Things That Shit Me the Eighteenth

[Scotland]

On a side note, who knew there was so much wealth in Mandurah - many of those homes were mind blowing

Careful what you wish for though. A lot of overcapitalisation down there. My mate's parents built a place on one of the canals there to retire to. Not entirely sure why a couple now in their 70s with adult children long out of home felt the need to build a large family home but each to their own. Cost them something like $500k for the land and $500k for the house and for a long time it selling it would've resulted in a heavy loss. With the housing market as stupid as it is now they are only just at the point they can consider downsizing without taking a hit.

 

[Billy ray]

Careful what you wish for though. A lot of overcapitalisation down there. My mate's parents built a place on one of the canals there to retire to. Not entirely sure why a couple now in their 70s with adult children long out of home felt the need to build a large family home but each to their own. Cost them something like $500k for the land and $500k for the house and for a long time it selling it would've resulted in a heavy loss. With the housing market as stupid as it is now they are only just at the point they can consider downsizing without taking a hit.

every 7-10 years, peoples overcapitalisation errors are wiped.
just need to ride it out

 

[MarcMaverick]

NBN can get in the bin. 36hrs with no internet.

 

[troybe]

NBN can get in the bin. 36hrs with no internet.

Did you do this post by Morse code?

 

[MarcMaverick]

Did you do this post by Morse code?

No, more library time. I swear we have some of the most dumb stuff here in OZ.

 

[rocker_oz33]

No, more library time. I swear we have some of the most dumb stuff here in OZ.

When I first got interwebs I had the wrong phone company was STD call every time I logged on.

 

[MarcMaverick]

When I first got interwebs I had the wrong phone company was STD call every time I logged on.

I remember how when we were spuiking our internet speeds some 15 years ago, Vietnam and Thailand were laughing at us. May be a Mandela Effect or a fever dream.

 

[Plugger35]

I remember how when we were spuiking our internet speeds some 15 years ago, Vietnam and Thailand were laughing at us. May be a Mandela Effect or a fever dream.

NZ has faster internet speeds than Australia but they have the advantage of being a smaller country like most other countries.

 

[Beerfish]

NZ has faster internet speeds than Australia but they have the advantage of being a smaller country like most other countries.

Much smaller land mass. Much smaller population.. especially given half of them are here at any one time.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Lots of remote places here in OZ they have poor or old interwebs.

 

[Gough]

State of Australia's internet is a Tony Abbott special by request of Rupert Murdoch. Pay TV got it a few years here it probably shouldn't have had though.

 

[peternorth]

None of these nut butters need to be anywhere near bread. Thats the first issue.
I love pretty much all nut butters. Never had one sandwich with them

 

[peternorth]

Good news bad news

Good news is I don't have the Asian Monkey Pox variant

Bad news is it's man flu

You're on my 2026 death list. Hang on till Jan 1.

Was nearly run off the road this morning by a ****knuckle tradie driving a white van like a lunatic. Went onto socials to leave a glowing review only to find lots of similar reports. The only way they stay in business is because they have long term property maintenance contracts with government departments.

is there a theory or proven reason as to why theyre so angry on the roads? You cannot engage with them in an civil manner. They have weapons (hammers, saws, drills, knives, spades, crowbars) at their disposal.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Bought one of those “natural” nut butters. I didn’t know there’s a centimetre of oil on the top so when I got the lid off, after a bit of a struggle, oil splashed out all over the kitchen bench . I then read the the label - yeah yeah belatedly - and found out the contents have to be thoroughly stirred each time before using…

Back to Bega smooth.

 

[cats_09]

Bought one of those “natural” nut butters. I didn’t know there’s a centimetre of oil on the top so when I got the lid off, after a bit of a struggle, oil splashed out all over the kitchen bench . I then read the the label - yeah yeah belatedly - and found out the contents have to be thoroughly stirred each time before using…

Back to Bega smooth.

I use Mayvers and have found the best storage option is keeping the jar upside down - that way they oil is on the bottom when you flip it to open and it's not as much of an issue

 

[rocker_oz33]

Bought one of those “natural” nut butters. I didn’t know there’s a centimetre of oil on the top so when I got the lid off, after a bit of a struggle, oil splashed out all over the kitchen bench . I then read the the label - yeah yeah belatedly - and found out the contents have to be thoroughly stirred each time before using…

Back to Bega smooth.

You seen the spread section of the supermarket? Heaps of options heaps of peanut batters heaps of spread pun intended.

 

[Gough]

Aldi unsalted with the odd Lurpak when it's on sale.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Peanut butter we use to call>
Vegemite we use to say > .

 

[GreyCrow]

You're on my 2026 death list. Hang on till Jan 1.

The way my unstoppable coughing is punching out my sternum bones it's on the cards

 

[Pistol Night]

Lots of remote places here in OZ they have poor or old interwebs.

Starlink

 

[Over The Post]

Occasionally you see something that strikes such a chord you have to repost it in full. My work laptop was "upgraded" to W11 a couple of months ago. It is the most unfriendly, buggy POS I've ever used. Anyway:
--

Last quarter I announced a milestone.

30% of our code is now written by AI.

I called it "engineering velocity."

The board loved that phrase.

They didn't ask what the code does.

