Nostr notes by DazzaNZ

That is in the movie Only Lovers Left Alive.

2026-10-31T22:18:04Z

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That is in the movie Only Lovers Left Alive.

I am neutrally buoyant in fresh water. If I breathe out, I sink, ...

2026-10-31T02:36:51Z

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I am neutrally buoyant in fresh water. If I breathe out, I sink, if I breathe in, I float.

If I jump into fresh water, like off a boat or dock, without a big breath of air, I will just keep going down. I have to actively swim up out of fresh water.

Fresh water swimming, like at the lake, is a lifejacket activity, also the boat or jet ski.

The flat beaches are safe without life jackets, because we barely walk out past waste deep.

We grew up at the beach, salt water is more forgiving.

Cameras, lidars and lasers, built at scale, in an integrated way, ...

2026-10-31T02:12:07Z

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Cameras, lidars and lasers, built at scale, in an integrated way, like what every car built, will have in just a few years, will make the price of that package of hardware about the price of a cellphone plus wifi router.

So just about nothing, compared to the price of a car.

The Wamo will get cheaper, but it is a larger car. It's always going to cost more.

If Wamo wants to make a smaller cheaper car, they will be able to buy a Dongfeng Box for 18,000 and it will seat four.

Ok, so it is medium chain triglycerides. They are dietary fats ...

2026-10-30T18:49:41Z

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Ok, so it is medium chain triglycerides.

They are dietary fats refined from common food oils.

They convert to ketones that are quickly available to power your brain.

That makes more sense than hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

2026-10-28T17:33:52Z

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That makes more sense than hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

I was kinda liking the revolving hosts shows.

2026-10-17T21:25:15Z

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I was kinda liking the revolving hosts shows.

I still love it that my friend, back in the day, got a back up ...

2026-10-17T19:33:09Z

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I still love it that my friend, back in the day, got a back up tape drive for his PC.

He wanted to defrag the hard drive. He backed up the PC. Erased the hard drive, and planned to restore from tape.

But he only had the tape drive software on the hard drive that he erased.

So if he could restore the backup, then he would have the software to restore the backup.

So he had to take a 300km round-trip drive to get the restore software from a friend in another city.

Yeah, but no. ...

2026-10-14T17:57:42Z

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Yeah, but no.

Yeah, true. I don't remember but we probably only went on 6 ...

2026-10-12T05:17:46Z

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Yeah, true. I don't remember but we probably only went on 6 or 8 rides anyway.

Captain EO
Pirates of the Caribbean,
The roller coster that was in the style of steam train I think.
submarine ride
a ride in a snowy mountain, like a toboggan, 2 person coaster.
Captain Hook, sail boats over a nighttime landscape, all inside.
Small world with the dolls on a boat
something like a vintage car ride, petrol engines?]

Electric light parade and fireworks.

A good Bbq meal with corn bread.

They are running at 3x inflation over 30 years, I went to ...

2026-10-11T17:57:31Z

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They are running at 3x inflation over 30 years, I went to Disneyland when I was a teenager, and it was about $65.

It should be about $135.

https://youtu.be/1bvwOrGn1Zs

Thats 500 New Zealand dollars. 20 hours of minimum wage. You can ...

2026-10-11T17:46:18Z

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Thats 500 New Zealand dollars.

20 hours of minimum wage.

You can take the whole family and nanna to rainbows end in Auckland for less. And you have change to buy at coffee and an ice cream.

The next round of LED replacements for street lights ought to ...

2026-10-10T19:55:32Z

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The next round of LED replacements for street lights ought to have colour temperature adjustment.

Perhaps they can be white to 8pm and then shift to orange for couple hours, then to more red orang colour.

Back to orange and fade down for sunrise.

The white LEDs here make the sky milky and hazy, so you can't see the stars so well. Also, they confuse the sea birds, they stay up late, and are late for work in the morning.

Here are some canned refried words: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet ...

2026-10-10T03:06:06Z

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Here are some canned refried words:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque faucibus ex sapien vitae pellentesque sem placerat. In id cursus mi pretium tellus duis convallis.

Tempus leo eu aenean sed diam urna tempor. Pulvinar vivamus fringilla lacus nec metus bibendum egestas. Iaculis massa nisl malesuada lacinia integer nunc posuere.

Ut hendrerit semper vel class aptent taciti sociosqu. Ad litora torquent per conubia nostra inceptos himenaeos.

Cheaper alternative. ...

2026-10-10T00:29:09Z

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Cheaper alternative.

