Daily Discussion Thread: Thu 07 Dec 2023

Welcome to Numbat Facts.

Numbats are the only member of the family Myrmecobiidae. This saves them a great deal of money not buying presents this time of year.

All I know is that family name has some reference to ants.
- Yes! And eating them. Same base Greek word for soldiers at Troy being called myrmidons.

Just signed a new contract today.

Pay rise before Christmas, yaaaaas

Whooee! Muchos millions! So niiiiice to feel validated (and competent). So take that, imposter syndrome.

I shot my first fly!!!

Only 17 quadrillion flies to go!
- It's cocked and loaded. I'm ready.

Sky pretty

Very pretty. I could only see a sliver of it from my window. That is the only downside of having a day off work, the building I work in has awesome views of the sunrise over the Dandenongs.
- For me it’s the only upside of getting up early for work.

Dins!

Again not a soul on that beach was perfect.

None of us are

Rothenburg Christmas market! Unfortunately it closed so early that we didn’t get to go to it after dinner, which was sad. Also the famous Plonlein. Rothenburg is so beautiful. If you like beautifully preserved medieval walled cities, this is a gem.

I admit, living in a medieval city is a joy ( I lived in Brussels for ten years,) , feels very much like home. Living in a 400 year old house is a bit difficult, they are cold, draughty and the plumbing and electricity is iffy
- I grew up in England for a stretch. The local pub down the end of the road had been there since 1480. Still had the same wooden beams at head height throughout.
- I actually was extremely underwhelmed by Brussels. I loved Bruge though.
Living for these updates!

Walking the doggo and a fly went up my nose....and didn't come out. I guess that's it then. It's been nice knowing you all.

You need to get @[email protected] to shoot it out.
- 🔫
That's 2 flies down today. 16.9 recurring quadrillion to go!
i once crushed a fly in my mouth when it flew in while i took a bite of a burger

I don't want to take anything away from the numbats appreciation week but can we spend a moment admiring the late David Bowie's fashion sense. It's quite a mild look this month.

i've not seen him with that gorgeous hair before
- Me neither that's why it was a little bit of a shock.
Winter in the UK. Also he always was one for doing the opposite of everyone else's expectations.

Dinner has been eaten and I'm still hungry. I was very close to eating the portion set aside for lunch tomorrow.

I think this calls for an emergency apple crumble. With custard.

when netflix fucked off password sharing, we cancelled our subscription.

I'm house sitting for a friend for a few days, and have just spent about half an hour mindlessly scrolling netflix and can't find a single thing I want to watch that I haven't already seen.

I feel even better about my decision.

Edit: I lied, I half-heartedly watched the Beckham thing

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- The magical combo of stremio + torrentio + realdebrid has let me enjoy so much for very little expense or effort. It's great!
I'm trying to watch as much as I can on Stan before whomever's account it is decides to tighten their belt.
- these people have Stan, too. I remember Stan being quite shit when it started, but looking at it now there's a fair bit of good stuff there! Reckon I might sign up for a fee months when I get home.

Geez this flight to Canberra is packed and hot! Pretty chuffed with myself that I got everything done on time - dishes, bins, all the packing, really glad for this baggage scale I got from my brother as the gate staff were steadfastly checking all the carry on bags... For a 42 minute flight. Even though I don't have the satisfaction of having finished all my work projects I'm glad to be getting away!

I had a client based in Melbourne, but with an office in Canberra. I used to get sent there for day jobs occasionally. I rather liked those missions. I was paid from the minute I left home until I got back, and they paid for everything (meals etc).

It's a neat thing about working in Melbourne that I do miss. It's so close to Sydney and Canberra. Fly for two hours from Perth, you might have left the state. Just.

So I finally finished Only Murders in the Building. Maaaan that was not the best season hey. It lost so much of itself. I mean, they hardly did any podcasting at all. Hope they can right the ship for season 4.

That doesn't bode well.. I have been meaning to start season 3.
- I bailed on ep 1 or 2. Good luck.

