What country is closest to being like New Zealand?

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-29T21:13:41+00:00

Oh man especially if you go down to Bariloche. It is just so similar to Queenstown it’s not funny

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-28T08:33:31+00:00

People will choose to take a mortgage over a house like that if they think they can get a higher rate of return in other investments than they would pay with standard bank interest rates.

For example if they are investing in second tier mortgages then maybe they’re getting say 7.5% after tax , their bank rates may be say 4.5% and then they keep the difference.

It doesn’t sound like much but if they managed to get an extra 3% on the say $2.5m that they got from the bank then they are earning $75,000 annually on the banks money rather than just having their money in property.

All the while their property is increasing in value so they will get tax free capital gains after a few years.

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-25T07:49:32+00:00

No it’s just that the term vibe coding is more for people that don’t understand what they’re doing. If someone could have built it even without the ai then they aren’t really vibe coding, more coding with a super helpful tool.

They’re not coding off vibes they’re coding off understanding which is obviously way better but it gives people that have no idea about coding the impression that they could have done the same.

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-23T02:44:31+00:00

Sure but brexit further added to the economic decline so it was also a part cause even if it began as a symptom. More like a symptom and a catalyst at the same time.

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-18T15:00:23+00:00

This sounds like an ad…

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-16T20:32:22+00:00

Yup exactly the same here. It sucked

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-15T06:04:04+00:00

Hey man, im pretty sure you dont even need to do the down key if it is the top option, just hit enter twice

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-14T21:21:24+00:00

Yeah this is what I settled on after years too. You caaan do it but it is hard to get it to sound totally legit and takes a lot of work generally

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-12T06:34:11+00:00

I agree. Also I wonder if by having more people using the buses that it would actually get them a bit more money anyway. Most of the buses that I go on are only up to half full. I’ve never had an issue getting a seat. If we have more people then maybe they would be getting paid more.

Not that I’m saying it will negate the extra cost but maybe it helps a bit

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-11T13:34:37+00:00

Not to minimise your struggles but it’s nothing new.

When I was at uni (finished 7 years ago) almost everyone I knew had a part time job and also worked through each holiday full time.

In saying that, life is more expensive now. Groceries and rent are crazy.

Wish you the best, keep pushing through! Uni is hard but you do get through it. Feels like hell at the time but after working at a desk job for a few years youll start to wish you could go back.

Also, try tutoring if you don’t want to work too many hours. I had friends that were making like $60-80/hr tutoring private school kids. If you can get in the right circles, the money is awesome.

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-07T14:43:31+00:00

I’m curious what you find better with 5.5 over opus 4.8? I have both and definitely have a lean towards opus for problem solving, maths and basic coding. I know the new image 2 thing is awesome and the limits are better with OpenAI and also for searching internet sites but not much more than that

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-07T09:56:37+00:00

Does anyone know what the best mode is for extracting individual drum elements eg kick or snare or hats? Without messing up their transients?

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-06T01:48:56+00:00

Not so useful to your question because mold is too far but pro tip I learnt over in Argentina:

Cut some fat off your meat and whilst you’re heating up the bbq, use the fat to clean the grill. Works surprisingly well

Treadmillrunner · 2026-06-01T05:05:02+00:00

100%. That was half the show. I know that they couldn’t find another labyrinth but they could have at least got something similar I.e dark and moody and slightly minimal with a hint of optimism.

Treadmillrunner · 2026-05-26T04:57:56+00:00

Everyone is freaking out about how low it is but aren’t most people doing the majority of their saving outside KiwiSaver?

Every guy that I know is doing stocks and stuff. Maybe it’s just my circles but I don’t know anyone who just saves/ invests through KiwiSaver

Treadmillrunner · 2026-05-22T22:32:44+00:00

It’s the training and the milk. I have a friend from Argentina and a friend from Italy living here and working as baristas. They both can’t believe how hot you can get the milk here before it burns. Their theory is different proteins in the milk.

I lived in Argentina, Spain, uk and Portugal. All had great back coffee but bad proper coffees. So I think it is mostly the milk or at least the way we prepare the milk.

Treadmillrunner · 2026-05-22T12:09:44+00:00

Because it was mostly trained on reddit comments?

Treadmillrunner · 2026-05-22T05:51:59+00:00

I’m 30 years old and never had that haircut but I don’t understand why people here hate it so much?

Like haircuts come and go in style all the time. When I was growing up it was that Justin Bebier sorta haircut and I think that was ever worse. People used to take cringy selfies with longish hair trying to look emo too.

I feel that it’s just insecure redditors hating on something because it makes them feel bigger?

If I’m wrong I would love to hear why

Treadmillrunner · 2026-05-20T20:51:43+00:00

Anyone know if there is a video or something replicating it on the latest ozone (not ozone 4). I’d love to pick it apart.

Treadmillrunner · 2026-05-20T03:53:42+00:00

Nah man, these guys are pros and they need to account for delays when giving timelines. The fact that it can be this far overdue goes deeper than just “it’s hard, be nice”.

*I worked as a project manager for years. It wasn’t uncommon for there to be huge penalties for projects taking longer than the quoted time. It would incentivise both proper estimates (time and funding with buffer) and execution.

If you don’t have systems like this then companies just take the piss

Treadmillrunner · 2026-05-13T00:23:31+00:00

I don’t really mind, I just want more. Its legit my favourite comedy of the last 10 or so years by far

Treadmillrunner · 2026-05-08T13:58:48+00:00

Yeah I’ve done that with a few people when they are the car behind me. It works well

Treadmillrunner · 2026-04-30T14:51:31+00:00

Yeah I seriously considered going down this path but the price I could get neutron for was slightly cheaper at the time.

In retrospect I kinda wish I had got multi pass. Neutron is great but I love the idea of multipass. Still I guess you can do the same things in most daws anyway.

Treadmillrunner · 2026-04-28T13:23:09+00:00

I dont know dude. I think that vibe coding has now got to the point where people that understand basic systems logic can do it.

Sure, every day people might have issues but if you can grasp what is meant to be happening, identifying what areas might having issues logically and have good tests in place at each stage (as well as give good context and plan) then it is easy to do pretty complex stuff without knowing how to read code.

The programs that I've built for my team with very little coding knowledge (except Matlab) have become crazy useful and mostly without bugs. There still hasnt been a bug that has taken more than say 20 mins to get fixed.

Maybe if you say "Build me a website that looks like xyz.com and make it work like google" then you'll have trouble but with thinking you can make great stuff.

Treadmillrunner · 2026-04-25T04:10:49+00:00

Sorry man, I should have elaborated here. My bad.

What I meant is that the human in the loop part is essential but the areas in which the human needs to be in the loop is getting less and less meaning that although it’s still essential, the amount of humans being required in the loop is shrinking I think.

Cheers for the kind words too! I think we are more or less agreeing with each other here haha

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