briongloid

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[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm inclined to support 18 as the age of full legal responsibility in society, which is why I favour moving the voting age to 17.

In Australia, adults in prison who are expected to be released during the upcoming electoral term are allowed to vote, as they will return to society during that term. I think a similar principle should apply to 17-year-olds: they will be 18 for the majority of the term being voted on and should have a say in the government that will represent them when they are an adult.

The average 17-year-old is about 17.5 years old at any point in the year. This means that, on average, they miss out on roughly 2.5 to 3 years of democratic representation if they cannot vote in the election preceding their 18th birthday. While age thresholds are somewhat arbitrary, they are necessary for consistency in law in balancing different rates of maturity uniformly. And although many 16-year-olds may be as intellectually capable as adults, the difference in maturity and development year-on-year at these younger ages are still significant.

I believe the case for including 17-year-olds is much stronger than for 16-year-olds. The average 17-year-old misses out on about 30 months of representation, compared to around 18 months for the average 16-year-old. A meaningful difference.

TL;DR: For these reasons, I support allowing 17-year-olds to vote, on behalf of their adult selves, for the government that will represent them for most of the term, once they turn 18.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

I've been playing Pokemon Brown on my Miyoo Mini.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The amount of Americans visiting Australia who assume people here would want to live in America instead given the option was astounding to me.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately I don't think this runs on Linux anymore.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lately I've just been playing FTL & Stardew Valley on an old Linux machine.

I intend on playing New Vegas soon, with the intention of finishing it before Fallout Season 2.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I generally use the Raspberry Pi Imager, It works just as well with USB's as TF cards.

GitHub repo

 

Tell us what game you are currently, or recently played, greater than 6+ months old.

If the game happens to be on sale, a link would be a plus.

 

Appears to be Hetzner for now, wouldn't be surprised if all VPS get affected eventually.

 

I played it on my phone which nowadays is the port of the pixel remaster. I loved it and I thought it was great! I definitely felt a little overpowered due to not fleeing at all. I would recommend checking it out, I got just under 28 hours of playtime on my first run.

 
 

Coupon is TESTANDCODE

I had already used it before realising it was one or the other, honestly its one of the better TLD's IMO, too bad Cloudflare doesn't support it yet.

Edit: I should have mentioned, you have to make a tentative payment of 1 USD, which is reverted.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Relay is my top preference.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think I've made more posts/comments in the last fortnight, than the last year on Reddit.

I've been posting interesting articles to nearly half a dozen communities each per day, even if nobody is responding.

I believe it's worth it to have this activity for those who pass by and see how many people showed up to the party before them.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago

Currently I'm still playing Divinity Original Sin 2, while doing dailies in Elder Scrolls Online.

If you ever choose to get into ESO, It can be very cheap to wait for a Collection on sale, I got ESO High Isle Collection for less than $20 on Steam. Base game + 6 DLC's, I have been playing for months without buying the subscription. The main limitation is carry capacity, but I already have 200 inventory space + 240 bank space.

 

Feel free to let everyone know what you're currently playing, recommend some great titles from yesteryear (especially on sale).

 

Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

I had bought this on GOG a couple years ago and had intended on getting back to it, it has taken me a few hours to wrap my head around what this game actually is as I was trying to complete all the quest for the first main area Fort Joy, but after watching Divinity: Original Sin 2 is an RPG Lover's Dream by Ghostcharm it's clicked and I am trying to be more open to not winning every situation as if it was a more genuine adventure.

With a 93/100 on OpenCritic for the original release, PCGamer had this to say;

Playing Divinity: Original Sin 2 is uncannily like playing a tabletop RPG. The way that Larian’s sequel embraces player creativity immediately conjures up memories of days spent sitting around a table, asking the Dungeon Master if I can attempt the last stupid idea that floated into my head. And like a good DM, Original Sin 2 usually answers that question with “Yes, you can attempt it.”

My only regret is that I got it on GOG as it was cheaper, which has made mods less friendly without the Steam Workshop, but it was a lot cheaper at the time and hasn't gone below $15.74 on Steam since.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm trying to get into the habit of posting everyday, I fell out of it on reddit because it grew so big and would often go nowhere.

Mods rejecting posts willy-nilly, users who sit on /new thinking they can be the gatekeeper, shadowbanning of a post without being informed. It's going to take some time to get used to posting more.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I wasn't deleting unnecessary emails, that would run out in about 24 months.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The free tier is only 500mb, but I've been using it as my primary email for a year and with spam management I'm only at 100mb.

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