Daily Discussion Thread: 🍿 Wednesday, 22 January, 2025

In non America/Baku news I'm drunk and have just completed day two in a row of after-work outings. This one was beers and burger, no complaints. Also my probation review went great, was told unless I majorly fuck up/change behaviours I'll pass no worries. One more after-work outting to go tomorrow, actually looking forward to it.

Perfect night to cuddle up with fluffy and a book.

Nice view out there as well

Goodnight all ❤️

There is a blender full of underpants on my kitchen table

okay. Interest is piqued.
Tell us more. 😊🍿
- Other evidence suggests Boyo went on a packing spree after I left for work. Or maybe house elves broke into the catnip stash.
Perhaps Boyo ran out of clean jocks and was prepared to do a turbo wash before realising that's not such a good idea.
- We do have a house rule : don't blend spoons

Just realised I'm crushing hard on a regular hookup guy at the moment. It'll sting when things inevitably change and we can't meet anymore. But accepting the happy chemicals and swooning a little in the meantime. 🫠🥲

That's very cute!
I miss having a crush, but at the same time, it's oddly peaceful not having one.

Tonights' wave:

That almost got my phone heh

Do you ever come across an object and think "I wonder what that's from"? So you keep it thus occupying both physical space and brain space because you know if you do toss it you'll work out what it's for a week later once the big bins have been emptied. Yeah I hate that.

Wires mostly. I have stuff going back to the old vga cables.
Sometimes I can’t work out if it’s a micro usb or one of those weird proprietary cables with fits into almost nothing.
All. the. time .
Absolutely. I'm looking at one right now lol

little wins

Diet is slowly working. habits are changing. I have to take in some pants that are just too big now.

Getting rid of some "old lady" clothes too and soon will be buying some better more tailored and younger stuff. yay 😊

Love this for you.
I’ve been so bored with fashion lately, I am considering sewing a few of my own things this year.

Today was an odd day. I got anxious yesterday which continued to this morning, but I just couldn’t put a finger on it.

At least it wore off as the day went on. (Probably the whole IKEA debacle helped. Funny that.)

Group hug for DDT. 🖤

🫂

Wow. I joke and act chill but lately both my anxiety and sleep have been absolutely unmanageable. -_-

Plus I have to get this grumpy tooth checked out again.

I think it might be time to take a quarter of an otc sleeping pill between midnight and 2 to try and get at least a few hours of sleep at an appropriate time. (Taking any more than that is a roulette of it either completely not working or making me so groggy I sleep right through the next day.)

so many hugs, this weather hasn't helped, it's made the whole city grumpy too

good deed done for the day. Someone on reddit wanted a postcard from aus so just got that done. Jesus my writing is appalling.

I love this.
Postcards are awesome.
- happy to send you one when I go away next if you want.
Are they a collector of postcards or something?
- I think so. said they didnt have one from Aus.

Spent a good chunk of the day applying for roles in different departments. There's 3 I am super keen on, wish me luck.

I guess if they pay you 3 salaries, you can do 3 roles. Sounds exhausting though!
Good luck!
🤞🏼
Good luck! I got the one I applied for in December.
- Congrats!!

Could've done a bit longer today but solid day out in fantastic weather. Definitely feeling the happy chemicals along with the mild soreness. Now time to salvage this shitty leftover gluggy jasmine rice and make fried rice with it. NEVER again am I falling for that nonsense with 1:1.5 ratios on the packet...

I is a 1:1.5 person :(
- Maybe that works when on the stovetop but it was a mess in the rice cooker :(
  I do 1:1.5 for basmati rice (sometimes 1:2 depending on variety)
I find with jasmine rice you need about 1cm or 1.5cm of water level over the rice to cook it nicely either on stovetop or rice cooker I think from memory.
Has been a very long since I’ve done jasmine rice but it used to be my go to rice variety.
- I've made jasmine rice off and on and grew up with various rice types, I honestly know better but I trusted the packet over my instincts... Not next time!!

Anyone got a recommendation for a knife sharpening method that's not a wet stone? Seems I'm terrible at the sharpening steel method. Will be mainly for global knives.

I have used the Lansky system for a number of years. They give you the same angle every time. I can’t be fucked with that anymore and just pay someone to do it.
Oil stone. Sorry, not helpful. The steel doesn't exactly sharpen a knife, more tidy it up. If you aren't comfy using a stone, take them to a pro. Many kitchen supply stores have links to a service. It's not expensive, just make sure you transport the knives in a legal way.
- Out of curiosity, how do you legally transport a knife for sharpening?
  There’s a sharpening service I can get to but I’m leery of taking a knife on the train to get it there (might have to put it in a box and beg a lift)
https://www.harrisscarfe.com.au/kitchen-dining/knives/knife-sharpeners/klevasharp-kleva-sharp-knife-sharpener/480024
Puts a wicked edge on shit
This is a wetstone (sorry) but I currently use:
https://www.multi-sharp.com/product/wetstone-sharpener/
Basically connect a drill, fill the reservoir with water, attach a vice to the trigger of the drill to get the stone / water reticulation going. Works a treat on heaps of blades / chisels etc. Never looked back after that thing (just gotta be gentle w/ it).

Boring work thing:

Found a great Web app to organise all my work. Will make life so much easier!

What app is this?
- Asana! The free version is more than enough.

yay, the small indie supermarket had eggs

I've been lucky in that the fruit and veg shop I go to near work had a plentiful supply. I like going there anyway because of the freshness and prices, but also because they had the balls and sheer audacity to set up right next door to the Woolies. It's led to staff from the Woolies going in there, checking prices and going back and marking down lol, it's really obvious when they do it too.

Was the previous daily deleted by accident?

Edit: Baku's account isn't showing up.

The server returned this error: couldnt_find_person.

Following some research into yesterday's thread, which I still have access to minus Baku's comments which were deleted by their account at around midnight, it appears this is American election related.

I have no issue with free discussion and civil disagreements, I have no intention of over controlling discussion on this forum.

My main concern here is how the history of this groups previous dailies may have been impacted as a result of a user who had been posting the daily and I will need to start considering more appropriate means of posting dailies to avoid this kind of issue going forward.

As some of you may have noticed, I'm not too talkative most days and I mostly just check in at midnight if I am awake to make sure the previous daily ends and the new one begins. I don't have any reports to action, but I will need to have a look at the threads I personally have access to some more. But most importantly I am going to have to consider how to ensure a more consistent daily thread that is less likely to disappear, whether I can return it myself or not, etc.

Additionally, it's about time I start investigating Lemmy's bot mechanics, I was waiting to complete my current personal server migration to a complete hypervisor solution rather than utilising one of my already overworked Raspberry Pi's, I'll have to get on to this matter more quickly.

Edit2: It's starting to look like I will be unable to return the posts that where deleted as a result of Baku's account nuking, I do have personal access to all of them without their comments as it was actioned by me in featuring them, but the posts themselves where of the account that is now no longer available.

This makes it clear that I need to make some changes going forward in how the daily functions.

