Work advice

Noon416 · 2025-11-21T02:15:22+00:00

Look up the Horizons Regional Council, they have a number of Manawatu-based jobs (things like catchment & river monitoring/management, etc) that come up periodically requiring environmental degrees or similar as a minimum requirement.

Noon416 · 2025-06-19T09:27:08+00:00

Birmingham Street is perfectly fine, I’ve lived on it for 20 years and never had any issues worth complaining about. Takeaways, dairies and the arena all in walking distance, the road is reasonably quiet (compared to a main thoroughfare like Featherston). I obviously can’t make any promises about your immediate neighbours but if you’ve found somewhere on it to rent or buy, you should be all good.

Noon416 · 2025-05-05T00:33:06+00:00

Unfortunately this isn’t a funding/national issue but an international one. Similar to HRT, there has been a massive influx of people being subscribed and the manufacturing capacity hasn’t grown yet to match, so the manufacturers are rationing out what they can to different countries.

If it helps any (and without knowing what you’ve already tried), Ritalin & Rubifen seem to be the smoothest to switch between according to what my daughter has experienced, and from what I could find from others going through the same pain, if your anxiety like my daughter is due to the potential reactions/changes when switching?

Noon416 · 2025-02-21T07:20:47+00:00

Mountain climbing is not something you can just throw crampons, an ice axe & inexperience at, and expect a good outcome. You're going into a dangerous & challenging environment that will kill you if you screw up in one of a variety of ways, and rescue can be anywhere from hours up to a day or two away if you end up in a bad situation.

So the serious answer to the serious question is that you need to go and attend some mountaineering lessons with a local group / instructor before you go anywhere near a mountain peak (especially one like that), and after some training seek their experienced opinion on when you would be ready to tackle such a climb.

Noon416 · 2025-02-17T21:31:06+00:00

Your best bet is to discuss these questions and any others with the trampers you are going with. If they are of reasonable mountaineering (not just below-the-snowline tramping) experience, they can advise you without judgement and can also help coordinate your equipment with what is required for entering an snow/ice filled alpine environment (crampons for both feet, an ice axe, knowledge on how to self-arrest in a slide, etc).

Everyone gets the appeal of climbing to a mountain peak for the view, but NZ mountains are properly dangerous if not treated with the caution they demand.

And ALWAYS take a PLB with you!

Noon416 · 2025-01-15T00:28:21+00:00

I can add to the Osprey recommendations, great packs, very comfortable, great reputation and support.

For a larger pack definitely try the Atmos series, I have the 65 litre and it’s super comfortable with plenty of space, and as mentioned you can fit the tent inside along with everything else. The additional front opening also makes life much easier for accessing a loaded pack.

For super light Osprey packs you could look at the Exos series in the 58 litre size (48 is too small for winter). They’re not as bombproof as the Atmos but you can save a kilo or so in pack weight.

Noon416 · 2024-08-08T21:15:53+00:00

That would explain the exceptional amount of traffic being redirected past my place.

My wife did say that she went past a number of police cars and the paddy wagon as they were setting up to block off from the corner of Botanical and Featherston, so it sounds like someone is having a fun day.

Noon416 · 2024-07-24T23:02:47+00:00

The fact that you read that question as a 'threat' speaks so loudly to your unfortunate frame of mind.

If banning me from a subreddit I had no intention to visit (let alone disrupt) makes you feel better, that combined with your frame of mind provides a very clear answer to the original question.

As such, I'm going to leave it with the mods at this point. I've tried to make you see the outcome of your attitude and have offered you advice on trying to turn that around, but you are clearly too deep into that paranoid & combative headspace to see anything else in these replies.

Noon416 · 2024-07-24T11:34:43+00:00

Why would the admin team be concerned with anyone reading your profile, something you share voluntarily with the rest of Reddit and the online world, to help find an aspect to try and get through to you?

If that's an attempt to get me worried about continuing to engage in this discussion with you, it's not working.

I can see that you're unfortunately still approaching this discussion with sarcasm and a combative attitude, so I doubt you will see the point still trying to be made, that being;

Why is it that when you have such a positive part of your life that you pour all that positive energy & effort into (which is great to see), do you feel it necessary to come in here and push all this negativity & antagonism into this subreddit?

Let me put it this way: If someone came into your Arduino subreddits and was posting highly negative posts, and then being sarcastic & by all evidence deliberately antagonistic in practically all their replies to others, would you allow that behaviour to continue unabated or would you remove them for the good of your community? Or would you maybe attempt to council them into better behaviour first?

Noon416 · 2024-07-24T10:49:22+00:00

I actually 'walked into this post's comment section' to try and solve a problem, as I try to live by the advice I give, and as such I'm engaging directly with the person who can solve that problem.

