I had to stake down the strays paper plates with wooden skewers because of the wind.
Felt like McGyver lol
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
it's so gusty here too
6
PeelerSheila - 2mon
Miniest is on school camp and I've never been separated from her overnight before. I feel a bit lost tbh so I'm stretching and folding sourdough bread dough to keep me occupied. It'll be good for her to have this time to develop as a person, but I miss her so much. She's one of these little people that seem to fill up life. 🍞🍞🍞
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
Is it too late to tart part in operation UNKAOS? I just bought a new vacuum and it's actually working vs my old one which struggled with... everything.
*Take not tart 😔
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
I love a good tart.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
Don’t we all…
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Eagle - 2mon
Who's calling who a tart?
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
UnKAOS is going well. 👍
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
Thank you CEO for the recommendation of Gumption cleaning product.
It removed all the hair dye I got everywhere ...lol
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
You are welcome
5
Seagoon_ - 2mon
off my face ...lol
4
Alamutjones - 2mon
I’ve tweaked my hamstring 🙁
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tombruzzo - 2mon
I'm sorry your hamster squeaked but they just do that sometimes
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
owwww
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
that's another 3 bags of books to take to the opshop 👍
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SituationCake - 2mon
Based on your reviews, I bet there’ll be some interesting finds for op shop book lovers!
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
mostly antique books on 19th C grammar
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Rusty Raven - 2mon
I just saw a bird flying sideways. This could be the basis for a new wind strength scale..
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tombruzzo - 2mon
Picked up the laybuy for the kids' birthdays and christmas today. On the way out I went through the self serve and the camera picked up the laybuy in my trolley. So it's good to know that tracking stuff is in use already, if I kept my trolley out of view it wouldn't have seen the stuff still in there.
8
Catfish - 2mon
Nobody gives me HDs anymore, Wah! No I'm not insomniac and reading old papers for endorphins or some such shite. It didn't work, but revisiting dot matrix fonts is enlightening
8
Alamutjones - 2mon
Mmmmm, fruit toast
7
tone212_ - 2mon
Waiting for the crazy weather - I’m getting more wind now but the sun’s out, it’s not too bad outside.
7
SpinMeRound - 2mon
It's one of those things everyone seems on edge waiting for it to happen, so it feels like it'll just fizzle out.
4
Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
I was looking forward to sitting inside watching the rain. I got rained on as I was walking home then it stopped as soon as I got inside.
4
Rusty Raven - 2mon
Wind's a bit wild in Ballarat. There is a lot of banging and clanging from mysterious things blowing around, but my fence repair is holding up well so far. No rain, but not much sun either.
3
Rusty Raven - 2mon
I had some fermentation flies take up residence in my compost bucket and kitchen, so I made a trap for them which has worked very well. I have a jar of drowned flies and haven't seen any flying around the kitchen today. The trap is a funnel on top of a glass jar, and the bait is vinegar, sugar and yeast mixed with water.
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anotherspringchicken - 2mon
I think you’ve just solved the mystery of what flies are in my house! Always thought they were thrips, although they didn’t exactly match. I’ve found a glass with vinegar and a few drops of dishwashing liquid to work pretty well as a trap, too
4
melbaboutown - 2mon
Trying to sort computer shit out quick and dirty just to get unstuck.
::: spoiler spoiler
Windows 11 machine is completely full so using a Mac to download the classic Linux Mint and waiting a hundred years for the iso to download so I can sha the damn thing and make a bootable usb drive. The old desktop has been backed up a few weeks ago.
Tried to drag a bunch of files onto a 32gb usb off Windows machine to free space and keep them safe but there’s seriously not enough room for all of it so I might get an external drive just for that to have on top of backups. Otherwise if I can get the desktop sorted soon I can just ferry the most important stuff over.
Then I have to download everything off Flickr and Dropbox and make sure the last gmails get changed over on any platforms they’re still connected to (or emails they’re recoveries for).