It really really should be posted by a specific account or something. Could maybe set one up and give regulars the password on request? Only allow dt threads on it and revoke access for misuse?
An automated daily posting would be the right way to go, if it’s possible. It means it’s not dependant on any specific user being awake, remembering, or have obligations to remain a user here, in case they ever wish to delete their account. A lot of people find value in the community here and it would be a pity to loose that. I feel terrible about the interactions I saw yesterday. I hope Baku and Spud both Ok and would like to come back when they are ready.
I’ve noticed that the Brisbane mob seem to have a daily bot - maybe if we ask them nicely they’ll share the code?
I sent you a dm with the screenshots for your assessment.
- Thank you for that, I have taken a look at them with greater context of what was being discussed in yesterday's thread.
  We hadn't dealt with this kind of issue from regulars that I have seen from my notifications or the modlog until now, I would have preferred Baku had reported your comments so that I could have actioned them when I came online at midnight.
  Part of the issue may have been my lack of participation in the daily discussions themselves, so I haven't been as viewable as I should be, but I have been checking daily for months. It's important that we avoid letting these kinds of interpersonal issues feel like they aren't going to be actioned by the mods.
  Your comments directed towards Baku appear to be targeted in a way that are absolutely against the community rules, the subject matter is allowed as we haven't barred specific topics from the daily, only the manner in which users talk to each other. I have yet to issue just a temporary band so far on this platform, so I am learning as I go.
  Considering that part of this issue is the lack of established rules, penalties and more importantly the lack of assurance that I will action issues in due time, this isn't a permanent ban. You will be welcome back in 72hrs, knowing that I can't guarantee not issuing a permanent ban if an issue like this where to occur by yourself or another user in the future.
  Today was a weird day for everyone, come back in 3 days and let's get back to normal appropriate behaviour. I will be looking at where I went wrong and hopefully have a community post in how we can avoid this in the future by the time you come back.
  Edit3: I have spoken to both Starchy & Baku in DM's, Baku didn't intend for the previous threads to go down and they are currently still publicly viewable here;
  https://sh.itjust.works/c/melbourne@aussie.zone
  Edit4: It's looking like it may take 30 days for federated instance to scrap deleted account content, hopefully that is the case, and we can archive the daily's posted by Baku's account before they are completely gone.
Hmm that’s certainly something I didn’t see coming.
Thought the threads would still be here but it looks like they were totally wiped out of existence.
- If I look at my own personal history I can see the comments I made to yesterday's thread, just not the thread nor other poster's comments.
I just noticed that. Is it just the thread or is Baku nuked?
It’s my damn fault. I brought up an awkward topic. :( My comment should have been deleted, or I should have received a warning to not talk about such things. Not him.
Is he going to be allowed back?
- It is looking like they deleted their account and comments, without seeing their comments I don't have a full picture of whether they said anything that would warrant a banning of future Baku accounts.
  I haven't seen anything so far that was by you and targeted harassment toward other users.

No cheesemares to report, but evidently, I need to stop playing Slime Legion on my phone because I was definitely sliding little monsters in my dreams.

Now to just the nightmare of my work day.

I’m going to the museum in a bit. I could do with a nice chill day

How good is this weather? I'll be school shoe shopping today with the kid where she'll complain that they're all ugly and it's hard to choose between ugly and ugly.

I needed a break from the heat, same as the fluffy ones amongst us lol
- Bliss for the next couple of days!
cranking open every door and window and embracing the lack of moist
One of my housemates left the back door open overnight, which usually annoys me, but damn it's a nice morning
Feels weird to suddenly having a day like this.
I was about to go out for a little for some fresh air but I don’t think I will anymore.

Good news is I'm back from the shops with everything we need until next week. Bad news is it took 2 hours. Good news is the dog didn't shit on my carpet while we were gone.

Ahh, companies. All 'fuck you, peasant, eat my arse' until you cancel your account and post on product review then it's all 'we're sorrryyy how can we fix this??'

Pity PR won't let me actually reply with 'eat my arse'

😂 Sometimes I think I just wait for your comments to brighten my day.
- don't do that, I'm a horrible misanthrope

So PSA. If you want to use an IKEA gift card purchased online immediately, you can’t.

What a joke. 48h.

Edit: And ones bought in-store are 24h (as told to me by a staff member).

Recently I was told by JB hifi as well that I couldn’t use their gift cards to buy other types of online credit for gaming services.
Was told it was an anti scamming measure.
Real shame as well as I often end up with JB gift cards.
Anti scammer measure I'll bet. So dimwits won't buy gift cards to pay for their parking infringements issued by the Australian Federal Police.
- Haha, it’d be funny since these are for IKEA.

how is it 7.30, I thought it was nearly 9

so tired, woke up at 1.30 with stabbing migraine

That's such fucking bullshit, and sadly a story I've heard before.

