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#3105891 19-Jul-2023 10:37

Eva888:

Would love to take it back but can’t remember if it was Mitre10 or Bunnings that sold it and can’t be bothered doing two trips in opposite directions to find out.

And this is why the location of Bunnings directly next door to Mitre10 Mega went from What The? to Aha! for me a few years ago...

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#3105892 19-Jul-2023 10:38

Eva888: We slept together last night with it lying on its front so the magnet sheets I cut wouldn’t drop out and it was silent. Unsure if by magnet or the sympathy of the universe.

Seems crazy that they don’t have an on, off switch. Some I’ve had before were disabled when you took them down. This one is far too clever.

Would love to take it back but can’t remember if it was Mitre10 or Bunnings that sold it and can’t be bothered doing two trips in opposite directions to find out.

It's due to be drowned in salty water. Don’t fancy trying to hammer it inside a sack.

So then where to dispose of it? I could drive it to the tip. Wonder do they have a special grave for them there or should I just put it in recycling...but, it has a battery.

Really this is ridiculous when many people will have a similar problem. Wish Consumer would get on to it.

What makes it even worse is that the thing is put together with security screws that can't easily be removed. There is absolutely no reason to do that. This is one of the stupidest and most annoying designs I have ever seen. It is like they were going out of their way to make as user unfriendly as possible. It is really idiotic. The plastic is also extra hard. I had a hell of a time cutting into it with wire cutters in order to tear it open. Really a piece of shit.

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#3105894 19-Jul-2023 10:48

Whoa there, the wood fairy. If you swear like that, you will go to hell! 😉

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#3105897 19-Jul-2023 11:03

Tinkerisk:

Whoa there, the wood fairy. If you swear like that, you will go to hell! 😉

You should have heard what I was saying to the piece of shit!

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#3105921 19-Jul-2023 12:11

Whatever the smoke alarm had to isolate the battery was there at the time it was unpacked. Typically it would have been thrown out with the receipt and instructions.

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#3105924 19-Jul-2023 12:31

Bung: Whatever the smoke alarm had to isolate the battery was there at the time it was unpacked. Typically it would have been thrown out with the receipt and instructions.

In any case it's just a plastic strip that you pull out, you've got sightly less chance of reinserting it than you'd have of pushing a string along the table.

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#3105927 19-Jul-2023 12:45

This was posted publicly but I've removed the name of the government department involved since the W/T/F is that after INCIS and Novapay someone is still asking for things like this, not to bash the department involved (well, apart from pointing out that if you wanted to have a poster child for a department whose data shouldn't be in the cloud, this would be in the top three).

Anyway, how much do you not want to be involved with this:

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#3105929 19-Jul-2023 12:55

neb: This was posted publicly but I've removed the name of the government department involved since the W/T/F is that after INCIS and Novapay someone is still asking for things like this, not to bash the department involved (well, apart from pointing out that if you wanted to have a poster child for a department whose data shouldn't be in the cloud, this would be in the top three). Anyway, how much do you not want to be involved with this:

The bit that scares me is "leverages the existing investment XXX has made in..."

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#3105937 19-Jul-2023 13:17

I love how they want both a minimum viable product and best practice. Probably want the cheapest too.

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#3105938 19-Jul-2023 13:21

Behodar:

I love how they want both a minimum viable product and best practice. Probably want the cheapest too.

At best, MVP ends up being M only.

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#3105939 19-Jul-2023 13:23

Behodar:
I love how they want both a minimum viable product and best practice. Probably want the cheapest too.

It's requirements jargon for "beta" or "proof of concept" to get feedback from early adopters. That bit actually makes sense, test the waters before becoming another INCIS, it's the rest of it that's the W/T/F.

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#3105955 19-Jul-2023 14:32

neb: This was posted publicly but I've removed the name of the government department involved since the W/T/F is that after INCIS and Novapay someone is still asking for things like this, not to bash the department involved (well, apart from pointing out that if you wanted to have a poster child for a department whose data shouldn't be in the cloud, this would be in the top three). Anyway, how much do you not want to be involved with this:

You got this one as well, it came across my desk the other day. Still trying to decide if we respond to it.

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#3105958 19-Jul-2023 14:53

People still go travelling overseas without insurance

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#3105964 19-Jul-2023 15:07

floydbloke:People still go travelling overseas without insurance

Why should I buy insurance when someone will set up a (Insert sobs here) GoFundMe page to solve the problem?

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#3106146 19-Jul-2023 22:53

msukiwi:
floydbloke:People still go travelling overseas without insurance

Why should I buy insurance when someone will set up a (Insert sobs here) GoFundMe page to solve the problem?

No reciprocal ACC ?

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