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absGeekNZ @ absGeekNZ @lemmy.nz
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Driver left teetering over Wellington Harbour after getting off Interislander ferry

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  • Well he didn't fully get off the ferry

    • Driver left teetering over Wellington Harbour after getting off Interislander ferry

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  • Yep

    He then then drove up the ramp, luckily stopping before it ended, as Aratere was not in port.

    • Winston Peters says Whangārei fluoridation mandate a 'despotic Soviet-era disgrace'

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    • Winston Peters says Whangārei fluoridation mandate a 'despotic Soviet-era disgrace'

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  • I'm guessing the missing word here is "mum"

    • Winston Peters says Whangārei fluoridation mandate a 'despotic Soviet-era disgrace'

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    • Winston Peters says Whangārei fluoridation mandate a 'despotic Soviet-era disgrace'

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  • Whilst it looks like "forced medication" on the surface. It doesn't take much critical thinking to see why it is not forced. Nor is it medication, it is an additive to prevent needing medication in the future.

    You are not forced to drink the tap water, there are various ways to avoid it if you really want to. But the advantages to dental health are crazy, every person I know who grew up on a farm that didn't have "town water" has bad teeth, they are expensive to maintain. Most people I know who grew up with fluoride in their water, have good teeth that just keep working.

    • Do you know how to swim?

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  • Yep.

    Part of schooling in NZ.

    A lot of kids also get extra lessons, because well it's NZ.

    note: the furthest from the coast you can get in NZ is 119.44 km (74.22mi)

    • "SO proof" distro

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  • Mint.

    I have my mum (67) and my partner using it.

    Libre office and Firefox cover 99.9% of all the things mum actually does.

    My partner uses blender, krita and audacity also.

    Auto updates... Almost no tech support.

    • What movie is in your top list despite its absolute shit rating?

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  • Wait. Event Horizon has bad ratings.

    That movie rocked.

    • I personally like Green Eggs & Ham

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  • No go hard mode, "Fox in socks" you have a total of 2 minutes.

    • Password Managers

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  • KeepassXC + syncthing

    Fully under your control

    • Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations

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  • 3Mb is mostly the cover art.

    The text is usually only 100-150kb. So if they only got text, it could be 20x higher.

    $44T, now we are talking about real money.

    • If you could rearrange the days in a week, what would your ideal month look like.

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  • Maybe go with an 8 day week. 5 work days and 3 weekend days.

    45 weeks in a year with 5 days for global holidays per year (with another one every leap year).

    No months, just weeks.

    • What scientific fact blows your mind the most?

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  • We were talking about the mass-energy conversion, for nuclear fusion.

    Not really sure how nuclear fission Vs coal cost/kWh is relevant.

    • What scientific fact blows your mind the most?

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  • That is a different level entirely.

    The mass-energy conversion from chemical processes is extremely small compared to nuclear processes, you can't really compare the in any meaningful way

    • What scientific fact blows your mind the most?

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  • No where near perfect mass conversion....

    Max theoretical mass-energy conversion efficiency is under 1%

    • What are some tech products that you want that you can't seem to find?

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  • No problem, have been on the search for a good replacement for a few years.... Ever since destroying mine on a door frame when carrying a heavy box

    I miss my pebble time

    • What are some tech products that you want that you can't seem to find?

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  • Folding screen eReader....it would be extremely niche, but I want it

    Recently heard about RePebble, so my complaining about smart watches may have to end

    • My partner just got me to "fix" her chromebook

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  • It's still limited.

    All of your Linux applications are second class citizen's.

    Syncthing doesn't always start correctly, libre office doesn't work well.

    The constant rebooting gets annoying.

    • My partner just got me to "fix" her chromebook

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  • So far so good