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@Seagoon Not the weekend I was planning for.

I was planning on seeing an art exhibition that a friend recommended.

Unfortunately, this morning we discovered Miss Mimi seems to have conjunctivitis, which set wifey off on an anxiety attack.

So we didn't end up seeing the art exhibition.

(Miss Mimi will need to visit the vet tomorrow.)

On the upside, I have started packing for my trip in two weeks.

A restful weekend seems to have helped with the flu I've been nursing for the past week.

@Dymonika @MossyFeathers I'm guessing you're overseas?

Super fund, short for superannuation fund.

Basically, in Australia 11% of wages are automatically deposited into a compulsory retirement savings account, known as a superannuation account.

A superannuation fund is a financial institution that manages these accounts.

More information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperannuationinAustralia

@Seagoon So I really slept in this morning.

Is everyone's electrical gadgets still working? No big blackouts?

@lemmyreader Here's a starting point for a fediverse StackExchange: Make sure it's interoperable with Lemmy.

Now, you may not get the full feature set on Lemmy, but you should be able to interact with it from Lemmy as if it's a group on there.

StackExchange #Fediverse #Coding

@Thornburywitch That's a really good suggestion 😊

My partner tidied up the laundry during the week and threw out the old container — with the scoop — without thinking.

I did manage to find a lid that was roughly the right size, thankfully.

On the upside, most of the washing will be out of the way, meaning one less chore to do over the weekend 😎

@Seagoon So I'm getting a head start on the weekend by getting a couple of loads of washing done this evening.

But.

It annoys me that they no longer include a scoop with the laundry powder anymore.

Yes, I'm all for less plastic.

So why not make the scoop out of cardboard?

Our local Chinese takeaway can figure out how to do a cardboard soup spoon. You're telling me the global multinational can't figure out how to do a laundry powder scoop from cardboard?

@Dangdoggo @Rentlar Or allow it to be downloaded in a DRM-free file format that can be used with other apps, platforms, or services...

Also , if connecting a server is an absolute necessity and you are not longer going to maintain it, release the server source code as open source.

@AllNewTypeFace Of course there were.

For commuters:

More densification around existing stations and tram lines instead of suburban sprawl.

Upgrading buses across Melbourne to a 10-minute minimum frequency and straightening out existing bus routes.

Rolling out high-capacity signalling and automatic train control across the Melbourne suburban rail network

Building Metro 2 from Newport to Clifton Hill would double the number of trains that can run on the Hurstbridge and Mernda lines.

Building the Doncaster Railway.

Building the Heidelberg to Box Hill section of the SRL first.

Extending the 48 tram to Doncaster and giving it dedicated lanes for more of its journey.

And then for freight, there's a bunch of things too:

Converting more suburban lines to dual gauge.

Converting more regional Victorian lines to standard gauge

Electrifying regional rail and freight services

Building more multimodal facilities near existing rail lines.

@CEOofmyhouse56 🎶🎶 https://youtu.be/d3sRF6IaORQ?si=QaqXP32GGdGwdCDx

@alcoholicorn Yeah, that's not how it tends to work in Australia.

What happens is a state government puts up a good chunk of time construction costs (as much as half in some cases), plus public land.

In some cases, the freeway already exists, but the state government wants one more lane built, because it thinks that will ease congestion (as happened with sections of the Tullamarine and Monash Freeways in Melbourne).

It gets handed off to Transurban, who builds it under a long-term operating agreement (30 years is common).

In some cases, the agreements have clauses saying railways that compete with the toll road can't be built.

As the end of the lease approaches, Transurban offers to build one more lane — in exchange for extending the agreement.

@alcoholicorn It is when it has been privatised to a company that pretty much pays no tax (hi Transurban!), for roads that taxpayers helped to pay for, and those toll roads connect car dependent suburbs that have next to no public transport.

@Seagoon Every day, I promise myself that today's the day that I'll get to bed at a reasonable time.

And yet, here I am...

@PeelerSheila That sounds absolutely delicious 😋

I need to get a good pizza base recipe. (And perhaps reclaim some more kitchen bench space — but that's another story!)

When I make them, I usually take the shortcut of a store-bought base or pita bread.

But the fresh toppings make a world of difference.

@Seagoon I really should be going to bed sometime right about now, yet I'm still procrastinating about doing the dishes...

@PeelerSheila @CEOofmyhouse56 Oooh, what toppings? And did you go the homemade base, store bought, or pita bread?

@CEOofmyhouse56 Very true 😂

So humans fed, feline folk fed...

Just the washing up to do, the rubbish to take out, and one more work email to send, and I'm done for the evening ☺️

@CEOofmyhouse56 Wifey and I are having lasagne tonight 😋

I just literally put it in the oven, and she's already asking when's it going to be cooked?

@Gurre @fuckcars The road lobby's big answer to the mess they've created with the Rozelle Interchange is to build a second road tunnel under Sydney Harbour.

Engineers at the inquiry into the Rozelle Interchange fiasco have already testified that will only create traffic jams elsewhere on the road network: https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/112383313109173146

Just one more lane, bro!

@CEOofmyhouse56 @foodaustralia It admittedly doesn't look like much, but we had tteokbokki (spicy Korean rice cakes) with mozzarella and noodles for dinner.

@Catfish @CEOofmyhouse56 @foodaustralia I don't understand. There is no such thing as too spicy.