Today is going to be very busy so that may have to wait
:::
Yay the string of numbers matches one of the approved ones :)
Apparently I’m ok to skip the authentication of the .txt file so I’m using balenaEtcher to flash the iso and hopefully all goes well.
7
imoldgreeeg - 2mon
Yay. Welcome (back?) to the Tux team! I realised how many old photos I still have stored on Facebook the other day. I think un-cloud-ifying is going to be one of my long term projects too. So I look forward to hearing how you go.
5
melbaboutown - 2mon
I’m going to have to do it fast because starting from December I’m going to lose access :(
I’ve tried Linux before but not as my main. This is basically to test out and see if I can switch over for most things because I viscerally hate Windows 11
3
imoldgreeeg - 2mon
I've been on linux for years. LibreOffice is prettty good as an MS office replacement. I don't play a lot of PC games so I've never missed that. I reckon you'll be fine.
3
melbaboutown - 2mon
Problems might include document compatibility when dealing with organisations and possibly WebEx or Zoom. I’ll work it all out on this old machine as I get time and energy though. I have a lot of more urgent stuff to do before then. One step at a time
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imoldgreeeg - 2mon
Yell out if you find any issues. I use Ubuntu as my biz laptop. Zoom and IIRC Webex are ok and I have had to work around document compatibility a bit so I know some tricks :)
3
melbaboutown - 2mon
Thanks so much. I’ll probably be asking a lot when it comes time to try and get stuff working
3
Seagoon_ - 2mon
I am impressed at your mad IT skillz
4
melbaboutown - 2mon
Thanks. They’re actually extremely patchy because I’m mostly self taught, I can follow curly tutorials and use the command line with a guide but a lot of the fundamentals have been missed
3
Seagoon_ - 2mon
you keep working at it , that's a lot of the reason behind success :)
3
melbaboutown - 2mon
I’ll try. Fingers crossed I have time and brain cells
3
Seagoon_ - 2mon
back pain very tiring :(
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
Gentle hugs 🫂 It must be very frustrating for you.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
thanks for the hug
i end up feeling guilty I have to rest :(
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CEOofmyhouse56 - 2mon
I get it. Shit piles up then you end up doing stuff only to feel worse.
You know the drill. Look after you and the boys and everything else has to wait.
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melbaboutown - 2mon
Pain is exhausting. I hope there’s something to give even a little relief
2
Catfish - 2mon
So far it has been slightly moist. Might do some laundry.
7
Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
When pushing hard means winning, peace and quiet feel like losing. It’s been on my mind lately.
Goodnight all ❤️
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
this is true
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SituationCake - 2mon
Interesting. I’ve always felt the opposite. Peace and quiet is winning. Constantly fighting means loosing.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
That had never even crossed my mind. We must come from, and live in very different circumstances.
2
TheWitchofThornbury2 - 2mon
Have you read Sun Tzu? Yep, the Art of War bloke from yonks ago China. Very good at making a clear distinction between what constituted winning and losing. And the distinction is often not what you think.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
Happy Wombat Day everyone.
6
SpinMeRound - 2mon
I blame the weather for how ratty this office is today.
Though I've also noticed that I'm also reporting how ratty the office is, so maybe it's just a ratty office. I'm the self appointed cheerleader though.
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
goodnight everyone, sweet dreams
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T156 @lemmy.world - 2mon
Why are the new Myki readers so awful? I'd argue them to be worse than even the first-generation readers with a bad read.
The entire device basically gets locked out on a bad read for about a minute. If your Myki doesn't read properly, or your phone is acting up, a few retries could lock out a big chunk of the station gates.
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
The whole myki contract from the first machines has been a clusterfuck awarded to the lowest bidder.
I worked for a place ages ago that had put in a bid for a decent system but the government wanted to save cash.
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T156 @lemmy.world - 2mon
To think we could have almost had the Octopus system Hong Kong uses.
4
rock - 2mon
Yeah, it is slowing me down massively each time. I use a card through google wallet and it used to be so smooth. I am hoping when they enable credit cards I can just let it use my main card and leave it at that.
