Daily Discussion Thread: Mon 10 Jul 2023

Uni marks came in. Somehow an A slipped onto my "barely passing" academic transcript. Also I got a high pass in the subject I thought I was going to fail, and a C in the third one.

I'm shocked, I might actually graduate this year

racked up 50 days alcohol free as of today, no pressing reason just wanted a break and a minor challenge to see through to the end. funnily enough the social drinking part was easy and had some fun nights out on 0 alcohol beers. the at home turning brain off and playing video games sipping soju is what i missed.

didn't experience any actual benefits, which is exactly like when i quit coffee for a couple months and nothing happened just mildly less enjoyment

Sucks to hear you didn't have any positive effects :( I'm doing dry July and feeling way better, sleeping better and lot more energy and motivation.
- that's awesome! i think taking a break is for sure good, even just psychologically, so still glad i did it. for me nothing much improves my motivation other than just doing things and then it starts to snowball real quick.

For me, having a team lunch is not a “break”. I get back to the office feeling like I haven’t stopped working. Went straight back outside for a 15 min walk to reset.

That's like the good old "lunch meeting"
No, that's just a meeting you've scheduled at an inconsiderate time. I'm still going to have my lunch break
I remember someone tried to do that to me but I left early and didn’t do the lunch meeting.
I think it’s so unfair to do a department meeting I’m at lunchtime in a scheduled day where there’s no other times for your own break.
I know we don’t often get together as a whole department but I’m not willing to sacrifice that time to do that.

I've started an 8 week challenge for fitness and healthy eating and fuck me, the amount of admin involved is exhausting. I've been so enthusiastic but the more I've had to prepare for it food wise, the more my enthusiasm fades. I'll still go to the group training session tonight but I'm genuinely already exhausted.

Food prep can take a lot of time, especially when it is new things. It usually gets quicker as you get used to what you are doing, but will always take longer than grabbing something quick or pre-prepared. But it does pay you back in improved health and energy. You're worth the extra time.
- Definitely agree, it'll just take time to find a balance and I'm good with it. I'll get used to it eventually.
Go you! It can be pretty daunting to take on a big challenge like this but it's worth it if you're determined. I admire you for including group training sessions!
- It's a great way to be kept accountable you know? Having a whole group to show progress to. It's one group session a week and then I've got to incorporate two-three additional sessions.
I’ve seen a couple of my friends who have a strict diet weigh their food and document it all and also having to guess the content or rating of what they’re eating.
It took a bit of time before they got to eating their food and it was only a small snack of chocolate or a little cupcake.
I admire their dedication to it all though.
- Oh it's totally admirable, I'm just aiming for balance but to still enjoy food! I definitely agree though, it'll just take time to get used to it and I'm in it now.
Good on you! I'm trying to worry less about food and more about just being more active these days. I hate counting calories, just trying to lay off the takeaways and junk.
- You need to get on the best diet in the world… the feijoas diet. Where all you eat is feijoas 😜

Got the cross-stitch project done! Now let's see if I can master this spoiler thing:
::: spoiler my cross stitch project

:::

You are close. The link needs to be on a seperate line in the middle, and the text you want to show should be written after spoiler.
If you make the link and highlight it, then hit the spoiler tag (the triangle with ! in the centre) it should put it in the right place, and you can replace the second "spoiler" with new text if you want.
Good work (both the cross stitch and the spoiler!).
Is it going to be framed, or finished in some other way?
- Yes that's the next step, washing and ironing and framing.
Highlight ! to ) and click the spoiler button, or use this. I think what's missing from your code is you need to start a new line after spoiler and )

::: spoiler cross stitch picture ![](https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/4519a1db-13f8-4571-bd4a-452d828726bc.jpeg) :::
- Got it sorted, ta!
Bonus hint: If you want to look at another person's code to see how they have done something

How about the requests to review the product you haven't received yet?
No wait, only spam.

Heavy things lifted. Miss Meow is very confused about the point of it all, but has also done her own exercise routine, involving stalk and pounce of a small piece of cardboard and a limbo across the weight bench and under the barbell. She is now suggesting it would be a good time to eat some protein.

