Daily Discussion Thread: Tuesday 18 February 2025 ☕️

Alrighty. Unfortunately Toshiba won't be going ahead due to police check issue which is a shame, however 2nd place is happy to match my current salary.

All in all, a positive outcome :)

Woohoo! 🙌🏽 That's good you have an option... 2nd place is sounding promising in terms of job scope and team members I hope?
- It seems OK, but I'm being very cautious considering what's just happened.
  I'll wait to get my employment agreement before I make a final decision.
- Cheers. Good to have a 2nd option :)
that's awesome 😸🍾💐
That’s great! I’m so pleased for you. When do you start?
- 1st of April if I accept the agreement.
Bummer about Toshiba but great to hear about the 2nd place!
Awesome 😎

To my horror I left my little foot heater on for the entire time I was at work.

So glad nothing serious happened other than maybe using more power than I should have.

Should count myself lucky.

What do you call a tree that fits in your hand?

A palm tree!

Goodnight all :)

What a cutie!

What do you call a huge pile of cats? A meow-ntain!

Team fluffy is going OK. Hopefully the cat traps come in this week.

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- There's another 3 not pictured lol

TIL that ozito are not cheap chinese crap, but actually rebadged german einhells, which explains why my $99 hammer drill is still blasting arse after fifteen years of heavy abuse

I rate them. They're good!
Interesting. I have a 14-year-old Ozito whipper snipper that still works just fine.
It doesn't get much use these days because our current place needs something heavier-duty, but I beat the crap out of that thing for a decade and it's never missed a beat.
- the only ozito tool I've ever had die was a garden shredder, that was nearly three years after the fact and they immediately refunded me. They do not fuck around
Got the 18v blower, hedge trimmer, cylinder mower and angle grinder. Took photos with the receipt of each at purchase. Returned the cylinder mower with a fault, bunnings replaced it with minimal hassle. The angle grinder has a bit of chatter (disc shake) on it but it's never been a problem for around the house.
- apparently they have a deal with bunnings to make replacements as easy as possible. They'd rather have a few used and abused tools returned and have people think they are great than argue over abuse or misuse.

Shout-out to my phone cover!

It's a bulky thing, and a boring colour. But boy has it saved my phone. I usually drop my phone about once a month because I'm clumsy or whatever. But this morning was the second time in the past week and both drops have been hard ones that would definitely have cracked the screen.

The screen is still good as new. This cover has been protecting my phone for over two years now. I heartily endorse it for anyone who can put up with a cover that makes the phone fatter than it already is.

Thumbs up for this as well.
I also had this case from Spigen, it was fantastic and practically invincible. Lasted me years.
My go to cases are UAG and failing that it’s Spigen.
Cases tough as well and have served me well for many years.

"Ding ding ding, and that is the end of round three here at the Melbourne arena. And we can see TinyBreak is getting his ass kicked here tonight, right Jeff?"

"Thats right Bill, this vs match of TinyBreak v Powershell promised to deliver, but it has not gone well today for the self proclaimed engineer"

"Correct Bill. From sketchy ChatGPT scripts, to issues importing the graph module and the outright failure of some Microsoft scripts using the AzureAD module its a bloody mess out there. Frankly, if you were TinyBreak's coach you'd be recommending he pull the plug on this fight before taking any more abuse"

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issues importing the graph module
Something about the module having >4096 cmdlets and and being too big to load? I hit this last week, it was most infuriating.
- yeah forgot to define the scope of graph to users. Was annoyed at that too!

I've shared this one before. 😃

Apparently the other place is going to start having paid subs “where content creators can monetize their contributions”. It seems like enshittification is finally coming.

Gone downhill since IPO fo' sure.
Glad we have this place.
Don't get any ideas. We don't have any money to pay for people's shitposts here. 😆
- I know what I’ve got. A stick of gum per 100 posts, plus some pocket lint if there’s a meme attached
makes sense to protect themselves against Substack and the like though. Always felt like that was eating reddits lunch tbh. cant imagine Shareholders felt any differently about it.
- Substack just doesn't have the same "forum" feel though, that's what I miss the most about the old internet. BBSes/vbb/livejournal.
oh gees, it was already half unusable what with all the chinese and russian shills

I haven't been to Ballarat in many many years. What's it like now?

