DazzaNZ

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I literally fix robots. I am surprised as much as anyone else.

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2024-09-23 19:04:28

I saw this police chase in a rural kiwi town yesterday.
The van had a huge dent in the side. I suspect that the police rammed the van.
I literally saw 12 police cars involved.
Classic quotes:
"... spikes and everything being thrown out, and like, he was knackered. He was running on like one, maybe two tires and just flying around the corner.
"I was worried that he was going to bloody lose the arse of it or something and clear us out, which I wasn't keen on."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528769/man-allegedly-rams-police-cars-during-two-hour-chase-in-wairarapa
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2024-09-18 18:31:50

@npub1mns…xx52 I have heard the term, spondooleys, to refer to money. I wonder if it's a Commonwealth term?

2024-09-14 20:44:25

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No supermarket eggs are washed in New Zealand. They are stacked on the normal shelves, just like bread. They are also all free range or barn eggs, and are expensive. They doubled in price over the last 4 years.

2024-09-02 18:38:46

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I have seen a road side service van in my city, which has an EV charger, for people who drive until their EV goes flat.
I got to 1% on my car one time, but I was out in the country, driving up the costal road. I got into a head wind. This charger outside a cafe.
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2024-09-01 18:38:48

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Pop down for a test drive on your coffee break.

2024-09-01 18:36:45

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I think that the problem with EVs is that they were suppressed by the big car companies, and then boosted by governments so they achieved market distortions.
In hindsight, I think both groups should have boosted plug in hybrids earlier on. Because the car companies can sell parts and service, and the infrastructure could have been developed earlier and normalised. Something like that.
EVs are great commuters cars and as second cars for a household.

2024-08-31 19:31:34

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In certain cases EV dump trucks can be much better than diesel.
There is a mine, here, on a hill and they worked out that driving down the full trucks can regenerate power, and use that power to make the uphill return empty.
It's from four years ago. https://evsandbeyond.co.nz/ev-mining-truck-hailed-as-nz-first/
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2024-08-30 21:30:12

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No, I live elsewhere.
It was boring. What did she say? Did Tim speak?
She has a pleading voice tone, like kids have when they are asking for ice cream that you already told them they can't have.
To me, she sounds like a liar who is doing a fairly good job of lying about who broke the lamp, but you know that the dolly didn't do it.
In my country, a bunch of politicians have a dumb flat tone, that sound a bit like a farmer, I hear it as fake rural tone. Others hear it as genuine.

2024-08-30 01:47:46

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2024-08-29 21:58:31

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I wonder if fizzy poweraid would taste any good?

2024-08-29 21:12:42

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Cyclists seem to be in a bi-modal distribution here.
There are the ones that wear yellow jackets, have lights and helmets, follow the road rules and stay in lane... And the other ones, no lights, cross diagonally across an intersection, wearing black jeans and an ac/dc hoodie in the dark.
I think that a bunch of day drinking drunks, loose their licences, and then get any old bike and ride home randomly in the evening.

2024-08-28 20:57:51

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Social media is good until our judgy aunts turn up, judging everyone like this cat.
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2024-08-27 23:00:56

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Here.
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2024-08-27 22:48:58

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The guy who invented the Ferris wheel was called Ferris.

2024-08-27 19:33:50

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Albert Einstein: 'I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.'

2024-08-27 19:10:04

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Basically, phone calling will be over if you can't trust what you are talking to.

2024-08-27 01:59:39

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I did a toxic chemical clean up at 35C, taped into a fully sealed suit, with a firefighting breathing apparatus. I am for sure certain, it's the humidity. I could only last about 35 minutes. But I used up my air anyway.
But, by comparison, I could work for 2 hours in overalls, on a dry day at 35C in the shade, without much problem.

2024-08-25 21:38:10

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True. Americans could save themselves a whole bunch grief and just use STV voting for president. But they will not, because their system appears to run on deals for campaign donations.
I am not saying that the system is any better in my country. "The list" in MMP elections is clearly faulty, because people can be put on the list to become MPs and they can get a seat in parliament without anyone voting for them. And they could just be paid consultants after the election.

2024-08-25 01:00:51

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They would reform in an almost coherent pattern and then adjust back to a grid.

2024-08-25 00:58:50

I saw these standing waves the other day at work.
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2024-08-24 22:58:24

This new price jump on butter is another 30% from two months ago. From about 5.50 to 8.50. It was about 3.50 or 4.00 pre pandemic. I think I got a pound of butter, 500g, a couple months ago for about 4.50.
I think that New Zealand has the most dairy cows vs population of any country in the world. So what is happening?
NZ produced butter is NZD8.50, that is $5.20 USD per pound. NZD 1.70 per 100g. The other brands were around NZD $3 per 100g.
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2024-08-23 20:42:49

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I bought a house on a small hill, because I was aware of flooding of houses that are below street level.
It is kind of odd, in my neighbourhood, they slowly built houses on all the good spots, then subdivided off the low spots, and built houses there too.
A couple blocks away, there was a swampy acre or two, and over the last few years, they drained it and built several new houses in the hole.
Those houses will flood in a storm, in the next 5 or 10 years. it's obvious.

