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Sam
@samthor.au
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Funny because Melb trains can't do anything interesting. They go down one line, back the same line - Sydney you actually might need to care where they go.

Also they should get over it and use 24hr time like TfNSW (mostly) does.
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
there's bad things we can do here too
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I love naming things
October 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
NSW has signs, which is honestly weird but I suspect it's politically challenging to change it. Also you could put a sign up with no camera for cheap mitigation 😂

Other states can use cameras anywhere, and Victoria tends to be a bit stricter just generally.
September 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
There's a bit of flip flopping as to whether you must be told there's a camera being used.

And police cars with cameras may often have a sign, but it's pretty subtle.

But the fixed ones have giant signs which honestly deter speeding _by themselves_. Which is great for 'hotspots'.
September 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
dug out my 4g modem, WAN2 on the Unifi device is up and kicking
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What is JavaScript?
September 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
How dare you build housing, it won't provide more housing at all!!!

(seems to be the boomer line)
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We're in the Bad Place™
September 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
seriously though it's _fine_

I spend 99% of my time in Chromium-based things and Terminal anyway so the weird UX flourishes barely effect me

Still hilarious how some SVP has decided it must be so and the poor designer has no choice but to do this
September 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM