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Daily Discussion Thread: Thu 19 Oct 2023 (aussie.zone)

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[–] landsharkkidd@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

God I hate Instagram, no wonder why I don't use it. When searching through tags you can't search via chronological anymore, it's either "top" or "recent top" and recent top you'd think is chronological. Nope! It's basically the most recent posts but has a higher like or view count. So you can get posts from a few days ago, then one in February and then one in July and then one from a week ago. It's ridiculous.

And the other thing I noticed is if you search through someone's feed, no matter if you follow them or not, you'll get ads! Look I get that ads are something the site will have, it sucks but like sure. The app needs to get paid somehow. But why in the middle of people's feeds? That is ridiculous!

I hate the internet.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wouldn't mind ads except I still get ads even when I'm a paid subscriber,

[–] halibutherring@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Get an adblocker for your browser, why not?

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yeah… my spinach seedlings are damping off. It took a while for them to get going and then forgetting to drain the self watering reservoirs during those heavy rains has wrecked them.

The carrots might be ok and the cat grass/parsley are doing well but more of the spinach is just dying. I might have to trash them and try again with new potting mix after bleaching the pot

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

check out perpetual spinach if you can - it's technically a chard (like silverbeet) but it's bloody hard to kill and won't bolt in hot weather

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I could never get spinach to do anything either , I think they need a very free draining sandy soil and I just used ordinary potting mix 🤷‍♀️

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My previous ones did ok in a cheap window box of potting mix.

I just made the same mistake here as the tomatoes, of overcompensating with self watering reservoirs in case I forgot to water. Ended up killing the plants with wet feet

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

same, I over watered

[–] bull@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I just had a burst of motivation to use an appliance I've owned for years and only used maybe 3 times ever. I'm not sure I've even used it once in this apartment and I moved here in 2018.

It's a pressure cooker which also does slow cooking, I think. I feel like making some sort of yum fall-apart meat based.. thing.. but not sure what.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

I'm having a look, it looks like it also steams. Very nice.

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[–] tone_212@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’m getting logged out using safari to browse from time to time. But then I refresh and magically logged back in. I don’t remember my password and the reset link never works. It’s stressful.

Anyway, today was a good day. WFH but not crazy, got time in the sun, fresh cut and now sushi train for dinner. Dreaming of going back to Japan. Or any holiday really.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I've bought some Biscoff spread. What do I do with it?

[–] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oooh! Biscoff gang reporting in. I have it on toast with an unholy amount of butter.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oooo. Thank you.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Spread it on your Biscoffs?

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Damn it. I'll have to get some next time.

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Crumpets! Or as a cake/pastry filling. Or a dollop on ice-cream. It's very sweet, a bit crunchy and tastes like every baking spice in existence except for chilli.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Interesting. Thank you.

[–] Force_majeure122@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My colleague has recently used it as an addition to Rocky Road. It's literally the best Rocky Road I've had

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

This is the reason I asked here.

[–] halibutherring@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Anyone here have experience with hearing protection in a noisy work environment? As in machine noise? Any brands that are better (or the best) to look out for? Price is not really a factor here - I'd like to pay for quality in this instance.

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hearing protection has classifications for noise reduction levels, with class 5 being the highest. So anything in each category will give the same noise reduction performance. After that, it’s just individual choice what you find more comfortable, earplugs or earmuffs. If using earplugs, they need to be inserted properly to be effective, earmuffs are less fussy. However, if it is a workplace, employer should be providing appropriate noise controls and hearing protection. If you have concerns you can look up the worksafe website to know what the requirements are.

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[–] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

I have a lot of experience in extreme noise environments. For your situation you’re better off just buying rubber earplugs on a cord that you can attach to your shirt so you don’t lose them. If additional protection is required just chuck some inexpensive low profile earmuffs on over that. Unless you’re in a tactical environment, you don’t really need expensive noise cancelling earmuff because you end up trashing them.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

20% on home insurance? Huddle, you got some fuckin' splaining to do.

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