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Re: General Discussions

Reply #2400
I talked to some Australia Protest types today, it was clear to me many participants have been misled, either accidentally or deliberately the people marching aren't all marching under the same banner. That's a problem, because the neo-Nazi types are using the participation and attendance as a recruiting medium.

A had to ask them why they were marching, most said they were protesting against illegal immigrants. I had to question this, they qualified it with queue jumpers who arrive by boat or plane and stay in Australia illegally, that is either without a visa or beyond the visa term.  When I asked them how many arrived by boat last year they gave me a range of answers from a thousand to tens of thousand, when I pointed out the total head count for boat arrivals last year was about 150 people they refused to believe it. They have been told illegal immigrants number in the hundreds of thousands, I asked them are they against immigration, and they said no, they are only protesting illegal immigration. But that is not what the event organisers stated in the media, they were pushing an anti-immigration message. It demonstrates how devious the organisers really are, with disinformation, and deception used to recruit participants.

Hard reality is exposed in the numbers.
On average about 500,000 legal immigrants or visa holders arrive in Australia each year, that's 12,500,000 over the last 25 years and the average is remarkably stable despite what some political parties claim. In any one year there are only about 70,000 in total that remain illegally, the average illegal overstay is only 4 weeks, most leave once they are alerted that their vias has expired. So the longer term overstays are about 35,000 as a percentage of 500,000. But of course a small percentage of the overstays are multi-year overstays, so that 35,000 must really be a percentage of 1,000,000 or more. I've been told the real-world percentage for overstays hovers around 0.2%, 1 in 500.

Over the same period the population has grown about 7,000,000, the doubters looked puzzled when I told them this, because they don't seem to think anybody leaves or dies.

One of the protestors I talked to today was the daughter of a legal Mauritian boat arrival immigrant, 50 years ago, what do you think the Ex-Kiwi Neo-Nazi protest leader thinks of her, and would he reserve a spot for her child in his private home school program?
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2401
For all the things people worry about regarding the internet and AI, this stuff being done in the USA is far more worrisome, it's literally the genesis of the grey goo as they are already working on self-assembling versions.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adu8009

This stuff will make Drone, Nuclear or Chemical Warfare look like a Sunday Picnic.

For all the good it could potentially do, think about your pepper grinder, sauce on your McBurger, herbs on your focaccia, dust on your carpet, dirt on your shoes, and now think of it in the hands of a Putin, Xi or RedTrump, a failed heart valve, a stroke, pneumonia, blindness, a headache.

Winds farms, 5G, EM, Infrasound, they are a freaking walk in the park by comparison!

What would this guy think, gravy for the mind?

Is your arm itching?
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2402
Yet another Con of the EV market exposed today, you buy a Tesla full of promise about self-driving, cheaper to run, latest technology, etc., etc..

Then you wake up today to read Tesla is moving features and capabilities you were waiting for, or some you already had, into subscription only. The car you've already bought and paid for is now going to cost you more on top of the energy and servicing bills, just to keep it running!

Who'd have thunk it! ::)

You can see why RedTrump and Musk get along just fine.

They've turned your car into a phone service, how long before they start turning off the service when the Corporate AI Robo Debt claims you are in default?

Even worse, those low cost Chinese EVs, they'll see this happening and think "I'll have a bit of that!"

All this before battery shock hits you at year 10!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2403
Lp, the only fact you managed to spew forth is that Tesla is going subscription for FSD, everything else is your own poorly formed opinion.
Ev batteries will outlast the vehicles, ie 20-30yrs before being repurposed, it’s what the science shows it’s what real world charging data shows.
Go and educate yourself ffs.
Let’s go BIG !

 

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2404
I was following a Tesla through Geelong recently (in my V8 diesel 😇) and I noticed a very stylish, bespoke decal on the boot that appeared to strobe as the vehicle went from shadow to sunshine. It read, “Purchased before Elon went crazy.”

I know that (a) Elon has always been crazy, (b) similar stickers have been around for a while, and (c) the driver was probably a tosser, but it made me smile.
"Negative waves are not helpful. Try saying something righteous and hopeful instead." Oddball

Re: General Discussions

Reply #2405
For all the things people worry about regarding the internet and AI, this stuff being done in the USA is far more worrisome, it's literally the genesis of the grey goo as they are already working on self-assembling versions.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adu8009

This stuff will make Drone, Nuclear or Chemical Warfare look like a Sunday Picnic.

For all the good it could potentially do, think about your pepper grinder, sauce on your McBurger, herbs on your focaccia, dust on your carpet, dirt on your shoes, and now think of it in the hands of a Putin, Xi or RedTrump, a failed heart valve, a stroke, pneumonia, blindness, a headache.

Winds farms, 5G, EM, Infrasound, they are a freaking walk in the park by comparison!

What would this guy think, gravy for the mind?

Is your arm itching?

Black Mirror did an episode similar to this. "Hated by the Nation"

Bees went extinct, so we made robot bees to do the job.
These were ultimately hijacked and used to kill people. Person who was killed was whoever got the most 'votes' on social media.
Torch and Pitchforks from the comfort of your own home!

Seems ludicrous when summarised, but watch the episode and tell me where the plot hole is, if you can find one.