Most of the Parramatta station turnstile gates have been turned off (no lights, fully open) and there was a staff member in union shirt near them. Some people were queuing next to the few working ones on the side (newer model, maybe they can't turn them off?).
WaterWaiver 4d ago • 100%
The leakage scenarios for alkaline cells never seem to make sense.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1508-we-finally-got-alkaline-battery-leakage!/
WaterWaiver 4d ago • 100%
I would recommend rinsing the vinegar away with water instead. It's already completely dissolved, but the baking powder might not be if you add that undissolved. You don't want to leave anything behind.
WaterWaiver 5d ago • 100%
Girls can't wear pants... is this the 1950's? Absolutely awful
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 100%
Atomic wafers made by the techo-church-state? Or have I got this back to front and this is how the non-technical society irradiates its children?
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 100%
Comedy prediction: SD2 releases overseas, but Australia is used to sell remaining stocks of SD1s for a few years before the SD2 is released here.
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 92%
The whole thing is vaguely and noncomittally worded, it promises basically nothing.
Take this bit for example:
taking into account the EULAs of specific games within it
In other words: talk to the individual publishers of each game and get their permission :P At which point GOG's involvement is almost irrelevant, if you have the publisher's consent then they might as well give you a copy.
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 100%
I would assume that court orders and proved wills have different levels of coercion when you present them to someone like GOG? Dunno. Each country probably has its own rules, including fun complexities like whether or not GOG was a party to the process or not.
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 100%
Wait a second... if the AI was trained to think that blue flags lie down and red flags are windswept, then what are the biases of the footage was it trained on?
leafblowers near UN headquarters flagpoles intensify
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 100%
A good sign - the company behind the show does appear to hire "Documentalist"s, which I assume means they put some effort into historical accuracy. The video itself has a much longer credits list for them.
The company's about page claims they use historical footage, but make no mention about re-enactment footage (that I suspect they use, but I might be very wrong).
The video's credits have lots about archive sources. At a cursory glance I can't see anything about re-enactment.
Maybe it is all real footage? Perhaps I'm just imagining that some is re-enactment? But some of it seems like it would be really weird to have a camera there and people acting that way. IDK, I wish the program made it clear-cut for me.
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 100%
Title of PCGamer's article is misleading, they want a court order to do it. Proof of death is not enough.
"In general, your GOG account and GOG content is not transferable. However, if you can obtain a copy of a court order that specifically entitles someone to your GOG personal account, the digital content attached to it taking into account the EULAs of specific games within it, and that specifically refers to your GOG username or at least email address used to create such an account, we'd do our best to make it happen. We're willing to handle such a situation and preserve your GOG library—but currently we can only do it with the help of the justice system."
They have to do that anyway. Court orders overrule a company's policies in most (all?) legal systems.
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 100%
Here's a short excerpt with a lot of editing. I am not sure which parts are period or not and to what level the editing has been done.
- Sphere in wall: anyone know what this is?
- Periscope rising: unnatural movement, probably just because of AI frame interpolation?
- Machinegun barrel wiggling from a bunker: footage is looped backwards and forwards.
- Scene panning #1: possibly a still photo that has had the ocean animated, then panned left to right?
- Scene #2: Real photo I assume.
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 100%
SBS is an Australian TV broadcaster, partly gov funded but not fully (unlike the ABC).
WaterWaiver 1w ago • 100%
Some short excerpts for the purpose of demonstrating examples of questionable footage (short enough that they shouldn't be a copyright problem, for purposes of criticism, review, research and study).
Which of this footage is real and which is re-enactment? Is the photo of the clapboard separate to the video before it, with the camera flash transition inbetween?
This ship footage looks like it could be real. The quality is amazing however.
Direct evidence of AI colourisation: a flag that changes colour
Watching this now live on SBS. It's _very_ confusing. I cannot tell when actual footage is being used (AI colourised + cleaned up) or when it is re-enactments that have been re-colourised similarly to match. The program actively seems to not want me to be able to tell the difference. It can't possibly be all based on period footage. There is too much in too high of quality and resolution. Most (but not all of it) has had its framerate increased to be smooth, so I can't use that as a hint. Sometimes the soldiers wave at the camera and the footage is a bit lower in quality. Other times they ignore the camera and look more like actors, but I can't be certain. Some of the equipment looks wrong period (gasmasks) but I can't be sure. I really want to know now (I guess that means its a successful program in some ways). EDIT: [Looks like the gasmask is legit! ](https://www.gasmaskking.com/us-army-m5-11-7-assault-gas-mask) Never thought watching a program on the SBS would unsettle me as much as this. I've seen AI colourised and interpolated footage, but not mixed with (what I think is) re-enactments in a way designed to stop you telling the differences. EDIT: It's hard to find info about this show, it has a generic name and looks like it was only released this year. * Watchable online in Aus right now: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/watch/2374216259693 * Main site (language switch at top-right): https://www.cccprod.com/en/production/apocalypse-d-day   
WaterWaiver 2w ago • 100%
I assumed this was an XKCD when I saw it.
WaterWaiver 2w ago • 100%
Appreciated Minty :)
WaterWaiver 3w ago • 95%
Suicide Squad: Less interesting than discussing linguistics xD
WaterWaiver 3w ago • 100%
Took me a few tries to understand.
::: spoiler spoiler
She was playing piano.
:::
WaterWaiver 3w ago • 100%
Police shut the road and were diverting traffic, not sure. Buses were getting radio instructions on how to avoid the area.