😹 going through my folders and found this old collaborative thingamybob. Peacocks, cowboy aliens, dinosaurs, and a FSM dispensing much plonk.

Welcome to my brain, it is a tad different

Be me,

Kinda chillin', a little nervous as the first of a new server build is shipping to site today (and this thing is an entirely bespoke build, from chassis to OS)

husband bursts in
~~HEYBARTYOUWANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK~~ OH GOD OH GOD I FUCKED UP THE DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE AIRCON IS DUE TODAY AND ITS $63 OVER 10K BUT WE HAVE A LIMIT OF 10K EXTERNAL TRANSFERS PER DAY ON THE ACCOUNT AND THE BANK TAKES 24 HOURS TO PROCESS A LIMIT LIFT FIXITFIXITFIXITFIXIT

Punkin: I am a cat. I detect this is now the perfect time to be an arsehole, for I am a cat with finely tuned reflexes, let me JUMP ON YOUR DESK AND FLATTEN YOUR KEYBOARD AS IF FIRED FROM A CANNON mwahahahahaha moustache twirl

Bastards are lucky I got the mum friend gene is all I'm sayin'.

Husboy now assigned to making fur slippers
- instructions misheard, cat made hubbymocs

This is a PSA. The BBL (big bash league) starts tonight at 7:30 with Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Stars. I know what youse are thinking yeah we love cricket but for those who have never watched it's a 20/20 game that's quick, fun and you get to watch a lot of slogs into the stands for charity.

Some players are mic-ed up and have a little banter with the commentators for a real feel good game. So guys get on it and support one of our Melbourne teams. Either the Melbourne Stars (green) or the Melbourne Renegades (red).

P.s. Stars home ground is the MCG. The Renegades is at Marvel. Melbourne and Sydney are the only 2 states to have 2 teams in the comp.

I hope they're as entertaining as the women's league. I do love the banter they provide in the WBBL. Grace Harris is a cracker.

Also test cricket starts next week on Thursday at 1pm in Perth.
I'm a Renegades guy purely because I live right next to Marvel Stadium. I didn't go to any matches last year but I'll try to get downstairs for at least a couple this year!
- I'm a Renegades fan too! The man is a Stars fan so there's always a bit of banter going on. I'm gonna try to get to a few games this year as well.

It would be really nice if something encouraging happened. Just saying

the weather is beautiful and the evenings are soft and warm and the trees smell sweet 😊
Sending encouragement. The vibes should arrive overnight.
- waits for pakige
  
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Sat as a passenger in a Tesla for a fair bit today and it's honestly mind boggling how so many people want to have a car with a giant arse touchscreen and almost no physical controls. There is way too much going on in that screen.

yah, I was in a Toyota hybrid the other day, it was nearly all touch screen, including starting the car and brakes, it was also very quiet
- I drove a Toyota hybrid for a while, that was still sensible, but having climate controls, locking, opening the boot, windows, etc all controlled using a touchscreen... And every time you turn little videos come up showing the vision from the side of the car...

Work Christmas party tomorrow. 12.30 knock off and free calories. excellent 👌 Edit: it also seems to be the season indeed. Few work mates and I all wanted after works drinks and the first two places we tried were reserved for private functions!

The Minipeelers have a curriculum day today due to the school concert last night, so I have one element of my morning hustle eliminated. I get to enjoy breakfast, get myself ready for work and swan off 🦢

School concert was pretty funny in parts.. hats off to the enthusiastic fortnite dancing of grade one boys dressed as spiderman, brought the house down!

have had to start using Firefox as YT is becoming unusable on chrome

Ad block prevention?
- yup
Firefox is excellent. Been using for the past few years now

Darebin Library has stopped using Libby and just supports BorrowBox now. Kobo's can't run BorrowBox - this was the whole reason I bought a Kobo for my kid - boo Darebin - booooooooooooooooooooooo

You can get a library membership from basically any other library in Victoria so try the others :D I think Merri-bek offers Libby. Sign up to their libraries here: https://www.merri-bek.vic.gov.au/exploring-merri-bek/libraries/join-the-library/
calibre library management software lets me upload to my kobo. libgen finds me the books to upload.
- Yeah, I do that with my Kindle. But my kid is just wanting to borrow a library book you know.

