Salubrionicle: November 2016

Basic income: a radical idea enters the mainstream

http://apo.org.au/resource/basic-income-radical-idea-enters-mainstream

Great Barrier Reef: Australia's 'response plan' draft contains no new action or funding | Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/30/great-barrier-reef-australias-response-plan-draft-contains-no-new-action-or-funding

Defining driving dangerously includes not having a bell.

Defining driving dangerously includes not having a bell. So some 'tard politician can claim there are 1700 cyclists driving dangerously. Broad definitions = purposeful deception.
http://www.executivestyle.com.au/what-does-riding-dangerously-mean-for-cyclists-gswfcp

The great Australian wealth divide in pictures

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/the-great-australian-wealth-divide-in-pictures/news-story/cd37a19c31224fab141199653d1faf7f

Gaping holes appear in Turnbull’s Direct Action climate policy

http://reneweconomy.com.au/gaping-holes-appear-turnbulls-direct-action-climate-policy-17954/

The new MacBook Pro is kind of great for hackers

https://medium.com/@ageitgey/the-new-macbook-pro-is-kind-of-great-for-hackers-64c1c577a4d2#.omu73ma5v

Government murder

Government murder
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/28/delay-to-treatment-of-hamid-kehazaei-before-he-died-revealed-in-leaked-files

Creative Activities Can Boost Well-Being | Psych Central News

http://psychcentral.com/news/2016/11/27/creative-activities-boost-wellbeing/113040.html

How To Be Hateful And Idiotic And Remain In The Turnbull Ministry - New Matilda

https://newmatilda.com/2016/11/26/how-to-be-hateful-and-idiotic-and-remain-in-the-turnbull-ministry/

Jo Cox's murder was followed by 50,000 tweets celebrating her death | Politics | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/26/jo-coxs-was-followed-by-50000-tweets-celebrating-her-death

No Credit History? No Problem. Lenders Are Looking at Your Phone Data

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-25/no-credit-history-no-problem-lenders-now-peering-at-phone-data

Hundreds of thousands protest against South Korean President

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-26/hundreds-of-thousands-of-koreans-protest-against-park-geun-hye/8060800

‘Journalistic garbage’: Greenwald & others slam WaPo for ‘insane’ Russian propaganda story

https://www.rt.com/usa/368214-greenwald-washington-post-russia/

Windows 10 privacy settings – 4sysops

https://4sysops.com/wiki/windows-10-privacy-settings/

The Fiscal Conservative Argument For Universal Healthcare | The EC Journal

http://www.sbeconomic.com/single-post/2016/11/24/The-Fiscal-Conservative-Argument-For-Universal-Healthcare

Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90 - BBC News

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

Privatisation is generally bad for everyone except the purchasers.

Privatisation is generally bad for everyone except the purchasers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX2R0b_mqrQ

Visas

Before you do anything, ensure your passport will be valid for your entire trip and check the timeframe for getting visas for the countries you want to visit as this may be an issue that will just flat out prevent you from going, especially if you are planning a last minute trip. However, if you live in a wealthy country then you may not need a visa, or can get a visa on landing for a nominal fee; so check your countries government site for visa requirements for travelling to your destination country.

NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes lashes out at negative gearing

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-planning-minister-rob-stokes-lashes-out-at-negative-gearing-20161124-gswtrz.html

Senator Roberts Calls On The Senate To Debate If The Moon Is Made Out Of Cheese

https://theunaustralian.net/2016/11/23/senator-roberts-calls-on-the-senate-to-debate-if-the-moon-is-made-out-of-cheese/

A Portrait of a Man Who Knows Nothing About Climate Change

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/trumps-climate-change-answer-dumber-than-you-could-imagine.html

NBN Co moved an FTTN cabinet after users asked to connect

http://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-co-moved-an-fttn-cabinet-after-users-asked-to-connect-442003

Turnbull government threatens to sue grandfather over 'save Medicare' website

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/turnbull-government-threatens-to-sue-grandfather-over-save-medicare-website-20161123-gsvlyh.html

Fire up the atom forge

http://www.nature.com/news/fire-up-the-atom-forge-1.21017

How corrupt is Kelly O’Dwyer?

How corrupt is Kelly O’Dwyer?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/22/coalition-to-reintroduce-superannuation-bill-after-review-disappears-into-black-hole

Fewer people are cycling in Sydney – the NSW government is pleased with itself | Steven Herrick | Australia news |...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/22/fewer-people-are-cycling-in-sydney-the-nsw-government-must-be-pleased

NASA’s Dawn Probe Sent Some Stunning New Images of Ceres

http://gizmodo.com/nasa-s-dawn-probe-sent-some-stunning-new-images-of-cere-1789212627?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+io9%2Ffull+%28io9%29

Travel planning is hard

Sometimes you have a clear idea where you want to go and what you would like to do. Other times it may be that you just would like to see more of the world and have to figure out where do you want to go next, and what you can do there. Tours are the easy way out, and sometimes offer savings, but generally you're paying more for convenience. When you plan a nice long tour across multiple cities and/or countries then you start to appreciate paying someone else to figure everything out for you.

My wife and I have done a bit of both types of travel, but for the most part, we like to plan everything ourselves.

Fortunately the web makes a lot of the travel tasks so much simpler. Previously we had to rely on books by Lonely Plannet, Frommers, DK and the like, which were all very good. But now we use sites like TripAdvisor, Expedia, Viator, AirBnB, Skyscanner and Street view on Google Maps.

Getting there.

We always look for good value flights, but try to keep the number of stops to the absolute minimum, as well as the total flight time. Time of year that you're travelling is likely limited by your work requirements, so check out the usual climate you can expect during your travel time.

Staying there.

When picking a place to stay, for us, it has to be near the attractions that we're interested in, usually central, in the "old town" if the city has one. TripAdvisor will show you the map and you can have Expedia show you the map with acommodation, then wander around with street view to check out the area, back to trip advisor to read the reviews for the accommodation.

Attractions.

Does the city have a "Pass" that gets you into the attractions for free ... make a spreadsheet using Google Docs so you can share with your partner and all of your connected devices, work out what attractions you want to visit and will the pass be good value for you?

Microsoft is heavily invasive on your privacy, and are more than eager to collaborate with any government. Here's how to help slow down Microsoft's mining of your information.
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-in-windows-10/

Don't just engage, address their issues, exceed their needs - you know, as if they were a big corporation. Stop killing health, pensions, minimum wages and wage freezes. Fix the housing cost lunacy. Better and fairer education, free tertiary education. Make sure the wealthy and corporations pay their tax.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/14/labor-says-snobby-disdain-for-disadvantaged-led-to-rise-of-trump-and-hanson

This is not new information at all, however the general public knowledge of alcohol related morbidity and death usually extends to traffic fatalities, liver complications and poisoning.
http://www.healthglu.com/news/drinking-alcohol-causes-cancer-report/