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This.

And there are options that store the data locally on your phone rather than on a company server. This is the safest option.

Yes.

Gosh, 20 years ago at uni I had science professors telling the class that we could (should) do geothermal.

Somehow it's still not a thing we even talk about doing. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

It's not about the age of the device, hut whether it is still meeting (or able to meet) the needs of its user(s).

If it was fully functional, would it still be meeting your needs? If yes, it's worth trying to resolve the problem(s). There are some good suggestions here for things you can try.

If the laptop wasn't really meeting your needs, or the issues the laptop is having can't be resolved, then yes it's time to replace it. (And you may not need to scrap it: sometimes an older device can be repurposed for a new job, either with you or with someone else.)

I think things vary from store to store, and I do see patterns within my local stores change every do often.

Currently my local Woollies and Coles both have a shelf in the refrigerated section where they collect the marked-down stuff. It seems to be that they'll leave things on their normal shelves for the initial markdown, then whatever doesn't sell in that first pass goes to the special shelf for further discounts.

Some days there's nothing much. Some days there's a big pile of stuff 90% off. If you're on a tight budget or just like a bargain, you check several times a week.

Idk about Coles (I'm not there as often) but I've seen Woollies doing further discounting of markdowns around 5pm. So if I'm looking for bargains, I try to go between 5 and 6.

This all applies specifically to the stores in my town, so YMMV. But observe patterns at your local (or ask if you know someone on staff) and you can probably work out their routine to your advantage.

Regional Australia (New South Wales).

Petrol prices are the highest I've ever seen. I guess that's true everywhere.

But also, on Weds when we went to Canberra we drove past two petrol stations with their signs turned off (suggesting they were completely out) — one in the city and one in the country. I've never seen that before. The country station was back on when we passed again a couple of hours later.

Would be keen to join. But I'm not currently up to hosting, and the chances of my town setting up anywhere besides Facebook in the foreseeable future are slim to none. Sadface.

I grew up in the USA and live in Australia. I think of and refer to myself as both 'expat' and 'immigrant'.

Which word I use depends on context. I'm an American expat (context: my relationship with USA), but I'm an immigrant in Australia (context: my relationship with Australia).

I guess I'm really just using "expat" to mean "emigrant". ¯_(ツ)_/¯

My current cats have Opinions (capital O) about what is or isn't food. I tried giving them variety, at least in flavour. They don't want it. The want one specific brand of fish-flavored wet food (in jelly, not gravy). They'll eat some kinds of fish-flavored kibble if wet food isn't available. Anything else, they have to be pretty desperate.

At least they both like the same stuff! But the lack of variety is 100% on them, not me.

(My previous cats would eat most things. These two are just weird.)

Hubby is ADHD and I am not. And it's usually me trying to speak when he is silent but "still talking".

How did we get this backwards? Lol

I think it depends on how you use them.

I spend a lot of time lurking on Lemmy. I read discussions. I don't post or comment much. There's no social element to that experience. (This is an indictment of me, not Lemmy.)

I just recently rejoined Mastodon, and there I find myself replying to people's posts and having short discussions even though I don't "know" anyone. It's not "community" at this stage, but it could become that if I continue using the platform that way. And when I made a post introducing myself, there were several comments offering direction toward finding "my people" (a.k.a. community) on that platform. It's just up to me to make it happen.

Amazing. Thank you so much!

My struggle has been lack of address data in my part of the world. I primarily use maps to help me navigate to a destination address, and it seems that here they can only take me as far as the street, they don't have the street numbers.

I could probably figure out how to add that data for my own neighbourhood, but I can't do it for the town I'll be visiting 5 hours away from home.

And so every time I have tried FOSS map apps, I've had to go back to Google's for at least a portion of the journey.

Suggestions welcome, because I would really like to be able to drop Google completely, one of these days.