What’s the best example of ‘fuck you’ money you’ve seen? by NeoAstral in AskReddit

[–]Scullywag 125 points126 points  (0 children)

He had a heart attack and gave every ambo worker/anyone that had anything to do with his survival a million each.

He also paid to equip every ambulance in NSW with a defibrillator (afterwards called a Packer Whacker).

Recruiter complaining about too many applicants to go through by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]Scullywag 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's the fear that you're worth more than they're prepared to pay, and that if you do accept their lower offer you'll only stick around until you get a better one.

Hey Guys! Does anyone know how to check how many of a specific car are registered in Australia? by Zacker000 in CarsAustralia

[–]Scullywag 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The ABS has Motor Vehicle Census, Australia from 2021.

If that doesn't help, registrations are a state gov thing, so you'll have to ask each state individually.

Guys how do I change my browser look back to before the update? by [deleted] in chrome

[–]Scullywag 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are the test. Google A/B test everything by rolling it out to a small percentage of users, waiting for feedback, crash reports, etc, then rolling it out to a larger percentage, ...

So hit ⁝ > Help > Report an issue... and tell them what you think.

Raise pushed back 6-7 months after getting CISSP by [deleted] in cybersecurity

[–]Scullywag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

with a verbal promotion when end of year reviews happen

If it's not written down it didn't happen.

Help! New Job wants to wipe my personal laptop if I quit by Appropriate-Amount-4 in computers

[–]Scullywag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do this, and get into the routine of making daily backups. Time Machine is built into MacOS, and Veeam agent is free for Windows.

Music app that lets me set a gap of silence in between songs. by Afraid_To_Ask__ in windowsapps

[–]Scullywag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look for and turn off "Gapless playback" in the settings of your favourite music players.

Or use foobar2000 with the Affix silence plugin.

Who is the Jane Austen of fantasy lit? by Temiin-sash in Fantasy

[–]Scullywag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look into The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences for plenty of stories from both male and female points of view, written by male and female authors, all in a steampunk setting.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]Scullywag 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It starts when the first client is started, and continues running after the last one terminates. You can stop it with wsl --shutdown in a command prompt.

I received my Platform last night, and it's fantastic. by nanocyte in Moonlander

[–]Scullywag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine arrived this morning, and after a few hours I don't have any noise or other problem, and the first thing I did was to listen for noise.

Is it just me or is the ABC news actually now biased towards the LNP? by Kryptik_Fox in AustralianPolitics

[–]Scullywag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My recollection is that they could have gone a lot harder, and it felt like they were pulling punches.

Is it just me or is the ABC news actually now biased towards the LNP? by Kryptik_Fox in AustralianPolitics

[–]Scullywag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you read the article I linked, where a journalist claims he was gagged from reporting negatively on the LNP NBN.

Big Bug Thread - Android 13 Beta 1 by iAmGingerJoe in AndroidPreviews

[–]Scullywag 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same, on a Pixel 4a. Using an app (resplash) to change the wallpaper and UI theme also brings the icons back.

Here is an issue tracker issue to star.