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If you think about those production figures, and then extend your thinking to all other types of manufactured products, you might link the destruction of the environment to what those figures indicate - over production. Forget about the environmental effects of obtaining raw materials to make all that stuff. How can the world's population use all that is produced. Just think about the amount of household packaging you have to get rid of each week. Walk through a shopping centre and look at all the clothing shops. Most of what you see is never sold. In fact, look at any shop in a shopping centre. Even supermarkets toss out great amounts of unsold products, and I don't mean only out-of-date foodstuffs.

You don't need to go out into the Wilderness to stay warm. Over the next few days most of the southern part of teh continent will suffer temperatures into the mid-40s. And not a single sign of rain to follow.

Really! Although it is not the most eloquent phrase in the English language, it has become the common expletive in modern speech. Expletives are words or phrases that add emphasis, but the term most commonly refers to swear words, profanity, or curses used when angry, in pain, or excited. Remember when uttering 'bloody' resulted in a threat to have one's mouth washed out with soap? Until recently it was a difficult word to trace its etymology in usage, in part because it was omitted as taboo by the editors of the original OED when the "F" entries were compiled (1893-97). Johnson also had excluded the word, and fuck wasn't in a single English language dictionary from 1795 to 1965. It is ridiculous that this word is censored when used in the various forms of public media. Who does it offend? I'll tell you. The Bible Bashers of America.

OIne of the things I wanted to draw attention to was that China is so far ahead of the rest of the world in solar panel technology.

Bloody Hell! Here's another bit of AI slop using the image of the woman I spoke of in a previous post. The content of the attached video is very dangerous.

Crawling back to original topic. This video gives an example of how AI can be used in a positive way to enhance a hobby. It is interesting that the creator is recommending that in this example AI is only used when a commecially made item is not available.

He's definitely in the age group from which most of these posts relate to.

I think that it would now be an offence to view this old Two Ronnies skit.

In the lexicon of parents with young children, "LEGO" means "lounge room landmine"

I have to disagree with you here. As much as I dislike our biased media, it is not its job to tell people the details of new laws. That is the job of the lawmakers. The politicians have to delegate the task to the Public Service which understands the intricacacies of the legislation and develop educational material which presents a citizen's rights and responsibilities under the law in a simple way. The answer that citizens want to know is, "What is hate speech?"

In this day and age, the maxim that 'ignorance of the Law is no excuse' is not an acceptable element of a prosecution. Why? Simply because the volume of Laws/Regulations which have been enacted to enable our society to operate. Do you know every single Law/Regulation pertaining to the operation of a motor vehicle? More than likely, not. In the past fortnight Laws/Regulations have been made in two areas relating to firearms and "hate speech". Assuming that they have been assented to by the Crown, they are enforceable. But can you quote them, or even have no 'ignorance' of them? If we must know, in detail, what these laws and regulations cover, then it is incumbent on the governments which made them to provide the necessary information to all persons who would have to comply with them. Maybe a campaign should be started to force our lawmakers to set up the facilities to provide that information.

Sydney's new Fish Market site has just opened and as well as solving many problems associated with the supply of sea food, the building itself demonstrates that when included in the planning stage of buildings, solar panels can provide the electricity and at the same time contribute to the aesthetics of the building.

Photo B. Enlarge it and you can see that the spout is undone and away from the fitting.

Actually, not so well communicated. The person whom the video I posted was alleged to be is a well known MSM commentator. I've watched many vidoes in which it is known that the video is not AI created. From those experiences, I was able to pick that it was not her actual personage that was doing the reporting. Combine that with the obvious falsity of the story let you know that it is AI slop. The woman has had her immage and voice stolen by someone making clickbait.

It is amazing to see the temperature environments that humans have adapted to and live in. It's a process called acclimatisation. Just think about the local environment you live in and compare it to the evironment of another of our members. I once was aclimatised to the colder environment of the NSW Southern Highlands. When I lived in Sydney after that, I didn't need extra heating for my bed because I did not feel cold in Sydney. This summer I have lived through temperatures in the high 30s, but the humidity has been about 18%. I could not handle 30 degrees on the Queensland coast because of the humidity. People who live in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere can handle temperatures that we in the mid-latitudes would not care to contemplate, and vicky-versa.

Maybe it is wise for Australia to keep its head down and not make any noise so that the big boys ignore us.

Maybe they realise that they have us shouting about domestic matters which distracts us from international matters.

To my way of thinking, 'should of' in text is a misspelling of "should've", which is an acceptable contraction in informal speech/text of 'should have'.

Have you noticed that all the kerfuffle has been about the USA'a relationship with the Northern Hemisphere and Middle East. Not much is being said about Asia and bugger all about teh USA's relationship with Australia. Getting a seat on the Board of Peace is not something Australia should aspire too, especially at the moment as we try to sort out how to control multicultural; peace in our own backyard. I am saddened by the fact that our leaders, from all Parties, have not condemned the actions of the Trump Administration towards its own people and the the Constitutin it claims to honour and defend. Our leaders rightly condemned the actions of the Netanyahu government. They have been quiet on the Iranian situation, and so many other similar government -v- the people situations. I wonder how many Australians have had enough of Trump to call for the closure of Pine Gap, Tindall and th Western Australian submarine base? But I suppose those who would call for those things would be labelled pro-Chinese Communist taitors.

Sarturay night Camden NSW recorded a totoal of 140 mm of rain. The Camden area over the p[ast 20 years and more so recently has been turned from open grazing land to residential estates. Remember the old song Tar and Cement ? The area was always prone to flooding as it lies in the valley of the Nepean/Hawkesbury River. With all that grazing land now covered with roads and houses, I reckon the flooding will be of biblical proporttions. Meanwhile, the Sun till shines and Maria blows.

I think that the company constructing the windmills will have to be propped up.

I suppose it is good for the country that these CEOs get paid millions. Forty-five percent of that goes back to the government in personal tax. But I always wonder, 'what can you spend millions of dolalrs per year on?'

Apparently a wind farm is going to be created about 15 kms southwest of my place.

I can just see it now. Former President Trump's funeral cortege rolls past cheering crowds. The irony would be lost on Americans.