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@streakmachine They won't kill off FM in favour of DAB+ here, the transmission distances/population ratio makes it financially impossible. FM transmissions reliably get out to my mother's place (55 km as the sober crow flies) but DAB+ signals only make about half that distance. In each case the transmitters are located on the same 600 metre tall hill.
As for population, I've previously established that Sweden & Victoria (the most densely-populated mainland state in Oz) have virtually identical population density. Victoria is tiny compared to the area of the other states.

// @kdfrawg

Once upon a time, after the telco I worked for changed its workforce allocation areas & zones, I was tasked with fixing a telephone line in a place called Rokeby, which is some 40 minutes drive from my home address.
But I had to reject the job, because the staff allocating the work had failed to consider the actual location of said faulty phone line. It was Rokeby alright, but the one in Tasmania, not Victoria.
The difference is a mere 14 hours of travel time with the work van, including 10·5 hours to cross Bass Strait by ferry, the 3 more hours to cross from the north of Tas where the ferry arrives to the south where the faulty phone line was!

Can't get to sleep. Almost 4 am. This is bullshit.

Tried running Speedtest on the iMac: it wouldn't load the servers. Then I noticed an ad on the website for a macOS version from the Mac App Store. Installed that, it ran fine. I'm paying for 25 Mbps down & 5 Mbps up. The actual scores were 23.5 Mbps down & 4.97 Mbps up. I'm told by experts in the field that I can't expect better due to the type of connection: it uses new FTTN with the final 140 metres being telephone cable laid in 1980.

@sumudu Accidentally meaning I was trying for the TweetBot app in the dock but the proximity to the similarly-coloured Mail app threw my aim off. Apple needs to move away from blue apps, there's too many of them.

Due to reflux issues I'm restricting myself to no more than two cups of coffee per day (or one large one). Today I opted for the large one, a half-litre cup. I haven't used my K-Fee Preferenza pod machine for a while so I started with a little reduced-sugar condensed milk and half as much thick real cream. Then I gave it 220 ml from a number 12 strength pod followed by 180 ml from a number 5 strength pod. I topped up the remaining 60 ml with hot water.

It was quite nice, not too strong but by no means thin & nasty.

Accidentally opened Mail on my Mac while on a VPN internet session (watching a video normally unavailable in this country). I have four email accounts: iCloud, Gmail, ISP-provided & Microsoft Live. I promptly received an email from MS saying my account was locked for irregular access activity. It's easy enough to unlock it, though. Access restored.

DAB+ can be quite weird. I cannot have digital radio & TV on at the same time, TV interferes and the radio stops working. Today an emergency vehicle with sirens going went past 75 metres away and the radio died again, resuming when the vehicle passed by.

@kdfrawg The bruise is starting to go yellow.

My car will be towed to the assessment centre tomorrow morning, assessment may take place by the end of the week but next week is more likely.