Australian Consumer Law

This article was originally written for the October 2021 edition of Hemispheric News, delivered as part of the Hemispheric Views podcast member bonus program, One Prime Plus The Australian Consumer Law (ACL) is an unsung hero for the everyday Australian citizen. In 2011 it was introduced and replaced a bunch of outdated legislation, notably the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth). That piece of 1974 legislation was a foundation block of my university degree and I think s.

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Iโ€™m still waiting for all my Facebook friends to reach out and check that Iโ€™m okay, since my account has been deleted for about a year. Iโ€™m sure theyโ€™ll get in touch soon.

OneDrive Files-on-Demand for macOS

Nick Heer at Pixel Envy: For example, placeholder files are not automatically created for the entire OneDrive directory, only for files and folders I have opened. This means Spotlight cannot index those files and folders, which means I cannot fully search OneDrive on my Mac. It does not matter to me whether this is Microsoftโ€™s fault or Appleโ€™s. It matters that I am surprised โ€” daily โ€” by new roadblocks in my existing workflow caused by software updates and under-hood changes no user should have to think about.

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Can we eject Putin from our world? Who is in favour of this madness? Why is annexation of land such a strongly-held desire. Iโ€™m sorry for Ukraine. I wish the people of the country all the best for what is about to transpire. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

I donโ€™t know what Putin sees as his end-game, but his actions against Ukraine are beyond the pale and must be globally condemned. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

My 6-year old man broke his leg last night! The bone broke right through, but thank goodness for a great hospital system than got his leg set and in a cast right away. ๐Ÿ˜ข

Random appreciation tweet for Wayne Simmons. He made playing basketball fun, and was a friend to me when I did work experience at 882 6PR and he was a sales rep. Anybody who played ๐Ÿ€ in Perth probably knows Wayne and I donโ€™t think anybody dislikes the guy. I hope he is well.

Another day of being sick. Urgh. Tested negative for COVID too, so itโ€™s just a garden-variety flu making my life miserable.