5
Pilk - 2mon
Hmm the few times I've used them they've been really quick and easy. I anticipate the barcode/QR camera or card payment for entry are going to be a colossal disaster though.
4
T156 @lemmy.world - 2mon
They're nice when they work. Problem is when they don't.
I'll have whatever Witchy wants to order for me, and Witchy can have: a walnut, apple and brie toastie with an Irish coffee
4
Thornburywitch - 2mon
Witchy will have what SHE wants! Chef, can I please order a generous serve of humble pie for Force, with sriracha if he would like that with it, and some super sweet raspberry vinegar to go with.
3
Force_majeure123 - 2mon
😳
3
Thornburywitch - 2mon
I have to admit (reluctantly) that your choice for my breakfast was actually pretty nice.
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
I wasn't trying to punk you 😭 I was trying to be nice 😭
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Thornburywitch - 2mon
OK, I'll forgive you. Have a nice breakfast muffin on me 🧁.
Akshully humble pie is real - can be spelled umble pie - is a savoury meat pie made mostly with offal (the umbles of a beast are the kidneys, liver and lungs). Done well it's delicious. Eat with sharp pickles on the side and a nice frothy beer or three - breakfast (or dinner) of champions. Close cousin of haggis but with pastry not oats and baked not boiled.
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Force_majeure123 - 2mon
I'll take it, sounds yum. I don't mind a bit of offal
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bacon - 2mon
😔🥧🌶️🍭🍭🔴🍶
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Seagoon_ - 2mon
the rain is lovely
5
Gibsonhasafluffybutt - 2mon
Well there goes my trip into the city.
Borderlands 2 and music it is!
Edit: gym done. Shopping done. Let the nap with rain sounds begin.
5
Seagoon_ - 2mon
So windy today an orchid plant was blown out of it's pot!
I saw a pelican fly backward and then give up, turning around and then landing.
5
Seagoon_ - 2mon
why change BOM page, why?
4
SituationCake - 2mon
The radar map is different. Nooo I liked the old one.
2
Rusty Raven - 2mon
The break room at work smells strongly of garlic, so now I'm craving garlic bread.
4
melbaboutown - 2mon
Curse these naps.
Was late with the antibiotics so gave them right after the midnight meds… bubs threw them right back up so I gave her some anti nausea meds and repeated the dose.
::: spoiler spoiler
Dealing with a spilled milky drink on the carpet too. As much as I soak and blot it up I can still smell it -_-
I wish there was a carpet cleaner that doesn’t absolutely reek of perfume to the point of setting off migraines and causing asthma attacks.
I use the bacterial enzyme cleaner which is less scented but that’s more for breaking down pee, and doesn’t do a good job of actually cleaning spills.
:::
I hate having carpet. If I could go back in time I’d buy a washable rug and use it to shield.
4
LowExperience2368 - 2mon
It was so windy! Great day to be in the city :)
4
SituationCake - 2mon
Was windy but I was expecting worse based on the warnings. That’s good I guess, not too much damage.
YarraByte in melbourne
Discussion Thread 🏕️ Wednesday 22 October 2025
I had to stake down the strays paper plates with wooden skewers because of the wind.
Felt like McGyver lol
it's so gusty here too
Miniest is on school camp and I've never been separated from her overnight before. I feel a bit lost tbh so I'm stretching and folding sourdough bread dough to keep me occupied. It'll be good for her to have this time to develop as a person, but I miss her so much. She's one of these little people that seem to fill up life. 🍞🍞🍞
Is it too late to tart part in operation UNKAOS? I just bought a new vacuum and it's actually working vs my old one which struggled with... everything.
*Take not tart 😔
I love a good tart.
Don’t we all…
Who's calling who a tart?
UnKAOS is going well. 👍
Thank you CEO for the recommendation of Gumption cleaning product.
It removed all the hair dye I got everywhere ...lol
You are welcome
off my face ...lol
I’ve tweaked my hamstring 🙁
I'm sorry your hamster squeaked but they just do that sometimes
owwww
that's another 3 bags of books to take to the opshop 👍
Based on your reviews, I bet there’ll be some interesting finds for op shop book lovers!
mostly antique books on 19th C grammar
I just saw a bird flying sideways. This could be the basis for a new wind strength scale..
