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Daily Discussion Thread: 👙 🐈👙🐈 Wednesday, September 4, 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 10 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago (14 children)

I wuz thinking, there are about 60,000 people living my area and there is one little electronic waste disposal service at the library.

Where are people really dumping their unwanted phones and other electronic goods?

[–] danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Officeworks accept them too dont they? Maybe other stores too? But I hazard a guess they go into drawers or the bin.

[–] Pilk@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Officeworks have stopped accepting batteries and general ewaste, at least the ones in the city.

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[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If my electrical goods are genuinely beyond repair they go out to the hard rubbish and strangely disappear before the collection day. Old phones which have a still usable camera get set up with the Alfred app and become a security camera. Any non usable ones go to the box at the front of my local Woolies along with my dead batteries. Some repair places take old laptops etc as part of a trade (like Renewd) and presumably use them for parts.

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[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Supermarkets near me have battery bins. Otherwise the post label ybing already mentioned.

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[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I was craving lasagne but don't have any lasagne sheets, so I've made a mock lasagne with layers of fettuccini instead. Now I just have to wait for it to bake.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

is the net slow as dogshit for anyone else?

[–] bull@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

150/150 no problems here

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

yeah speed tests don't count, that's prioritised traffic.

[–] bull@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Hmm I can show you my UDP info to my Sydney hosted Cloud PC?

Is it Aussie traffic or OS traffic you're seeing slowness with? Just trying to think of what else I can test

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[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Yes! Its been driving me nuts all morning

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