WaterWaiver 3w ago • 100%
All dementia is different and difficult in different ways, so I don't want to claim my experience will be the same as yours.
Both my grandmothers have been in full time care of my parents until recently. One with strong dementia and depression, the other mild dementia but argumentative. It was very stressful for my folks, particularly with one being a nightly wanderer and fall risk.
Government support packages were hard to navigate but they did get some at home assistance. We had a really nice carer come in a few days per week to help with showers and a little bit of cleaning, but the company behind them was awful to deal with and would try to reschedule or cancel all of the time. Definitely still worth it though.
Getting carers allowance (money/week) took a lot of paperwork. It was not much money, but it was something.
Now my parents only care for one of my grandmothers and only for half of the week (family is now taking her for the rest). This is still difficult but much more manageable.
My other grandmother is now in a nursing home. This was really hard for everyone, both emotionally (family saw nursing homes as places you go to die) and practically (first nursing home run by the Salvation Army was neglectful; hospitalised after 4 days). It's working out much better now, my grandmother seems to be going OK (on average, the dementia and depression are intermittent) and the family is coping better with just occasional visits rather than 24/7 care. x
If your loved one lives alone: get a doctor's advice and get them assessed. There are support services for them that can come in and help them occasionally.
If you are taking care of them full time: the government offers a few weeks of "respite" every year. This is essentially temporary nursing home stays, fully paid for. The idea is that you are a better carer if you take breaks; and this also lets you see how they respond to a nursing home without committing.
For nursing homes: visit them and try them out first with respite. They vary a LOT in terms of what they can cope with and what their staff are like.
WaterWaiver 3w ago • 100%
It's not land banking. It's land investment. We're making the land better, more luscious, stronger.
All buses diverted a long way around to the station, lots of buses lined up. Road closed. (Do you guys want me posting stuff like here, or is it a waste of your time?)
Announcements say the delays are "Indefinite" and sometimes is calling it a police op at Redfern.
The new theme seems deadset on replacing content with whitespace, driving my father in particular mad (he's having more luck finding Australian news on DW than the ABC right now; and he is sore that he has to hunt for the "Science" news category now in menus). Not sure how long they'll keep the ?future=x flag available, but for now it gives you about double the number of articles per page.
www.transdev.com.au
I can't find a official message from the RTBU (their website is out of date, nothing seems public on facebook and twitter refuses me access unless I create an account).
8PM (right now) +/- 10 hours Better call the tiberium harvester back in.
Encountered this fellow during bushcare today. He was sitting right on top of the [bridal veil](https://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/BridalVeilCreeper) roots we were pulling, looking suspiciously like a rock. We probably shouldn't have handled him (I hope turtles don't get dizzy from being turned upside down). We put him back down and hid him under some other groundcover as a local Kookaburra was loitering.    
Anyone else? My feed reader was not happy this morning, all youtube feed URLS are 404ing. Both the old-style and new ID style: * https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=perochialjoe * https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=mrdodobird * https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCGLGhwIJfz4Nl2uhTqdNikw * https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCi8UNRmZpgCAYXUtyWQnhag
Imagine you're in the blue car, wanting to turn left:  Green is turning right. There is only one lane. Two options I see: (1) Stay behind the green car, to the left (and behind the crossing) until they leave. (2) Pull up to the left of the green car (as if there were two lanes). I assume (1) is correct given there is technically only one lane, but I can't find any materials on the NSW site or driving handbook about it and (2) is something I see other people do. (I have my license test next week) EDIT: Solved, option (2) is the right one. see https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/roads-safety-and-rules/sharing-road-overtaking-and-merging/overtaking-safely > The only time you can overtake on the left is when the vehicle you’re overtaking is: > * waiting to turn right or make a U-turn from the centre of the road
I could not find any mentions of these problems online. The article itself has no technical detail. Looking forward to seeing what the actual problems are. It seems this is the first product to market. Guesses based off the general subject matter: * Silica concentrations probably vary depending on the exact position of your head, especially since it's heavy material. If you mount this sensor even a few meters away from a worker then it's readings could possibly become invalid, eg because an angle grinder is firing dust a different direction to the sensor. * Silica is a slang term for a _very_ big category of materials. Some might look completely different to others under certain laser observations, leading to some getting missed (bad) and others materials triggering false positives (leading to the sensor's screams being ignored by workers). * Self-cleaning routines might be needed to stop it clogging up, otherwise the sensor starts reporting a higher baseline. They could either choose to report this ("pls clean me" light comes on) or ignore it (bury head in sand mode). * Alternatively it's performance might actually be fine, but perhaps it's still being spruked inappropriately. Government involvement in funding the project might (?) magnify this problem.
www.sbs.com.au
Interesting title. Compare it with the ABC's version: [ABC: Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci announces retirement as company announces $781m loss]( https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-21/woolworths-brad-banducci-retires-announcement/103490636)
www.abc.net.au
Maybe the latest changes are causing more problems? I'm imagining house-of-cards software stacks (insert jokes about Tangaras running DOS/Windows). At least we're not suffering [Polish train problems :)](https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains) Seven News video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDi4RRNxnuk SMH written article: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/crew-doors-flew-open-on-new-intercity-trains-during-trial-20231205-p5ep8o.html Anyone have better or more interesting sources?
Context: https://aussie.zone/post/5207334 I'll make an account through Slrpnk if this doesn't work.