2026-10-23T03:26:34Z https://nostr.now 🇳🇿 :tinoflag: 💉*10 Roger https://nostr.now/npub1zxtdazrmgjuxcwhuvgj3c2pufzf94ekg2wrwujczef4k89rwvvvqjn9786 https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/294/054/565/707/276/original/f8d1453d2687e0fe.jpg https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/294/054/565/707/276/original/f8d1453d2687e0fe.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy32pvz8qzj85tk59ruj3qmqqmgszrdms52fvsaf5zwxy06zpv9ugzyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33snjhl44 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00fsxggqfe4xf5a0xfdjq7av24recy7e2kuncx3226raf0y53dvs54cpxt'>nevent1q…cpxt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t like having to defend billionaires, we would be better off without them, but Gates (&amp; Mrs Gates) did good things with mosquito nets to prevent malaria, and I seem to recall he or they did some useful things around covid vaccine development. These are things governments can do, and should do. 2026-10-08T08:45:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyp77du7584rhpmlz7s8vkw9xg4lvscadeqmdr00ljuz3l924ys6czyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33sd438n9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswc0vrtd5gn7ygx3hq7nfajmdt0qzdk898xp2ue67fvjttkwxsrts3an5d4'>nevent1q…n5d4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the story insists I turn off ad blocker and I won&#39;t. But I saw a similar piece about the same thing. Yes, that was specifically about AI data centre builds. But the surrounding toot was more general and that was what I responded to. I really do not think politicians should be in constant fear of assassination, though this seems to be the case nowadays. I recall when senior ministers would walk to work in Wellington. Now we have trolls. I am embarassed we have trolls, but not for lamenting it out loud. 2026-08-08T21:28:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspn8d5znsg9t0drm7cfxs85w9df8eyqxhyn8v8zy36j7mz0x8ut9czyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33srrv640 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgeza8hm4mfz0zc6u5g7xk5dvfcgmz667e8vwandv25pmnrtfxn3g94lns4'>nevent1q…lns4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope this is just hyperbole, but if it isn&#39;t think about what kind of world that brings in. Would you run for office (with the best of intentions) if being in office was unsafe? We had Jacinda Adern where I live. Her lockdown decisions saved about 10k people here. But the trolls hounded her into resigning. I think that&#39;s tragic. They really hated that she wanted to help people. 2026-08-07T06:05:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrn2ydlljw5gf2pllgt2228wjkx3sh0faf5rexaq6u4tnlqyel3dqzyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33stpxggt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspplrde20kcd5fftu27w4z4ydnxxxgac8rcq2mhqjmmlwxkt5evgqd3qjwq'>nevent1q…qjwq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>hmm. I first encountered cloud services and Kubernetes at 60, I liked this way of doing things so I skilled up and worked in that space for most of a decade. Kind of over that stuff now, but I&#39;m getting into Rust which is fun, a new languge for my 70s. Not touching AI, though. I did enough of that in the 90s and 00s. 2026-06-13T09:53:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs02uwlp0alcvewyn929tx3azz3aesnuypdqaa580f3uj45re86vjgzyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33sszlysm This evening I had to wire a mains power plug. I&#39;ve done this lots of times and when I think about it the first time I did it I was far too young to be allowed near such tasks. Still, I don&#39;t do it often and I&#39;m careful, both of which mean I&#39;m still alive.<br/><br/>I wanted to check I had phase &amp; neutral around the right way so I grabbed my phone and did a quick search for a diagram with the right labels. I&#39;m in Aotearoa/New Zealand so we use the plug style the Australians use. <br/><br/>The first diagram I found was a UK style plug, though it was labeled Australian. Hmm. The second one showed the correct style but it showed the plug and the socket, which would have been okay except the labels on the pins contradicted each other.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t often search with my phone, and I realized I had not turned off the AI, which may have been the problem. Meanwhile Mrs had found a decent diagram on her tablet so I used that. Everything worked, no one died.<br/><br/>But this kind of thing really could kill someone.<br/><br/>#slopai 2026-06-09T09:07:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdyddv9h52r0nwmx8e6h04nhvfl9qftqpdggzaxjyjw79mzyzv8rczyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33szjxv7s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxzj7r5wuznv8ye5zfsl8fd48t2vguvwdddxp7a9jny22ykfcj9zg4m4n20'>nevent1q…4n20</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>fair call 2025-12-06T23:20:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyplsn3ew2wqkvfm8y6vdep9dg202mfztp7tx2prfp9krhljl4kxgzyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33sl0cn5w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsve3tzzu4g956xgwyarync8fapc8jfxh9cqkpgegdt99c4gsh74pczhtyn8'>nevent1q…tyn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>remember the Erebus disaster? Everyone knew someone who knew someone on that flight. If we had lost those numbers of people to the vaccine you and I would know someone who died. That&#39;s the retort for those folks if you&#39;re interested in engaging. 