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Looking at this list some are dubious. e.g. Hibicus Coast (#9) has been swallowed up by Auckland (#1), I would have called it a part of Auckland, much like Manakau City, which isn't on the list.

Lower Hutt (#6) and Upper Hutt (#18) are on the list but Petone is not, geographically they are part of the same long valley and can almost all be considered part of Wellington like Manakau City is part of Auckland.

But you also get places like Masterton (#28), feels city like, since it is the largest settlement in the region but really it is a big town, it takes up a huge area though. Mainly services the farming communities around it.

What would I have had to say for some nice vodka?

Drag has a point, I bet gun control laws would follow quickly.

(said from the safety of New Zealand)

Agreed, but at fewer than 10k people, it is not exactly a city.

Going a little further north, I spent a lot of my teenage years in Athenree... Current population 920.. It has grown since I left.

If you mean people from my country.... All of them.

New Zealand only has like 10 actual cities. It is not some great feat of memory to know them all.

It can happen, but statistically adult man vs adult woman is not a fair fight.

I knew a guy at university; started going out with this smoking hot girl. She was a regional champ in jujitsu; it didn't last long, turns out she was a violent piece of shit. Beat him up twice, he left after the second one. She had major anger management issues.

But you turn that story around a little, similar situation, girl has same anger management issues, but without the training etc, she is unlikely to be a threat to any adult guy.

There are so many pessimistic comments.

To those who are saying, something along the lines of, aliens wouldn't come because they wouldn't recognise us as intelligent.

That is a really stupid augment, even if they were significantly more intelligent than us, we still standout from all other minds on this planet.

We literally study everything, just for the sake of knowledge.

A high intelligence civilisation that has the ability to reach us, would also have to a high level of curiosity to archive that ability.

To answer question posed. There are two ways to look at this:

• if we assume that, at some point an alien civilisation will contact us, the next 10 years is as statistically likely as another ten year timeframe.
• from a background rate, of the actual likelihood of being contacted at all. I have to say, it is exceptionally unlikely. The travel distances/times, and the time a civilisation exists for, all count against contact especially physical contact.

I had children to legitimise my dad jokes.

Trump is an idiot. If he actually cared about US power, he wouldn't give Xi this opportunity.

It doesn't matter if it is bullshit or not, the fact that Xi can even make these comments, in a credible manner will hurt US trade relations and by extension, power.

I'm wondering what exactly people raising privacy concerns are worried about?

Even if I tell you my ASL, what can you do with that info?

I'm usually very privacy aware.

The big tech firms already have the information, it can also likely be brought on the dark web.

44/M/NZ BTW. Even if I tell you which small town I'm from, it doesn't get you to my doorstep.

Just because you are all out of fucks, doesn't really have anything to do with the finite/infinite nature of all fucks.

(thank|fuck)you, this is going to waste my whole weekend. A visual representation of etymology, that is awesome, I guess I am one of the 10,000 today

How to cover up leaving 10 minutes late!

I start with, "How much do you want to know?". Followed by, "what is you level of knowledge on _____?"

s/main/only/

That is honestly insane.

In NZ the sticker price is what you pay, if the price on the sticker doesn't include tax, it is false advertising and you pay what is on the sticker.

It is entirely up to the retailer to ensure that the price is correct. The only exception to this, is if the price is obviously wrong e.g. $5.00 rather than $500.

Search on DDG, maybe "Candling"

Candling : The process of illuminating an egg with a bright light to examine its contents.

Depending on overheads, your time has to be worth between 1.8 - 2.2x your compensation. For the company to make money and stay in business, it has to charge above this amount.

But if your company is charging you out at 4x your compensation, they are making a massive amount off your time. A reasonable amount would be aroung 2.1 - 2.5x your compensation.

As an anecdote, my little brother finished his architecture degree after being a builder for years. He had both the practical skill from building and the eye of an artist. He got a job at a very prestigious firm. It wasn't long before they saw how good he was, even though he was a grad his charge out rate was $180/hr. I asked how much of his time was billable, it was not as you would expect for a grad, his time was 100% billable work, he was being paid $25/hr. I was shocked, after trying to negotiate with the firm for a year he got a pay rise to $30/hr. It was only a month later he quit and started his own business, he charges much less than previously for the same work and he makes significantly more.

My 3 boys, and various friends loved that toy.

Yes; a lot of things get hit, even themselves.

To anyone saying that these are a bad toy. You are wrong! There are so many learning opportunities for babies and toddlers in this toy.

It is super cool seeing a really little kid "building" the duplo with their little hammer.

But why are the rainbow rollers crushing etcetera?

Are there additional unspecified things just out of frame....that is kinda ominous.