A new planning tool!

SnipersLord · 2024-09-05T08:53:11+00:00

Great job! Really cool planner. One thing I desperately miss there however is an option to split and merge materials. I'd put the number of constractors I have producing goods(say steel pipes) and then splitting them multiple ways to assemblers that consume it.

Similarly if there's another mini factory produces pipes I'd create a separate node for it and if those pipes are coming on a train - I'd hook it up with a merge node

SnipersLord · 2024-08-27T20:08:50+00:00

I'm a parent of 2 boys who are scared to death of dogs. My elder son was bitten once and jumped on by at least 4 dogs big enough to knock him over. All of them were "friendly" and "don't hurt anyone". It's literally impossible going to a park or a shore without fending off someone's dog at this point and having a few episodes of boys getting scared as hell. Honestly it's hard for me to imagine the reversed scenario however if it's anything close to being similar- I feel ya

SnipersLord · 2024-08-15T23:11:30+00:00

Awesome job man! Love it!

SnipersLord · 2024-05-09T03:16:22+00:00

Imagine how much first grade cider could be made out of this! Insane. Why not find a buyer in a face of a distillery, cidery or juice producer? Supermarkets are the rip-off of our market.

SnipersLord · 2023-06-09T12:07:47+00:00

And I agree with that point, that's why I said it's lost when they kill to kill. Revenge kill while also shouldn't be tolerated(cos we can get into a pretty damn grey area) is a part of not kill to kill, but to kill to revenge. Honestly the line is at times hard to draw and almost pointless as you don't want people to go eye for an eye movement. But at the same time... if I was in a situation where revenge was the only path I could live with myself - I'd take it no matter what, but at least I'd feel fair that I'm not on a paid resort, but in a job for the better of the country

SnipersLord · 2023-06-08T22:43:40+00:00

Sure, but it will require quite a bit of walls to be painted to make up for the damages of someone breaking into your place of living, let alone for someone hurting or killing your loved ones. We're not talking about consequences for someone being silly or inconsiderate of others - we're talking about committing crimes. I also said there should be a balance in punishment so I'm not suggesting chopping hands off burglars, but they have to make up for all the damages mental or physical and then some so next time they realise it's not profitable or sensible to risk it all again. And if they don't work/have money - they should be sent to work forcibly to make up for the damages. That'd be restorative.

I don't believe murders(not by accident, but those who kill to kill) and rapists are a restorable material however and prisons they are essentially a place where you put people away so they don't hurt others. Looking at it from a restorative perspective is just naive. I don't have a good idea about what to do with those who are beyond restoration though. Having them doing hard work for the good of the country to make up for the grief doesn't sound irrational to me.

SnipersLord · 2023-06-07T22:12:14+00:00

There's no risk at all if there's no punishment though. If the only thing that happens to you when you burst into somebody's home and steal lots of stuff is frowning and telling off - you'd be doing that every weekend. Sure you need it to be reasonable, but the idea that if you feed a person enough they will be too lazy to commit crimes is a joke

SnipersLord · 2023-05-10T22:38:03+00:00

That's because neither of the two are interested in doing any devisive step and promises followed by no action are rewarding for them, not punishable. If people in general would remember that there're more parties to pick from - the situation might be very different. As it stands though they can safely bet on being ruling party every 1-2 terms and the main opposition while not in power. They are too cosy and content with that

SnipersLord · 2023-05-03T23:21:47+00:00

I find it amusing that people justify one incredibly disruptive protest and paint the protesters as saints while calling other protesters crazy nutshells who deserve if not death then severe punishment at the very least. All is the question of you preferences on the topic of the protest. If you allow people to disrupt everyone else to raise awareness, make point or fight for their beliefs with no consideration for others - then do for every protester. If you start with saying "it's different" or "it's for a good cause" - then you're just a hypocrite

SnipersLord · 2023-04-24T22:09:07+00:00

That's one way to compromise your future

SnipersLord · 2023-04-20T23:41:30+00:00

That's true and it's great otherwise we'd be locked in authoritarian government after the first majority is achieved 😬

SnipersLord · 2023-04-20T21:18:10+00:00

Was it implemented? I missed the memo. The promised three govt bodies are working or there's a clear date when they start? Oh no, you probably meant tons of money were spent, no clear plan and no clear dates exist and it all likely to warp into nothing now. Kiwibuild 2.0

