Random Thoughts II

[Ab]

Lol I'd forgotten the epic self-ownage Coruba thread of epicness.

https://forums.nzgames.com/showthread.php?t=55873

Sadly most of the images are lost in the sands of time.

[MadMax]

I'm so glad we can leave voice messages as comments now! I can't spell the word, so am dropping a voice note.

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[Ab]

Originally Posted by Ab

Blame conservatives.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...des-of-science

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...administration

Releasing its report on Thursday, the South Australian Murray-Darling basin royal commission found the original plan ignored potentially “catastrophic” risks of climate change.

Bret Walker SC’s report also found commonwealth officials had committed gross maladministration, negligence and unlawful actions in drawing up the multibillion-dollar deal to save Australia’s largest river system.

[StN]

Originally Posted by Ab

Lol I'd forgotten the epic self-ownage Coruba thread of epicness.

To be fair, it was a 15 year old reference. My God, has it been that long...

[Ab]

It's just said that all those images are gone. I remember that being one of the funniest threads of all time.

[Ab]

ok this is a bit weird

[StN]

For Cliff's sake woman! It's a Honda Accord, not a TARDIS.

He can get stuff for his flat in Dunners.

[Ab]

Nzgames, get up in this petition:

https://www.change.org/p/iain-lees-g...ebster-from-nz

[crocos]

Attempted extortion of Ex Judge, head of CIA, head of FBI
goes kinda wrong for the scammer.

[madmaxii]

Originally Posted by CCS

Jojo and Judi?

Umm, yep

[Lightspeed]

I wonder if the expressions of grief over the loss of Opportunity and its final words will count in our favour come AI judgement?

[Ab]

Originally Posted by madmaxii

there are two of them, one posting a bit more often than the other these days. And the scary thing is that they are both over 35. Carpe Diem

OMG IS IT JUJU AND HIS SISTER JODI?!!1

[Juju]

Originally Posted by Ab

OMG IS IT JUJU AND HIS SISTER JODI?!!1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGXzT1FdJsk

[Ab]

just like all of us, quakenews jokes from 1996 never get old

[Lightspeed]

It's amazing how in 1996 I still got most of my geek news from print, specifically Hyper mag. I still remember reading about Quake speed runs when rocket jumping was still unheard of. Until someone submitted a speed run to a competition, where they dominated thanks to a rocket jump.

I don't recall when I lost the stash I had.

[madmaxii]

Double post

[crocos]

Originally Posted by madmaxii

Double post

Sooooo meta

[crocos]

What the I don't even...


Computer generated faces. Some amazingly realistic, some... yeah.

[MadMax]

How to make that a Skyrim mod? And ^ definitely Australian.

[Ab]

Nike did WHAT to Zion’s knee?!

[crocos]

Originally Posted by MadMax

How to make that a Skyrim mod? And ^ definitely Australian.

It's the android-as looking eyes that made me shudder on that one.

[DrTiTus]

"My left shoe won't even reboot." writes one owner.

Christ, how long until mass extinction, this world is fucking mental.

[pxpx]

It's raining fuck yeah.

It's been so dry that my lawn dropped by about 55mm over the summer, insane.

[MadMax]

https://www.nzherald.co.nz//lifestyl...ectid=12206363

That's great, but sometimes there's more than one ball.

[pxpx]

Read the comments on the twitter thread

[CCS]

Originally Posted by DrTiTus

"My left shoe won't even reboot." writes one owner.

Christ, how long until mass extinction, this world is fucking mental.

Fair call.

How long before those shoes get remotely hacked and they jog the user in front of a bus?

[crocos]

Originally Posted by CCS

How long before those shoes get remotely hacked and they jog the user in front of a bus?

We can only hope.

[Lightspeed]

Originally Posted by DrTiTus

"My left shoe won't even reboot." writes one owner.

Christ, how long until mass extinction, this world is fucking mental.

Pretty sure the ancients would scoff at how dependant we are on technology. "Can't even skin an animal to clothe yourself! Your extinction is imminent!"

[CCS]

Women who claim to have been pregnant 'for three years'

A woman named Zona appeared on the Dr Phil Show and told the host she was "1000 per cent" sure she was three years pregnant with a child, despite getting her tubes tied at 20.

Zona went on to tell Dr Phil that her pregnancy could go on for many more years and the reason it wasn't showing was because it was in her second, or "back uterus".

Yeah. The back uterus.

[Ab]

I'll have to remember that one. "It's OK baby, you won't get pregnant because I'm going to put it in your back uterus"

[fixed_truth]

The Prodigy's Keith Flint dies aged 49
Rip. One of the main groups that got me into electronica.

[MadMax]

Big fan here too, that sux.

[DrTiTus]

Don't panic, it wasn't Liam Howlett ;P

But still, a bit shit.

[Trigga*happY]

I've got an friend who has just reached retirement age - however while she's working she loses $200 of her pension... just because.

Now that seems a tad unfair. Just because you decide to work beyond your retirement age - still paying taxes beyond retirement, that the government would choose to penalise you for doing so.

So WHAT I wanted to know! If you are entitled to the pension, but are still working and losing that $200, can she write that $200 off as a loss against her work income to claim it back... or something along those lines! Is there a way for her to get that lost $200 back

Cheers in advance!

[Trigga*happY]

Death sucks... I've only had to deal with one death in my family. My grandad who died at age 82 or thereabouts.

Now, 15 years later I still have all other three grandparents aged between 88 and 93, but my father just died of cancer.

Boys I know it's not much fun, but get your prostates checked. If they'd found my fathers even 5 years earlier, it may have been a whole different story.

[MadMax]

Nuts n bolts. Required reading.

[Ab]

Jeez Trig, Kia kaha mate. You doing ok?

[madmaxii]

Originally Posted by Trigga*happY

I've got an friend who has just reached retirement age - however while she's working she loses $200 of her pension... just because.

Now that seems a tad unfair. Just because you decide to work beyond your retirement age - still paying taxes beyond retirement, that the government would choose to penalise you for doing so.

So WHAT I wanted to know! If you are entitled to the pension, but are still working and losing that $200, can she write that $200 off as a loss against her work income to claim it back... or something along those lines! Is there a way for her to get that lost $200 back

Cheers in advance!

No she doesn't. Her wages/salary just put her in a higher tax bracket than someone who is only on the pension (which is taxed) and therefore her pension is taxed at a higher rate.

[DrTiTus]

Where is Kai the hitchhiker now?

I'm not on the social medias, so I don't know if this story is common knowledge, but wow.

[Cyberbob]

Watched Behind the Curve last night. Quite interesting. Not because of the content, but at the fair and balanced discussion that was had.

It's not a flat earth vs round earth discussion, but a genuine discussion with scientists and psychologists for insights into why people choose to believe such an outlandish theory, despite so much evidence to the contrary.
On the flat earth side, it was an insight into the community and culture behind an otherwise outcast group of people with overwhelming cognitive biases.

They featured a few flat earthers attempting really well thought out experiments that although they appeared to be scientific in nature, the outcomes were completely ignored every time they conflicted with their existing conclusions.