Jerry_Atrick

My take on it is that a 2015 Telsa is likely to give you issues with build quality more than the battery itself. But, yes, battery technology has moved forward from 10 years ago. But, like any other car, you can check it yourself, or get a pre-purchase inspection of the battery.. though it would be at a dealer: https://www.racv.com.au/royalauto/transport/electric-vehicles/buying-a-second-hand-electric-car.html The good think about a high mileage EV is that they suffer less vibration than an ICE car, so other biths that tend to fall off don't, and of course, there is simply less to go wrong with an EV anyway. A nice last car can be an EV... a lemon of a last car can be an ICE. There are still cars that have faults in their engine design and build leading to recalls.. Buy a second hand one of those where the dealer no longer supports the recall/warranty, and you're as SOL as if a BEV battery dies.. And the costs to fix/replace can be the same as a new battery. When you consider how mature the ICE engine technology is, and the body of knowledge built up over more than 100 years, it is a little damning on how bad that technology really is that there are still basic design and build flaws. (SOL is 'Merican speak for ship out of luck).

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Ai was well underway in Covid times This is a question of contract and possibly employment law

Sky in the UK was divested by the merde-docs many years ago. SKy news in the UK is probably on the reasonable scale in terms of integrity.. it still pushes an agenda, much like many MSM publications, but is in no way a Sky News in Australia. GB News, on the other had, was created to be a Sky News Australia type station - poor mans version of Fox News. Apparently, it isn't doing terribly well. Although it is framed as AI, I see this as sort of a question of contract. The lady contracted (presumably as a limited company) to a company to provide her voice. The terms of the contract would have to be looked at to determine if it gave the buyer unlimited use of her voice (not just the words she spoke). Although, it does raise an interesting point - what would be a reasonable use of her voice, even if the contract said the company had purchased rights to uer her voice as they pleased. Contrary to common perception, contract law isn't only what is written on the contract, and all sorts of terms and restrictions are implied by the courts for a fair outcome given the nature of the contract itself; and clauses have been struck out. If the signed a contract as a limited company (pty ltd in Australia), then it is harder to have terms implied or clauses struck out except if they are illegal. However, if she signed as a private person/sole proprietor, she will be in a much better position and she should go to civil proceedings. My recommendation to her would be to either have the reuse term restricted, or an implied royalty term appolied so she makes money out of it.

Looks like the bromance is well and truly over: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/elon-musk-trump-tax-bill-disgusting-abomination

Musk in the bad books because he called the tarriffs policy nuts (or words to that effect). He has (or is) leaving DOGE more looking like a DOGE-bag than anythign successful. Despite his claims of saving the govenment something like $176bn (of a promised many trillions), the real "savings" are estimated to tbe well below a billion, and that doesn't cover the cost of the damage down outside the agency and the cost of cleaning it all up. All in all, it looks like a toddler had a tandtrum in their play-pen. Having said, that, he is about to float his AI business and is seeking a $113bn valuation of X.Ai.

https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/tech-layoffs-2025-ibm-lays-off-8000-employees-as-ai-replaces-hr-department-478053-2025-05-28

I would think these days, they prefer 5s, 10s, and 20s

And take wheelbarrows to shovel it out...

Hmmm.... for once, their propaganda machine isn't lying...

I think Nev means within his own supporter base as well... Except for the magamanaics, of course.

Right thread this time: Posted 44 minutes ago I have a 2013 XC90 Diesel.. 2.2l rated at 225bhp when new. We purchased it 1 year old with 10k miles on the clock. It now has 150,000 miles. This was the last of the old shape. They had a reputation for not great build quality, and there have been a few cosmetic issues with it. Within warranty it threw a turbo gate (waste) valve, which was covered under warranty. Other than that, it has had a bearing in the altnerator go, which was £30 for the bearing and £280 for labour at a local independent.. There was a problem with a prop shaft, but the local independent fella tweaked it for naught and it has run fine since. It does fo through tyres, though... Worked out to use Michelens that are all season and they hold up well.. Fuel economy for such a heavy car is pretty good - averages around 30mpg on the motorway, whihch was admittedly most of its driving. Since the ULEZ charge was implemented across the wider London area, I don't drive it anywhere near as much, still love it.

The next thing they could do is get rid of $1 & $2 bills.. I havebn't been to the US in over twent years a\nd even back then, your wallet was stuffed with stuff that was pretty worthless.

Looks like Vlad is going to have to order a few more planes: https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/ukraine-destroys-11b-worth-of-russian-bombers-in-surprise-drone-attack-20250602-p5m418.html And not behind a paywall: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/01/ukraine-launches-major-drone-attack-on-russian-bombers-security-official-says

In case you thought that meme was not quite right: I have to disinfect my computer now.

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Your 'aving a larrf

Of a different type of "footy", what is it about soccer that brings out the worst in people? I can understand in the northern areas of England, where they spend more on soccer than anything else, and for many, it is all they have in their lives? But Australia? A mate of my brother is English and when he sees a riggers or AFL game, he is fine; as soon as the round ball comes out, be takes on a new personality and goes totally aggressive. In Melbourne, they blocked off Swan street asa people were going troppo: I started my days playig Aussie rules, but as a 62kg 5'6" rover getting knocked out a few times, my father suggested I play soccer instead. The players in that code were not quite of body-on-the-line as ruggers or AFL, which allowed me to quickly establish a regular spot on the side - I imprted a bit more physicality into our team. But the fans go nuts! I was playing in one of the more senior leagues in Vic - we used to get a couple of hundred to our games, and a few times we had to stop the game because if pitch invasions or the police having to stop the game because of crowd violence. I stopped playing when I was 19. Yeah, there has been some violence at AFL and rugby games, but nothing like soccer. I gave it away when I was 19 as it wasn't worth the off-pitch aggro, and the general environment was not as colegiate as in the other major codes.

Gentlemen, I present to you, the new @Marty_d:

All levles are pretty bad... With prok barelling, corruption and the like, it doesn't matter what level/s you get rid of.. All the carp will persist at whatever levels are left.

Takes balls, but this is what is needed: https://www.ft.com/content/39d4678d-a7e1-4fce-b8d8-eb799cfed3e6

The other thing to think about, is that if each successive government takes over an economy that is worse than when the previous government took over, unless there is massive real growth in the economy, there is an ever diminishing capability of the government to meet the demands of a progressively more complex society and balance the books/stimulate that real growth without people being prepared to pay more. Quite remarkably, I read yesterday in the F, that in the UK, 53% of households are net recipients of government welfare disbursements. That is not sustainable in the long term. However, when you tell business to pay their people properly, they scream it will make them uncompetitive nationally and internationally, drive up prices, etrc. The reality it all has to be paid for eventually. I was reading an article in The Age today, that was a syndication of the UK Terrorgraph, singing the praises of Musk in DOGE (and referring to the didgy savings claimed by musk with no challenge). One thing that I did agree with what Musk was quoted as saying.. The west is in a downard spiral with no real exit until it goes broke.. The level of debt globally are astronimical (and you think Vic has problems). There is one way to fix it, but it will be politically unpalatable because taxing those that have the means, will result in a campaign against the politicians, and they don't want to fight that one.

How progressive of you, Spacey 😉

Secton 6 of the Controlled Weapons act deals with carrying (concealed or not) controlled weapons, of which a machete is likely to be included: https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-03/90-24aa075-authorised.pdf Basically it is illegal to carry one without a lawful excuse. There are different penalties that apply based on where it is carried.

That sums up perfectly what he and his mates are about. Nothing about doing what's best.