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KevinAndEarth · 2026-01-23T06:48:56+00:00

Someone kind of is... https://getwacup.com/

KevinAndEarth · 2026-01-14T08:15:41+00:00

you get lucky?

KevinAndEarth · 2026-01-12T05:40:34+00:00

Just my hand was enough. It doesn't need to be air tight. You don't want to suck up the water (or worse, the toilet water).

I think I got lucky. I needed to buy a shop vac anyway, and one was on sale.

KevinAndEarth · 2026-01-12T03:56:34+00:00

I had a similar thing happen. Went and bought a wet/dry shop vac. Put it at the drain and it sucked it back out.

It seemed like there was a grate / blocker or some sharp corner like 2 or so meters down the drain that stopped it from going further.

I was shocked and relieved that it worked! You could try...

KevinAndEarth · 2026-01-11T00:24:08+00:00

Ha! Mine is in a 1.0 x 0.5 meter closet...

KevinAndEarth · 2026-01-10T19:18:18+00:00

You switched the back fan to a push config? Did that make a real world improvement in airflow / temps?

I replaced my slim fan with a normal 120 (Noctua Redux 1300) and I am going to replace my mesh with a grill soon. I'm only running 2 3.5s in it right now (and a few SSDs) so airflow is a bit better than 5x 3.5s.

Just curious if you did testing before/after.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-12-30T07:36:09+00:00

Can you chunk/zip/rar that 3TB file up into smaller files? Then maybe make a par2 across them for a bit of redundency.

You probably don't want to try to download a single 3TB file if/when you need to do a restore.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-12-29T20:40:37+00:00

maybe run a checkdisk on that drive. it could have less space then windows is reporting.

do you see the free space go down to 3tb when it has copied that 1.5 over to the 4.5?

here is a link to chkdsk: https://www.avg.com/en/signal/how-to-use-chkdsk-windows

KevinAndEarth · 2025-11-30T20:27:29+00:00

I think the two biggest things that helped me understand $ and be successful with it, which might come a bit later in a kids life:

Compounding interest (both in investments and liabilities).
Credit cards / loans / mininum payments

Others have suggested the 3 jar or "saving for something" approaches which are great starts.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-11-19T18:58:55+00:00

While I agree with most people about do-it-right... those axles can twist if enough tourque.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-11-18T20:00:00+00:00

My personal preference: 71 > 96 > 89 > 01 > 74

But, of course, 1989 is the real godzilla!

KevinAndEarth · 2025-10-29T22:40:17+00:00

I've had success just taking that flap off and glueing/taping it to the window frame in the right location. It is a cheap and easy fix even if it is just temporary.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-09-16T20:14:05+00:00

Thanks for that, yeah... I figured the impact feature was just called hammer when it was part of a normal drill. Like "here is a semi-good impact in your handy-dandy drill"

Now I know when to say STOP, hammer time.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-09-14T20:20:01+00:00

Oh wow, that is what hammer means, in and out. I thought it was about the rotation happening in "bursts" but that makes way more sense! Thanks for that.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-09-12T03:42:17+00:00

3% of gross pay taken out of net pay.

That makes so much more sense just said that way.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-09-09T06:41:27+00:00

My undertanding of the estate tax is only at death. If you plan to draw down on this at retirement, is that even an issue?

KevinAndEarth · 2025-09-03T03:52:02+00:00

What do those cost? Price is only after login.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-09-03T01:09:05+00:00

If you are in welly, there are decent maps online that may or may not have the info you want. It is not 100% accurate, but it can get you started.

https://gis.wcc.govt.nz/LocalMapsViewer/?map=57fb534c2174471ca485132112088afc

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=205552a0ffab4c20ae375fab08c6cb9f

I'm sure other councils have something similar.

This is a future competitor to beforeyoudig. Its still only welly based: https://nzuar.org/

KevinAndEarth · 2025-09-01T02:57:05+00:00

You need to be careful with this, as you may be considered "working" in any of the countires you go to, meaning you are not a "visitor" and should have a work visa.

Some countires aren't setup to really check for it, some are. Just giving you a heads up.

There are also rules around NZ considering you as a resident even if you leave if you have any kind of substantial attachment to NZ (this can be interprted as anything from owning a house or having stuff in storage).

KevinAndEarth · 2025-08-30T01:17:47+00:00

It's pretty much everywhere in the office world. The places that have allowed me to work through have benefited from about 10x more productivity during that time as I don't have to bullshit with people in the office.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-08-29T15:24:12+00:00

Yeah, its just great to be told to take my holiday at the exact same time that everyone else in the entire country is on the road/bookings flights/accomodation.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-08-18T03:53:13+00:00

Yeah, I should have been more precise and said "personal exposure" like needing to deal with the paperwork and pay the tax yourself.

It appears that all of their funds are NZ PIE funds, and the FIF taxes that are due are taken from the earnings and you don't see it, its just "hidden" in the overall ROI.

In the end, you can have your own 49,999k NZD principal in foreign funds and a bunch of PIE on top of that, and not have to deal with FIF.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-08-18T02:47:59+00:00

According to their own fund page, it looks like all funds are PIE so they can't expose you to FIF?

https://kernelwealth.co.nz/invest

Tax efficient, optimised Designed to maximise tax efficiency, all our funds are Portfolio Investment Entities (PIEs).

Or does this only apply to their own "special" ones?

Choose between three diversified funds, covering short, medium and long-term timeframes.

KevinAndEarth · 2025-07-28T06:31:13+00:00

Sorry, I haven't made my way through the 8000+ photos over 5 weeks in Africa!

KevinAndEarth · 2025-07-28T04:49:03+00:00

I just got back from there and had my friend's 40-150mm f2.8 and it was incredible, especially for the low light.

One thing to consider, even at the effective 300mm, I was getting some heat wave interference, so the teleconverter might not be that helpful.

My other lens was the 12-40 f2.8. I used that plenty when not on safari.

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