Joakal

Good news, insurance companies are running for the exits on locations increasingly at risk. Homeowners are left screaming in fear of losing their homes after they realised insurance companies can just refuse to offer insurance after just 1 year. Even new homeowners desperate for a home are realising after they bought a new home in a floodplain, it turned out that developers/government tricked them into buying a massive liability where in a few years their million dollar asset becomes nearly worthless.

Bad news, neoliberal governments (even in Australia) are responding to this with socialising the risk via government insurance where rest of population who picked low-risk locations will still have to cover the high risk homes. Oh, and the government are still approving new homes in high-risk areas instead of increasing denisification of low-risk areas close to cities.

It's really painful to watch all this play out slowly.

The city don't care who was speeding through a speed camera when they fine the registered owner of the car, me, many months later. The picture evidence doesn't show who, just the car and licence plate. I have to investigate and prove it was someone else or pay the fine.

But it's apparently controversial to not just fine the company and then let the company investigate themselves.

Nationalisation may be unprecedented but a government could still do a similar devastating impact. See the NuCoal saga where the NSW government passed law that effectively cancelled the mining licence with no financial compensation. Even though the investors were not involved in the corruption scandal, they still didn't get reimbursed.

Most data centres in Australia (even the announced biggest one in the Southern Hemisphere) are close to a water processing plant in an industrial zone in Sydney. The same plant that supplies 85% of Sydney with drinking water. At least there's an upgrade.

meetup and other related apps have always been best for finding people with related interests.

If they don't have your interests, feel free to start a new group?

Maybe they might make a Black Mirror episode titled "The Day The Earth Stood Still"

That's assuming it's being rented out. It could be investor or developer sitting and waiting to sell or get a high rent tenant.

Are foreigners responsible for house price increases? Is it companies? Is it locals?

Who make up the buyers? Is there a breakdown? Ie foreign companies?

I would also like to know for Australia too.

Can those warrant canaries holders who follow police/court orders, be sued for false advertising?

Seems like a catch 22 that it's a lose-lose.

There needs to be a politician-journalist. Elected in second place who:

- Keeps the 1st place winner on their toes

- Reports to the losing voters

- Can do local news

- Can talk to people

Otherwise, all those hopeful candidates go back to focusing on their living and leaving those "losing" voters without any representation (seriously, how can there be no representation for the leftover votes and assuming they're not rich).

Welcome to the same issue with organic, natural and even junk food that all have loose definitions.

What word do you like and your definition of it?

Hearing aids are designed to increase sound where the person can't hear as well. Sounds are faint? Hearing aid is a good choice. No therapy needed. Downsides is it that it amplifies noise too, requires batteries, maintenance.

Cochlear implant are designed with electrical signals directly to nerves but needs therapy to understand. Its akin to a legless person learning to walk again with new metal legs. Has similar issues as above with noise, etc, but the nerves are stimulated directly which allows more accurate hearing but not 100%. A major downside is that you lose 100% natural hearing in that ear as the nerve stimulation wires go inside the cochlear, effectively blocking any sound from going in. So imagine you lose a foot, and they offer you a metal leg to walk again and that requires therapy. Its a tough choice for some: some natural hearing or accurate but stimulated hearing.

Then the ear implant. Or really a natural cochlear implant is akin to attaching a new human leg to a legless person. Still, there's therapy needed. However, the cochlear is around the skull. So it's not as simple as taking it out and reattaching it. A lot of research is being done with promising results.

Later, the bionic cochlear, a complete electrical replacement of cochlear where you hear as well as a dog, but that's a dream.

Was gitlab going to pay more if there wasn't any transparency?