Daily random thread: Hey, Hey it’s Saturday edition (June 17, 2023)
Daily random thread: Hey, Hey it’s Saturday edition (June 17, 2023)
First day of the weekend. Let’s goooooooo!
I have completed some draft Community Guidelines for the group. https://aussie.zone/post/53977
Hopefully they are ok - it feels a lot like writing an assigment and waiting for it to be marked :-)
Be excellent… ‘Nuff said. But seriously Raven, thanks for your work and of course to everyone else who got this kickstarted and rounded up the troops. It was heartwarming to see.
Looks pretty straightforward thank you.
There are excellent! Thanks for all your hard work
Clarifying the gif part are you saying no gif or to write a description before adding one? I don’t usually do gif unless it’s a pm to a friend, but just trying to understand that part when I read it, due to it can affect some people with its nature
I believe it's no gif unless you absolutely have to. Gifs could take a long time to load and it could be rather visually stimulating.
I feel like (though I'm not Raven so I could be wrong) that it's more so adding alt text to an image. It's helpful for those who are blind/hard of seeing, or even those with shitty Internet to describe the image/gif. I don't think there is a way to pause moving images here on lemmy/aussie.zone which is disappointing, but I feel like keep gifs to a minimum.
I would recommend just linking it with an alt text accompanied for those who might not want to view it but still want to understand what you're conveying.
I'm pretty happy with everything here. I think that, my major concerns are just trolls and such. Since what I remember of the DT was a lot of really welcoming folks (even now here while I stopped being active in the DT it feels like this place is safe... a safe space as one would say), but when it came to posts on the subreddit at large there were just some horrible and mean people, especially when it came to threads about the current climate/the American culture war they're trying to bring here.
Obviously, everyone has a right to their opinion, just as I do. But a lot of those would get ugly, luckily they'd be pretty downvoted quick. But other than that, it's a pretty simple rule list that makes sense. And I'm sure you folks on the admin team will edit the rules with enough warning if something comes up!
Surprised by the lack of replies, but this looks fantastic! If I'm being honest, the additional wording makes it much clearer than the old sidebar. Thanks so much for your hard work getting everything set up!
Instead of doing anything constructive I have been reading about the Aboriginal stories about Raven (AKA Crow). Known as Waa to the Wurundjeri People. Waa was originally a white bird, who stole coals/fire from seven sisters who were keeping it to themselves. He either dropped some or ended up throwing it at other animals who were wanting to have some too, which is how fire came to be used by mankind. In the process Waa started a bushfire in which he was burned, which is how he became black.
good waa
Waa is an awesome thing to name a raven. A name I can hear!
I can hear it as well - but I think that's because there is one in the backyard right now!
There are several stories about crows I've heard from different nations. They usually count them among the cleverest and most mischievious of animals. I love thier stories.
If anyone remembers all my long rants in the Reddit DT, I have some kinda good news about it.
Things at the hosue have been much more settled, it appears one of them (the main noisy one) will be moving out and back in with his family. He hasn't been here in about a month and a half, so things have been more chill. One of the others is just going about her life as usual. She tells and throws things once every day or two still, but not as bad as it was. And then the other one is still chill, he's never caused many problems
And on the lead tenant thing I mentioned a while ago, it seems things are going well. They lined up a house that sounds chill and I had my first meeting with the program coordinator on Tuesday. She gave me a rulebook I need to read, and then this coming Friday we meet with her again and I officially sign the papers. After that, it will be about 4-8 weeks until I move in.
It's still stressing me out a bit, mainly because I don't fit one of their requirements properly and I'm only about half fulfilling it. Allegedly they'll be pretty lenient on it, but lenient as in they'll accept me, but if I don't 100% meet it within a few months, I'll be locked back and sent back into Resi.
It's also kind of fucking with my head because I've been here for 4 years, and although I've never considered it to be, or felt that it is my home, that's the longest I've ever lived anywhere in my entire life. For about 3/4 of those years it's been pretty bleak living here and felt like a never ending nightmare, but now that it is ending and comparitively the end is so close I can basically touch it, it feels is backwards to what I'm used to
This baby has gotta be shit out. 2 giant poops in under an hour. How can he fit so much poo in him?!
The lies I tell myself. Went to the sourdough bakery in Bayswater to avoid Dröm but they were sold out.
Braved the queues at Dröm promising myself I would only buy sourdough 😆
What I actually bought:
- Bavarian beignet
- Chocolate marmalade babka
- Marshmallow choc chip cookie
- Chocolate pecan cookie
- Honey butter kouign amann
- Sourdough
Sounds like your soul knew what it wanted.