Neither did we.

It compiles.

Usually.

That's the metric.

Someone asked about testing.

I said "AI-assisted quality assurance."

That means the AI writes the tests too.

For the code it wrote.

It finds no issues.

Very efficient.

This week we admitted Windows 11 core features are broken.

Audio doesn't work.

Explorer crashes.

Updates fail to install.

Users asked why.

I said "we're investigating."

Investigating means reading the code.

The code the AI wrote.

That no human understands.

Because understanding isn't scalable.

Our CTO says 95% of code will be AI-generated by 2030.

I believe him.

I have to.

We fired the people who would check.

They were "non-essential headcount."

Essential means writes code.

AI writes code.

Humans are overhead.

Overhead gets optimized.

We optimized 10,000 engineers last year.

This year the bugs arrived.

Unrelated, obviously.

The engineers we kept are debugging AI output.

They don't understand it either.

But they're "cross-functional."

Cross-functional means they do everything.

Everything means nothing well.

A user asked why their audio disappeared after an update.

I said "install updated drivers."

They asked why the update broke the drivers.

I said "report it via Feedback Hub."

They asked what happens to feedback.

I said "it helps us prioritize."

Prioritize means add to backlog.

Backlog means never.

But politely.

Someone on Hacker News called this "a privacy and consent disaster."

I called it "an evolving user experience."

Same thing.

Different framing.

We released a fix.

The fix broke something else.

The something else was also written by AI.

The fix was also written by AI.

They're collaborating now.

I call it "autonomous iteration."

The autonomous iteration has created 47 new bugs.

Each bug spawns a fix.

Each fix spawns two bugs.

Exponential growth.

Just like our stock price.

Unrelated, obviously.

Satya told Mark we're at 30%.

Mark said he didn't know Meta's number.

Sundar said Google is also at 30%.

None of us know what the code does.

But we know the percentage.

Percentage is a metric.

Metrics go in earnings calls.

Earnings calls move stock prices.

Stock prices determine bonuses.

Bonuses determine success.

Success means the bugs don't matter.

Users asked when Windows will work again.

I said "we're committed to quality."

Quality means it ships.

Ships means it's your problem now.

Thank you for being part of the Microsoft family.

Family means you can't leave.

We're in your enterprise agreement.

For three more years.

The circle of innovation.

 

[Over The Post]

 

[Gralin]

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I ****ing hate the entire industry at this point

 

[MarcMaverick]

Occasionally you see something that strikes such a chord you have to repost it in full. My work laptop was "upgraded" to W11 a couple of months ago. It is the most unfriendly, buggy POS I've ever used. Anyway:
--

Last quarter I announced a milestone.

30% of our code is now written by AI.

I called it "engineering velocity."

The board loved that phrase.

They didn't ask what the code does.

Neither did we.

It compiles.

Usually.

That's the metric.

Someone asked about testing.

I said "AI-assisted quality assurance."

That means the AI writes the tests too.

For the code it wrote.

It finds no issues.

Very efficient.

This week we admitted Windows 11 core features are broken.

Audio doesn't work.

Explorer crashes.

Updates fail to install.

Users asked why.

I said "we're investigating."

Investigating means reading the code.

The code the AI wrote.

That no human understands.

Because understanding isn't scalable.

Our CTO says 95% of code will be AI-generated by 2030.

I believe him.

I have to.

We fired the people who would check.

They were "non-essential headcount."

Essential means writes code.

AI writes code.

Humans are overhead.

Overhead gets optimized.

We optimized 10,000 engineers last year.

This year the bugs arrived.

Unrelated, obviously.

The engineers we kept are debugging AI output.

They don't understand it either.

But they're "cross-functional."

Cross-functional means they do everything.

Everything means nothing well.

A user asked why their audio disappeared after an update.

I said "install updated drivers."

They asked why the update broke the drivers.

I said "report it via Feedback Hub."

They asked what happens to feedback.

I said "it helps us prioritize."

Prioritize means add to backlog.

Backlog means never.

But politely.

Someone on Hacker News called this "a privacy and consent disaster."

I called it "an evolving user experience."

Same thing.

Different framing.

We released a fix.

The fix broke something else.

The something else was also written by AI.

The fix was also written by AI.

They're collaborating now.

I call it "autonomous iteration."

The autonomous iteration has created 47 new bugs.

Each bug spawns a fix.

Each fix spawns two bugs.

Exponential growth.

Just like our stock price.

Unrelated, obviously.

Satya told Mark we're at 30%.

Mark said he didn't know Meta's number.

Sundar said Google is also at 30%.

None of us know what the code does.

But we know the percentage.

Percentage is a metric.

Metrics go in earnings calls.

Earnings calls move stock prices.

Stock prices determine bonuses.

Bonuses determine success.

Success means the bugs don't matter.

Users asked when Windows will work again.

I said "we're committed to quality."

Quality means it ships.

Ships means it's your problem now.

Thank you for being part of the Microsoft family.

Family means you can't leave.

We're in your enterprise agreement.

For three more years.

The circle of innovation.

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That is a total fustercluck. Holy hell!

 

[rocker_oz33]

The way my unstoppable coughing is punching out my sternum bones it's on the cards

Look after ya self grey croms .