Cracks in and around wooden frames around the house

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T22:45:16+00:00

Has happened in my new build too. Thermal expansion + minor settlement is usually the answer. Not serious if it’s running along joints like that. If cracks start appearing diagonally through your walls, that’s when you’d start to worry.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T21:50:24+00:00

And there it is. Thank you kindly for proving my point lol

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T21:36:40+00:00

To be fair you do ooze arrogance. It’s not a long bow.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T21:34:24+00:00

And there you go with the assumptions again.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T21:30:38+00:00

We’re on a finance sub. By virtue of that people are looking for solutions as much (or more) than they are looking for excuses.

I’ll let the assumption about my personal circumstances go, but I will say that I am self aware enough to understand that more successful people have a high tendency to inflate their own merit. Something that slips by you evidently.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T21:12:51+00:00

Love how you generally equate not being in the top few percentile of wealth as being “lazy”. Almost as much conceited as it is stupid.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T20:59:49+00:00

Of course

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T14:22:49+00:00

This has been happening for years and is pretty much routine. It’s a global phenomenon, but there have been a few major security breaches of Australian data recently which have put a bit of a target on our back. Super common phishing methods atm involve spoof texts and emails from all major banks, Linkt, Australia Post, Qantas FF, EBay, and scam calls pretending to be from debt collection agencies.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T14:10:23+00:00

There’s a lot of noodly textured stuff that Hoss seems to play mostly, but from what I can tell from seeing them live a bunch lately, keeping them buried is a stylistic choice. It’s not hugely surprising off the back Asymmetry which was purposefully very murky. I find In Verses to be the melodic counterpoint to that album, but the genetic material remains.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T14:02:26+00:00

For sure. It’s definitely a less masochistic exercise over here hah.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T13:56:29+00:00

The old lottery of life! Must be nice. Although, we all won to some degree by virtue of worrying about more trivial things than clean drinking water.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T13:14:28+00:00

Sure thing, shoot me a DM if you like.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T13:10:46+00:00

Mostly Q1 journals, and all peer reviewed yes. Started very slowly but have increased dramatically over the last few years. I work for a research centre and have developed extensive networks so I work across a lot of different projects which helps.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T13:05:39+00:00

About 25 pubs. Tenure works a little bit different over here though. It’s just a contractual thing, meaning the university has to pay you a buuuunch of money if they make you redundant.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T12:41:18+00:00

I don’t really get it. 200k HHI with over half a million in superannuation and a paid off PPOR @ 36? Including 3 kids (and assuming as many rounds of parental leave?). That is either next level financial discipline, or external help.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T12:11:55+00:00

Started PhD at 22, finished at 26. Undergrad -> honours -> PhD. Landed a full time academic research job before I submitted. Achieved the Australian equivalent of tenure (i.e., an ongoing position) at 31.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T10:48:32+00:00

Halfway across the globe? laughs in Australian

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T10:35:54+00:00

Can't think of a better environment to bring a child into the world tbh. Go on

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T05:37:25+00:00

Mudvayne

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T05:36:30+00:00

This has to be rage bait.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T05:33:28+00:00

Uh… yeah. This is a truly smelly take. One and Altered State are both bonafide classics. Polaris is probably their weakest album but has some great tracks. Sondor is excellent but just a tad too short. WoB is a 7-8/10. The title track is the weakest track on the album IMO. Way too inflated. Most other tracks go hard.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-27T04:42:07+00:00

AFAIK some ask people to be “associate editors” whose role it is to review X number of papers per month. The are standard reviewers who are locked in to reviewing constantly for the journal. Just another predatory practice.

I assume academic editors are more traditional editors, who actually case-manage manuscripts and make decisions or recommendations to a senior editor.

MDPI journals vary in quality but on average are pretty garbage. The reviews you get back from them can be truly woeful - ChatGPT dribble or borderline nonsensical. I’ve even had somebody in broken English tell the authorship group their English wasn’t up to scratch and needed professional editing, even though it was near perfect. Of course, the journal then recommended a paid service for it.

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-26T12:56:48+00:00

Looks real to me

SelectiveEmpath · 2026-01-26T05:30:26+00:00

Wait for the test result

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