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The fact that it improves routing efficiently and that Optus does not support it explains all you need to know about Optus.

Processed sweeteners are always much worse than their raw states. Cane, molasses, golden syrup and raw crystallised sugar are much better (and tastier) than white sugar, which is actually quite bland.

I’m waiting for someone to do the same for the “All-Natural” stevia; in almost all “Sugar Free” and “No Sugar” products that aren’t still using Aspartame or Sucralose.

As bad as Sugar is for us, (and as terrible as Fructose is for us), I am confident that Stevia is worse.

My Zire71 had a LiIon battery that did require charging.

My handwriting went from perfect block lettering (engineer/draftsman) to unintelligible scrawl when I learnt graffiti.

I still try to use graffiti when I try to “type” on my AppleWatch.

If there is already a nationalised system than works, that is fantastic, it shouldn’t be privatised.

Private businesses aren’t charities, but there are benefits that a legitimately free market (not a monopoly, duopoly or cartel) can provide customers. Competition can result in dynamic improvements in value and also in service quality. A nationalised company with no competition can stagnate and be just as destructive as a commercial monopoly.

I do one better and just don’t bother wrapping.

The only way I could be lazier than that is to not bother with gifts at all.

Considering my family members fascination with shopping centres, I may just get them some pre-paid Debit Cards next year…

Nationalisation probably isn’t the option for Insurance. Regulation would be a better option.

Nationalisation of Utilities, like Water, Power, Telco, Rail, Roads, etc does make sense, but Insurance, Banking, Media needs to be private (although government-funded competitors are great at keeping the industries honest).

We have the Transport Accident Commission in Victoria that covers medical for Car accidents, but will seek remuneration from Private Insurance company’s as necessary. They also make very disturbing and visceral traffic safety ads.

It could be sponsored false flag attacks or it could be any of a dozen other financiers.

I think you may be correct though. Occams Razor.

…And the governments Knee-jerk legislation was due to the Telcos not investing enough in redundancy.

When a little bit of a wind can bring down the mobile network, maybe it is time to build more cell towers and make sure they have a stable battery backup.

I had a family member recently purchase an imported Lawn Mower and its Wireless features bought down his local cell network.

IANA Telecommunications Engineer, but making critical Infrastructure secure and redundant should be a high priority.

The Mirboo North outage and the mower issue only effected one of the 3 mobile network providers; starting with O and ending in S.

It is a shame that there are no other premium Android Phones that are just a handheld internet communicator. Samsungs are so full of corruptive “I want to be iPhone” bloatware that they make the Chinese phones look appealing, the Chinese phones are so full of nationalist spyware that they make Linux Phones look like a valid option (even though they are also manufactured by Chinese companies) Xperia is also full of their proprietary software, Nokia is probably the best of a bad bunch.

Have you tried buying a new Pixel, and throwing your old one into landfill?

BuT tHe PiXeL iS a PrEmIuM pHoNe, LiKe ThE iPhOnE!

Google will always treat their users as the product, no matter how much you pay for their hardware.