CarlBLatro

Old amateur programmer and a lethargic poster.


It's not generally known that The Queen had bellybutton shame, which is why you hardly ever saw her in a bikini.


That's a work of art!


Did the sheep cross the river?


How long ago was it written?


Things to do with your Tilt Five...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H1A7nHKIN0


Went looking for the Chinese pretend Mars base, and it's not that big, but there's some fun interiors...
https://www.humanmars.net/2019/04/chinas-c-space-mars-simulation-base-in.html


Farmers in NZ's political landscape over the years...
https://theconversation.com/the-battle-for-nzs-farming-heartland-groundswell-act-and-the-changing-face-of-rural-politics-213979


Her was spot on. Although I can't remember if it suggested AI was being used by some people to manipulate other people.


Who's behind Groundswell...
https://twitter.com/Adam_Currie_NZ/status/1708966731727958518


Plus a fact-check...
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/fact-check-did-hipkins-and-luxon-tell-porkies


Also, I wouldn't rule out Labour just yet. Hipkins did quite well in the most recent leaders' debate...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAXkCQu_hhc
The shouting over each other died down after a while. :)


How much support Groundswell has is debatable. Also, the Zero Carbon Bill was passed in parliament with near enough to unanimous support...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/117244331/national-will-support-climate-change-zero-carbon-bill
2019 was a different time though and life's much harder now, with lots looking for someone to blame. Our farmers depend on exports though, and the sensible ones know practices have to change else their products will be rejected by the markets. Emissions are a factor in free-trade agreements now.


If the NZ election next month results in a change in government, these will be the leaders of the minor parties propping up the new government. (One will be in the government, but probably not both of them.)
https://twitter.com/ilovetheeconomy/status/1706107406890291390


Other people can be the death of you, you know!


I'm not so sure about that. Is there any info at all about how many fingers Jesus had? (If we ignore a lot of old paintings.)


I thought slut too, but mainly because I can't think of anything else.

Oh, and this was a mildly interesting thread from a few days ago...
https://twitter.com/IslaStewart/status/1658584488044113922


We talk about it all the time! :))


Don't blame the showerees. Everyone knows they don't make shower wipers for corrugated iron.


It was announced yesterday that Kim Hill is retiring! Or ceasing her Saturday morning show, at least. Or something like that. This is sad. I am sad! But anyway, she's not totally gone yet, and could be heard chatting for forty minutes to Theresa May this morning, who some of you may have heard of.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018907174/former-uk-prime-minister-theresa-may-on-the-abuse-of-power


Who McLaren cars get their name from...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wtnml8BCzw


https://theconversation.com/is-it-really-safe-to-feed-your-cat-a-vegan-diet-213356
Short answer is they don't know yet.


One thing Mastodon has over Twitter and Gleasonator (on desktop) is that replying isn't done in a popup, but outside of the thread you're commenting on. So instead of the thread being both locked and covered by an also locked in place popup, you can still scroll up and down in the thread to make sure you get the gender right of whoever it is you're correcting. Etc.


The iMiEV is probably the cutest EV. Pity its range isn't much above nought.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8k6HxRmSEI

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I like how Australians just say what they think and I hope more people follow this guy's approach to doing interviews. It'd make the world so much easier to understand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VskyTPH9iCA


Looks near enough to art, anyway.


So how many pushups can you do Flick?


A textual summary of the event, for those who read faster than they listen...
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/candidates-climb-into-each-other-in-downtown-auckland


Election debate, New Zealand style...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7jIFh4cXRY
There'll eventually be a couple of leader's debates, (meaning between the PM and the Leader of the Opposition), which are probably the only ones that matter. Although there will be a third-party leaders debate (or two) too, I guess.


"At that point, Mr Musk had not given up on the idea of starting a new social media company, an idea he had discussed with his brother, Kimbal. "I think a new social-media company is needed that is based on the blockchain and includes payments," he texted him."

He should've been able to make quite a good social media company for $44b. It'd still have the same problem Twitter has now though of a pretty toxic brand owning it.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/01/elon-musk-reveals-twitter-takeover-hatred-woke-mind-virus/


Teslas are always watching you...


We've at least fixed the latter problem. As of this year we have everyday banking, 365 days a year. Payments take about an hour to arrive, except for between midnight and dawn, or there abouts. This is between all NZ banks.


What actually causes the holdup? The savings account requiring you to wait a day or two, or just digital transfers taking their time over the weekend?


A slight error in your description there, Flick. It's 54 square miles, not acres. :))


It's famous enough to have a film about it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Kind_of_Heaven
Not seen it, but I've listened to reviews about it.


The original version, obviously. And have AI translate it to any language the user requires.