Aotearoa / New Zealand
Any recommendations for NZ-made clothing?
Axisential 2 weeks ago • 100%
Love Earth Sea Sky. Best raincoats on the planet. rest of the range is pretty nice too
MusicAxisential 4 weeks ago • 100%
Roads from the same concert is just heart rendingly good
Axisential 4 weeks ago • 100%
Aotearoa / New Zealand
NZ Post truck catches fire, hundreds of parcels destroyed
Axisential 1 month ago • 100%
Oh no, won't someone think of all those critical Temu shipments! Anyway...
(Seriously, there must be a lot of irreplaceable stuff that goes through the post - this is actually a fairly big deal and I'm sure there will be people quite badly affected. Horrible to think about actually)
Have downloaded the Beeper app which seems to nicely integrate a few of my favourite chat protocols. I noticed Matrix in the mix however. I've heard, obliquely, of Matrix, but just assumed it's yet another messaging protocol. Would appear that's not the case though? Where would one get started? Why would I even want to use this vs the multitude of others? Is there an NZ Matrix server? Does it even matter? Why did the last season of GoT go so badly off the rails (oh wait, we know the answer to that one)... TIA!
Axisential 3 months ago • 100%
What a wall of sound. I've never heard guitars quite like this album before or since.
Axisential 3 months ago • 100%
Yes, I'd considered that too. Alas, not the case
Axisential 3 months ago • 100%
Thanks. I'll check out disabling the fingerprint reader and see if that makes a difference. Will do those investigations you've suggest too. But at this point it's looking like moving my user data and starting again on a new login.
(initially posted on /r/KDE but stoked to see there's a community here!) I have a fairly new Debian KDE install - I've been tweaking and fixing things for the past week quite happily. Was trying to fix the volume keys not working this evening. Logged into TTY2 and ran showkey --scancodes and showkey --keycodes per a forum post in an attempt to diagnose and fix. When I hit ctrl+alt+F7 to get back to my session, it was back at the login screen, as if I'd typed my password (ie dots entered for password and greyed out as if I'd then hit enter) And there it stayed. Reboot brings me to login, type password (fingerprint reader no longer registers) and there it hangs again. I can log in just fine through the console (incidentally, the fingerprint reader works just fine there). startx will then happily run a gui from there with full access to my files. I've also created a new user via console and I can log in graphically just fine via that one too. But my main user login remains stubbornly broken. Any ideas on what's happened?
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Anyone know anything about underfloor heating manifolds?
Axisential 4 months ago • 100%
I've tried. We're rural and tradies just don't want to know.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Anyone know anything about underfloor heating manifolds?
Axisential 4 months ago • 100%
Yes, there's another pump back in the main line from the boiler.
With the bypass valve closed, the hot water doesn't seem to circulate at all - either down the bypass or through the loops.
And, the thermostat on the circulating pump there switches it off below whatever temp you set. Once switched off, then the top rail starts to heat (implying that got water is now going into the loops). So strange , I just can't get my head around how it's 'supposed' to work, let alone if it's actually working properly.
Trying to get my head around this system in our cafe. It's the relationship between the circulating pump and the ?bypass (above the red knob on the right) that is not making sense to me. It just seems like the circulating pump is dragging the cold water around and around through the loops. It's doesn't look like other manifolds I've googled...
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 13/5/2024
Axisential 4 months ago • 100%
I sang semi-professionally for quite a few years. Used to use in-ear monitors and they do a similar thing - you do get used to it pretty quickly, or at least it becomes less annoying!
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Chance of Aurora tonight?
Axisential 4 months ago • 100%
Just North of Punakaiki, West Coast, SI.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Chance of Aurora tonight?
Axisential 4 months ago • 100%
A bit cloudy here but still stunning
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Chance of Aurora tonight?
Axisential 4 months ago • 100%
Well my comment aged well 😂 Had a sensational display here. Awe inspiring
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Chance of Aurora tonight?
Axisential 4 months ago • 100%
Sounds like this morning's display was pretty decent, but expected to subside by tonight :(
Aotearoa / New Zealand
What are we watching?
Axisential 4 months ago • 100%
Ooh, hadn't heard of the Night Manager. Looks good, Cheers!
Aotearoa / New Zealand
What are we watching?
Axisential 5 months ago • 100%
Sounds like we have similar taste! Funnily enough, I couldn't get into Shogun though.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
What are we watching?
Axisential 5 months ago • 100%
Oh man, such a good series.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
What are we watching?
Axisential 5 months ago • 100%
I also enjoyed 11.22.63 - didn't realise they'd made a series of it. Nice.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
What are we watching?
Axisential 5 months ago • 100%
There's some superb television in that series. Yes, the final season gets a bad rap, but it's still worth watching. Enjoy!
