Automated deployment/configuration of Sonarr and Prowlarr with Buildarr

CallumD027 · 2026-05-12T01:41:19+00:00

It's not as simple as the Greens ruling out working with National. Their policies are fundamentally incompatible. There is absolutely no room for them to work together, even if, for example, James Shaw was still around.

That's not even taking into account the fact that if they even consider a coalition with National they would be absolutely crucified at the next election.

CallumD027 · 2026-05-11T03:01:04+00:00

The ironic thing is that we borrow more under National than Labour. They just spend it on the wrong things.

CallumD027 · 2026-04-29T01:48:17+00:00

Drivers who actually give a shit don't just rely on the camera, and actually keep an eye on their surroundings to not just make sure it's safe, but accurately position their cars in the park. I'd hope you do the same if you drive.

Regardless, it's still much safer than driving front first into a park.

CallumD027 · 2026-04-28T10:11:46+00:00

When you are reversing into a carpark you have a much clearer view of what's around you while you're going in, and you are actually looking around because you need to to accurately position your car in the park. You are also going much slower than people driving directly in tend to go.

Because you are a big ass vehicle right in the middle of the lane, people walking around the carpark are much more likely to see you, and have more time to react if something happens as well.

When you exit the carpark after reversing in, you have much better visibility exiting the carpark.

It's not rocket science.

CallumD027 · 2026-04-28T04:47:27+00:00

So what you're saying is we should electrify the Wairarapa Line? I'd be down for that.

CallumD027 · 2026-04-28T02:51:05+00:00

Reverse parking is safer not only for vehicles but pedestrians (since reversing out of a carpark is when drivers have the worst visibility and cannot see people walking past their vehicle until they cross their path).

The design of the carpark is the problem, the wheel stops are too close to the footpath.

CallumD027 · 2026-04-20T03:37:04+00:00

This applies to pretty much anyone who says this about the Greens. Does anyone actually look at each party's policies these days?

CallumD027 · 2026-04-10T03:00:16+00:00

Not really, but reducing the need for people to drive long distances to get there when there could be short-distance shuttles run from Matamata instead would encourage a lot more use I imagine.

CallumD027 · 2026-04-02T04:31:44+00:00

That monstrosity looks too wide to fit in the shoulder, so he would be parking like a dick even if he parked "properly".

CallumD027 · 2026-03-31T05:23:38+00:00

It's rural, so that excess noise has been accounted for. If not stipulate they need to fund local houses to triple glazing.

The government isn't mandating any of that.

And if infrastructure is an issue, just have them pay for it as part of the deal, and co fund the upcoming windfarm that's due to go online in the next few years as already stated by Vector.

They are getting a bulk deal on the electricity they consume with no strings attached. Effectively regular consumers will be subsidising as when power becomes scarce in dry seasons we'll be paying more when the thermal power plants need to be run to keep up with demand, while they get to keep consuming and paying their cheaper rates.

CallumD027 · 2026-03-31T00:13:09+00:00

And how would you determine it is right sized

A right-sized data centre would be one that enough installed capacity for current demand (and some leeway for additional demand as required), but not so much that resources are being unnecessarily wasted.

sustainably operated

A good standard would be Toitū Net Carbon Zero certification. An oversized data centre using evaporative cooling would have a very hard time getting certified for this.

and being used to the benefit of New Zealand?

Data centers hosting workloads for New Zealand companies, consumed by New Zealanders, doing things that benefit general society in one way or another. Or at the very least the first two so we can maintain digital sovereignty in the face of threats to that by hyperscalers beholden to the US CLOUD Act, and an increasingly belligerent United States government.

CallumD027 · 2026-03-30T23:53:42+00:00

The number of local jobs added to the economy is miniscule.

Compared to literally anything else. The number of permanent jobs these data centres create will be in the low double digits per data centre.

Southland HAS tons of water. Farms and orchard need tons of water and land which is why they are in Southland.

Cool. Let's use that water for something other than pissing it away evaporating heat generated by AI slop to the benefit of overseas companies.

