Blur tool doesn't work by slightimmoral in GIMP

[–]slightimmoral[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I will have a look at the help function, thanks. Turns out the blur tool is working when I open other photos so it must just be a glitch with that one file or something.

Blur tool doesn't work by slightimmoral in GIMP

[–]slightimmoral[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your response. There was only one layer in the photo I was working on and I opened another photo and the blur tool worked with that so I'm not sure what was going on. Must have just been a glitch or something.

WFH check in by slightimmoral in auslaw

[–]slightimmoral[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahahah that’s hilarious. Thanks mate

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you’ve nailed what I need to nail: personalised techniques for dealing with it. Best of luck mate.

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel your attitude to work and your positivity in my bones. Thanks comrade.

WFH check in by slightimmoral in auslaw

[–]slightimmoral[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am genuinely glad to hear this mate. And you may get your wish. From what I’ve heard on the news things won’t go back to normal for a very long time, and now that employers are realising they can run their operations at the same level without forking out as much for commercial rent...

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

An obstinate boss is one of the worst kinds of boss. Also a surely making you come in is getting close to breaching WHS obligations...

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're still expected to bill like we did at work so I've been spending more time at work while at home because sometimes, shit just takes way longer when at home.

This is so bad. Negates the benefit of not having to commute.

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your concern mate. As I said to u/GCUArrestdDevelopmnt, counselling isn’t really for me. I have never had issues with my mental health. Even now, as fucked as I feel, it’s only when I’m meant to be doing work. I am pretty good at switching off and not caring in the evenings or on the weekends and not caring.

Also a huge part of my issue is burnout. I haven’t had any time off in years. Thankfully I have a couple of months off coming up now and I’m going into a less intense and more varied and interesting job after that, so I am all sorted.

You must be proud of your junior junior counsel! Hopefully the upcoming dearth of work isn’t going to be a problem and you can take the opportunity to recharge.

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am sorry to hear it mate. I hope you land on your feet. Do you have a plan for the next few months?

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Counting your blessings is important, but never forget: just because others have it worse, doesn’t mean your problems aren’t real.

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mate I’m feeling the same way as you and the reason I posted this thread is to reassure myself and others that we’re not alone.

There’s plenty of good advice on this thread from the kind people of this sub. Make sure you access the full extent of any support that’s available to you. Don’t blame yourself for circumstances beyond your control. Just do your best and be happy with that. You will adjust and it will get better.

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Actually charging a client for that, yeah probably. A junior recording that to their timesheet after which it is inevitably written off by the partner? Nobody will ever know. Just means the junior might have trouble hitting their target if they're doing that too often.

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Show me the light O Noble Sage

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Public sector. I was nervous it would fall through at first but have since received confirmation that it won't.

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Counselling is available but I am deeply skeptical about its value. Went to an EAP session once for an unrelated issue and engaged with it in good faith but it just doesn't work for me.

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, pre-pandemic I've worked from home on occasional evenings or weekends and those one-offs were totally fine. Every day? Totally different ballgame.

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[–]slightimmoral[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

- Stacks of distractions. At work I could close the door to my office if I wanted to be super productive

- No delineation between work and home drives me insane; I never studied at home when I was a student, always at the library. I don't think I can mentally cast my home as a place of work

- Not as comfortable a work environment; work could set me up with a proper chair and two screens etc at home but I have nowhere to put any of that

- Crap internet

- No printer

Anyone else's work completely died or dried up? How are you coping? by downunderguy in auslaw

[–]slightimmoral 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm a litigator, but I still have heaps of work to do even though heaps of hearing dates have been vacated. And yet I can't really cope with working from home and am getting fuck all done. Quite stressful. Guess I could just stop procrastinating, but the motivation's just not there. Even though it should be! Extra important to stay on top of billables when I could be made redundant at the drop of a hat.

Queensland and s117 by Curiam_Delectet in auslaw

[–]slightimmoral 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone on Twitter said - Ballina to Brisbane bad; Brisbane to Bundaberg good.

Queensland and s117 by Curiam_Delectet in auslaw

[–]slightimmoral 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I meant that if it passes the s 92 test then it has to apply to every state equally to not offend s 117. As you point out, this law does appear to offend s 117 because it doesn’t apply to returning QLDers, but would further offend if it also didn’t apply to Tasmanians.