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Comment on Online grocery shopping has been slow to catch on - We shop online for almost everything. Why not food? in ~tech
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Comment on One Belt, One Road: Victoria (Australia) signs Memorandum of Understanding to join China's controversial global trade initiative in ~news
obsoletenerd Link ParentExcept the US does all that stuff too? I'm not saying China are the good guys at all, I'm saying the US is just as evil and yet no one seems to talk about that anywhere near as much as "China =...Except the US does all that stuff too?
I'm not saying China are the good guys at all, I'm saying the US is just as evil and yet no one seems to talk about that anywhere near as much as "China = bad". I don't see China as any worse than the US, which is not saying that either are good, it's saying that they're both just as fucked up as each other.
This agreement seems to be one that will massively benefit Australia, and yet people are upset "because China". It's incredibly hypocritical, that's my only point.
Personally I'd rather we were a lot more independent, and stopped trying to latch on to either of them. We've given up most of our culture for the American one (wtf is with Halloween being a thing here now?!), and constantly let ourselves get taken advantage of by both sides.
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Comment on One Belt, One Road: Victoria (Australia) signs Memorandum of Understanding to join China's controversial global trade initiative in ~news
obsoletenerd LinkGood. We're part of Asia, why are we so anti-China in general and yet we let the US pillage our economy, personal data, culture, etc etc? I think we should absolutely be doing more mutually...Good. We're part of Asia, why are we so anti-China in general and yet we let the US pillage our economy, personal data, culture, etc etc?
I think we should absolutely be doing more mutually beneficial (keyword: mutually) partnerships with Asian countries in general. They're our neighbours, they're not going anywhere, and there's a wealth of benefits in working closer with our neighbours rather than bending over backwards to let the US suck us dry and drag us down with them.
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Comment on Introducing reCAPTCHA v3: the new way to stop bots in ~tech
obsoletenerd Link ParentYou still have Google cookies letting them know you're the same user who logged in then logged out. Even without the cookies, they also fingerprint you based on browser, plugins, etc etc. I use a...You still have Google cookies letting them know you're the same user who logged in then logged out. Even without the cookies, they also fingerprint you based on browser, plugins, etc etc.
I use a VPN 24/7 on all devices, rotate randomly to different end-points, and use a whitelist-only setup for cookies and JS, and I get captchas EVERYWHERE. They always instantly make me do the "Pick the stop signs" ones (eg "Helping Google train their image recognition AI for self-driving cars") and it's a constant hassle.
Every site uses Cloudflare now, which also uses Captcha. Thankfully, I don't actually browse the web very much, so it doesn't really bother me too often, and I've adapted what sites I visit to be ones who don't use Recaptcha or other bullshittery, but they absolutely expect users to allow them to fingerprint and track you and/or have a Google account to browse the web these days.
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Comment on How old is too old for trick-or-treating? in ~life
obsoletenerd Link ParentCouldn't agree more. The Americanisation of our culture is really depressing. Meanwhile you're instantly labeled as racist if you try and have any pride around our own culture. I don't actually...Couldn't agree more. The Americanisation of our culture is really depressing. Meanwhile you're instantly labeled as racist if you try and have any pride around our own culture. I don't actually personally get effected by the latter (as I don't really have an allegiance to any specific culture, coming from a mix of many in my family), but it's still a bit ridiculous watching it play out in the media and through friends.
Halloween shouldn't be a thing here. Simple. The idea that I could have my house egged because I didn't give out free lollies for a holiday we don't even have in our country is ludicrous, but it happens now.
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Comment on Signal technology preview: sealed sender in ~tech
obsoletenerd Link ParentThere's no excuses for a company like Signal. Marketing, the CEO, CIO, everyone should know that privacy is the primary focus. They could use https://goaccess.io/ or any number of log analysers to...There's no excuses for a company like Signal. Marketing, the CEO, CIO, everyone should know that privacy is the primary focus. They could use https://goaccess.io/ or any number of log analysers to do the same job.
I come from a corporate IT background, so I'm well aware of the Marketing-vs-IT relationship, but in this case privacy is the entire point of the company, including Marketing.
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Comment on Are/were you addicted to anything? in ~life
obsoletenerd LinkFood. I struggle to not eat just for the sake of eating. It's a comfort thing. I've managed to give up alcohol, party drugs, all the other vices your 20s and 30s generally introduces, but I still...Food. I struggle to not eat just for the sake of eating. It's a comfort thing. I've managed to give up alcohol, party drugs, all the other vices your 20s and 30s generally introduces, but I still eat too damn much. I eat pretty well as far as eating clean (not perfect, but better than ever)... but portion control is so hard.
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Comment on Signal technology preview: sealed sender in ~tech
obsoletenerd LinkI find it slightly disheartening that Signal.org uses external trackers on their own blog, yet claim to be all about privacy. What's wrong with analysing the local server logs? They give more than...I find it slightly disheartening that Signal.org uses external trackers on their own blog, yet claim to be all about privacy. What's wrong with analysing the local server logs? They give more than enough metrics for a blog that doesn't run ads (and therefore shouldn't care about more advanced metrics).
I do like the sealed sender feature though, and generally like what Signal are doing. I wish they'd stop using a phone number as the primary identifier, otherwise they're easily my favourite of the encrypted messengers right now.
Both of the major grocery chains in the Australian grocery duopoly (Coles and Woolworths) do home delivery, and it's pretty popular. I'd say about half the people I know do their weekly shopping online, but that's mostly tech savvy people who work a lot and earn enough to justify the price difference.
I personally found that the quality is lower. They seem to put their best produce on display in the store, and you get the older/crappier produce in delivery.