I don't need to read this to remember that Trump stood on stage and literally told people they were investigating using brilliant light and injecting disinfectant
His medical officer rolled her eyes in the background
He also insulted Biden for wearing a mask whilst his cabinet was promoting invermectin
His impact rebooted the cooker movement.
People look back like "covid wasn't that bad".. but, the reality is everyone has been somewhat exposed at this point or been vaccinated. Those same people would say the same about small pox after benefiting from herd immunity
Ironically, I think origin energy tried to slug us a $2000 power bill when we moved into a warehouse. We'd actually already disconnected the power between the two shortly after moving in.. lucky we did...
000 can already see your location, and has been for ages (if you click ok). But this is just a cell broadcast, not a two way feature that can magically read where you are..
They haven't always been avoiding disasters. In practice, we've been lucky that we've dodged a lot of them. But, if you speak to the 414 people injured in the black Saturday bushfires, they will tell you a warning would be nice. In fact, early warning systems were something identified explicitly during the royal commission. And, at Monash Uni during the attempted mass shooting, I would have been grateful to see on my phone that there was a active shooting in the uni.. Not because someone told me they heard there is a "sniper"
There is no slippery slope, because if it does get abused with spam, it can be turned off later. It's not a mandatory feature, and never will be. There's no reason to believe it would be compulsory either
This isn't designed to be used because there is a housefire 500m away. It's designed to be used for bigger things, like mass shootings, tsunami, bushfire, etc (and, I'd imagine it is just done as a cell broadcast). If they want to track you, they can simply check that cell tower you're on (they already know who your sim is registered to). But, they don't know your exact location
My point regarding mountaineering, is that I've been in a few "oh shit" moments, and I know people who have been rescued. This isn't for that. However, my experience is that the people who scream the loudest about how independent they are and who ignore safety are always the same ones who demand everyone bends over when it backfires.. I've seen it at EBC, on various walks in Australia, and in other circumstances.
This isn't a luxury controller, and its priced lower than the Xbox Elite controllers. Furthermore, they're not taking preorders, so the sales aren't confirmed.
If they were selling them at 2.5x the price, it would make sense to maintain a level of "prestige" and luxury surrounding them.. They're not though, and the high demand already exists.
There are more likely specific chips on them that are constrained for now (because unlike Nintendo, they aren't using cheap garbage that drifts after 6 months and overpricing the controller)
If it was some marketing thing, you'd take refundable pre-orders.
Honestly.. That pisses me off. I couldn't care less if it only affected you, but, if you are affected, emergency service will be forced to waste resources on you.. Instead of using those resources on genuine cases that need it...
It's literally just a priority alert. The AFP aren't taking control of your phone, and there is no evidence you're going to be flooded with alerts either.
Like at Mt feathertop in winter, I've had f**kwits in my hiking group REFUSE to listen, when I say "don't go to the peak, you don't have a ice axe", and their response is always the same "if I slip, I'll take responsibility". Yeah, Alpine SAR will STILL have to fly you out, and if you get injured, their family will STILL blame me. And those resources are completely avoidable
Or VMTC who is encouraging people to "go out and just enjoy yourself and learn what you can withstand" (and I've seen them say this to new hikers who have barely tested their gear), and refuse to ever cancel trips, even with catastrophic conditions forecast.
If the idea of a priority alert is so scary, then so should phone calls, and messages, because the only difference here is that its a area message which ignores silent mode.
If it's abused, sure, makes sense to turn it off. There's no evidence of that
Who cares. Everyone said the algae would return, and it did because it's a stagnant pool of water without chemicals.
And fairly clear he rushed it to get it done for his birthday
Everyone needs to stop talking about what he claims, and instead openly ask him why painting the bottom at all would stop the algae. Everything else is basically defence
And there are lots of situations it can help. Bushfire it can because it gives you a bit more time to prepare like what happened at black Saturday
It's like keeping your seatbelt off doesn't make you a badass. It just puts other people at risk. In this case it potentially wastes emergency resources when you ignore the alert and they need to prioritise you
It means we can't hear from the other parties because she's taking up space. And it makes it seem like despite her lack of real policies, that she actually has some too
I don't need to read this to remember that Trump stood on stage and literally told people they were investigating using brilliant light and injecting disinfectant
His medical officer rolled her eyes in the background
He also insulted Biden for wearing a mask whilst his cabinet was promoting invermectin
His impact rebooted the cooker movement.
People look back like "covid wasn't that bad".. but, the reality is everyone has been somewhat exposed at this point or been vaccinated. Those same people would say the same about small pox after benefiting from herd immunity