Props for lifting heavy things near the end of the day! Go raven!

ugh, yet another failure to die in my sleep.

Join the club 🤘🏼

(vent)

Stayed late at work by accident and busted my hump trying to catch my "backup" bus that gets me home relatively early. Waited here since the PTV app said "arriving in 5 minutes" then it counted down and said "Now" for about two minutes, then ticked over to 21 minutes. No bus went by in either direction.

Also this bus stop I'm at doesn't have a bench or anything.

Oh, I just remembered I missed my normal bus to work this morning, too. Looks like I've got a case of the Mondays!

Buses are the biggest trolls of the PTV network. That includes the "smart" buses. I've had the exact same thing happen to me before too, in the cold dark rain. Don't miss it at all.
Once a colleague was dropping me off at a bus stop early and we saw my ("smart ") bus just about to leave well ahead of what the app said, and when I explained how unreliable the things are my colleague just gunned it and beat the bus in heavy traffic to drop me off a few stops later so I would definitely get on that bus.
- Dumb bus*
Ugh I hate that. Happened when I was waiting for a tram to Caulfield on Saturday. It's like ticking down and then ... Nothing.
Also I wish there was somewhere where we can tell ptv to get seats or whatever at bus stops. My local one doesn't have a seat, which sure sucks but eh, but trying to get on the bus is annoying and they can only lean down so far. Feels like I'm taking two steps to get on it.

Update from my post yesterday about the disability medical assessment I had for my disability claim, for anyone that saw that.

Had the appointment. The assessor was nice, I was so nervous I was stuttering. I don't even have a stutter, so that was weird. Took all of 10-15 minutes and I was exhausted after.

Now I just wait I guess. The estimated completion time is 4th of August, so if it takes that long I think I'll get around $2k in backpay, which is enough to pay off two of my debts and get things back on track(do they still backpay the difference in payment for people currently on jobseeker? Actually unsure on that.)

The suspense is killing me. I should just avoid thinking about it, but that extra $400ish a fortnight would be life changing. And not having to make myself bedridden going to disability employment services appointments every other week.

Minecraft has been a good distraction. Been digging big holes to calm down. There's something Zen about it. Except that I keep burrowing in to giant cave systems and having to explore them for loot and glory, which is less relaxing.

Just listened to Shorten roasting Dutton and Morrison on ABC radio. Oh, what could've been. He deserved his shot at PM.

Just imagine the shit that LNP would have thrown at a Labor govt trying to deal with COVID. It would have been rabid and divisive (just like it was in Vic).
- I remember how strangely quiet they were when SA and Tas were implementing the same policies as Vic.

Good morning, all you hotties!!

I've finally put a bow on a document I've been working on for months. Technology changes quickly and frequently so it has needed a bunch of changes since I started but I'm finally calling it "document correct as of date of writing" and will present it to my team tomorrow.

It was my largest piece of work and a huge weight off my shoulders - or rather will be after I present it to my team tomorrow. Now I can focus on thinking about what comes next for the 35 days until my holiday. Good times.

I just walked out of my work building and smashed my Apple watch really hard against the (metal) doorframe, and it took me until I got to my car to muster up the courage to inspect the damage 🥴 Incredibly, not a scratch on it. I'm genuinely surprised it didn't crack.

Time to stop being lazy and buy a cover, I just hate the way they look but if I actually end up smashing this thing I'll be gutted.

I spent the extra dosh to get a sapphire screen on my (Garmin) watch. I've had it for 4.5 years, it's been through the wars. The metal around the body has scratches, the paint has come off is a few places. The watch face itself though is perfect - as pristine as the day I bought it. It cost $150 more than the gorilla glass watch, but the investment has totally been worth it, given the rugged life it leads.
Oh. I just looked up the Apple store. The Ultra (Apple's sapphire watch) is $600 more expensive. Yeah - get a cover. :)
you mean like this right...?
I keep forgetting you can buy covers for your watches. The amount of times I've banged my hand/wrists into walls and doors is staggering. There's a few scratches but nothing you notice unless you really look.