Counts as self care 😉
How were they?
Spreading it out but so far the cookies were amazing. The chocolate was kinda like a brownie. Would eat again
Had an interesting day, yesterday I watched a pretty cool YT of Danny Elfman, he's old and weird and awesome and so talented. But watching him gave me the confidence to be older and weird too. I'm just miserable if I wear beige and be "comfy" and be my "age". I like to have some style, I like to express myself, have fun, wear black even. So today I bought black and stylish stuff, including a cute jumper with embroidered stars and moons and a grey cashmere top . Felt good. :)
Yay a Marketplace item sold. No scammer this time, just a real person with cold hard cash.
I will always revere your commitment to second hand market
I just wish I hadn't wasted so much money on this stuff in the first place!
I've only just got here but Bright and the drive in is very pretty. Totally guessed the motel wifi password like a hardcore hacker because they didn't give it to me and there's nothing in the room about it.
Now that I'm settled it's time to go for a look around. I friggin love alpine regions/mountains.
I love that area. The crisp air reminds me of autumn/winter time growing up south of London
I'm sitting outside a souvlaki place now just thinking about how nice and crisp the air is!
Went for the first time last weekend and it was instant love. Had the most amazing pies when we went for a drive to Beechworth at Miss Amelie. Kinda have to go back now
Went to the zoo, it was bloody windy! I feel like most of the animals were like yeah nah! All of the reptiles and snakes were out and about though, which is pretty rare!
I love the zoo! Even just walking through the gardens feels like an escape.
Good day for laundry - wind and sun. It's also hard rubbish weekend in Darebin, so I'll be looking out for large plant pots and mesh to cover the fence in the courtyard. Let the curb crawling commence (after breakfast). Reduce, reuse, recycle!
I'd be a bit worries about the laundry blowing away. With some of the gusts out there the hard rubbish might blow away too!
I do love a good hard rubbish crawl. We have on demand pickups here, so don't get the concentrated collections anymore.
Oh I came across the BEST pot in someone’s hard rubbish on my morning walk this week. It was too heavy to carry so I was gonna swing by in my car to grab it. But I walked past it again not 15 minutes later on my way back and it was gonna. 😞 Gotta act quickly if you see something good
I wish my council still did it that way (Merri Bek), but you now have to book a collection and you're allowed 2 per year of a certain size. If you go over that size you lose your second booking. I like it better when everyone puts their stuff out all at once, and then you can go around having a polite lift and sift of everyone else's stuff. Last time we booked a collection they forgot about it for weeks. When we rang and reminded them they came and got it and the nature strip was all dead! In the meantime people had been coming after nightfall to add paint cans and other stuff that you're not allowed to and the pile was huge.
I’ve got a hard rubbish collection coming up too, and I’m putting all the good stuff out today in case someone wants it. No large pots though, unfortunately. Hopefully the rain holds off
Wow physical meet up between a couple of DT mates was nice. Got a message of support also from another DTer. You peeps know who you are. Thanks a lot. I'm resigning myself to believe that I cast that shit into the ether and let it out rather than bottling it up and can always tell my story in another way anyway. Incredible to meet someone irl with similar shit going on and not pause for breath for an hour. Food and hot bevs were excellent. St kilda is iconic. I'm definitely getting in the north vs south war by now. Great day for a skate. Hopefully I'll not too wobbly.
I am excited to be putting clothes on the outdoor line today #thuglife
Gotta make sure they don’t fly away though with this wind we’re getting
I know right. I actually started to put them on the line then chickened out and nicked to the laundromat instead. I don't want to have to go searching through all the neighbourhood
Good evening!
Very glad we have this thread.
I have to start work at 7 tomorrow so I shall enjoy another episode of Modern Family and then go to sleep.
Also, I broke my two week no crying streak and it was a nice release.
P.S. if r/melbourne doesn't come back, should we start a new sub from the ground up?!
I love my job but they cut my hours, so I went job hunting. First interview and they offered me the job which is 30k more than I am currently getting. They want me to start in 3 weeks but I’m so scared I’ll quit my current job and then hate my new one and never get to go back.
Has anyone has a situation where they got the job and ended up hating it
it does happen, but no job is permanent and if you absolutely hate it you can get another one. 30k is a lifestyle upgrade amount of money, and/or a lot of savings. however, no amount is worth a job that sucks. did you get a bad vibe in the interview or is it just the unknown? also can you negotiate with current job?
Full of porridge with a purring cat on my lap. Saturday morning is going well so far.