Picked up the laybuy for the kids' birthdays and christmas today. On the way out I went through the self serve and the camera picked up the laybuy in my trolley. So it's good to know that tracking stuff is in use already, if I kept my trolley out of view it wouldn't have seen the stuff still in there.
Nobody gives me HDs anymore, Wah! No I'm not insomniac and reading old papers for endorphins or some such shite. It didn't work, but revisiting dot matrix fonts is enlightening
Mmmmm, fruit toast
Waiting for the crazy weather - I’m getting more wind now but the sun’s out, it’s not too bad outside.
It's one of those things everyone seems on edge waiting for it to happen, so it feels like it'll just fizzle out.
I was looking forward to sitting inside watching the rain. I got rained on as I was walking home then it stopped as soon as I got inside.
Wind's a bit wild in Ballarat. There is a lot of banging and clanging from mysterious things blowing around, but my fence repair is holding up well so far. No rain, but not much sun either.
I had some fermentation flies take up residence in my compost bucket and kitchen, so I made a trap for them which has worked very well. I have a jar of drowned flies and haven't seen any flying around the kitchen today. The trap is a funnel on top of a glass jar, and the bait is vinegar, sugar and yeast mixed with water.
I think you’ve just solved the mystery of what flies are in my house! Always thought they were thrips, although they didn’t exactly match. I’ve found a glass with vinegar and a few drops of dishwashing liquid to work pretty well as a trap, too
Trying to sort computer shit out quick and dirty just to get unstuck.
::: spoiler spoiler Windows 11 machine is completely full so using a Mac to download the classic Linux Mint and waiting a hundred years for the iso to download so I can sha the damn thing and make a bootable usb drive. The old desktop has been backed up a few weeks ago.
Tried to drag a bunch of files onto a 32gb usb off Windows machine to free space and keep them safe but there’s seriously not enough room for all of it so I might get an external drive just for that to have on top of backups. Otherwise if I can get the desktop sorted soon I can just ferry the most important stuff over.
Then I have to download everything off Flickr and Dropbox and make sure the last gmails get changed over on any platforms they’re still connected to (or emails they’re recoveries for).
Today is going to be very busy so that may have to wait :::
Yay the string of numbers matches one of the approved ones :)
Apparently I’m ok to skip the authentication of the .txt file so I’m using balenaEtcher to flash the iso and hopefully all goes well.
Yay. Welcome (back?) to the Tux team! I realised how many old photos I still have stored on Facebook the other day. I think un-cloud-ifying is going to be one of my long term projects too. So I look forward to hearing how you go.
I’m going to have to do it fast because starting from December I’m going to lose access :(
I’ve tried Linux before but not as my main. This is basically to test out and see if I can switch over for most things because I viscerally hate Windows 11
I've been on linux for years. LibreOffice is prettty good as an MS office replacement. I don't play a lot of PC games so I've never missed that. I reckon you'll be fine.
Problems might include document compatibility when dealing with organisations and possibly WebEx or Zoom. I’ll work it all out on this old machine as I get time and energy though. I have a lot of more urgent stuff to do before then. One step at a time
Yell out if you find any issues. I use Ubuntu as my biz laptop. Zoom and IIRC Webex are ok and I have had to work around document compatibility a bit so I know some tricks :)
Thanks so much. I’ll probably be asking a lot when it comes time to try and get stuff working
I am impressed at your mad IT skillz
Thanks. They’re actually extremely patchy because I’m mostly self taught, I can follow curly tutorials and use the command line with a guide but a lot of the fundamentals have been missed
you keep working at it , that's a lot of the reason behind success :)
I’ll try. Fingers crossed I have time and brain cells
back pain very tiring :(
Gentle hugs 🫂 It must be very frustrating for you.
thanks for the hug
i end up feeling guilty I have to rest :(
I get it. Shit piles up then you end up doing stuff only to feel worse.
