Baku
@Baku@aussie.zone
Primarily active on sh.itjust.works. If you need to contact me, best getting in touch there. @Baku@Baku@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🏡 Tuesday, 21 January, 2025 4 hours ago:
I did the meat of my work. The written questions and assessments are done now. But I’ve also got emails to write. Which is easy enough, I write emails all the time! But I have to read through work health and safety policies for a fictional organisation, cross reference with the irl occupational health and safety act, and then reference things in the emails. So it requires a bit more brain capacity than I currently have the space for. That’s a tomorrow job
Night peoples
- Submitted 4 hours ago to melbourne@aussie.zone | 8 comments
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 4 hours ago:
Btw goons, I can do tonight’s thread no worries
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 4 hours ago:
Ah who gives a shit. Complain away, my friend
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 4 hours ago:
Bloody hell, I’m so sorry, tiny. Fingers crossed they nail down and fix the root problem!
Wishing you a quick and pleasant recovery, and all the hugs in the world 👨💻
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 4 hours ago:
Yep! That’s the exact reason I vehemently opposed the rolling stones! I have some quite strong words about them, but I should probably not go there. Such a ridiculous lawsuit
I believe they got revenue back again in 2019 (?) which was also coincidentally the year I found out what it was called and added it to my playlist! Obvy I knew the song, just not what it was called
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 6 hours ago:
Double update: I got distracted from my schoolwork to admire how good the Bitter Sweet Symphony is. Everytime it pops up in my shuffle, I feel compelled to stop and actively listen to it
There’s plenty of songs I like more, but I honestly think I would rank The Bitter Sweet Symphony as the best song of all time
(I had a chat with my teacher, she’s not fussed if I’m a day late with my work, so I’m damn well going to silently sing the song damn it!)
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 7 hours ago:
Update: today has kinda been a write off, but not as much as I was anticipating, which means I’ve ended the day a bit happier than I started it
I did however forget that I have school work due tonight, that I haven’t even started yet 😬 but in my defence, it’s been the holidays, and the unit we did before isn’t due for a couple of months, while this one we started in late Dec and only got 1 class on (I think) is due now. Breaks the brain a little. Legal and ethical, too, but of a bleh module
- Comment on Motorists able to lock in low petrol prices for 24 hours under Victoria’s new ‘fair fuel’ plan 7 hours ago:
Yeah, I do agree. That’s not really my stance, but just following the logic, it doesn’t make a lot of sense
The PT argument is a whole other kettle of fish, and there’ll always be a need for private cars in the society we live in, but the argument could definitely be made that if we didn’t encourage adoption of EVs, or continued use of ICE vehicles, and actively disincentivised driving, more people might cycle, walk, and catch PT around
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 9 hours ago:
Honestly I just deal with it. I need an extension cord to get to my desk cause they only put power points on one side of the room, but I hate shit on the floor so I ran them on command hook things across the window and then down to a power board on my desk. Ethernet will do the same, though has to come under the door
The cat bowls are a good thought, and something I hadn’t thought of! I’m thinking I might make a little cubby for them to make banishing Jason a bit easier
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 9 hours ago:
Yeah that’s a good point. My house is all a single level so a non issue for me. For two or maybe 3 levels you can get away with carrying it up (it allows you to have multiple different maps and switch between them). Still a manual process though. The Richies solve that by buying multiple, but obviously impractical with multiple different uneven levels
- Comment on Motorists able to lock in low petrol prices for 24 hours under Victoria’s new ‘fair fuel’ plan 10 hours ago:
I get what you’re saying, but by the same logic, anything that encourages adoption of EVs (or continued use of petrol/diesel vehicles) is bad because it ultimately encourages less people to just use PT
- Comment on Motorists able to lock in low petrol prices for 24 hours under Victoria’s new ‘fair fuel’ plan 11 hours ago:
Yep! Isn’t it great?!?
