Bit of Cloudflare instability today.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    6·
    7 days ago

    Took a walk today and am now resting with Melbcat curled into me as the little spoon.

    I’ve sorted her specialist appointment and am waiting for it to roll around.

    Edit: Crocheting and hopping around finding something to watch. Melbcat got up to lie on the carpet… I’m fidgety and bored

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

    I wish I could find more people that used to live the way I did and got out, and live normal lives.

    I’ve been looking for a long, long time.

    Everyone from that world who gets out becomes an acolyte of the 12 step program. That’s not for me and those people and I don’t get along.

    It would be nice to talk to someone who gets it.

    Goodnight all ♥️

  • Pilk@aussie.zone
    5·
    7 days ago

    Turned on lossless on Spotify. There is a very clear positive difference in audio quality and not in a gold-plated-audio-cable kind of way. Sounds very full and detailed – pumping bass and very crispy hi-hats. Didn’t know what I was missing.

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
      3·
      7 days ago

      I’ve got my quality setting on very high (320kbps), do you think lossless makes a big difference? I did want to turn the setting on but I download my music so much more storage needed for lossless.

      • Pilk@aussie.zone
        2·
        7 days ago

        There are separate quality settings for streaming vs downloading, and you can set it per device*, would those fix the issue?

        I’ve noticed that the caching will always choose the highest quality available, so I can’t easily flip back and forth between qualities to compare and give you a “big difference” answer. I am definitely noticing more in the low end – bass guitar/cello/kicks are all much more present in the mix. But I can do without that when I’m listening on my phone while out and about. At home with unlimited streaming its no problem.

        *Edit: I think

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    5·
    7 days ago

    I’m still buzzed/happy from the Young Seagoons visit. The bonds have never been stronger. 😊💖They are lovely people.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    4·
    7 days ago

    Some random sketchy dude walked past my flat, came back and peered inside, and claimed to be looking for someone. I growled at him until he left and called the cops. Gfdi.

    Come to think of it I heard a sus amount of noise outside earlier but thought it was the black cat. Who knows.

    Nights like these I wish I was larger. But it seems I did manage to spook him.

  • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
    3·
    6 days ago

    Right. I’m a bit drunk after the local trivia night.

    TIKA THE IGGY

    ^HOWEVER.

    Fuck people who use their pets are social media props. Like absolutely fuck them.

    I followed Tika the Iggy for a few years - until her owners acquired a new Iggy while acknowledging alongside that Tika was starting to age. It felt like their were preparing Tika to die and needed a back up in the wings. I stopped following them because something about introducing the new Iggy gave me the ick.

    I was so happy when I saw late last month that they were celebrating Tika’s retirement - almost like they were celebrating the opportunities Tika had brought them while giving Tika some peace - no more traveling, no more spotlight… except Tika died very early November. I cannot imagine what decisions her family went to leading up to that and I cannot imagination what small children have following up.

    However… having having the new Iggy make her international red carpet less than a month later sounded so cold hearted that I just can’t even. I don’t want to believe they’re using props to make up for Tika, but the costumes they’ve had Kala in just break my heart.

    I want to believe in Tika/Kala’s parents. Really! But I can’t.^

    Also, I drank like a lot of red wine tonight, so I’m not mad at myself for getting passionate about this.

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    12·
    7 days ago

    Two new people at my co-working space having a Teams meeting on speaker and playing videos out loud. Put up with it for 30 minutes. Then went over and asked them to please stop playing videos from their computer on speaker loudly as it’s distracting to my work, and there are free meeting pods around if you need to make noise. No sorry, no speaking at all, just looked at me and each other like I was crazy for confronting them. Amazing how inconsiderate people can be.

    They immediately packed up and moved someone else.

    • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone
      11·
      7 days ago

      They immediately packed up and moved someone else.

      A win. I cracked it at a family holding up the line for the tunnel walk on Sunday. They didn’t have their QR codes up and traffic was backing up. Dad was trying to be all just give me a minute until I loudly encouraged him to step aside while he learned to use his phone. He gave me the dirtiest look but stepped aside.