Google's Gemini is seriously impressive. It's insane how quickly this AI boom has progressed and I can't wait to see the next 12 months of it.

I'm not sure what I was seeing but thinking about it, the AI was listening and looking, determining what the human was doing /wanted and then replied.

The AI didn't initiate anything as far as I could tell, just responded

Each of those tasks done by the AI are really hard, we just take them for granted because we can do them easily
Holy shit that's cool. And a little concerning to be honest. We've moved so quickly with this tech. I hope it doesn't hurt us like social media has in many ways.
- AI could be such a cool and useful tool. My issue is with the unethical ways it's being used

Chag sameach For those who do 🕯️

Chag Sameach to you too if you do.
- I don’t, but thank you.

Don't forget errybody today is HOT TAKE THURS. Don't hold back.

I missed a few this week Sun. through Wed. so we're working on that for next week.

Christmas is overrated and it's a pain in the arse.
- It's certainly a pain. But little kids keep it magical.
- I agree. The Miniest told me this year that she likes Halloween better. Everyone dressing up, the treats, the decorated houses, the generally partyish vibe, people wandering the streets being randomly friendly to each other, the lack of pressure.. I actually found it hard to argue with her.
Marvel movies suck now. Endgame sucked! the whole thing was better when it was more grounded, not all this mystic space crap. it peaked with Avengers 1.
- I'm going to upvote this for being an extremely hot take because I found Endgame to be one of the highlights of my movie-going life. I almost (maybe not almost) teared up when Cap caught Mjolnir. I do agree that nearly all films since then have been pretty poor.
- Only now? I think they've been quite poor for some time.
I rarely go into the city anymore. The rallies have made it horrible.
- I'd stopped well before the rallies were a regular occurrence.
- Melbourne CBD has never been anything special. There's my hot take. I said what I said.
These are all very good hot takes so far.

I'm going to duck for cover with mine:

From a distance people with visible tattoos on their thighs look like they've shat themselves.

Don't get me wrong up close a lot of it is excellent work.. It's a good spot lotta surface area.. but yea.
- inner or outer? Because if you mistake an outer thigh tatt (as in that area that you always wham on a desk corner) for a pantshit I have questions about the nature of your anus. They are probing.
People that grunt obnoxiously, or count their reps loudly at the gym should have their memberships revoked. No one cares bro-ham. Just shut the fuck up.
Anything on the other site that mentions twins is fake by default
Trackies should never be worn outside the home unless they are being worn for exercise.
- As a new-ish parent hard disagree. I've given up on ever attracting a mate ever again so ya'll are lucky I'm not wearing the pair with holes and paint all over 'em. Yes. I have "formal" trackies.
- As long as walking the dog and shopping count as exercise I'm down.
- Stay out of Dandenong my friend.
- I'm sorry but I strongly disagree with this one. While you wouldn't wear them to an upscale restaurant, there are many other scenarios where they are perfectly acceptable.
  
  Ducking down to the supermarket? All good. Chillin with a friend at their house? All good. Taking a long flight? All good. I could go on but you get the drift.
- Please! Anyone who claims a gray workout pant sweaty crotch shot is attractive ought be mulched.
Oh, ok. Nobody looks good in orange.

Does it seem the weather forecasts have been way off lately to anyone else? For instance today was meant to be a top of 25 and I think it only got to 21.

It got a bit over 27 here, and is currently sitting at 25.9.

In any case I would not call a few degrees "way off".
- BOM would consider a margin of this error inaccurate. The Bureau considers itself ‘accurate’ if its prediction is within 2°C of what the temperature ends up being.
  
  https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/weather-forecasting-less-accurate/#:~:text=The Bureau considers itself 'accurate,Credit%3A Bureau of Meteorology.
  