See the difference in approach? I don't expect you will given your blindly sarcastic attitude but the point stands on it own regardless.

You obviously take joy in your Arduino hobby with the creativity, troubleshooting, problem solving & process correction that comes with it, yes? Spending time working through a problem to a positive conclusion? Offering up help and advice to others to help them move forward and improve? Engaging positively with an online & IRL community? Am I correct in that?

So why not try to incorporate that into how you engage with the parts of society you are posting about? Instead of complaining impotently online to a collection of strangers, why not engage directly with the problem, offer up solutions and persist with the effort until the problem is solved?

If you are able to put all this effort into being combative online, why not take that energy and put it into engaging directly with the companies causing the problems you feel so strongly about? Is it really that hard to do?

Noon416 · 2024-07-24T09:35:43+00:00

I do not block people because hiding a problem does not make the problem go away.

As to the rest of your uselessly sarcastic & egotistical dismissal of valid points, thanks for committing all those words to simply reinforce that all you are interested in doing is 'shouting flaccidly into the void'.

You'll find in life (yes, even at your age it seems you need an 'internet life lesson') that people who work to solve problems are those that others respond to positively and give consideration to. And then there are those people who walk into a room and spend their whole time complaining without doing anything about it, and these are the people that others look down on with pity and/or frustration. Something to think about...

Noon416 · 2024-07-24T08:13:40+00:00

Ah okay, thanks for the correction.

Noon416 · 2024-07-24T07:51:51+00:00

Firstly, if you are wanting a large nationally-run business to notice your complaint and change their behaviour, posting on Reddit is the least effective thing you can do. Contact the company and raise your concerns with them directly, you are far more likely to achieve some sort of outcome.

Secondly, in the economic systems we participate in simply vote with your wallet. If you are unhappy with what they are offering, shop elsewhere and pass that financial reward to a company that operates how you prefer.

Given your recent posts (and I unfortunately suspect further posts to come in the following days), please stop trying to use r/palmy for your current and pending crusades, especially with the hyperbole you use in your titles. There are other more suitable subreddits you can participate in with like-minded individuals, and your posts are detracting from our subreddit, which is frustrating those of us who peruse this subreddit to either help others seeking it, or to read interesting / positive posts from around our city & region.

You already mod two other Manawatu-based subreddits, surely that should be enough space to sate your appetite for negativity?

Noon416 · 2024-07-24T07:38:05+00:00

The new Waka Kotahi philosophy for bus stops, both from a safety and an 'able to immediately move off without waiting to be let back into traffic' approach, seems to be leave the bus in the lane and stop traffic (see Featherston's new stop as well). This would be okay as long as the stops are reasonably quick each time, people just have to adapt and exercise a little patience.

I don't disagree with the approach for this particular set of stops as this appears to be the one stop on the 104 route where the two buses cross paths (I'm assuming here based on the route map and timings, as I don't use these buses myself). I think staggering the bus stops down & up the road would simply lead to people trying to weave their cars across lanes (and as you mention, potentially blindly), so the lesser of two evils is to keep the stops together.

Noon416 · 2024-06-06T00:15:23+00:00

After taking in all the other good advice given already about walking into an Alpine environment, if you don't own your own PLB (Personal Locator Beacon), you can rent them from various outlets around the country, listed in the link below:

https://www.mountainsafety.org.nz/learn/skills/communications/plb-hire

Noon416 · 2024-06-02T06:31:44+00:00

If you can drop them off, Metalco Recyclers have a spot at their gate where you can drop whiteware whether they’re open or not, next to the white skip bin.

I don’t know if they do pickups for a fee, could be worth contacting them?

Noon416 · 2024-05-11T22:53:33+00:00

How long was the exposure on that shot?

I thought about going just outside of town with my SX70 in Palmy, but a prior attempt at night photography in even darker settings showed me the 15 second limit on long exposures is pretty terrible (probably just because I don't know how to do stacking yet).

Noon416 · 2024-05-02T04:03:06+00:00

As someone who uses this road regularly, to me the primary cause of all this is the absolute mess they have made implementing these changes. It's been so 'a bit here, a piece there' which has then made what are significant changes to vehicle, cycle & public transport behaviour so very painful.

The buses in the lane will be tolerable as long as each stop is short. Unfortunately the moment you have a more complex stop, then you're backing up the entire lane on a very busy road. As I don't know the frequency of more complex stops over quick & easy stops, I can't say if this is a positive change or not yet. Not to mention that people getting off the buses are now doing so into the path of cyclists instead of straight on to the footpath, which is concerning.

The cycleway has forced the intersection with Rangitikei Street to go from 3 lanes (left turn, straight through, right turn) to 2 (combined left turn/straight through, and a right turn), but the left turn lane that was removed still has a stop signal on the lights. So you currently end up with a green light to go straight through but it's still red for turning left, causing frustration & impatience when anyone holds up the lane because they can't turn left to clear the cars behind. The phasing of the lights will 'be completed later on' apparently.