The pink two door was clearly the way to go on that car. My mum ...

2026-10-10T00:24:39Z

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The pink two door was clearly the way to go on that car. My mum would have liked it. Also Blue might be ok. But they should have realised it with the bold pastel colours, sage or lavender, and have the interior in matching hues. Be bold.

Also that car is fairly cheap, like it's way better value than the electric Ferrari.

It's wild. I have an electric car. But my work van is Diesel.

2026-10-08T18:00:46Z

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It's wild.
I have an electric car. But my work van is Diesel.

Remember that one around the world first class flight has about ...

2026-10-08T17:57:08Z

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Remember that one around the world first class flight has about the same emissions as driving a regular commuter car to go to work for about 20 years of commutes.

Petrol in New Zealand hit a new high. USD$7.40 per gal. ...

2026-10-08T17:50:45Z

Petrol in New Zealand hit a new high.

USD$7.40 per gal.

New Zealand election is coming up in about a month. MPs are ...

2026-10-08T17:38:52Z

New Zealand election is coming up in about a month.

MPs are promising to ban advertising for services which have hidden fees.

So the headline advertised price for an airline or concert ticket has to be the price you pay and must include all the fees and compulsory extras.

Probably just worth texting that to random numbers.

2026-10-07T18:03:32Z

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Probably just worth texting that to random numbers.

The New Zealand farming news and feature show has more viewers ...

2026-10-07T18:00:14Z

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The New Zealand farming news and feature show has more viewers than CNN. 12% of New Zealand adults watch that.

TVNZ news gets 566,000. American TV companies ought to watch TVNZ news and copy the format.

I think I used to work at that place.

2026-10-03T20:48:07Z

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I think I used to work at that place.

The unemployment rate in New Zealand is quite high. The ...

2026-10-02T20:31:52Z

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The unemployment rate in New Zealand is quite high. The government here did the thing that Americans always want, over the last two years they laid off loads of people from government departments. Making the government smaller.

The budget is likely to get back to surplus in a couple of years.

Although there is a vast feeling of being broke, apparently many businesses are doing well, the tax take is up.

Long term, retired living on workers’ tax will be 1:2 in the next 20 years.

Election in New Zealand in a couple months. The Green Party ...

2026-09-29T17:26:23Z

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Election in New Zealand in a couple months.

The Green Party talkers are on about a wealth tax for people with more than $10million. So that the other 97% can get a tax reduction.

They also said that about 40% more kids are living in poverty than thee years ago.
I guess that is the cost of living crisis.

New centrist party Opportunity party might be able to form left or right government.

Left Labour red,. Right National blue.

I've got the windy and the rainy. Snow in the south up in the ...

2026-09-26T19:53:45Z

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I've got the windy and the rainy. Snow in the south up in the mountains.

We got the late in the season fall of snow up in the mountains ...

2026-09-26T01:56:32Z

We got the late in the season fall of snow up in the mountains the other day.

It was blue sky day and bit frosty.

I collect number plate photos. What's even happening here? ...

2026-09-25T20:55:34Z

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I collect number plate photos.

What's even happening here?

I have visited The States a couple of times, but only been to New ...

2026-09-19T23:38:47Z

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I have visited The States a couple of times, but only been to New York, and Jersey down the coast to Washington DC area. Miami, California and Hawaii.

I am kinda missing the whole middle of the country.

I guess I was in Pensilvania, because I went through Philly.

In New Zealand, the local council office has rain water barrels ...

2026-09-19T22:26:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…mrzr
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In New Zealand, the local council office has rain water barrels in the lobby, so you can buy one and take it home with you.

The intention is to hook it up to the down pipe from your roof, so you can have some water to drink in a disaster when the water mains go out.

About $100 for about 40 Gal. Some kind of fibre reinforced plastic. With a socket for a garden hose-type attachment, included.

Also you can water the garden with it. We don't have any water restrictions since water meters.

Is this Pittsburgh? I described what I saw to Siri, and it came ...

2026-09-19T22:13:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…z0l0
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Is this Pittsburgh? I described what I saw to Siri, and it came back with Pittsburgh.

I drove over the Golden Gate Bridge one time. We stayed out at ...

2026-09-19T21:33:26Z

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I drove over the Golden Gate Bridge one time. We stayed out at Fort Cronkhite.

And,I am back. That was fairly fast for an OS major change. ...

2026-09-19T21:25:22Z

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And,I am back.

That was fairly fast for an OS major change.

Do I need to look for a phone update too? It went through the ...