  Edit: it finally got to 25 degrees in Hobson's bay, at 7 pm lol. I guess it got there eventually....
It got to 24 here.

Found someone selling these goofy ass posters. I'm thinking of getting the banana and the lemon one perhaps. Are they too goofy or just the right amount 🤪

I detest bananas, but these are rather fun. You might want to get a third one for colour balance. ‘Rules’ in the middle of a staggered diagonal could be stylish and picks up the blue from the doona.

New cat toys from daiso have been obtained 😀😸

Daiso is dangerous!
- I think I might buy heaps of xmas pressies for the kids from daiso

hot marge tomorrow

We'll see. Some of the forecasts lately have been less than accurate.
It's semi tropical in Canberra atm. Next Wednesday's looking hot and wet as well.

oops i overnapped
dindin time

I may have had some tasty beverages.

Such as?
- Oooo, a couple of sours, G+T + an Old Fashioned?

64kwh yesterday. Jeeebly chreebles.

The Reddit Recap is one of the most underwhelming things I've ever seen. It has also angered me.

I just looked at mine. They nailed it.
- WTF? Either marketing has a mole from another site or termites got every bodies brain
- Mine is too lol..
- Was that in relation to /r/memes? I had the same slide and it had a bubble with /r/memes next to it (I don't sub to it)

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Please BBQ this yelling magpie
I'm all aboard the numbat hype train after yesterday's leg. This time I'll take a the ribs in a bbq glaze please !
- Hello, EPA? I wish to report an unruly deity
- 🔥🍯🩻

I’m trying to think of a way to ask the owner of the cattery about what happened during my cat’s stay without sounding aggressive or like a Karen. They seem like they could get prickly.

I genuinely just want to know what happened there.

I thought I’d prepared her well for her stay and covered all bases and they told me she was being so good but if she was repeatedly soiling in her carrier and had an asthma attack something was stressing her to the extreme. And the soiling wasn’t even mentioned or addressed, she just came home in a soaked reeking carrier.

I don’t know if I should send her back there.

Dude! Choosing to not pursue it is one thing, but under no circumstances send her back.
- Yeah she’s not going back
'Hiya, did anything happen while moobeans was there that i should be aware of? We've had some stress reactions'
- Well I did contact them to ask how she was going and they said she was going well… so I don’t think that’s going to get me anywhere. I feel like they missed any stress responses there because she shuts down
  
  I’m getting more unhappy with what I think her experience was tbh.
  
  And she also came back smelling of women’s perfume that rubbed off on her when I told them no scent due to asthma and even included unscented detergent for if she soiled.
  
  This is what I was worried about. The stress of other cats and their noises, the busyness of the place, them potentially not reading her care plan and her being so quiet in her distress that it gets overlooked. The alternative was worse but I feel this place wasn’t suitable and whatever the response is I won’t send her back there.
Similar story to what happened to my SIL's kitty Butters the Burmese when he went in to a cattery a few months ago for a week.

When they picked him up he was very distressed and howling. He normally never makes a single sound, just that time.

Makes you wonder what some of those kitties go through in some of those places.
- Soxcat was notably unhappy after her cattery experiences too, I kinda think it triggered her ovarian remnant thingmajig although I know that's prolly not how it works.

Sunset sushi is on the beach tonight

Just

To

Let U know.. which brings us to today's rave choon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC6daj__8ec

Aussie sushi or something else?
- This is just sushi rice, rice wine vinegar, sugar kewpie mayo and cucumber for the roll.
  
  Dipping sauce is soy, rice wine vins, chilli and sesame oil.

I normally have trouble with staying under the word count with assignments, but right now I have an answer that needs to be 100-250 words and I've only managed to stretch it to 21. Maybe I need coffee.

Hey chatgpt, expand this answer to ~200 words
- Well it gave me a good laugh anyway. Apparently the force of gravity works against the spread of fire going downhill, and vegetation will act as a barrier impeding its momentum.
  
  ChatGPT. Many words, just not the right ones 🤣
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