This part of Mernda is a weird spot. The sun is out here, but it can be raining on the other side of Plenty Road or just down at the next train station. It might be the big hill to the southwest of here
Daily Discussion Thread: đ¨đ¨đ¨ đđđ Monday, September 2, 2024
Submitted â¨â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago⊠by â¨Seagoon_@aussie.zone⊠to â¨melbourne@aussie.zoneâŠ
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tombruzzo@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
wscholermann@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Trying to get through first level of organisations these days is truly excruciating. The enshittification of everything is real.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Thatâs because the way things are going, there likely IS no next level. Itâs punchingbags/shitkickers, then empty space, then âmanagementâ.
Things do not get done because all the workers got the arse.
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
oztrin@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Came through the storm just fine aside from being woken up at 2:30 and 4:30. Cats are fine, in fact Sammi is back to her old self or nearly so (she hasnât been too hungry since the scan).
Just about to go for a dental appointment - wish me luck with the drive!Duenan@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Oh dear lord, just come back in from my outside duty.
The wind chill is crazy out there, Iâd freeze first before being blown away out there today.
I swear it was just cutting through all the clothes I was wearing today.
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Sun was out on my way to work but had 3 layers on including a friggin ski jacket like it was the depths of winter again.
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
it wasnât much fun, I was out there for about an hour and I definitely felt it with multiple layers, a scarf around my face and a beanie as well.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Just had to go down to our loading dock to pick up an equipment delivery and can no longer feel my hands :|
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs cutting through my Aldi ski hoodie - and Iâm wearing 2 pairs of pants and itâs too cold. At least we could get some rain to water the garden - itâs been missing my place, but got all the wind as Iâm on the top of a hill.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Just had a short walk, not too much damage nearby. A few fallen wheelie bins and a food cupboard blown over. The remaining cupboard had plenty of English muffins, so that was good. When the wind dies down itâs quite nice outside.
Cendana@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
So I noticed a company had put up a poorly redacted screenshot of a customer order, so basically they just gave away a personâs name, email address and physical address on Instagram.
What would you do?
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Inform the victim
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Inform the vendor
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Contact OAIC
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Email 131444
tombruzzo@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I remember I had some compliance training on this recently. Maybe start with informing the vendor and if you donât like their response, go to the victim and the OAIC
Baku@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Oh, how coolâs that? I literally just finished my TAFE class, got out, and this is the first thing I see. We just had an assessment about privacy breaches and the complaints process, and this was basically my answer for the complaints process
Strong agree with what you said. Although personally, I do somewhat feel a moral responsibility to tell the victim. Itâs a tricky one though, especially if you go to the vendor as well, there may be some blowback because they know who told the victim, and if they stop working with the vendor, I imagine theyâre likely to blame OP.
Tldr: vendor first, then victim and OAIC is the advisable and smart approach, victim first then the vendor is the less smart approach, but also the one I think Iâd feel compelled to take
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Thereâs a game called âmy tamagotchi foreverâ on ios and Android. Huge nostalgia hit!
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
And hail! For about 20 seconds
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
the hail here lasted long enough for it to get big, like 1 cm
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Things were ok overnight? Hopefully we donât get hit by it after saying that.
Baku@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Apparently at about 3am, my area was put into a watch and act for a couple of hours. Downgraded to advice now, but seems it was not okay overnight
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I must have been lucky. Fingers crossed everything is ok in your area
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
The weather made for an interesting trip outdoors for errands
and no, I havenât taken my coat to the opshop yet so itâs not my fault this time
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
This time I think it was @wscholermann, who hung out his washing to dry. Brave man, if a tad bit over optimistic.
wscholermann@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I had my reservations, but due to the strength of the wind I think itâs paid off.
Baku@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Todayâs adventure:
Crawled under the house and ran some Ethernet cables. Super janky hard wiring setup, the profs and assorted nerds that know what theyâre doing will probably yell at me for how I did it. I just ran 2 Ethernet cables from the router out the wall, under the house, and into a hole in the wall in both my bedrooms. Then joined them into shielded ethernet couplers, and thatâs my new receptacle. Also did a cable between my two rooms, in case I ever do a NAS (thatâll live in my spare room)
This is a crude and simplified doodle of what I did:
Mostly tested, both the router main cables work, the LAN cable between the two rooms wonât be tested until tonight or tomorrow.
I am absolutely fucking filthy though, completely head to toe in mud. Literally. Thereâs mud in my hair, and my shoes. I need a good shower
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Huh, I didnât realise that state housing allows that lol the more you know
Baku@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I donât actually know if the house is owned by the state or not. Itâs managed by the organisation contracted to try really hard to make sure I donât die, and they have at least partial maintenance abilities, but generally maintenance and works are carried out by specific contractors child protection really like, who I believe also have to hold a WWCC.
I brought it up a few months ago, and offered to run the cabling myself. I got a vague yes. Iâm not entirely sure she understood what I meant, and it wasnât a firm yes, but I definitely construed it as being a yes. Sheâs been on âindefinite unplanned leaveâ and I canât clarify the matter, so I decided to do it. Being a child in their care gives me partial immunity too. Worst case theyâll tell me off, tell me never to do it again, and then send a sparky out to undo everything I just did. But itâs fairly likely I wouldnât have to pay for any of it.
(Their general stance on things is that as long as it can be removed easily, and any damage repaired by me before I move out, itâs all good. Iâm going to remove the cables and patch up the holes when I leave so itâs probably fine. I most certainly would not just do this on a vague agreement made months ago if I lived pretty much anywhere else)
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I thought this was going to be one of those Alphastructural Imgur posts!
Baku@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Who?
Still bummed Imgur embeds donât work here anymore since they put in that stupid image proxy thing
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I got back home with my dental x-ray and decided to take a peek. Discovered an x-ray with more teeth than I actually have, in much better condition. Unfortunately they were unable to swap my teeth to match the x-ray, so I had to drive back and pick up the right x-ray instead. I should probably be annoyed at the waste of time, but Iâm too busy being relieved that I discovered the error before my dental appointment tomorrow.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I have the central heating on, and Iâm jumping slightly each time it turns itself on again. I may be a touch on edge.
Another front of big wind on the way around 11 apparently.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I find wind gusts fascinating. The giant tumble dryer decides what stays and what gets ripped up. Big gum tree youâre getting uprooted um your friend there can stay. Rusty tin shed youâre on your last warning this time but Iâm gonna shower you with palm tree fronds from somebodyelses yard. Kids trike Iâm gonna help you along there.
Of course I donât like that it can be frightening or that people can get hurt or the cost of destruction.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Good thing the previous owner of our house installed steel shutters. The rattling was annoying, but much better than having the window blow in instead.
Neighbourhood doesnât look like it copped it hard. Some branches and gravel strewn about is all.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâm seeing a bunch of trees down in my area and feeling nervous about the ones near my house. Debating whether to move the bed into the other room temporarily as it might be safer
Taleya@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
brains gotta brain so if it makes you feel safer, do it.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâm out again, fortunately all traffic lights were operational. I saw one neighbourâs fence has blown over, but it was in pretty poor condition to start with.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
I didnât see anything serious on my quick trip out this morning. Thereâs only a few branches on the ground but Iâm sure there are areas near me that copped it more
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨8⊠â¨months⊠ago
Cherry blossom getting there through the wind:
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Next to pop are the echiums. Both flower almost concurrently and creates a sort of bee super highway as they go back and forth that you can hear from 10m+ away.