Well not this one obviously. I just don’t want to give the impression that pylons aren’t safe.

This Luxon, Seymour, Peters timeline is not one of the good timelines.

Fast moving new technology means a larger gap between the used and new market. Combine this with effects of smaller volumes per model and they start high and fall fast.

It will change, but ‘early adopters’ are carrying some of the costs of transition - though only realise losses at time of sale (so keeping the vehicle longer will cost you less than frequent refreshes).

Edit: and no, buying one is not foolish. For many consumers, a midrange EV is already a saving over a reasonable lifetime.

I had the ZX80. It was terrible.

I don’t ‘try’ to do either.

Either the film’s production and marketing draw me in the intended direction or they don’t. When their vision and my experience fail to align, I expect I’m less likely to enjoy the film.

…That or film was garbage. YMMV

Well yeah. How can I appreciate being rich if there aren’t poor people to compare myself with / lord over

…is something I’m not rich enough to say. Sigh.

No shit.

Rainbow Warrior means something quite different in NZ.

Ahh I must have been wearing blinkers, definitely takes some power out of my vision… I’ll try to rein in my enthusiasm in the future.

If they get big enough the Merpeople will finally acquire cavalry… Though a side-saddle cavalry may not be that effective… Or the fact that a charge has to consider the 3rd dimension… Or that they’re mythical.

Still. Mounted Merpeople!

So all of you living-rough, dumpster-diving, skipping medications, holding down three jobs, etc - what do your therapist say?

Oh wait, how much does this therapy cost again… But I’m sure there’s no selection bias.

Thankfully that’s not the case here in NZ. Otherwise the rather popular mince-n-cheese pie would be weird.

Today, ‘mincemeat’ as a term by itself, is unusual. It’s usually either just ‘mince’ (meat) or ‘fruit-mince’ (not meat).

Name any medium in which people can anonymously contribute, where toxicity isn’t present ‘sometimes’.

I wonder how it’ll do on cost… and regulatory progress in other countries.

Will be watching with interest.

Ruina Imperii by Sabaton

Taikatalvi by Nightwish

The New Zealand government is working to make smoking great again, cancer be damned…

After all, cancer is a problem for another administration.

(Several of the elected will probably be against a vaccine anyway)

“eliminate”… They’re really making full use of dropping the “don’t be evil” clause aren’t they.

I have been sparing the almighty hell out of mine. When they drop it will be epic.

We must change them!

Require them to symbolically emote at least once per post/comment.

>:-}