I think the platform becoming more mainstream is a good thing, to an extent at least. At the moment we’re kinda known for militant communists, tankies, and Linux evangelists, among other stereotypes.
This will definitely come with problems, of course, but it will also take some of the echo out of the chamber.
I’m glad this place exists, and I hope it continues to grow over time. Having a platform like this that isn’t beholden to advertisers or the bottom line is incredibly fortunate, and I hope we can take a bite out the market share the more mainstream platforms have.
I am so thoroughly over this cold, I’m glad we’re now getting warmer weather at long last.
That’s the more extreme end of the spectrum, we were paddling in much calmer conditions. Mostly just noseying around the rocks. And yes, we were surfing in sea kayaks, it’s a slightly different game to board surfing as we’re catching waves much further out than the other surfers, and ideally peeling off before they actually curl over and break. We had a competition, which I actually came third in.
I think that’s the inside of my pocket, I didn’t notice that photo was in there.
Chloe being ahead of both Peter’s and Seymour as preferred PM must surely rankle.
I did a trip up to Waihi beach over the “long weekend”, leaving Wed. My car blew a head gasket just north of Taihape, and we ended up getting a rental and towing my trailer the rest of the way, which meant we arrived early the next day. I did two trips up the coast, and the third day was spent playing in the surf.
Now I need to work out the most cost effective way to get my car back home, and sell it.
Here’s the GPS tracks and a few photos from the trip.
Thursday, coastal paddle and rock gardening. https://www.relive.cc/view/vZqN1DG9zG6
Friday, coastal paddle, rock gardening and a walk up a stream. https://www.relive.cc/view/v26MjYPpVEq
Saturday morning, surf practice. https://www.relive.cc/view/v26MjYxAoEq
Sunday afternoon, surf practice and comp. comp https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvE2mAWBGO
It’s been a great weekend, and I plan to be back next time.
I’ve considered going the other way with our bathroom, and just having one switch for everything, as we almost always use the fan and lights all at once. Have you considered just having two switches, one for heat lamps and one for fan and light?
A smart switch just sounds like something to go wrong to me.
One of the things I really dislike about NZ politics is the amount of hyperbole and over the top language used, from both sides of the aisle, and I very quickly lose interest in what someone has to say if they talk like that.
If what you’re saying is true, the truth of the matter is bad enough without them needing to exaggerate.
Surely you can appreciate calling this a “war on nature” is a bit ridiculous.
Nobody is setting out to destroy nature, it’s just less of a priority for them.
I have a lot of respect for Forest and Bird, but using highly emotional language like “destroy a pristine mountaintop and rip up the seafloor” and describing this as a “war on nature” make it much more difficult to take them seriously.
It’s a fun job actually.
I originally started training to be an electrician, before being offered an apprenticeship as an alarm technician. It’s a unit standard based qualification, so a lot of it crosses over.
There’s something else to consider, and that is all the people you lure off the road and onto public transport are not only now costing you money, but you also lose the revenue from them driving their vehicle, not only the RUCs or fuel excise, but the GST on all the running costs.
I suspect labour costs are the single biggest driver, you’re not being paid to drive your car after all.
And despite that, a public transport journey is heavily subsidised, and the leaf driver is actually paying their own way via RUCs.
I don’t understand how public transport is so expensive.
Given what a mess Wellington traffic is, especially getting in and out of the city, I don’t think many people are driving at the moment when public transport is an option.
I honestly think most of the people who could use PT are already on it, at least in and out of the city.
The whole point of my reply was pointing out why public transport isn’t an option for me, and why, no matter how good it gets, we will need to upgrade our road infrastructure eventually.
Absolutely nobody has said it won’t help.
That’s not what I asked you.
I’m pointing out why I won’t be taking the bus if I’m heading out that way.
I’m well aware that I’m not the one doing the hard work on this.