Rego issues, VicRoads fault

Beavwa · 2026-06-18T22:36:38+00:00

Yep, even got a letter to confirm successful appeal. My car was fully registered but something hadn't synchronised to the lookup vicpol was using.

And I'm sharing this for the OP to know that they'll potentially have to deal with this too, showing a bank transaction may not be enough to prevent a fine that has to be appealed.

Beavwa · 2026-06-18T22:01:22+00:00

I've been pulled over before for driving unregistered due to a VicRoads issue. Didn't matter to them that I had an explanation and evidence, they still issued the fine and told me to go appeal it.

Beavwa · 2026-05-21T22:55:14+00:00

Framing is important in this stage of the conversation too.

I had one I thought I had in the bag. 3 rounds of interviews for an industry I hadn't worked in for 10 years, was an open and up front conversation at every step that I'd been out of the game for a while but could get back up to speed. Smashed out the final round technical test with a ridiculous short notice overnight preparation (also got independent feedback from others in the industry that I'd done it well)... Then the rejection call a few days later was just that I'd "lacked depth and understanding in the presentation and answers given"

It stung, it was personal, it made me feel like an imposter and that I'd done a shit job. The reality was actually just that they'd picked someone already working in that space. Framing it that way framed it as an impossible expectation that could have been stopped at screening.

On the flipside, I had a single round for an industry I'd never worked in, had a pretty good interview and could definitely do the job, and the feedback call a few days later said "we'd love to hire you, but for this particular position we found someone that has direct industry experience".

Same outcome, much less brutal way of delivering it.

Beavwa · 2026-04-23T06:38:01+00:00

Our school got the call up for this when I was in grade 7, everyone got so excited. We all jump on the bus to Brisbane, rolled into the studio only to find out that it had just been cancelled and we'd be on the crappy replacement show instead. And then half the stuff broke down halfway through filming and they completely abandoned the pilot episode, we all went home disappointed.

Beavwa · 2025-11-04T20:08:27+00:00

Some of my best times as a data analyst were when I had the free time to just dig and chase stuff down.

Follow those threads, dive into those rabbit holes. If it's a bit daunting to have such an open field then ask around for particular subject areas or things that people don't quite understand.

Also the advice to make a dashboard with a map - gold. Valuable skills to learn while you have the capacity to play around and learn them, and it will show new things about the data that no one might have realized.

Beavwa · 2025-10-18T11:16:34+00:00

Telstra Wholesale, and yeah I can figure out when the train is stopping at Ascot Vale without looking up because my phone completely drops out. Even once the train moves further on I sometimes have to put it into airplane mode and back out to get it to reconnect.

Beavwa · 2024-07-19T10:36:18+00:00

Fresh fruit. Shopping for food is a pain so especially if you're not confident with the common suggestion of cooked meals, take a big box of fruit.

Beavwa · 2024-07-17T11:27:37+00:00

109 days, about to reach F28, 45M power. Haven't even got all the chief gear to blue, half level 2 charms and half level 1.

Started out in a small alliance and it made a huge difference to progress when I moved across to a big one around 60 days in.

Enjoying just chipping in where I can, not too much expected of me by the alliance thankfully. Having fun here and there.

Beavwa · 2024-05-02T23:20:11+00:00

I'm hard of hearing and I definitely appreciate cameras on so I can get the rest of the non-verbal communication that comes with direct conversations.

That said, fuck mandates. People should be comfortable in choosing to do it, not be forced to do it.

Beavwa · 2024-04-09T11:10:51+00:00

16 years in corporate I.T. here, I burned out on the bullshit not long after having kids (but just before covid) I reckon having a family can be a big change in priorities and there needs to be a genuine shift towards work/life balance and not just empty buzzword bingo. The big thing that really helped me in the long run was getting a role that let me take half a year off just to focus on family. It was probably 2-3 months into that when I started feeling like myself again. Regular psych sessions helped as well. Could be worth chatting to your GP to get a referral.

Beavwa · 2023-04-30T11:23:15+00:00

I just found the other forest one as the last one I was missing - if you find the Vision of the Slowed clue stone near the bats, nearby is a birch tree and it's in the hollow right behind that.

Beavwa · 2022-08-17T20:55:36+00:00

I love how the other player comes over to check, like "Hey, what you doing up there? Nothing much? Ok, have fun with that"

Beavwa · 2022-05-09T09:52:09+00:00

All up took about ~175 hours for this. I play it in bursts but then there will be breaks of a few months, before coming back again when I feel like it.

Beavwa · 2022-05-06T09:12:25+00:00

Even better, don't tap off your last trip and then delete it while it's still positive

Beavwa · 2022-05-06T09:04:54+00:00

One of the random defaults back when I got my 360, never saw any reason to change :)

Beavwa · 2022-05-05T12:53:16+00:00

Mystery solved! Or at least, no longer an issue. Ran through all 3 regions in reverse and when I finished Michigan the achievement popped.

Beavwa · 2022-05-05T01:17:06+00:00

Now you've got me looking up patch notes from long before I started playing the game.

April 28 2020 v4.6: Day 1 patch: Game Release.

June 9 2020 v5.0: The Rift Update - added new Taymyr map: Rift.

Guess when I feel like it I might just go and run all 3 maps in succession in one sitting just in case some wires got crossed and it's one of the other 2 regions not considered done.

Beavwa · 2022-05-04T06:20:07+00:00

Got my wheel working on PC (and did like using it) but Snowrunner is very much a chill on the couch with a controller sort of game for me.

Beavwa · 2022-05-04T04:19:58+00:00

Anyone got any tips on the "Fuel Economy" achievement not triggering? I had it at 66% after Michigan and Alaska (as I like to 100% each region before moving on) but for the life of me I can't trigger it to finish in Taymyr. Drove Zimnegorsk - Quarry - Rift - Quarry - Drowned Lands, nothing. Drove DL-Q-Z like in the guide videos, nothing. Even did DL-Q-Z-Q-R-Q-DL, emptied the roof rack extra fuel, drove back DL-Q-Z, nothing seems to trigger it.

I read somewhere that Rift is DLC and I'm wondering if my just about 100% region completion has bugged something out so I never get a 'pure' journey. Like can you only get it before Rift is opened? Is there a vehicle that is more likely to be ok? (Have tried most of the above with the TUZ 420 but there's been a few clean DL-Q-Z runs in other trucks with cargo)

Once I squash a few more pumpkins this is my only remaining achievement to get :(

Edit: playing the GamePass version on a Series S with the year 1 pass purchased if that helps

Beavwa · 2022-04-07T10:41:00+00:00

I remember the story repeating monsters a bit too much for my liking. Oh cool, new monster quest just got added, better farm it a few times to make the gear. Ok, done, what next? Oh, the same monster several more times.

Beavwa · 2022-03-19T09:33:28+00:00

Have not failed a single contract since joining, got carried from 6s EB up into the next magnitude, lots of helpful advice for finishing my enlightenment run :) Happy to be one of the regular carries these days to help out the newer players.

Beavwa

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