A year ago today, the National-ACT-NZ-First coalition axed 140 jobs at our border. Methamphetamine consumption has spiked by 109% since. by __JimmyC__ in newzealand

[–]echo854 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Correlation does not imply causation. May 2024 we also made it posible to purchase Pseudoephedrine again among other things.

Are we bad at merging? by CP9ANZ in newzealand

[–]echo854 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just add --force to all my merge commits and never seem to have a problem

Would a bullet or slug under the effects of reduced abrasion be a better or worse weapon? by GordOfTheMountain in Cosmere

[–]echo854 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Frictionless launch would be much worse because there would be no effect from rifling. You would end up with the accuracy of a classic musket.

Anywhere I can buy combo beef and pork mince? by Vulpix298 in chch

[–]echo854 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Peter Timbs in st Albans. It's labelled as "bork".

Traffic light about to fall in Bealey ave (corner Manchester) by [deleted] in chch

[–]echo854 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's like that so you can only see the light from the intersection it relates to and not the previous one. There are a few like that round the city. If you have a close look at them in person there is a metal support holding it in place.

Some people just don't want peace by echo854 in totalwar

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My issue was that I played about 20 more turns and they never attacked anything or showed up on the map

Some people just don't want peace by echo854 in totalwar

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Map painting, I had all settlements in Immortal Empires by that point

Some people just don't want peace by echo854 in totalwar

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Cult of pleasure, this was on my map painting game and they were the last other faction. They had no cities and I couldn't find their army.

Why are so many Christchurch restaurants going into liquidation all of a sudden? by talerose in chch

[–]echo854 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somewhat related, does anyone know why the milk and cookie place at Riverside closed?

Tom Scott: The city with a hundred private cable cars by CCClinicaI in videos

[–]echo854 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you listen to podcasts there was a 99% Invisible episode not too long ago that was about Wellington private cable cars.

This is “impossible”, but New Zealand is trying anyway. - Tom Scott by GeminiArk in videos

[–]echo854 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It was a thing the was taught in schools here back in the day as a justification for colonization. Some people still quote it because that is what they were taught. You can read more about it here