jonhuber

And the desire to not want to understand things.

I think what's crazy is the desire to replicate current day corporate structures. Look at this multi agent Jira story reading bot that builds stuff cause we let it churn overnight. Like the whole idea that you don't need that nonsense to build something amazing.

Pot plants are just potted plants in Australian parlance.

Well said, to that point we should at least be disincentivizing the combination of content and ISP.

Net neutrality is the solution to a sub problem. Content companies having a monopoly on the last mile. We should really be pushing for structural separation and ownership rules of communications infrastructure, which I suppose is the end game of net neutrality anyways.

Like roads, it doesn't necessarily make sense to have competition in the last mile space, two fibers/cables/etc running to the same dwelling. New Zealand and Australia have created infrastructure companies for creating a whole sale last mile network. Like deregulated electric or gas, the infrastructure provider is responsible for handling the physical connection while service provider provides the actual service over the infrastructure. In the case of internet in Australia, the NBN provides the fiber connection and the ISP provides network connectivity. It is even possible to have two ISPs over the single fiber.

Got a terrible ISP. Churn and burn. However, if all the ISPs are terrible, then you probably still need net neutrality.

Really, you need both. Structural separation, so at least there is some choice. Net neutrality rules, so companies can't monetize their customer.

Disclaimer: Australia's NBN is a bit of a mess due to politics, but New Zealand did it right with UFB.

As an American living in Australia, you quickly see the lack of innovation on payments in the US. Contact-less payments have been prevalent since moving here in 2012. The ability to pay bills via a common protocol is so nice, BPAY. The ability to move money between people electronically without third parties is also refreshing, direct bank transfers.

I have a Nexus 5 and use NFC payments via Google Pay and Bank Apps. In my opinion, they both are terrible from ease of use standpoint. Tapping my card on the terminal is far superior to opening an app and fumbling with it. As far as Apple is concerned, I think they are completely in the wrong in not letting other apps use NFC. Ideally, they win market share by creating the better experience. The banks getting together to negotiate terms is ridiculous too. In my opinion, an ideal outcome would be open NFC use on Apple devices. The better experience wins. I do not think collectively negotiating terms does anything for the consumer.

Yes, but most wouldn't say 2nd of July or 3rd of July. I feel it is said that way because of the holiday status.

I couldn't have said it better myself. I moved to Australia a while back, and I find trying to scan dates on Australian sites infuriating, especially for apartment listings.

11/02/13 12/03/13 15/02/13 14/03/13

So disappointing when you realize the apartment isn't available until next month.