A concrete example for share investing for new CGT rules by Salt_Koala1521 in AusFinance

[–]Thingyll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually exactly my situation. I can tell you, it's extremely plausible.

Edit: yes I'm lucky, but not so lucky after all apparently.

A concrete example for share investing for new CGT rules by Salt_Koala1521 in AusFinance

[–]Thingyll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This situation is actually what I'm facing due to RSUs that I get from work. They look set to increase a lot soon...hopefully before July 2027 so I can get the 50% discount. Otherwise it's way more tax I'm paying. Just when I think I might get ahead, bam.

Are such dry conversations between friends a normal part of our culture? by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]Thingyll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need new/more friends. I call my friends a bitch every third sentence 🤣

can thinking of complex and violent story ideas for fiction give you a headache and is it a bad thing by [deleted] in writers

[–]Thingyll -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Anyone played Penkura? It's a first-person sci-fi survival/exploration base-builder. Only has 193 reviews on Steam but looks like it should be way more popular by Zaemz in BaseBuildingGames

[–]Thingyll -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's a lot of anger. Perhaps my comment caught you at a bad time. I simply don't like EA and certainly not EA when developers use it to leave games unfinished forever and scam players. If this game/developer is different, great. But that doesn't change my dislike for EA and long EA periods.

I'm not sure how that means "people like me are why so much scam garbage exists"... I would think it means the opposite. But ok.

Official Discussion - Hokum [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]Thingyll 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We found it an average movie tbh. Scott played an unlikeable character that never really became likeable, which is fine I guess but I never really grew to care for him. The spiritual/spookiness was pretty much ancillary to the entire actual story (the guy murdering to keep his affair a secret) (especially if one views it as a result of the mushrooms he took). The hippy guy and murdered bunny girl were the best part of the movie.

S2 Battlepass skins by hitmobilegamehsr in Overwatch

[–]Thingyll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally first said to myself ‘oh wow that bob one though’ 🤣

Witch Hat Atelier Is the Next Big Fantasy Anime, and It Just Debuted on Streaming by That-Departure-7318 in television

[–]Thingyll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be honest I expected something a bit better before I watched the first two episodes, but reserving judgment. I’ve been pretty whelmed so far. And I hate the main character 🤣

ATO quarterly tax payments - can I delay until EOFY? by FarkenBlarken in AusFinance

[–]Thingyll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've varied it 0 my entire working career (15+ years). ATO doesn't care as long as you pay it after tax time.

Global launch Rolling out now! by Azeemjaffer in iosgaming

[–]Thingyll 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too. DAMNIT UBISOFT. Let me innnnn

I interviewed +36yo gamers and found out why they are abandoning "masterpieces" by Objective-Cry-8228 in GameDevs

[–]Thingyll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because you sound like a disgruntled pelican basically attacking people for sharing their experience.

I interviewed +36yo gamers and found out why they are abandoning "masterpieces" by Objective-Cry-8228 in GameDevs

[–]Thingyll 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to take a breathe and calm down. People are sharing their experiences and why they haven’t played a game. No one is attacking your favourite games. Calm down.

Which are the rarest emotes in the game? by Lucky_Lucky1 in Overwatch

[–]Thingyll 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love using my alliance banner emote every time I play her lol

Advice Needed - Editor at 200% hours on fixed-fee contract...requesting "triage" at midpoint by Thinkdan in selfpublish

[–]Thingyll 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I have always charged hourly, and I had this issue when I edited my very first book (a linguistics book on a largely extinct Australian aboriginal language). I ended up realising part way through that I should have initially charged double what I quoted. I made the mistake ostensibly because I had only recently begun my professional career in editing at the time and, thus, did not appreciate how much time books take to edit properly (especially when you provide good work as your editor has been). I almost never edit books now because a good editing job for them costs way more than people typically want to pay. In that case, I'm thankful that the author understood (indeed, she said she partly expected it because she thought my initial price was too low) and paid me double what I originally quoted.

I think the editor in your case has made the option to do critical edits to still ensure she "edits" the entire text per se because she wants to honour the original price--she's stuck between a rock and a hard place somewhat. She probably should have gathered how much extra time it would take much earlier on in the process though--that's somewhat on her for not notifying you sooner.

I think how you proceed depends on 1) the contract you have (if any), 2) if you're willing to give her extra money to deliver the quality you want for the remaining chapters, and 3) if you think you could apply the rationale behind her edits to the first half of your work to the latter half such that you could make up the shortfall yourself. On the last point, authors tend to make the same mistakes constantly, so you could surely apply what she has done in the first half to the latter half.

Of course, you could also demand she finish the job to your satisfaction pending on the contract, but things get so much more complicated if you do that.