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eddyah on [Refurbished] WD Ultrastar HC520 12TB SAS 3.5" 12Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD $219 Delivered @ metrocom Amazon AU

Plenty of cheap SSD options ? There are zero. These are 12TB drives - there are no comparable consumer SSDs in this size. People are…

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ColonialBoy on [Refurbished] WD Ultrastar HC520 12TB SAS 3.5" 12Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD $219 Delivered @ metrocom Amazon AU

@ColonialBoy there's no mention of SAS anywhere on that page - all I can see are SFP+ ports and PCIe headers.

Why are you leaping from <the information above> to Microsoft pulling out ? Nothing you posted is news, we all know all of those things.…

Stop spreading FUD, Microsoft have said themselves that they're not getting out of the hardware market. Your entire post is just pointless…

Nom commented on Breville The Smart Toast 2 Slice Toaster with Motorised Lift Operation $179 Delivered @ Amazon AU
If you like crumpets, this is the toaster for you. Crumpet mode just *works*.

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SquareCereal724 on Xbox / Microsoft Developer Account Portal Now Free in Australia (was A$22)

> If you trust Huawei enough to use their phone would you trust them with your ID? Yes, obviously. > Might as well give them your ID…

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Ocker on [VIC] Toll-Free Travel on West Gate Tunnel on Weekends in January 2026 @ TransUrban

Right - but to their credit, Labour have at least given us the North East Link and the Westgate Tunnel instead. They wouldn't have been…

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Maloo on [VIC] Toll-Free Travel on West Gate Tunnel on Weekends in January 2026 @ TransUrban

Absolutely - but at least they've built it ! I'd much rather pay a little tax for a project like this, instead of no project at all.

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XedeX on HP Omen 35L Gaming Desktop Intel i7-14700F, 32GB, 1TB SSD, RTX 5070 12GB $1999.20 Delivered @ HP eBay

Right, but the laptop is slower, less reliable, impossible to upgrade, and significantly harder to fix when something does go wrong. If…

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bargaino on [Prime] Shelly Plus 1PM Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Smart Relay Switch with Power Measurement $26.25 Delivered @ Amazon DE via AU

I agree with all of this - but in the real world you're going to switch the breaker off before you start, and then you're going to touch…

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bargaino on [Prime] Shelly Plus 1PM Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Smart Relay Switch with Power Measurement $26.25 Delivered @ Amazon DE via AU

Except you aren't going to be installing it with the circuit live - so the uninsulated screwdriver doesn't really matter.

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SquareCereal724 on Xbox / Microsoft Developer Account Portal Now Free in Australia (was A$22)

If you trust Microsoft enough to buy and use the XBox that they control, why would you not trust them with your ID ?! You're using their…

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swamp potato on [Unobtainable] Seagate 26TB Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive US$279.99 (GST Inclusive, ~A$425.86) + Del. @ B&H Photo Video

Whilst this is true, the only data recovery service you should ever need is the one where you restore your own backup to your new drive. If…

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jaimex2 on [VIC] Free Public Transport on Weekends (from December 2025 to 1 Feb 2026) @ Transport Victoria

What a strange post. I'm sorry, but if you're going to join the debate then at least do some basic reading so you understand the main…

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swamp potato on [Unobtainable] Seagate 26TB Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive US$279.99 (GST Inclusive, ~A$425.86) + Del. @ B&H Photo Video

Luckily in Australia, this is the *retailer's* problem. It's *Amazon* that need to provide your warranty, not Seagate.

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jaimex2 on [VIC] Free Public Transport on Weekends (from December 2025 to 1 Feb 2026) @ Transport Victoria

> For the last 10 years all Vic gov has done is burn billions into the red with nothing to show for it. WTF, have you somehow missed the…

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Fuzor on [VIC] Free Public Transport on Weekends (from December 2025 to 1 Feb 2026) @ Transport Victoria

> Social security, state funded education, medicare, nbn internet, aus post, public transport Seems like a pretty good list to me 🤷…

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peteru on [Prime] TerraMaster D6-320 DAS $399.99 Delivered @ TerraMaster via Amazon AU

> with an USB/SATA bridge and a port multiplier. @peteru this is not that. This uses multiple USB SATA bridges so that each drive is on its…

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Elyxar on Western Digital 14TB Elements Desktop USB 3.0 HDD US$217.66 (~A$340.03) Delivered @ Amazon US

@Elyxar Now that USB supports multiple voltages, you can pick up those cables in every possible variety - they're often called USB Trigger…

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Elyxar on Western Digital 14TB Elements Desktop USB 3.0 HDD US$217.66 (~A$340.03) Delivered @ Amazon US

@Elyxar @nowich It's a WB-18R12R 12V 1.5A 18W The barrel connector is 5.5 * 2.5 You can power it from USB C PD with one of these…

On the plus side, each piece of PII can only leak once - and because of Optus/Medibank/Latitude etc etc then everyone's details are already…

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SquareCereal724 on Xbox / Microsoft Developer Account Portal Now Free in Australia (was A$22)

You hope that people don't sign up for dev accounts? If it's not for you, why are you commenting in this thread?

> You must install and use Ubisoft Connect to play it. So ? Why would you care about this ?

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AnneThrope on [XSX, PS5, PC, Steam] Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 - Free Access Open Beta October 6 - 9 @ Various Platforms

This is standard practice now for anti-cheat, and TPM and Secure Boot come enabled by default these days - it shouldn't be a big deal 😎

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Wiser on [VIC] Tesselaar Tulip Festival Off-Peak Tickets (6-10 October) - Adult $25, Concession Entry $22.50

> Also muddy walkways LOL, it's on a farm, of course there's mud ! Did you want them to install pavement into their fields ?

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MrZ on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core CPU Processor $948 + Delivery ($0 to Metro/ mVIP/ NSW C&C) @ Mwave

AMD don't make their own chips like Intel - they're just a customer for other people's fabs. The next question is, why don't Intel dump…

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Fredorishi on [VIC] Free Public Transport throughout Victoria for All Victorian Senior Card Holders (October 5-12)

@Fredorishi One night there were bus replacements on a section of my line - I was coming home from the city in the middle of the night. We…

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MrZ on AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core CPU Processor $948 + Delivery ($0 to Metro/ mVIP/ NSW C&C) @ Mwave

Because they're rooted. They no longer make enough money to pay for the very expensive fabs that they need to make the money that they need…

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easternculture on Buy a 500ml or 1L Dermaveen Shampoo, Get a 500ml Deep Cleanse Conditioner Free - In-Store Only @ Chemist Warehouse

There's some outstanding reviews there : *There is no smell and its use is clear, its quality is great and its size is excellent in…

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Mintee on Ford Mustang Mach-E: Select $60,000, Premium $75,000, GT $89,000 MY23.75 Drive Away @ Ford

> After recently selling my 22 Focus ST, id actually consider the ford brand in the future. Their driving characteristics, fun factor…
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