Anthony Carrick

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Anthony Carrick

@anthc

Brisbane, Australia Se unió Ekim 2009

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@TMFScottP Now people will have even less reasons to use cash. Cash might be more expensive for the business overall, but businesses won't think like that. Cash users just pay more under this I guess. I think I preferred the days of minimum EFTPOS but no hidden fees.

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Scott Phillips@TMFScottP·6d

Good news, in terms of both public opinion and (broadly) the economics. There was some evidence that the surcharge did change behaviour, but I suspect most of us just copped it sweet and paid more, even if unhappily.

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·6d

@disco___cat @eachwayjase Even here?? With the city is famous for keeping its trams...

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discocat@disco___cat·6d

@eachwayjase Because they think PT is beneath them, it’s a commonly held view in this city

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discocat@disco___cat·6d

I’m against free PT but if an unintended consequence from this is that it breaks down people’s cultural aversion to using PT that would be a good thing.

Railmaps@railmaps

Very early indications are that Victoria's fare-free public transport might be attracting more people to use Melbourne's trains.

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·30 Mar

@profgreeneggs @mlw_es @disco___cat Unfortunately we can't do anything about that! The actual day length is just too short. Even if in winter we brought the clocks later by an hour , then it would sunset at 5pm. And that might be even worse...

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Professor Green Eggs & Ham@profgreeneggs·30 Mar

@mlw_es @disco___cat @anthc The peak isn’t really the problem! It’s more the now when it’s dark at 8 am still…

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discocat@disco___cat·29 Mar

No, I am not a weirdo.

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·30 Mar

@profgreeneggs @disco___cat Spring and Autumn DST would be useful. But then you'd have to change the clocks 4 times a year which would be ridiculous.

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Professor Green Eggs & Ham@profgreeneggs·30 Mar

@disco___cat @anthc Who needs to have daylight at 9pm? Genuinely.

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·30 Mar

@cosmicjester Overrated I think. Mostly pistachios all ground up.

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cosmic jester@cosmicjester·30 Mar

The Dubai chocolate trend is officially over

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·30 Mar

@disco___cat @profgreeneggs So you can settle down for the night, but people here seem to take their young kids to Swanston Street at 10:30pm...

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discocat@disco___cat·30 Mar

@anthc @profgreeneggs why?

Anthony Carrick@anthc·30 Mar

@profgreeneggs @disco___cat Agreed bit silly to be bright at 9pm.

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Professor Green Eggs & Ham@profgreeneggs·29 Mar

@disco___cat Good, it’s not dark until 8 am! In Melbourne, we get enough natural light in summer without turning the clock back. No need for it to be light at 9:30pm

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·27 Mar

@cosmicjester Yeah, the show would have been fine. And you know the car he drove and set on fire? They bought 3 of them for all different filming locations. And spend months modifying one to look like the others because of different models and import duties.

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cosmic jester@cosmicjester·27 Mar

@anthc I think most of us wouldn’t have noticed if the scenes set in Vegas or South America were actually filmed closer to New Mexico. Until your tweet I had no idea they actually went to those locations to shoot

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cosmic jester@cosmicjester·26 Mar

Somehow game of thrones managed 1 season a year for most of its run in a detailed fantasy world that was filmed in several different countries. How did the entertainment industry someone lose the ability to do one season a year since Covid?

Wizarding World Direct@WW_Direct

The HARRY POTTER TV series won't have one season a year "For some of the bigger shows like Harry Potter, huge world-building shows, it would be nice to have those on an annual basis. But from a production point of view, it’s just not possible." - Casey Bloys

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·26 Mar

@AvidCommentator @Buccoatthecat Yeah, they don't do nuance....

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Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺@AvidCommentator·24 Mar

@Buccoatthecat You should see what response my commentary on One Nation does to people on threads...

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Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺@AvidCommentator·24 Mar

One Nation has largely gained ground not because they have won it in a pitched political battle, but because Labor and the LNP have largely ceded the field on key issues such as housing and immigration by simply not having credible plans in the eyes of the electorate.

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·26 Mar

@disco___cat @Snarky_gnome But 3000 deaths in one year in one city is so high of course it would change the mindset.

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discocat@disco___cat·25 Mar

@Snarky_gnome It’s bizarre (and immoral) that we accept it. The Dutch didn’t!

