Oddbean new post about login | logout @adc6f0d6 > I'm definitely still learning about the parties and my context is US politics Intriguing, are you living in Aotearoa, or just intrigued at a distance? You might also find these useful: https://policy.nz/2023 https://votecompass.tvnz.co.nz/nz2023 https://politicalcompass.org/nz2023 > The Greens and Te Pāti Māori really stand out as the main parties offering anything different and progressive I would add TOP to that list. #NZPolitics #Election2023
@58db300d just moved to Aotearoa in March. These look helpful! Definitely saw the political compass earlier, loved the concept and found it helpful.
@adc6f0d6 > just moved to Aotearoa in March [from the US] Haere mai! You're in good company. @d72d5211 did that a couple of decades ago and never looked back? Do you have a matrix account? There's a few rooms in the matrix of interest to local techies. Particularly the NZ Open Source Society room..
@58db300d Yeah, been following @d72d5211, we seemed to share similar interests. No matrix account yet. Do we have a local provider you'd recommend for creating an account?
@adc6f0d6 > Do we have a local provider you'd recommend for creating an account? There's mtrx.nz, which is run by the same people as mastodon.nz. There's also iridescent.nz, which @d72d5211 runs. I have no hesitation in recommending either.
@58db300d @adc6f0d6 our Matrix is matrix.iridescent.nz (with the Element front end at chat.iridescent.nz)... I'd be happy to make you a user if you'd like (we don't have open rego due to the spam risk)...
@d72d5211 @58db300d that would be great, thank you!
@adc6f0d6 Having just sold you on matrix, I ought to warn you that the software is a bit... temperamental at present. The core developers (Element.io) are in the middle of a big sprint to deliver Matrix 2.0, and implement all the changes it involves in dev versions of the server and apps (eg Element X): https://matrix.org/blog/2023/09/matrix-2-0/ But this has happened once before (Matrix 1.0 and Riot/ RiotX), and performance got *much* better once that work was shipped. Hopefully it will again. @d72d5211
@adc6f0d6 Having just sold you on @11a745dc, I ought to warn you it can be a bit... temperamental as present. The core devs (Element.io) are in the middle of a big sprint on stablizing Matrix 2.0, and making all the changes that involves in dev versions of the servers and apps (eg Element X). https://matrix.org/blog/2023/09/matrix-2-0/ Bit this happened before (Matrix 1.0 and Riot/ RiotX) and performance got *much* better when this work shipped. Hopefully it will again. @d72d5211