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by doldge 9mo ago
Just want to call out that these are both not great examples? High performance sports teams have a captain that is often elected in some form from the team. Likewise the crew of a pirate ship used to elect their captain. Both examples serve
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by doldge 7y ago
similarly in NZ. The health care system is pretty abysmal here which I think is why the government is acting so strongly now; The city I'm in has just 18 ICU beds for a population of around 500,000. We're heading into winter as we
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by doldge 7y ago
If you are a New Zealander, then you should know better. Freedom of speech is NOT an unalienable right in NZ, nor has it ever been. The ridiculous scare-mongering by some of the sibling comments on this post about this being "the start
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by doldge 8y ago
that's a very American stance to take. I don't mean that as an insult; I mean that Americans value individual liberty above all else. That isn't the case in NZ; Most of the population trusts the government and value's co
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by doldge 8y ago
see my reply to the sibling comment. I would also ask you to be charitable in your reading of my words.
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by doldge 8y ago
depending on the scale of your operations, absolutely yes. This already exists in most nations specifically for eCommerce websites once they're earning more than a set amount from direct sales in that region. Should Facebook, a company
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by doldge 8y ago
actions have consequences; whether those actions take place online or not. If what he did was hate speech, then it makes sense to charge him with it. That he did it online, or didn't realise that saying vile things would have undesirab
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by doldge 8y ago
in what world is that concerning? They've been trying to discern if there was a cell of people around who harbour the same intent as this man, or if he was acting alone. New Zealand, a sovereign nation, has every right to request that
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by doldge 8y ago
trying to be charitable here; could you perhaps expand on the point you're trying to make by posting this exchange? It otherwise looks like a very insensitive, small-minded person responding overly aggressively to what is otherwise a v
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by doldge 9y ago
This is tangential, but I believe vanity has been increasing with every generation for a while now. Each generation is more vain then the generation that came before it. I don't know if that statement holds beyond the last 100 years, b
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by doldge 9y ago
So I'd like to learn more about modern C++ and how to write it, but I'm not really sure where to begin. I've tried a couple of times, but coming from a C background, my code tends towards C styling with only the occasional us
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by doldge 9y ago
This is entirely off-topic; But you've misread that table. those are the stats for the north island, The total split is actually: 57% hydro, 16% gas, 16% geothermal, 5% wind, 4% coal. As an aside, the South Island generates 98% of it&#
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by doldge 9y ago
Are you able to add any further info to this? I assume you know about this courtesy of your position in the developer community, but do you know what's being upgraded, when it's expected to hit, or can you point us at a press rele
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by doldge 9y ago
I would second this. The way the AI was pervasive and controlling, without ever being obvious / well-known. Definitely an underrated show, and one I suspect that more or less nailed its predictions of how AI will eventually be used&#x2
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by doldge 9y ago
One fairly interesting note there is that the electric engine that propels the rocket runs at 95% efficiency, in contrast to the 50% efficiency of the standard gas engines of the larger rocket. Is anyone familiar with A) why this is, and B)
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by doldge 10y ago
Cross-posting from my FB feed: Here's some of the interesting stuff I've found on the internet about today's earthquake (that they're now calling a 7.8): 1) real-time Buoy data, for helping to determine the likelihood of
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by doldge 10y ago
(can someone change the link? the stuff website is probably a better choice, http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/86416304/live-north-canterbu... )
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by doldge 10y ago
Local website[0] for tracking the magnitude and location of the quakes has it as a 7.5. Unfortunately it's still the middle of the night there, so the full extent of the damage won't be known until morning. In contrast with the ea
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Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand – reports(rt.com)
2 points by doldge 10y ago|2 comments
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by doldge 10y ago
I believe the only native mammal in NZ is actually a fruit bat [0]. (although Wikipedia includes sea mammals, such as dolphins and sea-lions as well.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammals_of_New_Zealand
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by doldge 10y ago
that's interesting, I (used to) live in Christchurch, and the statement is what we had at the time. Most of the folks I knew were more rural, and either had adsl, dial up, or a 3G usb stick.
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by doldge 10y ago
That's fair, and it's something I've noticed at supermarkets in Dublin as well. I think the price of eating out is comparable though. That said, I've noticed the portions of food tend to be smaller here in Dublin as well
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by doldge 10y ago
I believe most folk are worried, and the media has been referring to it as a "housing crisis". Notably the price increase has been limited to Auckland though (and Queenstown, but Queenstown is the NZ equivalent of Aspen, Colorado;
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by doldge 10y ago
In the major cities you can get unlimited fiber with 100Mbit/s connection for around $90 NZD a month. in more rural area's the internet tends to be standard ADSL. (side note; the governments "fiber to the door" roll out
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by doldge 10y ago
I wouldn't exactly call New Zealand expensive? It's more expensive than say, south-east Asia (or similar regions), but then most places are. I would consider it cheaper than the US and parts of the EU for most things. Exceptions b
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Letter to the Lonely(medium.com)
2 points by doldge 10y ago|0 comments
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by doldge 11y ago
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