Aotearoa / New Zealand
What are we watching?
Axisential 5 months ago • 100%
Holy crap, they're up to 16 seasons now? Unreal!
Having binged Fallout, 3 Body Problem and The Boys recently, I've moved onto Severance. It's a quirky, slow burn with an intriguing setup. 7/10 jaffas so far. What are you watching?
Axisential 5 months ago • 100%
Doesn't get much better than this. Heart-rending, in the best possible way
So, I have an old 3rd or 4th gen Intel NUC that's I used to use to run Kodibuntu back in the day. I'm thinking of repurposing it into a low power home server to run the *arr suite, Jellyfin and nextcloud plus maybe some other bits. Nothing too taxing that I can see. Obviously I need hard drive space to go with this. Is a USB enclosure, directly attached, going to be fast enough? Or do I need to go to a NAS of some kind? Alternatively, my router has a USB connection for a HDD - would that be better?
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 5/4/2023
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
Yeah, it's adjustments each time - moving the teeth in different directions. But appointments are usually no more than 15 minutes, so it's definitely not in depth!
I love where we live, but this is definitely one of the downsides!
MoviesAxisential 6 months ago • 100%
A quick google shows that a significant proportion of the arguments presented in this 'movie' have already been thoroughly debunked. For example, https://skepticalscience.com/climate-the-movie-a-hot-mess-of-cold-myths.html has a nice summary.
LinuxAxisential 6 months ago • 93%
Fascinating read - interesting that the origin of the hack is not yet known (or at least, released). I wonder what the stats are on these sorts of exploits in OSS - the concept relies so much on trust and individuals.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 5/4/2023
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
Has been a very regular six-weekly trip right from the start. Maybe another 9-12 months to go, so at least six more trips!
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 5/4/2023
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
Day trip to Nelson for Monster Number 1 and I today - we're 15 months into his orthodontic treatment, with trips up every six weeks or so. It seemed like a good idea at the time 😂
Free and Open Source Software
Overview of Memories Advanced Photo Management Suite that installs inside Nextcloud
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
Thanks for that - wasn't aware of this and looks good
Aotearoa / New Zealand
First time at Warbirds Over Wanaka
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
First time for me. Really excited.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
First time at Warbirds Over Wanaka
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
Yes, it's a fairly tight crop from the original. Was awesome to see the big herc dropping its flares!
A late afternoon display over the lake today - just spectacular. Looking forward to the main event tomorrow!
Aotearoa / New Zealand
New Zealand's glaciers shrinking faster, scientist warns
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
On my more optimistic days I see a future where plentiful, cheap energy (ie fusion) can drive technology that will halt, perhaps even reverse the damage we've done. And perhaps that's even compatible with capitalism, as there are potential profits to be made.
More often though I see a difficult, painful future for the human species, with massive famines, human displacement and wars over the resources that remain. I hope I'm wrong.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
What song should we nominate from Lemmy.nz/c/newzealand for Lemmyvision? (poll)
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
Oh man, I'm officially old. I don't know a single song on that list 😂
Aotearoa / New Zealand
New Zealand economy shrinks, country in technical recession
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
Literally just finished reading the RNZ take on this. Very interesting to compare vs this Newshub one - a lot less doom and gloom; a lot more 'does it really matter'?
Aotearoa / New Zealand
That's a big price rise.
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
Mainly have (had - have already cancelled) Disney+ for the kids. They love all the Star Wars series, Marvel etc.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
That's a big price rise.
Axisential 6 months ago • 100%
100% this. I always picture Agent Smith from Matrix Revolutions - "MORE!" .
I had a brilliant home server set up about 15 years back with a Usenet subscription, SABnzbd Sickbeard, Couchpotato, Sonaar etc. Might be time to check out the modern versions and put something back together. Sigh.
Looks like it's back to the high seas for us...
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 26/2/2024
Axisential 7 months ago • 100%
Blackberry season here on the West Coast! Looks like we'll be eating Blackberry and Apple jelly for a while. Yum.
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 22/2/2024
Axisential 7 months ago • 100%
Oh yes. And just when you think you've got your head around things, it all goes changing again
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 22/2/2024
Axisential 7 months ago • 100%
Yep, that took like 25 minutes to download...
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 22/2/2024
Axisential 7 months ago • 100%
Lol, that's great
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 22/2/2024
Axisential 7 months ago • 100%
Had to have the "Porn Discussion" with my 14 year old. Bloody hilarious really, he was mortified. Poor little bugger... Totally unrelated note: did you know that Kindles have a basic web browser that can display grainy, grayscale images?!? 😂
Aotearoa / New Zealand
My Matauri bay trip.
