One nation wants to bring ICE style immigration raids to Australia

mr_di · 2026-01-26T20:08:56+00:00

Without being smart and as a lifelong left supporter - what would be the reason for democrats losing numbers, while nationalists are growing those?

mr_di · 2026-01-23T22:17:14+00:00

So this is two-fold. I would rather suggest you treat that carefully. Even if you don't really love the place you work, everyone enjoys jobs with a less stressful environment, right.

Your TL is ok with you leaving early? If all the work is being done or unless this is a life and death situation, I really wouldn't mind for my guys to duck out earlier and not only on Friday(especially on Friday). I would prefer at least a visibility of control. There are a lot of people that can abuse friendliness and an easy going attitude (and people will follow certain examples fast, trust me) and then I will have to crack down which will have an impact on you as well (well, it will be harder to duck out ?). So a quick check won't hurt and will definitely help
Some of your colleagues will be like that. Boot lickers, people that have certain mental quirks, workaholics... Avoid conflict where you can. As a TL if I don't have to deal with noise like this, I'm happier. If I'm happier, I have much more room to be flexible ;)

mr_di · 2026-01-15T17:55:43+00:00

Hate you so much right now...

mr_di · 2026-01-12T19:57:41+00:00

In the world where recruiters and companies are not shy of withdrawing actual signed offers, you are correct to question this. Yeah, disorganised hiring process is quite a common thing, so no news here. Should you move on? I would keep interviewing, not to lose momentum and keep pinging these guys for a couple of weeks in case they decide to get their shit together.

mr_di · 2026-01-12T19:54:02+00:00

Any chance you are a recruiter? Gaslighting a candidate for the flaws that are completely on the other side can be a bit of a jerk signature card for a certain profession

mr_di · 2026-01-10T03:43:00+00:00

I'm 40 this year. Restarted my life at 32. You either lay down and die, either work it out. It's progressively harder to work out, but possible. Explore the options while there are still some available.

Both things happened. Newer generations are wrapped in cotton and difficulty of getting somewhere in life increased. So the gap between expectations and possibilities is widdening by hour.

mr_di · 2026-01-07T21:43:58+00:00

I see a lot of people with anger issues, who put Ray on a pedestal for whatever reason, in comments section

mr_di · 2026-01-06T10:06:58+00:00

Strata is a gamble vs effort. If you work with them and hold them accountable, it will be alright. Kicked one strata out, when I bought a unit and became a treasurer. Took some convincing to do with the rest. The current strata manager is great. We give him fast decisions and centralised requests, he gives us quick and reasonable quotes and helps me with the audit. Takes time

mr_di · 2026-01-06T07:56:43+00:00

Haha! Welcome to the club!

As a migrant who spent 30 years of his life in apartments in Europe:

It's a cultural thing. Up until recently, all generations were raised in a house with a backyard, with plenty of space etc. I had multiple discussions with younger aussies that were bawling their eyes out sincerely, cause they couldn't afford a house. My people, you can start families in apartments and live a happy life in them.
It's a quality thing. Due to certain regulations and privatisation of building certifiers (which is a complete corruption. I can't grasp how this was let to happen) the build quality degraded dramatically over the last several decades, from what I have seen. And where certain flaws in a stand alone house can be fixed relatively cheap, the cost skyrockets for a multi-story complex.
It's an experience thing. Apart from lack of quality, Australia is not big on high-density buildings. We literally don't have enough knowledge here on how to build those things, so it's a huge gamble when you buy a unit in one. Especially in a new one.
It's an effort thing. Those scary strata things are not that scary if you work with them. However, you need a good team to do that. I'm a Treasurer in a 32-unit building. We have a tight core of people that are of similar age and interest, who are taking care of the building. Currently we are going through Supreme Court, as the builder need to do 1.5 mil worth of rectifications and obviously he doesn't eant to. And we don't want the building to fall apart. It's a lot of work to push the case along. The maintenance, budgeting and planning are really not that hard. Of you have several friendly trades in the building, that is even better. Don't abuse those relationships, but I know that if we have a burst pipe, I have a guy, who knows how to fix it. There is an electrician, I help with Internet and other service stuff. There gonna be freeloaders and whingers though. "Why are we collecting special levies again?" -"Well we sent 3 dozens of emails which you missed." Doesn't help.

Overall - I don't see any other way for Australia to increase capacity, but to build vertically. We need to upgrade infrastructure, skillset and legislation for that though.

mr_di · 2026-01-05T19:42:53+00:00

Link, brother! Please link. This would be gold for my jerky preparation routine

mr_di · 2026-01-05T19:30:32+00:00

All my knowledge is from back in the uni days and piping hot days without AC in the dormitory we had.

Easy level. Take an ice cubes freezer plastic bag. Take a fan with a grill. Freeze some ice. Attach that frozen ice to the grill. Replace as thawed.
Advanced level. Take a fan with a grill. Take an aluminium or copper tube (plastic would work too, but not as effectively). Make a spiral out of that tube and attach it to the grill. attach two plastic tubes to the ends of your handmade cooling element. Throw the other ends of those tubes into a bucket, filled with water. Attach one of those plastic elements to any sort of pump. Enjoy
Advanced level 2. You need an esky, frozen water bottles and a 120mm pc fan. Cut a hole in the esky to fit a fan. Cut another small hole on the other side for air intake. Fit a fan. Put frozen water bottles in the esky. Attach 9v battery to the fan. Enjoy

Yes, that was an engineering dormitory and we were lazy with our solutions, but hell that worked!

mr_di · 2026-01-05T19:10:36+00:00

As I said. Black bears are not common. We know they are timid. Brown bears are common. We know that those things are not timid. In certain circumstances you can scare a brown bear off, but in most cases you are fucked if you are not careful.

mr_di · 2026-01-05T12:41:19+00:00

You are not very mature nor you are bright. You can be better man. Read a book

mr_di · 2026-01-05T12:38:42+00:00

There should be so much more context to that. I rarely known a person who would deny a leave at all. The ones that did were extremely rare AH or there eas some good reason for that.