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discocat@disco___cat·24 Mar

Why doesn’t the media ever get mad about this?

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·14 Mar

@SpachusAus @JacintaAllanMP Whoops I made the mistake of reading the replies that weren't yours. So stressful!

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Spachus Aus@SpachusAus·14 Mar

@JacintaAllanMP Every home should have a price in Australia, the rest of the developed world display prices so why can't we? Transparency is key.

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Jacinta Allan@JacintaAllanMP·14 Mar

A price withheld is a price hidden. Buying a home is the biggest purchase you'll make. The system should be on your side.

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·14 Mar

@TMFScottP Oh yeah we can't tell ahead of time who's honest and who's not.

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Scott Phillips@TMFScottP·13 Mar

@anthc And are you going to risk a $1m purchase on the assumption they are?

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Scott Phillips@TMFScottP·13 Mar

Two things: 1. The number of people who would trust a report provided by a seller is scary. 2. Trying to save $500 on a ~$1m purchase by not doing your own due diligence is an extraordinarily bad bet. Which inspector is a seller going to choose? The hard-arse, or the lazy one?

Scott Phillips@TMFScottP

If you understand incentives, you know why this is a *terrible* idea.

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·13 Mar

@WhatYouThinkIT1 @TMFScottP Are people getting reports before they've even signed the contract and made it conditional upon that OK report?

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WhatYouThinkIThink 🇦🇺♥️🇺🇦 🔴🟡⚫️ 🇮🇱🇵🇸@WhatYouThinkIT1·13 Mar

@TMFScottP There needs to be a trusted organization, similar to the RACV (in Victoria) that provides vehicle inspection reports. The problem for buyers is that it's not just a one off expense, it's an expense on every property they want to potentially buy.

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·6 Mar

@troyhunt @FileShot_io Yeah, it would be tedious finding all the discussion, probably would make one angry reading crazy comments. (I realised I missed a few words.)

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Troy Hunt@troyhunt·5 Mar

@anthc @FileShot_io But then you also have to include the ones that didn’t 🤷‍♂️

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Troy Hunt@troyhunt·4 Mar

One for the “but age verification means *everyone* has to show their gov ID or hand over biometric data” brigade. For the first time ever, I just got an age challenge on a social media platform:

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·5 Mar

@troyhunt @FileShot_io Cool, I have new research project idea. Real life examples of fallacies that did occur and did not occur. Sometimes bad things really did evolve to really things, but probably times when people said they will but just didn't get worse.

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Troy Hunt@troyhunt·5 Mar

@FileShot_io That’s called “the slippery slope fallacy”: that a reasonable measure should be discarded based on speculation that one day it might do something completely different

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·4 Mar

@SpachusAus 10x increase in 12 years?? Goodness!

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Spachus Aus@SpachusAus·4 Mar

You can tell there are plenty of chancers in the market right now… especially on the #SunshineCoast 👀 This block of land was purchased for $655,000 back in 2014. Now? They’re chasing close to $6 million for the house and land. That’s not growth — that’s ambition. Are we looking at genuine value… or peak optimism? 🤔 Link below 👇

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·4 Mar

@cosmicjester Oh wow it is too. That's pathetic in this day. Or even decades ago. Trains to Ipswich run later than that... Heck vlines to Victorian towns run later than that.

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cosmic jester@cosmicjester·4 Mar

@anthc And the last service is at 10pm

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cosmic jester@cosmicjester·3 Mar

This one always gets people angry. if you travel internationally a fair bit a simple skybus every few minutes right to the city centre is pretty good compared to many other cities. People have this idea that every city has an airport train and it’s really not the case

cosmic jester@cosmicjester

@jesushobo My unpopular view is that the skybus is fine

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Anthony Carrick@anthc·4 Mar

@cmkusher The union in SA is pushing for 5 weeks annual leave I saw on the news this morning.

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Cameron Kusher@cmkusher·2 Mar

What’s going on in the Middle East confirms to me that Australia should be more European than Europe. We are all over here away from wars and skullduggery. We should be waking up late, long lunching, vibing at the beach and having weekends off but we’ve bought way too much into US hustle culture. If there is a place in the world that should be like Europe it’s Australia.

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