The staff at the place I was at a few moves ago had a fingerprint sensor to clock on. It was about a decade old, and by the time I moved out, was really really struggling to scan anybody's fingerprints. Lucky for them, it didn't do auto lockouts, but the bright sparks also had the bright idea to remove the option to clock on with a number after a couple of years of being fingerprint only. Which was fine until it cracked the shits

Also, don't want to think about how many filthy fingers went in there 🤢

Hey, I'm pretty sure this is the opening scene to a show on Netflix. Can't remember what it was called because I didn't enjoy it, but that was actually how I ended up discovering this is even a thing

Technically it's not that much of an issue because it's kind of double layered. As in - there's one at the top/roof level, then a big space, then a second one at indoor ceiling height. The space is surrounded by plaster, etc

The gap is just in the 2nd indoor/ceiling height one. I'm not 100% sure how the flies are getting in, but there must be a hole or something in that space that's letting them in from wherever they're spawning from in the roof

Sleeping, probably

They did send that dude who tried to find it but couldn't. But the slight gap in the skylight was deemed a non issue, and pest control in places I can get to is my responsibility 🤷‍♂️

Nah, you're like half the posts in SydneyTrains, thanks for keeping it active!

Imo, SydneyTrains and MelbourneTrains have enough activity to justify keeping. BrisbaneTrains is pretty much dead, so we could either just leave it, or run a poll and if everyone was in agreeance, leave a redirect notice to this new AusTransport community and ask people to post their instead

As for the potential crossover between Melb/Syd and AT, I would view it like how there's Sydney, Melbourne, brisbane, etc, communities as well as an Australia community. Usually things specifically related to cities or states with their own communities would go in those communities, but sometimes whoever's doing the posting thinks they're significant enough to be relevant to the Australia wide comm, too

The flies recently have been absolutely insane. Since that coincides with the end of TheStench™️, I'm going to assume that either they ate TheStench, or they flies I killed laid their eggs in TheStench, and now they've run out of food

There's a gap in the skylight in the laundry that I can't put back myself because when I tried the entire thing fell out and it was a bitch and a half to put back in. The flies have been escaping from there. I went in and absolutely doused it with fly spray last night, and there are at least a hundred dead flies everywhere now. There's a few dozen on the floor that escaped the gap, and I counted about 90 in the skylight. Ugh

On the double downside, all the flys have brought a number of spider out of hiding. There's at least 2 living in my fruit bowl, and I've seen a bunch of others around. Thankfully not gigantic ones, but I'm still scared of spiders so it isn't exactly ideal

Next weekend I reckon I'm doing bug bombs. This house was empty for a fair while before I moved in, so it'll probably do good. Gonna buy a cobweb thingy too

I've never heard of them, but it looks like they've got reasonably priced power banks. I am actually in the market for a larger capacity one myself, so depending on how long the sale lasts, I might try their 30,000mah one

I know the rec wasn't aimed at me, but thanks for the recco anyway! I'm going to steal it

Cheers goonsy

I'll be around tonight, unless anyone else wants specifically to do tonight's thread

I'm gonna have an early night. No DT from me tonight. Night people

Did you mean to reply to me?

Also, what's zyrtec

They're very useful! I've got a few because of all my travels

A 10,000mah power bank should be sufficient to charge most phones 1.5-2.5 times. 10,000mah powerbanks are fairly cheap at Officeworks. The cheapest models are about $35, though I'd personally go up to the ~$50 ones and get a Belkin or Cygnet branded one, just because I have more experiences with those brands than the black and gold-esque Otto branded ones

20,000mah powerbanks are also quite widely available, and go for about $70 bucks and should be good for a days usage at least (assuming you're chronically online and had a power guzzling phone), or even up to a week if you rationed your usage and keep it off while not in use. They are bulkier though, so it's worth weighing up whether you think there'd be a situation you need that much power in, and if the weight and size is worth it