• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
    16·
    3 months ago

    Hi Everyone! I had a computer disaster on Friday, and had to replace my home computer. And then sign in again to the DT. Aaaaaannd I’d forgotten my password, so I had to re-register and therefore am now the Witch of Thornbury instead of Thornburywitch. Will organise cute ID piccy as soon as I discover one. Suggestions welcome.

    Do not talk to me about resetting my network access password - there are some things that are better left unspoken. This includes Optus Customer Service - which falls into the three lies for the price of one category imo. On the good side, the nice people that sold me this device removed all the bloatware - I am deeply grateful.

      • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        Thank you! Was toying with The Witch of The North, but there’s a bit of competition and that I cannot be bothered dealing with.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Oh no TW (or I guess WoT now), that sucks! I won’t give you any lectures, but if you’d like some (lecture + judgement free) suggestions on backup or password management software, just let the DT know. Most people (unfortunately including myself) don’t set these things up until it’s too late, but they’re pretty simple to set up, and low maintenance in the long term if you choose the right software

      As for ID, I reckon a broomstick will be sufficient. That’s how we’ll be able to tell if you really are a witch or not. As for whether you live in Thornbury or not, have you ever used a form of transport that isn’t a train or tram since your move?

      Edit: or a bike/ebike

      • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Of course! You are NO ONE in Thornbury without your ebike! Also, last Halloween I attached my old racing saddle to the dyson and left it near the door where the little trick or treaters could see it. Also their parents. I did get asked about it, and explained that the nice young man on late night television said that it was sooooo much faster and more efficient than a broom and that I fully agreed with him. Haven’t seen them since. Which was sorta kinda the point. 🧹🛑

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    Had a team member return to work today after a lengthy holiday. It’s been so peaceful without him. Hopefully he has another job lined up and can fudge off into the sunset.

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Does your team actively avoid interacting with you AND only communicates through email and teams messages?

        If not, you’re safe.

        I think in the two weeks leading up to his holiday, I was the only person who spoke with him.

        • Nath@aussie.zone
          4·
          3 months ago

          Does your team actively avoid interacting with you AND only communicates through email and teams messages?

          I have been burned many times from not having stuff clearly in writing. While I don’t personally have a problem with communicating face-to-face, I absolutely understand why someone would.

          • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            Hey look, all my ‘official’ comms are in writing of some form. I was talking about regular chats and such. No one wants to talk him cause he’s just rude and irritating.

              • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
                1·
                3 months ago

                Yeah sorry, I realized my statements were unclear :)

                We WISH he avoided people, although maybe he’ll start getting the message shortly.

        • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
          3·
          3 months ago

          is this a bad thing? I’ve got a college who ignores us IRL and over teams.

          I’d take a longer who at least replies on teams to the rude bastard I’ve got in my office.

          • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            It’s not a bad thing overall, but it does depend on the reasons. This bloke is just hard work and irritates kind of everyone. Harder to irritate in writing.

            • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
              1·
              3 months ago

              ah fair enough. Isn’t him actively avoiding everyone kind of a good thing then? Or is it more just a “dragging down the overall mood” type deal?

              • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
                2·
                3 months ago

                I think I wasn’t too clear…we all avoid him cause he’s irritating. If he calls anyone, it’s usually ignored and messages and emails get sent.

                And he definitely brings everyone’s mood down.

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
    10·
    3 months ago

    While I do spend a bit more on energy working from home, the fact is it’s still massively less than what I would have spent on public transport going to and from the office, to say nothing of incidentals that I might have gotten i.e. coffee etc.

    And speaking of which energy provider is trying to jack up the prices by 30%. Yeah how about fuck off and sayonara. I’m already spending more this year despite the fact I’m using less energy compared to last year thanks to the split system.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      4·
      3 months ago

      not sure what network you are on but I just switched to OVO who were the cheapest on ausnet. I can send you a referral code if you want that gets us both I THINK 100 bucks credit?

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
        3·
        3 months ago

        I just switched to them too. I’ll be interested to see how they organise their billing, they are taking out a set amount pre-paid at the start of each month which is a fair bit less than I expect my actual usage to be. It’s not clear whether I will have to pay the difference each month or if I will end up carrying the debt for a while. If they take out too much they give you 3% interest on the overpayment but I couldn’t find anything about how they deal with underpayment.

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
        2·
        3 months ago

        OVO kinda have me side eyeing because I can’t see what’s different between The One Plan and The Basic Plan apart from wildly different pricing and a tiny contract.

            • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
              1·
              3 months ago

              the more expensive bill is off meter reads. The cheaper one was estimations averaged out over the month, so it was pre-paid. Found that all a bit zany tbh.

              • Taleya@aussie.zone
                1·
                3 months ago

                hmm. see, I’m the sort of prick that has zero problems challenging every single estimate bill with an actual photo - especially with smart meters how tf do you “estimate” when you can literally pull the data immediately - but prepaid? Do you mean it averages out, or do you mean they literally want prepayment?

                • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
                  1·
                  3 months ago

                  I believe they want pre-payment. I’ll be honest, I didnt look that far into it. I learnt enough to go “yeah nah not for me”

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    9·
    3 months ago

    I took Force’s unwanted great day today and it was rather meh so I can understand why it was rejected.

    Had a mix of running around to do laundry for stuff I couldn’t do at home, and working from multiple places. The office was completely empty, which was weird and off-putting, but I was glad someone turned up at the end. Had my first in person conversation in quite a while. My body needed it but that has also now exhausted me, so I think it’ll be an early night for me.

    Tomorrow is the early start day. I dowanna… I also really don’t feel ready to handle the drive again, after today’s brief but awful time on the road, but I’ll have to. At least I have my nice android auto unit to make it more bearable!

    I think the next few days are still going to be slow. I am definitely not 100%. Stupid blasted night time cough be gone already.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    3 months ago

    Biscuits!

    rack of biscuits, half dusted with icing sugar

    For some reason one of the trays had quite deep cracks in the biscuits, so I decided to dust those ones with icing sugar and will ice the others. Ths house smells beautifully spicy, it will be a challenge to make sure I don’t accidentally eat them all.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    8·
    3 months ago

    Mrs and i went and drive around a new estate yesterday. There are hundreds of homes! I knew they were building stuff, but all you can see from the highway is half a dozen new places. All look at LOT nicer than our mid 2000’s build, but they have no supermarket, no doctors, no daycare, nothing. Our block might be a bit smaller, and all the houses might look the same, but I think I almost prefer our “jack of all trades master of none” home than something really awesome 15 minutes drive away from everything.

    EDIT: Super impressed to see how a house would jack off!

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
    8·
    3 months ago

    thinking about moving to another dimension in a year or so but i will still offer food truck service

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    I figured out how to export a list of the music people I listen to from Spotify and into a spreadsheet and I am having wayyyyyy too much fun with this.

    I listen to 1,147 different people (on average that means each of them appear around 1.3 times in my liked songs playlist). Of those, 70 start with "The " (3 more start with “The” as part of their names, ie Thelma Houston)

    I don’t even know who like 70% of these people are, they just happen to appear on one random song I liked on May 7th, 2021, and now forever reside on my playlist.

    But there’s a JoJo, JoJi, Ruji, Bazanji, benee, war Paramore, Christian Wannerwall, 2 different doctors, 10 different dudes named John, and 3 little people (plus 6 lil people). One person is registered (®), one is incorporated, and there’s 2 people with $ in their names. And don’t forget Dan Andrews

    I don’t know why I’m doing this instead of sleeping, but I currently don’t regret my actions

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    8·
    3 months ago

    Dear duolingo:

    “The lessons start today at four” and “the lessons start at four today” are the exact same sentence communicatively. Don’t start getting fucking uppity and direct translation-y with a fucking romance language.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    8·
    3 months ago

    Can anyone fetch me a coffee? I’m pinned under a purring cat.

    edit: it’s more snoring cat than purring TBH

    Edit 2: it’s OK now, I accidentally hit play with sound on a video of a steam train pulling into the station, Miss Meow decided it was prudent to move out of the way of the train. I’m now back with both my coffee and a cat on my lap, currently purring (may soon morph back into snoring)/

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        2·
        3 months ago

        our On some level I HATE this. “our” Chloe Covell sounds creepy as shit! But I do love how we embrace them. No matter the sport, you are a national hero whilst you compete.

            • Nath@aussie.zone
              2·
              3 months ago

              I’ve heard it in reference to men, but as a collective. “Our Socceroos”, “Our boys” etc. I can’t think of any examples where it was used in reference to a single male athlete.

              • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
                1·
                3 months ago

                there was a thing on patty mills yesterday, not ONCE did Karl say “Our Patty” meanwhile he’s busy “claiming” a 14 year old… yeah nah i dont reckon thats ok.

            • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
              1·
              3 months ago

              I can’t say I’ve heard it much at the Olympics but I’ve definitely heard it in reference to the footy.

              I do understand where you’re coming from I just don’t think it’s a negative.