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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
So, tomorrow is my first day (bar any issues).
Still feels a bit Unreal, but I'm looking forward to being around people and of course earning an income.
Huge thanks again to everyone here for your support and for my 2 guardian angel references. โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
Good luck! Remember if you get a feeling that you're overwhelemed and can't do the job, everyone feels like that when starting a new job. You'll wake up one day and it will all click.
I'll go you one better: If your feeling overwhelmed and like an imposter, just remember no matter how bad you f up you probably wont knock 8.5 million windows devices offline.
This is going to be my new โbad day benchmarkโ
That was quick. Through to reference checks!
FUCK YESS!!
YOURE A STAR!!! ๐คฉ
I have definitely been humbled over the last 6 months. I think I had an ego problem last year and it's been brought well under control.
It's interesting, because when I was egotistical I felt insecure a lot, but now I'm not letting it get out of control, I feel a sort of quiet confidence.
Life is weird.
So interesting when the narrative in our heads differs from whatโs going on in our hearts hey. And we can ignore it all we want, but deep down we know the truth even if we donโt want to know.
US politics is about to get very interesting.
Dirty Joke
Every media outlet going nuts over "Biden Pulls Out", when the real headline should be at his age, how'd he manage to get in there in the first place?
TW death
Iโm getting sicker and still not making much headway in receiving help. Currently sorting out what the plans would be for Melbcat if I passed. That might not be immediate and I really hope it doesnโt happen but Iโve been deteriorating for a long time and will be heading in that direction without any intervention.
I'm sorry to hear, I think maybe you should pop down to the Emergency Ward and get something sorted.
You shouldn't be having to figure out how to get help while your health is deteriorating.
Is there anything we can help or do for you to get your health back on track?
Thanks, I have been to the ER repeatedly but unfortunately Iโm not your usual case. The medical system can be pretty broken for anyone atypical.
you said you were having trouble eating and drinking and was becoming dehydrated.
Get them to look after that, just treat symptoms for now
@melbaboutown @Duenan
The health care system is pretty broken for neurotypical people too. Expect long waits with a temporary blanket and bowl of porridge for those that qualify. Later, write to your MP about the lack of funds.
I know that feeling - but go anyway. Some hospitals have a patient advocate that can help you. Do it for your kittyโฆ
please go to emergency, please
Like others have said, please do let us know if thereโs anything we can do to help. And consider going back to emergency - maybe they can speed up a referral to a specialist? Even if you get some specialistsโ names, then call them in case thereโs an available appt
Please look after yourself and escalate your need for medical assistance. Wishing you all the best.
Thanks, weโre doing everything possible for that to happen. ๐ค
Please let us know if we can help in any way, I'm so sorry you are going through this. Sending my love.
Thanks Spud
Seagoon , youโve really been holding the fort with the DDTs.
Thank you! ๐ค
Worked all weekend because hey, weekends are over-rated right? Time for day 8 of the working week. Thanks, Crowdstrike... :|
Staff are all back on-deck today. Pray for Mojo... and remember, friends don't let friends work in IT.
so several months ago, I sought advice from this sub on ebikes, and got some great input from a few people (Calhoon? thornburywitch? taleya? I can't remember, but they seem likely...). Just wanted to say that a few weeks ago, I bought one (a kalkhoff as recommended by, I think, Calhoon?) and it has been perfect. Affordable (to me, I recognise that is not the same for everone), low end ebike, perfect for the commute from home to work. it is SO MUCH FUN to ride.
I love her (her name is Debra, just FYI).
model: https://everybodyebikes.com.au/products/kalkhoff-endeavour-1-b?variant=44691780796568
almost a total car replacement for anything in a....say...25k radius!
I finally got to hand out the prizes for my short story writing competition to the last school. It was fun. I am always nervous presenting in front of anyone, let alone a full school assembly but I think I spoke well and didn't stuff anything up. Hopefully the kids will enjoy the prize and the letter I wrote them.
Last night I was thinking 'I don't have the year levels on the envelopes, what if there are kids with the same name...nah, won't happen.'
Yeah it happened.
Was a little awkward, but the wrong kid was in prep so it was an easy fix but I feel bad for the little prepper. I might give him a book anyway.
They took photos of me with the winners and I know I will look terrible because I don't know how to stand, or where to put my hands, or smile for the camera.
Spent $60 out of pocket to be basically told nothing is wrong with me, chest sounds fine, O2 and temp are fine, try Rikodeine and lozenges with anaesthetic and just get more rest. Oh well, at least I have a med cert up to Wednesday inclusive, and it's a relief to know I haven't probably got pneumonia. Wobbly drive home and back to bed it is... need more feel-good TV/movie recommendations.