You know the drill. Look after you and the boys and everything else has to wait.
Pain is exhausting. I hope there’s something to give even a little relief
So far it has been slightly moist. Might do some laundry.
When pushing hard means winning, peace and quiet feel like losing. It’s been on my mind lately.
Goodnight all ❤️
this is true
Interesting. I’ve always felt the opposite. Peace and quiet is winning. Constantly fighting means loosing.
That had never even crossed my mind. We must come from, and live in very different circumstances.
Have you read Sun Tzu? Yep, the Art of War bloke from yonks ago China. Very good at making a clear distinction between what constituted winning and losing. And the distinction is often not what you think.
Happy Wombat Day everyone.
I blame the weather for how ratty this office is today.
Though I've also noticed that I'm also reporting how ratty the office is, so maybe it's just a ratty office. I'm the self appointed cheerleader though.
goodnight everyone, sweet dreams
Why are the new Myki readers so awful? I'd argue them to be worse than even the first-generation readers with a bad read.
The entire device basically gets locked out on a bad read for about a minute. If your Myki doesn't read properly, or your phone is acting up, a few retries could lock out a big chunk of the station gates.
The whole myki contract from the first machines has been a clusterfuck awarded to the lowest bidder.
I worked for a place ages ago that had put in a bid for a decent system but the government wanted to save cash.
To think we could have almost had the Octopus system Hong Kong uses.
Yeah, it is slowing me down massively each time. I use a card through google wallet and it used to be so smooth. I am hoping when they enable credit cards I can just let it use my main card and leave it at that.
Hmm the few times I've used them they've been really quick and easy. I anticipate the barcode/QR camera or card payment for entry are going to be a colossal disaster though.
They're nice when they work. Problem is when they don't.
I heard a rumble of thunder.
Must’ve been that bean I ate…
Nothing like a good fart in the morning.
Beep Beep 🚚
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I'll have whatever Witchy wants to order for me, and Witchy can have: a walnut, apple and brie toastie with an Irish coffee
Witchy will have what SHE wants! Chef, can I please order a generous serve of humble pie for Force, with sriracha if he would like that with it, and some super sweet raspberry vinegar to go with.
😳
I have to admit (reluctantly) that your choice for my breakfast was actually pretty nice.
I wasn't trying to punk you 😭 I was trying to be nice 😭
OK, I'll forgive you. Have a nice breakfast muffin on me 🧁.
Akshully humble pie is real - can be spelled umble pie - is a savoury meat pie made mostly with offal (the umbles of a beast are the kidneys, liver and lungs). Done well it's delicious. Eat with sharp pickles on the side and a nice frothy beer or three - breakfast (or dinner) of champions. Close cousin of haggis but with pastry not oats and baked not boiled.
I'll take it, sounds yum. I don't mind a bit of offal
😔🥧🌶️🍭🍭🔴🍶
the rain is lovely
Well there goes my trip into the city.
Borderlands 2 and music it is!
Edit: gym done. Shopping done. Let the nap with rain sounds begin.
So windy today an orchid plant was blown out of it's pot!
I saw a pelican fly backward and then give up, turning around and then landing.
why change BOM page, why?
The radar map is different. Nooo I liked the old one.
The break room at work smells strongly of garlic, so now I'm craving garlic bread.
Curse these naps.
Was late with the antibiotics so gave them right after the midnight meds… bubs threw them right back up so I gave her some anti nausea meds and repeated the dose.
::: spoiler spoiler Dealing with a spilled milky drink on the carpet too. As much as I soak and blot it up I can still smell it -_-
I wish there was a carpet cleaner that doesn’t absolutely reek of perfume to the point of setting off migraines and causing asthma attacks.
I use the bacterial enzyme cleaner which is less scented but that’s more for breaking down pee, and doesn’t do a good job of actually cleaning spills. :::
I hate having carpet. If I could go back in time I’d buy a washable rug and use it to shield.
It was so windy! Great day to be in the city :)
Was windy but I was expecting worse based on the warnings. That’s good I guess, not too much damage.