Australian Tech
- Can you recommend me an .au registrar?
Hi!
I used to have a non-.au domain with Gandi because they had a reputation of doing things right and doing the right thing.
My problem now is getting an .au domain because it's an extra $96 with them, apart from the domain fees.
Can you recommend me a good alternative that is also less-shady-than-the-average-big-company? Domain only, I already have hosting somewhere else.
Thanks!
- Recommendations for a good developer (Ubuntu) laptop
My old xps13 is old in the tooth and the new ones have some things I don't like. So I am after recommendations. My preferences
- Linux (Ubuntu/Debian friendly). Happy to wipe and install and will check compatibility beforehand but if anyone has a Linux daily driver they love let me know
- good CPU and decent RAM (32gb would be nice)
- Lightweight - smaller preferred (currently on a 13" and happy)
- Touchscreen would be nice
- Usb-c
- Decent battery life
I have access to other machines for heavy GPU stuff that's not as important as CPU and RAM.
Uses:
- Programming/terminal use
- Reading docs and papers
- Watching movies etc
- No gaming
That's my wishlist. What do you suggest, Aussie tech friends?
- Carmakers give up on software that avoids kangaroosarstechnica.com Carmakers give up on software that avoids kangaroos
Australia is turning to virtual fences to cut down on car-kangaroo impacts.
- Instagram is limiting the amount of political content in your feed – experts say it's a threat to democracywww.abc.net.au Seeing less political content on Instagram? It's a deliberate move from Meta, which experts say could impact democracy
Noticed less political content in your Instagram feed lately? It's a deliberate move by the social media giant to stop "proactively" recommending political content posted on accounts users don't follow — but experts say the move could impact democracy.
- Mapping almost every law, regulation and case in Australiaumarbutler.com Mapping (almost) every law, regulation and case in Australia
This is the first ever map of Australian law. Each point represents a unique law, regulation or case in the Open Australian Legal Corpus.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/137291
> Show HN: Mapping almost every law, regulation and case in Australia > > HN Discussion
- GPlates is a FOSS plate tectonics program with which you can manipulate reconstructions of geological and paleogeographic features through geological time developed by The University of Sydneywww.gplates.org GPlates
GPlates is a plate tectonics program. Manipulate reconstructions of geological and paleogeographic features through geological time.
GPlates is desktop software for the interactive visualisation of plate tectonics.
GPlates offers a novel combination of interactive plate tectonic reconstructions, geographic information system (GIS) functionality and raster data visualisation. GPlates enables both the visualisation and the manipulation of plate tectonic reconstructions and associated data through geological time. GPlates runs on Windows, Linux and macOS. GPlates has an online user manual.
GPlates and pyGPlates are both free software (also known as open-source software), licensed for distribution under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2.
GPlately is a Python package which enables the reconstruction of data through deep geological time (points, lines, polygons, and rasters), the interrogation of plate kinematic information (plate velocities, rates of subduction and seafloor spreading), the rapid comparison between multiple plate motion models, and the plotting of reconstructed output data on maps.
GPlates is developed by an international team of scientists and professional software developers at: the EarthByte group in the school of Geosciences at the University of Sydney with past contributions from: the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences (GPS) at Caltech the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED) at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway the Geodynamics Team at the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU).
- Coalition steps up calls to ban TikTok over links to Chinawww.abc.net.au Coalition steps up calls to ban TikTok over links to China
TikTok is a "bad faith actor" and the social media app should be banned in Australia if its Chinese owner does not sell it, the Coalition's cybersecurity spokesperson says.
- Google maps public transport
I guess there has been a Google maps update. I relied on this for public transport trip planning. I'm baffled as to how to do this anymore. Anyone got any ideas?
- Reece and Annabelle spent years struggling to conceive. AI could be their answerwww.sbs.com.au After years of struggling to conceive, Reece and Annabelle may finally have an answer
As artificial intelligence transforms almost every aspect of our world, researchers hope it will also help millions living with infertility. Read the second in our three-part series on the Future of Fertility.
- SafeWork NSW referred to ICAC over 'life-saving' device designed to protect workers from silica dustwww.abc.net.au SafeWork NSW referred to ICAC over 'life-saving' device designed to protect workers from silica dust
Safework NSW has been referred to ICAC over its handling of a $1.34 million contract for a device designed to protect workers from a potentially deadly disease, known as silicosis.
I could not find any mentions of these problems online. The article itself has no technical detail.
Looking forward to seeing what the actual problems are. It seems this is the first product to market.
Guesses based off the general subject matter:
- Silica concentrations probably vary depending on the exact position of your head, especially since it's heavy material. If you mount this sensor even a few meters away from a worker then it's readings could possibly become invalid, eg because an angle grinder is firing dust a different direction to the sensor.
- Silica is a slang term for a very big category of materials. Some might look completely different to others under certain laser observations, leading to some getting missed (bad) and others materials triggering false positives (leading to the sensor's screams being ignored by workers).
- Self-cleaning routines might be needed to stop it clogging up, otherwise the sensor starts reporting a higher baseline. They could either choose to report this ("pls clean me" light comes on) or ignore it (bury head in sand mode).
- Alternatively it's performance might actually be fine, but perhaps it's still being spruked inappropriately. Government involvement in funding the project might (?) magnify this problem.
- Aussie Broadband Pursuing Merger With Superloopgizmodo.com.au Superloop Rejects Aussie Broadband Merger Proposal
Superloop has rejected Aussie Broadband's merger proposal, calling it 'conditional, unsolicited and incomplete indicative and non-binding'.
Ah yes, cause monopolies have never been bad for the customer (looks at supermarkets).
