Thatās nice. I wish we could carry this sort of thing here but itās not with the hassle. It would come in so handy.
The offence for carrying a knife requires you to prove reasonable excuse where I live.
Plus they have now introduced āwandingā (hand held metal detector search) at shopping centres, event venues, public transport and a tonne of other places. No warrants required, it can be approved by a Sergeant of Police and everyone subjected to it.
Welcome to Australia where only the crims have guns, knives and rights.
Every person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $2,000 who, in any public place, without reasonable excuse, ā¦
I have carried a knife since I recived my first at 5 years oldā¦
Iād claim it as a part of myself and my religion or some shit.
My knife can identify a sikh kirpan or scottish skene-dhu
A knife is a tool, its the intent that makes it a weaponā¦
Have you two considered stabbing, or better yet, shooting your politicians? Thatās fusking ridiculous!
I donāt think Iād be able to tolerate the wanding treatment for long before deciding to move to another country and I donāt carry a knife very often.
Lol. Me too. My dad got me one at the old āAmbulance Standā. They used to sell stuff to fund their services as the Govt didnāt fund them back then.
Yeah, I agree itās a utility. I am confident of defending myself if charged but it is a real hassle if I was charged (and I am former police, so know they will simply charge and let the court sort it).
I need to have an authority to work in my profession and any charges trigger a reporting requirement which in turn can lead to suspension pending trial. So t is simply not worth the risk to me.
I donāt really have an issue with the gun laws here. I think they need to be loosened a bit so the average punter can do some hunting etc but we are used to them now as a country.
The knife stuff arose because of juvenile crime. They are out of control at the moment. I wish though, the law allowed people over 21 or so to carry a knife for utility purposes which would still address the juvenile issue.
Truth is bikies etc make their own guns now and only the crims carry. Our police shootings have also gone through the roof. Normally we would have one every few years. Now it is 4 or 5 a year. I know this is nothing for the US, but here itās really over the top (I should add the shootings have all been completely justified and lawful. Nothing like the issues in US).
And donāt get me started on the great policy which puts the seriously mentally ill back I to the community with pretty much no supportā¦ But hey, we spend a fortune on 'welcome to countryās ceremonies, so I suppose itās all good.
Just like Colombia with itās gun controlā¦ But the Colombian police is easy to bribe so they donāt often get shot, they make some extra money insteadā¦
I voted with my feet on a significant amount of āgreat policiesā.
Re the police, we donāt really have that problem and havenāt for over 30 years. However the current crop are very much touchy feely and I would not bother calling them if one of my family were hurt.
Re voting with your feet, I agree. Unfortunately I have kids and a life style (read great wine and food) which I simply donāt want to leave.
I expect to move to Europe though when I retire and the kids are finished uni. Not sure where yet but I speak German and am slowly learning French so will likely be around thereā¦ Plus I love Italy but not sure if that is just me being a tourist. Living there could be different.
I have a few stories about fake transistors. Including some BJTs that didnāt have the correct pinoutā¦ And some mosfets that did not match the absolute maximum ratings by an order of magnitude.
Still, itās kinda weird for a finished productā¦ But most LED bulbs run pretty hot and the thermal protection doesnāt always work so I guess it shouldnāt be surprising.
I reverse engineer electronics a lot and the electronics industry has fallen off a cliff over the past 10 years. Yes things are easier than ever to produce, but the functionality is only getting more complex which raises the bar needed to make a āqualityā product, and global capital consumerism paired with greater wealth disparity has driven a race to the bottom as far as cost and quality. Honestly I donāt know why people are surprised, this is the inevitable trajectory. China would be stupid not to game the system like they do.
More and more I find I need to make things myself, adapting or arranging open source projects. When you said you didnāt think the brands would matter, I couldnāt help but laugh. Supply chain management and part sourcing are huge for me, so like you said seeing so much stuff out of spec and poorly documented Iāve just come to expect garbage
Sameā¦ Not that long ago, I was frustrated as I couldnāt find a smart lock that wasnāt designed in China in the local market.
I expect the same under certain circumstances and recently avoided the Chinese brands like the plague while buying an air conditioner and a bunch of access points.
I guess that Iām mentally struggling to process the stuff thatās nice enough to last for a few years but not nice enough to last as long as the stuff that I design.
I still expect no-name power adapters to last for a long time as long as they are UL/ETL/TĆV listed. And I was dumb enough to expect simple things like Qi chargers and desk lamps to behave like this. And yet I know that LED bulbs are a gamble, even the brand name onesā¦ I also realize that if a power adapter dies after 4~6 years, I doubt that Iād find outā¦
Sorry, but while Iām familiar with the problem, I still struggle to process it at times and was expecting it to be limited to some product categories because I wasnāt really thinking.
I knowā¦ And Iām now remembering all the work that I did in the open source 3D printer side of thingsā¦ You should see how badly designed most of the commercially available boards are, I almost got an aneurism from looking at Chinese schematics and jokingly mentioned that everyone in the project I was working on should ask for a raiseā¦
TP-Link has done the same. And their stuff doesnāt lastā¦
Once again, Iām an idiot and the totally of this problem hasnāt fully clicked yet.
At least the Haka has some legitimacy. We now have all these academics which are coming out with different ideas. Our federal govt spent over $450k on welcomes last year.
If they (the Govt) was for real, this could have gone to health, education and violence intervention measures and actually achieved something.
We have an election due by May. Likely in April. Canāt wait.
Plus cost of living is out of control and they have no idea on how to fix itā¦
My wife is a NZ citizen. I may move over there shortly
Yes. Being published is all that counts. Bugger evidence. It really is setting us back as a nation. The current prime minister wanted to amend our constitution to allow for a āvoice to parliamentā for our first nations people. He did this despite it being obvious it would be majorly defeated. It basically divided the nation. Plus our constitution allows for the federal govt to make laws for first nations, so there was simply no need to entrench something into the constitution (I am involved heavily in legislation development and seriously we have never made a stupid mistake requiring changes because of unexpected outcomesā¦ So letās entrench it in the constitution and give no detail on what we plan to do)!
