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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

That's nice, but how does that help people who, to this day, can't get any 'NBN' other than satellite?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

By that token, I would also recommend the one-season X-Files spin-off 'The Lone Gunmen'. It can come across as a bit hokey for the first few episodes, but they found their pace and it became really enjoyable. I don't think it was ever meant to be more than a single - and, by then-current standards, short - season but I really enjoyed it. The show blended the comic relief of the three geeks from the main series with some more serious storytelling and even had an episode with a plot that resembled a later real-life world-changing event.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Ich bin 2004 ausgewandert, und habe beide Stücke noch in Erinnerung als vor meiner Auswanderung geschehen.

Scheisse, ich werde alt...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The only thing worse than people misusing the term 'enshittification' are people who criticise that but can't be bothered to get their facts straight.

No, it's not a meaningless buzzword. And no, it was not made up by nostalgic millennials. It would have taken you a mere minute of online research to figure that out yourself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

'Playing Devil's advocate'.

Mostly because most people who use it do so in glaringly wrong ways.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I suggest you read up a bit on how and by whom the term was coined and what it actually means. It's by no means 'vague' and it is also a bit more than just repackaging and selling something already known. I suspect many people using the term aren't even fully aware of what it describes and, crucially, what is being proposed to reduce the effects it describes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lucky Number Slevin

Man On Fire

Syriana

Equilibrium

And for some solid Australian cinema: Mystery Road

[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Boss announces he will break the law.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Because he has no plan to address the causes of crime, only a plan for harsher punishments. So he has no realistic way of reducing victim numbers.

No surprises here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Ja, ist schon ein bisschen eine 'Wasser macht nass' Meldung. Wenn die Politik nur endlich mal ernsthaft was dagegen unternähme, und zwar nicht nur Verbote, sondern auch richtige Hilfe für Suchtkranke. Wir wissen schließlich, dass diese Spiele aufs perfideste darauf zugeschnitten sind, Leute süchtig zu machen. Diese Branche sollte eigentlich nur in strengstens regulierter Form existieren.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Glücksspiel ist in Australien eine ernsthafte Krise, aber weder Staatsregierungen noch der Bund unternehmen bislang etwas ernsthaftes dagegen. In fast jedem Pub gibt es Spielmaschinen (im Prinzip elektronische einarmige Banditen - 'Pokies' genannt) sowie Keno, ein andauerndes Tippspiel. Überall wird man mit Werbung für Sportwetten zugeschüttet. Und ständig liest man in den Medien Berichte darüber, wie sich Leute immer wieder um ihre ganze Habe spielen und wetten, wie gefährlich die Spielsucht ist, und was da für Unmengen an Geld im Spiel sind.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

wir achten aber auch unsere deutsche Sprache und wollen Abnormalitäten, so schlimm oder so schön sie auch sein können, in der Natur nicht zur Normalität erklären.

Aha. Frauen sind für die AfD also Abnormalitäten. Gut zu wissen.

 

Bank-owned ATM numbers are down almost 60%, with many spots now taken by privately-owned machines charging about $3 per withdrawal

 

Now why they ask people like Gina Rinehart to present a 'defence and economic blueprint' is anyone's guess.

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