2026-09-19T21:08:49Z

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Do I need to look for a phone update too?

It went through the phase of downloading at 500mBit then slowed down for no apparent reason. But something is happening now.

My niece had about five trans/bi girls in her school class. ...

2026-09-19T20:52:16Z

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My niece had about five trans/bi girls in her school class. Statistically unlikely.

OK, started the thing. ...

2026-09-19T20:45:11Z

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OK, started the thing.

My Mac has been asking me to install system updates every day for ...

2026-09-19T20:42:27Z

My Mac has been asking me to install system updates every day for a month. Was going to do it today, now it's not asking.

I think it used to be humble. But I think that the kind of people ...

2026-09-18T20:56:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…u30p
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I think it used to be humble. But I think that the kind of people who would usually write IMHO are likely to have any humble opinions.

So we can hope for honest.

But it's a little likely to actually be something like their heartburning opinion.

Every ink jet printer I have had to deal with sucked. I would ...

2026-09-12T22:01:41Z

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Every ink jet printer I have had to deal with sucked. I would never buy one again.

Ink jets, as far as I can tell, block up or the ink dries, or the ink is used up in cleaning cycles, so have limited longevity between uses.

I have had two home laser printers in 15 years. A black and white one, which still worked when I bought a colour one. Lasers are great because they still work after no use, months or years at a time.

Nice pictures.

2026-09-12T21:07:42Z

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Nice pictures.

I think that video is from the movie Remember Me (2010).

2026-09-11T22:47:52Z

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I think that video is from the movie Remember Me (2010).

Stormy outside. Woke up to chunks of the neighbours tree hitting ...

2026-09-06T18:28:36Z

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Stormy outside. Woke up to chunks of the neighbours tree hitting my windows.

Norfolk pine shed seeds, that are parts of pinecones, they have wind spread seeds, they are about two inches long.

I explained VO2 max to my doctor.

2026-09-04T21:44:39Z

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I explained VO2 max to my doctor.

It looks like the Chinese cars come in either two or one trim ...

2026-09-04T20:55:49Z

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It looks like the Chinese cars come in either two or one trim options here. It could be because the market is small here.

I see some young people who have tattoos that just look like a ...

2026-09-02T19:08:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…4auz
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I see some young people who have tattoos that just look like a bunch of graffiti, the kind of stuff kids draw on their arms during a boring class at school.

Yeah also fine line stuff, that looks like the flowers that girls would use to decorate a diary page.

The J7 is 44,000 petrol 50,000 plugin hybrid USD 26,000 to 30,000 ...

2026-08-29T21:32:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…86el
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The J7 is 44,000 petrol
50,000 plugin hybrid

USD 26,000 to 30,000

19k to 22k UK ponds

Petrol is $3.00/litre. At the peak a few months ago it was 3.50 ...

2026-08-28T20:35:22Z

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Petrol is $3.00/litre.

At the peak a few months ago it was 3.50

The normal price was about 2.70 to 2.40

In USD NZ3.00/l is 6.70/Gal.

About 70c of each litre is "excise road tax" but they are going to take that out and change it for $7.60 tax per 100km driven (RUC road user charges).

So efficient cars using 5L/100km will have 5x70 $3.50 taken off and then pay RUC on odometer readings.
It would be ~neutral cost for pick up trucks.

EVs and Diesel already pay on the RUC system.

A similar thing happened in New Zealand. They were taking about ...

2026-08-27T19:09:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…j3jd
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A similar thing happened in New Zealand.

They were taking about it on the radio yesterday.

The jury 8 women and 4 men came to a 11 vs 1 decision. - 3 counts Murder.

Infanticide has, 3 years in prison here. They said the jury was clear, it was not infanticide.

She will be in mental hospital until she can go to prison for the remainder of 18 years, and then deported because she is not a citizen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_the_Dickason_children

I saw the Jacoo dealership, I stopped and took some photos. J5 in ...

2026-08-27T18:50:16Z

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I saw the Jacoo dealership, I stopped and took some photos.

J5 in White
J7 in Black.

The J7 plug in hybrid costs 5k more than the petrol. that
US3k.

They all have heated and ventilated seats.

Loads of Chinese cars in New Zealand. The Jacoo J5 is $43,000, so ...

2026-08-26T19:15:17Z

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Loads of Chinese cars in New Zealand.

The Jacoo J5 is $43,000, so US$25,500.

Tesla model Y is 68,000 about USD40k.

I am sure the Jacoo is nice on the inside, and the Tesala is a spartan hospital waiting room.

