Patiently waiting for ~7.45am to call in sick. I have next week off work but that's too far away. Had my training for complicated account types the last two days and I'm fried. Training went pretty well though to be honest. There were 6 of us doing it and everyone was really switched on and asking heaps of questions. Given the complexity of the account types were learning about, there is so much that wasn't covered, but we more or less learned how to find the info when needed.
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That sounds like pretty good training to me. Complex situations - you don't need step by step instructions, more a map of the territory and a good idea of the desired end result. And access to information & skills of course.
Scoring is farked on this quiz - I got 8/10, but it showed my score as a perfect 8/8 ??? Naughty abc.
It showed my score as 4/8. Something went very wrong at question 7. It showed all the answers as being right and that's were the total score messed up too, it showed the total answered as 5 instead of 7 at that point. I went back and found if you answer it right it gives you two points for that question. So my second attempt I got 11/8
I think it's fixed now.
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6/10 kind of poopy but it's cool
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Melbcat is seeming much better after increasing her blood pressure meds. Already thereโs no more wandering around yowling (which her general vets were brushing off as dementia). Sheโs chilled right out and seems more comfortable. I think this specialist is a good one.
Itโs really stressful the way the internet is suddenly changing for me. A lot of disruption to my hobbies and friendships. This shit better not come for Lemmy
@melbaboutown @RustyRaven what I think will happen is : social media age verification will drive under 16s AS WELL AS anyone who values their privacy to less well known social media. But as what is already happening with the UK, large Mastodon instances are pre-emptively blocking UK instances, we in AU especially larger instances will get blocked from connecting internationally. Not sure how Lemmy is going to go, but I think the International blocks will come long before local action from our own government.
I forsee VPNs and gotosocial in my future.
Absolutely. My guess is everyone is going to flock to unmoderated platforms. This will be a nightmare as I donโt like being around kids :/
Even lesser known platforms arenโt safe and not even the fediverse because UK users are being made to provide id to use Bluesky. I think itโs coming for Reddit as well.
Age verification AI is now being rolled out for YouTube in the US as a test ๐
Iโm considering a VPN but the problem is it can get you banned or shadowbanned.
Looking at Dailymotion as a YouTube alternative because Iโve been able to find stuff there but age verification might apply there too.
Gotosocial looks good. I feel like a lot of new socmed platforms are emerging and crumbling though. Wondering if weโre going to have to go back to webrings and blogrolls and rss feeds
@melbaboutown to be honest, that time of the internet was pretty good. Though the best time for me personally was when #livejournal was on the rise: a paid account allowed you to add RSS feeds to your friend feed, so pretty much everything I wanted was in one place, but filterable and with very clear security.
RSS reader with Fedi support so locked posts are appropriately protected, with something like Gotosocial widely adopted would be pretty hard to stamp out with the current laws and even without VPN. Also most of the nerds I know personally are already leery of the risks of hosting a masto or Lemmy instance, so something that made this combo easy would probably go down well, even with those I know who so far are avoiding Fedi: they are happily using Discord but what happens when they need to show their ID there? ๐ค
I largely missed out on that era due to not having internet for a lot of it but it seems better than the current environment.
I wish I had the skills for this. I donโt know how to code, host servers, or the first thing about network security. And there would still potentially be security vulnerabilities in the premade websites. And Iโm not using Wordpress.
Discord is definitely going to be in the firing line.
@melbaboutown yeah I expected Discord would be in the list as it's used by tons of kids.
It all sucks!
Hosting your own website isn't as hard as it looks, but Fedi is a step up and I haven't tried it myself yet, though it is on the list, along with #selfhosting. I predict a lot of learning in these areas by a LOT of people, as well as local private mesh wifi & #LoRa networks.
Itโs scary to me. It seems like something that could leak more of your personal info or allow access to your network or devices.
The security and privacy would be much more important than whether the site worked or even stayed up against hacks.
