A contract for a salaried position may say something like “you will work 40 hours a week but you maybe have to work some moderate overtime to complete tasks at certain times throughout the year.” (Probably better worded than that) but that means they can expect you to work overtime every now and then if there is a deadline or a project that requires it. But if its every week or an unreasonable amount of overtime per week then you should be compensated with time in lieu or extra money. It all depends on your contract.

Why do you have a picture of his ass in your wallet though?

I lean into it. “Oh you only slept for 20 mins? I feel great, I got a full 8 hours. I don’t even drink caffeine because I sleep so well”.

The one time I missed it was when I was trying to sell a subwoofer which only has RCA inputs and I had to use my laptop top prove it worked to potential buyers. Other than that, I use Bluetooth exclusively.

All hail the fork!

This happened to a guy I knew but the other way around. He turned up late to the bucks party, started crying and saying he wasn’t ready for marriage and ended up cancelling everything and paying the bride-not-to-be’s parents back for everything.

I think they just rushed into it and he realised at that moment.

Once governments stop or reduce funding for the meat and dairy industries, prices will continue to go up and more people will be like you. At the end of the day, animal products (especially those from bovines) aren’t super sustainable and cost a lot more than we pay at the supermarket.

We call that a tactical vom in my circle of friends. My mate was known for it back in the day!

“who the fuck shit on the floor!?”

Generally, yes. I like MacOS more than windows because it’s at least *nix.

But to be honest I have no strong opinions on OS when it comes to work. I’ve used windows*/Linux/MacOS and none have stood out as far superior to get my work done faster or more efficiently.

I use MacOS with my Mac because that’s what’s installed out of the box.

The main things that seem to hold me back from working efficiently are programs that are required by the company to maintain their ISO accreditation like Microsoft “intune” or what ever it’s called.

*Only when required.

There are plenty of developers who use macs for work, me included. I mainly go with Mac for the build quality/battery life/performance though and also because my work pays for it so I don’t need to worry about the exorbitant price. I would agree that MacOS is pretty janky at times and it requires a few third party apps to be reasonable usable.

But I’m not really sure what you mean by useful bits? I don’t feel like I’m really restricted in MacOS. If there isn’t a UI element for something, you can probably adjust it in a terminal.

In Australia you can send money via phone number or email (called payid) but it’s not sent in an email or SMS, it’s just that your number/email address is used as a unique identifier linked to your bank account. When someone pays you via either of those, the money gets directed into that account instantly.

And yes, being paid directly into your bank account is standard here and I would say really the only option for most jobs. I’m 35 and have never had a job that doesn’t pay you direct to your account.

Wait, your heart and lungs stop when you sleep? 🤔

Yes! Love it!

This has happened to my wife with plane tickets. She has an é in her first name. Thankfully they let her fly but yes this can have serious consequences. She now usually just uses e but technically that doesn’t match her passport so it’s always a gamble.

You can even compile to a native executable these days I believe so you don’t have to have the .net runtime installed or bundled.

They now spruke .NET MAUI (Multi-Platform App UI) as the new “write once, deploy everywhere” framework. I’ve not used it but it sounds good in theory 🤷‍♂️

Or what if your SSD borks it and you’re unable to do a secure erase on it? Happened to my wife’s laptop. I’m planning on smashing the SSD to ensure the data is destroyed before putting it in recycling.

I pay for premium but I ended up installing revanced on my phone so I could disable shorts and it also skips in-video ads which is really nice. I didn’t disable YouTube’s ad blocking though because I don’t need to.

Yeah Australia is slightly different to the US in that it’s huge but there are very few people living here. Take the largest state: Western Australia which is literally 4 times the size of Texas. But do people drive from Adelaide (capital of South Australia) to Perth (capital of Western Australia)? No, not generally. It takes 28 hours of non-stop driving. And the thing is, there is hardly anything in between. This means you have to be careful about fuel stops and maybe even have a satellite phone. Look up the Nullarbor Plain of you’re interested.

People “from the country” might drive several hours to visit relatives and you might drive 3-4 hours to go to a camping/holiday destination, but if you’re headed to another major city, you are most likely going to fly.

The closest other capital city to Adelaide is Melbourne but that’s still ~8 hours away by car. But there is a really nice scenic route called the Great Ocean Road which you would usually do over a a few days.