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@whitequark @exec yeah. 
plus we have all that other stuff like landlords are allowed to enter the property 4 times a year to inspect and take photos/video that it's being kept clean to their own standard.
and not allowed to put anything on the walls without landlord permission (yes, including those 3M commander strip hooks)
@whitequark @exec okay wow those changes are way better than our system. 
fixed-term agreements was max 24mths (standard was 12), fucked up that the UK allowed over 12-year leases before?
i think some of those provisions would be lovely here! technically we have a bunch of them it's just not enforced or trying to enforce it screws you over. bigger problem is probably bonkers market rate driven by limited supply.
@exec @whitequark rent bidding has started becoming the norm here in Australia ;_;
wanted to ask about UK/EU stuff tho, how many months notice for landlords ending a rolling contract?
here fixed term is standard and we (tenants) preferred it because it at least gave you 12-24 months of stability at same rent rather than them giving 2-month notice to end so they could relist it at a price higher than they could increase your rent by
New month new meerkat on my amazing calendar from @shmouflon! Easter has been and gone and Puds is definintely 60% chocolate by weight.
"Aliens" media presents a future where the prime blue collar work requires 4-30 year swings away from home to work for one of the few megacorps.
Characters talk about being "in it for the money" and how it sets themselves up much nicer than those who work back home.
in this way, the legacy of Giger, O'Bannon, Shushett, and Scott is scifi that eschewed contemporary techno-orientalist paranoia in favour of a much darker idea: a future defined by West Australian values
50 years on and space travel has become the techno utopia we have always wanted, as summed up in this quote from NASA's Artemis II livestream
that 00's joke has gone from cringe OS fanboy wars to Utopia levels of uncomfortable relevance:
> Why do astronauts use Linux?
> Because you can't open windows in space.
i love how space travel went from Star Trek: The Next Generation to Deep Space 9 in the space of one (1) lunar mission.
Apollo program: boldly going where nobody has been before, everyone is a decorated pilot putting their lives on the line in the most advanced tech.
Artemis II: shitters broken, "I have two versions of Outlook and neither of them are working".