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
        8·
        7 days ago

        We need more shit like that called out publicly. I don’t hesitate when some idiot needs to be confronted. Public humiliation is a powerful tool.

        • tone212_@aussie.zone
          10·
          7 days ago

          The old me would have stayed quiet and put up with it, but not anymore.

          I’ve also learned my lesson to call this behaviour out quickly. There’s a group of people from a business (not here today) who have been members longer than me who are so loud, so disruptive, and essentially untouchable (management won’t confront them after I complained). They also know they’re bothering me when I’m here and give no shits. So as soon as there’s a new disruptive group, I approach very quickly to teach some workplace etiquette they should already know.

          • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
            6·
            7 days ago

            Wankers like that in the workplace feel so much worse. I expect more from adults, and yet…constant disappointment. Good on you for evolving :)

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      9·
      7 days ago

      I cracked the shits at a builder next door playing shit techno at full blast few days ago.

      I like techno, but not that sort of techno, particularly when you’re angle grinding rebar.

      Haven’t played it since lol.

      I won that round.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    11·
    7 days ago

    Travelling again for work so another slightly dodgy breakfast but I got to hang out with this absolute legend

    Title

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    8·
    7 days ago

    I bought some cheap jeans from Kmart which were too wide in the legs, so have taken the legs in by a couple of inches and hemmed them to a sensible height. They are now presentable enough to wear for general stuff like gardening and dog walking, even if they are never going to be high fashion. It’s good to have the sewing space useable, even if it does need a lot more sorting still - the table is covered with fabric that needs to be put away once I can figure out where.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    7·
    8 days ago

    I’m up. Time to see the young seagoon’s off on the rest of their trip overseas to see other fam.

    I will miss them so much 😭

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    6·
    7 days ago

    Here’s another thing I don’t get: Influencers that are just like a regular person. I can understand following rich people or people that were famous for something once. But I saw one woman who just lives in a 100 year old house and is renovating it kind of. I can understand if someone has an online presence about something, but there are people who are just there and don’t seem to have any particular niche or angle.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      6·
      7 days ago

      I saw one woman who just lives in a 100 year old house and is renovating it

      That sounds mildly interesting (to me)

      spoiler

      The rest of the influencers are pretty pointless though

    • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
      4·
      7 days ago

      I don’t have TikTok, but I follow an old blog that does a weekly TikTok round up and the “influencer” shit that gets talked about and blows up just baffles me so fuckin’ much.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        4·
        7 days ago

        I almost don’t mind listening to influencer drama because it’s all so decoupled from reality and anything significant it just feels like short stories about the stupidest people you’ve ever heard of

        • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
          3·
          7 days ago

          That’s true, probably why I read the post every week. It’s crazy what people get themselves in a tizzy over. And what people are freakin’ willing to film themselves doing. Like GET A BRAIN.

          I think there’s a big difference between people who set out to be “influencers” and people who just do what they want that’s maybe a little different and film it or just want to share.

          Meaningless observations/waffling on because I'm bored at work

          Yesterday I came across a lady who’s turning her Boston apartment into a 1980’s Malibu style place. I have friends who watch mount bikers. Boyo used to keep up with a couple who were restoring a yacht to live on. I think the people who do these things on hope of getting famous piss me off, but the people who are just doing something a little out there and filming it are fine by me. I follow an instagram of a guy who’s adopted a whole bunch of senior dogs and really appreciate that whenever people ask to send him donations he’s always “no thanks, I’ve got this”. Made respect to him vs people who buy dogs and dress them up in order to beg for views.

    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
      4·
      7 days ago

      Jenna something? My ex used to watch her because he wanted to renovate a house one day and kind of got me onto it. But the regular people, I think people want to relate to others and feel “connected”. Rich people are far removed from them.

  • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
    6·
    7 days ago

    One of the teams in the building had a new guy join 2 weeks ago and clocked the team leader’s bullshit with in a couple of days. Come in this morning and his work phone and keys are on his desk and my manager confirmed he’d resigned last night, can’t wait to hear how the team leader spins this one. I’m guessing “he just couldn’t handle it” as opposed to what we all know is the truth (the team leader is an asshole).