Made a spreadsheet for a list of names. No time to fill it out yet.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oMhrX4Pal2el0Km6l_1C_INnqUCpr_E-L0NPYyYb49o/edit#gid=0
Open for editing, no need to login.
They're at it again
I forgot to ponch ⏰🥊
Far out. 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Suddenly Saturday Edition.
Yep, slept from like 12:30am (or closer to 1am) till 10am. Though there were wakeups throughout the night... the cat again.
⏰🧃🥊
It’s fucken wimdy. This wimd needs to calm down. Have some chamomile tea or something 😴💨🍃
The subscriber counts here are a bit dodgy. I think it is only showing the subscribers on the instance you are in, not overall. I accidentally went to my other group from this account and thought it had dropped from about 200 subscribers to 3! It makes me wonder how many subsribers we actually have here, if the 358 showing is just people subscribed from this instance we may actually have quite a few more. Although I think the users/posts/comments counts are really more meaningful anyway.
Yeah, 68 looking from my instance.
I have 8 subscribers from Lemmy.one
wind's howling
in the market for a new job and article this morning about australian companies trialing and succeeding with 4 day work weeks here has me glimmer of hoping. difference in quality of life between 5 and 4 days is incredible.
We do a 3/4 day on Fridays and even that adds to quality of life dramatically
haven't heard of that before, sounds excellent. speaking only for office/knowledge jobs and maybe not 100% of jobs are like this but.. almost every one i have had has contained substantial filler, would happily trade for time off and more compressed/efficient work hours. we would easily spend half a day a week in meetings that don't need to happen.
It really is nice. I did half day Fridays for years and the weekend felt extra.
Morning DTers,
So I know that the whole Rdt saga is a bit of a sore point. (Avery ye eyes if needed.) I’ve been following it loosely and someone posted their terms which made me think about how we loathe it when news outlets pilfer our posts. I thought it might be worth noting this:
When Your Content is created with or submitted to the Services, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any name, username, voice, or likeness provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world. This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available for syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with Reddit. You also agree that we may remove metadata associated with Your Content, and you irrevocably waive any claims and assertions of moral rights or attribution with respect to Your Content.
Just some thoughts.
If you can't tell what the product is, the product is you.
It has often been a problem with artwork, both on social media sites and when you do things like enter competitions or use your own work to be printed on an item you are often giving away the rights. Now that AI is involved our words have also become more valuable to companies, even random passing conversations.
That's very interesting
Reddit has the rights, not news,au
My guess is that's a large part of why they are making the changes - 3rd party apps are not really the target, it's just part of the process of how they plan to keep the material contained so they can sell it to media and large businesses.
Yeah and here I am bitching I can't publish the journal I lost with melbourne going private. I'd probably get a cease and desist letter. /s No one much if anyone would have actually read it lol.
If a service if free, we are the product, the advertisers their customers. So this here lemmy or aussie zone or whatever is the same and we'll face the same drama again sometime if it gets big and shareholders need an roi. woohoo late state capatalism! we provide the content for free and they sell us shit we don't need.
Not a frequent commenter but I reached out to u/Aphrodisia-x. Radio silence so far.
I have also DM’d u/Casper_Louisiana just now.
There was also a pole dancer . Can’t remember the username. Infrequent commenter as well. If anyone can think of it?
Using same thread as to not start a new one. Got replies from nufan and Jezb they both said they’ll probably turn up in the next few days.
Have we forgotten anyone else?
I thought I messaged stompsie let me do that now :P
Drift… something… continental drift?
oh yes thank you just messaged
Oh yes! Good job!
👍
u/secepatnya - not sure if I've spelled that right. Also u/mycatsnameisgibson.
Also messaged u/omgaporksword - I really hope that was the name? 😂
I wish there’s a way to pin this so we can always see it. Takes a lot of scrolling to find this here thread again
Just went and looked at a car and old mate was determined not sell it apparently. Remember guys "my bro is a mechanic" and "I'm selling it because I'm moving overseas" are not phrases you utter when trying to sell a car.
So I had this problem where I couldn't open more than one page in my browser. I asked the man to have a look and he said everything is fine. Then the interrogation started.
Him: What browser do you use?
Me: I don't know. Chrome I guess.
Him: Show me.
I press the google bar. His eyes got very wide.
Him: That's not chrome. That's google. It only allows you to open one tab at a time.
