• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    9 days ago

    Not there yet but golly gosh did this new 'puter churn through that data.

    Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN. 20 x 3 mins exposure.

    Usually have to leave it for a good 15 mins / 30 mins to process… took < 1 min now which is wild.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
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    9 days ago

    Beyond the realms of human imagination is possibly the stupidest possible description of something that already exists

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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    9 days ago

    Ok got Jerboa working.

    Spoiler: Assault discussion and rant

    Title

    Assault discussion and rant

    :::So today I go to the cafe I like to get a coffee from at the train station before work, and the guy next to me at the counter is having a friendly chat with the barista. Suddenly a guy comes up to him and slams a coke can into his neck. The can sprays one drop of liquid onto my leg and I stare at it stupidly. The two guys are not throwing punches but the guy who was attacked is just meeting his force, they’re just kind of swaying. My stupid brain thinks they know each other, and then I’m like, “hang on why would he hit him with a Coke can?” (I am super dumb before coffee and had half my brain on my birthday). The attacker then headbutts the other guy and walks away. The victim kept an incredibly cool head. It all happened so quickly and was the most unprovoked and totally random thing I have ever seen. The victim looked a bit like Andre Agassi and the perp looked a bit like Catweasel but younger. His neck was scratched up from the can and he had a rapidly growing lump on his face. I told him he needed to get that seen to. I’ve seen the perp around that area and he’s a homeless guy who’s made himself a little encampment I’ve seen. Never seen him act like this before, but has obvious mental health issues. A couple of us gave the victim our numbers, but he said “the police aren’t gonna do anything anyway.” It was just really disturbing in that it was so completely random and unprovoked. When one of the other witnesses asked, the guy said he didn’t know him and had never met him before. For years I had anxiety and was in a heightened hyper vigilant state, and it took years of counselling and medication to actually deprogram myself from that. And then today something like that happens right next to me and I stare like a stunned mullet (to be fair, so did everyone else). When I got to work the kitchen manager said lucky it was just a Coke can, what if it was a knife. I thought shit, that’s true and seriously the guy would’ve been dead.

    The day before that, some pervert got arrested for trying to abduct children just down the block from there. He actually climbed into a car to get a kid and the mother was right there! Seriously what the fuck‽ I feel like carrying a ciggie lighter to go with my can of deodorant, if my dumb brain decides to react in time for it to be useful.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      9 days ago

      so many hugs , that’s just terrible, and yes, standing still is a tactic our brain uses, you survived, you did good

      and you tried to help too

      more hugs

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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      9 days ago

      WTF. I’m so sorry. This is terrifying. There’s no way to know how a violent person might react if you tried to intervene, he could escalate the violence. The fight/flight/freeze primitive brain is usually very good at making the right choice, otherwise we would have died out as a species. I think mental institutions are not always a bad thing. Nobody benefits from this guy being on the street. Not him, not his victims, not the police, not the bystanders. There must be a better way.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      9 days ago

      You did the right thing, intervening would have only put yourself in harm’s way. It sounds the aggressor may not only have mental health issues, but meth/drug issues as well, and you can’t know how they’re going to act at any given minute.

      Try to occupy your hands and brain with a physical task - a simple game (Tetris, or a simple puzzle game) can help with processing what happened.

      You’re going to be okay, sending you good vibes and love 💜

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      8 days ago

      I’m so sorry, Melbourne is getting so fucked. And it’s illegal to even carry stuff for self defence.

      That was the freeze response (which you probably know) and is designed to protect you. I hope you’re doing alright in the aftermath.

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
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      9 days ago

      That’s a really scary situation to be involved in, I’m sorry that happened to you and on your birthday too. Something is in the air in Melbourne lately. That random stabbing in the news today and now what you’ve described. After my pumpkin attack episode earlier in the year (which the police did not take seriously at all), I am so much more vigilant of the people around me and keep my distance from anyone acting strangely.

    • Eagle@aussie.zone
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      9 days ago

      How frightening for you, I don’t think any of us know how we’d react when faced with something like that. There is something very wrong with our system where an assault like that isn’t worth reporting. I hope you can process this and it doesn’t change the kind soul you are 🩷

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    9 days ago

    even tho I’m really tired out it’s been a really good day

    this is the 3rd day of changing how I walk and lo and behold my back no longer is in agony on the way home

    every small change adds up :-)

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    9 days ago

    I was expecting hot and gross weather today. It’s just kind of warm. Maybe since it’s a one off day the house hasn’t ha da chance to heat up

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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      9 days ago

      The cool change has alread come through Ballarat too, it definitely didn’t get up to advertised temperature. I was worried about getting too hot working outside (it is in full sun) but I’ve had to stop working due to rain instead.

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    9 days ago

    Happy Friday Eve!

    I’m going to do a gratitude thread because haven’t done one in a while. What are you grateful for?

    what I'm grateful for

    • the friendly PSOs I encountered last night

    • another fun meetup session

    • the signage in the city being okay for replacement buses

    • my classmates giving me travel advice

    • looking after my aunt’s dog and seeing her every morning (she is one and still has a bit of puppy energy)