It's cold and dark out there, but I'm going to brave it with Mr Woof to get first walkies done. Then I can follow up with some nice hot porridge for breakfast.

There is a new coffee community that has just been created. I believe as Melbourneans we need to make sure we go and add our collective coffee wisdom.

Fetch your pitchforks, I don’t drink the stuff
- We'll just keep that quietly to ourselves here. Just, don't go announcing such blasphemy in the coffee community, you could ruin our reputation!
- ^🫣
- same here. Can't even stand the smell. Don't @me with "but you haven't tried the right blend of cat crap organic hippie toe-picked steam froth!" I hate coffee and it's not going into my mouth,.
- Neither, it's vile.
  Love the smell, but the taste is awful.
- Look, I like Starbucks coffee. So I too am villainised.
  (I honestly don't care how people drink their coffee, live and let live.

Made a kilo of deep fried buttermilk chicken nibblets for dinner. I can't believe we managed to finish it all.

Dinner tax?
- Didn't take photos. The vultures were circling as I was cooking.
Noice. Were they served with a sauce? Please tell.
- Made cheese sauce out of a block of tasty I found in the fridge.

Love me some counselling, if my circumstances allowed me to pay for it lol.
A quick chat is what I do when I update my mates, i need indepth reprogramming loool
My partner keeps getting that while she’s in hospital.
All we really needed was what you mentioned, a change of circumstance and the allowance of her coming back home or allowing me to visit her to give her support.
They wouldn’t listen.
- You'd think by this point they'd begin to grasp the idea that the sheer volume they deal with makes them start treating people like slabs of meat for processing. This has rather deleterious effects on the person in question, especially since hospitalisation is already a wholesale nostril rape upon their agency
I also think we’re living in an era of toxic positivity. There no allowance for sadness, hurt, worry etc. Everything must be fixed! Live love laugh! Just meditate it away! We are human and shit happens and sometimes we are not OK. And that’s OK.

Time for bed I think. Hopefully bot #001 can manage the night shift, it has been a big day. I think the day naming problem we had might be sorted (the bot will be putting it in the body of the post until I'm sure it won't mess up the title again!). There was also an update released for the base code which has been included, and I tried to do something else which went horribly wrong. I had to do a full system restore and reinstall everything to fix it, so the poor bot was homeless for a while. Everything looks fine again now, but if things go wrong tonight it's probably not the cat's fault.

Okay cleaned up after dinner and got the laundry folded. Didn't get around to vacuuming so tomorrow it'll have to be. Took a big task and broke it down into smaller tasks and will start with the first two tomorrow. Set myself some learning objectives and will start tonight. Yes I'm doing it I'm doing it. Slowly.

you can do it. i need to start on the garden as well as the spice rack

Scrambled eggs, Vegemite toast, a selection of cold meats, cherry tomatoes and cucumber for dinner tonight. Tasty, comfort food, very low effort.

I can beat that!
Reheating left over rice (made 3 days worth). Air frying chicken nuggets on the side.
Mix in various sauce and voila, mix and mash uninspired meal.
- @Duenan @CEOofmyhouse56 frozen chicken and pasta with hard boiled quail eggs. Hardest effort was peeling those eggies 🥚
- Hahaha.

started watching "from" on Stan. suitably intrigued, but just found out it's by the makers of "lost", and now I dont want to invest any time in it as it descends to an inevitably shit conclusion.

Lost was probably the first show I was super invested in for like 3 or 4 seasons. Ended up not finishing it with little regret.
From is a horror/thriller, no?
- It touches on horror for a few eps, but is more kinda suspense? I think, based on the other comment, I'm gonna give it a pass. It had promise, but it feels like it's going nowhere/into way more episodes or seasons than it should.
I've watched both seasons of From and I kind of understand where you're coming from. It's been 2 seasons of not any real answers, just more questions.
Edit: the 1st season I found genuinely intriguing, the 2nd season I watched more in the hopes of getting some answers or closure.

Just worked out again.. why wholemeal crumpets are always on sale.

