[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 2 points 16 hours ago

The point is you can have both security and usability

If the guest loses the key too, it's not an issue

I suspect people mainly use the lockboxes only because other people do

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago

They stopped using them on construction sites specifically for that reason. You can just cut them off (or knock them off the wall), and open them at your leisure. Everyone hides the keys instead now.

Also, its just a stupid solution for AirBNB too, since anyone can easily clone the keys. You're better off installing a lock that accepts pin numbers and you can change whenever a guest leaves

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 15 points 3 days ago

I thought Trump already axed that?

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Probably the same people vandalizing everything with Nazi symbols during COVID and who flood the Internet whining about national parks

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 36 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

He tried shit here in Australia with our generic medicine. Even our right wing told him to get fucked

I hope you guys end up with the same result

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago

At least Trump was elected a few months before our election, so people can see what a piss-poor job he's doing, and what a load of bollucks his promises were.

It looks like at least news.com.au in Australia has turned on him a bit (Sky news though is still out there brainwashing people 150% though to make up for it)

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 11 points 4 days ago

If anyone is stupid enough to vote libs (or even worse, clive), honestly, it's an indication we need to spend more on education.

Even the crappiest Independents are more likely to be better.

Also, make sure you show up to vote with a list of who you want to vote for. There are a lot of shit parties out there with misleading names

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago

Thats definitely fair.. To be honest, I keep deleting my account on reddit / Lemmy to keep out of the debates.

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Except doesn't this replace their old tool? So, its not really fragmenting anything if its replacing an existing project.

Fragmentation isn't great, but it can be beneficial in some cases too. I've contributed to a number of projects.

Over the last 20-30 years, I've seen plenty of projects fail, and new ones take over.

If you take a look at arts/eaudio and the other sound servers of 20 years ago. All failed, because Pulseaudio consolidated and killed them eventually. Now, Pulseaudio is on its way to getting killed by Pipewire. And one could argue its a waste of resources.. but, the changeover is actually super awesome (for JACK)

One other good example of the fragmentation argument was Xfree86. Lots of people argued against Xorg at the time, and ultimately, Xfree86 died ages ago. If you asked me 20 years ago, I would have said KDE was dead, but now Gnome and KDE and carved out VERY different products, that suit very different people. Both are awesome in their own way

Everyone was freaking out when devFS got deprecated. But, udev was an amazing replacement

Linux is evolving FAR quicker than Windows or MAC (mac OS has barely changed in a decade). And, many ideas introduced in linux are stolen by Windows and Apple.

At the end of the day though, sometimes a rewrite is needed of things. What really matters is that it doesn't fragment the desktop experience (and, it won't in this case)

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago

Rather than downvoting. This is a good teachable moment

I used to think this way, that it was about efficiency exclusively

But the reality is, any contribution is better than none, and a lot of these things implemented you don't really understand how important they are until a while later often

One consideration also is that Germany is apparently considering to continue their Linux migration, so things like this may also be based on feedback from admins

Suse has definitely carved their own niche as a Linux distro and it's actually sad they're not more successful because a lot of their tools are pretty cool

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

At least on Reddit, i was getting blasted because I pointed out vapers here in Australia were constantly breaking the laws and were using vaping as an excuse to vape inside "because it's just water vapor".

If it's just water vapor, then you don't need to do it in the cabin of a train mate.. or right at the entrance of the supermarket so every one needs to breathe in your smoke when they enter

Over smokers in general. To make things worse, a lot of "free thinkers" tend to be smoking. Because nothing demonstrates your ability to think independently by being conned into using an addictive substance that harms you

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 7 points 6 days ago

As others have said, would be good to have it mandatory for investment properties (with less subsidy). But still not a bad thing to have it for property owners too. Every bit is needed.. A better solution to rectify the rental situation is eliminate negative gearing.

That being said, I own my property and really looking forward to these changes. Home batteries were something I was considering (but was waiting for a rebate). I was also looking at new insulation too, as my neighbors have been f**king loud and there are too many dickheads on dirt bikes illegally traveling down my road (and wanted to reduce the noise in my house)

So, happy with these changes. If Greens can match them, I'll be super happy with voting for them.

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