I saw a Chinese car display at the mall, one model came standard with back massager seats, and premium sound and led disco lighting system.

My brother bought a small digger about 5 years ago, to level a ...

2026-08-21T20:35:50Z

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My brother bought a small digger about 5 years ago, to level a spot on the farm for horse training.

He loves that machine. Uses it for everything, kind of a farm tractor.

He can tow logs of fallen trees, clear the driveway, unblock the drains, fix the creek path, put in a new bridge, underground a drain, do some landscaping.

Car stickers. ...

2026-08-21T20:30:13Z

Car stickers.

I saw this dog at the supermarket, watching the sunset and ...

2026-08-21T20:26:26Z

I saw this dog at the supermarket, watching the sunset and enjoying the small moments in life.

I think that my power is about 30cents, but 30 NZ cents is like ...

2026-08-08T22:24:19Z

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I think that my power is about 30cents, but 30 NZ cents is like 20 US cents.

They are going to put RUC (road user charges) on all vehicles.

Removing 30cents per litre tax out of the petrol price, and charge NZ$7.60 per 100km.

So all driving will cost, about $10 per 100km for an efficient EV and $15 for a hybrid car.

About $20 for a basic Diesel van or pickup.

They're going to double the revenue from driving into the tax pool.

There will be more $20-30/100km trains.

I have had an electric car for 8 years or so. They are much ...

2026-08-08T21:37:44Z

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I have had an electric car for 8 years or so.

They are much cheaper to charge at home.

A Rivian is cheaper to charge at home than a Ford Ranger.

I use public fast chargers when I go for a road trip. 3000km my longest trip away.

We have RUC, so a tax per km driven to cover road maintenance. A cost of ~USD$7/100 miles. It's a graduated higher price for heavy trucks and busses.

The cost of driving EVs here is cheaper than a Diesel car, but more than a petrol hybrid.

They got home in Star Trek Voyager. The Big C had a complete ...

2026-08-01T20:50:39Z

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They got home in Star Trek Voyager.
The Big C had a complete ending.

I worked on an oil powered, steam driven ship. One young guy did ...

2026-07-29T20:18:08Z

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I worked on an oil powered, steam driven ship. One young guy did manage to bring a bucket of steam up to the chiefs office.

Bad testing and licensing in New Zealand too. ...

2026-07-24T22:08:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…z2ej
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Bad testing and licensing in New Zealand too.

I see two layers of meringue with whipped cream in the layers.

2026-07-24T21:58:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…ttq4
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I see two layers of meringue with whipped cream in the layers.

The USD 3.99 sandwich is USD 6.15 in New Zealand. None of that is ...

2026-07-21T19:25:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…ptce
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The USD 3.99 sandwich is USD 6.15 in New Zealand.

None of that is a $15 sandwich though.

Sure we can go to Janus Beak Haus and $15 sandwich, but I leave that for a special occasion.

A six inch sandwich at subway here costs NZD10.50. That's ...

2026-07-21T19:09:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…r0yn
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A six inch sandwich at subway here costs NZD10.50. That's about USD 6.15. What are people in other counties paying for a six inch subway?

Do people in Europe ask for a 15.24cm sandwich?

We have a per km tax on driving, RUC, Road User Charges. In a ...

2026-07-18T22:26:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…9yeq
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We have a per km tax on driving, RUC, Road User Charges.

In a diesel or electric car, that would cost about NZD$500, ~USD$300.

The tax in petrol is 70c/litre about USD$1.60 per gal.

I usually drive my cars about 100,000km before upgrading, so that would use about 7.5% of cars life.

I buy used cars, so about NZD$1000 of my car.

Plus some fraction of tyres.

https://www.transport.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Transitioning-All-Vehicles-to-Road-User-Charges-FAQs.pdf

I changed from windows 10 to Linux to use Steam, because, ...

2026-07-18T21:54:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…qt24
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I changed from windows 10 to Linux to use Steam, because, somehow, Windows 11 could not run on my 10 core Xeon with 32GB ram.

I just did not think it necessary to buy a new motherboard and CPU.

The stated reason was the security chip. But there was a work around for that.

The second reason was the network connector on the motherboard seemed to make Windows crash on boot, or if I plugged the ethernet in after boot.

I got 60

2026-07-11T20:53:49Z

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I got 60

Minimal burger Flour sugar water yeast salt (bread) Olive oil. ...

