Carantoc forum posts in last 60 days

myscreenname said..

You could be onto something here!

I know you love a good conspiracy MSN, but this one is not even that far fetched :

It is known and agreed here that : Numerology & Angel Number 521 means Transformation & Growth: In spiritual and numerology circles, seeing the Angel Number 521 Meaning represents a period of positive personal transition. Angel Number 521 brings a message to keep your faith and trust strong, maintaining a positive attitude and an optimistic outlook will manifest auspicious circumstances and opportunities in your life

Any coincidence that :
5th letter Bonominator = M
2nd letter Peace & Love = E
1st letter Holy Guacamole = H

531 = Meh = 521 = Meh : the new start, one in which to be positive and become a better person for your own well being.

You can't make this ****e up. Do your own research people, do your own research.

Meh said..
Mic drop.

holy guacamole! Meh, how does it know ?

Maybe AI can search back across past lives, lives long forgotten by those who exist in the today. Perhaps it is the reincarnation of Buddha themself ?

Anyhows, peace and love to ya, I hope you have a fantastic day.

Mr Milk said..
There's an article in New Scientist this week about how soon quantum computing should crack bitcoin's encryption. Before 2030...

pffft New Scientist eh ?

Doesn't worry me anyhows. 'Cause I've got my bitcoin securely stashed under my mattress.

Right next to all my investments - my magic beans, some new clothes for the emperor and a copy of One Nation's policies.

myscreenname said..
...... The problem for me is who owns and controls it. They decide where it goes from here - not us. That's a scary thought.

Yeah, look-sey here, right.

I don't wanna be rude or nothing, but the thought that AI is controlled by us - 'us' being the users of this forum - is somewhat the mostest scariest thought ever.

Imagine, if you dare, an AI chatbot assistant trained on nothing but seabreeze heavy weather v2 light forum posts.

It's an inconvenient truth, M_oz,

What has robbed kids of their childhood is social media, insta-culture and the hourly need for a headline more attention grabbing than the last.

but how dare you, that doesn't sell as many books......

myscreenname said..

Kylie ...

Gramps,

I think you are not talking to the kids anymore. When you refer to Kylie I assume you mean Australia's Ms Minogue.

The celebrity Kylie of today is not the same person. Do try to keep up with the Kylies.

Mind you MSN, if I had dual Aussie and Tuvalu citizenship, I'd keep my home on Tuvalu as well - so good on ya.

I can only imagine there is no market for property on the low lying coral atolls or at least the recent ones that didn't exist when the Great Pyramids were built, and besides even if you did sell then the CGT you'd have to pay would more than the monthly rent on an apartment in Melbourne was last week before the budget.

Mmmmmmm tricky one.

I mean it is clearly between Penny Wong and Leela, from Futurama.

And given that I am not 100% convinced Penny Wong fully meets the definition of woman, I'm voting for Leela.

And just for some balance the most beautiful man in the world - a couple of contenders but I'm going with either Barron Trump or Baron Von-Greenback from Danger Mouse.

myscreenname said..
^^ The program talks to it's audience like they are 10 years old. Something hilly and D3 refuse to do.

To be fair MSN, it isn't always easy for the layman to talk to the subject matter expert.
For example, I know it is hard for you to discuss complex economic topics with FormulaNova, or myself to talk to AI about bitcoin speculating, or bjw to chat with Laurie about the forum upgrades.
So, I think we should all remember that certain forum users may be less capable of explaining the ideas in their heads to 10 year olds than others.

Are you suggesting hilly or D3 might be the unknown creative genius's behind Channel Nine's top rated show Tipping Point ?

jn1 said...
I can't remember now.

okey-dokey.

I'll add Windsport Forum Archivists and Librarians to the list.

Revised Specialist Skills Shortage Immigration List:

Grammar and Spelling Auditors (pedant level 99 or above) Meh, we're full so f- off
Educators (economic and war strategy) for 10 years olds
Domestic Architects (with knowledge of high-rise building failures) (Mornington Peninsular area)
Geoscientists and Earth Scientists (both flat and globe type)
Immigration Statisticians
Antique Windsurf Fin Screw Machinists
Peace Negotiators (middle-east region specialisation)
Real Estate Agents (Port Gregory market expertise)
Mandarin Teachers with a Bitcoin Investment Advice license
Small Engine and Carburetor Repairers (back-yard sub-class)

Forum emoji modernisers
Sales agents for bug-a-salt guns
Rodriguez impersonators
Statisticians (capped at 87.2% of current level)
Anyone committing to watch the entire season of channel nines flagship program 'Tipping Point'
Exterior Designers of small courtyard areas, in the kitsh boho-chic 80's lobster-bar style using nothing but cheap Temu plastic novelties
Comedians who understand irony

Keaw Yed. said..
The skill list is a farce,

Why not be part of the solution ?

If these forums have taught us anything, then it is exactly what skills are missing in this society :

Grammar and Spelling Auditors (pedant level 99 or above)
Educators (economic and war strategy) for 10 years olds
Domestic Architects (with knowledge of high-rise building failures) (Mornington Peninsular area)
Geoscientists and Earth Scientists (both flat and globe type)
Immigration Statisticians
Antique Windsurf Fin Screw Machinists
Peace Negotiators (middle-east region specialisation)
Real Estate Agents (Port Gregory market expertise)
Mandarin Teachers with a Bitcoin Investment Advice license
Small Engine and Carburetor Repairers (back-yard sub-class)

any others ?

Meh said..

I reckon this is a bit biased and deliberately misleading.

Particularly when the original thread comment was about 'very long term' and the public discourse seems to be about 'generational' differences and perceived inequalities.

I am not sure going back 5 years is a valid assessment to the issue raised. If you follow the logic of the chart forecast backwards, then it is saying back in 2000 net migration was <20k. And in 1990 it was -180k. Which I don't think is true.

And so googling ABS stats tell me that net migration was <100k before 2000, and rose to 270,000 during the height of the resource boom in the 2000-2010 period. I am not sure saying that 270,000 is therefore a sustainable level based on it being the peak during the biggest boom time of several generations. One could argue the current national economic situation is closer to the mid 1990's slow down than the 2000-2010's boom. In which case the same logic implied by the argument in the chart is that <50k is the historical equivalent.

I'd guess you'd have to take into account relative size of society as well somehow, but I am not sure the people asking questions about the current rate are basing the argument simply on a six month or 1 year peak, but more on a long term overall trend. The chart provided might be better displayed as say data points for 10 year totals aging back the equivalent of several generations.

myscreenname said..
..Bitcoin and blockchain is not going away anytime soon - it's here to stay.

You are probably right.

When greyhound racing gets banned and Keno isn't exciting enough people will want bitcoin to gamble on.

And those same people will need Ai to tell them when to buy and when to sell and who to complain to when they get scammed selling or buying. So probably neither are going anywhere.

Which, quite coincidently, is also my point.

myscreenname said..

Reimagine this courtyard as a tropical paradise

Hey, MSN

If your career was in landscape design I think I can see why you got the arse so easily.

Pretty sure only a half-baked self promoting architect would classify that dingy hole as a 'courtyard'. Besides, did the six plastic lobsters from Temu not give you the boho-kitsch '80s beach-shack look you were hoping they would ?

Although I'd always imagined you'd have one of the novelty door-mats. One that says 'hippity hoppity, get off my property' or 'welcome to grand-pops house'.