Shit sleep gang yaaaaay

Beep Beep 🚚
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May I please have some cheese? And some popcorn? And some popcorn with the weird but nice fake cheese powder? Thank youuuuu Bacon!
- 🧀🍿🪤🍿
Bac and eggs with a delicious cup of coffee please Chef.
As I am banned from eating it atm, could I have all the things with gluten, please chef
- 🥐🥯🍞🥖🥨🥞🧇🍔🍕🌭🥪🌮🌯🥙🫔🥟🍝🍘🥧🍪🍺

I'm going to wait 2 weeks before approaching my manager again about the outcome of the raise discussions.

Have kept applying and have a couple more interviews next week.

Will have to be working outside office hours anyway, and the raise would make it worthwhile, but we'll see.

Fingers crossed.

Will it be worth it if you got the raise?
From the impression I got it felt like they were overloading you with clients and work.
There’s got to be a point where you have to tell them that you’ve been given too much work or too many clients to deal with?
- Honestly, I don't know. The raise would be life changing. I could actually buy a house a lot sooner.
  I am overloaded. And I will need to work outside office hours. But everything has a cost. Depends what we want to sacrifice to achieve our goals.
  In the least, it will give me an incredible ability to handle large amounts of work which I can take with me to another place.
  Life has so many tough decisions.
Lets hope you get a raise to make it worth it or a job that's just better overall
- Fingers crossed. What i asked for would make it worth it.

Can't sleep, don't care. It's cool and the wind sounds cheerful.

update: Oh look, suddenly they have some new reviews lavishing adoration on their customer service after I explicitly mentioned how crap it was.

geralt hmm

(I wasn't dwelling, they replied to me with a simpering wank and I wasn't having it so I blasted them again)

I think know what I'm going to use those virtual desktops, or remote spaces for. I've got a couple of projects at work on the go already now, so instead of having a bunch of tabs open across two screens I can separate them out to their own desktops and have everything I need for them there.

That way I won't get lost amongst all the tabs and I can keep focused on one specific task at a time. Let's see if it works

I'm feeling a bit better today so I've decided to go in. If that turns out to be a mistake I can always go home again

It's good you have that flexibility man.
- I feel like it needs to come with the expectation people work from the office now. If you want me to come in, you should let me leave as well so I don't make the rest of the office sick

I saw this. Thought youse might like it.

I feel that in my bones lol

It's OK to discuss difficult issues, even if it gets a little ugly sometimes.

Because that means we are talking which is far better than not talking at all. If we don't talk about difficult issues then how can we learn about each other and the issues.

I missed all the drama but agree with what you say.
What happened anyway?
- I'll tell you what happened. Spud took offense to something Baku said. Baku wanted to know what it was that was offensive. Spud launched an attack. Baku retaliated. Shots were fired from both sides about what one should be allowed to post. More shots and then Baku deleted his account.
- Looks like some disagreements over discussing the US election got heated?
- From what i've pieced, an argument that got out of control because everyone is on absolute defcon 5 due to america going insane.
  Which i totally get. I've seen more than a few people being blithe about this at people who live or have experience closer to the edges of society and honestly that's not a kind or smart thing to do.

dives in

Edit: Something has been destroying my seedlings past the size the snails usually go for them.

All the marigolds and some of the sunflowers in the dust bowl got stripped to sticks or straight up eaten. I traitorously wondered if the bird bros did it.

Then very early yesterday morning something got one of the pumpkin seedlings. I wondered, possum or cat? I put a protective milk crate over the spare I replanted in its place.

But then I found the moment on the camera and while I can’t see what the animal was I saw the seedling bend and dip as if something pulled it down. It could have bent under the weight of a very big snail crawling up the stem but it doesn’t look like snail damage. It was stripped too thoroughly and quickly, yanked down too fast.

Honestly I’m thinking rats.

Sounds like dem mousies all right.
I’ve been clearing out the shed and saw a rat in the backyard yesterday. Gawd I hope they don’t come in the house, particularly as we are sans cat now
I've got a wire basket over the lettuce seedlings because the birds'll dig them up.
little buggers
cover seedlings with a cut down inverted plastic bottle
- Yeah good idea. The 2l bottles might be a bit small but if I gently fold the leaves upwards and in it might protect them until the next growth spurt