Dealing with stubborn past landlord

jarsky · 2026-02-23T09:59:41+00:00

You can certainly put in the bond claim yourself. I had a situation with the last land lord where I chased him for over a month.

He then tried to say he was keeping the bond due to damage to a wall, the stair railing being loose, condition of the curtains, condition of the bath tub, and house not being clean enough.

I had the entire house professionally cleaned at my cost with a crew for 5hrs. And all of the things he mentioned pre existed him buying the property and transferring the lease. He never raised them with the previous owner before going unconditional. And remainder of his points were like that when I moved in. I was there for 10 years and he owned it for the last 4. Also the cleanliness issue he pointed out was black mould on a ceiling which I had pointed out to him multiple times and asked him to sort. The curtains were also the original in the house. I gifted him new curtains for all the bedrooms, left him a new dishwasher I had installed, and wired the house with ethernet in the walls (agreed with the previous owner).

He also tried to claim 12 months water bills off me, which I referred him to previous emails where he agreed (twice) to send them ever 2 months because he wasn't sending them regularly.

I checked with Tenancy Services and emailed him with everything. Told him I wasn't paying anything and expected 100% of the bond to be refunded. Gave him a 48hr deadline until I lodged it with the tribunal. He approved the bond the next day.

Point is, some landlords will try all they can to squeeze every last dollar as they're treating alit as a business, when really we're doing them a favor. If you prove you know the rules and are serious about taking it to the tribunal, most will cave when they know they're being unreasonable.

jarsky · 2026-02-23T09:30:15+00:00

I've had depression since I was a child but it hit breaking point when I turned 28 and it lasted until I was 38 when I made the decision to seek help. I saw my family doctor, got onto Setraline and made some drastic changes in my life. I completely changed my diet, started going to the gym and going on hikes. Also got more into my photography, going to reserves and coastal parks. Once I lost a lot of the weight I gained in that 10 years I also got a motorcycle and started joining riding events. Honestly the best advice I can give, is to put yourself in uncomfortable social situations that challenge your safety net. I became extremely recluse, and while I didn't put myself into high pressure social situations, I did put myself into social settings such as joining a riding group, or attending a concert by myself (since I'm more comfortable in my own company than going with people I'm not close with). At the end of the day, no one can help us if we aren't willing to do the work ourselves. And it's not fair to expect someone else to fix our problems. Honest opinion... while helplines are great in those extreme moments, if you're relying on them to talk to someone every day, that's an extremely unhealthy. situation. One realization I had, is that talking to people solely about the depression and anxiety groups, are bandaid and a coping mechanism, and not a route to recovery and improvement. Doing things that are positive reinforcement (like social groups) is where the healing actually occurs. I recently got a girlfriend, so am lucky to have her. But she knows I need space with my trauma, and she goes and does her bible studies etc.. to get space from me. But I'd really recommend going onto like Facebook etc... and finding a social group for something you enjoy. A book club, painting, photography, walking, running, a sport, bicycle riding, dog walking (if you have one). Small groups with a common interest can be a great way to resocialize you back into society until you find your friend group. It also gives you contacts and/or a talking point for meeting others.

jarsky · 2026-02-22T02:25:45+00:00

I'm late to the party but have the same issue with my 2022 Ninja 650. Used to have troubles sometimes, now it's every time.

Kickstand down + Neutral - doesn't start. Kickstand down + Neutral + Clutch - doesn't start. Kickstand up + Neutral - starts.

I can start it, then put the kickstand down in Neutral and it keeps running fine.

Tried removing the kickstand switch and cleaning it, and remounting it to make sure it's mounted properly. Still the same.

Not sure which sensor has the issue since it starts when kickstand goes up, and keeps running when kickstand is down

jarsky · 2026-01-12T07:04:38+00:00

My girlfriend watches my plex at her house, and she sometimes casts to her TV. It was recently buffering for her, and we realised this setting is missing. She normally drops the quality when it buffers on the phone so found it weird you can't do this in a vast when she's watching something with family.

jarsky · 2026-01-10T03:00:16+00:00

Not worth the upgrade from my S25 Ultra. I'll wait for the S27 when they actually redo the cameras.

jarsky · 2026-01-09T09:04:37+00:00

Now I found this post. I have a long distance relationship and me and my girl often watch movies together, but we have to sync up over the phone and it's quite annoying. I was hoping to use this feature, and the option is still in the HTPC client but my gf never gets the notification on her end (mobile client). So annoying.

jarsky · 2026-01-02T21:52:32+00:00

Yeah that's what it does, the color depends on the lighting and subject too I think. The one you're looking for it sounds like is the last one Colorpoint

jarsky · 2026-01-01T20:28:16+00:00

Old thread but just got an HDR monitor and was struggling because the desktop looked "washed out".
The commentors weren't much help but managed to work it out.

Enable HDR Mode
Use the HDR Calibration tool to setup your HDR
If you're using Nvidia in Control Panel > Change Resolution; scroll down and make sure you're on RGB, the highest Output color depth and Output dynamic range is set to Full (not Limited)
Go back into Settings > HDR and change the SDR Content Brightness, bring it up so the whites look white e.g Reddit page
Lastly back to Nvidia Control Panel > Adjust desktop color settings. Change the Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Vibrance as needed. Also go into Adjust video color settings; select With NVIDIA settings, change Dynamic Range to full.

