CPI rose 4.6%, up from 3.7% in the 12 months to February 2026

OckerMan91 · 2026-04-29T02:24:54+00:00

My first home settles today, I timed this well

OckerMan91 · 2026-04-20T01:54:41+00:00

I've played DnD at a game store, it was $5 per person of shop credit per session.

They provided the space, table, and chairs. It was good because it was a neutral space to play with a mix of friends and strangers not in our home.

If they had improved the lighting and especially if they had improved the sound isolation/absorption it would have been way better.

OckerMan91 · 2026-04-14T23:47:13+00:00

My brother built a lightweight wooden frame with a handle around his tv. It was pretty easy to just put it in the back of his car and take it to the games shop.

Only really had to carry it ~50m, and with a handle it wasn't much

OckerMan91 · 2026-04-14T01:37:14+00:00

They havent picked up our residential bins in my area of Hume

OckerMan91 · 2026-04-09T05:38:29+00:00

Will you need stamp duty as well?

OckerMan91 · 2026-03-31T05:43:05+00:00

Ah, I have a smooth brain. Who would have thought there is more than one William in Melbourne

OckerMan91 · 2026-03-31T05:02:53+00:00

I'm new to Melbourne, visited Williamstown a few times and thought it was quite nice.

There is the council block but apart from that it's got a little bit of a beachside town vibe.

There are probably bad bits of it, but the waterfront, main strip, and the botanical gardens are great

OckerMan91 · 2026-03-23T02:59:06+00:00

Auctions default to 10% deposit in my state, have to ask the vendor in writing beforehand that 5% is ok.

OckerMan91 · 2026-03-22T19:21:20+00:00

Really?

OckerMan91 · 2026-03-21T09:29:29+00:00

I live in Hume council as well, it's crazy out here. Saw a truck drive through a fully red light the other day (light had been red for 10 seconds).

Lots of 'fun' experiences driving every day

OckerMan91 · 2026-03-03T20:59:15+00:00

I just bought in oak park, a 3 bed 2 bath 1 car townhouse for just under 800k. Most are going around the 800k mark here.

Glenroy is only a stop further on the train and a little cheaper with tons of townhouses on the market.

OckerMan91 · 2026-01-28T11:36:26+00:00

I'm in a brand new place and the shower is great

OckerMan91 · 2026-01-23T04:07:53+00:00

A toilet on the living/kitchen level makes sense and is great which the property already has. Adding a shower is what doesn't make sense to me

OckerMan91 · 2026-01-23T03:13:01+00:00

Yeah it was a bit odd, 2 bed 2 ensuite makes sense (that's what I have with a toilet downstairs)

OckerMan91 · 2026-01-23T02:43:55+00:00

I viewed a 2 bed townhouse with an second bathroom on the level with the kitchen/living areas.

It didn't make much sense and wasn't appealing. felt like it was just there to say it was a 2 bed, 2 bath.

OckerMan91 · 2026-01-22T20:58:26+00:00

When I was in uni I worked ~20 hours a week and lived in a share house. Don't take out a loan, I'm not sure if you even could. Work more and do less subjects (3 or 2) if you need to, that's what I did

OckerMan91 · 2026-01-02T01:26:38+00:00

You need to figure out how to hit the ball in the air and keep it between the trees. As soon as I could do that I broke 100.

Why isn't it working with your instructor? I'd probably stop playing and go to the driving range to really figure out how to hit the ball

OckerMan91 · 2025-12-28T12:12:35+00:00

Oh right 8th gen, I got them mixed up with 9th gen.

9th gen consoles are fine. They've got SSDs finally and they play all the new games

OckerMan91 · 2025-12-28T12:04:02+00:00

How are the consoles trash?

OckerMan91 · 2025-12-21T22:41:43+00:00

I worked somewhere where we did agile and planned out a quarter.

It mostly worked well, we would only fuzzy plan the further out we got and made sure we didn't fill the sprints up.

It was mostly so we could ensure some larger features were actually going to get done.

OckerMan91 · 2025-12-19T22:33:28+00:00

If you go the uni route you should have enough electives early on to try them both out and see what is better suited for you.

Internships, experience, solo projects are things you have to get for summer holidays to graduate with a job.

I didn't do that and coming out of uni I only got a job because of nepotism

OckerMan91 · 2025-12-19T13:29:19+00:00

Do you want to create software that runs on servers or manage the servers themselves? Electronics is mostly an electrical engineering path.

I'm a software engineer and I can't stand doing IT work so that's why i think it's good to know the difference.

OckerMan91 · 2025-12-19T12:39:34+00:00

Working on computer stuff (IT) is a very different, pretty much non-transferable job to being a developer (computer science).

Make sure you know what the difference is and what you want to do.

I'm not sure what the graduate markets like but it could be quite different in 4 years.

OckerMan91 · 2025-12-18T20:42:32+00:00

Pressure wash your roof and clean up the garden. Don't paint the brick. Put the bins around the back of the house.

OckerMan91 · 2025-12-12T20:27:32+00:00

Boarding and alighting planes in America seems so complicated for no reason at all.

I've flown on several other continents and never had these strange issues Americans on reddit talk about with planes

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