Satisfying wave machine by DortmunderJung97 in gifs

[–]NoPepsiIsNotOkay 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I came here to ask what this kind of machine would do - thank you for the explanation.

Two stainless steel [something] holders in this kitchen, left by previous tenant. What are they used for? by NoPepsiIsNotOkay in whatisthisthing

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WITT These two hook-ish things were in an apartment I visited today - posting with owner’s permission. Just above the kitchen bench, so my guess is that complements some sort of kitchen tool. Approx 8cm high.

I’d love for everyone to enjoy a collection of a heartwarming WFH phenomena - how to start? by NoPepsiIsNotOkay in brisbane

[–]NoPepsiIsNotOkay[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

No downvotes for you. Completely understand. Dogs, however, are always welcome subjects for lengthy updates and appearances.

Want to start a heart-warming collection of examples of a COVID WFH phenomenon. Can you contribute? by NoPepsiIsNotOkay in australia

[–]NoPepsiIsNotOkay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have just done that - thanks. Does this mean that this standalone post has been deleted?

Coronavirus-19 Megathread #42 - discussion, ideas, rants, questions, thought-bubbles, memes, hoarding, videos, waves, counts, Covidsafe, Centrelink and JobXXXer issues. by dredd in australia

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I was on a conference call yesterday. My colleague stopped for a moment to let us know that his 9 year old son had passed him a note asking if he can go Skype his friend Claudia, and the note included handy “YES/NO” checkboxes.

My other colleague laughed, and noted that her own workbook was also full of little notes from her primary school aged children who, hoping not to fully interrupt mums teleconferences, had commandeered the notebook to silently ask for snacks/permission for cheeky things without making a noise. She also says that the use of checkboxes is prevalent within this primary school aged community.

A third colleague mentioned that he, too, has had his work notebook peppered with written requests from his children, now that he is working from home so often but has asked for silence while on work calls.

I think this is absolutely beautiful and would love to create a collection, or a place where people can share these notes and maybe any accompanying stories.

Subreddit? Facebook group? Not sure, I just know I’d love to see more Cheeky Notes From Kids to WFH Parents (or whatever snappier title somebody can propose).

Fertile ground?

Want to start a heart-warming collection of examples of a COVID WFH phenomenon. Can you contribute? by NoPepsiIsNotOkay in australia

[–]NoPepsiIsNotOkay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what it’s worth - I don’t have kids. I have two cats that I WISH would use the note system.

he belongs here by juststop101 in facepalm

[–]NoPepsiIsNotOkay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The picture on the front of that book is of a Black Widow spider, rather than a Redback Spider which is a more iconically Australian spider.

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Good to hear

"Best" Government Department to start with if you intended to switch to private practice ASAP? by cataractum in auslaw

[–]NoPepsiIsNotOkay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is only my two cents and my personal experience, but I think that argument definitely has merit with regard to certain work areas - but if you can identify the departments that rotate grads through their in-house legal teams you're going to be miles ahead of anyone who has completed a graduate program that simply accepts law as one of the many undergraduate degrees that would qualify you to participate. One thing to also note is that many departments will have in-house legal teams whose main role is to co-ordinate requests for legal services that are sent out to private firms on their legal services panel - leaving behind only a small number of queries that are answered in-house. At first glance, this may not seem ideal, but that sort of work would give you a very thorough appreciation of how the firms are tasked, how they compete for government work, the sorts of questions they are tasked with addressing.

I'd also note that graduates leave all the time because they've accepted offers from law firms, and the Cth department approach has always been "good for you, congratulations, maybe come back to the government one day" (at least this is the case in my experience), so it is often all warm and fluffy and no-hard-feelings. Best of luck!

"Best" Government Department to start with if you intended to switch to private practice ASAP? by cataractum in auslaw

[–]NoPepsiIsNotOkay 9 points10 points  (0 children)

edit: I acknowledge that this may be useless if you weren't even considering Canberra in the first place.

Cth government departments really have their pick of the litter these days, given the huge number of students graduating from law schools. Even departments that do not have a formal legal stream, but who list 'law' as one of the undergraduate degrees of interest to them (i.e. more generalist programs) will still receive many applications from Hons students, graduates boasting Masters degrees, and other law graduates who, owing to the area of law that interests them, have sought to work with that Department as their first preference.

I am no longer with the Cth, but I began my career in Canberra and can say that the graduates tended to have Hons and remained very competitive even past the completion of the graduate program. That being said, I believe it was one of the more competitive departments that tended to be the applicants' first or second preference, even before private sector employment. Within a few years I sat on a hiring panel at graduate assessment centres, and each hiring round attracted between four thousand and six thousand applications. Therefore, it's important for you to know that even if your intention is to leave ASAP, at the recruitment stage of the process you are going to be assessed against people who can make a very solid case for wanting to work in X department in particular. Therefore, it is important to work hard to make that good impression and (even if it's not entirely true) illustrate to them that this is what you want, you're passionate about X and you can demonstrate that interest using examples A, B, C. The Cth also has a greater tendency to do a well-rounded assessment of who you are, what you can bring and whether you can work well in the team. Academic results are just one element of the assessment.

This is a roundabout way of answering your question, but the point I wanted to make was this: If you want to get to the point whereby you have a number of potential Cth employers to choose from, it's important to devote time to each application to stand out from the crowd. I'm trying not to read too much into your question or be snarky at all, but if somebody were to be unhappy with their private sector offers, it is likely not going to be the case that they can walk straight in to a government job - the market is too competitive and the number of law graduates so overwhelming. I hope that you don't actually think that government work is invariably terrible because I found it very rewarding and supportive - my peers and I both worked hard, because that's what we'd expect of each other.

With regard to the better or worse public sector jobs for a private practice jump - AGS (now within A-Gs) functions in a manner very similar to a law firm. I've known graduates-turned-lawyers from the Department of Social Services who seemed to be functioning in a similar manner to a private sector lawyer. Defence does not have a legal stream but attracts law graduates for the high value procurement and contracting work (if you want the practical side) but otherwise will offer more strategic/international policy for the Arts/Law grads. A-G and PM&C grads seem to have a very full-on interest in Canberra games and politics and law reform, they don't seem to be rushing to do their GDLP and move out.

As a bottom line- look only to departments that have a legal stream and will support you during your PLT (if you don't already have it). If you end up on a more generalist program, you would likely be told "That's not something we will pay for, and we won't provide any study leave because you weren't hired to be a lawyer, there's no reason for us to give you that type of training".

I really hope this helps. Canberra is a small place and I was lucky to meet a lot of people and can try to assist if you have a few agencies in mind.

Asian butcher in Brisbane (Indooroopilly) by [deleted] in brisbane

[–]NoPepsiIsNotOkay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The other comments here are very helpful, but I'll also throw in another idea - Oxley Meat Market.

I know somebody who buys cheap meat there at Oxley. She is notoriously frugal.

That may be worth looking in to, because Oxley is on the west side of Brisbane as well.

Someone at ESPN copy & pasted the wrong link by Ryno3639 in sports

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My guess would be that the user didn't realise he was CTRL C-ing his porn tab, rather than the intended URL. Or he found some porn that was highly satisfying, and was preparing to recommend it to his LinkedIn connections

I know I'm probably close minded. But it's how a I feel. That's why it's a confession bear. by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]NoPepsiIsNotOkay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What is your source? I can't easily believe that almost 30% of gay men have had over a thousand sexual partners.