ajsadauskas
@ajsadauskas@aus.social
Australian urban planning, public transport, politics, retrocomputing, and tech nerd. Recovering journo. Cat parent. Part-time miserable grump.
Cities for people, not cars! Tech for people, not investors!
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🐻 Monday, July 01, 2024 3 days ago:
@calhoon2005 Haha Any kind of buffet or all-you-can-eat situation doesn't count!
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🐻 Monday, July 01, 2024 3 days ago:
@Seagoon_ Wifey is trying to claim that it's really not that uncommon to mix Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes, Nutra Grain, and Weet Bix together. And to eat this particular cereal combo for dinner.
I'm not doubting her... I just haven't come across this combo before.
Anyone else here have Corn Fakes with Nutra Grain?
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🍵 Sunday, June 30, 2024 4 days ago:
@Seagoon_ Loud crashing sound in the bathroom, then cats come sprinting out.
Do I even want to look?
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🍜 Saturday, June 29, 2024 5 days ago:
@Duenan @Thornburywitch Hawthorn is currently on 7 wins, with games still to come against West Coast, North, Adelaide, and Richmond.
On recent form, percentage aside, I could definitely see them ending up in the finals...
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ⏩🆚⏮️ Tuesday, June 18, 2024 2 weeks ago:
@Baku @Seagoon_ I'm sorry, but you really need to throw in the steak knives: https://youtu.be/iiATDMHU7gc?si=QPDgNRlgjUhUssSx
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ⏩🆚⏮️ Tuesday, June 18, 2024 2 weeks ago:
@wscholermann @Seagoon_ Mining companies, mostly...
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ⏩🆚⏮️ Tuesday, June 18, 2024 2 weeks ago:
@wscholermann @Seagoon_ And when politics is covered by most of the media, it's basically presented as a clash of personalities and a footy game.
This Labor MP says this. This Coalition MP says that. Minister refuses to confirm. Party room sources say. This shadow minister made a gaffe. The opposition leader made comments attacking this. The prime minister responded by saying that.
And according to the latest opinion polls...
It's really irrelevant to the everyday lives of most people!
Meanwhile, the thing that really matters from politics is the laws we live under. How government departments go about their job and deliver things like schools and hospitals. Which new train lines do or don't get built. What the government funds, and who pays how much tax for it.
The focus should be on what issues people in the community are facing.
What kind of society do we have right now? What kind of country, state, and city do we want to live in?
What are the laws and policies right now?
What's their impact on those issues? Are they helping or harming?
And how could they be different?
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🐈⬛🤢⚽ Wednesday, June 12, 2024 3 weeks ago:
@just_kitten @Thornburywitch Many of the OG hipsters have moved west to Footscray and Yarraville.
Or they decamped during the pandemic, and migrated to one of the towns around Castlemaine or Belgrave.
There's also a steady cross-border migration to Newtown and Marrickville in Sydney.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🐻 Sunday, May 26, 2024 5 weeks ago:
@tombruzzo @Gibsonisafluffybutt I'm in the process of switching over — I downloaded it quite literally this morning.
I'm also playing around with NextCloud as a possible substitute for a number of Google's other services.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🍔 Monday, May 20, 2024 1 month ago:
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🌭 Saturday, May 18, 2024 1 month ago:
@Pilk @melbourne_wanderer Wifey had COVID about a month ago. It was really bad for a week, including intense migraines, but then cleared up.
About a week after most of her symptoms cleared, she began regaining her sense of taste.
A couple of weeks after that, we were in a queue outdoors and she complained: "Ugh I can't stand the smell of cigarettes. Wait — I can smell the smokers! This is amazing! I CAN SMELL THE SMOKERS!"
Your mileage may vary, but for her it was mostly back within a month.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🌭 Saturday, May 18, 2024 1 month ago:
@Seagoon_ Maybe Paul Jennings?
Some supernatural event happens to a kid, that causes the grown ups around them to be covered in snot is the most Paul Jennings plot he's never written.
You could even call it something like Unblocked...
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🌭 Saturday, May 18, 2024 1 month ago:
@Seagoon_ @Alamutjones Stephen King or RL Stine?
- Comment on Mother and daughter abducted from shopping centre carpark, forced to buy laptops 1 month ago:
@Duenan @Taleya "Police say the victim was getting out of her car at the Stud Park Shopping Centre last Friday night when she was confronted by a man who threatened her with a knife and forced her back into the driver's seat of her Suzuki S Cross."
There was a thread on here about someone considering moving to Rowville?
Yeah, here's a good example of why that's a bad idea...
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🥧 Thursday, May 16, 2024 1 month ago:
@Seagoon_ I just stopped by the shops quickly, and while I was there, picked up a freshly-made cinnamon donut.
Nom Nom Nom.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🥧 Thursday, May 16, 2024 1 month ago:
@melbourne_wanderer @Seagoon_ That's awful 😞
Hope you have a full and speedy recovery.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🥧 Thursday, May 16, 2024 1 month ago:
@Seagoon_ @StudChud UGH! Of course that's when they'd come!
And then instead of one long relaxing shower, you end up with two half showers 😔
Seriously, it's the kind of thing that would make me a grump all day.
I hope it was at least someone or something important at the door.
(If it's just some salesman who's promising to cut your power bills, in the circumstances you're completely justified in chasing him off with a cricket bat.)