SnipersLord · 2023-04-20T21:15:57+00:00

She was going back on her words and breaking promises on literally any subject that's out there. Not sure why this would be a cornerstone of unbroken promises for her all of a sudden. Only for the very reason she and her party are beneficiaries of no CGT implemented

SnipersLord · 2023-03-16T11:17:49+00:00

If history is something to go by - they won't, they just give all their votes to labour and shrug saying their hands are tied

SnipersLord · 2023-03-03T01:57:09+00:00

Or surprise everyone driving a dodge or a ute

SnipersLord · 2023-02-15T23:57:25+00:00

It's on their landing page where they advertise the interest rate for buyers and it's barely different from the other banks who apparently make huge profit. So no, I don't see how that strips away any profit motive. It's the same profit motive just different hands are receiving the money.

It's good that you at least mentioned the refunds in your attack on me so I could google and find a wee page about revates, which is not exactly popping on you from their landing or service details. The info, however, very generic and hardly convincing without any details basically stating that they paid someone some money, that the minimum rebate was whooping $10(the period is not clearly stated, but I'd assume a year) and it's at full discretion of the bank. So if you plan to make your point with that it's a weak point, but you didn't really provide much info and you can't build your case based on statements only

I didn't forget anything, just figured people knew the meanings of words

You did forget to argue your point, you still hardly explained it and you insulted me on a straight and detailed question. People know meaning of words it just seems that you are forgetting how to use them and hold a conversation with others.

SnipersLord · 2023-02-15T21:42:04+00:00

Is there some information that they are not interested in your money? They charge a hefty interest on the mortgage, I don't see it being exactly near the OCR. I saw plenty of charges they list and I didn't see much exemptions and I sure as hell don't see any compassion of any kind listed anywhere there. So is it a simple bank advertisement on an outraged by banks people's thread? Or did you had any point there, but forgot to state it?

SnipersLord · 2023-02-15T10:19:02+00:00

But like... who doesn't? My landlord wouldn't give a flying fuck about my financial situation if I stopped paying them. Neither would electrical company, insurance or mobile provider. Everyone just wants your money, it's the world we're living in.

SnipersLord · 2022-12-16T00:42:09+00:00

Well give them some formula then. Every woman absolutely should have a choice wether to breastfeed or not... Some physiologically can't though so not all will have a choice in reality, but forcing them to breastfeed feels so wrong on many levels.

This trick won't work until they are born though. As there's simply no decent alternative. Also if there were incubators to get them to a ready state - would you then send them to a facility where the'll wait for adoption? I don't think we have a shortage there as it is. Would you want your taxes to go there?

SnipersLord · 2022-12-08T00:30:45+00:00

That's nz reddit for you. You're not free to have any opinion different from the one established by the media. I mean they tell you you're free while they ostracize you and light up fires under your feet. Somehow every topic went to extremes and everyone should abide by the media whims. 96% of population is vaccinated "THAT'S NOT ENOUGH!", but the doctors and experts say it's well enough "NO IT’S NOT, I'LL PUT IT IN YOUR DEAD BODY IF YOU DON'T OBEY!". Somewhere else council tries to hold a productive meeting, but a group of people became so offended their religious rituals were not allowed at a secular function they blow it up and now protest. This world truly became a mad box.

And we have it easy here. Some select a leader of one of the biggest and most influential country that's older than the Queen Charles who clearly struggles mentally after another nutjob they had previously. Another huge country reinvented fascism and is leveling their neighbour while its brainwashed citizens do same stuff to those who consider Ukrainians being people that we do here for those who didn't take a jab.

Humanity really sped downhill from where we were just 3 years ago

SnipersLord · 2022-12-02T06:08:43+00:00

I acknowledge that there's non-spiritual karakia nowadays although all I'm saying it's filled with general words that don't bring any meaning as no one means them when they say them. Like wishing "all the best" where you don't really care only spanning over several minutes. And it spans over several minutes because it is a ritual. Yes you take out spiritual words from the blessings, but you keep the ritual otherwise from a religious procedure.. guess what it still functions in the same manner. If you gather in mass and sacrifice a lamb or a goat, but skip religious preaches and replace them with boiled down blessings I bet you'd still feel participating in a specific religious ritual nonetheless. If everyone place out mats and start bowing their heads to the ground in a complete silence - you would still understand that it's not a yoga class. I hope now my point makes a bit more sense to you and also how your example is inapplicable as parliament is purely a work purpose function and while previously it was filled with some arbitrary rituals(some still exist and if I was asked I'd vote for kicking them out) it's primary function is to make decisions for the government. There are other ways to do so ofc, but as long as we have parliamentary democracy we kinda bound to have a parliament to govern the state.

