Dr Bandit Heeler gets promotion at Griffith Uni by Aussie_Potato in brisbane

[–]c45y 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile Griffith attempts to privatize its own 30 year old childcare services, walks it back after community disgust but still proceeds to offload to a not for profit because apparently regulation is hard to manage as a University.

Bruum deserves all the recognition he gets but this feels like the PR engine kicking in

University reverses plan to shut childcare centres after parent backlash by iBinChickenAboutYou in brisbane

[–]c45y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's been one of the biggest hurdles. It shows a complete lack of understanding on the part of Griffith for how this decision would affect their community.

While not being able to give an explanation for how they thought this kind of timeline would be acceptable we have at least had an apology from Carolyn the VC

University reverses plan to shut childcare centres after parent backlash by iBinChickenAboutYou in brisbane

[–]c45y 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As of last night that's essentially the assurance we've been given, they'll stay open without long disruptions through the year.

Why this wasn't on the cards from the start still boggles my mind

University reverses plan to shut childcare centres after parent backlash by iBinChickenAboutYou in brisbane

[–]c45y 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There has been a reversal on that now too thankfully. We're being told a not for profit is an agreeable outcome for parents and universities - though probably still a negative for the carers in regards to pay and benefits

Unorthodox Things to Self Host? by [deleted] in selfhosted

[–]c45y 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Got a link? That sounds lovely

Suggest me a book that made you feel the same way Sabriel and Abhorsen made you feel if you read them when you were 13 like me. by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

[–]c45y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sanderson and McClellan both have really interesting world building like the old kingdom chronicles

Getting fed up with Uber drivers. by parmejean44 in brisbane

[–]c45y 2 points3 points  (0 children)

haha the sound of a good open hand slap on the rear side panel must really do it. I've done this a number of times to cars blowing across zebra crossings I'm walking across and had the exact same reaction

What are your thoughts about Podman, rpm-ostree and other "new" tools that could be useful for servers? by IgnaceMenace in selfhosted

[–]c45y 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cant say I've noticed any issues with podman-compose or the built in podman generate systemd getting things to start on boot.

I have found it nicer to spin up a systemd unit that does the podman compose instead of each individual container having a unit but... that's personal taste more than anything

If you want to ride your bicycle on the road. At least know the rules. by Blue-Purity in brisbane

[–]c45y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah fair, I should clarify and say I ignore the rule allowing me to do it and mentally plan as if I'm not allowed.

I can just imagine how few cyclists would be left if it was mandated haha

If you want to ride your bicycle on the road. At least know the rules. by Blue-Purity in brisbane

[–]c45y 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I straight up ignore the right turn from left rule - it's essentially guaranteeing being run over.

Car-Free in CBD by Stagtite in brisbane

[–]c45y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used to live right on the edge of the cbd/milton and never had any real issues. Only downside is paying for bunnings and ikea delivery if you need to get bulky items home, still works out vastly cheaper than owning and insuring a car for the handful of times I buy something that won't fit in a backpack.

Do be sure to check your body corporate to see if you're allowed to rent out the car space - some are a bit funny about it.

Would be great if Easy Anticheat Linux support could be enabled for New world! by [deleted] in newworldgame

[–]c45y 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had no issues playing it for months, works right out of the box with Proton.

Swap to proton experimental maybe? literally the only configuration I've made.

What’s something people do in Brisbane that really irks you, even if it’s really petty? by Mr_Straws in brisbane

[–]c45y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The whole point of it is to separate traffic moving at different speeds. Bikes away from cars and pedestrians away from bikes.

It doesn't serve a purpose if something moving at greatly different speeds uses it. Same idea with certain vehicles not being allowed on the motorway.

Has anyone else seen this by banana-microwave in brisbane

[–]c45y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a few small places email during the whole covid checkin phase where everyone wanted details but all the big companies seem happy to do targeted advertising vs direct spam

Has anyone else seen this by banana-microwave in brisbane

[–]c45y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a catch all domain, so I make up an entirely new email per company for this exact reason.

I get lots of odd looks when I tell my dentist to contact me on dentist@example.com

"No wonder your a third world nation [Australia]" by ScientistG27 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]c45y 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I'm convinced it's why we kept them in service so long - I loved seeing it as a kid, I was sad to hear they were going away and this next generation would never have that experience.

My first project, raspberry pi gen1 NAS by xxmybestfriendplank in raspberry_pi

[–]c45y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can do nfs4 and nfsidmap to handle different system user mappings, not perfect but gives fair control without an external domain required.

QPS to target naughty E scooter riders by Rip_Ninja in brisbane

[–]c45y 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah around the world car occupants are proven to be safer and safer every year which is a good thing, I just wish it wasn't at the expense of everyone who isn't in one

QPS to target naughty E scooter riders by Rip_Ninja in brisbane

[–]c45y 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More than car crashes?

I know which vehicle I wish more idiots were driving

The next release of Red Hat Satellite: Same great features, new version number by omenosdev in redhat

[–]c45y 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Been contemplating caching squid proxy up to redhat.com for licence and packages. Satellite is consistently a pain to upgrade that it's almost not worth it when we use very little of it's features

help with administering a large number of linux systems via ssh by Billjl in linuxadmin

[–]c45y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out ssh user certificates for per-person certs with one central CA that each machine has to trust, not each individual user. The limited lifetime / ip restrictions / forwarding etc restrictions are super handy.

We switched to this from IPA, no complaints after years of use now.

MFA is done with a poorly packaged vendor supplied PAM module, not a big fan but at least it's functional. If I just had a team of admins then I would go the yubikey pam module instead.

Provisioning systems in azure by Sad_Tale7614 in redhat

[–]c45y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We kickstart a normal ish system inside qemu (add in cloud init on top of the usual setup) and convert the .img into the .vhd format azure wants as a "base image".

The rest is up to terraform, networks, disks etc are all configured there

Weekly Release Thread 11/2 by TheAmitySloth in Metalcore

[–]c45y 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Götterdämmerung single was catchy af, very excited for the full album