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by Chilko 2y ago
Hi, this excludes some of the major streaming services that we have in New Zealand, namely: - Neon - TVNZ+ Could you please add support for these?
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by Chilko 2y ago
Something fun - the ESP32 supports capacitive touch sensing on some of it's pins, so you can turn any conductive surface into a button or input for your smart home setup. This well supported in ESPHome. https://esphome.io&#x
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by Chilko 2y ago
Similarly, here in New Zealand any flights with less than 90 seats do not require security screening. On some routes, our airline flies turboprops (ATR 72) and jets (A320) on the same route depending on the demand / time of day. As it&
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by Chilko 3y ago
> Drones, targeted missiles and now AI allow you to be ruthlessly efficient in killing an enemy I understand what you are getting at, but if you read the article this is not how this technology is being used, rather the opposite. The AI
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by Chilko 3y ago
> Officially change my name? My German last name also contains an ü, so when we emigrated to an English-speaking country and obtained dual-citizenship we used 'ue' for that passport and I now use 'ue' on a day-to-day
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by Chilko 3y ago
Other examples include many cities outside of North America - e.g. in Switzerland, that have very different downtowns to your cherry-picked examples.
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by Chilko 3y ago
Yep, my bedroom has windows to the south and east, which means here in New Zealand I should not expect any afternoon & evening sun that room. However, currently in summer when the sun is close to setting I get a few minutes of evening s
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by Chilko 3y ago
Agreed, the line "WITH AN F1.8 LENS LETTING IN AS MUCH LIGHT AS A PROFESSIONAL CAMERA" is also quite misleading when using a much smaller sensor size.
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by Chilko 3y ago
Indeed, I've had to force myself to start searching in full sentences much more as the results from the old method of keyword searching have steadily deteriorated.
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by Chilko 3y ago
As someone outside of the tech industry - Big Tech tends to be the term I use the most and is mostly understood by everyone.
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by Chilko 3y ago
In the layers button you can select ecoregions instead, and you'll see NZ has several of those.
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by Chilko 3y ago
Speak for yourself, I've been living in the future for 15h and 27 minutes already.
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by Chilko 3y ago
> no credit was ever given to the original grad studen Not enough credit perhaps, but this is untrue as Arduino does credit Wiring, the grad student's project. Probably worth noting that one of his thesis supervisors was one of the
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by Chilko 3y ago
> The reason is that transit is worse than cars always As long as 'always' is restricted to a certain lifestyle and worldview, and doesn't take into account the excellent transit systems that exist around the world. > A
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by Chilko 3y ago
I lived up the top of a big hill which used to be grueling climb on my old non-electric bike. Now with the e-bike, I have the choice of taking it slow and not having to put in much effort, or I put in lots of effort but I'll be going t
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by Chilko 3y ago
Not a particularly nuanced take there - my road legal '250W' e-bike in New Zealand provides electric assist up to 45 km/h, which lets me keep-up with & over/undertake traffic in my dense city. Definitely doesn't
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by Chilko 3y ago
Have a look at the Giant Fastroad E+ EX Pro - it's no VanMoof style, but a fairly sleek mid-drive city bike with a frame-integrated battery using a 1x11 Shimano GRX groupset and proper brakes. Depending on region it's also fairly
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by Chilko 3y ago
I guessed it was Orqa but was surprised about some of the other tech mentioned - I had no idea that they had merged with ImmersionRC!
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by Chilko 3y ago
From the site: "The City of San Francisco will give the organ without charge to a new owner with the stipulation that it must remain intact and historically whole."
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by Chilko 3y ago
This is exactly what exists, the article covers this towards the end.
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Bricking Incident – Public Announcement(orqafpv.com)
15 points by Chilko 3y ago|10 comments
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by Chilko 3y ago
All first person view (FPV) goggles (used for drones) produced by the company ORQA have suddenly been bricked due encrypted time-bomb code produced by a subcontractor. The manufacturer is framing this as a ransomware attack, where-as the su
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by Chilko 3y ago
Indeed, if you're not hung up on another music streaming service like Spotify and watch a lot of YouTubve (especially on mobile) then YouTube Premium is a pretty good offering.
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by Chilko 3y ago
In New Zealand they've partnered with One NZ (Vodafone) for mobile starlink.
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by Chilko 4y ago
Yes: https://store.bambulab.com/collections/3d-printer
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by Chilko 4y ago
Agreed. I'd also argue that Blender is a poor suggestion compared to OnShape or Fusion360, which better suited for this type of design.
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by Chilko 4y ago
Hi, this sounds really interesting but I am unable to read the guide as I am getting a 524 Timeout error.
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by Chilko 4y ago
This is surprisingly soothing, great concept for background white noise!
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by Chilko 4y ago
It's worth noting that that FBI investigation did not speak to any of the victims.
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by Chilko 4y ago
Yep, have experienced similar surprise negative balances with Visa debit cards in New Zealand as well.

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