2025-12-06T22:56:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs22qxzyth8d92lavvy9nanj6m8jd39ahxpx2q93xr8c8x8n07q39gzyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33sgacjjv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4lp08t97l2ny0jat0enqutary6fa8rf4k20u9w03fn7j6k8eztqxzalnr'>nevent1q…alnr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>broccoli: we bake it for 20 mins on 200C, mix it with olive oil and lemon juice first, maybe grate some parmesan and add some garlic.<br/><br/>Kale: it grows like weeds in our garden so we never buy it. We use it in a baked fish dish (same 20 mins 200C as above). Cut the stalks out of the kale &amp; lay it in an oven proof dish. Put fih on top, olive oil, salt, pepper, then whatever you fancy. Sliced tomato, grated parmesan, chopped nuts, all three! We eat this every week. 2025-11-20T04:53:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrwhga6t29lkyfh8eycx0kt67989d5l69e9prygr89ujezaujeczszyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33sjf82xg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw06j2569nxmz4v592acum7vgrhyn2jwjwh0c9gxweqzeypp70deqlfgjt7'>nevent1q…gjt7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>mine all work. I have laptops w builtin cams, monitors and USB cameras. All working. We run variants of Ubuntu (xubuntu and lubuntu). I don&#39;t recall having to do anything special. Just lucky too I guess. 2025-07-30T06:11:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8l9qzca7g7nsatzum8eflc87pjqdzzytj9t2f3qmn0amat0ndq2gzyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33s88cel3 How polar bears stop ice from freezing on their fur | New Scientist<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2466064-how-polar-bears-stop-ice-from-freezing-on-their-fur/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2466064-how-polar-bears-stop-ice-from-freezing-on-their-fur/</a> 2025-02-08T05:41:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9mp6nx6hexp0a440amzeu5s6fwu2au36hdraz6g59xthkt8zvmnszyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33s6jxrlw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs94ep3uq9whwps3sdutf9hf75njx5msmd4suamd70uggv42lkwp7qa7n6h8'>nevent1q…n6h8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I dug out the reference. Mostly you don&#39;t need the buttons at all. But sometimes the board gets stuck somehow and that&#39;s when you do need them. However if you are seeing it flash but not run then this isn&#39;t the same problem.<br/><a href="https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/release-v3.0/get-started/get-started-devkitc.html">https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/release-v3.0/get-started/get-started-devkitc.html</a> 2024-12-23T00:33:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0j76y0r3wgrvg2zp6nd530n6w9efh2qpugk6aw5quctyuvywqlkszyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33sxpsux6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrh4nuzy2gcqw6h8am9806403ttu8c6jdyk3uu2wm2khnzp44t4uqqsw2ad'>nevent1q…w2ad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>depends on the board you have but if there are boot and reset buttons you can hold down the boot button while you&#39;re flashing (or the reset, I forget, sorry, but a search will find it). I&#39;ve had this problem w several ESP32 boards and had written them off as broken until I found this. 2024-12-22T23:58:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyfmjq57zkrsdf3xyyt7qc6ztr88da865dn6ytvyg8gtgzctny7qqzyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33scp54x6 COP29: A life of living in fear Vanuatu’s ‘new normal’ | RNZ News<br/><br/><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/533296/cop29-a-life-of-living-in-fear-vanuatu-s-new-normal">https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/533296/cop29-a-life-of-living-in-fear-vanuatu-s-new-normal</a> 2024-11-09T17:33:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqg87npc20s4yv0r443s0hlr3yh3ex6gxcehcfy3r5dk5kglpzvqszyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33s45f627 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqh5fw33srrddcj79ez33ef2afp5q6h4qsw992unhfr73v282j80qdrj7kr'>nevent1q…j7kr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>stuffy meeting rooms and classrooms are a pain even if covid isn&#39;t present. Spend too long in them and you get foggy and unproductive. When covid is present, ie someone is infectious, you get something much worse. 2024-08-31T00:54:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvnghyn9nnjfxj5t7n2w3u9m3s9hsl6u5sxsw2ytk99yj5zzpdy3qzyqgedh5g0dztsmp6l33z28pg83yfykhxepfcdmjtqt9xkcu5de33sf2df7n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2k4t3vdveqw8uuedlcxauf6zrns5uyvf6jw3xg85uuhmeykuh88guz66ze'>nevent1q…66ze</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I still recall Michael Baker saying if we all masked up for two weeks it would go away. He was, of course, right. But we couldn&#39;t get everyone in the country to do that, and we&#39;d started allowing international visitors who also wouldn&#39;t do it.<br/>But it occurs to me that we could try something like &#34;dry January&#34; call it &#34;Masked May&#34; where we all (for a given value of &#34;all&#34;) we just mask up for the month. People might do it if it isn&#39;t forever, and it would really help. 2024-08-18T05:40:48Z