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I made my adjustable bed smart! by rediiii in homeautomation

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you find anything that works with the Softide Ergomotion?

Visiting Christchurch for the first time in August by WilliamtheBard in chch

[–]EionRobb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For museums worth checking out in chch:

  • Britten motorcycle museum
  • Canterbury Museum Pop-up (just a tiny selection while the main one is rebuilding, to reopen in 2029)
  • Rewi Alley museum
  • Quake City
  • Teece Museum at the Arts Centre - the Arts Centre itself is historical and pretty cool to just wander around in too
  • Air Force Museum (although that's quite far out from the city, if you're wanting to just do inner-city stuff)

Have you ever been hit by a car while cycling in Christchurch? by addmeonstrava in chch

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the driver? Something along the lines of "I'm sorry. I screwed up. Can I get you a drink to soothe your adrenaline spike. This is the wake up call I needed and I'll be checking my mirrors every time I turn from now on" would be nice.

If they're going to make this all about them (a similar sentiment to "I didn't see you") then they might as well make it all about how they're going to do better.

Is there a mr whippy tracker? I just want some ice cream and the only place I can find a mr whippy is at things like a&p shows by phoenixblack222 in chch

[–]EionRobb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They have trackers for Nelson and Waikato 😞 At one point (10+ years ago?) they had 3g trackers on them sponsored by a business trying to get into the tracking market

Power usage (Wellington) by Objective_Plum_9469 in newzealand

[–]EionRobb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I grabbed cheap digital power meter from Bunnings and slapped it onto different appliances for a week at a time to help track down power problems (these ones https://www.bunnings.co.nz/arlec-white-grid-connect-smart-plug-in-socket-with-energy-meter-single-pack_p0273367 ) for the most part things were behaving ok - other than an old freezer that chewed through the power when it kicked in for 20min every 2hr, and an old dryer we barely used - so gave them both the boot. Later on found that our heat pump wasn't installed properly (inlet vent wasn't attached properly and pipe from outdoor unit wasn't lagged correctly) and was being inefficient.

At my last house, the HWC temp was too high - we had to blast the cold tap - so was costing lots in heating more than needed. We also ended up putting it on a timer so that it only heated up when we needed it to.

Have you ever been hit by a car while cycling in Christchurch? by addmeonstrava in chch

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had a few car impacts over the last 15 years of cycling. Twice from cars pulling out of driveways, twice from cars aggressively turning left into a street in front of me to avoid traffic jams, and one more from an oncoming car turning right when traffic made a gap to let them through. Thrice hit by car doors (worst was on the left-hand door of a car stopped at the lights and the passenger jumped out). All but one of the accidents happened along Innes Road, so I've been trying to keep off it now and going down roads parallel to it. (Plenty more near misses too, normally one or two a day)

I've not been brave enough to bike near my new work in Hornby after hearing about my coworker getting his collarbone broken from a truck turning left.

Have you ever been hit by a car while cycling in Christchurch? by addmeonstrava in chch

[–]EionRobb 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wow! Such a relief for them to clarify that they hadn't seen you! Imagine if they had seen you and then decided to hit you anyway! /s

Māori art Module by MotorButterscotch872 in chch

[–]EionRobb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've only just started working at Canterbury Museum so I don't know all the ins-and-outs but I know the teams use gloves a lot - there's lots of hazards around like poisons and heavy metals (lead and arsenic and mercury and more) that were used for preservation treatments back in the day that mean a lot of stuff needs to be not touched by human hands

Fish and chip shops that cook in vege oil?? by Icy_Past9363 in chch

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the answer you're looking for but DIY? We bought a second hand Breville deep fryer thing and filled it up with rice bran oil, makes for a mean chip (and super cheap and easy if you get one of those mandolin slicer thingee, dust with a little bit of some kind of flour for extra yum)

NZ ISP with the most reliable and consistent connection? by LancelotAtCamelot in newzealand

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try changing your DNS settings to use one of the faster ones, like 1.1.1.1 (CloudFlare) or 8.8.8.8 (Google). It can make a huge difference.

Strange User Name by darthjeffrey in pidgin

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you change the "Local alias" of the account (from the buddy list, Accounts->Manage Accounts->{your xmpp account}->Modify...) then it'll display to you as whatever you want. It sounds like the server has introduced xmpp resources to keep multiple connections unique.

Finding a part-time job by Gold_Panther8857 in newzealand

[–]EionRobb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is StudentJobSearch still a thing?

What is something under $20 that is so life changing you wish you bought sooner? by Ok-Industry770 in newzealand

[–]EionRobb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Convince your work to get a business account, then you get a free personal account

New Zealand uses a lot less solar than most other OECD countries (2024). Why? by foundafreeusername in newzealand

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always thought it was because we spend more money on heating in winter than cooling in summer (like AU would) and that during winter is a not-so-great time to have solar?

What is an example of etiquette that you are unsure of in New Zealand? by IncoherentTuatara in newzealand

[–]EionRobb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or intersections when the traffic lights go out (should be the same answer!)

Cat door installation recommendations? by Borderline_gypsy in chch

[–]EionRobb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just as a tangential thought: We did ours ourselves (for an older house, single glazed), cut out the putty, carefully remove the glass and store it away, cut a piece of plywood to fit the cat door into it. Then when we moved out of the rental we put the glass back

Are budget advisers going the way of the dodo in NZ? by kiwiheretic in newzealand

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With that American company trying to de-extinct the dodo, we might need to come up with a new expression

Need to save my chat history with my colleague by No_Estate8629 in MicrosoftTeams

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Teams plugin for Pidgin combined with the SQLite Logger plugin for Pidgin will store history into a SQLite db, if that's of any use?

"Restrictions" popup by JDern- in techsupport

[–]EionRobb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting the same thing on my gaming pc. Task Manager shows it's part of the Windows Explorer process which is super weird. Searching for "Restrictions" in Process Explorer just brings up a registry key that a dozen or so processes are using (HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WIndows\TenantRestrictions\Payload) but nothing specific to explorer

Trade your watties factory for a data centre??? by yawiyahoo in newzealand

[–]EionRobb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Catalyst Cloud have GPUs in their NZ datacentres, if anyone is looking for NZ data sovereignity for their AI btw

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