You just worked out why wholemeal crumpets are always on sale?
Well, why don't you tell the rest of us?
- Something very NQR about them. No amount of butter can help.
I honestly can't tell the difference, if you read the ingredients they have bugger all wholemeal flour I think it's around 17%

Banana bread is in the oven yay. Baby woke up an hour earlier than usual this morning so I’ve already had 2 coffees, done a load of laundry, read some of my new book, and of course the banana bread. I have either been feeling a bit depressed or am suffering from horrendous PMS post partum but I thought today I should try to keep busy rather than scrolling my phone all day.

For the rest of the day I’m hoping to work a bit more on an essay I’ve been writing for my newsletter and hopefully squeeze in an exercise routine. We shall see!

I've been trying to get my wife to ditch her dying phone for months now. Some woman just paid for her crumpets and deodorant at the supermarket cause the NFC didn't work so she couldn't pay. Why she didn't carry her physical card with her if she knows the the phones iffy is beyond me. Thank you to the kind lady, but im dying of second hand embarrassment.

my partner is sort of doing the opposite. she has a phone with working NFC but carries her card around with her in the phone case because apparently it takes too long to add the card to google pay......
- I carry my wallet with me just in case, even though I use the NFC on it.
- At least she can pay haha

Today is absolutely dragging in the office.

Only a bit more to go, but holy shnikes I'm suffering here.

The group of cacklers are within earshot too.

i too am watching the clock
- I swear it just jumped backward about 5 minutes
It was a very long and overwhelming day for me back at work. The worst thing in the end was we all elected to have a shorter lunch time to leave earlier.
We ended up finishing at the original time stated and not earlier while sacrificing a longer lunchtime.
That was an ass move.

Lmao watching an older film and I forgot you used to be able to just hire porn from the video shop. I was to young to hire it but I was always curious about those who did, like were they embarrassed taking it to the counter.

didn't there used to be a back room for the porn ?
- My local had it on the bottom shelf of the horror section. As a kid I loved looking at the scary case art in the horror section, and one day I got a proper fright when I pulled out a porno.

Going to bed early. Nothing much to see here. I had to write a beautiful letter to the mum of a trans girl today though which thouroughly warmed my heart. There was a four corners thing about trans kids on tonight I think and again the abc seem to want to reflect the transphobic views of those who spread misinformation, but this is just hearsay. I didn't want end the day on a bad vibe so I avoided it.

sadly the ABC are nothing more than a weak arm of the LNP these days. cunt as he was, even howad respected the neutral nature of the Abc. Abbot and Morrison fucked it.

Day 16 of my exercise program... and it's a rest day. I feel like doing some exercises though, so I did 5 minutes of the ultra back friendly stomach exercises in the video I saw yesterday. Oh man, they seem a bit lame but you can really feel them engage where it counts! It's a 10 day program in itself, so it looks like I've started a new thing! But it's hi ho hi ho for me now so I hope you all have a lovely day that you deserve!

Care to share the back friendly exercise video?
- Sure! The exercises are at around 16:15 in this video if you want to skip to them, but I can recommend the whole video as it really helps understand how the muscles work and why doing some exercises, or doing them wrongly, is bad for you. I can't do the first one (basic planking) because my core isn't strong enough yet to do them without arching or sagging 😞 but I can highly recommend the others!

We had the worst time with one recently. Promised to come like 5 different times and just never showed. Partner kept reorganising and eventually I was like, he’s not ever coming I think we just need to move on.

I learnt a new word today. "Ventifact", a rock that has been abraded by wind carried dust or ice .

There's an excellent podcast about words/language called "Something rhymes with purple". you might enjoy it, if youre a podcast person.

