• Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    20·
    7 days ago

    Hi everyone, long time no see :-)

    I’ve been absent for a bit - I think I crashed a bit after Covid, but I am alive and well and getting back on track.

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
    14·
    7 days ago

    I love when the government calls on a private number and asks me to confirm my name, DOB, address, etc. “Absolutely not, I have no way of confirming who you are”. They seem shaken by the response. Given their atrocious security protocol there’s no way I’m giving a private number any of that info.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      We recently had to do this as part of a campaign. First thing I would say to the person on the other side ‘If you’re not comfortable confirming this, please email the address provided with the correspondence’.

      I completed all my calls in about 15 minutes and fobbed the work onto the team that was monitoring the inbox.

      Such a stupid way of doing things

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      Happened all the time when I worked for the SRO doing outbounds haha. I was always like, “fair enough! When you get a letter saying you owe X* tax, call us on the number on the letter then!” 😂

      *X in place of payroll/investment home tax lol, not the actual figure/amount!

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    11·
    7 days ago
    cheers

    Had a long day so broke my 2025 rule of no grog on a weeknight and shouted myself a little wine and hour looking at the waves. Such a beautiful evening

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    9·
    7 days ago

    Made it down the bellarine today. Had a subsurface leak last Monday (blehg) so all the watering was off. Good thing I did go as the chillies were looking a bit sad. But interestingly the patio flowers didn’t flinch.

    Was expecting worse than that.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    8·
    7 days ago

    I have rediscovered Legend from 1985. Ridley Scott, Tom Cruise, Tim Curry, and an unimaginable quantity of glitter thrown at wind machines. 3/5 unicorn farts

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    8·
    7 days ago

    I went to a talk about the food and beverage industry this morning. The topic of these things is always AI, and the people who hype it the most feel like people who understand it the least.

    There was one example that was quite useful, but it technically falls under machine learning. However, a lot of machine learning has been rebranded as AI because that’s the hot thing at the moment.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      5·
      7 days ago

      I heard someone describing a cars parallel park assist as ‘AI parking’. Er no. It’s just the sensors and regular software. As per Arthur c Clark, ‘any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic’. Calling anything with software in it AI is the current magic trend.

    • bacon@aussie.zone
      4·
      7 days ago

      Sometimes it is just good old software programming. Nothing that learns anything, but still they call it AI.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        1·
        6 days ago

        If something works it must be AI, not a developer making something well and accounting for every use case

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        2·
        6 days ago

        I think it’s mostly people who don’t know what they’re talking about and a few people working in the industry using the current trendy language so they can get funding

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    7·
    7 days ago

    I have been touched by the sun, also, it’s generally not a good idea to bring crabs home.

    day out looking at houses and walking on the beach has been attained

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    6·
    7 days ago

    Okay so I’ve always had this problem with the hot water tap in the shower where if you turn it far right enough it turns on again and goes to full blast (not an analogy for conspiracy theorists, I promise). I have usually been able to turn it to just the right point to get it to stop running without starting again.

    However as of the last 3 days or so the showerhead has been dripping incessantly and getting worse and worse. Right now it’s a constant trickle. Even if I turn off the tap as much as possible and turn the shower head upside down. I tried to turn it off completely at the mains and IT STILL WONT TURN OFF (and I can see it’s my meter for sure as when I have the tap running I can see the mini meter spinning). update: I was an idiot and turned the mains tap the wrong way, it took a lot of turning to go completely off but I managed to shut it down thankfully.

    This is beyond an attempt to DIY fix the shower tap, right? Contact the REA asap instead? The main bother is the dripping at night as I can’t sleep (E: not without turning off hot water at the mains each time). Nobody’s charged me for hot water so far so that’s not the issue … It would be costing the owner a lot though I imagine

    E: email sent. Making it sound as dire as possible. Basically either I have increasing dripping or no hot water. I hope they get someone in asap, but it’s the same REA who didn’t even respect the law and tried to arrange an inspection 2 months into a 6 month lease, so…

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zoneOP
      5·
      7 days ago

      Definitely contact someone and don’t try to tackle it yourself (just in case). I’m no expert but there could be something wrong that could go sideways and result in difficulty turning off a strong flow

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      4·
      7 days ago

      A tap shouldn’t full circle like that in the first place. It’s a safety hazard. You could probably DIY it, but what are you paying the bastards for?

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        7 days ago

        If it was minor it would be the kind of thing I figured would keep me on their good enough side if I fixed it myself (lease ends in mid May with potential for extension and I really do need it for just 1-2 extra months).

        But the fact that even turning off the hot water at the mains did nothing has me worried

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      Contact the REA for sure. It may classify as an urgent repair even, per the tenantsvic website:

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      Specifically:

      • A failure or breakdown of any essential service or appliance provided for water, hot water, cooking, heating or doing laundry
      • A failure or breakdown in any appliance or fitting supplied by the rental provider that will result in a large amount of water being wasted

      Link: https://tenantsvic.org.au/advice/common-problems/repairs/

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        2·
        7 days ago

        This is great to know. I wasn’t sure it counted as urgent repair but I will definitely be making that clear to them now. The leaking is pretty bad now, I think all my tap turning has made it worse. I may have to put a towel in the bathtub to soak up the water so I can sleep at night.

        Shit timing though, idk how long to wait before getting my own plumber and trying to get LL to reimburse

        • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          I believe on that website, the REA has to have it repaired ASAP! No waiting period, only waiting for as long as it takes for the LL/REA to get a plumber

          If they don’t do it in a reasonably timely manner, then you can take them to VCAT, in which it will be heard within 2 business days and/or get a plumber yourself and have the REA reimburse you. But the tenantsvic website should lay it all out for you in regards to your rights and reimbursement

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
            3·
            7 days ago

            Thank you thank you thankyou. Good update is I managed to turn off the hot water at the source, like an idiot I had turned the knob the wrong way around. At least I can sleep tonight. Took video of dripping shower head and faulty tap mechanism and will hope for the best

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    6·
    7 days ago

    If my dog saw me get something from the fridge he likes, he’d do a little Irish jig but now he sits nicely like a drug detection dog.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      3·
      7 days ago

      I swear my dog knows the sound of cheese being grated. Mind you for tax time, I can make it rain (cheese) for him.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        3·
        7 days ago

        Oh yeah. Radar ears. Drop a vegetable and it’s like I’m poisoning him. Drop cheese or meat and he doesn’t leave my side.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    5·
    7 days ago

    Shouting “atsb report!” At the cat as he jumps over the toddler who’s decided to crawl for some reason.