shirro

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[–] shirro@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago

Invade them. Drag the fucker off in chains and parade him to the press. Oh, no wait he is politically protected. Nice society they have over there where they pardon criminals and don't prosecute fraudsters and pedos because of political connections. Must make people proud. Greatest democracy on Earth. Very Christian of them. Punish the poor, reward immorality, just like it said in the bible? Fucking weirdos.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The bad guys normalised racism, fraud, sexism and a lot of other evils and had people cheering for them as they flouted the law and protected each other from prosecution. It has been bad for ever regardless of who was in power with the two tier justice system that protected the elites while punishing everyone else. But we are in the end game now. The masks are off

You too can be allowed to sample the vices of the wealthy elites, in moderation and under their control. In return all they ask is your loyalty. Seems kind of weird and out of touch to me. Regular people mostly just want good health, a place to raise a family, some free time and a decent income. No AI hallucination is going to substitute. They think so little of us.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why do people complain about using nazi social media despite the option of non nazi social media or not using social media at all. Like grow a fucking brain people.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We are just getting into this. One kid has been heavily using lmms the last couple of months. It is very limited but perfect for him composiing game music.

Other family just do basic editing with ardour. We want to level up a bit. Just bought a reaper licence and have been playing with it and a midi controller and some plugins.

Bitwig also looks very nice and seems easy to use.

We are newbs with this stuff. Normally I like to only use free and open source only but both reaper and bitwig feel like pretty good value.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

A lot of people seem to feel like this. It's obviously a valid viewpoint. Gnome certainly has some flaws.I think KDE has better technical foundations and is probably much more appealing to Windows refugees.

And it's always fun to customise a window manager setup. I usually have another setup or two for playing around. Currently niri as I got bored with regular tilers.

I always find it a little surprising how much some people dislike gnome. We are all on holiday here and the whole family got up early today and logged into gnome sessions and started recording and editing videos,.composing music and gaming. They don't tell me their desktop sucks like people do online.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago

No regulation. Robber barons own all the media and politicians. How it got to this in more functional democracies under the rule of law I can't explain. If this shit had come from Russia or China or North Korea it would be shitcanned instantly. I don't know why we put up with it. The influence of US bots on the voting public internationally is frightening. They are driving people insane.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

3 years! No fuck that. I want affordable computer upgrades before then. If they don't crash and burn in 26 I will be very disappointed. Everyone call your super funds and ask them if they are exposed to this bubble. Let's start the divestment ball rolling.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Don't consume any AI products. Don't consume any products made or marketed with AI products. Don't support any companies than invest in AI or are invested in because of AI. Lets kill this nonsense in 2026 and bring computing, jobs and wealth back into the hands of ordinary people. And a prememptive - NO BAILOUT for the tech bros when this shit crashes.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

Speed limit Rangers to 40kph within city limits. They usually speed through school zones and roadworks so it won't slow them down but we might get a few disqualified from driving which will help.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Because the idea that cats are devastating to local bird populations and responsible for species becoming endangered or extinct is mostly a myth.

Native animal extinctions are primarily due to human activity and introduction of invasive predatory species is only one of many destructive human activities. As far as I can tell the messaging that cat impacts are overstated are primarily from a particular pet lobby group which is like asking the NRA about gun control or the fossil fuel industry about carbon emissions.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

episode of The Wild Thornberrys where she gives the finch a needle?

No I haven't but I think I understand the implication.

The bird had been attacked by a non-native species and was going to be killed by same non-native species tonight. I have no interest in domesticating wild animals or interfering in their lives. It would be illegal to do so in Australia and it requires a permit and a lot of expertise to look after a wild animal. There are serious penalties for doing the wrong thing. We rang a wildlife hotline to seek advice. The bird will be transported and surrendered to the closest vet as soon as they open in the morning.

I will be getting humane cat traps from the council as soon as I can.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by shirro@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone
 

Just had to chase the neighbors cat away from a juvenile kookaburra that was on the ground in our yard. The cat has been on the other side of the fence waiting for its chance to finish the job.

We put the bird in a cardboard box to take to the local vet tomorrow.

Can anyone give me any good reason why cats are still allowed to roam free without consequence in this country?

Update: We were woken by cat noises again this morning. After a safe and quiet night in a box the fledgling kookaburra was released where it was found and after several attempts it managed to fly up onto a roof where it will at least be safe from ground based predators today. Multiple adults birds in the area this morning and some amazing bird calls.

 

Anyone want to share dramas with age verification for kids accounts?

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