WaterWaiver

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[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's a gorgeous game experience. Not to mention they put so many other gamedevs to shame with their technical accomplishments (especially in the expansion -- flooding waves in a ringworld!).

Don't look up spoilers. Get yourself a copy and play it. Find somewhere to land your spaceship :)

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Ditto three. Pages hanging too.

Lots of gastro cases in NSW the last few weeks, maybe server has it too. Make sure to take plenty of fluids.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

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@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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@aussie.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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@aussie.zone 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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@aussie.zone 56 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

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@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

I assumed this was an XKCD when I saw it.

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Appreciated Minty :)

[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Suicide Squad: Less interesting than discussing linguistics xD

 

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.

 

Recommend engineer's bikinis (shorts).

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone
 

Encountered this fellow during bushcare today. He was sitting right on top of the bridal veil 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.

 

I wonder if the fines are enough, assuming they find the people? I've heard that it's cheaper or more profitable to just accept the fines.

Councils can issue a maximum on-the-spot fine of $3,000 for illegal tree removals by individuals, or $6,000 for businesses. Mr Wrightson said the council was getting legal advice about the best course of action, which could include seeking penalties of up to $1 million through a prosecution in the NSW Land and Environment Court.

300 tress x $6000 = $1.8million

That's big if you chopped the trees for one house, but what if you chopped them for 10? Perhaps you would still get more than $180,000 extra each if they had better views?

 

I want to make my own iron-on labels and patches (small scale, for fun).

Does anyone know what the name of the adhesive is? All I can find when I search online are people wanting to sell me pre-made patches, not information about their composition.

I presume it's some low melting point (<100degC) polymer. For all I know a wide variety of things might work (maybe even PETG 3d printer filament, which softens around 70degC, or hot glue shavings), but I'd like to see if I can at least find out the name of what's commercially used.

EDIT: Solved, see https://aussie.zone/comment/4326482

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by WaterWaiver@aussie.zone to c/ausfinance@aussie.zone
 

The online lists of bank savings accounts I've looked at are now mostly out of date.

The guardians for my grandmother recently got control of her CBA bank account (don't worry this isn't a horror story) and discovered it was all in an almost 0% interest account, so they've moved it to a goalsaver (4.65% at time of writing).

I have a CBA account, but moved my savings around a few years back first to Bank Australia (they had good interest for a while) then Credit Union SA (currently at 3.65%). I feel like I might end up with an account with everyone at this rate.

ING seems to offer 5.5% right now but they have a longer list of requirements attached than I expected (I'll have to start using their cards if I join them).

Any thoughts or advice? EDIT: Also are fixed term deposits ever sane? I've always assumed that guessing the direction of interest rates is a gamble.

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