Nath
@Nath@aussie.zone
- Comment on E-bike rider killed in collision with police car 1 day ago:
The big take-away from this article for me is that police vehicles in NSW don’t all have dashcams. I just thought those had been standard issue for at least 10 years.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐀🐁🐇🐈🐕 Wednesday 26th March 2025 2 days ago:
This is the closest feature request I have found, you could probably filter on username if/when that feature is implemented.
If that isn’t quite what you are after, that GitHub is the place to make your request.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐀🐁🐇🐈🐕 Wednesday 26th March 2025 2 days ago:
Dumb question, but why not just block them?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐀🐁🐇🐈🐕 Wednesday 26th March 2025 3 days ago:
I killed my Facebook account in 2010. Then about 3 years ago, I tried to sign up a new, mostly anonymous account to use for marketplace and got denied.
Weird - but I didn’t care enough to pursue it. I just stick with Gumtree. - Comment on Should Australia increase its defence spending? We asked 5 experts 3 days ago:
TL;DR: all the experts say “yes”.
I don’t have a strong opinion on the topic, but my non-expert opinion is “probably not”. It would have been outright “no” before reading this article, but some of those arguments were actually persuasive.
It isn’t that I want a weak military, it’s that I see so many priorities the government can be spending on and defense still isn’t at the top of that list for me.
- Comment on Issues 23/3/25 4 days ago:
It’s probably Nicole. She’s mad that she can’t spam us any longer.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: 🌞 Saturday, 22 March 2025 6 days ago:
Lately there’s been this thing of making romance novels out of Fantasy. You get into it as a fantasy setup, and BAM! all about which character will shack up with whom.
It’s become so big that Good Reads now has a “Romantasy” section of its book awards.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Monday, 17 March 2025 1 week ago:
That means centrelink is not competent.
I am not changing my comment, except maybe to broaden it from “company” to “organisation”. 😃
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Monday, 17 March 2025 1 week ago:
It’s weird, I’ve got an overall positive view on the CFMEU as my dad was involved in the union as a rep (BLF) on several sites as I grew up. He faced consequences from employers for taking on this role, but it was an important one. In the 70’s/80’s, the construction industry was a terribly unsafe place to work and my dad contributed to a lot of safety changes that have since become industry standards and policies. He’s proud of the work he did for the union and I’m proud of him for what he sacrificed to keep his coworkers alive.
To see what the union has become is hurtful, but I still see them as an overall force for good in the world.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Monday, 17 March 2025 1 week ago:
Nope, I’m giving nothing the caller doesn’t already have. I will confirm they have correct info if they provide it, however. This is just basic phone security - no competent company would expect a cold call recipient to start giving them information.
And if they’re not competent, I have no business talking to them.
- Comment on Do admin tools allow blocking posts/direct-messages based on text? 1 week ago:
Thank you! This set me on the path to solving this issue. I went with the flamingos-cant method, and I think I may have solved this for everyone. A huge win!
Hey everyone, please continue to report spammy DMs. This example in particular. From my own testing from a couple of outside instances, I was unable to send a DM to my aussie.zone account.
- Comment on Do admin tools allow blocking posts/direct-messages based on text? 1 week ago:
The admin tools allow us to
- Remove posts
- Stick/unstick posts
- Nuke threads like they never happened
- Ban users / nuke users entirely from the database
- Make users into mods/admins
That’s about it. Any other tricks you’ve seen us do involve direct database or code modification. Nothing at all about DMs.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
I don’t even need a new phone and I’m tempted by that G75. That’s an incredible bit of phone for $350.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
I’m a slow starter in the morning. I have some back exercises from the physio that I start doing at that time. Check for any new signups/user reports (I’m 3 hours behind, so there are usually a couple) and check out the front page in-between reps. I probably get up 15 minutes after it goes off. I don’t go back to sleep.
Also: I am usually awoken by children being loud before my alarm goes off.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
I got my period the next day …
For fairly obvious reasons, this is not a variable I’ve ever considered when donating. Does it take you out for long? My body doesn’t even notice the 500ml. I literally walked from the donation centre back the office, got changed and rode straight home.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
🎹 Bottle of red. Bottle of white… 🎶
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
A small bag of Kettle chips and a TimTam. They had a whole spread there, it was a lot fancier than the last time I donated.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
A slice of fruitcake, please.
