out the 100m final (just didn't break the record doing it).

They don't do Nationals at his age, so he went and ran against kids a year older. Still won.

It's fascinating how some of these questions are phrased.

Should Australia spend more or less on its military?

I have no idea what Australia spends on its military. I don't know whether it's too much or insufficient. I wouldn't feel qualified to answer this question, so I abstained.

But abstaining from this question appears to have affected my compass result. It appears to read it the same as "about the same". Which isn't what I said or meant. There are a few I abstained from and I think that by doing so, it has put me a lot closer to center than is probably accurate.

I used to think of myself as fairly central. Only "central" has seemed to move over the past 20 years and while I don't think I've changed all that much, I'm considered more left these days than I used to be.

Do we have this chart for just WA? Because it feels like we were well above average. It hit 40⁰ a week or so ago, and that whole week was 35⁰+.

Ha! A day later, I see the thing! It's real all right:

I love the free space. Some things are just a given.

Adobe Haven’t these dickheads been charging Australians more for their products than anyone else for decades?

I think it's more aligned these days. But it used to be cheaper to fly to the USA, buy a copy of Adobe creative suite, go to Disneyland for the day and then fly home than it was to buy Creative Suite in Australia. It's all subscription-based, now.

Ha! It'd make a great pursuit car, but I expect maintenance costs and risk of repair after rough treatment excludes it from that role.

When I was a kid, the doors on our trains in Perth were open on trains all the time. They could close, but it was all manual and nobody bothered unless it was raining. So, I'm not too bothered that anyone was in actual danger.

Transport Minister John Graham said the incident was the result of a manual override of the door and the matter would now be the subject of an investigation.

It sounds from this like the door was out of service and not talking to the train, but some dimwit manually opened it somehow.