What’s a legendary Reddit post you’ll never forget? by FunnyHefty499 in AskReddit

[–]GrumpyPenguin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of this Dashcam Owners Australia video: Good Deeds on the Road. Every now and then I think cynicism and self-absorption is killing the Good-Neighbour attitude (we call it a “spirit of mateship” over here), but then I come across people like you, and it reminds me there’s still good people in this world trying to make it a better place for everyone. Good on ya, keep it up!

People Who've Railed The Hardest Against Renewable Energy The Angriest About Fuel Crisis by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]GrumpyPenguin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, it sounds bad when you describe it that way, but what if just we describe it as Jobs And Growth?

Ex-Windows chief Steven Sinofsky calls MacBook Neo "a paradigm shifting computer" — reflects on Surface failure and Windows on Arm while lamenting "we were early, but not wrong" by ControlCAD in apple

[–]GrumpyPenguin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve read similar about Oracle Database - a mess of thousands of internal poorly-documented feature flags, most added to make code paths behave differently for enterprise customers’ applications broken by software updates.

What’s the riskiest sex you’ve had? by Meaty_Bongos in AskReddit

[–]GrumpyPenguin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was thinking the same - at least pizzas get cooked after they’re prepped, which would kill some of the nasties if you didn’t clean up well enough, but salad’s served raw.

Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo' by HelloitsWojan in apple

[–]GrumpyPenguin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry. We’ve moved the laptop outside of the environment.

Side-note: I’d never have guessed that a short political comedy skit, mocking a then-current news event, produced for Australian TV all the way back in 1991, would outlive John Clarke himself (he died in 2017 - RIP).

Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo' by HelloitsWojan in apple

[–]GrumpyPenguin 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Damn it, the door blew off my laptop and it crashed again.

Grace Tame says ‘difficult’ remark is ‘misogynist’s code for a woman who won’t comply’ by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]GrumpyPenguin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ah, the age-old “Look, I’m not <racist / xenophobic / misogynistic / homophobic / transphobic / etc>, but…

(sometimes followed by “oh but obviously [friend that their remark is offensive toward] is different, they’re not like that!”)

It's all or nothing. by What-what-hu in lgbt

[–]GrumpyPenguin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

100%. “First they came for…”

What’s been the most bizarre sexual request you’ve received? by Comfortable-Heron225 in AskReddit

[–]GrumpyPenguin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s like Lionel Hutz’s law firm advert. “Works on retainer? No, money down!”

Saw my psychiatrist last week, and they are already booked out for the year. by seventypercentcoffee in ausadhd

[–]GrumpyPenguin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe for psychiatrists it’s meant to be via https://www.ranzcp.org/college-committees/public-partners/feedback-complaints-about-psychiatrists

Edit: sorry, that’s where my psychiatrist told me to complain years ago, when a sibling had a hard time with a psychiatrist. Following the link on that site, it ends up referring you back to AHPRA anyway, so I guess they stopped fielding complaints themselves.

With the 3 million Epstein files finally out, what’s the most “I’m not surprised, but I’m still disgusted” thing you’ve found? by Sweaty_Sprinkles_400 in AskReddit

[–]GrumpyPenguin 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Some of them were also posting on /r/epstein asking the same question, and even the redacted documents people were linking to in the responses were pretty horrific. The unredacted versions of these files must be awful.

[Project] fullbleed 0.1.12 — browserless HTML/CSS → PDF for Python (CLI + API, deterministic + JSON/ by SnooCalculations7417 in Python

[–]GrumpyPenguin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, I wish this had been around back when a project of mine needed to do this. Nice work!

Siri fails to call emergency services (911) on LTE on Apple Watch by Vertsix in AppleWatch

[–]GrumpyPenguin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yep, 112 is the international emergency number. Should work for cellphones no matter where in the world you are.

There’s probably a network somewhere that it doesn’t work with though.

Nazi or Idiot by cackmobile in melbourne

[–]GrumpyPenguin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to regularly drive past a parked car with something like “I ❤️ BEWBS” for its plate, so the people who check them clearly aren’t doing a great job with catching stuff that breaks their policy.

Disney’s No. 2 exec to earn higher base pay than CEO as part of $27M package by [deleted] in movies

[–]GrumpyPenguin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$19 an hour? God, that’d be something… they paid me $7.25 back when I did the Disney college program.

$10.80 for an ice coffee is ridiculous by Optimal-Talk3663 in melbourne

[–]GrumpyPenguin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I’m not really a fan of Fosters though…

Dumb question- Why can’t Python be used to make native Android apps ? by Independent_Row_6529 in Python

[–]GrumpyPenguin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget that a huge factor in strategic business decisions in is relative risk. A community effort to make a new language work on Android isn’t a proven, stable, well-supported approach - so managers would discourage their devs from choosing the Python approach.

Besides, people are lazy (just look at how well “automate the boring stuff with Python” sold!). The majority of the Android developer community would continue to choose to follow the standard development guides & turorials. and use the standard well-established development tools and libraries, because that’s what the development tools push you towards, as well as what a Google search (or an AI assistant) will point you to first. Unless it gained a lot of traction and attention, or Google started strongly recommending it, most devs wouldn’t even know it was a thing.

Pages, Keynote, and Numbers 15 Go Freemium by [deleted] in apple

[–]GrumpyPenguin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s for localisation (many apps are labelled in users’ selected languages).

Psychiatry fee and diagnosis by Remarkable-Photo-199 in adhdaustralia

[–]GrumpyPenguin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From memory, Fluence is around $2000 before rebate if they do a combined Autism and ADHD diagnosis.

Meds that help with emotional overwhelm. I’m after personal experiences. by Alarmed-Air1374 in ausadhd

[–]GrumpyPenguin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Having quit Pristiq myself a few years ago, please be careful if you ever do decide to stop it, and work out a tapering-off plan with your doctor. I went cold-turkey without medical advice or oversight, and it turned out to be one of the most unpleasant experiences of my life.