While the new Red Cross spread is very impressive, I was feeling nostalgic and miss the old fruit slice they used to give after donating. - Comment on Discussion Thread: Friday, 14 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
A friend in Queensland sent through this link: www.lifeblood.com.au/blood/blood-supply-levels
Even though I figure they’re not sending blood from WA to Queensland, I saw that local supplies in my blood type were low. So I dusted off my old donor profile and made a booking.
I fell out of the habit when kids and life stuff happened. I really should have gone back years ago. The process of donating blood is smooth and streamlined. I was in and out in under 30 minutes and back to my day.
- Comment on [satire] Rain falls next to a rotunda in Swan View, in Perth's east 2 weeks ago:
I’ve fudged the title of the real article. But no word of a lie, that image and subheading is legit news, taken from the ABC website!
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- Comment on !ask@lemm.ee, an Ask community that can be used by Aussie.zone! 2 weeks ago:
What do you mean by “can be used by ausie.zone”? Has someone defederated from us?
The grafana image suggests you are talking about federation delays we suffered from last year. To my knowledge, that was corrected about two versions of Lemmy ago. Are there still problems?
I spend 90% of my time on local content, so while I haven’t noticed any delays, I’m also a bad litmus test.
- Comment on Woman arrested with python down her pants at Melbourne train station 2 weeks ago:
Is this a trouser snake reference? If so, then fair enough.
If it isn’t, I can honestly say I have never had a python in my pants. - Comment on Discussion Thread: Monday, 10 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
I have a script that generates passwords for the help desk kids to give to people. The passwords come out super easy to remember and easy to relay over the phone.
They’re all like “Blue 3 Waters” and “Climb 18 Trees”. The formula is “[verb/adjective] [random number] [Noun]”. Surprisingly easy to remember and passes the policy as space counts as a symbol.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Monday, 10 March 2025 2 weeks ago:
Hey hey hey - you can’t use that word or um, the Americans will ban you!
An nobody upvote him either or they’ll get ya!
- Comment on Shotgun-wielding teen overpowered by plane passengers 3 weeks ago:
Kid is 17. I fully expect the motive to be something stupid like ‘inspired by movie character’. Even better headlines if its inspired by either a hard rock band or a video game character.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Tuesday, 4 March 2025 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I can appreciate that. I liked Serana however. She’s sarcastic and sassy and can hold her own in a fight. She has more depth than the average NPC. Plus huskies!
I hated that long quest through that valley with the urn though. It sucks on survival mode. - Comment on Discussion Thread: Tuesday, 4 March 2025 3 weeks ago:
I rarely manage to get it quite empty. If I can see all the inbox without a scrollbar, I’m content enough.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Tuesday, 4 March 2025 3 weeks ago:
I’ve only ever had them both (also hearthstone) at the same time, so I can’t really separate them. I enjoyed them both, though. I like that island is distinct from Skyrim. I find the ash depressing after a while though and look forward to getting it over and done with.
I’m not a fan of the plane of oblivion inside the books, either. Some people love that aesthetic, I did not.
On Dawnguard, I never liked the castle either. Also depressing and wouldn’t want the vampire life. I completed the vampire tree for the achievement, then cured vampirysm immediately.
- Comment on Discussion Thread: Tuesday, 4 March 2025 3 weeks ago:
Quick thoughts:
- The store name/URL is wonderful - definite winner, there. It’s memorable and easy to type.
- There’s something really off about the models. If those are real women, they’ve been airbrushed into the uncanny valley. If they’re AI-generated, that would make sense. I have no idea how you could go about fixing them, but yeah - that’d be my first priority in your shoes. Photoshoots and models are super expensive, I realise.
- I don’t know about the rave scene or what what the GenZ crowd in general are into. I can say that I doubt any of this stuff would appeal to my wife though. Possibly the red one? By targeting a crowd, are you turning off a large potential client base?
- The website itself looks basic - like a template off square or wordpress or something. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but I’d emphasise that you are real some more - ABN, Contact details etc.
- The three things I care about as a customer are: Quality, Price and how long it takes for my stuff to arrive. I’m variable on #2, depending on #3. I’ll pay more to have my stuff sooner. If it’s going to take two weeks to come from China, be super clear about this.
- As to quality, be really upfront about that. If the quality of the product is dubious, don’t try and spin it as excellent quality.
There’s probably a lot more to cover. At a glance, the range of products looks really limiting. I’m at work and can’t really be closely scrutinising a lingerie store, so I only spent about 2 minutes on the site. A wider range will probably increase the trustworthiness of the site.
