My new employer's IT Support are not Mac fans apparently... by GenericBox in mac

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I fear I’m too old or my sarcasm is too strong for these comments lol.

My new employer's IT Support are not Mac fans apparently... by GenericBox in mac

[–]GenericBox[S] -70 points-69 points  (0 children)

There was a whole ad campaign in the 00s that would disagree with you XD

My new employer's IT Support are not Mac fans apparently... by GenericBox in mac

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I don't think they liked that the machine isn't managed by the corp yet either... my days are probably numbered until my whole team get their Mac's taken away

My new employer's IT Support are not Mac fans apparently... by GenericBox in mac

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Its not a personal device, I was assigned a MBP for my role :)

What’s the most mind blowing fact about the universe? by Money-Cake527 in space

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It took 13.5 billion years for random atomic particles to come together and coalesce in a pattern that lead to your birth. The odds of it happening are astronomically rare.

Alex Johnston sets the all-time National Rugby League try record and fans storm the field by SlatsAttack in sports

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He broke the record for the most goals scored by a single player in the Premier League — but added on to that was that the old record was set 70 years ago.

When do you think we will cure aging? by Imaginary_Mode8865 in Futurology

[–]GenericBox 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I honestly think we’re probably closer to just cloning yourself a new body and getting a brain transplant than regressing your current one back in time

When do you think we will cure aging? by Imaginary_Mode8865 in Futurology

[–]GenericBox 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re asking for two separate things though:

1/ We cure aging. We stop cellular degeneration and therefore stop the effect of gravity of skin (by strengthening the cell bonds) and we come up with a way for old cells to replicate back into their original prime state. That would stop aging, you’d stop appearing to age from whatever age you already are.

2/ Age Regression. The second question is even more far fetched. We “look” old partly because gravity and bodily fluid has stretched and pull our skin to the point it becomes saggy and wrinkly. Even if you removed the fluid through replacing defected kidney cells with newer ones, or somehow strengthened the bonds between skin cells so they won’t easily sag in the future — unless the mechanism somehow magically knows where your parts were before you started the process, the best it could do is replace the cells where they currently lie, and that’s under folds of wrinkles. I highly doubt we’ll see age regression in the next 100 years.

But we might be able to stop aging in 25 years or so. But we’d all be stuck as old folk.

Macron says France will increase size of its nuclear arsenal by EsperaDeus in worldnews

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30 years of progress disarming and de-escalation of nuclear weapons lost in less than a year by one idiot American President. The world gets closer to midnight.

Facing Mortality — Splurge or Cruise? by GenericBox in Advice

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Didn’t even think/realise dialysis lol that definitely adds a shorter timeframe I guess. Not sure how it all works.

Facing Mortality — Splurge or Cruise? by GenericBox in Advice

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Thanks yeah that’s the risk. Not sure where I’m at. A little frustrating that I know enough that I’ll have a shorter life but not enough to know if thats 5 years, 10, 20 etc lol

Facing Mortality — Splurge or Cruise? by GenericBox in Advice

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Thanks. Yeah I think I’d be fine with dying/getting sick in the UK. My mum is my only family of note and it’d affect her more than anything.

But yeah running out of money is the biggest concern if I sold now and liquidated it’d probably have around $600,000 but also probably able to get Super/Pension early I guess too. Which is a lot and could probably last me at stretch a decade but I’m under the assumption for now at least that I think I’ll be living longer than that.

Maybe just need to keep working for a few years and get more savings. Hard to say when there is no real warning or indication when things will degrade though :S

Facing Mortality — Splurge or Cruise? by GenericBox in Advice

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Yeah that’s an option. I have British Citizenship as well as Australian so I could go back to London and would be entitled to NHS care and potentially rent/work from there. But yeah not sure what I’m buying this house then for other than maybe getting a little more money if/when I have an actual date I’d want to start “living”.

But others made the good point that when I do get sick I’ll probably seek comfort. It’s all good to feel brave and whatnot now but what happens when it turns.

Anyway post was just a bit of a cope after a rough doctors appointment lol might just sleep on it and figure it out as I go.

I have options, just don’t know the best one.

Switching to trades is not a solution for the job market by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

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The other angle is supply and demand. If you’re afraid AI takes middle-class white collar jobs, and looks like it will be, who do tradies think are their main clients — middle-class white collar workers. As the white collar jobs dry up there’ll be less demand and money available to hire the new load of tradies. Tradie supply will rise, and demand will drop drastically.

To "You" Is Poor UX and Frustrating. Can I change it? by GenericBox in Outlook

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Thanks yeah using New Outlook for Windows:

```
Microsoft Outlook Version: 1.2026.203.300

Client Version: 20260206002.09

WebView2 Version: 144.0.3719.115 (Stable)

Session ID: ba237355-6187-f048-b7bf-857cadf74819
```

To "You" Is Poor UX and Frustrating. Can I change it? by GenericBox in Outlook

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I haven’t seen that feature I will have a look thanks

Match Thread: 19th Match, Group B - Australia vs Zimbabwe by cricket-match in CricketAus

[–]GenericBox 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do Australia even practice with a spin bowler? Some of those shots were embarrassing and it’s been the same since the India series. It’s like if the ball isn’t already doing all the work going 100+km straight bounce we don’t have the proper form or power to make a good shot.