Random Thoughts II

[StN]

Originally Posted by Ab

I'll believe either of the Voyagers is permanently dead when the JPL confirms it. And even then I won't.

Yerp - not dead yet!

[Lightspeed]

I saw that news, very cool!

Other news I saw was two kiwis deciding they wanted to permanently reside in Thailand. Damn fools.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...pistol-reports

[wazza]

what a pair of gronks, curious to see how f'n owned they get.
5 years? 10 years?

that's actually horrific when you watch it, were they muling drugs or just high on meth? i don't understand the panic/response/outcome. gronks.

[Cyberbob]

"The Day family is understandably distraught over the situation with their sons in Thailand," their parents said Laurence and Katrina Day in a statement on Monday.

Just in case those names ring a bell at all.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/millio...KHVHNLXIHPVOU/

Retired Hamilton multi-millionaires Laurence and Katrina Day say Governments should be forced to listen when the public speak via referendums and they've given $675,000 of their own money to Colin Craig's Conservative Party's election campaign in support of that belief.

So I'd say the brothers didn't have the most humble upbringing.

[DrTiTus]

Originally Posted by wazza

can someone please tell me, are we in a recession?

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/03/21/n...r-fall-in-gdp/

[Ab]

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

Just in case those names ring a bell at all.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/millio...KHVHNLXIHPVOU/



So I'd say the brothers didn't have the most humble upbringing.

Nothing screams privilege like being from Hamilton.

[xor]

Originally Posted by DrTiTus

https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/03/21/n...r-fall-in-gdp/

and yay thanks for the tax creep from printing more money.

[Lightspeed]

If that's really the case, then it's a decision that spared us hardship while also dealing with a pandemic of unknowable consequences, to be managed during a time when that crisis has passed.

I don't think that's actually the case, but if it were, I think spreading out the consequences of a pandemic rather than facing them all at once was the better choice.

[Lightspeed]

Originally Posted by Ab

Nothing screams privilege like being from Hamilton.

These days that's not really sarcasm. Hamilton is looking more and more like the place to be.

[xor]

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

If that's really the case, then it's a decision that spared us hardship while also dealing with a pandemic of unknowable consequences, to be managed during a time when that crisis has passed.

I don't think that's actually the case, but if it were, I think spreading out the consequences of a pandemic rather than facing them all at once was the better choice.

That's very benevolent of the govt to tax the people. What's even more benevolent is that they haven't adjusted the income tax brackets on the devalued dollar. Much aroha, much aroha

[Lightspeed]

What's worse is that you're right. That was caring of the government. To the outrage of those who just wanted to cash in on the crisis.

[wazza]

anni at work today, 3 years. before this job i had never had a job for more than year. i must be maturing into an adult or something

[Lightspeed]

Sovereign citizen jailed for disruptive behaviour in court

A Nelson woman has been sentenced to 21 days in jail after treating a judge with “disdain and disrespect”, causing the judge to fear losing control over her courtroom.

Judge Jo Rielly told Megan Gordon that she had been repeatedly asked to stop interrupting at the Nelson District Court on Thursday.

Gordon was directed to leave the court, and to speak to a lawyer.

After returning to court, she went on to accuse Judge Rielly of “lying and embellishment”.

Gordon spoke over the judge, addressed her by her first name, was “disrespectful and rude” to Rielly, and was taken into custody because of her disruptive behaviour.

[DrTiTus]

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

Sovereign citizen jailed for disruptive behaviour in court

The thing is, you can actually be a complete asshole with legal proceedings, if you're willing to go into a cell.

I've refused to sign documents for several hours, and had several officers come at me trying to make me complete the paperwork and I just refused with a smirk and they didn't know what to do.

To lay hands is assault, and they know it.

Ultimately I gave in because I knew it wasn't going anywhere, but it's a funny game to play, until of course, you have to accept the consequences of your actions.

I'm not saying she's in the right, or agree with her approach, but it's a completely valid course of action, and does delay the inevitable.

As soon as they're making you do things you don't agree to, they're on shaky ground and they avoid it at all costs.

Kids: just accept when you've made a mistake, it makes life easier.

[DrTiTus]

Because tino rangitiratanga, I'm Maori, therefore sovereignty G, amirite?

Oh no, wait, there are laws, and we're all equal. Damnit. It sounded so cool in a protest tho.

[DrTiTus]

I got stuck watching Long Beach Griffy

From his Down Syndrome skit I watched loads of his content.

He's got wild takes on so many things. I like how he doesn't give a fuck. He gets the black pass. If you criticize him you're racist.

[Ab]

Originally Posted by DrTiTus

The thing is, you can actually be a complete asshole with legal proceedings, if you're willing to go into a cell.

I've refused to sign documents for several hours, and had several officers come at me trying to make me complete the paperwork and I just refused with a smirk and they didn't know what to do.

To lay hands is assault, and they know it.

Ultimately I gave in because I knew it wasn't going anywhere, but it's a funny game to play, until of course, you have to accept the consequences of your actions.

I'm not saying she's in the right, or agree with her approach, but it's a completely valid course of action, and does delay the inevitable.

As soon as they're making you do things you don't agree to, they're on shaky ground and they avoid it at all costs.

