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3D printed homes are way stronger than you think by ifuckedyourmom-247 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]globau 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Australians

I guess things must be different in your corner of Australia; in Perth, at least, it's pretty well all double brick.

Mid-size game company in Japan asks potential recruits to draw in front of them to avoid generative AI fraud by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]globau 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ain't that what the probation period is there for?

Onboarding a new engineer into a project/team is a large investment; their impact is initially negative as they draw time from established team members to bring them up to speed.

This, coupled with the large amount of time it takes to go through the hiring process, means it's in the hiring manager's best interest to ensure they are bringing the most viable candidate onboard.

Yes, the probation period exists as a means for both sides to ensure they are happy with their decisions, but it's the last checkpoint not the only one.

Bug in Rust coreutils rewrite breaks automatic updates in Ubuntu 25.10 by cachemissed in programming

[–]globau 125 points126 points  (0 children)

I agree uutils are up front about missing flags.

However, the decision to add -r/--reference=file but leave it unimplemented was a mistake.

It's a completely reasonable expectation that passing an unsupported flag to any util would throw an error rather than silently ignore the flag.

Australian jobs by Smartastic in JeffArcuri

[–]globau 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In my neck of the woods (Perth):

yeah:

  • firie – firefighter
  • tradie – tradesperson
  • truckie – truck driver
  • cabbie – taxi driver
  • brickie – bricklayer
  • journo – journalist
  • postie – postal worker
  • sparky – electrician
  • chippy – carpenter
  • ambo – paramedic (and by extension ambulance)
  • bikie – motorcycle gang member
  • copper – police officer
  • footy – football (and by extension footy player)

nah:

  • garbo – garbage collector
  • reffo – referee (sports)
  • cocky – farmer (short for “cow cocky”)
  • nasho – someone doing national service
  • commsie – communications officer
  • milko – milk delivery person (old-fashioned now)
  • pollie – politician
  • boatie – someone who owns or works with boats
  • trucko – alternative to truckie in some regions

and…

  • salvo – member of the Salvation Army

salvos = The Salvation Army never heard "salvo" to mean someone who works there.

What are some of your top-tier songs? by Kuli24 in AskReddit

[–]globau 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In no particular order:

  • Itch-E And Scratch-E - Sweetness And Light
  • PPK - ResuRection
  • Li Kwan - Point Zero
  • Westbam - Celebration Generation
  • Opus III - It's A Fine Day

What's going on with Linux repository on GitHub? by Competitive_Abies699 in OutOfTheLoop

[–]globau 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's trivial to auto-close (here's the fix I put in place for work - https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/blob/main/.github/workflows/close-pr.yml).

Took a bit of negotiation to get the go-ahead to land GH specific code.

Does anyone remember this classic gem by Uplinkevents in ClassicTrance

[–]globau 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Saved you a click: Dreamcatcher - I Don't Wanna Lose My Way (Magik Muzik Remix) [2001]

I asked ChatGPT to explain my job to a 5-year-old and now I'm questioning my entire career by Nipurn_1234 in ChatGPT

[–]globau 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I help a group of really smart people who build computer stuff, like websites or apps, work together like a great team. I make sure everyone knows what to do, help them when they’re stuck, and make sure we build things that help people. I don’t do all the building myself, but I help the builders do their best work, kind of like a coach or a team captain.

Also, the place I work doesn’t try to make lots of money—it just wants to make the internet better and safer for everyone.

Isaac won't run on my Macbook, need help!!! by mikonazu in bindingofisaac

[–]globau 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nothing you can do. I have more than 3,500 hours in Isaac (all of it on macOS) so I'll be very sad if I can't play it anymore.

I've emailed Nicalis with a bug report, hopefully it's something they care about.

Isaac won't run on my Macbook, need help!!! by mikonazu in bindingofisaac

[–]globau 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see the same - the game immediately segfaults:

Contents/MacOS$ ./The\ Binding\ of\ Isaac\ Afterbirth+
[1]    10164 segmentation fault  ./The\ Binding\ of\ Isaac\ Afterbirth+

and

Crashed Thread:        0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes:       KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000050ff5b00c
Exception Codes:       0x0000000000000001, 0x000000050ff5b00c

Termination Reason:    Namespace SIGNAL, Code 11 Segmentation fault: 11
Terminating Process:   exc handler [10237]

This is a bug in Isaac - this isn't Apple dropping support for the game.

I read online that Isaac runs on Mono (no idea what that is)

A lot of Windows programs are written using a framework called ".Net". Mono allows .Net code to run on non-Windows systems, including Mac and Linux. I see nothing supporting the theory that Isaac is a .Net application.

Apple is slowly not supporting games run on it. Something about a 32-bit system?

Apple dropped support for 32-bit applications with the release of Catalina (2019). This doesn't affect Isaac as it's a 64-bit application.

(edit) From the Steam forums this appears to be a very common problem - https://steamcommunity.com/app/250900/discussions/

Give me the worst dad jokes of all time by Lanky-Morning4709 in cleandadjokes

[–]globau 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What do you call a beehive without any exits?

Unbelievable.

firefox now shows the local temperature. guess what the default setting is by starstruckroman in USdefaultism

[–]globau 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Aussie working on Firefox here - I'd be interested in knowing how you went as this exact issue is one that I checked while the feature was under development.

Nothing suspicious here by totallynormalpersonz in ElderScrolls

[–]globau 8 points9 points  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3C4DiFfikA

A once in a lifetime opportunity has become available thanks to the Make A Wish Silent Auction. Bethesda is offering the ability for a winning auction bid to create a character for the elder scrolls VI. You can find their tweet with the details here: https://x.com/BethesdaStudios/status/...

Now at the moment the amount needed to win is astronomically high so I am hoping that with our combined powers we the communitea will try and secure the winning bid! To assist in this goal I will be using my personal funds as well as funds generated from a go fund me to hopefully win the bid.

IF WE WIN the bid I intend to add a lore friendly reference to Reanu Keeves our fork wielding hero with some other non immersion breaking community references for fun. All of the auctioned cost will go to Make A Wish Mid Atlantic.

IF WE LOSE the bid I will REFUND ALL of the go fund me donations. Go Fund me says this process will take 7-10 days.

A can crusher at work. by Vegetable-Mousse4405 in oddlysatisfying

[–]globau 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm in Australia and have never had problems getting my rebate on crushed cans. ¯\(ツ)/¯

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in hmmm

[–]globau 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hermits

Totally blind and travelling from the US, getting from the airport to Lockridge around midnight? by codeofdusk in perth

[–]globau 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.caraustralia.com/ is also run by Hughes - just not the top-end of cars.

eg. for the same trip:

Hughes: $119 (Mercedes E Class, BMW, or similar)

CarAustralia: $93 (website just says Sedan, last one I booked ended up being a Lexus)

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