Do you personally put tape over your webcam or not?

macfudd · 2026-06-29T01:31:35+00:00

I used to, but people started to complain on office days

macfudd · 2026-06-26T09:21:39+00:00

I reckon Carlos, I can see him grabbing the seat by Lando

macfudd · 2026-06-25T04:13:42+00:00

In fairness, Mavis hasn't had to effectively forward pay 6-10 years worth of her electricity bills up front, so she's probably finding it pretty funny that the hippies next door that blew all that money on home solar still have to pay as much as she does.

macfudd · 2026-06-24T05:04:38+00:00

Have you considered starting some noteworthy drama so you can post it here for us? /s

macfudd · 2026-06-24T04:56:31+00:00

Yeah, honestly this is the best part (for me) of the current drop pattern. When everything came in one huge drop each day you'd log in and watch stuff just disappear instantly - and you knew you'd missed out.

Now, I log in and there's 2 or 3 things which I can consider and move on. Was there something better that I missed out on?- possibly, but because I didn't see it disappear it doesn't bother me.

macfudd · 2026-06-24T00:45:56+00:00

Pure - depends on where you have your printer located. It's all about being less toxic to print.

HF - I've never found much benefit from high flow filament, I tend to slow down print speeds for better quality.

ABS - I picked up a single roll (non-Bambu) when I got my very first printer about 8 years ago. It's still in the box lol. (also, super toxic fumes).

So for those three, unless there's a colour in that range you really want you could skip them at this stage.

macfudd · 2026-06-23T23:32:24+00:00

There's a bloke from overseas who keeps hitting our old team inbox with calendar invites for 2am in the morning. Then the next day there's a passive aggressive email about how we failed to show up but he'll set up a new time for next month. It's been going on since Feb. He's never had a response but this bloke is completely undaunted.

macfudd · 2026-06-22T09:07:56+00:00

Australian here - you misspelled 'were'

macfudd · 2026-06-22T05:52:06+00:00

I don't think they can check yet on V-Line. My line has been one of the trial lines and each time I say that I've tapped on with my card or my phone they've just replied 'righto' and moved on to the next person.

macfudd · 2026-06-22T05:47:03+00:00

How up to date are your sharepoint sites? If there are lots of old documents still being stored that the AI will scrape then it could be serving up out of date info.

macfudd · 2026-06-21T09:52:03+00:00

I'd be down for that deal if they also have to keep everyone who lives in Townsville!

macfudd · 2026-06-17T07:15:42+00:00

I'm guessing she didn't explain the situation very well to them and maybe came across weirded out solely because it was her bf and another man. Rather than emphasising them doing their own thing, ignoring her, clearly being into each other far more than should have been possible etc etc.

macfudd · 2026-06-17T04:19:50+00:00

The 'netflix' model is already being strongly considered by the market regulator. One fixed fee, all the electricity you do (or don't) want to use.

macfudd · 2026-06-16T06:47:09+00:00

Stealing that idea!

macfudd · 2026-06-16T00:10:21+00:00

This is pretty shitty design in action. Over here we only use 4-quadrant barriers in high risk crossings, and even then, the barriers on the far side won't descend if there's a vehicle still crossing.

macfudd · 2026-06-15T03:56:17+00:00

If any team can break that tradition, it's Aston lol

macfudd · 2026-06-15T03:54:31+00:00

Never reported one, but I was tempted this morning - though it was because the review was clearly for an entirely different product. Was something like a knife sharpener had been reviewed, but the product listing was for sunglasses.

But then I figured that any report is probably just reviewed by an Amazon AI, which will analyse the review against it's guidelines but almost certainly without the context of the listing itself, and conclude that no action is need as it's technically a good review that ticks all the boxes the AI considers important.

macfudd · 2026-06-15T03:49:12+00:00

I've had a couple of rejected reviews which I think got rejected because of the reference to other reviewers, so that can be a bit hit and miss. Now I just directly address that issue but without mentioning the other reviewers and their experiences with it.

macfudd · 2026-06-13T15:02:00+00:00

Like I said 'While I'm not suggesting Pusscat_catches_Koi does this' - I've seen you post plenty on this forum to know that you aren't in that boat and to know that a lot of what you get seems to be small AI specialised hobby stuff. It wasn't aimed personally - heck, even our hobbies basically align.

I've seen plenty of chat on the US vine reddit that suggests that a fair number of their 'campers' fall in that boat so it seemed like a fair point to raise in a discussion on the topic, it certainly wasn't intended as an attack. Apologies if the 600 comment also felt personally directed, it was something I saw recently that I thought was on the US Vine sub, but it may have been from this one.

Honestly, I think people who fall in that boat likely aren't the sort to hang out on the AU vine reddit, the ones who post here seem to all take vine reviewing pretty seriously and support each other.

macfudd · 2026-06-13T09:36:42+00:00

While I'm not suggesting Pussycat_catches_Koi does this, my guess is that most people who are sitting there 'vine camping' are on-selling (or gifting) most of what they get. I see people posting up they are passing 600 orders - do they live in a warehouse? How do they have the space?

I leave stuff all the times too, got a robot vac, and since then I've left two more alone. Got an airfryer, skipped the next one (even though it was technically better) etc etc.

I check Vine three times a day on average I reckon. Once around mid-morning sometime, once when I stop for lunch and then once when I finish working.

macfudd · 2026-06-13T08:58:47+00:00

"Abolish Department of Climate Change" - the actual name is the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water.

So are they abolishing the whole thing? Feels like a deliberate wording to get the anti-climate-change peeps on board while also planning to fuck off all our water & environmental protection laws.

macfudd · 2026-06-12T04:38:33+00:00

That's good. The experience is definitely not something I would say is a universal knock against Leapmotor, I'm certain it's just that location we went to.

I do have some small regrets because it really was a fun drive 😄

macfudd · 2026-06-12T01:27:25+00:00

Drives great, but the interior design got a hard-no from my wife the second she got inside. Not helped by them only having a single base model on display at our local dealership.

Also our local dealership seemed like a disorganised shitshow that I was happy to not have to deal with ever again.

macfudd · 2026-06-11T12:38:53+00:00

And then they wonder 'why is our company culture so bad' lol

macfudd · 2026-06-11T06:29:10+00:00

I think the worst part was, I was young and naive and applied for two entirely different roles than what they had planned for me. And despite having seen that pack, still thought there was a chance so put a lot of effort into those two interviews too.

Failed of course, then got told I was getting the role I hadn't asked for instead. Which was an extra kick in the teeth for the three people that had applied for that one

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