60 bucks well spent by the sound of it.
work is quite. I've pulled out of this project as much as I can. a Whoever picked the vendor needs to be running the show, not me.
Over at the p's. Aunt sent through a thing to me about a pug up for adoption for the p's last night. Grandparents had a few of them. I was young and only met one of them and he was a nice doggo.
Anyway mum's bday is soon and she's a little hard of hearing these days and she's trying to decide where she'd like to go (last night I suggested the local pub). I told her about the pug this morning and she said she doesn't want to go to the pug she wants something she can eat.
That made my morning.
You know what I love, Iโve been walking around with a noticeable cookie crumb on my lower lip for the last maybe 1.5 hrs. Doing the usual, smiling, interacting and whatnotโฆ
Oh well, I bought the same cookies to go anyway. ๐ญ๐
We had a therapy dog here at work today for the first time.
I'm not sure if this is going to be a permanent thing but it was awfully nice to see a doggo at work today.
The first of my replacement things have begun to arrive. Today's delivery is the Samsung S8 that wasn't stolen, just severely damaged, probably beyond repair.
Fun little story about the last one (I think I told it as it was happening back in the Reddit days):
I bought the first one off of eBay about a year ago just before I moved out of the last place. I think I scored it for like 60 bucks because it was cracked. It was listed as carrier locked, but when it arrived, I found out that it was actually phone locked. It seems that it was wiped through recovery mode and had a Google account linked, which triggered some safety feature that prevented it from being set up again until the original account was signed in and then removed. I did my due diligence before I purchased it, and the IMEI wasn't reported stolen anywhere that I could tell. I believe it was really just a case of not being wiped properly.
I had a back and forth with the seller about it. He was being a dick. He was like "but I listed it as locked! You should've read the description!!!" And I was like "no dude, you said it was CARRIER LOCKED. You didn't say it was bloody account locked!". I decided I'd keep it and work on it as a side project, after all, security systems on old phones are not infallible. And I also got it for like half the price of what they generally go for, so I figured if it didn't work I could probably rip it apart and sell the parts for a profit.
I went down a very long YouTube rabbit hole trying a bunch of different solutions. None worked. Eventually I stumbled upon a video with like 160 views with some dodgy windows exe on MediaFire linked in the description. Against better judgement, I decided to install it on an old laptop just to see if maybe it would work. Surprisingly, it did. It had an odd name, from memory it was like "Sam Vishnu's Cell Phone Hacking Tool" and had clearly been thrown together very quickly. Looked like shit. Somehow though, it did work! It was interesting watching it control my phone through USB. I think it worked through calling one of those special codes (with the hashtags) in the emergency call app, then somehow opening the gallery, which unlocked it and then going to settings and letting me log into My google account. I didn't even know you could control a phone like that through USB, but apparently you can.
I ended up getting it to work, and have used it for a few projects since. As far as I can tell, it never did infect my laptop, or phone, but I wiped both of them anyway just to be sure. I've actually been meaning to find the video and chuck the guy a few bucks. After all it worked and he didn't waste any time or try and sell me shit. After I got into the phone, I immediately upgraded to the latest security patch I could, which isn't susceptible to whatever that tool did.
Edit: it also took too long to arrive and he gave me a fake tracking number, he blamed his staff for it, which I accepted at the time, but after I realised it was locked, I reckon it was intentional
Continuing on the Robin Williams trend, The World According to Garp was exactly what I needed ...
Its nearly 2am, I am exhausted and yet I can't sleep because of this stupid cough. Feels like I've always got a tickle in my chest and can't breathe fully but when I do cough hard, all that ever comes out are the tiniest bits of phlegm. Never had this level of respiratory discomfort. Doctors appointment when I wake up, I think.
I think interview went okay, but I got a bit stumped with a couple of the "give a specific example of...". Like i don't remember specific times I dealt with an irate client because it's too frequent. I should have prepared better for specific examples, but otherwise I think it was okay
It's hard work getting the upholstery tacks out of the underside of the seat , they are pretty much flush with the wood and require a bit of effort . I had to take my oodie off!!
I just bought some cheap embroidery kits on Temu. I'm a bit scared about what will actually turn up.
Two sick kids at home and I'm going to get a doctor to look at this sore throat that's been bothering me for over a week
Have put in some rosemary tube stock. And put plant protectors around it. Damn wildlife keeps trashing my plants. Need spiky sword grass or scented plants.
I had a plant shopping binge when I was stressed, $38 well spent.
Got a major case of the CBF's today. Think I'll go for a walk in the sun and see if that changes my mood.
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