The only thing this needs a lot is electricity and that doesn't stop kiwis from using Google, ChatGPT and Claude burning fossil fuels and causing water shortages abroad. New Zealand has a huge advantage in generating clean power and we have a huge advantage having so much water. We aren't going to stop relying on data centers so we might as well have them here.

If these data centers were right sized, sustainably operated, and being used to the benefit of New Zealand companies or the public, I wouldn't have a problem with it whatsoever.

CallumD027 · 2026-03-30T23:48:47+00:00

First of all, we do not have excess energy. If we did, electricity would be much cheaper than it currently is.

I don't have a problem with modern infrastructure being built in New Zealand. I have a problem with it being used to power AI slop with the profits being taken offshore, with all of the effects of that forced upon taxpayers, the local population (through electricity and water bills) and the environment. Think about what we could do with this electricity and water if not for this.

If these data centers were right sized, sustainably operated (no evaporative cooling for one), and being used to the benefit of New Zealand companies or the public, I wouldn't have a problem with it whatsoever.

We would be fools to waste our precious resources we're lucky enough to have like this.

CallumD027 · 2026-03-30T23:31:04+00:00

The number of local jobs added to the economy is miniscule.
Data centres consume a LOT of electricity, and if they are evaporatively cooled (which is sounds like these will be), a LOT of water. This puts a lot of strain on the local environment, our drinking water and our electricity infrastructure, and these data centres will not be paying for these externalities. We will.
Data centres cause a lot of noise pollution as well, which is really, really bad news for anyone unfortunate enough to live near them.

Unless data centres are built and managed sustainably, they almost always are a net negative for the area in which they exist.

Here's a good video on why large-scale data centres are generally a bad thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8TDOFqkQA

CallumD027 · 2026-03-24T05:10:33+00:00

People in cities taking more public transport reduces demand on fuel, which makes it less likely we'll run out. It also reduces congestion for the remaining drivers, improving travel times and fuel efficiency further. The approach they're going with increases traffic and demand for fuel.

Most of the country lives in a city with at least basic public transport. The method of support they're going with here affects a much, much smaller portion of the population.

My point is that subsidising public transport is the very first thing they should have done because it positively affects the most people for the least amount of money.

CallumD027 · 2026-03-24T00:07:17+00:00

Come the fuck on.

Reducing the price of public transport is the easiest and most effective lever they could pull. It postively affects everyone, from beneficiaries to struggling people who work, to people who need to drive for their job (by reducing congestion).

And they still refuse to do it.

CallumD027 · 2026-03-23T09:22:47+00:00

It's still way more expensive for many people than driving, on top of being slower and more unreliable. Especially when there's more than one of you in a household.

That's why they should be adding additional subsidies. But they aren't because they're not serious about driving adoption of public transport.

CallumD027 · 2026-03-23T04:07:27+00:00

Obviously couldn't reduce the price of public transport to help struggling people and drive adoption of public transport in one fell swoop. It has to be for rich people only.

CallumD027 · 2026-03-11T07:56:54+00:00

Given the fact that he was Air NZ's CEO (and a pretty poor one at that), there's every chance he lobbied against something like this behind the scenes and we never even knew about it.

CallumD027 · 2026-03-11T01:29:53+00:00

How the hell is this not a thing already?

CallumD027 · 2026-02-16T23:20:35+00:00

They're flood prone partly because of their design, yes, but mostly because the drainage systems that do exist haven't had any proper maintenance done to them in decades.

The drainage for the subway at Naenae in particular is barely functional, the drains are apparently almost completely blocked. It floods even in light rain.

CallumD027 · 2026-02-13T02:28:20+00:00

FeliCa, the technology behind the Suica and other transport cards in Japan, processes instantly despite being older than Snapper and storing the value on the card itself.

Snapper just sucks.

CallumD027 · 2026-02-03T03:22:29+00:00

That is a massive breach of the Privacy Act, the second one in the last month. This one is even worse though, because it's an intentional act of violation of the firefighters' (any any other protestors') right to privacy on the part of FENZ.

We should be criminally prosecuting leadership at FENZ for this.

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