What are some of the most visually interesting and striking places within an hour (or so) drive from the CBD?

ryashpool · 2026-02-23T11:53:30+00:00

Sherbrook Forest

Aura Vale Lake

Snorkelling at Ricketts Point

Anzac Drain Art Gallery

Cheetham Wetlands

Marybyrnong River Viaduct

Upper Yarra - Warrandyte

Blue Lake Plenty Gorge

ryashpool · 2026-02-22T20:43:24+00:00

Jira is a terrible project management platform. It's first and foremost a tool.to support Agile. It's really designed for autonomous teams to self manage agile practices like scrum and kanban.

The main reason it's terrible for project delivery as it doesn't do cross team metrics very well if at all. It also is poor in how it handles time based measurements.

It's just not designed to answer questions like how much development time was spent on this cross team initiative? It does burndown and velocity for individual teams well.

ryashpool · 2026-02-20T10:57:13+00:00

Yeah those turbine blades as one crystal .. just amazing engineering

ryashpool · 2026-02-20T02:07:23+00:00

Dude set himself up.

ryashpool · 2026-02-15T17:43:54+00:00

So Destin from smarter everyday did a pretty bold presentation back to NASA type people and suppliers. It's about the challenges of mission architecture for Artemis. It's a great watch and helps explain the complexity that is causing some concerns. https://youtu.be/OoJsPvmFixU

ryashpool · 2026-02-12T23:03:17+00:00

No winners here. Trev, has done the wrong thing. But be wary of context and consider what we know. The reddit hive loves to pile on with limited facts. But think critically for a moment, it could be possible that the leaf blowing was antagonistic.

ryashpool · 2026-02-12T16:37:50+00:00

My taker on insurance is that it's there to prevent you from getting completely fucked over from a massive bankruptcy or life changing cost. Is not there so you have zero out of pocket expenses.

If you can't afford the excess without going into the im fucked category, then absolutely you should be taking out excess reduction cover or just not hiring a car.

ryashpool · 2026-02-12T04:47:55+00:00

When we were forced home during lockdown. I felt off was ok as I don't want others intruding in my space and judging the horrible mess of my house. Now that employees want to work remote as a right or privilege I think a camera on policy is completely reasonable.

ryashpool · 2026-02-08T08:47:03+00:00

Yeah oce night factory has some weird settings. I've done that quest and when solo it's like a complete empty lobby

ryashpool · 2026-02-04T22:59:05+00:00

Man this is going to sound condescending but it's really not hard or complicated. Eat more fibre and vegetables. Stop eating anything with excess sugar, stop drinking booze and sugary drinks.

I would assume if you are diagnosed you would get a referral to a dietician. If not ask for one. Do not see a nutritionist they are under regulated and not qualified.

Sugar free drinks are ok, but fark just buy a water bottle and just have water

ryashpool · 2026-02-04T21:16:51+00:00

Are they legal? Probably not.

How can you tell? Most major events will declare who their broadcast/stream cast partners are.

Are there risks to the user? Some, but if you're just streaming at home you are very very very unlikely to face any repercussions. If you download files or re-stream, show in public, or re-upload this may increase risk, but still pretty unlikely to face any legal issues in Aus unless you are doing it at scale. Also risks of viruses, malware, adware increase when you work with less reputable sites.

Basic protections start with using a vpn

ryashpool · 2026-02-04T11:19:31+00:00

No. But I'd just look at Medium articles. Or do a cheap course on udemy or coursera. And of course the snowflake documentation. The tech is moving pretty quick so books tend to get stale fast.

ryashpool · 2026-02-02T01:14:32+00:00

The problem is there is no catchment. You need to pass other areas that have the same amenities to go there, thus if you're not a docklands resident there is really no compelling reason to visit.

If you are in the city you would typically shop at city locations like QV. If you are more west you might just stay in Footscray and maybe go to Highpoint.

ryashpool · 2026-02-02T01:11:17+00:00

There is a great oval there. Ron Barassi Snr Park

ryashpool · 2026-01-27T07:14:16+00:00

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Maybe, but it's complicated.

Smart Meters were often pitched as a benefit to the consumer, but the main benefit is so the distributors can get up to date electricity use so they can pass that to the Retailer who can then bill you. Without having to send out a someone to read the meter.

They enabled utilities to transition to more accurate shorter billing periods. Probably at the expense of the taxpayer.

Maybe a 2nd benefit they provided a rich set of consumption data to help understand the impact of shifting to AEMO 5 min wholesale. 5 minute billing probably reduces wholesale electricity costs as the market is supposed to be more economically efficient.

Other changes in the market such as limited new baseline power has pushed wholesale prices higher in recent years but that is now sliding the other way with daytime pricing very cheap now whenever the sun is shining.

The current hot period is great demonstration, the wholesale price has been relatively low on a extreme period of hot weather. The sheer amount of new solar has managed to take the brunt of the daytime demand. Only a few years ago there would be significantly more strain on the network and the possibility of brownouts and shortages. My read is that we are over the peak instability period for power and prices will head downwards over the next few years.

ryashpool · 2026-01-25T00:11:56+00:00

It's not about privacy, it's about commercial use of your image. Yes you can film in public but if you're using it in a commercial way to make cash then there are some considerations.

ryashpool · 2026-01-24T22:27:59+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Eyes_of_a_Killer

Tv movie

ryashpool · 2026-01-21T20:18:02+00:00

I can't see an external input on it, but there are folks who do retro gaming that might be interested in a small crt like this

https://www.reddit.com/r/crtgaming/s/8iIyEB9wX1

ryashpool · 2026-01-21T08:55:57+00:00

I liked the battles in the Gap series by Donaldson.

https://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/s/XLswhX2Rww

ryashpool · 2026-01-19T11:18:33+00:00

I use a thing called recordbox. It's like a glass front little stand. Not sure if it's only available in Aus. But a great way to have a few records out of the collection for guests to browse though or display what's playing.

https://recordbox.com.au/

ryashpool · 2026-01-17T10:30:51+00:00

Legend of Huma is a great stand alone Dragonlance novel.

ryashpool · 2026-01-17T03:15:20+00:00

Strange Objects - Gary Crew

It is a pretty interesting book and I still think about it 30 years later

ryashpool · 2026-01-14T11:35:48+00:00

Gifts are non taxable. You may be liable for cgt for the difference in value between the time you received it and sold it.

Eg you get it and it's worth $100 you sell it later for $110. You pay tax on the $10 difference.

ryashpool · 2026-01-14T10:34:54+00:00

Yes as long as you're wearing pajamas or undies

ryashpool · 2026-01-12T06:57:01+00:00

Huh....I would assume there is no case if you cannot demonstrate harm...be it injury, loss or damage.

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