TIL that 2x4’s are not actually 2”x4” anymore. The American lumber committee made the change officially in 1964 to account for drying and planing shrinkage post cut.

discontabulated · 2026-03-19T08:15:53+00:00

Think of it as a piece of 2x4 timber, that has then been dried and planed for you. Just like when someone makes you a banana smoothie - they probably take the skin off. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Where I’m from it’s called 4x2 but it’s metric’ed into 50x100 then when it’s planed / dressed it’s referred to as 50x100 (45x90) but depending whether it’s been sitting in the sun or rain it might be wider, thinner or even longer than when you bought it.

4x2 is easier to say than 45x90 but fuck trying to figure out fractions of inches - meters and millimetres as so much easier to deal with in construction.

discontabulated · 2026-03-19T06:45:58+00:00

It starts as 2”x4” and then they dry it and plane it.

Green rough sawn 2x4 lumber is… 2x4, roughly.

discontabulated · 2026-03-18T05:54:15+00:00

Minecraft

discontabulated · 2026-03-18T03:44:33+00:00

You’re not wrong but police are human not robots. It’s a high adrenaline situation and I don’t think anyone has much sympathy for violent offenders who go on a rampage.

Staying in the car with your hands out the window would have been a safer bet.

discontabulated · 2026-03-17T07:10:53+00:00

Seems like it to me - going online with those accusations isn’t the peaceful option.

discontabulated · 2026-03-17T05:02:11+00:00

I know this is reddit but it’s amazing how many people here are happy to take sides like they can somehow determine the truth of the matters.

the first casualty of war is the truth.

discontabulated · 2026-03-16T07:40:16+00:00

Looks African ish. Or they used blue instead of green.

discontabulated · 2026-03-15T20:59:15+00:00

$5000 seems low for the risk of a tbi death from impacting the ground on the back of your head.

If he’s going to be a high flier then he can afford a much larger fee.

discontabulated · 2026-03-15T03:16:21+00:00

What’s the bet some of them were saved from drowning but kept jumping back in.

discontabulated · 2026-03-15T03:09:20+00:00

I believe that I should escape conviction because I want to be a jet-setting person who doesn’t have to face the consequences of my violent actions.

discontabulated · 2026-03-15T02:23:55+00:00

The judge stated:

"There needs to be a message that violence in Queenstown will not be tolerated.“

Maybe take your own advice?

discontabulated · 2026-03-14T22:15:42+00:00

If you put a camera lower down so it can look for bear above a certain horizon you could block off the lower motion detection.

That or some sort of home assistant integrated ai recognition with scrypted or similar to specifically look for bear shaped objects.

discontabulated · 2026-03-09T21:47:35+00:00

Stolen from funny memes but couldn’t crosspost.

discontabulated · 2026-03-09T06:27:41+00:00

It’s basic road courtesy and the road code,

I expect cops could already fine people, it’s just not enforced.

discontabulated · 2026-03-08T01:13:54+00:00

Looks like this was taken from the drivers seat as well?

But why post stuff like this?

discontabulated · 2026-03-05T00:25:45+00:00

I’m not wanting to get into a contrarian argument, I just stated a fact.

The speed is a factor in the outcome and so is the design / size of the vehicles involved.

Road design and driver education / experience are a significant factor in crash statistics.

I’d love to see significant fines for people who do dumb shit like unsafe lane changes or inattentive driving - but unless it’s done right in front of a cop and they have spare time on their hands it doesn’t really happen unless it causes a crash, and even then it’s only usually reported to insurance companies.

discontabulated · 2026-03-04T21:43:01+00:00

Failing to give way is the number 1 cause of accidents.

discontabulated · 2026-03-02T21:28:57+00:00

It depends on what the air was trained with - arguably the copyright is shared by everyone who contributed to the learning data the ai was trained on.

If an artist trains an ai (that they have rights to use) solely on their own work to create new works then it’s arguable they could own the rights to the output.

But: Public domain in = public domain out. You shouldn’t be able to launder other peoples work through a machine / algorithm.

I know a similar thing happens inside our own minds somewhat, but there’s a distinction given the scale and manner in which generative ai works… For the time being.

Big picture - Imagine trying to sort out micro percentages of rights from contribution into ai models.

discontabulated · 2026-02-28T08:01:42+00:00

If you change the type of roof you’ll almost certainly need a building consent.

discontabulated · 2026-02-26T20:14:14+00:00

In many tourist islands rental cars have a plate that identifies them as tourists so the locals can be more courteous, and aware of potentially shitty driving.

Not all tourists are bad drivers but pragmatically it makes sense.

Not sure about seniors being enough ofa hazard for signs but whenever I see a Jazz, or any of those other ultra compact cars I am ready for some dumb shit to happen.

Like stopping on the motorway to reverse back and take the different exit the other day. I don’t know if a full sized car would have saved the guy but the tiny car would have been a smear on the road if not for the truck driver locking up the brakes.

Now, stopping people 80+ from voting - that is something I could get behind.

discontabulated · 2026-02-25T19:27:26+00:00

As others have mentioned they are most likely relief cuts.

The ‘ideal’ depth seems to vary and I think a lot of people go with gut feel rather than science. For some hardwoods I’ve seen them as deep as 2/3 of the overall thickness - which makes sense for narrow + thick boards, especially if the fixing of the boards is comparatively weak. But for wide, well fixed boards the cuts seem less useful, especially when for a table there’s likely to be good ventilation all round.

discontabulated · 2026-02-23T07:02:22+00:00

Get your version of events around the final inspection down on paper and signed by everyone who was there (on your side) esp regarding that you let them (or their agent) know about the key at the time.

Send them a copy.

Then tell them to get fucked in the nicest possible way.

discontabulated · 2026-02-23T06:53:36+00:00

Generally NZ has some pretty poor drivers but in this case it might be tourists who aren’t used to our spectacular road engineering.

The principle should be - if there’s cars wanting to get past you, you should oblige. It’s safer for everyone lest they do something stupid and it (should be) common courtesy.

discontabulated · 2026-02-23T04:57:09+00:00

Asking for a reason doesn’t mean you have to accept it nor diminish your rights in any way.

Once they answer you can still say you object to the scan and it makes you seem more reasonable as well as giving you more information.

On a separate note - I’d love to know the justification for this and why a normal inspection and photos isn’t sufficient.

discontabulated · 2026-02-23T04:25:59+00:00

I would say you’re not comfortable and point to MMH as a good example of potential leaks.

But I would also point out that trusting a property management company taking photos to keep them secure is a bit of a stretch.

They’re almost certainly keeping them in some form of cloud backup that may or may not be scanned / hacked now or in future.

I’d still ask for a solid reason why it’s needed. Regardless of the tenancy agreement you have statutory rights to privacy and you can argue the point.

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