[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago

It works well with syncthing...

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 days ago

My kids love the books by Lynley Dodd.

As a note kids books are a great source for DND character scaffolds.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 days ago

Based off the kids book character Slinky Malinki.

Lots of fun, he is a cheeky rogue.

Malinki and Owlvis

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 3 days ago

Got to go morepork.

In my DND game, my tabaxi rogue Malinki has a morepork familiar named Owlvis.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 39 points 4 days ago

But we know for sure that these chemicals are modifying the weather!

I guess, crazy people just need to shout at clouds sometimes.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 96 points 4 days ago

So no more releasing CO2 or CH4 (chemicals) into the atmosphere then?

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 10 points 5 days ago

Yes because fair skin implied that you were rich or upper class. White/pale skin = not working the fields or as a maid cleaning and getting dirty.

That notion got turned on its head relatively recently, when in the 1920 Coco Chanel got a sun tan whilst in the French Rivera. Being tanned no longer meant that you were "low class".

A lot of old fairy tails are about paths to becoming rich. When Snow White was written it had little to do with race, if anything, and everything to do with classism. There was virtually no social mobility, if you were born poor you stayed poor! These are not aspirational stories designed to motivate you to better yourself, they are there to remind you of your place in the world.

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[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 6 days ago

That is probably good practice.

But your cable SHOULD be rated to run at 100% continuously, if it is not, then the rating is wrong.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 days ago

It just means that you can run industrial gear; maybe was owned by a keen potter previously. Big kilns need 3 phase power. No it isn't common for domestic, but I have a few friends with big shed that have 3 phase power for machining tools.

Depending on what capacity the supply has; e.g. if you have a smallish 80A supply you can run a a good sized CNC mill in you shed.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 days ago

What breakers are there to protect is the cable in your wall.

The cable should be rated to run at 100% load continuously (with some safety factor for running a little more); depending on the breaker rating and curve (usually C curve in New Zealand for domestic).

So a C20 breaker can supply 120A for 1s before protecting the circuit; this allows for starting motors.

Now a breaker is different from an RCD which measures the difference between the phase and neutral lines. If the difference is too high the circuit trips. This is to protect the fleshy thing holding the knife in the toaster.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 6 days ago

Education is totally the way, but while the education is happening, a little protection from the world is warranted.

I also understand that he will likely, figure a way around the controls I put on.

But that is part of the education.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22597332

Summary

New Zealand’s royal commission into its Covid-19 response found vaccine mandates were reasonable based on available data but acknowledged they harmed social cohesion.

The report praised the country’s elimination strategy for achieving one of the lowest Covid death rates among developed nations while preventing healthcare system collapse.

However, it criticized prolonged lockdowns, weak health system preparedness, and a lack of planning for future crises.

Commissioners urged broad investment in pandemic readiness and emphasized the importance of both frontline and planning staff.

A second phase of the inquiry will review vaccine harms and conclude in 2026.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/16690486

I am thinking about getting a phone for my son.

There are some really cheap android phones around.

But I also want to restrict what he can do on it while he is still young.

I was thinking something like net guard but with a password, so the settings can't be easily changed.

I could just get a dumb phone, but I also have some old android phones hanging around.

What options are there for this kind of app/network control?

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I am thinking about getting a phone for my son.

There are some really cheap android phones around.

But I also want to restrict what he can do on it while he is still young.

I was thinking something like net guard but with a password, so the settings can't be easily changed.

I could just get a dumb phone, but I also have some old android phones hanging around.

What options are there for this kind of app/network control?

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28088684

Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’ By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO ☞ https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of the market. And just like family members, our brands regard one another with mutual suspicion and malice.

🤣

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submitted 3 weeks ago by absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/32975689

Older article (2023), but sharing for those unawares.

The birds - which have been around since the prehistoric Pleistocene era - were officially declared extinct in 1898.

After their rediscovery in 1948, conservationists began collecting and incubating eggs from wild takahē, to prevent them from being eaten by predators

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submitted 1 month ago by absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to c/memes@lemmy.ml

About 1000 internet years ago. I saw one of those "demotivation" posters and I want to find out again.

The text was something along the lines of

Don't wait to be corrupted, embrace the evil inside. Be the chaos you want to see in the world.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

I was having a conversation about characters from various childhood shows.

I always thought that Oscar the grouch didn't make any sense. Why would you live in a bin?

But it occurred to me that maybe the Grouch evolved to hunt like a trapdoor spider, they hunt mainly racoons but also cats and anything else that happens into their bin.

Initially forest dwelling, with the rise of human civilisation; they have become adapted to living in cities which afford many pre-made "burrows" (bins). The lure of easy food, brings their prey to them.

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submitted 2 months ago by absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I was reading a post about unique things you wouldn't want, such as a nasty medical condition named after you.

That got me thinking.

What is the most unique thing.

Being the tallest person doesn't count, because there is always a tallest person...

I thought maybe units of measure, there are not really that many units named after people. Newton, Pascal, ampere etc... Turns out there are quite a few.

Next thought was atomic elements, there are 19 named after 20 people. That is fairly unique 20 people out of the ~110 billion to have ever lived, have an element named after them.

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I wonder what option the greens will have from here.

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Awareness (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 months ago by absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz to c/philosophy@lemmy.world

I was reading a comment thread recently.

One commenter stated that they are aware of the people who are "dumber" than them, and if they are not aware the person they are talking to is either similar in intelligence or smarter than they are.

So my question is, do you have this awareness?

Are you conscious of your relative standing in the intelligence hierarchy around you?

And a side point, can you tell a smart person is acting dumb to fit in with those around them?

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