Dean @dean@librem.one
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I am into science and climate activism. I love to learn about social issues and to challenge my own perspectives. I'm also into free and open-source software and I am back in University studying computer science.
Joined Jun 2019
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‘Out of the dark ages’: Greens to force climate action if they win WA balance of power
The WA Greens intend to leverage a balance of power scenario in the upper house to push the next government to increase royalties from oil and gas and improve its response to climate change
#Australia #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
@smlx yeah, the airline industry has had this mindset for decades and makes it the most (?) safe form of travel. We can learn and become a true engineering discipline.
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You know what doesn't collect data about you? A pair of wired headphones that don't require an app to function. https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/01/your-headphones-may-be-spying-on-you/
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This is happening across Australia next Saturday. Please consider attending if you can.
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In light of US tech oligarchy setting its sights on Wikimedia Foundation, a historical detail I did not know before: #Wikipedia became the non-profit it is today partly as the result of a labour strike of Spanish Wikipedia editors who disagreed with the proposed inclusion of advertisements. Initially, it was not clear what revenue model Wikipedia would get, and Wales moved towards a for-profit model already a year after launch. However, rather than working for free, so Jimmy Wales could profit from their labour via advertising, Spanish contributors forked Spanish Wikipedia as the Encyclopedia Libre Universal. Under the threat of losing the editorial community of such a large language, Wales conceded and set up the non-profit.
That is to say, however imperfect they are, all the digital commons we have are the result of ongoing struggle and hard work to keep them as commons.
Via Las Redes Son Nuestras (https://www.consonni.org/es/publicaciones/las-redes-son-nuestras) by @teclista
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@petrillic Ahahah, indeed - or, maybe even worse, the obligatory:
I'm never buying a Johnson and Johnson product again! Their products cause cancer and they do everything to cover it up and not pay the victims. https://youtube.com/watch?v=tpxzjGxSjA8
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I love English. It's a trash fire disguised as a language and I'm here for all of it. However, I really need to be better about people not speaking it "correctly." It's a goddamn trash fire. Of course people don't speak it correctly. I'm pretty sure there's no correct way to speak it. And that's leaving out all the racism and classism which goes into "grammatical perfection."
English isn't Latin. It's a glorious clusterfuck of stolen parts bolted onto a bastard chassis and powered entirely by the burning of dictionaries. There is no way that it should be the lingua franca of international affairs, and yet it is. Speak it any way you want. English doesn't give a fuck. English will take your error and turn it into a part of itself. English drinks prescriptivist tears like fine wine. Contribute to the delinquency of English any way you can.
Western Australia's domestic methane (natural) gas market is being linked to the export market. This is a double edged sword to move the state to renewables. I have electrified my house so I don't buy gas or oil but a lot of the peak electricity supply is gas. Our government retailer Synergy, is always developing new products to support consumer renewables & demand management. I can't wait to see what they do next year to help people reduce their fossil fuel use and cost
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Science* isn’t something you “believe” in.
Science is something you think in.
There is a huge difference between belief and knowledge.
*Science is answering questions by measuring observations in a manner that is repeatable.
@richlv How hard is it to find clinics inside the buildings? I spent a long time wandering around one of the large hospitals (31.96763° S, 115.81528° E). So my local group (GeoGeeks) had a mapping day there to try and do some internal mapping.
I was watching 'The Diplomat' on Netflix and the captions censored the word 'shit' by not showing it. Even though it was said in the audio. If they want to censor, fine but also beep out the word from the audio track or hide the title behind parental controls.
If you see censored words report it as a caption or subtitle error. #EqualAccess
@CppGuy the aircon will turn itself off but keep the fluid primed. You can also set your aircon to just remove the humidity and it'll help cool but use very little electricity.
@CppGuy good article. In Australia we use air-conditioners to heat and cool. You can have central units that work best if cooling the entire house with all internal doors open for the return air flow. But most people have multiple split systems. We usually deal with a 10-15°C difference and don't need it on all day. Up north with 20+ difference they leave it on 24/7 across the entire house. Even putting a sheet up to cordon off a room helps to stop the load on an aircon.
@anlomedad I wonder what the effect would be if a % used ground source heat pumps and not air source heat pumps? They could mandate all government buildings use ground source, and only air source where it is not feasible. Only if they need cooling.
@CppGuy I only have a hot water heat pump and live in a hot climate, so naive. Is the system designed to heat your entire house? If it's so cold 11kW is not enough, could you only heat part of your house?
When I visited family in the UK, to save money they only set their gas oil heaters to heat a few rooms at a time.
You'll probably need 3 phase power to go above 11kW.
@CarbonBubble she'll probably be similar to the Australian Labor government. They put out a lot of green energy and industrial policy, but didn't stop or slow down fossil fuel extraction.
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The next #Geogeeks hacknight is next Wednesday (Oct 9th): https://geogeeks.org/2024/1009_hack_night.html #Perth #meetup
@vidak I ran LAN cables through my roof and replaced some of my old phone ports with LAN ports. You can buy rj-45 ports from Bunnings that have a free crimper
- Country
- Australia
I am into science and climate activism. I love to learn about social issues and to challenge my own perspectives. I'm also into free and open-source software and I am back in University studying computer science.
Joined Jun 2019