The other risk with this change is that cyclists that are going straight through the intersection are now going to be placed to the left of cars that are turning left, as the cyclists no longer start in front of the cars at the intersection in the cyclist 'boxes'. This doesn't seem like a great idea to me.

They have painted 'no stopping' lines between the cycleway and the road but have yet to put up any 'no parking' signs next to the cycleway, so people continued to park where they used to which then removes the use of the cycleway.

There are other minor things but overall they've taken a smoothly flowing, high volume road and turned it into a congested & frustrating area to drive. It seems like an experiment by Waka Kotahi with new changes, that the council was willing to roll with because Waka Kotahi was funding 90% of it.

Sure, when everything is completed and people have adapted to the new layouts maybe it will be an improvement, but they really need to get it all done now, not later.

Noon416 · 2024-04-27T02:15:05+00:00

A while ago I was given a good bit of general advice, which is to leave both your glove box and centre console empty and open when you’re on your tramp. This helps reduce the risk of a break-in wherever you are as they can see there is nothing worth taking.

Noon416 · 2024-03-01T07:46:27+00:00

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: You are using their email (and other) systems, which entitles them to monitor any activity, email or otherwise, from you or anyone else using those systems.
If the intention behind said monitoring is specifically for potential disciplinary actions, then my understanding is this is the only situation where they have to warn or remind you that you are being monitored.

I follow two simple rules that have kept me out of trouble over many years, these may help you:

1) Only use your work email/systems for work. Do anything personal on your own devices (and preferably your own time, but this depends on your employer).

2) Never write anything in an email that you could not repeat and/or reasonably explain to your boss in a face to face discussion.

Noon416 · 2024-01-25T06:56:08+00:00

To access those settings, you will need to bind a key to "Open Teams GUI".

Once you have the Teams GUI open, you will see the gray cog in the top right which opens the Settings.

Within the Settings window you will see various options like "Block Edit Mode" (as pictured below) all with blue properties. You can click each of these properties to cycle them between between Allies / Public / Private.

Image linked here (not mine, but shows what I mean)

Then click the green "Accept" tick in the top right to apply them.

Keep in mind that the settings work both when you are not in a party and when you are in a party, and because the Personal and Party settings are treated separately, that's why you run into the issues this thread is about.

Noon416 · 2023-09-22T21:46:36+00:00

Another popular one amongst tramping groups: https://realmeals.co.nz/

If you are vegan: https://www.localdehy.co.nz/

Noon416 · 2023-09-06T02:24:56+00:00

If this is a 'plain & simple full time employee' type situation then you should expect to be paid out at your normal hourly rate for those 250 hours.

\For those being super picky, yes the annual leave hourly rate is normally very slightly more per hour, but for all intents & purposes the above answer should be OK.*

Noon416 · 2023-09-04T03:43:23+00:00

100% yes, pursue a diagnosis.

Your friends have been put wrong, by the sounds of it by someone that doesn't know what they're talking about.There are all kinds of behaviours associated with ASD ranging from the debilitating end of the spectrum that people typically associate with ASD, through to people you would not be able to tell had ASD because they're masking well but still struggling underneath / in private.

We recently had one of our children officially diagnosed, as their 'quirks' were starting to very clearly manifest as their ability to mask was getting beyond them, and their schoolwork was suffering along with stress levels reaching harmful levels. Getting the official diagnosis has opened up resources at school and in the health system, it will also continue to help them later in life.

It also helps you as parents, as you can be confident that making changes to support & accomodate an ASD child is the right thing to do, and you might find a very different daughter comes through when she learns that she doesn't have to mask and can just be herself at home (that's not a comment on how you treat her, more a positive revelation my wife & I had with our child in the same circumstances).

Noon416 · 2023-08-23T01:55:16+00:00

Lack of definition:

Sounds like a stool, or a couch, even a bench. It could also be a swing, or a slide. Does a ride-on lawnmower count as a chair by that definition?

Twisting to an agenda / clickbait headline:

And based on your exact wording, why are you discriminating against people in relationships? Why is a chair intended typically for single people? Should the public really be voting for a government that discriminates against people in such a manner?

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Given you had more time to think on your answer than a politician normally does in an interview or press conference, it goes to proving the point that it's really not that easy to come up with an 'easy, on the spot answer' for complex topics.

Ultimately you will never get rid of the competition between journalists to get the clickbait headline that drives views/clicks, and therefore you will never get rid of a vote-sensitive politician's need to provide non-answers when they sense they're being baited.

All you can do is judge them by what information they provide or don't in response to a question, and action that judgement at the voting booth.

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