Axisential 7 months ago • 100%
Had never heard of these beautiful islands - what an epic trip. Thanks for sharing
Being the country kid I am, I've only just thought about parking for [edit] tonight's Foo Fighters concert in Christchurch. Of course, nothing available at the venue itself now. Yeah, only myself to blame there... So, next best option for parking? I assume the nearby Tower Junction shopping centre are wise to people parking there and police the crap out of it? Help me People of Christchurch, you're my only hope!
I have my DNS on my phone set to dns.adguard-dns.com - seems to work fine for most websites, blocking ads where appropriate. Not so stuff.co.nz. Just seems to hang at their stupid 'scrolling S' loading screen. Any ideas?
You know, like the ones with Vader walking the AT-AT, or the "Tattooine National Park" ones. I want to get some for the kids for Christmas, but everything I've seen so far is a) overseas, and b)$50 (at least) plus shipping. My Google-fu has failed me - does anyone know of an NZ source for these or similar?
So, as some of you might know, I manage a small/medium tourism business. As well as GM, I'm also the IT Manager (and Safety Manager, Training Manager, Head Barista, Chief Toilet Cleaner, etc etc. You get the idea...) I know we've got some super clever people here, and I know just enough to get myself into trouble. So, in the interests of "why pay an expert to do something, when I can do it myself in 5x the time" I thought I might try to revamp our IT systems... So, I'm seeking advice. Our setup is pretty simple: cat-6 right through the building, coming to a passive bay and then to a 16 port SMC Switch. That's hooked to an ASUS DSL-AC55U that provides our Wifi and incoming VDSL. That all seems to work just fine for us, so not looking to change too much there. Computer-wise, we have four, and looking to add a fifth (laptop). There's also a small NAS that I have setup as backup destinations for a couple of important databases that live on one of the PCs. The PCs themselves all function pretty much independently, with a tiny bit of file sharing to what I call the "main" computer. Really that's just for convenience though. Important files live on our MS365 OneDrive/Sharepoint, so those can be accessed from multiple points. Email is through our web provider and works fine (no shared calendars though). Finally, we get to the point(s): is it worth adding a small server or similar to host a file share, or is that not likely to add any value over OneDrive? What else could I do with a server that I can't do currently? I did run a headless media server for a few years at home, so I'm vaguely familiar with the concepts and SSH etc. Then, email: I'd love to have shared calendars (particularly so I can get my work calendar on my phone) - if I shifted my email across to MS365 (presumably I can keep our domain?) then would that add that capability or add any other value? Anyways, this is mostly a thought exercise at this point, as I sit here in the office on a Saturday, while it's sunny out and my kids and wife are out having fun lol. Thanks for listening!
Welcome to today’s daily kōrero! Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it! Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc. So, how’s it going?
Picked up and older but excellent condition Giant Reign for my son - was a seriously expensive bike in its day, so it has fully adjustable everything. I stripped down the rear shock to get some rust kill on the spring - no issues there. But, I wanted to reset the rates to stock. Stupidly, I backed the rebound damping adjuster all the way out - it's popped off whatever ratchet it was on in there, and the damping is now stuck at full. I can get the adjuster back in, but it's not reengaging with whatever it's supposed to. Usually when I break shit, YouTube has the answer. Not this time! Any tips from the experts?!
Has everyone got theirs by now? Wife and parents have, mine's nowhere to be seen...
I don't have a good track record with sunglasses. Scratch them, break them, lose them, get super glue on the lenses (latest pair 🙄). So what's your recommendation for a decent budget brand where I can get a) good vision, b) polarised, c) UV rating?
Woop, first in for the day! What have you got planned? How's your day been so far? What's your top tip for a successful week ahead?!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/179521 > Camera perspective is deceptive - my fellow caver here is still at least 20-30m from the bottom. The 60m rope we used only had about 5-6m left! Was an epic pitch, and we can't wait to get back in to survey the cave, and hopefully find more passage.
Camera perspective is deceptive - my fellow caver here is still at least 20-30m from the bottom. The 60m rope we used only had about 5-6m left! Was an epic pitch, and we can't wait to get back in to survey the cave, and hopefully find more passage.
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Not sure how many other parents there are here, but this has been ongoing for some months now with no end in sight. I actually wish there was more media coverage to raise awareness of the plight of our teachers. Yes, it's frustrating to have our kids home while we're trying to work etc, and I worry about impact on their schooling (especially when 'normality' was starting to return post-COVID lockdowns) but I feel strongly that these teachers are absolutely getting the short end of the stick in the pay negotiations. Keep supporting them where you can, talk to your kids about the whys of what's going on and cross everything for a positive resolution soon! My 2c anyway :-)