It seems so much bigger and I think it has a lot of what I need in terms of moving back to Melbourne (well Victoria) and housing prices is within my budget. It also has gymnastics and other things my little one would want to continue doing so it definitely sounds appealing on paper.

It's a good location. It can be a little dodgy but so are other places. Everything you need is there. If you need to travel to Melbourne regularly the drive can get boring but you can always use V/Line. I go there more than the city because you can always get a park.
its still 1 hour and 20 minutes on the train from melbourne. my place isnt much better obviously, but my mrs works in our suburb so its even when I'm in the city someone is close to home if something goes wrong and kiddo needs us.
- That would be the only issue. If something happens, there wouldn't be anyone else to be able to get her. I'd (hopefully) be teaching in the area.
Ballarat is beautiful but it is far from the city and some services you may need.
check it out carefully
Quite nice. Has a country town feel, but large enough to be it's own thing.
It gets coooold in the winter though. Like significantly colder than Melbourne metro.
Recent years it's become slightly hipsterised (more younger people moving there) which is great.
Closer to the city than Bendigo, and more chilled out than Geelong (IMO)
- Cold certainly ain't an issue.

I wish my 2nd reference didn't have untreated adhd lol

Contingency plans have been made anyways. She's lovely but could do with a human size stimulant pill to keep her on track lol

Edit: all done!

Home Stretch, nearly there, only 45 mins to go!

So close but yet so far....

but in the end, it doesnt even matter

You know what I love most about Gibson?

When I get yelled at for no reason whatsoever. And there is some real sass behind those meows

Coffee day yusss☕️

I like coffee.
I've lost count of how many I've had today.
That's not good.

I was going to do stuff and then didn’t. The most I managed was calling the endodontist, trying to line up a lift, and pulling the dishes out of the dishwasher (but not rinsing). Maybe picking a few things off the floor. Spraying the zucchinis.

It’s been really hard to move or do anything. And there may be a power cut tonight -_-

Hoard of Myki inspectors at arts precinct northbound

Dishwasher is here!!! 🥳 picked up my leftover dw powder and rinse aid from work, Y-splitter for cold washing machine tap obtained from Bunnings (decided maybe not to risk running it off the hot water tap even though it'd be heaps cheaper - hot water is free at this joint). Somehow fiddled around and got that Y splitter in even though there's not much room to maneuvre. If there is a small leak I won't know until it's quite bad, so hopefully it's all well-sealed!

Running the first load now after a prelim test run with just water... results tbc, but the amount of space that's opened up on my benchtop without having to get my hands dirty is phenomenal 😭 I'm pleased to see that I can fit my plastic chopping board on the side. Sadly I can only fit two mugs on the top shelf, but there's enough space below. I reckon I can fit about 2-3 days worth of dishes which is great because I don't need to look at shit piling up any more!!! LIFE IS TOO SHORT FOR DISHES

E: looks pretty good post-wash - it doesn't seem like it has much of a dry cycle but I guess I could leave it ajar for a while and let it dry naturally. Yay! No more handwashing!!

Oh, looks good! I don’t think I would have had enough space but it looks very nice

2nd place is putting together an offer. This is the one that may have been less money, but I was firm today and said it wouldn't make sense for me to move organisations for a paycut.

They're working on it!

but I was firm today and said it wouldn’t make sense for me to move organisations for a paycut.
for a substantial paycut. no. But if its less work and less likely to make you wanna jump infront of a moving train then thats worth considering.
- Gotta tell you, the apathy towards work has been great for my mental health lol

It's from the other place, so sorry in advance but... I've been trying to separate them for like 30 years and apparently you can do this....what the hell?

I find them incredibly easy to separate. I get mozzies half of the year leaving the doors open so the dog can go for a wee at night. I use a coil most nights and have broken less than five in a few years of doing this. Pry the tails apart, splitting them off the coil, then gently with each hand pull/jiggle them apart until they've separated, easy peasy.
Lighting them joined together does work, but the lit one singes the unlit one. When lighting the second one it burns for about 1/3 less of the time due to the slight singe through the whole thing.
Fuck /r/australia and it's uptight mods.

Finally sitting down to relax, long long day. I’m exhausted. I cut up a mango to boost my mood.

Anyone here get five servings of vegetables a day?

I know for a fact that I do not, like many other Australians, but I am trying to be more deliberate with it. You can add them to pretty much anything.