- Motorists able to lock in low petrol prices for 24 hours under Victoria’s new ‘fair fuel’ planwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 11 hours ago to melbourne@aussie.zone | 28 comments
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 12 hours ago:
Every single time I’ve tried to use Ubuntu, I manage to break apt/snapd store in a way apparently nobody else on the entire internet ever has
Genuinely don’t know what I’ve done wrong. I install things until a couple weeks in, nothing with install. Either through the GUI store thing or through sudo apt install
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 12 hours ago:
Ditto
I can last 5 days without washing, but I wash everything after each use, regardless of dirt levels (I’m a very sweaty person). I could make it 7 comfortably reusing things as necessary. Although opposite to you, I’ve actually got about 3 weeks worth of socks, and would be okay reusing them once most of the time
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 12 hours ago:
Okay, it’s almost been a month of owning Jason (the robot vacuum), here’s my review:
review (long, rambling)
Overall, I really like it, and find it extremely helpful! I haven’t vacuumed the rooms I allow Jason into (all except the bathroom and toilet room), because I think it does a fantastic job at them, and has an equal suction power to my cheap 40 dollar Kmart vacc. I do still vacuum the toilet and bathroom manually For me, I think it fits in pretty well with my life. The biggest downfall of a robot vacuum for most people is that just about everything needs to be off the floor, including cables to TVs/extension cords, etc. it will either unplug, damage or get tangled in things that are on the floor. But that’s actually a big plus for me because it encourages me to fully clean areas, rather than just vacuuming up any visible bits. It also means stuff doesn’t end up under my bed, and I have to move my computer chair to let it under my desk (still a pro for me) If I were to buy another one, I still wouldn’t buy a name brand Roomba, but I would go for a couple models up with the same brand. I don’t care for the automatic mopping stuff, I really just don’t trust it to not try and mop the carpet, plus it’s basically just dragging a wet rag over the floor. Seems pointless to me. But I’m biased because my house is about 90% carpet. Maybe if I didn’t have much carpet, I would be more interested in it Obstacle avoidance is pretty cool - it drives around mapping everything with a LIDAR sensor then remembers it. Unfortunately, if it hasn’t previously mapped an obstacle, and it isn’t still mapping (you lock the map so that it won’t update because of temporary obstacles or people nearby), it will slam full steam ahead into them. It has a bumper on the front which pushes in to detect impacts and cushion it a little bit, but it does get pretty zippy at top speed, so I am worried in the long term it might loosen internal parts or damage things The obstacle avoidance and detection is pretty good, but my bed legs/supports in the middle of my bed are very thin, so it doesn’t detect those as obstacles, and bumps into them. I’ve got a baseboard on one side of one room where I guess it’s shifted a bit, and the lidar sensor now sits slightly above the top of the baseboards, so it tries to vacuum them and gets confused about where it is when it bumps into them Also, because of those floor to ceiling windows, it’s been able to see some of outside, which makes it try to vacuum the grass via the window. AFAIK this is an issue with all robot vacuums, and the recommendation is to temporarily place some cardboard on them for the first mapping session so it doesn’t try to break through them. Not much of an issue though, I just set a “virtual wall” just in front of the windows, so it doesn’t try to break out Still, all in all, for $160 or however much it was, I think it was very very well worth it. If you can commit to picking things up before running it, I’d recommend it. I’m not too sure about hardwood floors though, for some reason I just feel like it’s not the most worth it if you don’t have a lot of carpet. No particular reason or science done there though, just subjective uninformed opinion
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 18 hours ago:
Apparently my phone came off the charger again last night :/
I think I’m moving it in my sleep
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: ☄️ Monday, 20 January, 2025 19 hours ago:
Cheers for the these goonsy
It was still quite toasty last night, even with the air con on before bed. But I have a smart plug I run the air con off now, so I put on a timer to turn it off at 2am. Worked quite nicely! Power bill’s gonna be fucked again, though. Had to run it most of the time I was home yesterday
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
No advice other than to say I’ve been feeling similarly
Hugs lowsy
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
Decided on an early night tonight. Somebody else will need to do tomorrow’s DT
Night DT people
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
Don’t forget the reason we’re on Lemmy in the first place, goonsy
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
Hell yeah?
Dunno, I like the late night. Peaceful. Sucks when you have shit to do though
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
Any chance of a non Reddit link? We’re trying to boycott that, remember?
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
Most likely. Also because outside has a constant gentle breeze, while inside is generally stagnant air, even with the windows open
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
Lunch has been completed successfully
It wasn’t the best Barbie I’ve ever had. We were driving around for about 40 minutes trying to find one in working order that didn’t have too many people
Had a good yarn. It’s still not too bad in the shade outside. Honestly my 27°C house feels worse than it does at 34°c outside under shade
Bloody thirsty though. Forgot my water bottle. Bought a litre of water at the servo on the way home and skulled it so fast I felt a little sick. No regrets though. Still thirsty
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
I made it to the rich side of town in one piece. Train was basically empty and pretty well air conned so it wasn’t too bad
It’s actually okay outside under the shade
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
Relevant post for the confused:
- Comment on What Constitutes contravention of Rule 4, no ads/spamming? 1 day ago:
I know this has been answered (and officially), but I ask myself 2 questions when it comes to things that can be spammy:
- Am I being paid for this, by the organisers of the event, or do I even have a horse in the race? If yes: don’t post (or ask for prior permission and include a short blurb about how I’m involved and what I stand to gain
- is this something I think somebody else would actually find benefit in or enjoy? If no: should I post it for historical purposes? If no: why should I post it?
I say go for it, though! I’d probably either limit to 1 event post a week (maybe 3 days), or put them all into a mega thread. Maybe a weekly mega thread. You’ll have my upvote either way!
- Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 👨💻 Sunday, 19 January, 2025 1 day ago:
Cheers Low. I think the bigger problem at the moment is going to be that my phone slipped off the charger last night, and my main power Bank is dead 😬