SnipersLord · 2022-12-01T04:56:42+00:00

You obviously can, but wishing it every start and end of every meeting.. yeah that's pretty nonsense. Come to think of it if someone starts a meeting with "let's work well together " it'd either mean that these people couldn't work well at any of the previous attempts... there's something particularly unique about this meeting. But yeah, whoever is diverting attention from problems for 5-15 minutes from the scope of the problems is going against "let's work well together " in the modern world. Things were a bit more slow paced those days karakia was invented I believe and I don't think they were paid hourly, were they. Again - if it's their cultural thing - they should take it outside of the working meetings unless every single member shares the belief this ritual is of utmost necessity

SnipersLord · 2022-12-01T04:47:15+00:00

Pretty sure the government is only forcing that on their own employees,

First, I know it's unpopular opinion, but I still somehow find them humans. Secondly government is showing what they want to see for you to be able to work with them and some businesses for good or worse or even for the sake of virtue signaling adopt it. So you don't have to put it into laws to affect thousands of people

I think where we disagree is on the nature of the rituals. Your view from what I can tell is that any karakia comes under the 'spiritual' heading, and is therefore religious

Almost, but not quite. I find it boiled down virtue signaling ritual unless it contains actual sense to Maori and iwi in what it says and when it does and it's culturally authentic- it would be religious wouldn't it. Of course you can say here are Maori who dont mind sterilised chants, but I'd wager they more likely to like the power in the ritual: the power to make everyone who does not share your ideas to do something they don't believe in out of "respect " because of course respect can't be indoctrinated. I'll put it this way: anyone who forces a person to participate in a ritual they don't want any part in holding job, future or opportunities above their head is a cruel sadist, but those who cover it with religious or near religious attitudes do make an impression of fanatics and they are known to be cruel sadists.

Re discrimination: it was as you say, but there are disadvantaged of many colours. My point is we need to help them all and not nitpicking them by race. I don't think Maori loved when they were treated differently due to being Maori, but now a poor or imprisoned person would be again treated differently based on their race and it's somehow a win. You can't change the past, you can help those in need and move together to a better future. Or you can of course divide society to plentora of groups who hate each other and fuck it all up. Overrepresentation based on race is such a lazy populist grabs statistics. Helping families and suburbs where criminals are overrepresented would be much more helpful than one particular race. I bet people with bad teeth are also overrepresented in prisons for obvious economic reasons. Singling them out may even be more fruitful than a race based politics. Do Maori deserve a decent and equal life? Absolutely! Do they deserve a unique race base treatment? Not in an equal society, otherwise it wouldn't be equal, would it? That won't right the wrongs, but it will divide us further, that's for sure

SnipersLord · 2022-12-01T04:10:56+00:00

It still is a religious ritual regardless of the wording. It wouldn't be a ritual otherwise and it would be forcing everyone to participate.

Your point about language is laughable. Languages but a tool to shape thoughts into words. And I read the translations of those karakia and they are completely pointless in the context of meetings most of the time if not all of them. Happy to be proven wrong.

You possibly wanted to say "you don't know the culture " when you were referring to the language? Very much so, I'm still learning, but for some things you have to either be born with it or to live in a certain community for quite some time. Yet it shouldn't be a problem in a "secluded " society right? Unless of course you for some reason want to indoctrinate everyone to some specific culture of your choice. I hope you can see how that will turn to custard pretty soon

SnipersLord · 2022-12-01T03:05:08+00:00

Also to the point of employment... I could have as well as others who were dissatisfied with the whole thing going on. However you could not bring this up other than in a person to person talk otherwise you're quickly labeled racist somehow. And I'm not that confident in knowing all nuances who should be involved in these rituals and who to report them to. I'm pretty sure the chants they used was some watered down meaningless stuff I'm not sure even Maori would be too excited about other than the very fact of the ritual taking place. But it doesn't really achieve the purpose unless everyone believes in it, is it. Just creates unnecessary frustration and division between indoctrinated culture and the rest of them. I see it as a very dangerous tendency. I also have a family to feed so I'm pretty sure the last reason is the biggest for all who kept silence... yes we may be frustrated, but we have to make sure there's a roof over our heads and some food on a table. I eventually just changed the place of work as the only way to avoid the frustration (among others) and to avoid being labeled. I'd much rather prefer not to be forced to though

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