Ugh. I bought an old phone off of eBay, I did my due diligence and everything seemed above board, but old mate's been fucking me around for the last week and a half. It finally arrived today and it's FRP locked

Edit: with the help of a youtube video, I managed to figure it out. I mean, looked dodgy as fuck, I probably have more malwares than there were variants of covid, but I got it sorted

https://cellularnews.com/guides/how-to-frp-bypass-lock-on-any-android-phone-easy-guide/
- doesn't work unfortunately, I've spent the last few hours trying and every suggestion I can find has either been patched, or is trying to sell me some dodgy program

I had to force myself to get some work done today to prevent the rest of the week and next week from blowing up but I definitely need to take tomorrow and possibly Wednesday off because I feel like absolute death. Had a chat to one of my senior colleagues today about what happened last week and next steps because I need to feel like I'm taking action to get out of an unfulfilling dead end situation. But I also don't want to burn bridges and leave people hanging

Here I am up again, thinking.
\ Late night coffee, same old story.
\ Only two beers, but coffee I'm craving.
\ Fuck, I need to get my shit together,
\ I think I'm in for stormy weather,
\ Ugh, I have to get it all together.
\ I have to be an adult,
\ Sooner or later.
\ Preferrably sooner rather than later.
\ I mean, sure, I'm quite messed up,
\ Longterm therapy is on the cards.
\ Fighting myself
\ But I should be fighting for help.
\ But it isn't an excuse
\ To stagnate.
\ This is not my fate,
\ Just an actual phase.
\ An inbetween state,
\ While I mutate
\ It's not too late
\ For me to close that gate
\ Behind me.
\ I'm more than the sum of my past,
\ A human with some janky parts.
\ But it's all here, still chugging away,
\ Rusting but taking it day by day
\ Rusting away but it's okay.
\ I'm temporarily corporeal,
\ We're all here for just a little while.
\ So thank you all for reading my prose,
\ Be it funny, sad, a little bit morose.
\ You all are amazing, so human and cool!
\ Just keep being you.

Looking at the metro train site and all lines are green? This is both surprising and seems too good to be true. I wonder how long it’d last

The fact that this is newsworthy and potentially a reason to celebrate is a bit concerning on Metro's part.

One of my (late) birthday presents from my partner is a shirt from the brand Foxblood, and it's a long shirt (which is great because i won't accidentally show my stomach while walking) but the sleeves have these sort of thumb holes, so I can feel like the true emo 13 y/o wanted to be.

Here's the shirt for those curious (if you want to get it locally, I order from Bezerk, I say locally, they're based on QLD, so not so locally but within Australia).

😍😍 looks so good, what a lovely gift!! I have a mighty need lol
- I don't know what the rules are on wearing non-office clothes at work (because my clothes are mostly if not 99.99% are graphic tees) so I need to buy more office-friendly clothes. And I need clothes that fit my aesthetic, which is just my aesthetic when I was 13 but I have money now!

On the dot I see. Edit: or should I say, on the stroke of ...

How is it 8pm already. Gotta do my everyday to do list then get onto the bigger one. I can do this I can do this...

I have decided that tonight I am in fact not going to do anything on the Lists (except feed my friend's cat, get back my laptop cable from her house, drop off these seedlings - eat dinner - and then run the loaded dishwasher). That's it. zzzzz
- Hey Kitten.
  How is your neck/shoulder feeling today?
I've got no idea how that happened, I swear it was just after 7pm about 5 minutes ago!
You can do it. You can do it.
Crap. It’s past 8 already and all I did was some reading. Ok.
Time for actually make dinner and get ready for HYBPA tonight.

Eggs on toast for lunch. Sticking it to the cafe yesterday for asking for 3 bucks for an egg (yes not plural) to be added to my brekkie but I guess that's the going price but also wtf.

time for sleep, good night all 😘

I stayed up too late.

Tomorrow me needs to pray for Mojo.

My dessert!

Hope the link and spoiler works

Honestly love oranges and apples, looks so good!!
- I picked up a handy tip awhile ago.
  You can keep apples from browning by pairing it or sprinkling a citrus juice over them.
  I used to do it with passion fruit and make it for the day after and the apples didn’t brown.

Brain is officially back in business.

Finished a 2nd assignment that I started at 5am Sunday on LLN needs of students.

Ended up being perfect timing since I based it on the induction training I gave to a new employee 2 weeks ago who had revealed to me in their interview that they are completely illiterate.

The guy is amazing. Really mechanically gifted, super upbeat, really good memory. Everyone who meets him instantly likes him.

In his life he has been a manager from just how gifted he is mechanically and done well enough to buy his own home.

Cliched but I've definitely learnt a lot from this guy.

