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It's subjective. When I say it's an OK car - it means it's good enough & I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to my friends wanting to spend…

I dislike Elon, but don't hate Teslas nor people who own Teslas. They're OK cars. What irks me more is all the bait & politicising around…

I interpreted the question differently as I'm in a similar boat as the OP (If I'm correct, the OP could've phrased it simpler): OP is…

Example of why older people get grumpy (I'm older, but not super old now): I used to watch 'Undercover Boss' as a kid, and thought it was…

What you've described seems to be the norm: google cost of 'houses' in Hong Kong, Singapore, hell it was even crazy over in NZ when I…

I've actually kept all the hardware stock as it's been fine for me so far & I'm not chasing super-smooth accuracy. It hasn't stopped me…

I bought one of these -> having learnt to CAD, I am using it to print off a handy tool for other hobbies once a month, I regret not…

It sounds like the math works out - you might be in some mortgage stress for the first part of your loan, but that should relax if you can…

With a $33K purchase price, I don't think NL is going to give much benefit, if any: Generally it works better with more expensive cars that…

A cheap diamond stone sharpener or an oilstone might also be better alternatives if you want to sharpen more often: the 10 mins soaking in…

I picked up one of these today by co-incidence. Didn't realise it was ozbargained. I have a small upholstery project coming up and I hate…

> Property investment is all about laveraging [sic] +1 Yes this... I got not-so-great (I wouldn't say bad as it still outperformed a…

Staying negatively geared on an apartment is not a great investment compared to alternatives IMO -> capital gains is low, and cashflow was…

% fees on transfers help to reduce the likelihood of laundering/fraud practices with property. Well... the government makes sure to gets a…

Hydraulic are better than mechanical, but I'd like to point out that hydraulic ones also need to be bled every so often & are not…

I installed the $450 induction cooktop from IKEA into my kitchen & it's on par on cost with most ceramic cooktops. (Plus we used the…

> Efficiency is not the reason for induction. I'm actually pretty sure that's a big reason we went towards induction. This is even an HSC…

> Especially unusual is that he is somehow worth more money than almost any senior politician we have ever had, despite working as a public…

Thanks for the tip munecito! > but it was $20 on the creality official AliExpress store. Yeah I took a bit of a gamble, but had to use…

Picked one up on the weekend. Nice plug-n-play experience! I found a filament sensor for this model on aliexpress for about $16 shipped,…

To the moon!

Little bit concerned the poster could be in a bout of depression, so I thought I'd post my own experience - I actually came from the…

I bought a bug eye WRX towards the end of '21 with a stuffed engine, and had the short-block replaced by a specialist. Overall it costed…

When I was walking out of my local ALDI yesterday I was amazed at the amount of recall notices they had on their products - I think I saw a…

I'm wondering if Costco's business model is that they buy things at wholesale prices in the US & bring stock over to Australia to sell &…

Agreed - generally most people I knew who put the effort into chasing a Comp Sci. PhD could code well alone -> and if ego is in check…

I don't know why so many are voting <$60K with so little context? It really depends on what you did during your phD -> If you were to go…

> Windows 11 Pro Probably need to remove this line as well?

No, it won't work on every car I'm afraid - you'll have to do your own research. This model is unlikely able to alter your factory clock as…

Nice! Yes probably a shared platform between JVC & Kenwood - I noticed this when looking up amplifiers. I would've preferred to NOT have…