Props to the people who know how to do this
nah, it's pretty basic. I run an incredibly low level server - literally just runs linux and apache, all of it basic HTML, and weirdly as a result? it's been bulletproof. always hilarious watching people try and use php exploits, my server just goes "wat."
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I haven't started packing yet and I'm heading into the office for lunch as my colleagues are taking me out to celebrate finishing my degree. I guess I'd better start now ๐ฅฑ ๐ด ๐ณ ๐๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Funny one, but realising I'm having a mutual break-up with my GP. He's suggested someone else who seems OK but is a bit far away from me. Time to do some research I guess!
Melbcat is being absolutely adorable. She was being the little spoon, then was leaning her face into my heartbeat with her paw pillowed under her cheek, and is now facing me with her arms thrown over my shoulder.
Itโs the norm for her to be calm and affectionate and sheโs more relaxed in her cuddling so I think sheโs feeling a bit better.
Off to the Bellarine today.
Managed to convince ol' girl that she needs to go too. So perilously close to needing intervention because of weight, but having some moderate success with some pretty dense soups. No where near enough though. She's off to see another dietitian (3 different concurrent ones now) next week. Having to get these people up to date is tiring as it changes daily.
Have to say it's pretty demoralising her cracking the shits blaming me for things all the time, and it's random. If something goes wrong (anything from hearing aids not fitting to buying the wrong sort of pastry), I'm first in the firing line. I can take it but it's painful to watch.
The weird thing is that traditionally always been closer to ol' girl than ol' boy, now he's sitting there watching me cop all the shit in real time and he's confused on how to react lol. What used to happen if there was a disagreement (about banal shit), he'd crack it at me. Now everything is on its head and upside down it's very odd.
Anyway will be good to knock over the last of the weeds down there. Won't be much of an escape but at least a change of scenery for a few days.
You're doing a cracking job. Enjoy the sunshine and the rewards of your efforts that work! Maybe she needs some aeroguard too?
Cream or sour cream garnish on soup might add some more calories?
Sorry to hear youโre copping it, thatโs not fair
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With the way you describe all this your patience is boundless. It must be tough to go through all this, but you're doing a great job.
Man that sounds like a hard time, but the fact youโre still there and supportive speaks volumes.
Try to get some time to yourself just to relax as well yeah?
I've made a Megathread on !rage@aussie.zone called Long Lost Aussie Bangers for anyone who wants to listen or contribute.
Remember if we don't use and contribute to other communities we might lose them. Cheers ๐บ
Indeed. Itโs why I continue trying to tend the garden.
Heading over now
Mate, you do more than your fair share. Thank you.
Sorry Iโve been slacking on Food Australia, itโs been hard but Iโm trying to branch out a bit more
Don't be sorry. You do more than enough.
I love you Friday, but I need you to speed up a bit.
it's a cold day and the sun is lovely ๐
I found another nice feature of the new marketing automation software compared to Marketing Cloud; it actually tells you who it doesn't send an email to.
All email platforms have an internal suppression list of email addresses that have bounced too many times and aren't worth sending to. The new system actually tells you who is on the suppression list and didn't receive an email.
In the old job I had to run a query of the send list against the original contact list to find the difference. They were doing a lot of billing changes at the time so they had to make sure everyone was contacted. The new system Just Works.
I promise this isn't sewerage
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My grandma and I were talking about going overseas to her home country.
Her: my passport expires next year. I'm going to get another one but only a five year one this time.
Me: why?
Her: well I will be 90 in ten years, and I'll either be dead or won't want to travel.
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Just another moment to remind me how fleeting time is. I was going to make travel plans for next year or the year after, but I'm scared about bad things happening when I'm gone.
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I need to get up. Do I quickly zoom down to the shops for Ugg boots as Iโve got permission to wear them at work for a little while.
Or leave it till tomorrow?
Happy Friday everybody.
Featuring annoying but cute doggo, so I can't stay annoyed for long. I think all the cat people on here have convinced me to get a cat at some point. I think it would be fun to have an eccentric room mate.
Cheers ๐ป
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Morning crew checking in ๐
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