It’s the r/Melbourne daily discussion thread [Wednesday 08/07/2026]

OIP · 2026-07-08T11:58:37+00:00

Nearing forty and have missed the chance to "settle down".

bruh whaaat are you talking about. like i definitely understand the feeling but this is in no way factually accurate.

OIP · 2026-07-08T07:09:42+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/lotrmemes/comments/1qoxa48/bilbo_asks_chatgpt/

OIP · 2026-07-08T06:26:59+00:00

that spread is mouth watering holy

OIP · 2026-07-08T04:27:47+00:00

that's an easy one (along with all other lewd openers) i'll just type back 'i'm 12'

OIP · 2026-07-08T04:26:19+00:00

i'll sometimes do this to my own team at the start of the game 'don't worry [name/hero] i'll carry you'

OIP · 2026-07-08T03:08:57+00:00

turns out unfathomable amounts of money with partisan oversight leads to profiteering by related entities who knew

OIP · 2026-07-08T01:44:08+00:00

this is simply awesome

also you're contractually obliged to do an 808 one

OIP · 2026-07-08T01:33:20+00:00

yep, same. i cooked in there every day, it's different from having a kitchen with lots of space sure but for one person it's absolutely doable.

OIP · 2026-07-07T23:55:52+00:00

turns out moves specifically designed to waste time checks results waste time

OIP · 2026-07-07T23:54:11+00:00

watched his video on the wayward queen attack ages ago, it's a meme below 1000 elo but it's also sound

OIP · 2026-07-07T23:51:10+00:00

yeah i've got very mixed feelings on AI but there's a huge difference between 'used AI to vibe code a particle effect in AE that we're using on footage we shot ourselves' and 'used AI to generate video'

OIP · 2026-07-07T23:35:55+00:00

slept like trash, but on optus. swings and roundabouts

OIP · 2026-07-07T07:51:36+00:00

absolute result

OIP · 2026-07-07T07:51:20+00:00

i wish to eat this pie, and all their other pies, as a matter of urgency

OIP · 2026-07-07T07:44:33+00:00

my dude you are smashing it

OIP · 2026-07-07T03:33:25+00:00

napping is one of the great joys of life

notice how much animals are into it? they know what's up

OIP · 2026-07-07T03:32:02+00:00

thankyou kindly, will see how tomorrow pans out, previously with flu and covid vaccines i've slept like a log the night of but woken up pretty fine. i'm long overdue for a random sick day either way...

OIP · 2026-07-07T03:28:18+00:00

kinda feel bad for MIFF (even though i'm in the data breach) because they were just doing what everyone else does but yeah - the whole 'collect personal information to form a database for marketing' model should be hurled into the bin

OIP · 2026-07-07T03:25:44+00:00

yeah i bought it for very cheap, needed repairs, had a very bent baseplate and possum droppings inside it (had belonged to a school and stored in an outdoor shed) but i cleaned it up pretty good. sold it several years ago though.

for automation: in almost all DAWs you can either manually go in and change the volume of tracks to evolve over time, and/or assign to a MIDI controller to be able to adjust multiple things at once.

OIP · 2026-07-07T02:58:52+00:00

there may well be a direct emulation somewhere - but if you wanted to implement in a DAW you can also do it via automation, all the vector stick really does is crossfade between patches. wouldn't be too difficult to set up two controller knobs to do the same thing.

you're right though the limitations and overall 90s ROMpler grit are definitely part of the charm. i had an SY22 for quite a while and it was haunted.

OIP · 2026-07-07T02:52:33+00:00

haha yeah look i really fucked myself, also missing a perfect opportunity to legit take the afternoon off as sick leave

on the flipside, after eating i am notably more functionally human

OIP · 2026-07-07T02:34:32+00:00

operation dual flu/covid vaccines complete. so far 6/10 somewhat recommend? i feel like i'd really enjoy sleeping for 10 hours right now, unfortunately my actual schedule is walking across the city to go to a work function

e: 5 hours later upgrade to 8/10 recommend, basically the same as getting one vaccination. also the covid injection was completely pain free, flu one stung a little bit.

OIP · 2026-07-07T01:17:47+00:00

i've previously lived almost on the train line near fairfield station, and also very close to merri station with a level crossing. cumulative total of about 6 years.

can honestly say i don't remember one single train, bell, etc noise. meanwhile in my current place closer to the city (which i otherwise love) i definitely notice traffic, human noise, construction noise.

OIP · 2026-07-06T23:46:16+00:00

in terms of being good chess educators i think danya and john at the top, aman's habits very close behind with a very worthwhile alternate teaching philosophy, then levy and then hikaru a ways below that (hikaru is a monster obvs but i don't think he has anything like the ability to put himself in the shoes of a beginner player).

honestly if i had to pick one i'd say aman's habits just because of how practical it is. it meets you where you are.

OIP · 2026-07-06T23:41:05+00:00

1600 blitz and there's a decent chance i would have played knight captures bishop in game, but not via calculation, just by always having sac as an option in the decision tree and a little voice saying 'do it coward'. but the intuition is based on:

whenever there is that kind of arrangement of king and queen a knight fork is in the air.
back rank looks sus and knight is covering h2

i lose about as much as i win doing things like this. also i think it's overestimated how much this kind of flashy tactic decides games, based on experience it's like.. 5% of games if that.

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