Sternhammer

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[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Technically not ‘convicted’ until sentenced but that day is coming.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

lazy and unprofessional

This is a key aspect of Trumpism: it’s all about the grift and that means the shortest path to money.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, as a motorcyclist I’m always aghast at the speed cyclists can attain in relation to the protective clothing they don’t wear. I can understand why it’s not practical to wear abrasion-resistant clothing and a full-face helmet, but still.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Indeed. Apple always gets criticised for the 30% ‘Apple Tax’ but the console manufacturers get a free pass for the same thing. Bizarre.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 21 points 1 year ago

Yes, additive colour theory is based on red, green and blue (RGB). These are the colours you see if you look at your TV screen very closely.

Subtractive colour theory uses cyan, magenta and yellow. In printing black, abbreviated ‘K’, is added for contrast—CMYK. These are the inks used to print the dots you see if you look closely at a magazine photo.

I think people are confused by this because they’re taught a bastardised version of subtractive colour theory, using red, blue and yellow, at a very early age.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I think the Easter Billy thing may have been a fund raiser for the Save the Bilby Fund, though I’m not sure. Did some work with them in Charleville some time back, as part of a student field trip looking at design concepts for what eventually became the Bilby Experience. Great people.

From what I can remember they’ve had good success in rebuilding the bilby population.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago

Good luck getting Optus, a communications company, to promptly and accurately communicate with its customers.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could see this degeneration happing about 5 years back when our vice chancellor started calling herself ‘president’. They gave up on it after a few years but it’s very clear where their priorities lie.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

It wanted to end its suffering. Blue jaunt.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. I’ve carried a Swiss Army Life pretty much every day of my adult life and I can’t remember ever stabbing anyone.

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tower Bridge has its own website which has a little information about what’s inside (though it’s mostly trying to get you to do a tour).

[–] Sternhammer@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, they’re good books. Ripping yarns. Their charm lies in seeing the underdog earthlings (humans and cetaceans) fight against the odds. There’s a strong vein of what you might call earthling exceptionalism running through the series.

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