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by mrmincent 4y ago
I dropped down to a 4 day week so that I could look after my son one day a week. The negotiations were pretty simple, I just told my boss that due to our circumstances I needed to drop down to 4 days, and his reaction was basically I’d rath
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by mrmincent 4y ago
The SE is great, both my parents received one each for their birthdays this year. Nice bright display, a button to help escape any stuck programs, and a great new camera for them to take pictures of caravans, cactuses, and kids. I’ve got an
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by mrmincent 4y ago
I’ve always struggled with my weight, every 5 or so years I’ll get really motivated and lose 20-30kg, and then slowly gain it back over the next 5 years to hit the same point I’m at right now, about 120kg and a BMI of 40. Reading the articl
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by mrmincent 4y ago
I feel like snobs really miss out on enjoying the full spectrum of the thing that they’re snobby about. I know people who only drink single origin coffee and single malt whisky and the like, but to me often a good quality blended product of
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by mrmincent 4y ago
I’m exactly the same, turned my 3 year degree into a 5 year slog because I’d get too anxious to do assignments or even exams. Took me a long time (decades) to learn about anxiety and it’s impacts, so you’re doing well to be aware of it earl
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by mrmincent 4y ago
Say what you will about EA, but as a rugby fan I’m a little hopeful this gives them a little space to having a crack at the egg chasing game.
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by mrmincent 4y ago
Agreed, I’ve linked several services over the years and it all works when I need it. I can’t imagine the struggle it would’ve been to get all the various ancient systems and bureaucracies working together
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by mrmincent 5y ago
As an Aussie it’s definitely the T’s that always stand out for me when listening to American English. Specifically the word “important”, to me it always sounds like it’s pronounced by Americans like “impor-en’”
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by mrmincent 5y ago
I’ve had huge issues with falling asleep for years, and have had two big changes in the last 2 years that have completely changed things for me. The first was being diagnosed with anxiety and learning about mindful breathing activities, ess
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by mrmincent 5y ago
If you break your foot, you go see a doctor. If your car is struggling to go up hills, you take it to a mechanic. If your mind is exhausted and your mental health is struggling, you should see a therapist. I started seeing one when covid lo
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by mrmincent 5y ago
I used to use sumologic in an old job and found it super useful, having a command line tool along the same lines is amazing, thank you!
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by mrmincent 5y ago
Absolutely, I used to work for an online bookmaker and if we saw a spike in 404s it usually meant one of our sports traders had stuffed something up and took down a market early, or a release went out that broke our navigation. In a busines
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by mrmincent 5y ago
My workplace updated their leave policy from 2 weeks to 3 months back in April, and in May my wife and I welcomed a new baby boy. I’ve taken the whole 3 months and it feels like one of the best choices I’ve ever made. Getting to spend so mu
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by mrmincent 5y ago
For me there hasn’t been a huge impact, I just take half a dose (5mg) or skip it for the day and everything is sweet. Spoke with my GP about it and he said after 6-12 months the body should adapt and Things should function well.
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by mrmincent 5y ago
I’ve had chronically bad sleep for most of my adult life, but the last 12ish months has been the best, most consistent sleep I’ve ever had. I think I’ve finally hit a good combination of helpful things. I was diagnosed with an anxiety condi
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by mrmincent 5y ago
Maybe it’s an old Australian thing then :)
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by mrmincent 5y ago
My mum spent a couple of years in the UK and refers to peanut butter as peanut paste. Could be a term for ‘spread’.
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by mrmincent 6y ago
I feel like this is a programmer’s equivalent of using Excel to record UAT results or Configuration decisions. Absolutely possible and is mostly fine, but really isn’t the best tool for the job.
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by mrmincent 6y ago
I wouldn’t say humans are unique, My Labrador didn’t understand the concept of a handshake until she realised treats were available :)
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by mrmincent 6y ago
Same thing happened to a bloke in my old team, except of course we had no backups (this was on an unofficial ops server that ran business critical scripts). He spent the rest of the week putting the crons back together. Now the first cronjo
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by mrmincent 6y ago
$100k for a staging environment is definitely worth it IMO. It sounds like this person hasn't setup a good one, but in my experience a good $100k staging environment will catch more than $100k worth of bugs and downtime over a year. On
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by mrmincent 6y ago
Same here, there’s something about the schtick that I can’t really warm to, ultimately it’s an insincere adaptation of bogan culture. To me bogan culture was always about letting an object rip and basking in its glory, not making self aware
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by mrmincent 7y ago
What I meant is that if a tram breaks down on the track, or there is an obstruction on the track, any other tram is stuck dead in the water. A bus can drive around stationary objects. The trams in melbourne suburbs usually drive down the mi
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by mrmincent 7y ago
As someone who moved to Melbourne (and doesn’t have a car), I don’t have the love for trams that Melbournians do. They’re slow and disruptive to the rest of the traffic. At the same time buses aren’t stuck on rails and usually get you place
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by mrmincent 8y ago
My coffee contraption progression has been instant coffee -> caffettiera -> french press -> aeropress (x4) -> rok espresso -> minipresso -> BES920. I'd recommend going a mini/nanopresso if you enjoy the smallness
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by mrmincent 10y ago
> No real information was presented here, just assertion on either side. So just a regular episode of qanda then? It's honestly one of the more frustrating shows to watch most of the time.
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by mrmincent 10y ago
I can't speak for edtechdev, but it certainly has been effective for me. I've dropped about 20kg since christmas through a combination of diet changes and doing HIIT on an exercise bike 2 - 3 times a week. Obviously the diet has t
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by mrmincent 11y ago
Relationships are a two way deal. It sounds like it has been going for a while, at least several months. She has every right to put herself first if she's been in an unhappy situation for a long time. I went through a down period a few
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by mrmincent 11y ago
I voted online in the last nsw election as I had moved states and forgotten to update my details. To implement my civic duty while in underpants truly made me feel like I was living in the future.
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by mrmincent 12y ago
Leave it in the bank, sit on it for a year. Think things through, take advice from different people. You will eventually find a house that you want to buy, or a business you want to invest in, or a holiday you want to take. Don't use i

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