I've had my garmin watch for over a month now and I had to take it off because I developed welts on my wrist like I'd been attacked by a iced vovo. They weren't burns or itchy. It wasn't tight or anything. I don't wear it in the shower or get it wet. Very odd. So I've cleaned it and I've just put it back on. Maybe I should have cleaned it before I started wearing it the first time. Anyway time to watch and wait. (Puns intended)

Like everyone else has said, I had the same issue with my silicon Apple Watch band when I first got it. It gave my a sweat rash. Eventually my skin got used to it, but I have bought a bunch of other cloth and metal bands to switch out instead. I wear the silicon one when I’m exercising or I need something waterproof, but I mostly wear the others now. I’m not sure how customisable the Garmin is in terms of bands though. There are hundreds of thousands of cheapo bands for the Apple Watch though.
I’m currently wearing my scrunchie band which is great for when I want something more breathable. I usually wear these to bed as well.
- Oooo. I really like that thanks. Yeah my garmin is compatible with anything 20 mm. So there's heaps to choose from.
Same issues with bands. Also don’t wear my watch at night. Lets the skin breathe.
- I like the fact it tracks my sleep but it does feel weird sleeping with it on.
What band do you have on it? When i got my fitbit i had lots of similar issues from the band it came with. I bought myself a leather band to replace it with and its been fine since
- Rubber/latex/synthetic thing. It was odd that it developed after a month and it appeared very quickly. If it happens again I will definitely change the band on it.
  Edit: I've had a look and I guess it's silicone.
- If I use the silicone band that comes with the fitbit I get burns and everything. It isn't until I switch to... anything else, it's fine. Like I currently have a cotton? band, and it's fine. I also try to moisturise on my wrists so I don't get the weird burns.
Mine was quite snug for awhile (Apple) and I would get them due to that.
My Garmin Forerunner 245 did exactly the same thing to my wrist when I got it, ended up having to change the band.
- What did you change the band to?
I sometimes have this problem with those silicon / rubber bands. I moved to some sort of cheap leather some time ago or faux leather and it was much better for my skin.

Bought my cat biscuits meant for sensitive stomachs and skin, the same brand as he has had before and within 10 minutes he vomited them up. I think he ate too fast but the irony is not lost on me.

It's like that children's book Walter the Farting Dog, where the low-fart dog biscuits just made him fart more.
My my 4yo's favourite book at the moment.
- Should look into getting that for my nephew when his birthday rolls around in a few months (not blood related, but there's no name for "my best friend who feels more like a brother to me than best friend's kid" that isn't short and sweet).
- Hahaha sounds like a great book and it really is exactly like that.

This game is killing me.

We’ve lost this one I think.
I’m sitting in bed streaming it from my iPad.

Kids these days. First the Sydney fire and now this one...idiots filmed themselves confessing to it too

Kids in Melbourne, nsw and qld what is going on?
- Not sure if youth crime has always been so bad and we just didn't hear about it or it's actually gotten worse.

Currently blasting in my ears is one of my favourite and haven’t gotten sick of listening to

I wanna dance with somebody by Whitney Houston

It’s a banger!
- Uh oh Escape by Janet Jackson came on next totally did not dance near the door waiting for it to pull up at the station. Like it’s not embarrassing if you don’t turn around to see if anyone’s watching right? Right?!?! 🤣🤣 hahaha
- Damn straight! Really makes me wanna dance but maybe not a train carriage… at least not today 😬🤣🤣🤣
- How many beats per minute?
  How many drops?
  How dope were the drops?
  Were any acoustic instruments used?
  If so, it is not a banger
400 million views can't be wrong 😊
- It’s the song that last through the times is one of the things I love about it

Thank god for a later start to the work day today.

Helped ease through having to wake up early again though I felt like I hardly slept last night because of very active dreams or thoughts.

Hopefully we can end today with an early finish as well and get home early.

Also been super heated here too then it got too hot and they had to let it cool down but now it’s to cold. Bleh!

My goldfish are like aquatic chickens and when I plant weed for them they dig it up in a couple of days. I’ve just spent a stupid amount of time tying bunches of weed to rocks. Let’s see ya dig that up, ratbags

#Worldle #535 1/6 (100%) ( perfect round 👍 ) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr

An easy one, but the messed-up scale of the neighbouring countries is offputting.

