BloominOnion

I believe when using apple pay with an apple watch, there's no longer a threshold where you need to use a PIN/passcode as the watch is using 'biometric authentication'.

Sounds like he administered a precordial thump.

100% I'm in Melbourne so summers are usually a dry heat that can go into the mid-high 30's often. Send me up to the Gold Coast where the humidity is much greater and I'll struggle in the high 20's low 30's

I'm becoming more and more despondent by the day here.

I'll preface this with, I chose to be vaccinated - I believe the science, however...

I watch people allow the Government and Corporations infringe on peoples body autonomy through mandatory vaccination. If you don't received a vaccine by a certain date - you'll lose your right to work in essential industries (it's a lot broader than just aged care or health care).

If you protest(ed) this, you're labelled selfish, an anti-vaxxer or conspiracy theorist. You're pepper sprayed or shot with rubber bullets - All enabled through health mandates - designed to protect your health (last I checked pepper spray will cause coughing and potential aerosol transmission).

We officially have the most locked down state in the world yet we have a higher vaccination rate than North America.

While our fully vaxxed rates lag behind the EU, our first dose coverage is marginally greater with an assumption that the fully vaxxed rate will catch up and potentially surpass.

We have minimal deaths, but at a great cost to our freedom. When we do get our 'freedom' it'll be with surveillance and vaccine passports. Those who have decided not to be coerced into having a vaccine will not be allowed to participate in the economy and society at large.

I fear this has set a precedent in this Country and we will see this occur again and again.

Not everywhere in Australia, you don't have to fit them but your home needs to meet a mandated minimum '6 star' energy rating. This comes down to everything in the house such as wattage per square meter of lighting, double glazing in windows etc.

The biggest pitfalls here usually with solar hot water is the storage capacity, especially with a family.

Ran some basic figures for 6 months:

Barrels 2000000

lease cost / day $350,000.00

Barrel cost -$37

Take delivery profit $74,000,000.00

After 180 days storage $63,000,000.00

Sell/barrel $20

Net $51,000,000.00

I think most people would view it from the lens of Police inherently having legislated power over people and the ability to detain, arrest and/or charge people.

Big adtech have insane amounts of data and deep pockets but realistically no means to carry out the above, however that doesn't mean big adtech should get a pass.

Why not? What an employee does in their time is their business. Furthermore it takes two to tango, it's a free market.

If an Apple employee is solicited and accepts, then they're finding the opportunity or terms more agreeable than whatever Apple currently provides, why should an employee be denied the opportunity?

I trade my time, skills and knowledge for money. I don't owe my employer anything other than the above. If I receive a better offer, why shouldn't I take it?