Me: ooohhh
He shakes his head. Then proceeds to educate me on Google vs Google Chrome vs Samsung browser. Now you smart people probably already know this. I did not even though I've had 3 Samsung phones and 3 Samsung tablets over the last 10 years. I have learnt lots in the past few days. I will continue to learn. I at least showed him how to use the airfryer the other day.
ahhh WOO HOO i gave my subreddit the two-weeks-notice that i'm quitting today. fuck that feels better, knowing that the endless toil is ending.
i'm gonna have a celebration and get baked
and now it's 5am and i am THOROUGHLY stoned. rest well, everyone! see you when the sky's a different colour
Laundry accomplished. Shopping done. Have decided to ditch the jigsaw that came with a jumbled up picture on the box. Brand/logo is M?xtery. Stuff that for a game of soldiers. Will fall back on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by a proper jigsaw brand with a real picture on the box. Not in the mood for deciphering a jumbled up picture.
Sister has lent me a rather nice jigsaw called Diverse Women. No women in the picture just a lot of squiggles. Maybe that one after the Sistine Chapel.My hot water unit is finished, the gas pilot isn't staying on for more than 24 - 48 hours. The unit is from 1995. I've been told they don't usually last almost 30 years so this house did well with it. It's a fun game going into the shower on a cold winter's day and wondering if hot water is going to come out or if the pilot's gone off. Going to cost 2k to get replaced! Love these unexpected large expenses. Anyway, trying to not let it ruin my weekend. Things break, such is life.
It's so cold this morning. Urgh. I think the insulation in my ceiling is fucked. Discussed it with my rental manager six months ago and they've done nothing since, the bastards.
'tis the wimd
I was watching this video on fare evasion in Vienna by tapakapa, and this stuck out to me:
For good service you'll gladly pay. For a 20 minute late, slow, meandering piece of junk that reeks of pee, not so much.
Sums up Melbourne's buses pretty well 😂
I have been to the gym.
It was a mistake going without a jumper 🥶
Did you get blown away in the wind?
CEO's post about no coffee in the car made me think, I just don't eat or drink in cars, but then, I'm not a very busy person. But I get it, there is no eating or drinking on the velvet sofa 🤨 at least not without a big tray
I have that rule because I don't want ants in my car.
good rule, I know someone whose sister was bitten by ants while she was driving and had an accident 😟
Good morning everyone. I've arrived just in time for breakfast, perfect timing!
I've created a post https://aussie.zone/post/50477 to share pet photos in, currently starring RustyDog (AKA Mr Woof) and RavenCat (AKA Miss Meow). If we can link to photos there rather than posting them directly here it will help stop the thread getting pic overload, and as a bonus we get a zone of concentrated cuteness to go and chill in. Win Win. 😁
😻
The pic of Miss Meow against the window looks like you've gone into MS Paint and just cut around her silhouette and filled it all with black
It is one of the hazards of having a black cat. Plus not being good at pet photography to start with 🙂
Good morning all, hope you have a good weekend
I hope YOU have a good weekend
Been watching Taskmaster NZ, it is too funny and my crush on Madeleine Sami has only grown.
Her hammed up performance in Deadloch is hilarious!
It's so good! Haha
i also really enjoyed the new season of UK taskmaster. will have to give a watch to nz taskmaster i havent seen it yet. anyone seen the aus one? any good?
The new season of uk taskmaster was great! I have seen the Aussie, I thought it was great overall, the comedian mix was good. To watch the NZ one you need a VPN and a tvnz login. Lol.
I finally beat Yoshi's Crafted World after owning it for 3 years. Now I'm finally getting started on Breath of the Wild. Look, I'm a patient gamer okay?!
If you’re patient then BotW will suit you just fine. I got it at launch and still found new things in the week leading up to Tears of the Kingdom
My curiosity got the better of me and i ordered an avocado smoothie
And what did you think? Did it taste like liquid guacamole?
It was surprisingly nice! Not weird. Not like liquid guac. Just...avocado smoothie, actually works
I LOVE avocado smoothies 🤤🤤🤤
I was pleasantly surprised 😁
Spreadable butter has its place but just doesn't have the flavour of real butter.
I saw an instagram post of someone using a mini sieve to kind of grate the butter block, and it looked as though it would work well.
when it's cold i microwave the butter for a few seconds
That's what I did for my second round of toast! The first had a faint taste of regret.
r/pics, after a poll, has decided to allow only images of john oliver
Excuse me...images of sexy John Oliver.
all images of John Oliver are sexy, saying that is redundant.
They should do like the catsstandingup group and also limit coments to "John Oliver" or "Not John Oliver".
ohhhh didn't know about this sub, thank you
Ssshhh inside voices please.
