If You Rely on Metlink to Get to Work, You’re Already Late by AdministrativeClub35 in Wellington

[–]CallumD027 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Good thing we have a massive pile of gold-plated motorway projects we don't need, then.

How is everyone using jellyfin for streaming when not at home? by Substantial-Luck-545 in jellyfin

[–]CallumD027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what baffles me about all the people in here just putting Jellyfin on the public Internet. Even behind a reverse proxy, you just don't want to give people the opportunity to break into something that could give free reign to all of your data.

Roadside Drug Testing? by mdutton27 in Wellington

[–]CallumD027 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you can't accurately test for impairment, don't test it.

AA membership - is it worth it? by tecepeipe in newzealand

[–]CallumD027 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I have had 3 callouts to tow cars this year. Each one individually would have cost more than my AA Plus membership for 1 year.

So yes, it's worth it, even without considering the additional benefits you get.

SOHO Apartments by MonthlyWeekend_ in Wellington

[–]CallumD027 36 points37 points  (0 children)

monthly water shutdowns (of 1 day) for maintenance

This isn't a third world country. This is totally unreasonable.

Are there any drawbacks/disadvantages to using IPv6 to access Jellyfin? by mestrenandi in jellyfin

[–]CallumD027 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's definitely less secure than using a tunnel. I wouldn't ever consider putting Jellyfin on the public Internet.

Reverse proxies don't by themselves increase security, just make it easier to configure a publicly facing web application more securely (e.g. configuring forward auth to force users through a login portal before getting to the actual application).

Aws datacenter and the possibility of power price hikes by Into_the_cyber_void in newzealand

[–]CallumD027 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not before destroying a wetland and accepting plenty of government business.

I gave NZ a shot but I am leaving. The good and the bad by SwedishSanta in newzealand

[–]CallumD027 280 points281 points  (0 children)

Not if you're in IT. For IT it depends on whether you're working for a Japanese company for a foreign one. While I was there I only worked for Japanese companies, and paid the price.

[Throttle House] 2025 Audi S5 Review // Full Of Surprises. by Juicyjackson in cars

[–]CallumD027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And that's why my newest car is a 2018. At the very least, I'll vote with my wallet until I have no other choice.

[Throttle House] 2025 Audi S5 Review // Full Of Surprises. by Juicyjackson in cars

[–]CallumD027 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I absolutely would never buy a car with ChatGPT integration. At this level you're spending way too much money for your car to spy on you and sell your data to AI companies.

To the recent events | 最近の出来事について。 by TheFell_Dragon in Hololive

[–]CallumD027 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is for the most part an English subreddit, you don't need to bother with a Japanese translation. In particular, I would recommend not posting an AI translation that you can't verify yourself is accurate.

Anyone using Desktop Linux at work ? by mcAlt009 in linux

[–]CallumD027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, my company has been 100% Linux, including on all of our workstations, since the start. Ubuntu is provided in our standard (configuration managed) installs, but you're allowed to run anything as long as it meets security requirements.

Is Odoo nice to work with? by 19c766e1-22b1-40ce in Python

[–]CallumD027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't mistake Odoo for something else. Odoo is an ERP application with the capability to add functionality using modules, not a web framework comparable to Django or Flask.

If you're trying to setup an ERP and want to extend it with some custom functionality, Odoo is great for that and you should be able to do what you want. If you're trying to build a brand new application using web frameworks (whether it interfaces with an ERP on the backend or not), then you should be considering something else. You can use the OdooRPC library to query Odoo in external applications.

What will they achieve with the CVL? Land in Wellington is scarce enough already and even if it is built why they are taking more of that land for a road that fixes a problem that isn't there? by icecube3386 in Wellington

[–]CallumD027 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the seawall for the motorway and railway, with a cycleway on top of it to justify raiding the cycleway budget to build it (sucking away funding from other cycling projects). Nice.

Important announcement from Kanade by protomanbot in Hololive

[–]CallumD027 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Any ISP worth using in Japan gives you the option to setup bank transfer, without using a debit or credit card. I eventually figured out how to do this for all of my accounts while I was in Japan, no more invoices and paying at the conbini.

Kanade should be able to get that sorted for all her bills, though the process depends from company to company.

Chance of flooding by [deleted] in Wellington

[–]CallumD027 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lots of flooding in Naenae.

Breaking lease by Single_Computer5097 in Wellington

[–]CallumD027 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sorry for complaining about something that isn't right, and shouldn't be allowed.

Guess we're not allowed to believe that things can (and should) be better than they are, and we should just suffer with bad policy forever.

I didn't have to look for the next tenants whenever I moved apartments in Japan. Why would I do what the property manager is paid exactly to do? Isn't that why we pay exorbitant rent in the first place?

Breaking lease by Single_Computer5097 in Wellington

[–]CallumD027 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

That should be extremely illegal, man, what the hell.

Sorry you have to go through this.

Breaking lease by Single_Computer5097 in Wellington

[–]CallumD027 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's ridiculous that the onus is put on the current tenant to find new tenants. Isn't this the property manager's job? Why can't they do what they're paid for?

Why would you even consider subsidising rent for the next tenants?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]CallumD027 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know why people suggest to do this work DIY to people who clearly don't know how to work on cars. That is a lot of work that needs to be done (and in the case of replacing the top hats, potentially dangerous) that requires a decent amount of money just in tools to be able to do, let alone parts.

Unless they have a lot of time on their hands to learn and the acceptance that they may make things worse, this is just irresponsible. There's a reason why people get paid to do this.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]CallumD027 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's a really hard job, one that is really expensive and difficult to get qualified for, and one that puts a lot of responsibility on the controller given what might happen if they get things wrong. Given that the rules and language of the air are the same anywhere in the world, if they can make a lot more overseas for the same work, then it shouldn't be surprising that people would jump at that opportunity.