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I ran a half marathon on Sunday, and they gave us a participation medal. Instead of paying the outrageous grocery-store prices for the marathon to engrave it for us, xssfox helped me out and we engraved it in her CNC mill.
I'm quite happy with the results
XSS engraving hers:
Incase you were wondering what I look like running half a marathon:
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I feel like I log out of this forum, and after each forum update I'm magically signed in again. Anyway I'm thriving. I started HRT last year, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.
Life complicated because of trans, work, and my uni is frankly terrible. But through that, I can see myself having a future now, and I can love myself for who I am.
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Can apple just release the M2 air already. My Elitebook 840 G1 is painfully slow. A i7 4600U was slow in 2013, and now it is 2021
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buy a refurb elitebook 840 G3/4/5, they're heaps better, can be had for a fair price, replacement batteries are publicly available, you can upgrade/replace your RAM, SSD, and wifi module, *and* you can even add a 4G module to them.
i expect now that HP has officially dropped their slim docks, all the old models that cant charge off usb c will be flowing into the refurb channels REAL fast...
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Yeah, I think now I just want a new laptop that I can have for 8 years, and I don't have to worry about finding a steal on eBay.
My old Elitebook 8470P had a 3G module. Windows really struggled with it. If the coverage dropped out for 30 seconds, the computer would take another 10 min to get internet working again. I'd usually just end up hot-spotting on my phone when I was watching YouTube on the train. I only put a SIM in my laptop because my grandpa died, and he had a 12month data plan.
My next laptop will either going to be a EliteBook 845 G8 (when they come out, if they come out in Australia), ThinkPad T14 AMD (Gen 2, if and when they come out), or the M2 Air or Pro, but really I am thinking about MacOS because they are the best for education. Kinda ironic I am getting one now when I have just over a year to go at uni xD.I hate Type C and Thunderbolt docks, but now that's the standard so it's either buying a 3yo Elitebook or lol nah.
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10 hours ago, manikyath said:
i get something like 0.1% over here.. it's at a point where my bank is actually costing me money now.
Ouch...
I just checked up. Up is now at 0.7% pa. My 3.0% account charged me bank fees last month, but I think that's because I went over the maximum savings threshold.
I will keep my up account for a while. 0% international currency conversion fee. 0% international use fee. Would be an extremely nice card to use overseas because of that (And I am at the savings limit on my westpac account).
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Really, I should look around. I have more than 10k US in savings, and I am not looking at buying property anytime soon, so really it's going to just sit there for years.
Gee, I wish I had a decent paying job now. It is the time to buy apartments in Melbourne now.
Because of people's reactions to the 2nd lockdown, they are moving in droves to the suburbs or regional VIC (and there's no new international students or migrants) so there's now apartments selling for 40% less than what the owner bought it for in 2002.