[-] zik@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

The producer who was lumped with this was horrified and handed in his resignation the next day. I don't think he was happy with the situation.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago
[-] zik@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Even worse I can think of two other cases of the Federal Police and ASIO doing similar things:

  • Scott Rush, one of the "Bali 9", was imprisoned in Indonesia after a tip-off from the AFP. This followed his parents alerting the AFP in advance and them reassuring the parents that they'd keep him out of trouble - then waiting until the crime had been committed and tipping off the Indonesian police to take the credit.
  • Jean-Philippe Wispelaere was a defence intelligence officer with mental illness who was caught selling secrets to Singapore. The "secrets" turned out to be publically available maps - not secret at all - and he hadn't committed any crimes until the sting operation organised by an Australian government organisation and the FBI. He was arrested by the FBI and remains in prison today.

I guess for police it looks good on your resume to have caught a bad guy, and it's easier to track if you're making it all happen in the first place.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Godot supports C# as well as its native python-like GDscript.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

But still... you're burning hydrocarbons so you end up producing a lot of CO2 which is going straight into the atmosphere. That's not what I'd call super green.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's the last gasp of the TV industry. An industry which doesn't know how to adapt to changing times and keeps vomiting out the same crap year after year despite the fact that less and less people are watching. It won't be long before the TV networks are a footnote in history.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a distinction between being cautious and always being at fault. Of course you should always be extra cautious as a rider, but that doesn't mean it's your fault if a car flattens you.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

NIxon is often quoted. But maybe you're right and Americans really do regard him as the worst ever.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Big investors into his company got burned too.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Samsung and Google support their current generation phones for five years. Apple supports theirs for seven years from when they're last sold.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

But the IEA is a lobby group. It's not like their numbers have any credibility. Like I said, nuclear is way more expensive by all numbers except fake ones.

[-] zik@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

There are something like 50 different indigenous languages across Australia. That makes it pretty hard to standardise one.

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