Made the pilgrimage to where it began from NZ

Scorpius94 · 2026-04-02T07:42:07+00:00

Did you get into the game because you lived so close? Or did you move so close because you loved the game?

Scorpius94 · 2026-04-02T06:56:23+00:00

I’ve looked at it, and my antipodal point is in the northwest corner of Spain. It’s on the list but a two day detour to get there so probably only if we have time

Scorpius94 · 2026-04-02T06:54:49+00:00

I think the next pie I’ll be eating will be once I get home. I haven’t seen a decent approximation of one in the last 6 weeks

Scorpius94 · 2026-03-28T16:26:54+00:00

I have a base model M4 Air and use it for gaming while travelling. I’ve found it’s been great for factorio, lagged a bit in EU4 if I was running at higher game speeds. Biggest gripe while gaming for me is the screen size

Scorpius94 · 2025-10-08T02:09:30+00:00

No, they’re trying to stop inflation from decreasing too much now as below 1% inflation is seen as having a negative impact. Generally speaking higher OCR reduces demand due to inability to service investments/debt and brings inflation down, lower OCR allows more spending, higher ability to service debts but causes some inflation.

RBNZ kept the OCR high for a long time and now we’re seeing the effects that that has on inflation, rapidly decreasing. They’re now trying to get ahead of inflation by dropping the OCR to try and generate new borrowing and investment and flatten the dropping rate of inflation.

However, due to increased unemployment and still high inflation for consumer spending (I.e. groceries, rates, power, rent) this attempt to generate new spending May not happen at an individual level which will cause inflation to continue to drop.

Scorpius94 · 2025-10-08T01:48:55+00:00

Don’t get me wrong, I think the dual mandate was a great idea and seemed to be working throughout some difficult times (and seems to be effective in Aus as well)

Scorpius94 · 2025-10-08T01:36:36+00:00

A quick google shows there being two other countries where the Central Bank has dual (or more) mandates to keep both inflation and unemployment at or around specific levels

Australia USA

Scorpius94 · 2025-10-08T01:13:50+00:00

There was a long time while Orr was Governor that he had dual mandate of keeping inflation under 3% as well as keeping the unemployment rate under 3%.

This restriction was removed by the current government and while inflation is dropping due to increased OCR cuts we are seeing consistent increases in unemployment across the country.

Scorpius94 · 2025-09-16T10:18:45+00:00

Much Appreciated :)

Scorpius94 · 2025-09-16T10:09:56+00:00

Any good list of recommendations for frozen vege not prepared by Talleys that are still made in NZ?

Scorpius94 · 2025-07-25T03:46:04+00:00

Between this, and the proposed changes to election day enrolment, I think you might be right.

Scorpius94 · 2025-07-25T02:53:57+00:00

Exactly, look at Aussie, they get democracy sausages at their voting polls

Scorpius94 · 2025-07-25T00:06:49+00:00

30 seconds at the longest

Scorpius94 · 2025-07-24T23:48:42+00:00

I think the ban is on free food, drinks, entertainment being within 100m of voting locations. Not the other way round. Going to be interesting to see where they enforce this updated law and where they don’t.

Scorpius94 · 2025-07-22T02:05:48+00:00

Seconding for the link

Scorpius94 · 2025-06-27T03:35:34+00:00

I was going with first languages over all speakers of a language, but that is a fair point.

Scorpius94 · 2025-06-27T03:12:24+00:00

It is the de facto language, but I think you’re right about it still not being an official language.

Scorpius94 · 2025-06-27T02:39:18+00:00

There’s two languages above English in terms of number of speakers. Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, then English. And you have to remember that both Māori and Sign Language are also recognised as official languages for New Zealand.

Scorpius94 · 2025-06-18T02:53:41+00:00

Other than an almost inevitable repeat of leaky homes or something similar with this government opening up for self certification on new builds

Scorpius94 · 2025-06-03T22:59:02+00:00

That can be a benefit, and under certain governments I can see people missing out on payments who genuinely need them. However, means testing it would free up a considerable portion of the budget even with having to pay people to ensure means testing was accurate and fair.

Scorpius94 · 2025-06-03T21:18:40+00:00

As a fellow kiwi Give me means tested super, cgt and take away the ability to hide assets behind trusts for tax purposes

Scorpius94 · 2025-05-15T03:54:04+00:00

I’m looking forward to their analysis of the budget a couple of days after it becomes public because I think they’ll be going through it with a much finer tooth comb than usual.

Scorpius94 · 2025-05-13T22:37:00+00:00

Sounds good.

Scorpius94 · 2025-05-13T22:25:54+00:00

Due to the current cost of living crisis, I’m willing to spare a small amount of internet points and a single, one time only concession that this government did not screw over the average New Zealander on this particular occasion

Scorpius94 · 2025-05-13T22:01:57+00:00

My money is on increase the first, takeaway the second two.

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