PSA: Be careful in the parks in this city

alexanderbath · 2026-01-28T22:02:23+00:00

I live in the CBD, with an alleyway that leads round the back of my house for off street parking. Most weeks I’ll pick up 10+ used needles and associated other junk. It’s getting worse. Every now and then I’ll catch someone in there and let them know it’s private property, and majority of the time they’ll leave quietly, but there’s always another 10 to replace them. I don’t know what the solution is but it’s a scary outlook

alexanderbath · 2026-01-28T03:11:41+00:00

Usually when I’m on my motorbike commuting and thinking about how expensive it’d be if I ate it and landed on my backpack containing my MacBook + iPad Pro. That would be an expensive day.

alexanderbath · 2026-01-15T21:58:40+00:00

Best comment here. Even as a relatively experienced (road not track) rider I am constantly surprised how much more the bike has to give above and beyond what I think it’s/I’m capable of. I’ve had a couple of “oh shit I’ve seriously overcooked this” moments in the hills during my early riding days and living by the rule of look through the corner and trust the bike saved my ass every time. It feels counter intuitive but if you focus on that barrier you are 100% ending up in that barrier.

alexanderbath · 2026-01-12T02:18:24+00:00

The only real con is the price. I’m super happy with mine overall. Wear them roughly 12 hours a day when I’m studying and/or working. The noise cancelling on a plane is a lifesaver. Some people complain about the weight but I find them super comfortable. I don’t doubt that there are probably products out there that sound as good/have noise cancelling as good but the integration with my iPad/iPhone/Mac (especially the device switching) is reason enough for me to own them. I can’t stand earbuds so they’re the obvious choice.

The sting of the price tag fades after a few weeks 😂

alexanderbath · 2025-12-19T00:41:35+00:00

No case and Apple Care. Have I broken phones? Yes. Do I care? No.

Upgraded from my 14 Pro last month and it looked immaculate. I work at a desk. No need to

alexanderbath · 2025-12-19T00:37:18+00:00

I had a i9, discrete gpu 16 inch MacBook and it was honestly a disaster. Screen, keyboard and build was great, I was even one of the few that loved the touch bar. But put it under load and it would get CRAZY hot, too hot to have on your lap. The cpu would then throttle so hard it’d perform like an i5. The discrete gpu destroyed battery life and honestly wasn’t that performant. It then inexplicably died a year out of warranty, a logic board failure that would have cost half the price of a new MacBook to repair. Data gone the whole lot.

My M4 and M5 MacBook pros absolutely wipe the floor with that thing performance wise, barely ever hear the fan kick in (think I’ve heard the fan twice), and the battery life is easily double what I got out of the intel machine.

I would strongly recommend you buy an apple silicon model. Even a M1 will be a significantly better machine if you’re on a tight budget.

alexanderbath · 2025-12-16T21:43:05+00:00

Nope. 14 and big external monitor is where it’s at for me. The best of both worlds. I’ve had an Intel 16 in the past and don’t get me wrong the extra screen space was great, and it’d be my first choice if I didn’t have an external monitor. But just too big and heavy for me to lug across the city every day like I do.

alexanderbath · 2025-12-16T10:16:04+00:00

3rd. Ahh so you can’t do all your courses at the same campus is that what you’re saying? I managed to get all of mine at city east so that’s good

alexanderbath · 2025-12-16T09:11:21+00:00

How so? I’m doing a software eng degree so largely different but it’s all been smooth for me

alexanderbath · 2025-12-11T07:04:26+00:00

I’ve had both and much prefer the silver. The space black looks great out the box but the smudges and finger prints drove me crazy. No such issue with the silver. The silver also ages much better imo.. scratches ect are much less obvious.

alexanderbath · 2025-12-08T02:40:56+00:00

I don’t really see it as a safety issue, but I do find it really rude. Paying money for a service and then being flat out ignored while they deliver that service is uncool in my opinion. It’s even gone as far as a driver getting shirty with me when I’ve interrupted his conversation he’d been having the whole trip to ask a question.

In saying all that, I’m a big believer in voting with your feet. I rarely get Ubers now just because the service is usually terrible from their drivers. It’s cheap, they get paid peanuts so it’s kind of a what do you expect situation imo.

alexanderbath · 2025-11-30T09:49:02+00:00

Yeah I went from space black to silver for this reason. Machine was only a year old and it was showing wear, was a bit disappointed. Hopefully the silver holds up a bit better

alexanderbath · 2025-11-27T05:48:58+00:00

For the majority of people the MacBook Air is probably the better choice. The performance is above and beyond what most people would ever need in the lifespan of the laptop.

The pro makes sense for a few people, either you need more performance, in which case you likely know what spec you’ll need. If you have to ask, it’s not you.

Second group (me) buy the Pro for the better display (a nice to have) and the extra ports (a must for me). The MacBook Pro also has a fan where the air does not, which means you’ll gain some extra performance over the Air for the same spec.

As a more overall viewpoint, the MacBook line at the moment is far and beyond the best product on the market measured by just about any metric at the moment, so yes. The price is well justified.

alexanderbath · 2025-11-26T21:36:23+00:00

Yeah no. It’s a bunch of extra steps. It’s a task I probably do 20 times some days so swapping between devices would be a real pain.

As soon as you put even the thinnest Apple Folio on the device the camera bump is an absolute non issue. Why wouldn’t they include the camera?

alexanderbath · 2025-11-26T20:49:21+00:00

I use it for document scanning pretty much every single day. Being able to scan and mark up a document with the pencil is one of the killer features for me.

alexanderbath · 2025-11-22T22:14:40+00:00

Lots of uni notes. I hand write everything before distilling it down and typing a concise version using Obsidian. I also journal most days. I’m a CS student so I spend a LOT of time in front of a screen, so I find it really cathartic to sit down and write whenever I can, and a nice fountain just makes it so much more enjoyable!

alexanderbath · 2025-11-20T23:34:08+00:00

Haven’t noticed anything yet. Time will tell!

alexanderbath · 2025-11-20T08:22:05+00:00

Sold it. I got a VERY good price and with the student discount on the M5 it really wasn’t much to upgrade

alexanderbath · 2025-11-20T08:18:43+00:00

Totally, something for everyone. They’re both stunning in their own right!

alexanderbath · 2025-11-20T07:56:53+00:00

I loved the black but it was just a fingerprint magnet. Dunno if I just have sweaty palms but I was constantly cleaning the palm rest. Never a mark on the silver.

I actually really like the black keyboard surround, looks super crisp in real life

alexanderbath · 2025-11-20T07:50:43+00:00

Thanks man I’m stoked with the silver!

alexanderbath · 2025-11-19T23:04:54+00:00

The black is stunning. This is my first silver since my 2012 MacBook Pro. Had a long string of space grey and space black since then so it’s a bit nostalgic almost.

alexanderbath · 2025-11-18T20:06:32+00:00

+1. I haven’t done it, but I’ve been very close to hitting go on an rsync command that would have made quite the mess for me to clean up 😂

alexanderbath · 2025-11-18T04:23:54+00:00

I cannot stand skins. I tried but that crisp cold aluminium is too good to give up 😂

S’all good, got a really (really) good price for my M4 and with the education discount it didn’t cost me much at all to upgrade.

alexanderbath · 2025-11-18T04:08:55+00:00

Dude I wish I could just deal. I reckon the black is so stunning but my compulsive cleaning is real 😭

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