• Nath@aussie.zone
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      13 days ago

      Lately there’s been this thing of making romance novels out of Fantasy. You get into it as a fantasy setup, and BAM! all about which character will shack up with whom.

      It’s become so big that Good Reads now has a “Romantasy” section of its book awards.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    After another session I think there’s a real need to help old people with better photo storage. They all have photos on external hard drives and use Windows explorer to sort through them.

    It’s really apparent how terrible Windows explorer is when you see less computer literate people use it. So many UI elements are small or hidden, and commonly used functions, like going back or up a folder in the directory, aren’t clearly telegraphed.

    A NAS would be perfect for these people, but it can’t be too complicated. A set up once black box would be perfect. I did some looking and the Synology Beelink may be exactly what these people need. I may need to get one to check it out

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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      13 days ago

      Probably not just old people, my photos are a mess. It hasn’t helped that when I first started trying to set up an organisation system the technology kept changing, so the systems had to keep being redone. After a few repeats of that I pretty much gave up. And these days the majority of photos I have are junk, stuff like things I was listing to sell or 497 duplicate photos of Miss Meow that didn’t really work.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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        13 days ago

        That’s where I’m thinking there has to be better software out there for managing photos that isn’t Windows explorer. I use Bynder at work and it’s great for tagging and grouping assets in a collection.

        Then you stick everything on the Beestation so you can actually show it to people instead of just letting them sit on the hard drive

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    13 days ago

    It’s a lovely day to be outside today. I’ve just been out taking some cuttings from my rosemary, hopefully I will have somewhere decent to plant them when I move. I have blue, pink and white flowering varieties. The blue flowering one I originally planted over 20 years and three houses ago, mostly moving in a pot, but now growing in the garden along with a child plant grown from a cutting.

    I’ve also pegged down a bit of thyme into a pot for it to hopefully root so I can take that too, but I only grew it from a seed last year so I’m not too concerned with that one. My mint tends to grow rampant in the garden so I’ll probably grab a few rooted pieces of that to take with me too.

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    An early good morning to all. Just want to let you know I really appreciate this place. The banter, support, friendly advice, cute animal pics, all of it. It really is a wholesome corner of the internet. May you all have a superb weekend.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    I had a brilliant day. Sun. Got bought two coffees by different friends and got a puppy cuddle and a toddler cuddle (don’t worry I know the puppy and the toddler). Had an amazing haul at the salvos - dishes to put under my pot plants, a denim jacket and a nice blazer for work, even a bloody calculator that I have needed for ages. Shopping done and food washed and away. Kitchen cleaned. I am ded.

    Only dark spot was mould on the pizza base I was planning on cooking …boo. having a wine and thinking about what to cook instead…

    I love these autumn days.

      • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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        13 days ago

        I grew up in the tropics where it’s perfect 4 months of the year and a sauna hell the rest and I find autumn with its perfect days then four seasons magical even after all these years. Dark cold august can get in the bin but autumn 👌🏻

        • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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          13 days ago

          I am 100% of the same opinion. You’re right, August is the worst - everyone’s sick of it all by then - but I’d take Melbourne’s 4 seasons any day over the tropical swamp I grew up in (shitty every month of the year). Autumn is my favourite season hands down. Days like today are just magic.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    For the third time a so called friend has scheduled a belated birthday do on my actual birthday. That will be a Regrets, none at all.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Give me your most overrated actor that somehow is critically acclaimed.

    Mine is Sean Penn. Apart from being an arrogant douche that beats women, his acting is pretty shit.

    Dude just mumbles his lines and acts surprised at random shit.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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      13 days ago

      I don’t know what the deal with George Clooney is. Apart from Ocean’s Eleven I can’t think of another good movie he’s been in.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Gal Gadot - she can’t act, every line is said without feeling, and she has no emotion. It always feels like I’m watching Gal, and not the character she’s portraying.

      If it has to be a male actor though, then Brad Pitt. He says his lines with emotion, but I can never see the character he’s meant to be - just Brad Pitt being Brad Pitt

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        13 days ago

        No arguments about Gadot. If she wasn’t a knockout, she’d be nothing.

        Brad Pitt is interesting actually. Perhaps his fame has overshadowed his acting, cause he’s got some chops.

        I think he’s great, but not Oscar calibre. I do enjoy his movies though.

        And he can take the piss too (Deadpool 2)

        • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          13 days ago

          No lie, Brad Pitt has been in heaps of my fav movies (Interview with a Vampire, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, Ocean’s 11, World War Z, etc), but I always just see Brad Pitt - it’s hard for me to see past the actor.

          He’s good at what he does (even if he is a piece of shit human), but he doesn’t melt into a role the way, say, Gary Oldman does.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      13 days ago

      Anthony Hopkins.

      he did one really good role where he actually seemed to do some acting, Dr Kellog, and he was passable in Elephant man. Everything else he was very ordinary.

      Al Pacino. I just don’t understand the hype.

      • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        13 days ago

        Wow.

        That’s controversial as hell, and probably justified.

        His Hannibal lector was great, and honestly he was great as Odin in the Marvel flicks.

        World’s fastest Indian was a treat too

        Apart form that I can’t remember seeing him in many flicks, but his performances have always been memorable.

        Great pick for this silly question.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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          13 days ago

          His Hannibal lector was great,

          ordinary

          it’s easy to play a killer but he did not play a psychopath, he didn’t give the creeps at all

          it was a movie with great stills and a few good lines

          memorable lines just means a good writer

          ok, he was ok in 22 Charing Cross Road.

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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      13 days ago

      Dwayne the rock.

      j. Statham to an extent

      Julia Roberts to an extent (probably won’t win that argument though).