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I find that pretty hard to believe, but that's not based on a whole lot. Its feasible in theory, just feels unlikely given the proficiency of our government. While its not directly related, I do know that ASIO works with big consulting firms to leverage "big data" (sorry for the cringey corporate term).

ASIO maintains a list of individuals who are considered to be "of interest", however this list is far larger than feasible to have humans monitoring its members. In other words, there aren't enough ASIO members to track all activities of members on the list. So instead they have systems that look for behavioural patterns, and flag those who deviate from their "normal" patterns. That narrows down the list significantly, so that ASIO can keep an eye on those who might be preparing for something. If it can be determined that someone intends to commit a terrorist activity, ASIO might be able to stop them right before any innocent people are hurt.

Coming back to your original question, I say its feasible in theory because we know voice recognition is absolutely possible and easily accessible - so it stands to reason that if ASIO can access your phone calls, a bot could theoretically flag those that include specific keywords. Its unlikely because the sheer volume of calls that would be flagged would be enormous - and those terms on their own aren't indicative of intention to commit a terrorist act.

If you're a fan of your privacy, you might like to swap out your SMS app for Signal - its open source and has the best encryption I'm aware of in a messaging app. https://signal.org

I think you have to remember that Australia has a low population overall. We only have about 25 million people all up, and (according to some website) that is only 3 people per square km. There just aren't enough people to sustain big cities outside of the east coast which was colonised by Europeans before the north was. You also have to remember that European colonization only happened about 230 years ago. I'm not sure how the population of Indigenous Australia would have expanded over that time, but 230 years isn't a lot of time for urbanisation of a country. Other countries like the US have had 500+ years for the urban sprawl to develop. Some have had 1000s of years. Darwin was only founded (by Europeans) around 1869. That's like, yesterday.

I highly doubt any VPN company would agree to that, it's a slippery slope that could very well be detrimental to themselves and their workers, to be sure stick to a reputable VPN like Nord or ExpressVPN

It asked for a postcode in the US and the only one I know is 90210. But anyway, a LED light on Amazon, for US$14:

https://www.amazon.com/ASOKO-Dimmable-Lighting-Cabinet-Powered/dp/B075HS3FZF/ref=mp_s_a_1_16?dchild=1&keywords=led+light+sticks&qid=1607818412&refresh=1&sr=8-16

Though this may be taking funds away from Australia (and let’s face it, we’re mostly dumb as dog shit when it comes to selling stuff off), this would be cheaper in the long run.

My wife fucking loves xmas movies, like all of them from Die Hard to miracle on 34th st in B&W. last year I gave her a hard drive with "The hundred and 12 days of Christmas", with 112 xmas movies. since then we've added to it and it's up to about 130 movies, no horror or animated, as per her preferences. there's a shit tonne of hallmark movies on there that they churn out every year, plus all of the classics.

She also love xmas episodes of TV shows.

My mum also loves xmas and so as a kid I saw a lot of them.

TV stations often have a "Christmas in July" thing so there are 2 times a year for xmas movies.

Here's a Christmas in July in September bonus for you; Google photos made this montage from my photos last xmas. My kids are grown up, so we don't go all out with the decorations. One of the kids got a drone, so you can see also the hilly bush that our house backs on to.

My friend, these are also available here, just like Milo. Check Amazon! Kinda $$ though.

Most latin stores have this version: https://smile.amazon.com/Nestle-Malaysia-Beverage-Chocolate-Fortified/dp/B07WQ1YTMM/

I am from Venezuela(moved to the US) and grew up with the version above.

You can get adapters like this too: Two pin adapter, and these can only be used with devices that don't need grounding.

I use similar to these kind of adapters for my travels, that include ground pins.

I have ones that have universal input, so I can plug in cables from any country, so Universal to US, Universal to UK/ASIA and Universal to Europe.

General purpose (streaming, ease of use, etc): ProtonVPN, NordVPN

My pick would most likely be ProtonVPN if money is no concern. Otherwise, you can get NordVPN on the cheap via regular cashback promotions. Cashrewards is the company I would recommend in Australia. Unfortunately there was literally just a 96% cashback offer running which ended a few days ago I believe. But I'm sure it will be back soon.

I want to note that streaming providers like Netflix have cracked down heavily on VPN providers in recent years by blacklisting their servers, and it can be quite a task finding a server that works. Arguably the more mainstream VPNs like Nord are better for this since they can afford to play this cat and mouse game, and they a shit load of servers, meaning it's very likely you'll find at least one server that works.

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>Can I put the program on a flash drive and plug it straight into the modem to cover all household products with access to the Internet.

You would configure the settings on the modem itself, usually via VPN configuration settings. But to my knowledge, the vast majority of ISP-issued routers here in Australia do not support VPN configurations. At least my Telstra smart modem doesn't :). If this is the case for your modem, your best option is simply getting the right app of the VPN provider you're with for each of your devices, if applicable.

Finally, every VPN will have different limitations on how many devices can be connected to the VPN simultaneously per user. Just to name a few, ExpressVPN has support for up to 5, NordVPN has up to 6, ProtonVPN has up to 10.

Hope this helps.

If you want true anonymity, Mullvad. You don’t need to provide any identifying information: not even an email address. There is no account username or password. You can pay by literally sending cash in the mail (among other more normal methods).

Not the cheapest but I like their attitude!

Just but yourself one of these

Then put baked beans and cheese in one.

Since covid has restricted tourism, definitely check to make sure you’re able to visit in the first place. You can set your country of origin here: https://www.kayak.com/travel-restrictions/australia

Since October is so far out from now the situation will likely be different in October then it is today – it can probably change several times in between.

Major US operations out of Brisbane, New Farm

https://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/usn-submarines-based-brisbane-during-world-war-ii

Highly recommend US Subs Down Under for anyone interested in the topic.

If you have Amazon Prime, you can get it here slightly cheaper, and with free shipping.

Still annoys me that it would be like $1 for 2 pounds at Walmart

There's a few box sets available, which appear to be out of stock everywhere.

Knowing that it is available on DVD is a good start.

Streaming wise it is on Google Play

This isn’t the one I bought (I’m living in Asia now and they are everywhere here) but it’s very similar. cooling blanket

Try installing an app on your phone like HIYA.

It is a caller ID and spam blocker app that has worked wonders for me in regards to all these spam calls and bogus calls.

Have gone from being annoyed to having zero.

Hi Chelsey,

here is the link to the product I am asking opinion about
https://www.amazon.com.au/UOON-Reusable-Leakproof-Upgraded-Organization/dp/B08FC4RGVC/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8#customerReviews

Lol came here to make the same "generally in summer" response. Like maybe next year you are going to have Christmas just after Mother's Day. Mum won't mind.

And OP means work gloves.

^^^^

If you say use steampower for cars (just as an example) you get laughed at. On and on they go about that's rediculous. Ma' Freedome, Ma' 90gajillion MPH. or what ever.

We're in the stone age for energy and re-use planse drums up pictures of gelapitated dives from crunchy hipsters.