Oh neat, thanks

Looks like there’s a lot of latency

So…one of the reasons I came to Lemmy is because I found you couldn’t have a discussion on reddit about sensitive issues in Australia because it’s full of reactionaries. Hoping it’s different here?

I’m really glad BOSCAR is studying this issue and trying to work out why there’s a disparity in bail decisions. The ALS seems taking the position that it’s due mainly to racism and are arguing for a legislative fix, which sounds like it’s designed to encourage judges to go easier on Aboriginal people, thus counteracting the bias that exists. I’ve seen other people say that Aboriginal people are less likely to be granted bail simply because they’re more likely to be repeat offenders, which naturally results in harsher treatment by the court.

BOSCAR’s data seems to be leaning towards the latter, but it sounds like they need to do more work on controlling for factors like repeat offending, so we can do a like-for-like comparison.

Either way I think it’s been clear for a long time that ‘tough on crime’ measures are a fucking disaster. What’s happening in the NT makes me despair.

Fair enough, I can’t fault your motivation.

I know but, following this logic, this article would be on topic for !cooking@lemmy.ml since we need to reduce GHG emissions from agriculture, and !gaming@lemmy.ml, since graphics cards are using more and more power each generation, etc.

An article specifically about the greenhouse impact of proof-of-work cryptocurrencies, or a technological innovation to help fight climate change - that’s relevant in my eyes. But this article is really stretching it.

Because of their anti worker policies?

Yes, agree, I’m glad Scientific American is being forthright about this. Is it on topic for !technology@lemmy.ml? I was sort of hoping Lemmy wouldn’t have the same issue as reddit where people just upvote stuff they agree with, even if it’s only tangentially related to the sub.

I know climate change is related to everything, but still…

Crikey, they’ve only got one developer working on it?

Voat has that system of building up credit before your votes count. I heard someone say it helped create an echo chamber, but I wouldn’t know because I stopped visiting pretty quickly. Worth looking at as a case study though.

I could see something like this being subsidised by a health provider like Australia’s national disability insurance scheme