:)

👋

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. They need to drop Warner. Good game England but it's not over yet.

Yeah. I think time to drop Warner. I agree.
Good game still. Hope we can do it on Day 4.
Even if they made the last catch it still wouldn’t have been enough.

@bot001 T minus 2 days to end school holidays.

2 days? When I looked online it said term started today, did they add in some "student free days" or something?
- My local school was back in action this morning. Unless the parents are having a drive and park like assholes test run.
- Mine go back tomorrow.
- @RustyRaven our kids don't go back to school until Wednesday.
Haha. Holidays just started in Tas.
It’s not already ended?

Got the lettering and the bottom part of the border done with the cross-stitch project.
Still feeling a little flat after the extraction so I think I'll stay in and have a good solid go to finish it.

10 weeks is short i think i got 5 mth and 16 days to tokyo....

Some of you may remember I do lunch notes for my kids. May have chosen a slightly involved theme this week...

👁☀️👁
\ or
\ ☀️👄☀️

the latter
- ☀️👄☀️

Project Upscale progress - 113/550. Seems worth it in terms of quality. I'm just using Upscyl (FOSS option) for this first try, and it's doing the job so far, quite happy with the results.

Also, coming across some things I'd forgotten about - ::: spoiler throwback to when I got to do something cool at work - nb. image not upscaled though

:::

Haven't tried Upscyl yet. Been trying topaz gigapixel on some old (1940's) photos and the results were pretty decent. Can do some weird things to faces and textures though.

Yep.. it isn't what I'd consider abnormally bad. Has been a lot better but not for a while.
- Sorry I just realised you said USD to AUD and this is the other way around

So this is what I have decided. I have moved the watch to the bony part of my wrist. It's not tight. I can still get a finger in there. When it needs to be charged I will give it a clean also. I'm giving it one more chance before I swap the band over. I have already selected the band I want. It better behave.

try an anti-fungal , be sure to use some on the band too
- That's a good idea. Thank you.

Reading the "specials" on supermarket junk mail is fucked. Products are not a good deal at all anymore, even when on special.

The half price app has the same shit every week.

Watched the movie Don’t Worry Darling. Was expecting a total B grade flop based on the reviews, but it was not that bad. Story was slow to get started, but the costumes and sets were very good, and the twist was a good one. It’s no Oscar winner but I’ve seen plenty worse movies.

Ignore the critics . What counts are viewers like you and me. So, it was a good movie. 👍 Cool, I'll give it a watch. :)
- I would say it was a medium. Entertaining enough for a winter watch on the couch.

What do you do for easy/quick to prepare brekky? Not including cereal or toast.

Overnight oats
Smoothie
baked beans in the frying pan until hot (with or without cheese), crack in a couple eggs until cooked. Hot sauce/salt/pepper as desired.
Yogurt and dried cranberries, maybe some nuts
Leftovers...
Used to do overnight oats but my guts can't do oats anymore
Microwave sausage roll
Coffee, banana, some peanuts.
bananas and yoghurt
Instant coffee on working days.
Sad I know.
- Nah, my brekky is coffee. We in this together bro, instant coffee life yee

I mentioned about a week and a bit ago about Dungeons and Drag Queens, the new DND campaign on Dropout from Dimension 20. I wasn't too sure if they were going to upload them to YouTube, but good news everyone! They are indeed, here's the first episode (runs for about 2hrs so easier to consume than Critical Role imho).

Very keen for this. I’ve been seeing clips of it on Bob’s instagram feed and have been meaning to watch it
- Ep 1 was fantastic! And all the queens are new(-ish) to DND so it's easy for people who don't understand DND to get which is cool.
  One of the top comments on the video killed me this morning "One of the better episodes of Untucked. Loved the guest star".

I spontaneously decided to vacuum while my spanakopita was cooking. I was punished for my productivity: vacuum has now carked it. Bugger. Time to fish out the warranty.