2024-08-23 20:33:10

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There is obviously something wrong with money printing.
But you can get out of money printing, by converting your cash into any non cash asset, like: shares in companies, precious metals, other long term storable goods, and a house or two to live in.
And a few random items, things for you, like a classic car, some collectables. Some kind of personal experience, like a tour around the castles of Europe.
All the rich people and politicians have always know to do that.

2024-08-23 20:20:35

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Ok, so is that an ounce coin? Is that 90/20=4.5 oz.
Ok a US 20 Round is about an oz of gold. ~$2500 today.
Sure, thats about $11,500 per month. 138k per year.
Internet say 49,500 to 63,700.
Something around half the pay.
Is there a supply and demand thing going on?
I actually think there are way more unskilled and worthless jobs now, than in the past.
More people have derivative jobs down the value ladder from resource harvest.
So the average earning power is way less.
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2024-08-19 18:29:22

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We went from 25 or 30% EV sales, to 3% back to 8% since the companies started their own discounting programme.
Interesting thing is that it looks like the used EV market came down after the incentives went away also.
We have pretty good nationwide reliable charging networks, so cheap used EVs are pretty good for a second family car.

2024-08-18 18:51:45

The current NZ govt scrapped EV incentives at the start of the year, a refund discount of NZ$8000. Some of the popular EV models have hand their price reduced by approximately the same amount over the last several months.

2024-08-17 23:07:21

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Yeah, that is a problem. I don't have solar because my roof is old but thick steel.
I tried regalvanising, and some other rust reversion method ~5 years ago. The regalvanising worked pretty good. But I was worried I would have a roof failure and the solar would be a pain and just lead to more grief.
I considered building a garage or car port with the solar on it to isolate it from the house, I don't use enough power to justify it.

2024-08-17 23:03:04

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Lack of reliable batteries? Try LG. Panasonic or Tesla.
Or do you mean for power distribution?
In NZ, power, gas and internet are all decoupled between distribution and retail. (we don't have cable tv) So you can get power or internet from several providers at any address.
So we have market options.
I think that these types of policies are tested in NZ and then picked up by other western countries, if they are found to work. Because we can revert when it goes wrong.

2024-08-17 22:47:32

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Yes, you should only get time of use if you have a battery. So my two older brothers have battery and solar.
One uses SolarZero. Which cost nothing to install. But the company keeps most of the profit, but fixes prices. You need an acceptable roof for the install.
My other brother has Tesla power wall, and solar, and the Tesla system buys and sells automatically on the spot market to pay for itself. But because he paid for the equipment outright, he keeps all the profit.

2024-08-17 22:41:00

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Ecotricity is a rip off because almost all the power in NZ is renewable anyway. At the moment, it is 80% renewable.
In our market. Most people getting solar now are getting batteries, and they are forming distributed wholesale supply.
But households get rubbish feed in tariff on normal plans. But wholesale companies can sell at spot rate and give you your profit on those rare peaks.
One peak event can pay you back all your equipment purchase price if it lasts long enough.
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2024-08-17 22:33:02

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Here are some of the power providers in my neighbourhood. (200NZD = 130USD) This is a winter month bill.
The PowerSwitch website says for two people, in a house, with electric heat pump heating, and electric hot water and kitchen. That the most ordinary power plans are cheapest.
GlowBug and Power shop are pre-pay. GlowBug has a lamp that changes colour as your power runs out, green -> orange -> red.
Ecotricity, spot price plans are the most expensive.
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2024-08-17 22:14:02

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Rhetorically, wouldn't time of use power plans be free market. And fixed price power plans be socialist?
In NZ we have options for fixed price plans and time of use plans (spot price).
Fixed price providers buy hedges on the power market ahead of time, 1 - 12 months.
Generally spot price is super cheap, 1/2 the hedged price. But if there is a power shortage, spot prices can go to $6000 per kWh. They will text you in advance to turn off your house and get a hotel room.

2024-08-17 22:05:46

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In New Zealand, my brother has a household battery, 15kWh, and the company that manages it, charges and discharges it for time of use, to earn money.
So he has a power plan where he pays half what I pay per kWh, and he has a 20 year contract for no price increases. There are solar panels also, so he can keep the power on in an extended power cut.
There is an out clause where he can opt to break the contract, and the company will remove the equipment, at no cost to him.

2024-08-08 18:57:15

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I love it how people post something like that without explanation, like you can spend 10 seconds learning another language to understand it.
Translate app says it says: Jesus, the son of Mary, is the messenger of god.
The second line I don't understand.
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2024-08-05 19:21:51

News headlines. Australia winter is super cold, coldest winter in years. And Evacuate from some Middle East contraries now.
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2024-08-04 19:01:13

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Pay for ever mouse.
I bought a couple of Logitech mouse and keyboard combos for NZD5 each a month ago. Most of the computer mice I have bought and use are from secondhand shops.
I am at a lifetime average buying computer mice around $10.
The subscription would have to be about $1 per year.
Like USB chargers, we are near saturation with computer mice.