Kids: just accept when you've made a mistake, it makes life easier.

There’s a difference between “I know the rules and now you know that I know the rules” and “I exist outside your rules”

[xor]

Originally Posted by wazza

anni at work today, 3 years. before this job i had never had a job for more than year. i must be maturing into an adult or something

Better late than never, Good stuff m8

[xor]

How much coffee is too much?

I'm 4-6 cups a day of sweet sweet nespresso goodness or Mocka pot coffee

[DrTiTus]

If your body is telling you that you need a shit, but all you can muster is a disappointing chunk like an empty soft serve machine, that's too much coffee.

[wazza]

i usually have my first cup of coffee after lunch, and i might have another one at 3pm. this is all very recent

i used to drink coffee, then i noticed that i always had sweaty right arm pit, so i stopped. recently i started again, pams instant or whatever work buys in the largest most budget container, but now i just do half a tspoon of coffee, i don't sweat anymore

6 will probably head towards adrenal fatigue, 4 is probably where you'd want your limit to be. but you're one of the more successful people i've ever known, and if it takes 6 cups of coffee to get to where you're at, then maybe more people should drink 6 cups of coffee. obviously it's not at simple as that, lol ;p

[Ab]

Normal for me is one straight after getting out of bed, one either en route to work or just after arriving at work, one mid-morning.

[Lightspeed]

The research I've seen over the years suggests coffee is good for people it's good for, and bad for people it's not. 🤷

[StN]

Originally Posted by Ab

Normal for me is one straight after getting out of bed, one either en route to work or just after arriving at work, one mid-morning.

What about coffee?

[StN]

Timely reel from my little bro...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3IqN...QxZ3o1OWxlOQ==

[fixed_truth]

Australia. No thanks

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5DdT..._web_copy_link

[wazza]

Originally Posted by StN

What about coffee?

Lol

[Lightspeed]

Steve Wozniak says TikTok ban is governmental hypocrisy

It's understandable that teens and creators are upset about the prospect of TikTok being banned in the US, but one unexpected individual lending their support to ByteDance's app is Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. The Woz says he doesn't understand the proposed ban and called out the US government for being hypocritical by targeting just one social media platform for tracking users when they all do it.

[Cyberbob]

100% agreed. They only have an issue with TikTok tracking their citizens because of the foreign interests. They don't care about the actual tracking of citizens.

Is the tracking going to stop when Bobby Kotick buys it? Of course not.

[fixed_truth]

Originally Posted by fixed_truth

Australia. No thanks

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5DdT..._web_copy_link

Australian man charged after allegedly using cable ties to detain children

Business as usual

[MadMax]

Mr. Mister - Broken Wings. What a great song to sing in at the top of your lungs in the car with the windows wound up.

[xor]

Originally Posted by fixed_truth

Australian man charged after allegedly using cable ties to detain children

Business as usual

Now do a non western country

[Lightspeed]

I left this for you xor. Happy birthday yesterday.

[xor]

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

I left this for you xor. Happy birthday yesterday.

Chur, bday is in a few days time! appreciate it. NFI what that thread is about though, def not created by me as the user talks about other games etc. The only game i've ever really played was ra3. and by 2006 i was not into gaming anymore.

[fixed_truth]

Originally Posted by xor

Now do a non western country

But I'm not trying to justify racist white Australia.

[xor]

Originally Posted by fixed_truth

But I'm not trying to justify racist white Australia.

lol. keep fighting the good fight.

[fixed_truth]

Of course. I'm not gonna pretend social inequalities are a good thing.

[wazza]

brah how pumped are y'all for ufc 300 this sunday
i'm pumped brah

[MadMax]

Back in the day, late 90's I did a stint in what was essentially a computer recycling store and the shop had dozens of XT and 286 type machines. In the oversized workshop area were stacks of more computers, old motherboards and ISA cards etc. They sat there forever and nobody ever came in to buy any in the few months I was there however the owner said sometimes he'd get a philanthropist type that would buy a pallet load and send them to schools in the Pacific Islands.

I can't help but wonder what all that gear would be worth now to the retro scene if it were still lying around somewhere but I suspect the lot would have been dumped when the shop closed.

There's not a single 286 PC on trademe right now.

[StN]

The vintage scene is funny - goes in waves. At one stage, you would never see an Apple sunflower Mac, then there would be 3 at once.

I note there is a PS/2 8555 - 386SX is *almost* a 286

And a Compaq portable mainboard, sporting an 8088,

And a Tosh 286 portable, Amstrad PPC640 etc

but yeah, the days of an original IBM 5150 popping up, or a swathe of clones seems to be in a lull - I am embarrassed when I remember what I literally binned in the '90s - boxes and boxes of floppies, big iron flip cases and even a Sparc 5 *with* 20" display. Now I've had to go out a buy the same kind of thing again - or at least rescue it.

Commodore stuff seems to be popular now - a few garages getting cleaned out (or maybe parents passing on and kids cleaning out the house) with Vic-20s, CBM64s and Amigas everywhere. Still annoyed that a chap at the pub sought me out, and indicated he was going to dump a box of CBM gear (including a PET with disk subsystem) because he needed the room, went quiet, then came back and said I could have the lot for $1750. Yeah, nah...