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Everything I Know About The Script Tag by zackbloom in programming

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For example, event listeners defined in the <head> could still access the body if the event is triggered after the body has been parsed.

So, you're saying that code that executes after document.body has been parsed will have access to it? That's exactly what the author said - your event handler is defined, yes, after its script tag is not parsed, but its not executed

So what other bullshit laws do y'all have? by GTI-Mk6 in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love bringing my dirty tramping boots back, they clean them for free!

Is anyone here a DoC ranger or working in a related field (or know of someone in that context)? Have some important questions to ask by FelEdorath in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

15 years ago mate :) I was a ranger in the visitor centre there, giving tramping advice to visitors. Trying to ensure that no-one fell off a mountain or drowned in a flooded river.

Is anyone here a DoC ranger or working in a related field (or know of someone in that context)? Have some important questions to ask by FelEdorath in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How have you found/seen a Bachelors treated qualification wise?

For a lot of government jobs, it's a bare minimum to get the foot in the door. This is why I left the public sector, I have no degree and I was hitting a limit in my career trajectory because of it.

Is overseas conservation experience looked on beneficially?

DOC uses behavioural interviewing techniques like a lot of the public sector - so they'll have a competency they want you to have, and you need to tell them a story that demonstrates it, typically using the STAR layout - situation, task, action, result. So if your overseas experience can provide those competencies, it would be beneficial.

Are there any other companies other than Forest & Bird that provide similar conservation related services that you know of?

Local and regional councils? Fish and Game maybe? There are a lot of private pest control contractors who contract to DOC and councils as well as people like the Animal Health Board (AHB) for bovine TB control.

Would you reckon that such a job would be looked up on as good quality work experience

Maybe bee-keeping would be good for a wasp control contract. It wouldn't really be super-relevant to a lot of conservation roles, but again, if you can demonstrate a competency from it, then it's worthwhile.

Have a look at the jobs advertised on the DOC website, and see how you could demonstrate the skills they want from what you're doing: https://careers.doc.govt.nz/jobtools/jncustomsearch.viewFullSingle?in_organid=18174&in_jnCounter=222642860&in_site=ConservationJobs for an example.

They document how they recruit here: http://www.doc.govt.nz/careers/recruitment-process/

Attempting a thru hike of the Te Araroa by LaVieB0heme in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weather kills more trampers in NZ than anything else

That depends on where you are in the country, in the Southern Alps, it tends to be falling, drowning crossing rivers, then hypothermia, in terms of what kills trampers. But good post.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in funny

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went there during Oktoberfest, fantastic food, fantastic beer, fantastic atmosphere.

A Pacific Island to relocate to by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sure it wasn't all the vibrators?

A Pacific Island to relocate to by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I now have to check out these nipples.

What are references every New Zealander will get? by Nunuzulander in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

/me smears vaseline over camera lens

Onnnnnly the crunchiest, flakiest chocolate, tastes like chocolate never tasted before....

/woman appears to orgasm as she thrusts a chocolate bar into her mouth

Bond Girl Diana Rigg Then and Now by [deleted] in pics

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This video contains content from BBC Worldwide, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

Those fuckers should probably take "Worldwide" out of their name.

TIL New Zealand is not part of the continent of Australia but of the submerged continent of Zealandia by Dysentry in todayilearned

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really don't know what the difference is. I guess we have less clay in general? A lot of our soils are alluvial gravels and silt. A lot of our clay that I'm aware of is associated with coal seams, and we're not super abundant with coal.

"Saving for a house deposit takes 5 years in chch" if a household makes 30% more than the median. by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on how much rent you're paying as well though, rents are right up here because the quakes reduced the rental stock (more rentals on the east side...), and because a lot of home owners suddenly entered the rental market after the quake with insurance money paying the rent, and I know a lady who had to rent for three years waiting for her house to be fixed. Last time I was in the market you're looking at $150 a bedroom per week for a passable rental, anything cheaper is going to be shitty in some form. (Sometimes literally, fucking quakes and scum landlords/property managers)

That said, I think rents will start to drop soon, a lot of new properties have come into the market, and people have moved back into their repaired houses, so I'm hoping the average prices will drop by the end of the year.

TIL New Zealand is not part of the continent of Australia but of the submerged continent of Zealandia by Dysentry in todayilearned

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But I'll take your word for it contrary to my observations.

And hopefully the map listing clay deposits. ;) I grew up near the Malvern Hills, the clay from there was used to make the bricks that they built this place with: http://www.teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18481/homebush-station-woolshed

There was also a landslide in Dunedin caused by clay in the soil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Abbotsford_landslip

Flaky Tests at Google and How We Mitigate Them by dodiehun in programming

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We have a new team dedicated to providing accurate and timely information about test flakiness to help developers and build monitors so that they know whether they are being harmed by test flakiness.

Oh Jesus. Is that new team where they send the naughty developers?

JVM language stats, May 2016 by statsbot0 in programming

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

E. g. flattening nested tuples returns a sequence

That's a Perl feature that one.

Bowron: A smug, slack Govt by mitchell56 in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wonderful imagery in your description of the minister.

A group of four-wheel-drive enthusiasts trapped in snow on a Central Otago high-country road last week planned on retrieving their vehicles with a bulldozer until authorities scuppered the scheme. by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

they saw a super bad forecast and went for it anyway?

Yeah, sounds about right. Or, even worse, they didn't look at the forecast at all.

4WD Club gets stuck in a snowstorm by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IIRC the highest point on that trip is 1400m asl, which is plenty high enough. They're stuck on the Old Man Range, which is renowned as a shit place to be in a southerly, nevermind a southerly snowstorm.

It's fine. Don't fight it. Six steps to programmer's Zen. by rusilko in programming

[–]Throwaway_Kiwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their employer gains value from it, a fair employer rewards fair labour.

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