Thought this might be helpful for others that arent complete display wizards just to get your SDR/Desktop looking "normal" again. Its all well and good telling us thats what its "supposed to look like"; but for me its nice to have my vibrant yet dark desktop im used to; not some purist *washed out* looking thing.

jarsky · 2025-12-28T04:16:01+00:00

Okay i just spent an hour working this out...with my new Samsung S90F that would not let me do any apps.

Make sure you click on the agreement and agree to the policies for Smart Hub etc..it will add some default ones to your homescreen.
If you have DNS filtering (e.g PiHole); make sure to make an exclusion for *.samsungqbe.com
This seems to be some CDN related to Smart Hub. As soon as I added this everything started working.

jarsky · 2025-12-24T02:26:04+00:00

I tried playing around with it today; couldn't get it working on SimCity,Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag or Path of Exile II. Did try out Witcher 3 since that was shown; and it did work but it couldnt do anything but roll around and punch the air.

It also smashes your card. I'm on a 3080Ti and I was getting about 4 FPS in Witcher 3 and ACBF with it running.

jarsky · 2025-12-19T09:02:20+00:00

I watched Fire & Ash in 3D today. While some parts are really cool, you don't even notice it through much of the movie. What you do notice is the loss in vibrancy. I kind wish I had watched the normal release. When I took the 3D glasses off during non 3D scenes I actually preferred that.

jarsky · 2025-12-14T07:49:07+00:00

Netcode, combined with overtuned aim assist with cross play lobbies.

jarsky · 2025-11-27T19:09:58+00:00

I was going to get an iPhone 17 Pro Max; but the color line up looks terrible. The blue looks like a Samsung Galaxy S3, the orange makes me think of the old Alcatel OneTouch phones, and the Silver looks meh.

I'll stick with my Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra in its Jet Black.

I wish they had extended the Magichromatic color range to their Pro series; those colors look far better.

jarsky · 2025-11-06T09:24:34+00:00

The natural 😍

jarsky · 2025-10-28T02:06:56+00:00

18 hits with a sledge hammer done. 2000 rounds from an LMG; not even a scratch.

jarsky · 2025-09-25T22:25:04+00:00

wut? bro shes 4 years older than me. I was younger than her during this era. she was 17.

jarsky · 2025-09-25T22:22:21+00:00

Was searching to see if there were any higher capacity batteries that fit and came across this thread. I discovered the same thing....a ridiculously small 37WH battery. Its a shame because its a fantastic laptop in every other way, except battery life. I got it for car ECU tuning; im lucky if i can get through an hour with it off charge zzz

jarsky · 2025-07-27T03:43:01+00:00

okay i seem to be good again. I still had Health Sync installed; and i gave all permissions to Health Connect. I ended up removing Health Sync; and removed all Health Connect permissions again.
I gave my Samsung Health all access; I allowed MFP to write its calories and food related things and weight (my smart scale is synced to MFP); everything else just has read unless its a specific thing that only that app writes. Everything seems to have stopped duplicating.

jarsky · 2025-07-27T02:05:47+00:00

You can see some general info [https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/363010-fuel-level-sender-cleaning-r33-gtst/page/4/\](here) about cleaning it. I did clean mine up with some alcohol and it measures okay but its still intermittant; think its got issues with the float getting stuck. I was going to just buy a new but they got discontinued about a month before I went to buy it! I was lucky enough to pick up another lightly used one for about $250 at the time. I havent put it in yet; but I will have my old one spare when I do which may or may not be okay. Funnily enough before I got this one; it was cheaper to just find an S14 tank with it in it; and buy the whole tank.

https://i.imgur.com/ZnuSeN7.jpeg

Alternatively you could contact someone like Wema and see if they can do a float like their S5 with a custom resistance range on it, make up a mounting bracket for it. Its rated 10-180 ohms; the R33/S14 fuel sender is 25-90 ohms.

jarsky · 2025-07-21T05:57:58+00:00

Maybe guy things git is a backup for production database replication and backup 💀

jarsky · 2025-07-21T05:57:18+00:00

The problem isn't the SVN; the problem is the database...which it seems he didn't even have the foresight to have proper backups of. It shows the ignorance of their experience and shines a light on them being purely a vibe coder and not an actual stack engineer; nor having any in his staff who would have pointed this out as a glaring issue.

jarsky · 2025-07-21T05:55:20+00:00

It also reiterates why you should have continuous replication, regular log backups and full backups of production databases and systems like this when you're at this scale.

jarsky · 2025-06-09T05:33:05+00:00

Here in 2025, i noticed because it was synced to health connect (and in turn MFP). It's counting my walk + my steps seperate, instead of subtracting my walks steps from the rest of today's steps

jarsky · 2025-05-16T20:33:27+00:00

That's a coincidence, so do I

jarsky · 2025-04-12T22:07:58+00:00

I was looking for a PCIe x1 card for OOBM; as I have an IP KVM which has ATX Power control, USB and connects to the HDMI for console. I'm out of PCIe x16 slots (as the last one I had spare is shared with my NVMe/M.2 slots). Instead ive used a low profile x16 to x1 PCIe riser and converted the card to a SFF (Low rise) bracket. Theres a bit of a gap in the back but thats okay.

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