• Nath@aussie.zone
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    19 days ago

    “Dear Nath & wifey,
    In lines with 'jus coz policies, we’re increasing your rent to $800/week starting somedate soon.
    lots of love,
    Real estate agent on behalf of boomer landlord who has at least three other properties with us.    ”

    So much for the raise my wife just earned through her awesomeness. 😞
    $41,600 per year in just rent.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      19 days ago

      don’t sign yet, find another place asap then give notice

      and go cheap and save save save

      • Nath@aussie.zone
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        19 days ago

        There are some essential criteria for a place to live:

        1. 3+ bedrooms
        2. 2+ bathrooms (there are four of us including a teenager)
        3. Inside the catchment of the high school.

        With those points, there are presently two places in our suburb for $750/week. Moving is a lot of effort to save $2,600 in a year - assuming either place is comparable to our present (fairly nice) townhouse.

        It honestly does appear to be the going rate for houses in Perth. Even going out of the school catchment doesn’t save much. The “cheap” suburbs with crime being a variable are still $550-$600/week. Which is what we were paying for a decent 4 bedroom home in the next suburb over only three years ago. Housing prices in Perth have gone bananas.

        • Catfish@aussie.zone
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          19 days ago

          This sort of math is why we bought when I didn’t feel ready. It’s working out only a tiny bit more expensive, but massively more brain secure. The expensive bit is about to vanish, but inheritance isn’t a fun way to do that.

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
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    19 days ago

    My presentation went so well! Got really great feedback from the people who attended, small group but all really engaged. Hopefully I get some new clients out of it. I think I’ll get to roll it out at another co-working location too.

    I catered too and ordered waaaay too much food. I’ll be eating sushi and sashimi for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next few days.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    19 days ago

    I’ve tidied up a playlist of albums from 2022 I want to listen to and now it’s 1 song from each album, so I can scroll through the list easier and go to the album to add to my queue. There are 125 tracks in there, each representing a larger album. I should probably do this for my other playlists as well.

    That being said, the way we have to track and group music through streaming is terrible and this interface shows how the platforms are trying to kill the album. On Youtube Music you can’t even sort things by release date, which is bullshit because alternative Youtube Music frontends let you.

    I swear to god, if a streaming service offered something like album shuffle, or album playlists I would switch in an instant.

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      19 days ago

      I need to make playlists again. After I fucked Spotify off because of its endorsement of AI music I haven’t setup Apple Music properly.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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        19 days ago

        I’m on YouTube Music for the other benefits but there’s so much of it that sucks. Tidal gives the best royalties to artists but I’m not sure what the rest of it is like

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    19 days ago

    I ordered that hairdryer 2-3 weeks ago and no idea where it is.

    It says the seller sent it, but it’s untracked and hasn’t shown up yet as sent on the progress bar. I chose for it to be sent to a local business for collection so it’s not likely to have been stolen.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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    19 days ago

    I’ve embarked upon a fitness journey again. I got reasonably fit and lost weight a couple of years back (actually not sure how long ago it was) but let it all go for some reason/s (tiredness? The lure of cakes?) I downloaded an app called FitOn and have been doing short low impact routines from there for the past 4 days, sometimes twice a day. I already feel better (altruism?) and I think my balance and strength has improved, so I’ve got that going for me at least.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    19 days ago

    Yesterday I was falling asleep in the waiting room. Came home completely exhausted and slept. The glands are really swollen in my neck and under my arm so either I’m sick or have a quietly simmering infection.

    In the (daylight) morning I’m just going to shove everything into the other room and do a quick sweep. Crack the door for some fresh air, put dishes to soak in hot soapy water, change bedding. Clean litterboxes.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      19 days ago

      lots of hugs, just do what you can and rest

      and tomorrow see if you can home help from the council or state gov

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    19 days ago

    I listened to the audio books of the Helen Forrester autobiographies a few months ago, recommended by CEO here. ( TY 😽 )

    I just can’t stop thinking of them. The books have truly changed how I see poverty, how people talk about poverty and my life too.

    sadly, in the family described by Helen the excuse of poverty was fake, cruelty and selfishness was the point , I know this is not normal for poverty, what Helen described was financial abuse, child abuse, not poverty

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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        19 days ago

        infuriating? She was a cruel psychopath who only stopped starving her children when threatened with prison by doctors working for the government . The mother was getting fat and the favourite children were healthy

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    19 days ago

    It’s great being able to play Silksong on a laptop as I can do it in the bedroom when the kids don’t settle properly, but I think I should save some of the harder stuff for the big computer. Silksong has an uncapped framerate so maybe the extra responsiveness of the big monitor might make a difference. Plus, the game looks gorgeous in 4k

    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
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      19 days ago

      NGL I hadn’t heard about Hollow Knight until last week and kinda wanna give it a whack, but it looks like a lot of precision jumping and I’m just not great at that. I’ve been playing Odi and the Blind Forest and precision timing/jumping wears me out really quickly.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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        19 days ago

        There are some sections of very precision platforming. The hardest parts are towards the end of the game and are completely optional based on what ending you want. They are both tough games, but they’re so cheap you can just pick Hollow Knight up and just give it a go. Plus, it’s Australian made.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      19 days ago

      That’s so wholesome and educational.

      I thought it was going to be about someone like the pigeon lady from Home Alone 2. This is better.

      • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone
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        19 days ago

        I’ve been hanging out in that area of St Kilda for most of my life now. It’s been a while since I’ve been back but it’s the next place I want to move to.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    19 days ago

    Huzzah got the soundcard and HDDs. Place I got the HDDs from threw in a tiny (9g) packet of jelly babies lol which was a nice touch.

    Will finally have a functional studio again. Can’t wait to make some glorified synthesised fart noises with 2.5ms latency.