AHHHHHHH
Flu shot done! Also my friend just said the Clear it outlet in Fitzroy has now reopened?!
It was the old Jack London outlet. Like a Clear-It for men. Gorman took over the old Clear-It and now Dangerfield is in the old JL, but it’s pretty similar. Just no Alannah Hill clothing.
Really??? I effing loved that place and was devo it closed.
Righto. I suppose I should stop procrastinating
Maybe later.
Got on my PC at midnight after sleeping post-work. PC was stuck in a bootloop.
Finally narrowed it down to the RAM and took out two dud sticks at 3:30am... ugh.
Jesus Christ I just can’t shake this conjunctivitis
warm compresses, eye drops , and hugs
Thanks. 😞 every time I think I’ve finally nipped it in the bud it comes back in about 2 or 3 days.
So I was curious about what's happening over on Reddit, and turns out some subs are opening up because they're worried of Reddit admins gutting the mod teams and putting new ones in. It's already happened with advice animals. Not like it hasn't happened before, the head mod of Kotaku in Action (basically that whole gamergate shit, that IMHO, the guy who started it lied), essentially privated the sub because he was over it and hated seeing how hateful people were, he was removed and Admins put in new modding team.
There’s a lot of malicious compliance going on now. I think r/shitposting made a bot that automatically deletes comments to maintain free API limits.
I’m actually proud of r/Melbourne mods for shuttering shop.
r/pics voted to reopen but only display sexy pics John Oliver, so there's that.
I just saw that, I love it!
I read about this. So, it’s already happened.
The unpaid mods thing just blows my mind.
Didn't get a lot of sleep, hopefully I'll catch up tonight and wake up in time for the first ep of AEW Collision.
Doesn't look like it's on Foxtel ESPN like the other AEW shows, I don't really want to fork out $11 for the whole month.
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Saturday song: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - the impression that I get
I used to have a CD of the Live for Tibet concert from sometime in the 90s. It had various live performances on it from big bands at the time, Beastie Boys, REM (I think), Pearl Jam etc. It had an incredible version of Yellow Ledbetter on it, by far the best version I've heard. Anyways, after Yellow Ledbetter finishes the crowd roars but it's for the next band, The Mighty Bosstones....I always now finish Yellow Ledbetter in my head with a big We ARE the Mighty Mighty Bosstones then launch into the first few bars of The Impression That I Get
Tuuunnneee!
What's the mobile app for this site? "Jerboa for Lemmy" and using aussie.zone for the server? I'm trying to hook up some old DT members. Is it the same on apple phones?
I was using Jerboa but have decided that using the site from my phone's browser is a better experience for the time being. The Dev needs to work on it, or someone does, but he said he doesn't have time.
I am now of this opinion too..I hadn't used the browser version on my phone, but now after your comment, I have and, yes, it's way better than Jerboa. Which is unfortunate, because I like using 3rd party apps for things.
Lemmy as a whole is still very much a work in progress.
I'm surprised that there's a functional app in the first place, considering.
Jerboa isn't too bad once you get used to it's quirks imo. But I wasn't able to figure out how to sign in with Aussie.zone so I ended up creating a sh.itjust.works account and I use that instead
Mlem for iOS( gotta download TestFlight first)
For android you're correct, but I'm with @bull in that I prefer the browser version (for use on my phone) as it currently is
I believe Apple phones have a different app (it might be called mlem?).
Jerboa is Android only for the time being.
Anyone else watch My Place as a kid? I just had the most intense memory of watching it while on holiday at my grandparents and being utterly obsessed with it.
Best part about every weekend for me in Saturday morning swimming lessons with my 1 year old son. Kid’s a fish, been doing for 6 months and loves it.
Finally got the sheets out. What's the chances of them drying, we wonders?
They’ll probs dry enough to finish them off inside without them going too musty.
What's the story morning glory?
Coffee!
Welllllll, need a little time to wake up wake up
Who has seen the latest Black Mirror season? Which are the best episodes - or should I watch it in order?
Who else is going to do parkrun this morning?
Although predicting weather is one thing that is consistently crap, feels like 7.1 in Lorne is spot on.
I really need to try to videoing life more, it's way more aesthetic. I'm constantly impressed by people who video things and make it look so nice.
I've never been much of a videoer (is that a word?) but I had a trip to the zoo in Canberra recently and it was so much better to take moving images of a lot of things, I have become quite the convert. It also helps that there are so many easy editing apps to cut out the decent bits.
except it's still Friday... ;)
This is the Melbourne sub of Australia and it’s 1:40am 😛 not sure where abouts your from?
