I’m so cold in the office today. I dress for the temperature outside but the air-con in this place is ridiculously strong. Plus there’s a draft exactly where I sit as well making it worse. It would have to be under 20 degrees in here. It’s nice right when you come back from outside, but not so much once you’ve cooled down.
Discussion Thread: Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Submitted 4 weeks ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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tone212_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
that new nothing phone 3a in blue has me questioning my phone sexuality. And at half the price of a new iphone its VERY tempting. How are google, samsung and apple producing the same shit year in year out with minimal upgrades charging such insane prices when this beautiful thing is innovative and so cheap?
Non starter anyway, nothing wrong with my phone. But when it does die… Why would I spend double the price of the nothing to just get another boring slab of steel and glass? Apples ecosystem is bloody nice. But Siri is still a disaster 5 years in, apple intelligence is DOA and if Steve Jobs were still around he’d have someone shot for the current state of iOS18.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Looks good. My pixel5 is getting long in the tooth. I wish phones came with a case. It’d be such a minor addition for the manufacturer to include one.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
yeah thats why I jumped ship to apple. Completely over googles BS. But Apple seems to be be stuck in a bit of a rut as well.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Just read a few review, looks awesome! When my current budget phone starts acting up I’d be looking for something exactly like that I reckon
briongloid@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I’ve been using the Nothing Phone 2a+ since the 3G shutdown, it’s okay but a little bare bones compared to Xiaomi devices who have significantly larger userbases.
Aside from the cheaper chipset, I mainly miss auto-HDR, I didn’t realise how much of my phone use was the OS supporting HDR when the applications didn’t themselves.
Like I said it’s okay, but still probably my lowest value phone I’ve owned in the last decade, after having enjoyed highly competitive imports.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
I wouldnt ever use a Xiaomi. I understand why people do, but the experience just isnt there for me. the OS still looks like crap. they’ve toned it down a ton, but where Samsung evolved past the S1 UI design a lot of the Chinese manufacturers didnt fully.
theres also the concern of using a Chinese OS.
bacon@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
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oh my god we’re getting a tony hawks 3+4!!! THPS3 was one of the first PS2 games I played. SO excited for this!
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!
My 21 year old stoner self could not be more happier.
Consider my fucking psyched.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Day/cat rambles
Ugh. I really don’t feel good. It’s been a high pain day. The most I managed today was to sort out Melbcat’s needs, run the mini dishwasher once, and give the wilting plants some water. I’m running out of the little fancy tins and sachets that were meant to entice catling and forgot to get more so just opened one of the bigger generic tins… and she’s happily been eating that! Even with meds mixed in. Maybe the strong fishiness of the dark tuna mince covers it up.
Donation rambles
There is so much crap in my house that isn’t useful for me… I think I’m going to donate this can of dry shampoo. I bought it for bad fatigue days but the scent has changed drastically from years ago and is now overpowering. I already had to be careful using aerosols but the perfume is just too much. It’s clean, new, only used a couple of sprays so maybe someone else might like it. Same with this soap I used to use. It’s feeling a lot harsher on my skin and I now prefer a different brand so maybe the unopened boxes can go to the community pantry. The used bar is next in line for hand soap duty and the opened but untouched bar can be wrapped in leftover Xmas paper and labeled with the brand. The crop bras I dislike too. The variety of Ensure drinks that contain an aggravating ingredient. A few other toiletries that aren’t getting used. All of these would work just fine for someone else. These jeans get one more wash and if they still smell they are gone. It’s a massive pain in the butt that I had to unravel the string bag but I might start again to finish the yarn. Hopefully I can get the hang of holding the yarn properly and learn how to work with that really fast rhythm.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
argh, the boxes I ordered are really tiny , I should have read the descriptions much more closely
oh well , I’ll just get some more
StudChud@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Small boxes? Put a knick knackered in each one haha