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@baconmash @bot001 bacon and waffles with coffee please
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One hearty T-bone steak, cooked medium rare, served with mushroom sauce and mashed potato. Plus one kiwi fruit on the side please.
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Zebra organ kebab please
- Pardon?
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Movie of the day. The Majestic with Jim Carrey. A good movie about the power of art. Great movie for young people. 3 hobbits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK9umGHmUfg&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers

I haven't seen that movie BUT you might be interested in this: https://vimeo.com/226379658
- That was cool. Thank you so much for that. 😊
  The art in The Majestic is movies, writing, acting. It shows how people are transformed by art, inspired, encouraged, healed, amused. Art is a part of living real life.

holy shit - visitors arrived at my neighbours next door, and I swear to fUCKING Alanis if they start singing Katy Perry again, I'm going to TP their welcome mat.

edit: EVERY MONDAY WTF

Finished Mad Men s5. That was probably the weakest of the seasons I've watched so far but there's still corkers in there. That penultimate episode was devastating. As was the Herb Rennet one. But my favourite might be Signal 30 - BECAUSE HE WAS CAUGHT WITH CHEWING HIM ON HIS PUBIS!!! And now I'm sad again...

Would or should my landlord cough up for a service for my split system AC? Anyone asked for it before?

My mum's a property manager and she said this "Renter responsibility is to keep the unit and filters clean, maintenance is on the owner".
I would assume that if the AC came with the property when you rented it, then it would be the landlord's responsibility to cover maintenance costs. We clean ours semi-regularly (unit, filters etc.) since it's our only source of heating and cooling, but haven't had it serviced yet. There's something on this website that kind of? says the same thing but it's not super clear.
- It did come with the place. I am sure it is overdue for a service, it has been a bit smelly on the heating cycle since I moved in line 18 months ago. Bit concerned about mould and bacteria so will seriously consider asking for a service.

Time flies by fast when you zone in on stuff

Is anyone else having to log in every time the reload on the chrome browser?

Yep. But now I just hit refresh and it sorts it out
No. I've only ever logged in the once when I first joined.
Someone else mentioned that on safari a couple days back I think. The login screen shows very briefly sometimes when I reload but then I wait, or reload again and I'm logged in again. Reminds me of the mygov linked services page, it shows nothing until I load it a second time...

Robot on amazon is tedious.

( shoot me )

What's a decent price for a banh mi, in your opinion?

If it's over $10 you're in the wrong place imo
Around $10 for me.
$9.50 actually I haven’t been to one in awhile so unsure if the price for the place I usually go to. Remember hearing from someone that the price has gone up, and don’t remember how much
Paid $8 today which I feel is reasonable in today's financial climate
Used to be $8 to $9. Not many are that cheap anymore.

oofo baboof. Spent the night balls deep in NAGIOS, which is not something I have done since 2005

now to find the disk check syntax for win10....

Any tips for camping in winter? Thinking I might take a one night-er somewhere close by, but last time I went to la trobe river in October I nearly froze to death.

A 4 season tent, insulated sleeping mat with extra foam mat underneath, a winter temp rated down sleeping bag, extra warm liner (some could add a few extra degrees), Merino base layer to sleep in, or/ and a down jacket to sleep in if feeling extra cold and a beanie. And plenty of food before bed!
- My "proper" tent is a 6p, and it'll be a solo trip. So I'll probably have to make do with the hiking tent. But yes, my 5c sleeping back might need an upgrade.
thermals, a good puffy jacket, woollen socks (no unnatural fibres/blends), a beanie, and lots of firewood. A decent sleeping bag is a must, and a proper sleeping mat (not a lilo or anything similar - those things offer no protection at all).
- I've got a cheapie kmart sleeping mat, I might need to consider upgrading. Thermals are a good idea.

Got through first night of training. Pretty happy to have made a start. A lot of stuff I already knew and the rest of it feels like marketing. But hey good to have made a start on a formal qualification I guess. Even if it is foundational. Not sure I’m up for the full administrator cause with a baby in the house.

Hey good on you for doing what you are doing with a tiny in residence; lovely though it is having kids, it isn't easy doing career progression stuff. Cheers to you 👍