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Just want to call out that these are both not great examples? High performance sports teams have a captain that is often elected in some form from the team. Likewise the crew of a …

similarly in NZ. The health care system is pretty abysmal here which I think is why the government is acting so strongly now; The city I'm in has just 18 ICU beds for a population …

If you are a New Zealander, then you should know better. Freedom of speech is NOT an unalienable right in NZ, nor has it ever been. The ridiculous scare-mongering by some of the si…

that's a very American stance to take. I don't mean that as an insult; I mean that Americans value individual liberty above all else. That isn't the case in NZ; Most of the populat…

see my reply to the sibling comment. I would also ask you to be charitable in your reading of my words.

depending on the scale of your operations, absolutely yes. This already exists in most nations specifically for eCommerce websites once they're earning more than a set amount from …

actions have consequences; whether those actions take place online or not. If what he did was hate speech, then it makes sense to charge him with it. That he did it online, or didn…

in what world is that concerning? They've been trying to discern if there was a cell of people around who harbour the same intent as this man, or if he was acting alone. New Zealan…

trying to be charitable here; could you perhaps expand on the point you're trying to make by posting this exchange? It otherwise looks like a very insensitive, small-minded person …

This is tangential, but I believe vanity has been increasing with every generation for a while now. Each generation is more vain then the generation that came before it. I don't kn…

So I'd like to learn more about modern C++ and how to write it, but I'm not really sure where to begin. I've tried a couple of times, but coming from a C background, my code tends …

This is entirely off-topic; But you've misread that table. those are the stats for the north island, The total split is actually: 57% hydro, 16% gas, 16% geothermal, 5% wind, 4% co…

Are you able to add any further info to this? I assume you know about this courtesy of your position in the developer community, but do you know what's being upgraded, when it's ex…

I would second this. The way the AI was pervasive and controlling, without ever being obvious / well-known. Definitely an underrated show, and one I suspect that more or less naile…

One fairly interesting note there is that the electric engine that propels the rocket runs at 95% efficiency, in contrast to the 50% efficiency of the standard gas engines of the l…

Cross-posting from my FB feed: Here's some of the interesting stuff I've found on the internet about today's earthquake (that they're now calling a 7.8): 1) real-time Buoy data, fo…

(can someone change the link? the stuff website is probably a better choice, http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/86416304/live-north-canterbu... )

Local website[0] for tracking the magnitude and location of the quakes has it as a 7.5. Unfortunately it's still the middle of the night there, so the full extent of the damage won…

I believe the only native mammal in NZ is actually a fruit bat [0]. (although Wikipedia includes sea mammals, such as dolphins and sea-lions as well.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/…

that's interesting, I (used to) live in Christchurch, and the statement is what we had at the time. Most of the folks I knew were more rural, and either had adsl, dial up, or a 3G …

That's fair, and it's something I've noticed at supermarkets in Dublin as well. I think the price of eating out is comparable though. That said, I've noticed the portions of food t…

I believe most folk are worried, and the media has been referring to it as a "housing crisis". Notably the price increase has been limited to Auckland though (and Queenstown, but Q…

In the major cities you can get unlimited fiber with 100Mbit/s connection for around $90 NZD a month. in more rural area's the internet tends to be standard ADSL. (side note; the g…