2026-07-10T21:52:20Z

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Minimal burger
Flour sugar water yeast salt (bread)
Olive oil.
beef
milk rennet culture salt (cheese)
tomato
pepper
(optional onion and garlic)

~13 or 15 ingredients

(optional pickles - cucumber dill, pepper mustard vinegar)
(mayo- egg oil acid salt)
Ketchup has the same ingredients as other things above.

~20 ingredients.

If you made such a product and sold it, it would have to hinge on how the bread was tasted and careful roasting of ingredients to develop interesting flavours.

Make a Star Trek the next-next generation and make new 1990s ...

2026-07-10T21:29:28Z

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Make a Star Trek the next-next generation and make new 1990s style episodes where they mostly visit new worlds that want to join the federation.

Mostly a study of anthropology or scientific exploration of space.

Use TNG set style and uniforms, but film and edit it in modern ways, but don't add excess fake lighting and lens flares.

Have the long arc of the series mostly about the development of the crew, concentrating on the culture, ideals of the federation and how society got there.

I liked to watch that as a kid it was on late at night. I read a ...

2026-06-24T18:56:57Z

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I liked to watch that as a kid it was on late at night. I read a book to two also.

Coleslaw.

2026-06-21T18:38:31Z

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Coleslaw.

That video is amazing:the water channels, the details in wall ...

2026-06-20T21:51:35Z

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That video is amazing:the water channels, the details in wall recesses and the stone arch are all amazing.

I would guess there were wooden scaffolds and bridges, but all that would be long gone. Although perhaps there were no trees there?

But clearly it is very old. Because the wear on the rock stairs, arch stones and curved doorways. Plenty of those things had remnants of square edges.

His age guess, the same as mine, 300 years up to 10k. How would anyone know?

Amateurs, California's barely on the scale. ...

2026-06-20T03:10:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…pkyv
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Amateurs, California's barely on the scale.

The sun is looks a little bit depressed Jabba the Hutt down here. ...

2026-06-20T03:07:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…xs7r
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The sun is looks a little bit depressed Jabba the Hutt down here.

That watch looks rad! If you go out to a thing, having a nice ...

2026-06-20T03:05:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…ygxe
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That watch looks rad!

If you go out to a thing, having a nice watch and nice shoes will make you feel great, and people will know you turned out for them, nicely dressed.

There was a study, where some scientists took a selection of ...

2026-06-16T19:02:34Z

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There was a study, where some scientists took a selection of uncommon tropical fruits to an elderly care home.

They gave the residents fruit they had never had before.

A week later they were interviewed about the day, add they found they could remember the details that whole day well, but not the details of the day either side.

This is a fun list lot look at and read through.

2026-06-10T18:58:46Z

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This is a fun list lot look at and read through.

I went to Backrooms the other night. We considered seeing the ...

2026-06-04T18:57:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…fh64
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I went to Backrooms the other night. We considered seeing the Star Wars one, but I thought it would be nicely made junk.

Backrooms reminded me of a movie Vivarium.

Both movies use placelessness for creepy vibes.

Yeah, in the summer holidays, when I was 8 years old or older, we ...

2026-05-31T23:19:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…fu4u
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Yeah, in the summer holidays, when I was 8 years old or older, we just got on our bikes and went to the river for a swim and hung out, in the forrest or on a farm. Then if we got hungry went to a friends place for lunch. All our parents were farmers, so they were out working. We also never locked our doors, so we did not have to take a key. We started locking our houses when immigrant farmworkers turned up. But that was the same time as a recession, when every one was broke, so theft.

They can make a new Jurassic park movie with the extinct mammals. ...

2026-05-31T21:49:11Z

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They can make a new Jurassic park movie with the extinct mammals.

Cenozoic park.

Petrol is still about USD $7.20 per gal. Graph of historical US ...

2026-05-29T20:33:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…rfk8
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Petrol is still about USD $7.20 per gal.

Graph of historical US petrol price.

That makes, rolling a machine out into the car park, dousing it ...

2026-05-28T18:45:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…zcd7
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That makes, rolling a machine out into the car park, dousing it with petrol and setting it alight , seem reasonable.

Can't you just buy a phone from the discount bin at a ...

2026-05-26T19:11:48Z

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Can't you just buy a phone from the discount bin at a stationery store or a supermarket and use that with a pre pay sim? Thats got to cost about $29.95 plus $10 per year.

I bought a pizza from a robotic vending machine, it was way ...

2026-05-22T23:55:08Z

I bought a pizza from a robotic vending machine, it was way better than Pizza Hutt. About USD 9 for a 30cm/12".

My most hated enshitification is the deep menu that take too many ...