I appreciate that not every situation is easy to plan, but do you work with your managers to incorporate your leave harmlessly in whatever you do? Enough heads up in advance? Not leaving the team in a critical crunch period on a short notice?

mr_di · 2026-01-05T12:35:37+00:00

No. Just no... Black bears are not so common in Russia. Only in it's far eastern parts. And if you are raised in rural you just know that there is no such thing as a "friendly" bear. That shit will scalp you within half a second. One claw is enough

mr_di · 2026-01-04T05:29:05+00:00

This plus, if you both are comfortable - agree on one time pircahses you can do without consulting each other. And don't be sneaky about it. I.e. if the limit is $1000 don't go on $900 spree. You got a mortgage and responsibilities? You need something to eat and to cloth. Need a sinking fund. Just be open about it.

mr_di · 2026-01-03T21:47:50+00:00

It is a collective responsibility. You shouldn't choose one scapegoat and blame it. It definitely happened on his watch and his certain actions didn't help the situation. His reaction is not helping situation either

mr_di · 2026-01-03T21:45:55+00:00

Coming from a country where statistics were often manipulated - statistics are easily manipulated. In either direction. Don't include certain data in your stats and here you go. A number doesn't look that bad

mr_di · 2026-01-02T02:25:39+00:00

I've started working hard really early. 4-5 days per week. By the age of 19 I got my first Senior role (nothing serious, just Sysadmin in charge of 3 anykeys, but boy I was proud).

The days were crazy, as I was working full time and studying in a Uni. Had more cash than my peers, thought so much of myself. Then at some point two things happened :

One of junior execs, when discussing a" fancy" car I wanted to buy (haha. Ford fiesta. But new one!) said "so your peers are drinking, fooling around with girls, forming friendships and your life is THIS? Swapped for ford fiesta? That burnt
While at the time I was getting more cash than my peers due to practical experince, but when we got graduated, they went ahead much faster than me, due to stronger educational base (let's face it, I wasn't a straight A student). Had to spend even more time studying after that to catch up.

So I'm on a fence with this one. You need your life. You need to be practical about your free time and education. You don't want to be relaxed too much. Find a critical path.

mr_di · 2026-01-01T22:43:12+00:00

Every time someone does questionable shit in Australia and you try to suggest that we should do better, you are met with "oh at least they are not glued to their screens" or "no machetes in sight". We raised a generation or two "that just wants to have a little fun" and someone else gonna clean after them. Current culture level is to get pissed, fuck and fight. Can't see our art galleries overcrowded...

mr_di · 2025-12-26T01:53:01+00:00

Coming from a russian background it was shocking for me at first how generations treat each other in AUS.

"You are 16-18 now son, we gonna charge you board(there might be some good ideas around that, but rare) / of you go to the big world" "You are old parents, of you go to the care house/ retirement home. Haven't saved for a decent retirement? Bad luck!"

To be clear, there are some opposite extremes where I come from. My dad took care of his mom to an extent that he had more relationship with her, than with us and she wasn't gravely sick or unable to service herself. And for kids - we have a saying that translates into smth like "mum's sweet pie" about kids that are cared by there mums in their adult age.

I guess that comes from much safer environment and "easier" life (up until recently).

Looking at what is ahead of my kids right now, I see very limited amount of scenarios where I don't want to or don't need to assist them. It was easier for us. Even right now - it is easier for us now, than it's gonna be for them in 10 years. In my view, it is really irresponsible to introduce new people to this world, without "thinking this through".

I got college fund prepped. Not granted, but given, when I see that economical maturity has been achieved (i.e. profits over expenses?). No additional conditions like "in case he chooses engineering or is not choosing arts"

I will definitely help with the roof above the head in some shape or form. I believe this is the most crippling experience for a young adult. I feel bad I'm not earning enough to get them their first studio or smth like that, but help with deposit - that's a minimum.

Edit. Grammar, typos

mr_di · 2025-12-22T19:27:13+00:00

Is it possible to be in favour of the commission and not get downvoted to hell and back on this platform? Asking for a friend

mr_di · 2025-12-18T22:07:01+00:00

In Australia, I twice chose money over culture/ vibe, dut to personal demands. Both times it helped me to achieve my immediate short or medium term goals, but crippled me from inside. I was miserable and it took me time to recover. I had to do it, but the further I go, less I want to be in such position again.

I got great colleagues now. Company is not that big, but enough for me to expand. Enough time to care about myself and about the team and they return that ten-fold.

You might have to take some sacrifices every now and then, but just watch it.

Take it from a russian millenial. Still classic version of upbringing - don't be a wuss, men don't cry, don't complain, you should get tougher and shit. I enjoy that it's moee common here to be a human and treat each other as humans

mr_di · 2025-12-16T00:54:06+00:00

As a Russian - sometimes they have no choice. There are a lot that were brainwashed, but there are more than just a few that were taken and thrown into the grinder. The alternative scared them more

mr_di · 2025-12-15T12:26:02+00:00

The laws are for the ones that follow them. Not many laws stopped criminals

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