I personally use the original amazfit bip. Cannot be newthough, I sourced mine from aliexpress, and even there they are ex-demo and stuff. Heart rate sensor isn't amazing but I don't know if that's maybe my hairy arm. The main reason I got it, can be used with gadget bridge, for best privacy
Edit: worth noting that I had to flash it with English firmware, which did mean I had to use the official app originally
Keep in mind that when you describe a country, you are usually describing the government, the system of rule, and thus the ruling class. Sure it's not your ruling class, but it is a ruling class. So you still can't trust them.
Then there's evidence of interference with politics as their ruling class tries to bring your country down to advance themselves. Thus making your local ruling class even worse.
There's now more product competitors now. Also is this a sign that parts shortages are easing?
It's a pretty minimal subsidy for raising children. Like everywhere else, it's social infrastructure around child rearing which needs funding.
Yeah after at least 2 mild summers, it really does seem like our time is up. El Nino is also flagged for this summer http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/outlook/
Gas hot water heaters tend to be a lot more efficient than gas cooktops. The flat bottom of most pots and pans means a lot of heat will escape up the sides, but hot water heaters can be designed with this in mind. On pots, I have one that basically has heatsink fins on the bottom to better capture the gas heat, but this is far from typical.
Environmental issues aside, gas is also a pain for installation. Solid pipes are more difficult to route, and leaks are, of course, dangerous. Electricity is dangerous, but it is easier to contain. It doesn't leak into the air, and because it's a closed loop, we can measure if it isn't all returning and shut it off (RCD/GFCI). It also has flexible cables. The downside is that, heat pumps require more maintenance. They're a vaguely complicated mechanical system, as many fluid systems are.
Rubicons especially
Premier wants Uni merger to proceed
Premier Peter Malinauskas says it would be “extraordinary” and a "holdback mentality" if Upper House MPs considered blocking a merger of the universities of Adelaide and South Australia if approved this weekend, while the Deputy Premier says university staff concerns about the process are "misplaced...
SA water bills about to rise
SA Water prices will be capped below inflation this financial year, but households and businesses will stay pay higher bills.
The state government says SA Water prices will rise by 4.8 per cent in 2023-24, below the inflation rate of 7.9 per cent.
Demolition of Adelaide Aquatic Centre
Adelaide City Council is set to approve $20m in ratepayer funds to demolish the Adelaide Aquatic Centre and restore surrounding park lands, after the Lord Mayor labelled the existing facility “unsaveable, unrepairable and unusable” amid plans for a new facility.
I had no idea this was on anyone's mind.
AGL accused of manipulating power prices (Wholesale)
A class action accuses AGL Energy of using bids on the wholesale electricity market to inflate power prices and cause higher bills for consumers.
AGL took advantage of its market power for the substantial purpose of deterring or preventing competing generators from engaging in competitive conduct
This does affect SA to some extent, but personally I am still struck by how much SA Power Networks charges on top of the wholesale price. Well, the wholesale price has contributed to the bulk of the gains over the past year, so maybe that's not entirely fair.
If you want to have a look at wholesale power markets, here's a good place to have a look https://opennem.org.au/energy/sa1. Just be mindful that this is not the retail price, retail price also has GST, a transmission efficiency scaling factor, and the SAPN charges on top.
Also be mindful that people tend to use the most power at around 5pm, which is usually when the price is highest. Your retail pricing takes this into account, because by and large, power meters are not sensitive to what time power is actually used.
Pets in Rentals: Government posting directly to Reddit
I suppose it might be a bit much to expect government accounts to go find a Lemmy instance to post this, so I'm copying this from Reddit. Yep.
For the first time in South Australia, tenants will have the right to own a pet under further rental reforms proposed by the Malinauskas Labor Government.
As part of the reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act, the Government will consult on a bill that includes a presumption that a tenant who applies to keep a pet in a rental property cannot have their request unreasonably refused, provided the tenant agrees to comply with any reasonable conditions imposed by the landlord.
For many of us, our pets are family and it is heartbreaking that some South Australians have been in a position where they have had to choose between having a roof over their head and giving up a beloved pet.
That’s why our Government is acting decisively to make housing more accessible
Private cloud storage
So I've been looking up VPN stuff, and in the process, I've stumbled on ProtonVPN, from the same people as ProtonMail. They're now offering private cloud storage, and I'm wondering how private is it. e2e means I have to manage the keys on my device right? I don't know how else it could realistically work, if they manage keys, they can access my keys etc?
Two new "hospital avoidance hubs" will be built in Adelaide in a state budget announcement to further ease pressure on hospital emergency departments.
So the question for me is, will this effectively become a walk in bulk bill clinic? Because a lot of other ones have gone to mixed and private billing.
Taking example numbers from the article, but not explicitly stated, it kind of sounds like 15 floors, about 60m tall, is the point in which density starts to sacrifice ecological concerns too much.
According to a 2015 study commissioned by the CTBUH, the whole life emissions of both energy use and materials for a 120m concrete and steel structure are nearly five times higher than those of its 60m equivalent.
That's still tall enough for many things, so I guess the rest should be handled by a bit more space use and better mass transit.