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Fly In Fly Out. Typically, the workers fly out from a capital city to work/live at a remote mine site for several weeks, then they fly back for a couple of weeks rest, repeat.

In Australia, to keep receiving unemployment benefits, you have to apply for 20 jobs a fortnight (or something like that). So you get a lot of unemployed people shot gunning their …

> 2. The reviews are heavily biased. Hosts will pester you to leave positive review, if you leave even a 4 star, they get really mad at you. I left a 4 star review and the host gav…

That whole Thai situation was when my opinion of Elon cratered. The pedo insult and subsequent lawsuits really gave insight into Elon's (lack of) character - the fact he would use …

I've been playing around with OBS and Zoom lately as well. Prior to a meeting, I pre-recorded a couple of minutes of me watching the screen. I used OBS to switch to this looped pre…

If I remember my uni engineering/calculus maths class correctly, the third derivative of position is used in planning these sort of curves. The first derivative of postion (with re…

I did that - my IM client was on permanent 'away' status. I was tired of being 'green' and people would send multiple messages if I didn't respond instantly to their IMs. Being per…

One thing to check: Your hearing I went through a period of life in my late 30s where I felt I was getting stupider. I was struggling to pickup new concepts and get a handle on new…

> but the battery lasts for several weeks if not months; i In my experience, this is exactly why it's an issue. All my less tech savvy family who use this mouse forget to charge it…

Oh of course. I forgot about the difference between median and average! For the purpose of the point the article was making in that section (about how the efforts to 'make Broadway…

As someone who moonlights in the theatre industry (as a theatre photographer), I'm vaguely familiar with the economics of putting on shows - the article is very interesting and tal…

As someone in the Gen X demographic who has never smoked, I've watched the anti-smoking campaigns and shift in attitudes towards smoking with interest - particularly how resistant …

So if I was in a space battle and the enemy 'jumps to light speed'(1) to make a quick escape ... they would actually be easier to target with a laser because they 'slow down' from …

When I was an IT manager, I never answered my phone if I was talking to someone, and especially if they were one of my team (unless it was the incident response desk which would me…

Don't quote me on this, but I recall reading that there is a layer of air at ground level that is very turbulent/choppy due to it's interaction with the ground which makes it terri…

I don't fit into any of those categories, but I feel I received real value. I had an AMEX card - there was an annual fee, but it also came with a 'free' return domestic flight. Sin…

https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT211218 I'm not sure ... i was under the understanding the that EQ function on iOS only applied to music. I guess the other advantage is that audio…

I'm about to trial a replacement for my current HA (about 5 years old) for the Phonak Paradise (the just released successor to the Marvel). The bluetooth connectivity has been a bi…

So that would imply that for Softbank, high gamma stocks are desirable for this scheme? As in they want the maximum 'reaction' from each purchase they make? Also, this works in rev…

Youtube is also affected. You can upload files but they won't process.

I wish there was photo management software which catered to non-enterprise multi-user environments. ie families, or small organizations where the photos (and database) would reside…

> If everyone was like OP in condeming these corporations maybe their expectations would eventually become real. >> No, they wouldn't, because the selection pressure on the organiz…

They don't work - well at least they aren't idiot-proof. See the comment above regarding the Montague Bridge in Melbourne, Australia. They have those height bars installed and we s…

> It doesn't work when I am not wearing my glasses Are you holding the phone too close to your face? I was getting frustrated that FaceID wouldn't work for me in bed when I wasn't …