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ajsadauskas

@ajsadauskas@aus.social

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_ 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!)

ajsadauskas,
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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.

ajsadauskas, to architecture
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A huge congratulations to @philipthalis on his well-deserved award.

Philip is undeniably both one of Australia's most respected architects and a tireless advocate for good urban design.

More importantly, he's not afraid to speak up publicly against bad state government planning decisions, as he did with Barangaroo, even when there's a personal cost.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/architect-philip-thalis-paid-the-price-for-being-outspoken-now-he-s-won-the-profession-s-gold-medal-20240510-p5jcjb.html

@urbanism #Planning #UrbanPlanning #Cities #Urbanism #Buildings #Architecture #Transport #Architect #Walking #Walkability

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Weird little V/Line office at Box Hill Station. How old is that logo?

cc @danielbowen

ajsadauskas,
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@timrichards @danielbowen Is that office still used? I've been past it many times, and it never seems to be open?

Also, strange spot for it, given there's no V/Line services on the Belgrave or Lilydale lines.

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This petition is part of the Stopkillinggames.com campaign led by Scott Ross (Accursed Farms), to end in Australia the practice of software licensors to render purchased software completely unusable at arbitrary points in time....

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@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.

ajsadauskas,
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@Baku @Mittens_meow I just want to add something here.

My strong suspicion is that a lot of the asbestos that has shown up in park mulch lately has been because some tradies have dumped a bunch of building waste in a green bin somewhere.

That's just a bunch and I could be wrong.

But it really wouldn't surprise me either.

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@Seagoon_ Good morning Seagoon.

I could use a good sleep in, haha

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@tombruzzo @Seagoon_ I was thinking about getting one of the Raspberry Pis that are built into a keyboard: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-400/

The very first computer that I owned was a Commodore 64, and just for nostalgia's sake I like the idea of having a computer that's a modern take on that all-in-one keyboard design.

I didn't end up getting one, but if that design is on special, I might be interested?

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@Gibsonisafluffybutt @TinyBreak The other day, wifey and I caught a train and there was a lady who had a really blocked nose.

As in, she was awake, but full-on sounded like she was snoring.

Honk-pheeew honk-pheeew.

Both my partner and I took turns at giving her a dirty look. I gave her a full-blown death stare.

Honk-pheeew honk-pheeew.

She just looked back with a look that said: "What are you looking at me for? What did I do?"

Honk-pheeew honk-pheeew.

I usually carry a pocket pack of Kleenex tissues in my bag, but unfortunately I didn't have any on me.

Otherwise, I would have given her the packet and said: "Please, just take these — I INSIST!"

So gross!

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@Seagoon_ This one sounded more like a dry blocked nose.

We ended up moving to another carriage in the end.

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@CEOofmyhouse56 @Seagoon_ It's apparently an amphora, which was apparently a type of container/vase used to transport wine and food.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about 'em:

"Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. They are most often ceramic, but examples in metals and other materials have been found. Versions of the amphorae were one of many shapes used in Ancient Greek vase painting."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora

Now I want one, haha

ajsadauskas,
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@CEOofmyhouse56 I'm all for having an amphora of wine 🍷

Maybe put a couple on the clothes line and play amphora of fortune?

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@Gibsonisafluffybutt @Seagoon_ I'm genuinely curious to hear your album. I was a big fan of System of a Down back in the day, and how they jumped between Middle Eastern music and rock. Will your album do something similar?

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@Gibsonisafluffybutt @CEOofmyhouse56 CEO: Are you looking specifically for Arabic music or cheesy ethnic music more broadly?

Because if it's the latter, then I have some Lithuanian music that'll be perfect for your partner...

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@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?

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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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