I eat a variety of fruit and veg everyday, but I genuinely don’t know. Honestly I don’t even know what a serve is. Is it a carrot? Half a carrot? Do tomatoes count? What if it’s a pasta sauce? Can I be bothered looking it up and counting? Nope. I think the nutritional guidelines should be made plainer and simpler. Best advice is eat a variety of foods, mostly plants, mostly not ultraprocessed, and in moderation.
Do dim sims count?
- Yes
- Speaking of dim sims….I feel like having that for dinner tonight.
I'm trying but it's not easy on this diet
No I don't, but I do do 3 serves regularly and at least 2 serves of fruit. Good enough imo.
When I was on keto, I for sure was getting at least five servings. Salad for lunch, veggie stick snacks, veg with dinner. Nowadays, I have the diet of a 5 year old and I'm annoyed I don't put in more effort.
I do my best. 🤷‍♀️
- This is the way.
Yep, put em in everything.
Most days yes, especially if you include fruit in that. Sometimes very few if I'm in, for example a cheese & crackers mood, but I think there are no days with none.
I never know tbh. I think I do??? I certainly don't eat enough fruit but I like to think I mostly get enough in... I never measure but when I haven't had enough I usually feel it and crave more. Actually, I could do with a garlicky broccoli now...
It varies. Some days I eat lots of veggies and other days not. I like to hope it balances out.
I usually have veggies with dinner - snow peas, beans, 1 or 2 types of capsicum and zucchini. Sometimes carrot if I can be bothered peeling, sometimes mushies
Yep. I eat a big bowl of veggies every day.

Damn. Didn’t realise season 7 of The Rookie had started back up.

Ahh it’s so good to have it back again.

Installed Bumble BFF. Got a fair few matches. Last time I tried this I ended up meeting a lot of guys that weren't there for friendship.

Fingers crossed for 2nd time around!

Was actually thinking of downloading that again last night. I have a friend who met some friends off of there. Run clubs also seem to be popping off right now.
I've noticed there are lots of groups for women aged 18-35 where you do activities and meet people but not really any for men. Someone should make one.
It could be worth getting some people from there and hanging out as a group, to spare some awkwardness.
- That's a good idea.
  I think women in general are just better at socialising than men. Well, in my experience anyway.
  It's a real shame. There are great dudes to catch up with, but it's tough.
  Thankfully I have music but there's some real weird race stuff I've experienced in some parts of the scene. A lot of assumptions made before I even open my mouth.

The other day I saw a full sized easel in a skip but didn’t risk it. You don’t always know what you’re bringing into your house with something :(

Plus where would I put it

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Could I pls have some char kway teow but more charred and with double the kway teow.
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  🍤🍜🍜
Thai stir fry w pork pls
- 🍋‍🟩🌶️🔥🐖

Melbcat has fled into hiding… she was forced to swallow medicine from her free healthcare and then offered her favourite fancy cat food from a pouch! The insult. She sat in the corner to teach me a lesson and fell asleep like that.

(Actually she hides when she doesn’t feel well. I hope she’s okay.)

Edit: She’s out and finishing the food 👍

great, very loud reno noises from next door

Got interrupted, now to do a little tidying and then watch the original Thomas Crown Affair

WTF am I paying Telstra prices for (ok, Boost prices) if the damn phone wont work from Clayton to Parliament? 1 bar of 5g but completely useless.

Ugh. The tree runner with leaves is getting bigger and I ripped out a second one a short while ago. And having accidentally cut through roots to plant in my own yard as well, it’s very likely going to start growing them up in my actual back yard.

I’d dab them with roundup to keep these contained if it wouldn’t risk landing me in hot water by killing the entire trees.

Trying to improve my space has backfired and I’m feeling seriously discouraged. Fuck me for wanting to plant a few small things of my own huh.

Wondering if it’s worth bothering

raised beds with wicking. Or save up and have a look at the georgie units, they're a bigass size.
Contained, less watering fussing, no roots to bugger around with. Much easier to handle when low on spoons.
- All sounds kind of expensive. And I still have other people’s crap invading my property :(

Good night everyone. Sweet dreams 😘

How did my package go from NSW to Launceston to the Ausport Depot 5 minutes from home in Tassie to Adelaide and now in Melbourne?

Answering this conundrum is probably the plot to a kids' book with twists and turns and set-backs etc. 😂

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