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🐈⬛ Wednesday, May 15, 2024 1 month ago:
@msdropbear42 @TinyBreak @Seagoon_ Greasy lukewarm dead bird in a cardboard bucket, as a friend used to call it.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🐈⬛ Wednesday, May 15, 2024 1 month ago:
@Seagoon_ @TinyBreak Totally.
Honestly, I feel icky just thinking about KFC food, it's just so greasy.
Unless you have a specific craving for the greasiest thing imaginable because you're pregnant/emotionally eating/have cramps/have a hangover/are really drunk/are six-years-old, I don't know why anyone would want it?
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 👾 Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1 month ago:
@tombruzzo Out of curiosity, roughly how large is this organisation? Is it closer to 10 staff, 50 staff, or 1000?
Also, you mentioned something I found interesting.
You said the business wants everything done now, but also everyone needs to give their input and approval.
Is that an issue just with the website? Or is it across the board in your business?
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 👾 Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1 month ago:
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 👾 Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1 month ago:
@Nath @StudChud Nath, it's great you had a good job experience.
But not all call centre jobs are like that.
Many call centres are micro-micromanaged.
Adherence to work hours. Conformance to schedule. Call handling time. Calls per worked hour.
There's often caller feedback forms, and those irrational or malicious customers basically decide if you keep your job.
The calls are recorded, and your team leader or dedicated contact centre staff listen in randomly.
In many commercial organisations, there's a mandate to upsell or cross-sell, even if it's an angry customer who wants to close their accounts.
In those cases, you also get judged on the average value of products you sell, and the percentage of calls you upsell on.
You have already angry people who have just been on hold for up to an hour, and have been transferred across different departments and teams.
And there are some men who are either creepy or misogynistic when dealing with women over the phone. And yes, clearly it's a small minority of men. But that small minority exists, and they're shitty.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 👾 Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1 month ago:
@tombruzzo @SituationCake The other thing is to keep in mind is that it's not necessarily IT that is the "business owner" of the website.
Sure, IT might be responsible for keeping it online. But the main decisions about it, and the responsibility for maintaining the content, belong to a different person/team/department.
Depending on where I've worked, that's been operations, content, comms/PR, and marketing.
Even in small orgs, it's often the CEO rather than IT who has the final say.
And sometimes different parts of the website are managed by different people/teams/departments.
The second thing to be mindful of is it's not just about whether you have the WordPress skills.
There's often a lot of office politics in many organisations.
People quite rightly don't enjoy feeling like their jobs or responsibilities are being undermined.
And they don't want changes made in an area they're ultimately responsible for without them knowing.
That's where business processes and procedures come into play.
It might be as simple as emailing a particular person to get their sign off on you making a particular update, or notifying them afterwards.
You also need to think about what the benefits to them are of granting you this access. Perhaps it frees up their resources for more meaningful tasks?
And the third thing to be prepared for is if you get the admin privileges you want, suddenly other people might ask you to make changes as a shortcut around IT. You might want to push back against that.
If I were in your position, I'd plan out the case for:
* What the problem you want to solve is.
* Your proposed solution. That's not just gaining access, but also the approvals or notifications around it.
* Restrictions and safeguards. You are only to have this level of privileges and make updates in situations x, y, and z. This helps you push back if someone else wants you to make other changes — I'm not authorised to do that.
* The benefits to the business, including improved productivity, or customer experience.I'd have a chat with your boss to get them on board.
I'd find out who the business owner(s) of the website are.
I'd organise either an informal chat (maybe buy them coffee one day?) or a meeting to talk through the case with them.
And finally, I'd be prepared for the answer to be a no. That's ultimately their call. If that's the case, your decision is whether you stick with your current job, or find a different one that makes better use of your skills.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 👾 Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1 month ago:
@Seagoon_ Overheard in the office...
Colleague one: "As you are aware, we've decided to postpone <event> until August or September. Can you change the dates on the website please?"
Colleague two: "No, I was not aware, thanks for letting me know. When was the decision made? I'll update the website."
Colleague one: "I am very sorry, I thought you were aware."
The "Manager" strikes again.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 👾 Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1 month ago:
@Gibsonisafluffybutt @Seagoon_ Lovely post-modern art piece by Gibson 😸
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- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 👾 Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1 month ago:
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 👾 Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1 month ago:
@calhoon2005 @Seagoon_ Sort of.
Basically, when the first 4G and 4G LTE phones came out, they dropped back to 3G for vouce calls, but used faster 4G networks for internet and data.
Eventually, the telcos rolled out a technology that allowed voice calls to be made on 4G LTE mobile networks, called VoLTE (voice over LTE).
But it only worked on newer 4G/4G LTE phones that supported VoLTE for calls. Older models still dropped back to 3G for voice calls
Sounds to me like your MIL has an older 4G LTE phones that still falls back to 3G for voice calls, instead of making them over the 4G LTE network.
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 👾 Tuesday, May 14, 2024 1 month ago:
@Seagoon_ ICYMI, the 7:30 Report had a story about why Melbourne's Star Observation Wheel failed.
I mean, aside from the breathtaking views of Coode Island and the Docklands car parks, the fact it was barely ever working probably didn't help...
- Comment on Daily discussion thread: 🦈 Monday, May 13, 2024 1 month ago:
@Seagoon_ @ajsadauskas@lemmy.ml Thank you 😊
The good news is that she got home and had dinner and a bit of a play. Hopefully, after a couple of days of eye drops, she makes a full recovery 😸