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I've heard the Warrnambool line has similar issues too (plus it overlaps with the Geelong line)

Yeah it is. I've been divorced for 5 years now and also have troubles just connecting with people (I'm demi-sexual).

Lots of dates in the past which didn't work well. It's just nice to meet someone good.

Might not apply, but went on a date on Saturday night that surprised us both about how well it went. Online dating, and just dating in general for me I am super cynical but we just clicked. We've been texting constantly since then and it's nice. 4 years since my last 'real' date/partner. 6 years since divorced.

It's nice to just meet someone you get on well with.

It also takes longer to audit people who are trying to screw with the system so it's sometimes just "Eh too hard" which is a bad reason to not do it...

The mid-range at the time for AMD re: motherboard or CPU wasn't spectacular, and I wanted dual Intel GBE on the motherboard, otherwise I totally would have (my actual desktop machine is AMD)

Was that me?

If so I moved to low power i5s and run super cool and quiet without any loss of functionality or slowdowns. And my energy bill is much more pleasant now! A few generations of CPUs and it's worth just replacing old gear if you can, especially enterprise stuff.

As someone with a dual Opteron 6386SE sitting in a closet somewhere with 512GB of RAM... It was fun for a few weeks until I saw my energy bill. Was great in winter though as I didn't need a heater on.... Ever.

The pros of working in a tech company where they decommission shit and just ask who wants it

Mine would be kinda interesting. I think it'd be more fun to write because I still have NFI how it worked out the way it did (answer is mostly right place/right time).

A few psych hospitalisations and suicide attempts, dropped out of high school at 15, no degree, but ended up a technical director at a company, burnt out and took a much less stressy software dev manager gig, married, divorced (in a very WTF?! kinda way of us splitting up), lots of interesting psych issues, broken upbringing, definitely some substance abuse thrown in there... Most of that isn't in chronological order.

But it looks like it might be OK. Everything's settled down a lot, dating someone, looking to my future and it doesn't seem as dim as it used to be.

He sounds mentally ill from the sounds of it. I'm sure he'll get the support he needs now cough

That does kinda scream "I would be happy to kill all humans but don't want to say it..."

It's kinda like:

"Are you a nazi?"

"It might be time to move onto a new topic."

"That's not a no..."

I wonder if the writers for Galaxy Quest could sue him too! 😀

But Art3mis in the real world has a port-wine stain so she's ugly! Can't you see how disgusting she looks?!

/s

My cats are indoors only, in part because I'm worried they'll be abused/stolen but also because they are apex predators. I've seen them even just playing and they're... Brutal. I have literal scars from them 'playing'.

But they're happy. And safe. It's OK for them to be indoors cats if I just keep them stimulated. They have zoomies, they get a bit shitty at times but they're fine.

Thank you, it's very much appreciated!

Also realising that being sick I'm not socialising which is just shit for my mental health

I 100% agree with what you just said. I used to be a smartarse (and also a dumbarse in hindsight) and have realised the value in de-escalation and letting things lie. There are times where it's OK to say "I haven't considered that" or "I don't know enough to really have an opinion", even if you do know.

Even if you're convinced you're right and they're wrong, if neither of you are going to change your stance just simmer down and let it go. You're never going to change each others minds.

Still recovering from an ear and chest infection. Just finished my course of antibiotics so only upwards from here right?!

...Right?

Long day at work though. Full day workshop and people were starting to wane by about lunch time. Got home, had a nap, just finished some online gaming with friends and will probably crash soon.

Very much looking forward to the weekend.

Captain Darling : I'm as British as Queen Victoria!

Captain Blackadder : So your father's German, you're half German, and you married a German!

I got burnt out between my last job and my current one. I quit and took 3 months off before starting my current job.

Admittedly I had ~30k saved and went through about 15k of that in the 3 months as I went travelling etc. but I wasn't stressed. I emailed some friends and shot some old colleagues on linkedin saying I was looking. An old friend got me an interview in the first month, went through the whole process in about 2 weeks after that and had a new job lined up 1 month before I was due back home. But I didn't have that "Oh shit, I need to start my new job ASAP! I'm fucked!!!" panic which was nice.

I was also much more relaxed in the interviews etc. because I wasn't panicking for work, instead I became super picky about what I wanted and was very open about it. Asked for more money, was open about what I actually want to do and it all worked out. It was amazing - in the past I was more trying to escape a bad workplace vs. going "I know what I want, can you make this work for both of us?"

After a week and a half of holidaying and partying, I found out on Thursday I have an ear and chest infection and still recovering while loaded up on antibiotics so very quiet today.

Went out for a bit of a walk but not feeling like doing much so did a little cooking and catching up on TV shows, although I can't believe Wheel of Time got a second season...

I've also started reading The Zen of Cat as a whimsical but good book as I've noticed I'm getting stressed over trivial shit too.