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ajsadauskas

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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!

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@Seagoon_ Feeling really annoyed at an acting middle manager at our workplace right now.

He's terrible at communicating. He refuses to listen to people. He makes decisions and orders people to do stuff without asking anyone if the thing he wants to do is even possible.

There's a whole string of bad decisions as a result, and everyone else is left to clean up his mess afterwards.

For example, there's an event that was scheduled on a particular date. An email was sent out to the people (outside the organisation) who are likely to attend.

Before that email was sent, he decided to postpone it. Just he didn't let anyone know until after the emails were sent.

Another example. One of my colleagues was told she had to drop everything to find leads for a new product that he decided to launch in two weeks. He then blamed her for not coming up with enough leads.

He's decided the IT team needs to roll out a new automated reporting system right now. The IT department has already said it's not adding any features to that system because they're getting rid of it in the next year or so. They don't answer to him, and will just refuse to do it. So there's a whole series of meetings now planned because he's insisting that it has to happen.

There's also a whole marketing campaign that the marketing team thinks is a stupid idea that won't work, because they tried it last year and it didn't work. He's insisting they do it anyway.

And there's a whole string of decisions like this.

The thing is, I'm not sure he's aware at just how demotivating his unique management style is to those around him.

Sorry for the rant, I'm just feeling really frustrated right now.

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@Gibsonisafluffybutt @imoldgreeeg Yay! Congratulations Simon 👏

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@RustyRaven @Seagoon_ I used to live near Blackburn when I was growing up.

It's a very, very, very quiet suburb.

I'm not sure how it would count as a highlight?

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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.

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@Seagoon_ So recently, I've been thinking about possibly getting a buzzcut.

I don't think I'd be brave enough to go for a full buzzcut, plus I like having long hair.

But maybe a half-shaved head? Or an undercut?

Has anyone else here had one? If so, what was the reaction?

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@dumblederp Really good point 😊

My hair is starting to get a bit too long at the moment — it's well-past shoulder length. It's regularly getting quite knotty and the split ends are getting bad. So I'll need a cut soon.

Maybe just get it trimmed or cut shorter this time and leave the big buzz for when it gets warmer?

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@Taleya I just did a quick Google search — great suggestion 😊

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@StudChud My three big concerns with getting a full shave are how it will look, how work will react, and random dickheads. That, and it's getting a bit chilly this time of the year.

How did people at your work react to the shave?

And did you get many randos making comments about it?

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@StudChud That's really reassuring 😊

Yeah, I think I'll wait until the start of Summer, and then potentially go for a big shave 🪒

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@just_kitten I'd imagine that'd be one of the big downsides with a half-shaved head: The awkward grow-out phase afterwards 🫤

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@Seagoon_ Great suggestion — maybe a short bob cut? Or even a pixie cut?

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@maniacalmanicmania I think it's become a lot longer over time.

Back in the '80s and '90s, one computer year was maybe 30 years if you were lucky.

If you bought a 486 with VGA and Windows 3.1 in 1992, by 1995 it was completely obsolete. Time to get a new Pentium with Windows 95.

And by 1998, that shiny new Pentium would be far too slow to run many of the programs you want.

Now? It's probably around eight years to one human year. If you got a laptop in 2015, you'd just about be getting to the point you'd probably want to upgrade it now.

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@Seagoon_ So I really slept in this morning.

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

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@Mittens_meow @Seagoon_ Given you live two hours away (is that by train or car?), are they willing to make an exception?

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@Mittens_meow That's pretty horrendous. In a previous life, I was doing around 2.5- to 3-hours commute each day, and that was bad enough!

How are you enjoying the role otherwise? Are there any other issues?

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@Eagle @ajsadauskas He's a very spunky 'lil fella 😸

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@Catfish @ajsadauskas Nawww 😻

Really, our babies deserve all the boxes to play in I say! 📦😸

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@PeelerSheila @wscholermann What really annoys me is some places that don't tell you they have a surcharge for cards until you pay.

As in, the first you find out is when you get the receipt and see they've bumped up your $6 purchase to $6.12 without telling you.

Probably illegal, but there are places that do it.

And more broadly, I'd rather they add the 2% or whatever to their prices, instead of letting you know at the counter.

(And while we're on the subject, instead of 10 cents extra for a little packet of tomato sauce when you buy a pie, they should just add the 10 cents to the price!)

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@Eagle @StudChud That looks beautiful!

ajsadauskas,
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@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.

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@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 😎

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@Thornburywitch @SituationCake Now I'm extra glad I got the laundry done early, haha

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@Gibsonisafluffybutt @PeelerSheila Maybe I'm just being a crazy cat lady, but I love your photos of Gibson 😻

And given the number of other people posting photos of their fluffy babies on here, you're definitely not spamming anyone 😊

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@SituationCake Absolutely! And I don't mind paying 50 cents or whatever to buy a scoop.

Here's the real kicker: "Made in Australia from local and imported ingredients".

So they ship (at least some of) the chemicals in the detergent from overseas instead of making them locally?

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@franksting @paulwallbank @unionagainstdhmo @firstdogonthemoon @stilgherrian @mpesce Grundle is still around, and still writing for Crikey: https://www.crikey.com.au/author/guy-rundle/

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