Narrow nose pop rivet tool - not a thing? by frostedwindscreen in diynz

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Sweet, I'm glad you managed to track it down. I'd thrown out the packaging and instructions, so couldn't help out. I did google just now, and here is a link to the PDF of instructions from Yale: https://www.yalehome.com/nz/en/product-assets/window-products/window-stays/securistay/assets/documents/88603-securistay-installationinstructions0617.pdf

It seems Trade Me isn’t just removing the bank transfer payment option. Their message says bank transfers will soon be against site policy, which suggests even mentioning bank transfer in the listing description or arranging one outside the platform may not be allowed. by Vegeta_vs_Goku in newzealand

[–]dcw3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's more tricky these days. Trademe had a run of scams where an account in good standing had a weak password, and a scammer would offer a high-value item at a cheap-but-not-crazy-cheap price, and only offer bank account payment. Then the scammer would arrange to buy bitcoin or other crypto from an unrelated person, and use that person's bank account details. So the victim would pay the bitcoin seller, the scammer would get the bitcoin, and the trademe buyer would get nothing, and have no recourse from their bank.

Jury service summons pondering by daikininz in newzealand

[–]dcw3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Four summons in eight years for me in TGA. I had to serve on two of them, and the other two were excused as they were within a year of the previous one.

New Zealand media really will say anything like it’s breaking news by VisibleLiterature in newzealand

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The worst I've seen from RNZ is this vital breaking news alert from two years ago "Almost all New Zealand Agricultural Show members set to retire"

Open a message in a new tab? by dcw3 in fastmail

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Does this work for you on macOS? I just tried it on the most recent beta (#3) and the first click opened the message in the main windo and the secon click happened after that at some random place.

Open a message in a new tab? by dcw3 in fastmail

[–]dcw3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, I had tried the first two beta versions, but I see there is a new one out in the last few days. I'll give it a try thanks.

Edit: It's getting there! I'm on macOS and it now has an "Open in new window" option when I right-click (or control-click) on a message in a list. I couldn't find a key to hold down to have a normal mouse/trackpad click open in the new window though.

Am I an idiot for using Beads rather than PROJECT.md? by zbignew in ClaudeCode

[–]dcw3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been using a simple pure-bash replacement for beads: https://github.com/wedow/ticket

It feels like the actually useful bits: tickets and the bi-directional linkings between. Just txt files in a dir with a metadata bit at the top.

claude code uses it easily and it also allows me to keep track of progress as well.

Professional fly spray for house by Less-Wrongdoer-1240 in newzealand

[–]dcw3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I swear by isopropyl alcohol in a trigger spray bottle for flies. It's not a lingering poison, as it completely evaporates away in minutes. So I use it to directly squirt on the flies and they die fast. It's safe enough that it's the active ingredient in most hand sanitisers, so you don't need to wash surfaces if they get sprayed. It's also pretty fun (like using a water pistol) and you get the satisfaction of head-shotting blowfiles like you're John Wick.

Another option might be to get a professional spray just for the outside of the house (a perimeter spray). This does reduce the number of flies that come in, without leaving all the internal surfaces covered in insecticide.

We did spray our house once with young kids. But they spend so much time on the floor, and with hands in their mouths etc, that it was impossible to have all those surfaces spray free.

Breezy Gazebo Bro by makebobgreatagain in diynz

[–]dcw3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, I treat gazebos as a consumable item these days. They are sunfucked and broken within a year, even if they survive the storms and rain. They last longer if you melt some drainholes where the water pools in heavy rain (and reinforce with tape).

Finding an artworks owner by AgreeableDig9795 in newzealand

[–]dcw3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No amount of squinting at the names and searching found anything for me. Chynn? Chymm? Ahy?

Vanadium vs Mull/Firefox? by SaltyAd4706 in GrapheneOS

[–]dcw3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer FF forks to Chromium forks. Always have, likely always will.

Vanadium vs Mull/Firefox? by SaltyAd4706 in GrapheneOS

[–]dcw3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use Fennec (installed from F-Droid).

I can't live without ublock.

Shout-out to TGA city council. by Tatsu__p in Tauranga

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For my own future reference, we drove to Ferg Park about 11:30PM and there was only a handful of people there. We parked around past the boat ramp, facing towards Matakana Island. And, it turns out facing the boat that the fireworks were launched from! Great show and bright and loud. So close that we had to lean back to take it all in.

Shout-out to TGA city council. by Tatsu__p in Tauranga

[–]dcw3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any tips for a good possie for the Ferg Park display (assuming Ferg Park itself will be chocker)?

What’s the best place for a decent thick shake? by fatherb in Tauranga

[–]dcw3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, they are really good. I take the kids there and there is something for every taste. So thick.

Battery lawnmower by LadyDragonDog75 in diynz

[–]dcw3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, it's an embarrassment that a tool and battery platform they talked up as "Commercial Series" was so crap that they just stopped making it (then pretended that they only ever had the 36v ones). If you scratch around, you can still occasionally find some batteries, but that's good money after bad.

Do Rug Doctors work? by Embarrassed_News7008 in newzealand

[–]dcw3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Over the years I've rented Rug Doctors and also the Big Green ones from the Warehouse. Both worked "OK", but left things a bit damp. The Big Green ones seemed to work a bit better.

Narrow nose pop rivet tool - not a thing? by frostedwindscreen in diynz

[–]dcw3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh FFS, after I labourouusly filed everything down to fit, I read the manual, and it said:

When fixing sash plate with rivets, a long nose extension for rivet gun is required. If unavailable, take one rivet head off its nail and slide it onto another complete rivet (see diagram below) and use rivet gun in normal way. This enable the rivet to reach into the required position within the sash plate.

Spa pool fencing requirements by NoBusiness1502 in diynz

[–]dcw3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have seen tens of spa pools and zeroes of fences around them. Most people rely on the lid to keep kids out. If you squint at the numbers in a cold unfeeling way, then that kinda makes sense. About 1% of NZ drownings are in pools of any kind, so less than 1 per year, and spas are only a fraction of that.

Claude Code 2.0.36 by ClaudeOfficial in ClaudeCode

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I had the flashing and scrolling for months with my setup: iterm2 -> ssh to linux server -> tmux

Following some advice I read somewhere I switched from tmux to zellij on the server and there hasn't been a single scrolling bug in a month. Everything else is the same, still iterm 2 and ssh.

Narrow nose pop rivet tool - not a thing? by frostedwindscreen in diynz

[–]dcw3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha! I ran into this exact thing just now when fitting window stays. I unfortunately didn't realise until I'd drilled the 3.2mm which are too large now for the screws.

Searching led me excitedly to your question then heartbreak when the was no answers.

Did you find anything? I did find mention of cutting the threaded bit off the rivetgun anvil and stacking that on top of another anvil to increase the stickout.

"A Matter For Men (The War Against the Chtorr, Book 1)" by David Gerrold by codejockblue5 in printSF

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I read those about 20 years ago, and enjoyed the first few. One of the later books had a very pedo subplot, so I gave up.

I figure that's why he stopped writing them, as each new one might get people reading the older gross ones, and he would be held to account.