2026-05-22T21:25:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…lgjd
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My most hated enshitification is the deep menu that take too many clicks to do the thing I want to do.

The 2024 iOS is way better than the 2026 iOS.

Why is save, in the menu a level deeper, than share the photo?

Best thing I have seen for a while.

2026-05-15T21:31:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…nsah
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Best thing I have seen for a while.

They have shields made out of wicker basket lids.

2026-05-15T21:04:37Z

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They have shields made out of wicker basket lids.

Does that mean that no one knows what it's good for?

2026-05-15T21:02:18Z

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Does that mean that no one knows what it's good for?

I impressed some friends of friends with my 8 year old economy ...

2026-05-15T20:58:02Z

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I impressed some friends of friends with my 8 year old economy car that I could afford to drive, 120km round trip, just to go out for a birthday dinner.

After the war ends, Speculation: Three months for the ships to ...

2026-05-14T18:35:26Z

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After the war ends,

Speculation:

Three months for the ships to move back into position and resume most normal routes.

Two years for the fuel refining chain to return to new normal, which will be less than the old normal.

Fuel prices, will never be a low as they were before the war.

Is it otherwise either too hot, or too cold?

2026-05-03T01:07:14Z

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Is it otherwise either too hot, or too cold?

Where I live, we have a sea breeze so we get a handful of days ...

2026-05-02T20:28:49Z

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Where I live, we have a sea breeze so we get a handful of days above 25C each year, but also only the same of mornings below freezing.

Did that form over land?

2026-04-27T18:38:11Z

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Did that form over land?

Good point. Around here no one made pasta sauce in the 1800s. But ...

2026-04-24T20:40:52Z

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Good point. Around here no one made pasta sauce in the 1800s. But in Italy, I wonder?

What could cookware be made from in the 1800s.

Copper, cast iron, ceramic. What other metals? Bronze. Tin.

Is there pewter cookware?

A bunch of these would leech possibly poisonous metal ions in to food.

A little bit of iron would be good for vegetarians and bad for those with hemochrombtosis.

I have gone though my cast iron stage and moved on to my ...

2026-04-24T20:15:14Z

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I have gone though my cast iron stage and moved on to my stainless steel age.

Tomato + cast iron = bad.

I like to make the pasta sauce in my big flat stainless pan with a glass lid.

I have the halogen ceramic cook top. I considered the induction, but the magnetic thing freaks me out.

I have kept the cast iron, I am sure there is a use for it. I baked ribs in it one time covered with foil and that was awesome.

That's the kind of thing that you need to know about before ...

2026-04-22T18:43:53Z

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That's the kind of thing that you need to know about before you buy a house or build a pool.

You don't need to feel sorry for millionaires who should have had lawyers and stuff. I would imagine most of them knew what they were doing.

That looks like a solid health and safety fail in my workplace. ...

2026-04-21T19:03:25Z

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That looks like a solid health and safety fail in my workplace. That is about as dumb as walking under a loaded fork lift.

https://pickled.nz/down-to-earth/start-the-case/tate-slab

New Zealand has about two weeks of fuel on land, but "a few ...

2026-04-18T22:24:19Z

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New Zealand has about two weeks of fuel on land, but "a few ships" out in the ocean.

Diesel is the equivalent of about USD 11.50/Gal including taxes and Road User Charges.

There is obviously less traffic where I drive for work each day.

Good ideas, horrible video style. It said something like the dog ...

2026-04-17T23:16:09Z

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Good ideas, horrible video style.

It said something like the dog might persistently lick a spot because it asses illness there.

But licks your face for decontamination or to request food.

I think that squirrels can fall from any height safely, they have ...

2026-04-17T22:43:01Z

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I think that squirrels can fall from any height safely, they have some kind of parachute stance.

I had my first Linux computer 15 years ago but kept coming back ...

2026-04-17T21:41:25Z

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I had my first Linux computer 15 years ago but kept coming back to Windows for compatibility problems.

But now changed my main game and entertainment PC to linux and use a Mac for productivity.

There is no reason to go back now.

Yeah, that makes sense.

2026-04-17T21:30:40Z

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Yeah, that makes sense.

I went a few weeks ago, but before that, two years, and two years ...

2026-04-16T18:30:45Z

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I went a few weeks ago, but before that, two years, and two years before that.

So once every two years.

Reason, tickets and snacks expensive, content repetitive and boring, other people in theatres.

New Zealand dollar per litre. ...

2026-04-10T20:42:19Z

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New Zealand dollar per litre.